Monique Chartier
Candidate for the First Congressional District John Loughlin appeared Sunday on NBC 10’s 10 News Conference with Jim Taricani and Bill Rappley. Below is the discussion between Loughlin and Taricani on the decision by the Obama Administration to try five terrorists in a United States federal court. Illegal immigration was the topic of another interesting…
The good news is that with the highest unemployment rate in the country, Michigan still beats out Number Three Rhode Island. The bad news is that they also beat us on a positive front. Paragraph four of the possibly over-optimistic ProJo article that Justin highlighted has Rhode Island’s status in this area. And the state…
Gratifyingly, Democrats in Congress and the Obama Administration have reacted to this government panel’s recommendation by setting land speed records distancing themselves from it. But in view of the public outrage that ensued, a scapegoat had to be identified. Who appointed the members of this panel?? Brace yourself. Because, of course … It’s George Bush’s…
From a Rescuing Providence post of a couple of weeks ago. Are his experiences unique and a result of his blogular fame or is he correct that there is a trend among younger men to give manly hugs as greeting? What is up with all this handshake huggy stuff all the young guys are doing…
A serious level of absurdity has been reached when a real life incident evokes a scene from Python. H/T Michael Graham, who points out today that an assistant principal at Danvers High School has unsmilingly attempted to extend the fun outside of the school.
It appears that no Guantanamo detainees, including those who will be tried in a New York civilian court, were given their Miranda rights, nor were their “normal Fourth Amendment rights” observed. This is a sincere request: can someone provide a legal scenario in which all five of these cases are not thrown out on that…
… who are now sputtering, as I did, that the latest addition to the Mercedes Benz line will require us to tack on a modifier (i.e., “original”) when referencing that marvelous vehicle, Dan Neil of the Los Angeles Times offers a little salve inasmuch as he could not keep out of his review of the…
Justin references a comment by Senator Whitehouse. To finish up, Whitehouse spoke about the apparent disconnect from reality that is exhibited by the Republican Party, whether it be about health care reform, or the climate bill, or same-sex marriage. On all of these issues, Senator Whitehouse has indicated that he will vote “yea” if/when the…
Extended excerpts transcribed from Justin’s recording of the remarks of East Providence School Committee Chairman Anthony Carcieri at the EPGOP Fall Fundraiser last Thursday. Most state senators are not so tactless or ill-advised as to attend a council meeting of the municipality that they represent and berate that body for attempting to budget responsibly. This,…
Tomorrow 6:30 – 9:00 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 50 Crescent View Avenue. Good food and lots of interesting speakers. Details here. East Providence has been one of the major battlegrounds Ground Zero’s for reform in Rhode Island. It’s always fun (and enlightening) to drop in on events there.