Read a version of this at a favorite news group of mine and had to share. Author unknown. American Capitalism: The owner of a business pulls into the company parking lot, driving a new Lexus. One of his … [Read more...]
Archives for February 5, 2015
Rep. Stephen Lynch Steps Up.
Via digby's blog, I found this New York Times article about how Stephen Lynch is standing up for releasing a "still-classified section of the investigation by congressional intelligence committees into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks ... that … [Read more...]
Reporter Jan Ransom Uses Space Savers to Explain Boston Globe’s Unadulterated Dismissiveness of Local Working Class Better Than Anyone Else
You know how I complain that the Boston Globe's philosophy is screw the white ethnic working class folks who have inhabited our neighborhoods for 150 years? Well, it's not a "screw them" attitude, it's more of a " these people are so … [Read more...]
Boston 2024 drops one hilariously terrible part of their bid to host the Olympics
The Globe reports today that Boston 2024, under pressure from both landlord and tenant groups, has scrapped a particularly ill-conceived part of their plan to find enough housing in Boston for spectators. Here's what they originally had in … [Read more...]
Notes from the Democratic State Committee
Once again, I thought I would share a few highlights of interest from tonight's DSC meeting. There are three vacancies: male for Worcester & Middlesex (Flanagan); female for 2nd Essex & Middlesex (L'Italien); female for … [Read more...]