Photo of Chris Hedges courtesy The Village Voice Chris Hedges explained that the reason he was suing over NDAA was the chilling effect on journalism, and freedom of speech, and more. The text of his complaint makes clear the threat … [Read more...]
Archives for September 13, 2012
Fed eases, stocks go up, oil up, bad for middle class. OH ALSO MITT ROMNEY DUMB
As predicted by me, Quantitative Easing, Monetary Stimulus aka raising prices comes across, dollar dives, stocks go wild, oil goes up, how is this good for the middle class? Where is the middle class rock thrower on this? Is there anything … [Read more...]
Foreign policy – where it went wrong, and where it should go now
Retired Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. offers a trenchant analysis of foreign policy past, present and future. Since 9/11, Americans have chosen to stake our domestic tranquility on our ability – under our commander-in-chief – to rule the … [Read more...]
Warren’s new ad
Thoughts? … [Read more...]
Message Received…
The pivot has begun and has gotten some good early response. New ad out from Warren campaign is really, really good. bit.ly/ShoBZS #mapoli#masen — Garrett Quinn (@GarrettQuinn) September 13, 2012 And to those … [Read more...]
PPP Poll Next Week
Public Policy Polling posted on their blog that they will conduct a Massachusetts poll next week. Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Wisconsin won our vote on where to poll this week. Virginia and Wisconsin we'll do over the weekend … [Read more...]
Recount Confirms Brunelle Win in 12th Bristol Rep Race
Recounts last night (Taunton) and this morning (Lakeville and Middleboro) have confirmed that Roger Brunelle won the September 6th Democratic Primary and is the Democratic nominee for State Representative in the 12th Bristol … [Read more...]
Tierney’s up big // a look at the race
I was in Lynn today, holding a sign with a big crowd for Congressman John Tierney, when a friend told me that WBUR/MassINC came out with a great poll for the Congressman. The poll asked who people were going to vote for, then pushed for … [Read more...]
Can we connect the Brown dots?
After seeing the Sept. 12 Globe story headlined: Brown pushed STOCK Act, but bill Obama signed in ad was not his which included this text: “Brown’s measure was so hastily drafted that it contained exact language lifted from an earlier … [Read more...]
Mitt Romney: not ready
You known how, a few weeks ago as the Olympics were about to get started, Mitt Romney went to London and made an ass of himself? That was kind of funny, and it got a lot of people wondering whether Romney would really be such a great … [Read more...]