The New Ratings System
I don’t like it. Why the change? The old one was perfect. I’ve been spent several futile comments telling Blue Mass Group it should simplify, a la Blue Hampshire. Just saying … UPDATE: With the...
View ArticleReport: News of the World Is Shutting Down
Amazing. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011… The scandal-hit British tabloid News of the World will shut down after Sunday’s issue, its owner, News International, told CNN Thursday. Journalists at News of...
View ArticlePresidential News Conference
Streaming live on NPR.org. “I will not sign a three-month or six-month deal.” “Let’s step up. Let’s do it.” “I’m prepared to take significant heat from my party to get things done.” “No one is talking...
View Article“A Counterintelligence and Black Ops Office”
Firedoglake has a speculative piece that also has more than one shocking assertion. Most notable, the Fox “Brain Room.” http://firedoglake.com/2011/07… But unlike virtually everybody else, because I...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Pressure Drop
Blood pressure, that is. Democratic Rep Proposes Bill Raising Warren Buffett’s Taxes; GOP Confused - Me, on the Twitter Elizabeth Warren has been anointed so thoroughly on @BlueMassGroup that I...
View ArticleTime for the Next Choice
Cross-posted locally. If you had asked me, in 2008, for a list of items that would make me stop supporting Barack Obama, it would probably look like this, not necessarily in this order. - Failure to...
View ArticleNH Primary Is January 10
The Washington Post says, via e-mail, that Bill Gardner has set the date. It is the second Tuesday. I guess predictions should follow. I’ll say Romney, but in a tighter race than it currently appears —...
View ArticlePlease Go Home, Occupiers
Cross-posted locally. WASHINGTON — District of Columbia police said early Saturday that a driver will not be charged for striking three people taking part in an Occupy DC protest in downtown...
View ArticleUpdated: Checkless and Imbalanced
Cross-posted locally. This was a series of tweets originally, and hence the staccato style. It sort of works. OK, a few thoughts on the presidential power to kill US citizens thing. I really doubt the...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Carpetbaggers
Hello Blue Hampshire! Greetings from the Great White South. OK it’s not that far south, and it’s only temporarily white from the snow. But it is great — I refer of course to Massachusetts! Long time no...
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