"Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances A. McIntyre said at a hearing that she would decide no later than Dec. 15 whether Mayor Thomas M. Menino's administration will be barred from forcibly shutting down the camp without prior court approval. Until then, protesters will be able to continue residing on the half-acre property next to South Station."

We were warned that this will increase our premiums, but we haven't been told by how much.  I am predicting that this change will make my rates high enough that carrying prescription drug coverage is no longer cost effective for me and I will be eliminating prescription drug coverage altogether.

Thanks, Obamacare.

Sullivan also neglects to remember---despite his claims to have done his research, he doesn't seem to have read Gould's masterpiece on this topic---that in addition to trying to find IQ differences between established racial categories, IQ studies of old targeted ethnic groups such as Italians. I'm sure Sullivan wouldn't find it so scintillating and provocative if I argued that science demonstrating that his Irish heritage puts him in a group that is morally and intellectually inferior to the groups the compose my heritage (French, German, Welsh), but the kind of studies he's so enamored of would have, in the past, done exactly such a thing. That the supposedly agenda-free researchers have stopped bothering to measure white ethnic groups against each other tells you everything you need to know about Sullivan's silly claims that this is about pure science and not about manipulating research to prove a pre-determined conclusion about people the researchers feel racism towards.

Or to put it more simply, since the Irish and Italians became white, interest in finding "scientific" evidence that they're inferior people has completely dried up.

Occupy Student Debt

So last night was a real treat, and hearing those phone calls about Andy Reid, who I still admire, was so funny.  Philly fans have absolutely no... class, but they are funny as hell when they want someones head on a stick.

And what up with McNabb, he's looked dejected and having Kurt Warner give the on air 'old timer come back' speech seemed in really bad taste, like McNabb wants to hear that he has a sliver of a chance to make a come back.  I think the guy got some a lot of solid football left in him.

Texans play the Falcons at home with the rookie 3rd string QB, here's to hoping for a Cinderella story.

Following demonstrations earlier this year which drew up to 100,000 people to the Wisconsin Capitol, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has proposed new policies that would require future protesters to pay in advance to stage an event, at a cost of $50 per hour, per Capitol Police officer.

Police may also require a liability insurance or a bond, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal.

Demonstrators will also be on the hook for any damage and cleanup following protests. Walker's administration had claimed that the pro-union protests earlier this year had costs as much as $7.5 million, but later admitted that the actual costs were far less.

Under the new policy, permits will be required for groups of four or more people who want to do any activity inside the Capitol. Groups of 100 or more gathering outside the Capitol must also apply for a permit 72 hours in advance. Police will have some leeway if unforeseen events lead to spontaneous gatherings.

-- Walker intends to charge citizens fee to protest

Take a check? Or maybe Anonymous could come up with Walker's Visa Card number? ;-)

So it's nice to see he's taking the classy way out by putting together a Women for Cain website designed to basically hurl unsubstantiated accusations and slander at his accusers.

Wait, did I say classy? I meant something else.

First of all, the "Women for Cain" pictured on the site are from a stock photo. Next, the site includes "testimonials" from (Cain staffers) women supporters like this:

"Dear Mrs. Cain Don't pay attention to these pathetic husbandless women who are jealous of women like you in happy long-term marriages. These vindictive women can't find a husband or keep one. They are like stalkers who try to latch on to any man who shows a bit of kindness or attention to them. When these unstable women come out of the woodwork to make accusations about Herman just say, "Honey, get a life, I believe my husband." We want you to be our First Lady Mrs. Cain!"

There's also an article on Herman Cain's official Presidential campaign website comparing Ginger White to the accuser in the Duke lacrosse story:

Another thing that hasn't been mentioned. How old are White's children? She had a 13 year affair but was she busy having babies at the same time? Also this woman has a background more checkered than the woman who accused the Duke lacrosse team of rape. Remember how everyone jumped to the conclusion that her word was gospel, after all event the district attorney said the players were guilty. Today the accuser, who was proven to be certifiable, is in jail for stabbing her boyfriend to death as he slept. This is after she was in and out of jail for other offenses before the murder. Her background was paved with illegitimate children, battery, lies, prostitution, ad nauseum.

I've seen Cain at least 4 or 5 times make an accusation while simultaneously saying that he didn't have any evidence to back it up. That's what this site is about. It's just a sounding board for slanders and smears against women who aren't political actors. And, Cain attaches his wife's name to this site, with her listed as the chair of "Women for Cain." So he appropriates his wife's name on the same day he's meeting with her to go over how he kept from her for 13 years a relationship with a women that at the least involved secret financial support.

Oy.  ::rolling eyes::

Setting aside the problems with Rasmussen "polls," this is all the permission the Republicans needed to vote for Gingrich.  So much for Romney's electability argument.  The pollster Republicans worship just said Gingrich is the more electable candidate.

It could really be Newt.  

The polls are saying that, and it's just a month away from the Iowa Caucuses.