The great thing about YouTube is that when you can't afford to go to Iceland, you can visit and explore it anyway. Watching stuff like this helps to take away the stress of everything we deal will in these days and refocus on the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 24, 2010
Bristol County Sheriff Debate…tempers and accusations flare up MUST WATCH
Weekly Joke Revue: Wilmington, DE “Million Masturbators March”
Hat tip to Paul Krugman -- "The best line I've ever heard about Ayn Rand's influence" -- for this magnificent assessment from Kung Fu Monkey: There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and … [Read more...]
Flaherty Demands Investigation of Everett Absentee Ballots
COMMITTEE TO ELECT TIM FLAHERTY September 24, 2010 … [Read more...]
Doubts About Christine O’Donnell Continue to Grow
There seems to be a growing sense of buyer's remorse among both members of the Tea Party Movement and Republican Party regulars surrounding the primary win of Christine O'Donnell. Buyer's remorse is a condition that arises after people have … [Read more...]
Dead end at the heart of Republican ideology.
The worthy commenters at BMG wannabe Red Mass Group offer some of the most effective articulations of the Massachusetts Republican Party's current ideology. In a remarkable post on Wednesday star commenter Garrett Quinn made explicit one of … [Read more...]
Back to the charter school cul de sac
Such a conundrum - maybe Secretary of Education Paul Reville can help him. After all, he's been in a political cul de sac too. For those of you new to all this, read the text of his famous email, quoted in this post. … [Read more...]
Martha Coakley is Going to Sell Caritas to Dan Quayle?
Caritas is the 2nd largest health care system in all of New England. The people of Massachusetts in particular rely on Caritas to provide quality health care at reasonable prices. Martha Coakley is involved in approving the sale … [Read more...]
Colbert testifies before Congress. Really.
UPDATE (By Bob). "I was a corn-packer. And I know that term is offensive. To some people. Because corn-packer is a derogatory term for a gay Iowan." -- Colbert responds to Iowa Republican Steve King. This is hilarious for many reasons, not … [Read more...]
Changing the World (Right Now)
If you had a magic wand, and you could wave it and create a world full of light, love, justice and peace, when do you think you would choose to use it? Would you get around to it as soon as you were done with your education? Would you do it … [Read more...]