Rep. James Fagan’s bizarre rant about ripping child rape victims apart totally owns the internets right now. Dude just made Wonkette. Yay us. Go Boston. So, so proud.
Related unsolicited advice: Rep. Fagan, stay as far away as possible from Bobby Jindal.
Entries from June 27th, 2008
Fagan Goes Global
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:Legislature·Pervs
Hot New Hotness
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Headline kind of says it all. Or at least it should.
New Boston magazine issue. New story. Go deep inside the city’s nastiest union fight since, like, Calvin Coolidge. Buy. Read. Now.
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
A whole mess of pols in expensive suits showed up at the State House on Wednesday to witness the unveiling of a portrait of former Senate President Robert Travaglini. Headliners included former Governor Paul Cellucci, former Pike official and son of Eastie James Aloisi, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, former House Speakers Tom [...]
Tags:Bill Weld·Boston Magazine·Deval Patrick·Hahahahaha·Idle Speculation·Legislature·Mayor Menino·Mitt Romney·Sal DiMasi·Therese Murray·Tom Finneran
Nice Timing, Fellas
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
Boston’s beloved taxi drivers – with an assist from the Steelworkers – are agitating for a fare hike. It’s all over the papers today. Thing is, today’s probably not the best day for the cabbies to beg for sympathy. That’s because the villains in today’s other wicked big story – Pike workers skimming thousands of [...]
Bicycles (Still) Locked to Poles
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
Yesterday’s “Grand Theft Bike” expose in the Herald hit close to home. Not that I got misty because I’ve ever had a bike ripped off – I prefer transportation that comes with chrome wheels and heated leather seats. But Jessica Van Sack threw a detail into the piece – “The carcasses of bikes lay [...]
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
June 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily. Act like you know.)
Between Bunker Hill Day Week, the Green’s run for 17, and the hazy celebration that followed, absolutely nothing got done on Beacon Hill this week. It didn’t hurt that the three people who make the State House halfway functional were in California, courting biotech bigwigs and learning the [...]
Tags:Boston Magazine·Deval Patrick·Ed O'Reilly·John Kerry·Legislature
Guy’s Got Your Money
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
The T&G reports that Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis is sitting on top of a $618,000 war chest – more than Tim Murray or Jim McGovern – and is looking at running for statewide office. In sizing up the man-child’s chances, the paper notes Glodis’s questionable rightward leanings and even more questionable St. Paddy’s Breakfast [...]
Tags:Idle Speculation
Not Qualified, No Hopes Whatsoever
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Fantastic item from the recently-orphaned Wonkette: John McCain and Joe Lieberman are running around pimping their new Citizens for McCain campaign. They’ve eagerly told the press that dozens of “prominent Democrats and Independents” have already joined the fight. One of these prominent Dems is a dude by the name of Icky Frye. He once ran [...]
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily, ’cause the feds don’t care about stopping us)
This week, bizarre sexcapades yielded to the palace intrigue, paranoia, denunciations of the plebiscite, and scrambling to cram in work before vacation that normally dominates Beacon Hill. It was just as well. Journalists and political gossips had more than enough material to work with, [...]
Tags:Brad Jones·Casinos·Deval Patrick·Legislature·Sal DiMasi
Big Trouble on Beacon Hill
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Media, Politics
No, not that. This! The House’s fashion police are cracking down on flip-flops and tank tops. Yes, horrible, but all too true. From the Eagle Tribune:
In a stern memo to all House staff, the speaker’s personnel chief warned workers that the word “casual” does not cover the wearing of tank tops, shorts or denim jeans. [...]
