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On Avoiding Blame, Part One, Or, Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Drill No Evil.

September 2, 2010 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

When I talk on the stage, people often have the impression that I make up things as I go along. That isn't true. I know a lot of things I want to say, I'm just not sure exactly when I'll say them. --From Lenny Bruce's book "How to Talk … [Read more...]

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Why hasn’t Halliburton come up more in the presidential campaign?

October 28, 2008 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

A 2005 report by the Congressional Committee on Government Reform stated that government auditors had found that "questioned and unsupported" costs by Halliburton alone exceeded $1.4 billion under just two Iraq reconstruction … [Read more...]

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Obama & Kerry deal Halliburton major blow; Prez OKs closing KBR tax loophole

June 19, 2008 By beachmom 26 Comments

First, a recap of how this all went down.  It started with  this story in the Boston Globe: Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore Shell companies in Cayman Islands allow KBR to avoid Medicare, Social Security … [Read more...]

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NEW BUSH COINS

January 19, 2008 By jtdgarlic Leave a Comment

NEW BUSH COINS … [Read more...]

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

Well gosh that was never true, to say the least. #StockholmSyndrome

Kevin B. Gilnack@kgilnack

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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

is #mapoli pronounced

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25 Feb

β€œUtter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

Cindy Friedman@CindyFriedmanMA

Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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jacoblsternJacob Stern@jacoblstern·
25 Feb

In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/02/massachusetts-house-democrats-push-for-transparency-attracts-gop-support.html

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What conditions accounts for this?

H/T @carboncounts

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