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The incredible shrinking Mass GOP is contesting only 29 percent of the 200 state legislative seats in November. At the very least, a new party slogan is in order. Here are some suggestions:• Massachusetts GOP: The [...]
I was particularly annoyed with this story from the Herald about the rise in so-called "hate crimes" against homosexuals.
A spike in the number of reported hate crimes against gays, lesbians and transsexuals in Suffolk County spurred District Attorney Daniel Conley to appoint the DA office’s first victim-witness advocate [...]
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Here uncensored (and unauthorized) are the collected replies of the management here at ARS:
Duncan
He heard me loading my M-4 and realized if he didn’t move out of range right away, he’d be my next dinner.
Raven
He was a dickless liberal wimp without any balls [...]
We said this a month ago. Will you believe it if it comes from Instapundit?
MORE VITAMIN D NEWS: "New research shows that people who regularly use sunscreen and avoiding sunlight may be sacrificing important vitamin D, which is made by the skin when it's exposed to [...]
Recession is defined in aggregate. There are large segments of the economy that are shrinking, and the ordinary working people see this on a daily basis, even if Duhbya doesn't.The Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra concludes its 92nd season this Saturday, May 17, with its traditional spring Pops performance. Last year’s spring concert was a smash. The Phil performed a Sinatra tribute with Boston crooner Steve Marvin, and the night was hosted by the one and only Ron Della [...]
Click image for full Rob Rogers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoon. [...]
Although my throat has hurt all day
You want me to read you another story.
You nestle,
your curls still moist
from your bath.
You smell of baby shampoo.
The rocker creaks,
as I begin
The Little Engine that Could.
My voice sounds
Like an old car
A block away, in the snow.
Your eyes half [...]
No man loves marshes and bogs more than I do. The variety of life they contain, protect, and support, from protozoans to minnows to bass to amphibians to snakes to deer to woodpeckers to geese and ducks to eagles to bears is astonishing, and feels primeval.
Except for river-fed or run-off-fed marshes, though, most sizeable fresh-water marshes are ephemeral [...]
Looks like Tim Cahill won't be going to Denver for the Democratic National Convention...
State Treasurer Tim Cahill suffered an intra-party political defeat yesterday, getting trounced in his bid for a coveted delegate’s seat at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver.Cahill’s loss to Arthur Powell, a Democratic State [...]
Old postcards from around the US. Here are some cattle (oxen, I think)Â at the old Danbury, CT State Fair:
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McCain challenged the White House by sponsoring a bill banning the torture of detainees in military custody, a move that made him a target of conservative attacks. But [...]
If the Boston Globe describes the tax to be “how to strangle an economy”, then it must be a good idea. When did the fish-wrapper ever care about that?  And why should these schools be “exempt” in the first place?
[...]Well, the Lowell Sun has had some fun the last couple days finishing up their analysis of Monday’s town election.
Dennis Shaughnessey’s analysis the other day put [...]
A Sun Staff Report
DRACUT PARENTS may not be finished yet.
After orchestrating the ouster of Dennis “D.J.” Deeb from the Dracut School Committee last week, word on the street is they now have their sights set on removing him from the Greater Lowell Tech [...]
This healthy mom is 47. With four years of hard work, she’s celebrating Mother’s Day looking like this.
[...]A Fort Worth businesswoman was almost robbed at her shop, but a neighbor comes to her rescue. In the end, the man suspected of the crime is shot and killed.
Chong Im [...]
Jim Capanini, Lowell Sun
More people in Dracut support Superntendent Elaine Espindle’s job performance than they do that of Dennis “D.J.” Deeb’s and the majority of the school committee.
That’s my take on Monday’s town election, where Espindle’s tenure was [...]
No sappy Mom's Day commentary - just a virtual bouquet for my Mom, who happens to be in England at the moment with my Dad. (Still life by Juan de Arellano, c. 1650)
Confessions of a Car Salesman
Blacks seem racist in their voting patterns. Riehl. For one delegate, however, [...]
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright called him out as a politician, a description that angered Obama as much as any other declaration by his former pastor because it exposed an unflattering truth. Obama held Wright [...]