What a relief for residents of north-central Massachusetts who live along the Connecticut river: the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant has stopped leaking radioactive material into their groundwater. / sarcasm VPR: Vermont Yankee … [Read more...]
Archives for March 26, 2010
Next Up: A Climate Bill
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the undecideds are starting to vocally call for Congress to consider a bill. Earlier this week, Senator Tom Udall lead a group of 22 moderate Senators in calling on Senator Majority Leader Reid … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
Daniel Kurtzman: "Of course, a lot of right wingers are very upset about this because they believe this health care bill will cost a lot of money. You know what I think? Just pretend it's another unnecessary war. You'll feel better about it … [Read more...]
“Not ready for prime time” doesn’t begin to describe it
Really, Scott Brown should hole up with a media consultant for about a month before venturing onto the airwaves again. It just gets sadder and sadder. Via TPM: "Inappropriate"? What is that supposed to mean? … [Read more...]
Are We “Red Sox Urination”?
This time they yank hard on our collective chain expecting us to believe Larry Lucchino lobbied like a mad man to preserve Boston's unofficial hack holiday. He pressured all that be like the unions did Steve Lynch on health care. And then … [Read more...]
Right-wing think tank purges David Frum
As noted here a few days ago, conservative David Frum (a former George W. Bush speechwriter) lambasted his own party, and the Fox News/talk radioheads in particular, for the way they handled the health care debate. Well, no good deed goes … [Read more...]
Rachel Maddow Takes out Full Page Ad in Globe: “I’m Not Running”
"Hi, I'm Rachel Maddow. I host a TV show on MSNBC. I also live in Western Massachusetts, in the beautiful hilltowns of Hampshire County. "This week, our new U.S. Senator, Scott Brown, sent a fundraising letter that says I'm running against … [Read more...]
Teabaggers Turn To Terrorism
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITI... Congressional Republicans are responsible for this. The same irresponsible rhetoric that made compromise impossible enables violence. If you really believe Big Gubmint is coming to kill your grandmother, or … [Read more...]
Blind Side Hurt Locker
youtube sums it up
From the specifics such as health care to the broader theme of what this presidency is about, click on this link.Yes We Can … [Read more...]