White House Correspondents Dinner: best jokes by the President (via Daniel Kurtzman): "Let's face it, Fox, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the American people that Hillary was born in Kenya." "And I'm feeling … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Antimicrobial resistance, a market failure
A New York Times Editorial points us to the World Health Organization's recent report on the resistance bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi are developing to the drugs we've developed to control them. The long-term danger is that some … [Read more...]
GOP gubernatorial primary apparently ON
From WBZ: Republican Party lawyer Louis Ciavarra said in court Friday that party leaders have agreed to vote to certify tea party-affiliated candidate Mark Fisher for the primary ballot. Ciavarra said the paperwork could be delivered to … [Read more...]
Suffolk Downs Tells Racing Commission It Will Shut Down Horse Racing To Get Casino. Wait, What? F You Richard Fields and Joe O’Donnell – King Arthur’s Strip Club is Closed Because of Wynn, Now It’s Personal
It was suppose to be about racing and the jobs it brings. Suffolk Downs has been telling us this for years. FOR YEARS!! But what's this? A letter from the track to the Gaming Commission claiming the track means nothing to them. This from … [Read more...]
Marriage Equality comes to Arkansas!
Arkansas has, by a court order (and not a federal court order/ a county judge from the great state of Arkansas), joined the states that allow for Marriage Equality. The curious quote in the article says: The ruling comes nearly a week … [Read more...]
Wonk Post: Correlation Doesn’t Mean Causation
From Tyler Vigen: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Per capita consumption of cheese (US) Pounds (USDA) 29.8 30.1 30.5 30.6 31.3 31.7 32.6 33.1 32.7 32.8 Number of … [Read more...]
Sharon, Concord and Sudbury pass climate resolutions
On Monday evening, May 5, Sharon Town Meeting passed a resolution encouraging town officials to promote measures that conserve vital water and energy, and minimize carbon emissions (the language of the resolution is shown in the last slide … [Read more...]
David Sirota story on PandoDaily Links Baker to Christie Pay to Play
A story by David Sirota on Pando Daily: http://pando.com/2014/05/08/exclusive-christie-officials-gave-millions-in-taxpayer-funds-to-major-tech-vc-in-apparent-violation-of-pay-to-play-rules/ details how the Christie administration made a $25 … [Read more...]
Why is Steve Wynn spinning the story about George Clooney?
You may have seen the story about George Clooney getting in a fight with Steve Wynn. It appeared to be just a dust-up between two friends with differing political views. One guy goes too far and the other one gets ticked off and walks away. … [Read more...]
Probation Trial Opens With Judge Young Telling Jury I Have Been Right All Along – Who Screwed Mike Costello, Was It Steve Tocco? – Sorry Juliette, Our Love Affair Must End, I Am Getting Engaged to Steve Grossman
Without mentioning my name of course Judge Young told the probation trial jury today what a genius I am . Commonwealth Magazine has a good synopsis. Right off the bat Judge Young obviously reviewed my many probation/Wyshak rants … [Read more...]
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