Unless you’re both. In a move certain to confuse the shit out of Kansas, Islamic insurgents are now stepping in to take over the lost art of Privateering. Go terrorists freedom fighters! Somali Islamist insurgents have begun searching for the pirates who hijacked a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker last Saturday, reports say. …
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http://radioball.net/2008/11/22/youre-either-with-us-or-against-us/Sometimes it’s the little things
http://radioball.net/2008/11/21/sometimes-its-the-little-things/One of Worcesters City Councilors just contacted me via direct message on Twitter. While that may not sound very impressive to people who live online, it’s a giant leap forward for constituent relations on a local level. Councilor, video of you kicking puppies could show up on youtube between now and next November and you will still have my vote. …
Detroit area police admit it’s all about the money
http://radioball.net/2008/11/18/detroit-area-police-admit-its-all-about-the-money/Jeff over at Wormtown Taxi brings up revenue generation in regard to public safety in Worcester today, which is a given but awful hard to get local officials to admit too. Unless you’re in the Detroit area where it seems police are starting to come clean. …
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508 #62: Groundhog Day
http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/11/21/508-62-groundhog-day/Brendan Melican
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508 podcast: Groundhog Day
http://worcesterite.com/forums/general/2008/11/21/508-podcas...Brendan Melican
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http://wormtownnightlife.commay not be the right word to use in government, but that’s pretty much what it is. “Obviously, revenue isn’t the only reason our officers are out there — but I wouldn’t be telling the […] Original post by Brendan
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508 #61: Embolden the punks
http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/11/14/508-61-embolden-the-p...Brendan Melican
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Election items
http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/11/05/election-items/m looking forward to working hard to oppose or change many of the new administration’s policies, especially the first part of next year. More on this in a few days. Buck Paxton My podcast co-host stuck his neck out with some election predictions. How did he do? 69% of Mass. voters were against Question 1. (All stats from the Globe). He guessed the winner, but not the margin: This is going to fail by the slimmest of margins, I’m going to guess by under 5 percentage points, which will
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508 #59: Overwhelming and substantial
http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/10/31/508-59-overwhelming-a...Brendan Melican. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING - Request City Manager and the Economic Development Office provide City Council with OVERWHELMING evidence that provides the Standing Committee on Traffic and Parking SUBSTANTIAL facts that economic
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More Buffoonery in Worcester
http://www.wormtowntaxi.com/2008/10/more-buffoonery-in-worce...people recently getting stabbed in Worcester. (I like Karl's stuff, he often comes up with some real gems.) But Karl isn't the only one calling the buffoons to task in this town. Brendan Melican started driving nails into this crazy, knee-jerk idiocy on Friday. As 4rilla pointed out in a comment to Karl's post, "These thugs don’t stop and NOT stab someone because it is illegal."
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Wormtown Taxi
http://www.wormtowntaxi.comin the biblical sense, but he sure does take a striking picture, doesn't he? Meanwhile, the noise and furor over Shaun Sutner's article yesterday includes some typically thoughtful and highly intellectual comments (heh). Brendan has chimed in, Recks Read has posted, RealWorcester has picked up the meme, Lincoln has lent his take, and Worcesteria has spotted the first write-in candidate. From the look of this feeding frenzy, I'd venture to guess that the story will have enough
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Italian Bred
http://italianbred.blogspot.comyear’s worth of payments on a $340,000 loan made by a Whitinsville bank whose top executives have contributed to his political campaigns. link If you do not hold a political seat and had a your loan payments waived. Feel free to let me know via a comment. Now the word is many others now want to run for his seat via a write in / sticker process. This should be easy for Republican, Green party,or Independent especially.
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