Onion: Swift Boat Veterans For Truth Clear John Kerry After Exhaustive 9-Year Investigation Borowitz: ARIZONA GOVERNOR VETOES ANTI-GAY BILL: “LET’S FOCUS ON DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MEXICANS” PHOENIX (The Borowitz Report)—Arizona … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2014
Question for Larry Lucchino and John Henry About Fenway Park Having 20 to 30 Years Left to Live YET Is Designated a “Historical Landmark”
That's pretty much my question gents. You get questionable lifetime sweetheart deals from the city. The new administration wants to take a second look. You go on the record saying the ballpark doesn't have much of a life left. Well … [Read more...]
Eleanor’s First Missive to Present Souls
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt My children, I said this many decades past with several things in mind. The race for the Massachusetts 5th Middlesex State Senate … [Read more...]
Guardia’s New Labor Coup in Race for Clark Seat
With a new endorsement by the American Federation of Teachers, Anthony Guardia, has now been endorsed by three major Massachusetts unions, the others being the SEIU/NAGE National Association of Government Employees, and the BTU / Boston … [Read more...]
An Idiot’s Guide to the Federal Indictments of John O’Brien, Elizabeth Tavarez, and William Burke aka The Probation Indictments
The 20 page indictment is right here for anyone to read. Below is a synopsis. The Set-Up Page 1 stars out with "Count One - Racketeering and Conspiracy". This is the same as RICO. First requirement to make a RICO case is an … [Read more...]
Another election flooded by dark money? Let’s hope not
Super PACs are quietly forming to influence the race for governor and other state elections in 2014, and if state lawmakers don’t pass a campaign finance disclosure bill soon, these outside groups will be free to spend unlimited sums … [Read more...]
Sounds to me like Charlie Baker wants a People’s Pledge
As he was departing from last night's Republican Governors Association fundraiser - hilariously relocated at the last minute because of "unwanted attention from reporters" - presumed Republican nominee for Governor Charlie Baker had this to … [Read more...]
Austerity for Little Kids’ Brains: Boston School Budget Cuts Mean Mass Layoffs
Boston is the 26th-wealthiest city on the entire planet, according to a Brookings Institution report, yet it is declaring it can't afford to invest in its future. The city is slashing its school budget, laying off hundreds of teachers and … [Read more...]
On Keystone XL, Will Obama & Kerry Follow Bush-Cheney Path?
President Obama talks a lot about standing up to the industrial carbon polluters disrupting our climate. So why does he act like the decision on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline - a carbon bomb & one he doesn't have to beg Congress to … [Read more...]
Interview with Don Berwick on DKos today…
The interviewer makes a compelling case for doctors as government leaders. Here's a choice quote: Dr. Chatterjee: What are some of your main goals/agenda items that you want to accomplish as the next Governor of Massachusetts? Dr. … [Read more...]
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