An exceptionally amusing piece of snark that crept through the traditional media's reality filters yesterday: "Bankers Join Billionaires to Debunk ‘Imbecile’ Attack on Top 1%" on Bloomberg. Max Abelson captured a group of billionaires doing … [Read more...]
Archives for December 21, 2011
Old South Meeting House online survey: “Is there any cause you feel strongly enough about that you would break the law and risk arrest?”
Here is the link so that you can vote on this question, and also send in a comment. In fact, I can think of several past laws that I believe I would have broken, and would have risked arrest for breaking. These were: 1. Turning in … [Read more...]
Please send the full transcript of the last public meeting of Boston City Council stored in the computer file on the Diamante http://stenograph.com Stenograph machine in the Council Chamber.
By email please send the full transcript of the last public meeting of Boston City Council stored in the computer file on the Diamante http://stenograph.com Stenograph machine in the Council Chamber. Hearing loss. a. More accessible for … [Read more...]
Can Populism Be Brown?
Nobody should take speculative stories from Politico too seriously because they are almost always right-leaning. I sense some of their stories are sourced from phone number left on cocktail napkins. As a result, how do we approach the … [Read more...]
Grossman: Wipe out your bank account quicker with new gambling opportunity
Our omnipresent State Treasurer Steve Grossman today stopped by Fox25 News to get the word out that Massachusetts citizens will now have a new opportunity to wipe out their bank accounts quicker by gambling on the lottery using their … [Read more...]
Critical Letters to the Editor Printed but no Apology from the Lowell Sun
The Lowell Sun printed two letters to the editor today critical of the Sun's December 16 anti-trans "Christmas" column, written by Dan Phelps. The first letter printed was written by Allyson Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign. The second … [Read more...]
Pat Haddad Next Speaker? – How to Set-Up the Gaming Commission
The George Higgins' novel A Choice of Enemies follows the life and times of a Speaker of The House of Representatives of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This character is a dead on composite of former speakers John "Iron Duke" Thompson … [Read more...]
The Sun Takes Some Heat
(Cross posted from Left In Lowell) There is no doubt that the Dan Phelps column discussed in Lynne's diary below was utterly tasteless and decidedly tone deaf. It should be noted that Lowell is, politically, much closer to Manchester, … [Read more...]
Register as a Democrat by December 31
It’s time for all of you who support Democrats, but are not registered as Democrats, to think of changing your party registration. There are many good reasons to register as a Democrat. Registering as a Democrat makes a statement about … [Read more...]