The California Supreme Court will announce its long-awaited decision in the challenge to Proposition 8 on Tuesday, May 26th, 10 AM PDT, 1 PM EDT. Join the Impact is organizing rallies nationwide to respond to the decision. Join the Impact … [Read more...]
Archives for May 22, 2009
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, Everyone!
America, filled with optimism that the road ahead can only lead to better things, packs up the Edsel and heads off for the long weekend. … [Read more...]
Noam Chomsky offers a useful history of “American Values”
Not the kind of discussion you'll find in the corporate media bubble, or even in superficial critiques of recent events, however interesting, like The Dark Side. Of course, Massachusetts started it all: The inspirational phrase "city on a … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
Borowitz Report: Gitmo Detainees Transferred to 'Big Brother': Jihadists Score Slot on Network's Fall Sked In what is being called a historic deal between the United States government and a major broadcast network, prisoners at the … [Read more...]
Sen. Prez Murray gets some wires crossed.
Now this is a lede. Matt Viser, take a bow. Senate President Therese Murray escalated tensions among leading Democrats on Beacon Hill this week, calling Governor Deval Patrick "irrelevant" during a radio interview and saying she wished he … [Read more...]
Senate throws Fernald a lifeline: UPDATE
As we read the Senate language, it offers far weaker protection to the Fernald, Monson, Glavin, and Templeton Developmental Centers than last month's House budget amendment. The House measure would require … [Read more...]