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From the Wall Street Journal. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday announced that he had transferred to the Defense Department for military trial the cases against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa al Hawsawi, accused of key roles in planning the Sept. 11 attacks. The decision reversed…
Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes to reporters on Air Force One. “I think what we are doing is enforcing a resolution that has a very clear set of goals, which is protecting the Libyan people, averting a humanitarian crisis, and setting up a no-fly zone,” Rhodes said. “Obviously that involves kinetic military action, particularly…
Let’s go back a month. Rising world energy prices, spurred by demand from India and China, will make wind energy off Rhode Island’s shores a viable economic option, Governor Chafee told a group of Washington County town planners and officials Thursday night. Fast forward to today’s ProJo. On Thursday, the state Public Utilities Commission unanimously…
As the General Assembly begins to consider the governor’s budget, Riborn hits the nail precisely under Marc’s post: No increases. Nothing. No new taxes. No new fees. No fee increases. Cut spending. Cut muni employee salaries, benefits, increase their medical insurance %, increase pension contributions of every state and municipal employee. It isn’t just that…
Why are oil jobs created in Brazil desireable but those created in the US abhorrent? Why should oil profits benefit another country and not the US? Completely bewildering. WHEN WAS the last time an American president stood before an audience in a foreign country and announced that he looked forward to importing more of its…
Tip for the Governor and his budget staffers: here is one of a long list of spending items that needs to be addressed before you even think about jacking revenue, a.k.a., taxes. [Thanks to the Providence Journal’s Katherine Gregg, Philip Marcelo and Randal Edgar for picking up on and reporting this item.] The salary paid…
In his Engaged Citizen post, Mark Zaccaria describes the very odd and self-serving format of the inaccurately named “town hall” held by Congressman Langevin Wednesday: the complete inadibility of the congressman’s remarks followed by his refusal to take questions publicly from the audience, choosing, instead, to speak to people one on one privately. It just…
That recent Brown poll determined that Congressman Cicilline has a shockingly low approval rating. The consensus seems to be that this is a reflection of the recently renewed (it’s not accurate to say “new”) revelations as to how the former mayor handled and obfuscated Providence’s budget problems. Oh, the consensus is not quite unanimous. Rep.…
They get it up north; in one corner of East Bay, not so much. Last night, the Woonsocket City Council unanimously confirmed Mayor Fontaine’s shift restructuring of the fire department in an effort to alleviate a seven figure overtime overage. From the Woonsocket Call. The council voted 7-0 to roll the 124 members of the…