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https://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/an-opinion-on-gun-control/ An opinion on gun control By Larry Correia I didn’t want to post about this, because frankly, it is exhausting. I’ve been having this exact same argument for my entire adult life. It is not an exaggeration when I say that...

When the city is the second largest employer in the city, there's a large concentration of public housing, and a high concentration of other people or organizations utterly dependent on the public dole, there's no way an incumbent mayor, unless threatening to cut off the gravy, is going to be...

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/12/01/partners_of_prestigious_hub_architecture_firm_at_odds/ As one of the Boston.com posters commented: "good - these scumbags want to play cute and milk the MWBE system it should end like this for them. Academic designers, dependent on the public...

Yawkey Station should be breaking ground sometime this month. I'm not sure, but I think that's part of phase one.

http://www.architects.org/documents/bsa-director-announcement.pdf The Boston Society of Architects (BSA), a 4,000+ member professional association, is seeking a creative and energetic Executive Director to work with its Board of Directors to develop the BSA?s policy objectives. The...

Hate to break it to you but 'progressive youths' never grow up. Look at all the hippies from the 68' generation, they never grew up and accepted responsibility as adults. It's all about looking good, possibly doing entirely ineffective 'charity' work which doesn't involve getting hands dirty, to...

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-federal-reserve-bailed-out-world I strongly recommend having a cup of coffee or a stiff drink while reading this article. How The Federal Reserve Bailed Out The World By Tyler Durden Created 10/19/2009 - 14:12 When the financial system almost...

http://www.wired.com/print/politics/security/magazine/17-10/mf_deadhand WIRED MAGAZINE: 17.10 Politics : Security...

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NGI0NzBlMTNiODZkMjBlZjhlYTdhZGMwZWViY2YzNGY= Straight Outta Oakland A principal tells it like it is. By Mark Hemingway Tales of Dr. Ben Chavis have been drifting out of the Bay Area for a while now. However, there have been few high-profile media...

Norman Borlaug: The Man Who Saved More Human Lives Than Any Other Has Died http://reason.com/blog/show/136043.html Ronald Bailey | September 13, 2009, 8:26am Norman Borlaug, the man who saved more human lives than anyone else in history, has died at age 95. Borlaug was the Father...

These are quite lovely: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ The photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution. His subjects ranged from the...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204731804574387021307651050.html#articleTabs%3Darticle A Doctor's Plan for Legal Industry Reform My modest proposal to rearrange how lawyers do business. By RICHARD B. RAFAL Since we are moving toward socialism with ObamaCare...

Because the almighty #1 could use some help. Branching from the Red near JFK/UMass, run over the start of Mass Ave @ Columbia Road, Station @ South Bay Center, Boston Medical Center, Huntington Ave, Boylston Street, somewhere around MIT, dive under and connect nearby or just past Central Square.

Hub weaves web of woes on new site Potholes, repairs to be tracked online By Jessica Van Sack | Monday, August 24, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics The Urban Mechanic is going digital...

http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_3_jails.html Heather Mac Donald The Jail Inferno A descent into the nation?s most tumultuous penal institutions, where modern order-maintenance techniques are bringing discipline Summer 2009 Standing in the well of a jail on New York?s Rikers...

http://dornob.com/see-through-light-transmitting-concrete-material/ See-Through, Light-Transmitting ? Concrete?! Concrete has a sometimes-bad reputation as a harsh, rigid, cold-to-the-touch and straight-edged material. Litracon is doing a great deal to change that image of concrete through a...

Because our new Fagor Black Art is already passe according to the daughters. http://www.gorenjegroup.com/en/news?aid=933 Berlin, 29.8.2008 Gorenje signs a contract with Apple Innovative fridge freezer "Made for iPod" Gorenje signed a license agreement with Apple for the use of their...

Interesting proposal by C.H. Blackhall of theater design & BAC founding fame. I think this is where Fenway Park is now located, based on the overall shape. Quite the horse race track methinks, probably could have made a decent football stadium if it was large enough as well. Quite...

http://www.planetizen.com/node/34505 This article originally appeared in Harvard Design Magazine, Spring/Summer 2008 Opposition to new development is fraught with so many acronyms that you need a lexicon to decode them. The catch-all term is NIMBYism, sufficiently well known to merit an entry...

In jest, would you kindly have sense of humor -Lurker A Cool and Logical Analysis of the Bicycle Menace And an Examination of the Actions Necessary to License, Regulate, or Abolish Entirely This Dreadful Peril on our Roads by P.J. O'Rourke Our nation is afflicted with a plague of bicycles...