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State finally taps Boston Public Market for vacant Haymarket garage http://bit.ly/cVJDZ7, as was suggested 2 months ago http://bit.ly/a4ok6I
Last sixer in the old house - Ithaca Flower Power IPA
Q: Hey guy on the T, could you smell a little more like vodka? A: nope!
Nothing new in the newest Fed Beige Book - #CRE outlook mixed, strong properties selling, everything else in basement, still awaiting jobs
New greatest thing about moving: scouring burnt homebrew wort off the stove
Um can somebody tell the Herald that the "lowly Cincinnati Reds" are in first place? http://bit.ly/9pMFGj
Looking at Boston Properties earnings This month the co took over a VA property through debt. Like they said they would http://bit.ly/aExtaJ
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Tag Archives: Communism
See No Evil
Today I was regaled with all sorts of beery theories about how our awful government faked the 1969 moon landing. Taibbi would be proud. Today, the Times ran a story about how Europe’s greatest almost-dictator, Vladimir Putin, props up his … Continue reading
Fascists Take New York, Too
The city of New York, beset by the end of the world, has decided to pay for its continued existence by actually enforcing its parking regulations. Naturally, this has some people upset. So it’s news. And, yes, we’ve done this … Continue reading
Taking the Fight to the Enemy
I just drove past one lonely guy waving a Jeff Beatty sign. On a Mass. Ave. median deep in Cambridge. I didn’t get a cellphone picture, because I might’ve run the dude over. And he didn’t deserve that. He’s got … Continue reading
Cheap Music is Good Music
September’s GQ has a short item about vinyl’s great comeback – fueled, in part, by labels like Sub Pop and Matador packaging LP’s and MP3 downloads together into buy-one get-one dealies. That’s a great deal for ambulatory turntable owners. But … Continue reading
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) Paul McMurtry the most powerful man in the House right now. That fact is due largely to the legislature’s disinclination to work at any pace that could be characterized as “speedy,” or even “workmanlike,” or even … Continue reading
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Wisdom from the Cabbie
The Bangladeshi cabbie who took me home from last night’s frustrating Sox game had some interesting thoughts on Manny Ramirez. He peppered me with questions about the game – how he’d looked at the plate, whether the crowd was on … Continue reading
Rockingest Internet Ever???
I found myself at the BPL yesterday, and was in need of some communist wi-fi. The library was happy to oblige. But not so fast! The city doesn’t give away the privilege of blazing through the internet at 11mbps and … Continue reading