Holy crap. Gee, no wonder why fossil fuels are so dominant!I mean ... to sae the dominance of fossil fuels as simply the result of their inherent advantages ... ain't so. They're protected, jacked up, subsidized, coddled, all … [Read more...]
Archives for June 29, 2010
The Man Behind the Curtain
Three years ago last month (to be exact), I drove to an "informational meeting" at Middleboro Town Hall, not understanding much about casinos - other than having been to them - and knowing absolutely zero about Indian gaming law. Once … [Read more...]
Did our pollster cheat us?
This, published by Markos at Daily Kos, is quite worrisome. I have just published a report by three statistics wizards showing, quite convincingly, that the weekly Research 2000 State of the Nation poll we ran the past year and a half was … [Read more...]
Scott Brown lines up with big banks and hedge funds
The Senator's true Republican colors were on full display today. NYT: Obama administration officials and Congressional leaders said Tuesday that the House and Senate would have to reopen the conference proceedings on a sweeping financial … [Read more...]
Show and tell: The Deficit
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words:Source: Business Insider Short URL: http://bit.ly/bvFWW7 … [Read more...]
We failed the people who cleaned up 9/11. Will we fail the people cleaning up the Gulf?
In the aftermath of 9/11, we saw thousands of workers develop devastating respiratory conditions and other illnesses as a result of exposure to toxic dust that filled the air in the days and weeks after the twin towers fell. To this day, … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: Wrong on the Merits AND The Politics of Clean Energy
Two weeks ago, Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) met with President Obama and "told him he would not support a cap-and-trade plan or carbon fee to limit greenhouse gas emissions." In the Boston Globe, Brown is quoted as expressing … [Read more...]
Charlie – your running mate is holding on line 5
Charlie Baker has been on the road, listening to business leaders complain about the the cost of state government. In response, he's been saying that state government has to become as efficient and fiscally responsible as the … [Read more...]
Suit Aims To Block Charter
The Globe today reports on the suit to stop the charter in Gloucester. http://tinyurl.com/28j8psz Updated article from the Gloucester Daily times with more details. http://tinyurl.com/2689f4w … [Read more...]
G-20: U.S.-sponsored Rival to the U.N.?
A fascinating article published Friday in the Toronto Globe and Mail explains how the G-20 came to be: on 27 April 1999 then-Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin sat in the Washington, D.C. office of then-Treasury Secretary designate Larry … [Read more...]