The Boston Globe lays it out about as clearly as reading between the lines will allow in Jessica Meyers' piece "Critics assail Warren’s bid to block nominee for Treasury: Backlash tests ability to influence party policies," a review of … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2014
The Weekly Standard, A Sometime Champion of Freedom of Speech
You know for all of the articles championing freedom of speech, which have appeared of late in the Weekly Standard, I was taken aback by the recent article: ‘Anti-Military Anthem Played at 'Concert for Valor'. This past year numerous pieces … [Read more...]
What does it take to get an indictment when the police kill someone?
For the second time in two weeks, a grand jury has declined to indict a police officer who killed an unarmed black man. A failure to indict in a case involving a potential homicide is supposed to be a rare occurrence. Yet, that's what … [Read more...]
The only olympic plan so far would require displacing 700 working class jobs, food for the region
Other than some vague talk about how it'll be one of the least expensive Olympics evah (suuuure) and the city of Boston won't be on the hook for anything (when pigs fly), there's been very little talk about specifics coming out of the … [Read more...]
Report on tonight’s Democratic State Committee meeting.
I figured BMGers might be interested in some of the highlights: Two special elections are pending in the House due to appointments to the Baker administration - namely Carlo Basile of 1st Suffolk (Charlestown, East Boston) and Matthew … [Read more...]
State Police Need Video Cams on Cruisers! Calling Governor Baker
A while back the Globe Spotlight did a ridiculous Pravda like series on the fact that not all drunk driving defendants are convicted. All those freakin technicalities and such. The numbers were not bad at all but the Globe saw blood and … [Read more...]
The Israeli “Jewish Nation State” Bill: Is The Controversy Justified?
Cross-posted from Letters Blogatory: I thought this might be of wider interest. I want to veer off-topic to discuss the recent proposal in Israel to declare the state to be the nation-state of the Jewish people. The "Jewish Nation State" … [Read more...]
Video showing probable arson by swat teams in Fergeson
Dear Folks- Found this video from <<www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/ >>, which is a combined web site that includes news from around the web as well as progressive commentaries. Very interesting-- Presence of Swat Teams at … [Read more...]
We thought there was a state budget deficit
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Given that the Patrick administration is projecting a $329 million state budget deficit in the current fiscal year and is seeking to cut millions of dollars in local aid and other accounts, why are they … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick “Meets The Press”…
...wherein he criticizes Dems for running away from the President, cautions against a sense of inevitability regarding Hillary Clinton, and weighs in on Ferguson. … [Read more...]
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