Off the air at Wikileaks.org after Amazon caved to political pressure, and also at wikileaks.ch in Switzerland, where administrators next took the site. Maybe the planned massive release of confidential documents about a major U.S. bank … [Read more...]
Archives for December 3, 2010
Holiday Party at Kate’s on Sunday in Westborough
Sunday, December 5 · 2:00pm - 5:00pm Kate's Home, 17 Gary Ciricle, Westborough, MA I have confirmations from: Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray Secretary Bill Galvin Auditor Elect Suzanne Bump MDP Chairman John Walsh Newton Mayor Setti … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue:
Borowitz: U.S. Orders Diplomats to Stop Telling Truth Until Further Notice Fallout from WikiLeaks Mess WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered … [Read more...]
Democratic Poll: Scott Brown ‘Looking Good’ for Now
From Roll Call: Brown enjoys high favorables and leads by no less than 7 points in a series of hypothetical head-to-head matchups, according to a survey of 500 Massachusetts voters taken Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 by the Democratic firm Public … [Read more...]
Climate change: The National Security Issue
Are you scared? You damn well should be. … [Read more...]
What about our Science Museum?
New exhibit from London Science Museum:New interactive gallery. New immersive experience. Step into a whole new world and explore the science of our changing climate... Opens 4 December Visit the atmosphere gallery, a new and … [Read more...]
Brown Update
Here's the email: Thank you for contacting me regarding the Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program. As always, I value your input, and strive to keep you updated on the important issues facing us today. As … [Read more...]
And, in the “credit where credit is due” department, good on Scott Brown for backing DADT repeal
Having spent the last several posts trashing Scott Brown's pointless position on unemployment and tax cuts, we will now praise his sensible and courageous stand on repealing the odious Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. Having reviewed the … [Read more...]
Piling on (’cause why not?) – more on tax cuts for the rich and Scott Brown
There's been lots of excellent discussion so far on our junior Senator's puzzling decision to block the most effective means of stimulating the economy. For more on that general topic, here's the always-excellent Gail Collins on the … [Read more...]
When Scott Brown considers his vote on extending tax cuts
I'm going to steal this template nearly verbatim from Ezra Klein (on John Boehner). There are 2,457,167 households in the Commonwealth. There are 162,357 with incomes over $200,000. That's 6.6%. That number is not the right number for this … [Read more...]