(This is a cross post of course from LiL, but I am hoping it has bigger appeal than just my little corner of electoral politics. This is a big movement, with so much potential, I felt compelled to express my concerns for it. Slight edits in … [Read more...]
Archives for October 16, 2011
Open seats announcement by the Democratic State Committee
These seats opened because the members of the Democratic State Committee have served 20 years, and become permanent (unless they step down for some reason) opening the seat to new ballot members, under the Charter. This announcement was … [Read more...]
politics is not the sphere of the beautiful
As Amitav Ghosh says in this interview, politics is not the sphere of the beautiful. "...Over the last 20 years, politics has been presented to us as the be-all and end-all of our lives. It's like politics has been suggested to us as … [Read more...]
NON – OWS – Activist declares November 5, 2011 international “Bank Transfer Day”
You can find a Bank Transfer Day "event" on facebook with 40,000+ saying they will attend. I found deeper coverage here - according to this article, Bank Transfer Day is the creation of a solitary activist, Kristen Christian from Los … [Read more...]
Koch buys another candidate
The Washington Post today reports that leading contender Herman Cain has "deep ties" to the Koch Brothers. From the piece: Cain’s campaign manager and a number of aides have worked for Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, the advocacy … [Read more...]
Mark Cuban advice to OWS
Mark Cuban is the kind of financial entrepreneur who gets swept into the evil 1% by anti-capitalist rhetoric. In truth he is an example of a business genius who shows how true innovation comes from those who buck the system (not unlike the … [Read more...]
Does The Globe think plagiarism is cute?
Saturday's editorial, "My Kingdom for a Quote" ( http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2011/10/14/kingdom-for-quote/sY4JJnzzAsSokeMSAEa7yJ/story.html ) is a whimsical piece about Scott Brown's plagiarizing Liddy Dole on two pages of … [Read more...]
Red Sox: Bad Old Days back again?
Michael Schur laid out a frightening thesis last week on Grantland, the estimable sports website launched this summer by Bill "The Sports Guy" (actually, correctly, "The Boston Sports Guy") Simmons: "The Collapse of the Red Sox: The Bad Old … [Read more...]