OK folks, we've all been watching debates, scouring polls, and otherwise reading tea leaves for months now. But on Monday evening, actual voting begins. The Iowa caucuses are a weird way to kick off the selection of a presidential nominee … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2016
What if …
I must say I'm taken aback by at least the timing, if not the content of the recent State Department announcement about Hillary Clinton's emails: The State Department acknowledged for the first time Friday that “top secret” information has … [Read more...]
Warren slams Obama: “Corporate criminals routinely escape meaningful prosecution for their misconduct”
Right on, Senator Warren! Senator Clinton should be thanking her lucky stars that Bernie Sanders is the greatest of her worries these days. If Warren had run, the outcome of the Democratic primary might be in serious doubt. NYT Op-Ed by … [Read more...]
Crowdsourcing an Alternative
Full Disclosure: I am the field director for the United Independent Party See you all at Saloon on Wednesday! We can trade contacts or barbs in person over great drinks! It's stories like this one that convinced me something is … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: “Dazed Marco Rubio Wakes Up In Koch Compound To Find Cold Metal Device Installed Behind Ear”
Onion: Dazed Marco Rubio Wakes Up In Koch Compound To Find Cold Metal Device Installed Behind Ear ‘Hello Marco, We Will Now Begin The Program,’ Says Soothing Voice A disoriented Rubio says he is unsure if he has been in the room for … [Read more...]
The Trumpless debate showed us why Trump is winning: all the other candidates are awful
As you know, the final Republican debate before the voting actually begins on Monday went ahead without the clear Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump. Let's review what we learned from seeing how these guys (and they were all guys, as … [Read more...]
Trump just either blew his chance to be the GOP nominee, or destroyed his opponents’ last best chance to overtake him…
and nobody knows which it is. You sure can't criticize this primary season for being boring. After all the nuttiness that we've seen (especially on the GOP side, it must be said) up to now, this week's goings-on still stand out as, … [Read more...]
BMG Stammtisch
The Saloon I invite each and every one of you to join me and hopefully us at a hopefully-monthly BMG "Stammtisch" on Wednesday, 3-February-2016, and the FIRST WEDNESDAY of each month after that. This not-to-be-missed event will take … [Read more...]
MASC: Governor’s education funding “less than adequate.”
School Committee Association raises concerns over less than adequate education funding in Governor’s proposed FY17 budget Boston—The Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) responded to Governor Baker’s proposed FY17 … [Read more...]
O’Malley the Kingmaker
Surprised not to see much discussion of this five days out from Iowa. For anyone fortunate enough not to see the perversion of democracy that is Iowa, there is a significant rule that bears mentioning. And it means the forgotten Democratic … [Read more...]
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