The Jewish Press gets hysterical about Propaganda, failing to indicate that the well-funded groups opposing the Iran Agreement are those that will profit from ENDLESS WARS, the Military-Industrial-Congressional Industry, the GOP Chicken Hawk NeoCons who got us into Iraq and Afghanistan, Founders and Members of the Project for the New American Century whose goal is EMPIRE BUILDING.
Read the uninformed comments in response to the article below - PATHETIC!
In desperation, AP produced phony documents:
AP produced forged documents to promote WAR! 4 MILLION MUSLIMS KILLED! US ignores Saudi Genocide
Additional posts:
A short list of US interventions
VoteVets.org: Send a message to Senator Mark Kirk
This will be your First Lady:
becoming our First "Lady"........don't like my language ? Too bad, I went through 7 years of hearing the right wingers call MIchelle Obama "Mooshell" & many other racist & nasty names !
Has anyone informed themselves and read this? :
21 Questions for Trump on Kickbacks, Busting Unions, the Mob and Corporate Welfare
Maybe MASSterlist should stick to local political issues and not follow lock-step with the WAR MONGERS!
Friday, August 28, 2015
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By George Donnelly (@geodonnelly) with Keith Regan
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Today: Thumbs up for Wynn? Two former transportation chiefs diss plan
We'll learn today whether process will win over reason as Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton delivers a decision on a critical permit that would clear the way for Wynn Resorts to begin construction of its casino on the Mystic. It would appear the Baker administration's philosophy is enough is enough: Let's end the bureaucratic hazing of Steve Wynn, the casino mogul has played by the rules and we shouldn't change them. Department of Transportation's Stephanie Pollack gave a thumbs-up earlier this week, saying the casino's short-term traffic plan was acceptable.
It should be noted, however, that two former transportation secretaries disagree. In columns on Commonwealth Magazine's website, Fred Salvucci and Jim Aloisi offer critiques, one lengthy, one parenthetical. Salvucci pans the Wynn traffic plan, pointing out several technical flaws, but stating more broadly: "The Wynn document does not provide any analysis of the adverse impact caused by the proposed casino on traffic flow on 1-93, one of only two interstate highways serving eastern Massachusetts, nor any proposals to mitigate such adverse regional impacts." Jim Aloisi, in defending the need for the Green Line Extension, writes, with some despair: "A casino with no credible transportation plan is sailing through, even though we know that it will likely add to increasingly chronic daytime congestion on Interstate 93." Yes, any reasonable person knows that. But the process is being followed, and technically, 93 doesn't have to be addressed. Process first, reason second. And, despite the idea of a long-term traffic plan for the area, more gridlock seems inevitable.
Also today: Boch says Trump protestors welcome
Ernie Boch Jr. tells the Herald he's expecting 1,000 guests and 100 media members to attend the party he's hosting tonight featuring Donald Trump and says even the crowd of protestors expected to gather outside the $100-a-head event are welcome. "Everybody's entitled to their opinion," Boch told the Herald. And at least one group of protestors will be there -- NARAL Pro-choice Massachusetts.http://bit.ly/1WWnPX2
The path to Harvard... is homeschooling?
Well, Boston magazine doesn't prove this scientifically, of course. Though it does a wonderful job generating buzz around the homeschooling trend, and placing the face of a Harvard freshman on the cover didn't hurt. The story isn't a treatise on how to get into Harvard, or even attempt to unlock the key to the Ivy League, which may let down some readers. Instead it's a critique of conventional schooling and something of a paean to the virtues of homeschooling. http://bit.ly/1hE4A4u
Markey's Iranian PAC money
Next month's vote on the Iran nuclear deal promises to be one of the most controversial political dramas of the year. The Massachusetts delegation already has lined up behind President Obama and the deal, although its equivocation, qualifications, and doubts about a pact that threatens one of the US's staunchest allies is not exactly reassuring. Many in the Jewish-American press are not gently accepting the decision of "friends of Israel" to support the Iran nuclear deal. One is the Jewish Press, which published Dan Greenfield's attack of Senators who have taken money from Iran American Political Action Committee. Identified as the leader of the pack taking the PAC money? Sen. Ed Markey, although the diatribe never says how much. OpenSecrets.org reports that Markey took $5,000 in the 2014 election cycle, tying him for tops with Minnesota Sen. Al Franken. See Greenfield's take here: http://bit.ly/1NXQox2
Somerville mayor recalibrates to save Green Line Extension
Somerville's Board of Aldermen appears ready to line up behind Mayor Joe Curtatone as he outlines a path of cooperation with the state and innovative financing schemes to keep the Green Line Extension on track. When the board meets next, it plans to take up a joint resolution endorsing the mayor's approach, which is to work with the Baker administration to pare down the ballooning cost of the project and seek additional revenue sources from the expected economic boom that would follow the trolley line extension. Last night, Curtatone told the aldermen any substantial alteration to the project -- such as scrapping of one of the seven stations -- is unlikely because it would require going back to the Federal Transit Administration, which has already pledged $1 billion. That news was a source of relief for Alderwoman Maryann Heuston, who said, "The first thing that came to my mind was... Holy crap they're going to take that spur to Union Square." Curtatone also said removal of the community path could potentially trigger the need to go back to the FTA and he said the path will likely remain part of the project even as state transportation officials seek to scale it down to reduce the cost. Full story coming onhttp://statehousenews.com --Andy Metzger, SHNS
Baker to drop in on kids' charter school debate -- but where's his legislation?
Gov. Charlie Baker this morning will drop by the Great Hall where more than 100 incoming ninth graders from the Excel Academy Charter High School in South Boston are planning a model UN debate about global pandemic response. Innocent enough, were it not for the simmering debate over charter schools that could roll to a boil at any moment. Baker campaigned on expanding access to charter schools, and has voiced general support for a ballot question that would essentially allow regulators to skirt enrollment caps. "It might be a nice opportunity to ask Governor Baker about the charter school cap lift?" emailed one reader with an interest in the debate. For now, Baker has only hinted at forthcoming legislation of his own relative to charter schools, but with formal sessions ready to start again in a few weeks, the governor holds the match that could light a fire under the effort. -Matt Murphy, SHNS
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