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Off On A Tangent
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It's an ad for the new CLA, but when you visit the Mercedes website, you can't configure it on the Build Your Own page..
Image: Mercedes Build Your Own
I let them know.
@stevegarfield We'll let you know. Keep your...
Media Nation
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I was hoping this would go away so quickly that I wouldn’t have to write about it. But today Ethan Forman of The Salem News reports that local business leaders think a 24-hour, seven-day slots parlor in Danvers would...
Sustainability
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Man, these people just don’t get it.
At the FMI mid-winter executive conference, a panel of supermarket mucky-mucks traded pats on the back while complaining that the government’s regulation of their industry is way overdone...
Blue Mass. Group
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- promoted by Bob_Neer
You may have seen their ads on TV or been accosted by a Fix the Debt canvasser on the street – they claim to be a grassroots effort promoting steps to reduce the national debt. But the truth is,...
BSMW Blog Headlines
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The Bruins remained undefeated on the young season, improving to 5-0-1 with a 2-1 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils last night at the Garden.
While that should be enough of a talking point, a certain morning show was...
Blue Mass. Group
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Oh, Scott.
- promoted by Bob_Neer
Release here.They have it at Brown 48, Markey 45. But behind those numbers the trends favor Markey. Brown is at 93% name recognition compared to 73% for Markey, and the undecideds in the...
Blue Mass. Group
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Maybe it got taken out with the trash from the garage. #Bqhatevwr
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As Brown is laying the groundwork for his announcement for his senate run next week here is an oldie but a goodie from the last...
Suldog
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The Super Bowl is this Sunday. As always, there are myriad ways to wager upon this absurd spectacle. Aside from the usual sorts of betting opportunities one finds for an NFL game (who will win, how many points will be...
Hub Blog
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Congratulations to William ‘Mo’ Cowan for getting appointed interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Besides apparently being well regarded by both Gov. Romney and Gov. Patrick, he’s A.) Talented. B.) African-American. B.)...
Blue Mass. Group
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- promoted by david
The news is out. I am running for the United States Senate. As I look to the upcoming campaign and consider the great people of Massachusetts, I am humbled by the man whose seat I hope to fill...
Massachusetts Liberal
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John Kerry and a couple of state legislators may have said "adios" yesterday, but it's pretty clear one pol with longevity plans to stick around.Massachusetts may be looking at a special election to replace Secretary of...
Boston Biker
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The New York Times, and the Atlantic have two awesome stories of bike commuting.
Having sheathed his legs in NASA-worthy Capo bib shorts — woven from high-tech fibers that compress leg muscles to minimize fatigue — he...
Massachusetts Liberal
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The perils of trying to cut health care costs are on display in state legislatures around the country as industry lobbyists try to sidestep federal law to get a deal that's good for them if not for us.Pharmaceuticals and...
Hub Blog
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I gotta confess, I had two immediate reactions after learning Rondo is out for the season, one reaction immediately following the other: 1.) Complete shock, as I realized the season is probably over for the Celts. 2.)...
Massachusetts Liberal
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Kentucky Democrats have an idea on how to make Mitch McConnell a five-term senator. Join forces with the Tea Party.It's an unusual coalition that seems to be shaping up in Kentucky to challenge the Senate Minority Leader who...
Boston blog news
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A Sharon obstetrician yesterday filed suit against an Illinois blogger with whom she's been engaged in an increasingly nasty flamewar over home births.
In her suit, filed in US District Court in Boston, Dr. Amy Tuteur of the...
Hub Blog
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Celts lose six in a row. … Is it reaching, or has it already reached, total meltdown stage? There’s something profoundly wrong with the chemistry of this team. They're almost as bad as the Sox were the past two seasons. Well...
Hub Blog
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Gotta love it: Hillary is just throwing it back at Republicans over Benghazi. She was definitely a little too flippant in her answer. But her frustration is justified. This is a classic group-think/echo-chamber issue among...
Hub Blog
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The Celts have now lost four straight. The Avery Bradley bounce is most definitely over. … I was kind of counting on the Celts, post-Pats debacle, to carry me through the winter. Not going to happen. Oh, well. I can...
Hub Blog
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A week or so ago, Hub Blog and a Notre Dame grad exchanged brief text messages about the Manti Te’o falling-in-cyber-love hoax/non-hoax controversy. Initially, I was a little sympathetic toward Te’o, figuring that he was...
Hub Blog
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Reader No. 1 on the Pats devastating loss yesterday to the Ravens:For the masochists among us, here's Football Outsiders' realtime digest of yesterday's debacle. And just to top it off, the detailed box score at ESPN,...
Hub Blog
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Putting aside the policy merits (and/or demerits) of Gov. Patrick's call for $1.9 billion in tax increases, doesn't it strike you that there’s something else at work here? The word “legacy” keeps popping up in in many press...
Hub Blog
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Here's probably the best article you'll ever read on how the Pats' offense works under Tom Brady. I recall someone once briefly, patiently and clearly explaining to me Einstein's Theory of Relativity -- and me ...
