I greatly appreciate Dave Kassel’s COFAR post and BMG’s about my decades of attempts to protect and assert my son, Andy’s rights and needs for proper care, treatment, and appropriate placements – through attempts to gain guardianship or in … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
“Appearance of Conflict” as Defined by Commissioner Crosby, The U.S. Attorneys Office, and Justices McHugh, Wolf, and Thurston Saylor, IV – What’s With Peter Gelziniz’s Bizarre Column Today
Has anyone noticed this appearance-of-conlict-vortex taken over the headlines recently? First we have Steve Crosby and his toady/first ballot inductee to arrogant judges hall of fame Jim McHugh doing a second rate road show explaining … [Read more...]
NRA-backed laws claim more victims
Massachusetts should immediately strengthen our gun safety laws. They may be strict by US standards, but they are ridiculously loose and dangerous by international norms, and common sense: 3 dead in Columbia, Md., mall shooting .. Joan … [Read more...]
Comments of the day: excellent points about the lottery
The open letter to current Treasurer and candidate for Governor Steve Grossman regarding the lottery generated a long and quite interesting comment thread - you should read the whole thing. I wanted to highlight two comments in particular, … [Read more...]
Chief Justice Ireland, Bar Association Leaders to Speak at 15th Annual Walk to the Hill
Hundreds of attorneys will gather at State House next Thursday, Jan. 30, to ask for increased funding for civil legal aid Chief Justice Roderick L. Ireland of the Supreme Judicial Court will join hundreds of private attorneys from more … [Read more...]
Obamacare Medicaid expansion could be a bear trap. Some fear asset seizure by states.
This is more of a public service announcement, not another diary pointing out the defects in Obamacare. Two sources, Washington Post and Fox. Seriously, if you happen to have minimum income, but have assets like a home and need health … [Read more...]
The Ghost of Sister Mary Francis Pays Another Visit to Kevin Cullen (A Play in One Act)
Kevin Cullen sound asleep fighting his demons when he feels a heavy tap on his shoulder Sister Mary Francis: Wake up you little pisher. Don't gimme the fake sleep routine. Kevin Cullen: Oh no! Not again. SMF: Damn right Cullen. … [Read more...]
Coal: poisoning the air, poisoning the water…
In case you missed it, things have gone from bad to worse in West Virginia this week, with Freedom Industries now owning up to the fact that there was a second chemical in the leaking tank: Amy Goodwin, spokeswoman for Gov. Earl Ray … [Read more...]
Anatomy of a Lie: The Invisible Survey Behind the Newly/Already-Insured Meme
Our resident troll's latest Obamacare prevarication is instructive, not for the light it shines on ACA enrollments (it sheds none), but for insight into the right-wing noise machine. In this case, the process starts with a client of … [Read more...]
Cape Wind: What really happened, and why the contract went to a European firm
As usual, our resident troll has a post on the recent list where he distorts the source material by omitting key portions of the article from his review. If you read that post, you would think that the evil geniuses behind Cape Wind … [Read more...]
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