The NYT reports: In a replay of a similar 1997 incident, the M&M balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City flew out of control, struck a lightpost, and fell to the ground. Two people suffered minor … [Read more...]
Archives for November 24, 2005
Willard Shows His Colors
The Charlotte Observer reports that Willard's Commonwealth PAC recently gave $2,000 to South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint and $1,000 to Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. DeMint favors eliminating the IRS and Federal income tax. When he was in the … [Read more...]
The Good Old Boys Strike Again
Kudos to our absentee Governor for vetoing the bill passed by the Gold Old Boys in the House and Senate that would have placed new restrictions on wine shipments via mail. The Legislature acted after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier … [Read more...]
Phoenix profiles O’Flaherty and Schiavone
Adam Reilly (who else?) writes up an interesting piece on this very interesting race that pits Christopher Schiavone, a gay ex-priest, against incumbent Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty (D-Chelsea), a non-gay F-bomb-tossing Irishman (part of his … [Read more...]
Boomerang
Yeah, so Romney and Healey's anti-immigrant-education stance hasn't been going so well lately, and now the State House News Service reports in its roundup (note to MA bloggers: sign up for this) that voters aren't buying:On the question of … [Read more...]