It was a good one. (Through, I have to say I had a few technical difficulties in the beginning, so you may want to skip the first 3:40). … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2009
Return of the profiling zombies (brains! braaaaaaiiiiinnns!!)
You knew they'd be back. Like the undead, who cannot get enough of brains, the right wingers cannot get enough of racial and ethnic profiling. Here's Jeff Jacoby today: Unwilling to incorporate ethnic and religious profiling … [Read more...]
DevalPatrick.com relaunches for the New Year
Maybe you have already seen the new DevalPatrick.com. Redesigned news area, Twitterized "Campaign Feed" (not to be confused with the "Fundraising Feed"), fundraising scoreboard, "stories and accomplishments from around our Commonwealth," … [Read more...]
Marrying a 1st cousin: blood glood?
Funny Fact - Former Mass. Governor Endicott "Chub" Peabody's father was The Rev. Endicott Peabody, founder of Groton School. It seems that in 1885 the Reverend... married his first cousin, Fannie Peabody, daughter of Francis and Helen … [Read more...]
PETITION TO CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENT
Progressive Change Campaign is pressuring Sen. Bernie Sanders to refuse to vote for a conference committee health care bill that does not have a public option in order to pressure the conference committee to include an acceptable … [Read more...]
JFK Endorses Scott Brown!
No. What Brown and Jacoby won't tell you is that from 1954 to 1963, the top tax bracket was a stultifying 91%! The bottom rate was 20%. Even with a Republican in the White House from 1953 to 1961, and Republican control of Congress from … [Read more...]
Tennyson Nails It, 160 Years On
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let … [Read more...]
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE
Please also vote absentee if you can't make it to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, January 19th. Remind returning college students and family members to vote absentee. You must request an absentee ballot in person or by mail before noon … [Read more...]
Save money, support democracy: H.683 is win-win
Amherst and Granby Rep. Ellen Story has introduced H.683 to allow 17 year olds to register to vote. MassVOTE's Young Civic Leaders makes the case: Some people say young people don't vote. But in the last presidential election, four … [Read more...]
GOPthink: “Gosh, if only there were some way to deny the Dems 60 votes in the Senate!”
It's remarkable, really. There is, to my knowledge, exactly one US Senate race happening in the country in the next 30 days. It's for an open seat, as the incumbent is not a candidate. And if the GOP won it, it would give … [Read more...]
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