WaPo: "House GOP Leaders Unveil New Ethics Plan"And in other news, the oxymoron threat level has been raised to orange. Meanwhile, foxes have unveiled new security measures for chicken coops, and the Wolfie Index reports gains in … [Read more...]
“Under the Golden Dome” = Tasty
Eisenthal and Left Center Left point to this new MA lefty blog: Under the Golden Dome, written to highlight the scuttlebutt among young Dems working on Beacon Hill.One of the first posts is a nitty-gritty breakdown of delegate numbers … [Read more...]
Romney: greedy teachers “will torture and twist”
Mitt Romney, fresh from slaughtering caged birds, has now turned his sights on his latest target: teachers. The Herald reports that - at an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr., no less - Romney said the following:They will distort … [Read more...]
Bush NSA spying program hindered FBI
The NY Times reports that, by swamping the FBI with thousands of dead-end leads, the National Security Agency made it difficult for law enforcement to do its job in the months after 9/11:In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the … [Read more...]
Barrios has the most experience to be DA
Regarding a post by Migraine about State Senator Jarrett Barrios:To say Jarrett Barrios is is the most inexperienced candidate for Middlesex County DA, is simply ridiculios. Migraine must be extreemly unfamiliar with his background and the … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
I thought I'd start posting weekly traffic reports so that you can see how many of your fellow citizens are whiling away the hours at Blue Mass. Group. Here's the last 7 days, according to the good people of statcounter: … [Read more...]
Holy crap! A Republican Senator says the “I” word!
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said today on ABC's "This Week" that, if President Bush is found to have broken the law with respect to the secret NSA surveillance program, "impeachment is a remedy."Well, so it is! And the hearings on the … [Read more...]
I AM BAGODONUTS!
Look, this is just silly: My name is Jay Fitzgerald. Iâm a journalist and blogger. I work as a business reporter for the Herald. Your turn, Johnny Bag O'Donuts. Whatâs your name, occupation and employer? Is there a conflict of interest … [Read more...]
Mass. Projection
Shorter Jeff Jacoby:"People are leaving Massachusetts, because, like me, they don't like liberals." … [Read more...]
What kind of governor would Tom Reilly be?
So here's an article about the recent gubernatorial forum, in which Tom Reilly and Deval Patrick differed on Patrick's proposal to let towns raise their own restaurant tax money. Now, maybe that's a good idea, and maybe (as some think) it's … [Read more...]