Governor Deval Patrick Politely Declines to Open for my Rock Opera at UMass – That’s Cool – Jill Still Will — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead

The Justice Department announced today that it will appeal the case of Gill v Personnel Management, in which a federal district court had ruled in favor of seven same-sex married couples and three widowed persons, including the widower of a Congressman, that they were entitled to federal benefits due married people. The lower court had found the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, and Obama’s Justice Department in now appealing that ruling.

2010 Northeast Cannabis Voters’ Guide from MaMaMoJo – the MassachusettsMarijuanaMovementJournal — by Terry Franklin, with additions by Rachel Neulander of MaMaMoJo & NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

John McCain is coming tomorrow and the GOP does not want me to ask him any questions. The GOP and Kelly Ayotte will have to stop threatening to arrest me when I show up to public functions where other media are involved, pure and simple.

Massachusetts Green Party gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein has raised enough money to qualify for matching funds and get into debates. Now the real work begins.

Help these candidates win!

It’s coming down to the wire, but it looks like Jill Stein’s Green campaign for MA Governor could raise another $9,000 by 4:30 PM Friday 9/24 to qualify for $125,000 in public matching funds.

We’re here, we’re organizing, and we’re fighting.

Dr. Jill Stein is running an insurgent Green campaign for Governor of Massachusetts against 3 business-as-usual political insiders. Her platform reads like a progressive Christmas list. Now she has the chance to break this race open and show that clean, green, people-powered politics can succeed. To do it, she needs to raise $27,000 in small contributions by Friday.