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Why An Attack on Iran is Not Necessarily Good for Massachusetts (or America)

March 9, 2012 By PaulHeroux 3 Comments

SUMMARY - Concerning Iran's nuclear program, nothing short of a third war in the Middle East is at stake and complications to a fragile US economic recovery are on the line. This will hurt the people of Massachusetts and America. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: iran, nuclear, nuclear-weapons, terrorism

DREAM Now Letters: Mohammad Abdollahi

July 19, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

On May 17, according to the New York Times, I become one of the first undocumented students, along with two others, to "have directly risked deportation in an effort to prompt Congress to take up [the DREAM Act]."  Risking deportation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, dream-act, illegal, immigrant, immigration, iran, lgbt, migrant, migrant-youth, migration, mohammad-abdollahi, undocumented

Mini Nukes:Safe for Civilians

June 21, 2010 By lasthorseman Leave a Comment

Despite my reputation for being THE proverbial doom and gloom expert and consultant I did not write this piece about nuking Iran. http://www.globalresearch.ca/i... Nothing like a good war to get the economy going again. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: iran

Tim Cahill on Slots: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

June 24, 2009 By bmass 6 Comments

In my comment on the listserv, I said that despite the financial collapse, the supporters of predatory gambling in Massachusetts would probably argue that the bankruptcy of slots actually strengthens the need for slots in Massachusetts. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bankruptcy, cahill, iran, racinos, rhode-island, slots

Kerry in the straddle on Iran

July 20, 2008 By derrico 14 Comments

John Kerry was in Israel just before the July 4 holiday, stumping for Obama (and for his own candidacy as secretary of state?). He spoke like a hawk, saying, "Iran is a risk, a danger, a threat and a challenge, and we have to deal with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, iran, kerry, oreilly

Still on for August

June 17, 2008 By lasthorseman 1 Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... http://www.sourcewatch.org/ind... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: checkmate, iran, israel

NOT What We Need From The Leading Dem

June 3, 2008 By joeltpatterson 9 Comments

More info from the NYT article link above: Iran is continuing to produce enriched uranium, a program that the Tehran government has said is designed for civilian purposes. The new estimate says that enrichment program could still provide … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, iran, mccain, obama

The Non-Denial Denial

May 20, 2008 By tedf 2 Comments

Earlier I posted on a report in the Jerusalem Post suggesting that the President and Vice President were in favor of an attack on Iran before the end of the Bush Administration. As I noted in the update, the White House has "denied" the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, iran, preemption, war

Scary Stuff

May 20, 2008 By tedf 17 Comments

Let's assume that Iran is indeed conducting a covert nuclear weapons program, and that Iran was behind Hezbollah's recent fighting against the Lebanese government. 1. Do these facts make an attack legal? I'm not an expert in the law of war, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, bush-doctrine, foreign-policy, iran, preemptive-war

Clinton: Kinder, Gentler Neoconservatism?

April 17, 2008 By Jack Mitchell 35 Comments

Is this Dick Cheney's fondest pipe dream? Via The New York Times. MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator Obama, let's stay in the region. Iran continues to pursue a nuclear option. Those weapons, if they got them, would probably pose the greatest … [Read more...]

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BenDowningMABen Downing@BenDowningMA·
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Our leaders didn’t prepare us for the virus, or a shock like it, and that left all of us, but particularly the most vulnerable, exposed. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/06/nation/mass-surpasses-16000-deaths-due-covid-19/ #mapoli

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It’s telling that the last two Democratic Presidents began their presidencies with a “Recovery Act” and a “Rescue Plan” because their inheritances were so catastrophic.

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Beautiful urban visions from @berkie1 !

Sure would help to have a robust, thriving public transit system to enable this.

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Streets that put people first, not cars - The Boston Globe https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2021/03/superblocks/ via @BostonGlobe

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DrEricDingEric Feigl-Ding@DrEricDing·
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Let this sink in— 5,700,000 children will be lifted out of poverty soon by President Biden’s #COVID19 relief aid passed by Congress.

Zero Republicans (House/Senate) voted for it.

Only way we passed it that Democrats won 2 senate seats for a 50-50 tie & VP Harris made it 51-50. https://twitter.com/chrislu44/status/1366524803742597120

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This deserves a lot more attention

New analysis: 13.1 million fewer Americans would be in poverty after the passage of Biden's economic relief bill

Significantly, the child poverty rate would be cut in half. That's 5.7 million fewer kids in poverty https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/2021/presidential-policy/biden-economic-relief-proposal-poverty-impact?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210228&instance_id=27598&nl=the-morning®i_id=103545475&segment_id=52539&te=1&user_id=cd59d05eab07f3403b8db65ae0fa15b3

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“..it could become one of the most effective laws to fight poverty in a generation. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimates that the plan would reduce the poverty rate by more than a quarter for adults and cut the child poverty rate in half.”

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