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

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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

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Reputation Precedes Lawmaker

Overheard in the halls of the State House today: A legislator talking about his weekend trip to New Hampshire to canvass for Barack Obama. Things had been going well for our friend up north. Until a certain gentleman opened the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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