Queston 1-Does anyone think it was sufficient for Fox to pay off the accusers of Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly, or for the Weinstein Group to pay off Harvey Weinstein's accusers, and then to act like nothing happened? Question 2- Does … [Read more...]
Does Boston Want Amazon? Then Dump GE
Think outside the box. We should dump GE so we can redirect all our bribes, I mean resources, to getting this great deal from Amazon! Sure GE will whine that they have a contract, but if there's anything in greater supply here than software … [Read more...]
Watch Ben Cardin Turn into a Statue
What's the point of tearing down statues just to put up new ones? Senator Ben Cardin held a town meeting recently (https://www.c-span.org/video/?433356-1/senator-ben-cardin-town-hall-meeting-health-care&start=5709#). The stated … [Read more...]
The Elitists Want to Tear Down Our Heritage!
Economist Dean Baker posted today about taxing corporate profits. His post is important because it demolishes one of the two arguments for a corporate tax cut, namely that taxing corporations is just too damn hard. In a fairer world, … [Read more...]
Your WGBH Pledge Dollars at Work
I just finished listening to Jim Braude and Andrea Cabral struggle (on Boston Public Radio) with Nazi ideology and and lose. The topic was a "judge in Tennessee somewhere" who is offering lenient sentencing in return for vasectomies or … [Read more...]
Maura Healey’s prosecutorial misconduct and cover up
If you're a fan of abrupt transformations, skip the summer blockbuster superhero movies and instead listen to Maura Healey's July 6 interview on WBUR. She starts out like Wonder Woman, railing (justifiably, in my view) against Betsy Devos. … [Read more...]
Is Michelle Carter’s conviction bad news for Sheriff Hodgson?
Michelle Carter was convicted last week for facilitating her boyfriend's suicide, and . . . nothing. The prosecutors suggested that this was a unique situation. Martin Healy, chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Bar Association, had a … [Read more...]
Is That a Shadow over Boston Common, or is it just all the Dim Bulbs?
Two local stories shared the Boston Globe front page last week. General Electric switched CEO's in what looked like an acknowledgement of its declining fortunes, and the City of Boston agreed to sell a public parking garage to a developer … [Read more...]
Wilson Follett Explains James Comey for You
from Follett's Modern American Usage "When.for example, we have two adjectives nauseous and nauseated, it should be clear that the first applies to the substance that causes the state named in the second." … [Read more...]
File under “Mosul was LAST week”
"General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake,. . . there are studies underway to fluoridate ... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream." Now that Trump is actually bombing someone, everyone in Washington loves him. And they don't … [Read more...]
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