(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Guardianship of persons with developmental disabilities is under fire in Massachusetts and elsewhere, and families could see their advocacy rights eroded as a result. One prominent threat to … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
Howie Carr Remains Super Duper Racist
Media Matters has tracked Howie Carr's racism towards immigrants, Muslims and Native Americans, Now he's attacking President Obama for being black: HOWIE CARR (HOST): That’s the worst thing about this administration. They’ve taken -- it … [Read more...]
Environmentalists Are Awful Voters
Nathaniel Stinnett launched the Environmental Voter Project (http://environmentalvoter.org) in 2015 with the mission of “identifying inactive environmentalists and then turning them into consistent activists and voters.” He spoke on … [Read more...]
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Part of the purpose of blogs like this is to pick up on stories the mainstream media isn't covering. I would like to highlight two developments in peacemaking abroad over the week that have been given short shrift in light of the American … [Read more...]
ON PEACE AND JUSTICE
For those concerned about the current civil unrest taking place across America whether it manifests itself as athletes kneeling during our National Anthem or Black Lives Matter protests against unprovoked police shootings of unarmed black … [Read more...]
North Dakota employs bearcats and armored vehicles against unarmed water protectors 9/28/16
THIS is worth your attention - and some of us are still watching! See below Militarized Police Arrest 21 Water Protectors in DAPL Work Stoppage September 28, 2016 15 miles south of Mandan, North Dakota – On the heels … [Read more...]
New Hampshire’s ballot selfie ban is unconstitutional. Ours probably is too.
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (whose decisions apply in both NH and MA) declared that a New Hampshire statute criminalizing "ballot selfies" - that is, taking a photograph of a marked ballot and then sharing the … [Read more...]
October BMG Stammtisch
Update, 1-Oct-2016 I have been forced to make an emergency trip to Gaithersburg, MD to attend to my 92 year old mother, who is near death. I will, sadly, not be able to attend this week's stammtisch. I encourage the rest of you to come … [Read more...]
Yankee Doodle Town
Big day in Billerica yesterday. Governor Baker dropped in for a ceremony designating it "Yankee Doodle Town." (The backstory: in 1775 a young Billerica patriot seeking to join the Minutemen was captured by the British while he was trying to … [Read more...]
Every sniff from the debate
Seems like something may be going on. (Hat tip, NYT). … [Read more...]
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