Pundits will waive their hands and say “gosh America is powerless to stop this gun problem” or “golly gee, I wonder where all these white supremacists are coming from” or my favorite “isn’t it time we talk about video games?”. Actually … [Read more...]
Dem Debate #2 Open Thread
Jay Inslee said he was going to talk about climate "come hell or high water." Welp, that's very on the nose, and very on-brand for him. He's the only ~1% support candidate that I'm interested in; but I think last night showed the potential … [Read more...]
The Force runs strong in this party.
With apologies to Star Wars and Yoda, CNN published a "newly unearthed audio clip" today of Ronald Reagan calling the leaders of African nations "monkeys" in a recorded phone conversation with then-president Richard Nixon. For any who … [Read more...]
Gov’s transportation bond bill lands with a mild thud
Gov. Baker's $18B transportation bond bill sounded pretty pretty good coming out of the gate: The plan includes almost $5.7 billion for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which would pay for a major overhaul of the T’s bus … [Read more...]
July Debate Night Open Thread
Feel free to chime in on Round 1 and make predictions or chime in for Round 2 tonight. … [Read more...]
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things…
I've been a homeowner for forty years. In those forty years I've had two catastrophic failures with a refrigerator/freezer; one last week and the other a year and a half ago. The first failure occurred when the freezer door fell off as I … [Read more...]
Brexit, and the New Anglo-Celtic Confederation
You heard it here first. The oblivious English-nationalist, Russian-abetted Brexiteers with their new charlatan Prime Minister, charging forward in a bull-in-china-shop manner, disregarding Irish peace, may yet see events proceed in a … [Read more...]
Ayanna Pressley Votes for Apartheid
Jeffrey St. Clair put it this way in Counterpunch: "As Israeli bulldozers were flattening Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, the House voted 398-17 (with 5 voting present) to condemn US citizens for exercising their First Amendment right … [Read more...]
Katherine Clark calls for impeachment
Rachel Maddow just announced that five Democrats called for impeachment after Robert Mueller's testimony, including Congresswoman Katherine Clark (CD-5), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair, member of Speaker Pelosi's leadership team. July 25, … [Read more...]
100% Renewable Energy gets a good hearing
Tuesday was hearing day in room B-1 at the State House for a whole passel of clean energy/climate bills, including and especially H.2836, "An Act re-powering Massachusetts with 100 percent renewable energy". Presenting the bill were Reps … [Read more...]
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