Just in case you missed one of the announcements on the front page about user accounts:To post diaries or comments on this site, you have to be signed in. If you want to make a new account, it's easy - just click the "make a new … [Read more...]
The Events Calendar
One of the new, fabulously cool features on our new site is the Events Calendar, which you should see on the left sidebar. I'm hoping that if you know about a candidate forum, a fundraiser, a speech that folks might be interested in, … [Read more...]
Claire Naughton
You heard it here first: Claire Naughton, the Democrat running for state Representative in the 1st Bristol, has a campaign web site. And I'm joining her campaign: I'll probably do some volunteer work and some paid work. Starting … [Read more...]
Welcome to the NEW Blue Mass. Group!
This new site, which operates on a platform called soapblox, supports diaries, nested comments, and other features that you might be used to seeing at Daily Kos and other scoop sites. However, to use most of them, you need to … [Read more...]
Blue Mass. Group v2.0
Welcome to version 2.0 of Blue Mass. Group!Blue Mass. Group now runs on SoapBlox, instead of TypePad. SoapBlox requires that a user register before they can post a comment, while TypePad does not.However, if you always used the same … [Read more...]
Open Document, Insert Foot III: with Sen. Marc Pacheco (D-Redmond, WA)
So, we found out who's the Senator-mouthpiece for Microsoft in the lege's debate over the state moving to document types that aren't owned by a single, monopolistic company. It's Marc Pacheco, ostensibly of Taunton, but he's doing a better … [Read more...]
Bush speaks on Global Warming!
Here it is!Thanks to Oliver Willis. … [Read more...]
Wall Street Journal to MA: Freeze to death
So, the wise men of the Wall Street Journal editorial page (who, wags have said, don't read the actual fine reporting of that paper) have upbraided Rep. William Delahunt and Joe Kennedy for the Venezuela-MA oil deal:"Mr. Delahunt's … [Read more...]
“Give. Me. A. Break.”
Mike Wallace was on WBUR's On Point this morning. You simply must hear the one question that he would ask George Bush. I won't transcribe it, but start listening to the clip at about 27:30.Not so much a question as a complete demolition, … [Read more...]
Tim Murray in the Lt. Gov. race?
Mariposa at Beyond 495 calls our attention to a most interesting tidbit in a holiday party invitation sent out by DDemDispatch: the invite notes that Worcester Mayor Tim Murray has confirmed his attendance in the capacity of candidate for … [Read more...]