An opportunity for voters to meet Patrick McCabe who is running against Paul Donato in the 35th Middlesex district in the Democratic Primary this September. The gathering is this Sunday (August 3rd) at 2:00 pm at 40 Cedar Road North, … [Read more...]
Archives for August 1, 2008
US monthly death toll in Iraq put at 11; lowest of the war
Sorry to bring up more "bad news" but this past month was the lowest monthly death toll in Iraq since the war began. Thankfully the Boston Globe did publish this story, but it was on page A4. Surely partisan politics would not prevent all … [Read more...]
Vote for Your Favorite Cartoon
Cross-posted at Left in Lowell The Union of Concerned Scientists recently had asked for submissions for Science Idol: the Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest. The challenge was to submit an editorial cartoon highlighting … [Read more...]
Anthrax may have came from the same government lab that falsely blamed Iraq
So it appears that the anthrax from the 2001 attacks may have originated from the same US government facility that claimed the substance originated in Iraq. Awesome. From Salon's Glenn Greenwald [emphasis Greenwald's]: The FBI's lead … [Read more...]
Wilkerson Cops a Plea
In the Globe, the double first graph is the $10,000 fine and admission of campaign-finance laws. In the Herald, they lead with the quoted euphemism "irregularities" and not both the fine and that she forfeits rights to $30,000 … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
From Ben Alper: The Massachusetts House of Representatives gave initial approval to a bill that would require all legislation be written in a gender neutral language. The bill was sponsored by Representatives Pat Jones, Lee Smith, and Terry … [Read more...]
Massachusetts is for Lovers
Hard on the heels of our pro-marrige pro-family repeal of the 1913 law that prohibited out of state gay couples from getting married in Massachusetts (enforced by the anti-marriage anti-family regressive Republican Romney) comes this … [Read more...]
Let’s Play Spot the Republican
Here's how to play: Watch the political ad and see if you can spot the Republican. We will probably see more of this from other Republican candidates, but incumbent Republican Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon seems to want to run away from … [Read more...]
Sal Being Sal
Sal Being Sal is getting to be like Manny Being Manny, with all the points of convergence in the two stories you care to draw. Sal DiMasi, Thomas Petrolati raked in $42G as eye bill stalledHouse Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and his … [Read more...]