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Weekly traffic report

May 16, 2006 By David

Sorry this is a couple days late.  It was a good week, though - looks like spirited debates about Ameriquest, anonymity and the like are good for traffic! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, random, traffic

Scot Lehigh warns against “undemocratic debacle” if Gabrieli doesn’t get his 15%

May 16, 2006 By David

Thanks to BrightonGuy, who noted Scot Lehigh's op-ed today warning that it would be bad for the Democratic party if Chris Gabrieli gets shut out of the primary ballot by not getting 15% of the convention delegates to vote for him.Lehigh's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gabrieli, governor, massachusetts, vote-9.19.2006

Lieutenant Governor forum: what do you want to know?

May 16, 2006 By David

Don't forget: this Sunday, May 21, starting at 2pm, the local lefty blogosphere is co-sponsoring a forum featuring all four Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor.  This is a big deal for the blogosphere 'round these parts, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, lg, massachusetts, vote-9.19.2006

Globe reporter confirms that Dawn Arnall never donated to “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth”

May 15, 2006 By David

The Globe's political editor, David Dahl, has written up a blog post confirming what I wrote a couple of weeks back: it doesn't look like Ameriquest's Dawn Arnall ever contributed anything to the ironically-named "Swift Boat Veterans for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ameriquest, governor, massachusetts, patrick, vote-9.19.2006

Goldberg backs New Bedford in defying MCAS (with poll!)

May 11, 2006 By David

There's a bit of a firestorm brewing in New Bedford over the requirement that students pass the state MCAS exam as well as satisfying the school's other requirements before they can receive a high school diploma.  The New Bedford … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, goldberg, lg, massachusetts, mcas, vote-9.19.2006

One last thought (for now) on anonymity

May 10, 2006 By David

For some reason, I hadn't realized until today that there is a "bio" field on each user's personal page.  So, if you like using your internet handle on your posts and comments, but are willing to provide a little more information (such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, random

Judge Luttig resigns; news spawns hilarious diary at Daily Kos

May 10, 2006 By David

J. Michael Luttig, the arch-conservative judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and repeatedly unsuccessful short-list candidate for the Supreme Court under George W. Bush, has resigned from the bench to take a senior … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: law-and-lawyers

Healey files bill to suspend gas tax for the summer

May 10, 2006 By David

AP reports that Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey today issued a campaign press release filed a bill with House Republican leader Bradley Jones that would suspend the gas tax between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  Even Healey's boss Mitt Romney … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gop, governor, healey, massachusetts, romney, vote-9.19.2006

Anonymity, IP addresses, and Blue Mass. Group (continued)

May 10, 2006 By David

On Bob's provocative post on anonymous commenting, there appeared the following comment from frequent commenter and Tom Reilly enthusiast rightmiddleleft (edited to fix typos):This is my last post at Blue Mass Group.After thinking about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, random

From the business pages, some promising signs

May 9, 2006 By David

I, and perhaps others 'round these parts, tend to be so obsessed with politics that we don't always get around to reading the sections of the newspaper that don't cover Tom Reilly's latest speech in Sturbridge, or Deval Patrick's latest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, media, vote-9.19.2006

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