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Still Can’t Comment from Internet Explorer

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Looks like this works though. Wanted to comment on Ernie's diary. WBUR's coverage of the Chuck Turner trial has been pretty good, but I'd like to hear more. IE IS working on other Soapblox sites. Wouldn't mention it otherwise. … [Read more...]

Who Is Your Person of the Year?

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I hate Time's Man of the Year or whatever they call it now. "Biggest newsmaker" is a maddeningly vague standard, and they inevitably get gunshy when the obvious choice is someone awful. So I thought, let's have a Person of the Year, and … [Read more...]

Truthout Slams Barney Frank

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The story seems a bit overwrought, but I would like to hear the Congressman respond to it. More than 50% of his campaign funds, according to the article, come from the finance, insurance, and real estate industries, which someone has … [Read more...]

Pass the Healthcare Bill

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Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Just do it. Yesterday, I wrote that a bad bill is the worst possible outcome. I've changed my mind. Even Howard Dean, speaking on On Point on WBUR yesterday, said the Senate bill does some good things. … [Read more...]

He’s Right

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Sorry for the short diary, but I'm surprised no one posted on this: "Capuano took to the microphone, looked out at his colleagues and condensed what he'd learned into two words. "You're screwed," he told his friends in the House, according … [Read more...]

More to the ACORN Story

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Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Of course there had to be more to this. Our own Scott Harshabrger is on it. Joe Conason writes in Salon: In San Diego, for example, the ACORN employee shown on the tapes is someone whose primary language … [Read more...]

Boo to the Governor

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1. I never heard of the Clover Club before this, and as described it's somewhat secretive, so who would have noticed if the governor declined quietly? But no, someone had to tell the Globe. 2. It was apparently OK when it was "an Irish … [Read more...]

I Pledge Not to Invade England

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Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Scott Brown has pledged not to raise taxes. Because, as we know, junior senators in the minority party are just handed the tax code as soon as they walk into the Senate. Maybe that's mean, and I should … [Read more...]

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