Franklin Park Zoo hires a PR firm to issue a press release claiming (falsely, it turns out) that state budget cuts will force the zoo to euthanize some animals, and the immediate reaction is a clamor for an override of the veto cutting the … [Read more...]
Archives for July 13, 2009
Southern Strategy Eating G.O.P. Alive
Call it the monster that ate its creator. The G.O.P.'s southern strategy (Wikipedia: "[A] Republican method of winning Southern states in the latter decades of the 20th century and first decade of the 21st century by exploiting racism among … [Read more...]
Don’t worry! Sam Brownback and Mary Landrieu are *on it*!
... Working on the issues the American people care about the most:Brownback, Landrieu introduce Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition ActWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today with Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) introduced the … [Read more...]
Cambridge-Based Physicians for Human Rights Driving Investigation of War Crimes
CNN aired the president's comments on Sunday as a promo for Cooper's exclusive interview with the President in Ghana, which will air tonight at 10 PM Eastern on Monday, July 13. The Obama administration's step in the direction of … [Read more...]
Ambitious Vision of Super-Rail!
With no specific mention of Lowell or the Lowell line, I wrote to Colin Durrant of the EOT (Executive Office of Transportation) to confirm that indeed, the Capitol Corridor refers to the extension of the Lowell commuter rail line to Nashua, … [Read more...]
Term Limits for Mayor of Boston?
Kevin McCrea has been calling for term limits for years. It has been on his website since the day he entered the race. It is part of the changes in his first 100 days that he has promised to make. The promise can be … [Read more...]
Comment of the day
From this thread, re climate catastrophe. Thanks MCRD for this, to which I have nothing to add: Planet earth is going to be hit by a large asteroid in ten years wiping out all life on earth. … [Read more...]
Stop Hiding from T Debt
We can remind both Gov. Patrick and both houses that we have multiple crises here. We have aims and mandates that include:Reducing petroleum useFewer polluting vehicles onour streetsLess traffic noise and congestionFrequent, clean, safe and … [Read more...]
Quick hits: Yup, still doomed.
Krugman today -- hair on fire, like any sane person's ought to be. Tired boiled frog metaphor, which if anything undersells where we are right now:Put it this way: if the consensus of the economic experts is grim, the consensus of the … [Read more...]
Ged Rid of Sheriffs Office – WITH POLL
BMG recently got a how-do-you-do from a candidate for Sheriff in Essex County. A devil of a candidate named Damien is taking on the incumbent. One comment writer (me) asked the candidate to explain why the office of Sheriff is still … [Read more...]