It took a while, but I think I finally understand what is going on with the Cruz-induced government shutdown. Let's start with the basics. United States Senator Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz was born December 22, 1970 in Calgary, Alberta, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
Ex-it Scott Brown?
Selling the Wrentham home. Carpet bagging to where? Well, it's been a slow news cycle for him since the Iowa state fair flop and the annoying focus on the BosMayor race.....gotta keep the ego sated. … [Read more...]
Sheltered workshops under fire in Massachusetts
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) Paul Buonomo enjoys his job stuffing envelopes, collating papers and carrying out other tasks in a program in Danvers known as a sheltered workshop. His parents, Doris and Joe Buonomo, maintain that … [Read more...]
Please Support the Initiatives to Raise the Minimum Wage and Provide Earned Sick Leave
For the past several weeks, I (and many others) have been helping out the Raise Up Massachusetts campaign, a broad coalition of groups working to place two initiative questions on the November 2014 state ballot. The first would raise … [Read more...]
Scott Lively running for Governor of Massachusetts as spoiler candidate
Scott Lively, the Springfield-based anti-gay activist on trial for the persecution of LGBT people in Uganda, has announced that he is running for Governor of Massachusetts. Yesterday the blog Conservative Patriot reprinted an email from Mr. … [Read more...]
Patriots Open Thread -They are screwed
My goodness, the only guy that has hands is doing punt returns and almost got knocked out of the game. Why is Edelman doing punt returns? Wilfork out with a bad wheel, and Brady's new target is #46, who played defense for Brown Univ. … [Read more...]
Home Depot and Trader Joe’s putting part-time workers into Obamacare Exchanges
Kudos to these two companies for actually providing h/c insurance to p/t employees. I love Trader Joe's wine selection, I always go for the $2.99 Charles Shaw brand. This weekend I was at Home Depot buying a few pressure-treated fence … [Read more...]
Resilience and Climate Change
Recently, I've noticed there has been a shift from talking about mitigation to adaptation to resilience when dealing with climate change. From my perspective, this is not a bad development as resilience focuses on practical preparedness for … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Obama in plot to force Americans to live longer
Borowitz: FOX NEWS: OBAMA IN PLOT TO FORCE AMERICANS TO LIVE LONGER NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In a blockbuster documentary to be broadcast tonight, the Fox News Channel alleges that Obamacare is “little more than a thinly … [Read more...]
We’re Headed For A Shutdown! Let’s Fund-raise!
So, we're headed for a shutdown of the Federal government. As this Politico article notes, Republicans in the House this afternoon decided to attach a one year delay of the individual mandate in Obamacare in exchange for a Continuing … [Read more...]
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