Question: is it ever a good idea, if you're a politican, to say that there are occasions when you have not voted the way you wanted to vote? To be more specific, if Scott Brown could take back this comment to the Globe ($) (made late in … [Read more...]
Archives for December 19, 2011
‘Lowell Sun’ Celebrates Christmas by Disparaging Trans People
Update: LGBT organizations respond. See below the fold. As we approach the Christmas holidays, what editor thought this was fit to print? Here's an excerpt from "Christmas carols -- with a twist" written by columnist and copy editor … [Read more...]
Grossman: Meter Running on Casinos
...and by meter running, he means that with the law in place to allow three casinos and a single slots parlor in MA, the public wants action — revenue, short and long-term jobs, and other proof that large-scale commercial gambling … [Read more...]
Who Screwed Bob DeLeo? The Paranoia Must Be Setting In – Mike Milbury Will Expose Everett Shakedown – Is Steve Cosby a Sgt. Schultz?
So I read about this youth hockey dust-up at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline (freakin' guy has done shit with the Sox and already name a park after him. I'm tired over the over-glorification of Sox prospects. Don't get me started.) I … [Read more...]
The GOP’s Fiscal Fantasyland
Washington is at a standstill. The public’s trust in our Congress is at an all-time low of about 15%. Misguided feel-good assertions — cutting taxes will lower the deficit, for example — are winning support at the expense of the greater … [Read more...]
Occupy Boston: We are still here & come join with Occupy and Vida Urbana today!
Where: North Station, Boston, Noon - 4:00 PM - December 19, 2011 Why: Rally against HUD policy of "vacant conveyance" that requires eviction of tenants who are current in their rent, and keeping properties heated and clean, in order to … [Read more...]