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Obama elected president; Supreme Court again rejects kooky challenge

December 16, 2008 By David

In a series of no-drama votes yesterday, the nation's 538 electors were expected to cast their ballots precisely as expected: 365 for Barack Obama, 173 for John McCain (the results will not be officially tallied until January, but I have … [Read more...]

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By the way, the Celtics are really good

December 11, 2008 By David

Seriously -- they are 20-2, and are on a twelve game winning streak.  And they're looking pretty good to extend that streak to 13 tonight, as they're leading 63-39 over Washington at halftime. OK, OK, they're not (yet) close to the … [Read more...]

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Breaking — Supreme Court does not prevent Obama from becoming president!

December 9, 2008 By David

That's right, folks -- as the BMG oracle foretold last week, Leo Donofrio's effort to derail the inauguration of Barack Obama as president was dealt a harsh blow by the Supreme Court when the Justices denied his application for stay without … [Read more...]

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Good news on municipalities joining GIC

December 9, 2008 By David

Today's Globe reports that Speaker DiMasi is floating the possibility of eliminating the 70% union buy-in rule that has served as a major roadblock to municipalities joining the Group Insurance Commission.   DiMasi is planning to … [Read more...]

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BoMag’s loss is our gain — welcome to Amy Derjue

December 9, 2008 By David

Amy Derjue has been blogging for longer than it's been called blogging, and her own amusingly-entitled blog, "Pasquinade," has been online for longer than BMG. Until recently, Amy had one of those highly coveted, fancy-dancy, big-money … [Read more...]

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Illinois Governor arrested — hey, it’s not just Massachusetts!

December 9, 2008 By David

NYT reports: Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested on Tuesday morning and charged with corruption, including an allegation that he conspired to profit from his authority to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's successor in the … [Read more...]

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Ethics Task Force testimony has been posted

December 5, 2008 By David

Ask and ye shall receive. Testimony Available Online   Thanks for the interest and suggestions from the BMG community.  After reading the comments today concerning the public hearing,  I spoke with Ben Clements.  He made … [Read more...]

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Doug Hattaway to the State Department?

December 4, 2008 By David

Via Jeremy, we see that Politico is reporting the possibility of Cambridge JP (thanks tblade) resident Doug Hattaway as the State Department's chief spokesman under Hillary Clinton. Doug HATTAWAY is being considered for "the Jamie Rubin … [Read more...]

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Ethics Task Force update: testimony will be made available online

December 4, 2008 By David

Yesterday's public hearing of Governor Patrick's Ethics Task Force seems to have generated a good deal of heat; whether it generated much light remains to be seen.  One BMG regular, Shirley Kressel, was there (she was quoted in today's … [Read more...]

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“Saxbe fix” in the works for Clinton nomination

December 3, 2008 By David

The issue, first raised here by TedF, of whether Hillary Clinton is constitutionally eligible to serve as Secretary of State (the issue being that the salary for that job went up during Clinton's Senate term, creating a possible issue under … [Read more...]

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