The Republican presidential candidates debated for an hour and a half, or two hours, or something like that tonight. The only minute that anyone is going to remember is this one, in which Mitt Romney crosses the line from "debate argument" … [Read more...]
Archives for October 18, 2011
Occupy Wall Street’s goal: money out of politics
No demands. No leadership. Vague, confused, well-intentioned. Corporate media argues Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Boston, and the over 900 similar protest events that took place worldwide last weekend (per the Washington Post), are like … [Read more...]
UPDATE – this is a “splinter proposal” Occupy Wall Street calls for a National Convention on July 4, 2012
While this proposal is "online" and "out there" it is not "official" in that while it is a live proposal, it has not been adopted by the direct democracy general assembly in New York - so I am leaving this post up only to make that … [Read more...]
Gilad Shalit Returns Home
Gilad Shalit, who was illegally held captive for five years by Hamas, returned to Israel today. I think the Shalit case has a good lesson for Americans. Although a minority in Israel disagreed, the great majority of Israelis were willing … [Read more...]
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Proposed state legislative districts posted.
The website for the Redistricting Committee has posted its recommendations for the State House and Senate. What do you all think? … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Legislative redistricting maps this afternoon – Protesters get into failing print media business – NTY on Mass. post-RomneyCare
PREDISTRICTING: I totally expected to wake up this morning to a Boston Globe featuring every detail of the new legislative redistricting plan. Instead, all I saw was something about kids with iPads. So you're getting old news this … [Read more...]
World Patriotism?
Question of the day: Is it possible to be patriotic toward all people and all living things all over the world? And if so, can that patriotism co-exist with patriotism of sovereign nations? … [Read more...]
Temporarily Disable Ratings?
Is it hard to simply turn off the ratings system until we have the ability to identify who provides a rating? At the moment, it's essentially noise. It's not a big deal, but when even a light-hearted comment spurs a thumbs-down, it … [Read more...]
Hey, Any Ah Yooz Guys Evah Hair of a Ting Called Twitter?
I just did. Holy moly. Not sure exactly what it is but I signed up. Yup, @ernieboch3, that's me. Now what do I do? I want to tweet or twit or whatever when I write a post. That will send out a link to the post. Right? I just have to … [Read more...]