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Archives for April 2010

Weekly Joke Revue: WaPo Conflates Obama and Malcolm X

April 30, 2010 By Bob Neer

Not intended as a joke by the paper of Woodward and Bernstein, but absurdly hilarious nonetheless because of its idiocy: Daniel Kurtzman: "The top executive of Goldman Sachs testified before Congress today, which proves crooks always … [Read more...]

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Arizona hunts down teachers with accents

April 30, 2010 By Bob Neer

WSJ: The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems to be heavily accented or ungrammatical must be removed from classes for students still learning English. At first … [Read more...]

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Quixotry redux: Cahill vs. the windmills

April 30, 2010 By David

Of the thousands of posts I've written for BMG, one of my personal favorites is this one, entitled "Quixotry," in which I used the news that a Lexington man had set a new world record in competitive Scrabble by playing "quixotry" for 365 … [Read more...]

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The Finance Commission of the City of Boston will hold a [public] meeting… 152 North Street

April 30, 2010 By theszak

City of Boston Finance Commission 152 North Street Room 309 Boston MA 02109 tel 617 635-2202 fax 617 635-2206 Sicut Patribus, Sit Deus Nobis. Civitatis Regimine Donata AD. 1822. Bostonia Condita AD. 1630. April 30, 2010 Ms. Rosaria … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-city-council, boston-finance-commission, budget, budget-hearings, city-council, fincomm, massachusetts

Red Line melts down. No, really.

April 30, 2010 By David

UHub: A three-alarm electrical fire on the Red Line tracks at Downtown Crossing sent acrid smoke billowing through subway tunnels around 10 p.m., shutting down three of the MBTA's four subway lines and sending at least 20 people to the … [Read more...]

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Ongoing Web Cast of the House Budget process at 10:06 PM

April 29, 2010 By AmberPaw

Webcast is at this link.   Note, by the way, that there is some protection for guardian ad litems proposed, see the Judiciary consolidated amendment Also the House Budget site is being kept current. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: amendments, guardian-ad-litem-language, house-budget, web-cast

Apply to the New Organizing Institute’s 2010 New Media BootCamp

April 29, 2010 By Bob Neer

I participated in a New Organizing Institute blogger conference a few years ago and found it excellent. If you are a progressive activist, I urge you to consider this pitch and throw in an application by tomorrow's deadline. You'll make all … [Read more...]

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Anti-Bullying Bill Gets Final Legislative Approval

April 29, 2010 By tudor586

• Plans must include o Descriptions of and statements prohibiting bullying o Clear procedures for school staff to report bullying or retaliation o Provision for anonymous reports o Clear procedures for promptly responding to and … [Read more...]

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Tea Party Republicans in Arizona pass birther bill, will Cahill follow?

April 29, 2010 By Bob Neer

An anxious Commonwealth waits with bated breath: will Tim Cahill endorse the birther bill passed on 19 April by his fellow Tea Party sympathizers in Arizona as a follow up to their Big Giant Government triumph signed into law on 23 April … [Read more...]

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BIG TIME: Fed DOJ to investigate Partners contracts for anti-trust

April 29, 2010 By Charley on the MTA

Hey, here's a little something that could affect health care cost control around here ...  And about time! The insurers are going to have to hand over some info as well, which could get a bit interesting for Charlie … [Read more...]

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