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Archives for February 2012

Integrated Urban Agricultural Systems

February 29, 2012 By gmoke

On Monday January 30th, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) held a public meeting at Suffolk University, halfway between the State House and City Hall, to change the Boston zoning laws to allow for agriculture throughout the city, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, boston, cambridge, cities, community gardens, composting, food, fruit trees, gardening, permaculture, resilience, sustainability

Offered without comment (from me)

February 29, 2012 By SomervilleTom

I came across this just now. The headline: "Woman: Priest denied me Communion at mom's funeral because I'm gay". I grew up just outside Gaithersburg, my mother lives there now. I offer it without comment: From the video in the piece … [Read more...]

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More on “conscience clauses”: how much can we really know about what Ted Kennedy would have supported?

February 29, 2012 By David

Today's Globe published an editorial tut-tutting about how Ted Kennedy was a public figure, and how his legacy was sometimes difficult to interpret, and how his family doesn't retain the exclusive right, now that he's gone, to decide what … [Read more...]

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Olympia Snowe retiring

February 28, 2012 By kbusch

Christian Scientist Monitor Unfortunately, I do not realistically expect the partisanship of recent years in the Senate to change over the short term. There is a already a promising Democrat in the wings. … [Read more...]

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Senate to Vote on Blunt/Brown Amendment Tomorrow

February 28, 2012 By johnk

Looks like Harry Reid is going to force a vote on the Blunt/Brown amendment that will allow employers to dictate health coverage for employees. The Senate has reached an agreement that it be in order for the Blunt amendment #1520 … [Read more...]

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Regurgitation

February 28, 2012 By Charley on the MTA

In case you thought Santorum's JFK/vomit line was spontaneous, an off-the-cuff misstep ... he's used it before. From Nov. 21 of last year: Santorum is a Roman Catholic, but that didn't stop him from criticizing the country's only Catholic … [Read more...]

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Mitt, you’re on Car Talk

February 28, 2012 By Trickle up

Read this gem courtesy of that plucky band to the north, BlueHampshire. … [Read more...]

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Clark Rockefeller Republicans

February 28, 2012 By hesterprynne

David Brooks’ column today resurrected the dated term “Rockefeller Republicans" to describe moderate Republicans of roughly 40 years ago, often from Northeastern states, who thought that Keynesian economics and environmental stewardship, … [Read more...]

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Scott Brown’s truck breaks down over birth control

February 28, 2012 By David

Two days of actual reporting have pretty much demolished Scott Brown's bizarre gambit to cast himself as the heir to Ted Kennedy.  Yesterday, the Springfield Republican reported that the 1997 legislation sponsored by Ted Kennedy and his son … [Read more...]

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Quick, watch this. Hysterical.

February 28, 2012 By mannygoldstein

Mitt vs. Mitt: The story of two men trapped in one body http://youtu.be/K9njHHyRI7g Made my morning. … [Read more...]

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