From today’s Boston Herald (via memeorandum):
The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned.
It’ll be a hard press to find a better example of someone doing more harm than good by way of selective disclosure of information. [Read More at NaPP…]
Burt Likko
Pseudonymous Portlander. Pursuer of happiness. Bon vivant. Homebrewer. Atheist. Recovering Republican. Recovering Catholic. Recovering divorcé. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Ordinary Times. Relapsed Lawyer, admitted to practice law (under his real name) in California and Oregon. There's a Twitter account at @burtlikko, but not used for posting on the general feed anymore. House Likko's Words: Scite Verum. Colite Iusticia. Vivere Con Gaudium.
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to upgrade our service plan. Hopefully this will help us address some of our performance issues.
on Weekend Plans Post: Leonard CohenHeh. I was already unmotivated and this holiday configuration just made it worse. Couple that with c…
on Weekend Plans Post: Leonard CohenIt’s only lewd in the biblical sense. Same with you on the work thing. Talk about unmotivated!
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024It is not a great look. While I don't want to overstate the importance of this kind of thing I have…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Bezos, apparently, killed a political cartoon that featured him. Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoo… on Weekend Plans Post: Leonard CohenThat song is definitely terrible.
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024We don't really know if Trump is a first time offender or not. I would guess not. But standard pract… on 2024 Year in Review: Movies, Music, and More!I was reading a piece on the 2024 global box office this morning that noted nine of the top 10 were… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Pardon?
on Series! Recap of World Series of the 1930sThis was a lot of fun to read! "[1937] is, by the way, the most recent time the Giants made the post…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024True. And Hunter Biden would like a word.
January 4, 2025
A Suburban New Year’s Tragedy, or What’s the Use?
January 2, 2025
January 1, 2025
December 31, 2024
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024
on Weekend Plans Post: Leonard Cohen
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on A Man on the Inside
on A Man on the Inside
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024 on A Man on the Inside
