Holy crap. If you watched Fox 25's usually fluffy 10pm newscast tonight, you got to see tough commentary from ... David Wade? Yup. During his "Wade a Minute" segment, the boyish anchor delivered an impassioned indictment against … [Read more...]
Gay marriage bill terminated in CA
Arnold vetoes gay marriage bill.That's too bad, and maybe a mistake on his part. The religious right is just not that powerful in CA -- certainly not the tipping-point level power they are in many other states. And Arnold's not really their … [Read more...]
Refugees coming to Cape Cod
2,500 refugees* coming to the Otis Air Force Base/Camp Edwards on Cape Cod, says wbz4 news. "The governor is calling on the people ofMassachusetts to help with the operation of the Camp Edwards shelter.The shelter will need everything … [Read more...]
We are not “playing”
So, the Bush administration goes back to the old "buck stops somewhere else" playbook:NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 -- Tens of thousands of people spent a fifth dayawaiting evacuation from this ruined city, as Bush administrationofficials … [Read more...]
Left in Lowell: a local response
Link:We are meeting tomorrow in South Boston at 3pm to talk about long-termhousing solutions for Katrina victims and bringing some of them to thenortheast....We plan to contact churches, businesses, and individuals across thestate and even … [Read more...]
Boston Herald explains all you need to know about FEMA
Found through Talking Points Memo. Link:The federalofficial in charge of the bungled New Orleans rescue was fired from hislast private-sector job overseeing horse shows.Andbefore joining the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a … [Read more...]
Clearing out the backblog:
Americans are still decent people: I called Ted Kennedy's office yesterday morning, and the woman on the phone said that they had gotten "thousands" of calls about the people at the NO convention center.Did Robert Siegel save … [Read more...]
A blog from New Orleans, in the thick of it
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/, a blog written by a bunch of IT guys holed up in NO with a power generator.They say this about the outrageous FUBAR at the convention center in New Orleans:10:46 pmThe Real … [Read more...]
Some of the interview with Chertoff
This is from the interview I was talking about yesterday. From Brad DeLong via ThinkProgress:Robert Siegel: We are hearing from our reporter, he's on anotherline right now, thousands of people at the convention center in NewOrleans with no … [Read more...]
Open thread: upcoming elections, etc.
Some issues getting buried at the bottom of threads... Intriguing candidates for State Rep (Christopher Schiavone?)Jehlen's replacement?Jarrett Barrios's replacement for SEN? (He's running for Middlesex DA.) Alice Wolf?Medford voting … [Read more...]
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