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 30, 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...]