From the Fourth of July to Labor Day, Porcupine hosts a political Sing Along every Sunday (if you haven't been checking in, so far you've missed DiMasi's Siren Song, Impeach Bush!, Come Fly With Mitt, and Atsalis for Rep Again! Since next … [Read more...]
Archives for August 1, 2006
Harshbarger on Patrick: “a chance for real greatness”
We asked Harshbarger to start off by giving us the short version of why he decided to endorse Patrick. He noted that he and Patrick have known each other for many years since they worked together on controlling predatory lending in … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick & Barney Frank in Newton
The Q&A session afterwards was also disappointing: when asked about education, Deval said that it was good but that education should improve at all levels, from kindergarten through high school, and vocational school. OK.One … [Read more...]
On The Horizon
There's news to report on the Benjamin LaGuer case.The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)of Massachusetts posted a filing schedule to its docket.It is as follows:LaGuer's attorney, James C. Rehnquist of Goodwin Procter, has been asked to submit … [Read more...]
Netroots Rise Up: Donate to Silbert & Counter Deb’s Millions
If each of us donates something, it will make a difference. I'm starting with $100, and if each of us do that, it will make a huge difference. If each of us gave $200, I can't even tell you how much of an impact it would … [Read more...]
Continuing the Israel/Hezbollah/Lebanon war is bad business
While Congress marches in lockstep with our administration's "Give War A Chance" logic, let's just do a round-up of opinion:Terrorism expert Jessica Stern of the Kennedy School says it feeds the fad of jihad:Those who attack others, even in … [Read more...]
A $70 Billion Scandal
This is nearly five times as outrageous as the Big Dig. The super rich, cheats on their taxes--apparently the Bush tax cuts weren't enough. (And you have to laugh that these folks are claiming to be victims of their … [Read more...]
Kelo redux: the debate over eminent domain
Was Kelo a significant change in the law? Five Justices of the Supreme Court said no, and four said yes. So there's no clear answer to that question.But one thing about Kelo had never been expressly stated by the Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Romney “looking good” in 4th place: echoes of Joementum
In an amusing post (possibly not intentionally) at the Globe's Political Intelligence blog, the following is reported:Poll: Romney looking good in NHGovernor Mitt Romney, who's eyeing a presidential bid in 2008, is faring well in the … [Read more...]
CO2 emissions: Why can’t we do that?
Andy points us to Nick Kristof's column in the Times Sunday (yeah, yeah, TimesSelect bleccch), which suggests that arguments that dealing with global warming will hurt the economy are so much Chicken Littling:But all across the country, … [Read more...]