. . . will be later today. Right now, it’s Tuesday morning, so it must be link time: President Obama’s War on Business continues. As I noted yesterday, I’m not happy with the AIG payout, but it is both unseemly and dangerous to have the President of the United States singling out and using taxpayer […]
Despair.com — long one of my favorite sites — now has a web-based function to do your own ‘Demotivation’ posters. For example: Or: Or, in honor of the puppy postings below: Hat tip to Ace of Spades. ..bruce..
(UPDATED BELOW) (And, Megan, thanks for the Instalanche!) I haven’t been terribly happy with Sen. Reid’s battle against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site over the years, but even I have to agree he’s got a good point here: WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Harry Reid has a new argument against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste […]
Well, no new loose bolts or other failures have been disclosed over the weekend. Mostly, people are jockeying for position, to either take advantage of or avoid fallout from the Big Dig Crumble. Design News (via Slashdot) asks whether the Big Crumble is one of engineering’s biggest mistakes. A few of the folks on Slashdot […]
While the State of Massachusetts has been carrying out its own investigations, the National Transportation Safety Administration has started its own separate probe into the causes of the Big Dig Crumble’s collapse earlier this month (via Andrew Miga at the Associated Press via Forbes): Federal investigators are looking into whether vibrations from nearby construction could […]
UPDATED (07/27/06): The Boston Globe has a section of its website dedicated to the Big Dig Crumble. Yesterday, MTA chief Matt Amorello lost his legal bid to block today’s scheduled hearing to remove him from his post. It’s no surprise, then, that Amorello resigned today before the hearing could take place (via the Boston Globe): […]
UPDATED (07/26/06): Ken McCracken over at WILLisms has some futher observations and cogent comments (including about duct tape). He’s also got a great map of the Big Dig Crumble itself. Also, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Romney can proceed with his hearing to fire MTA Chief Matt Amorello (via WCSH6.com). And now […]
The Big Dig Crumble news cycle keeps churning away…. MTA Chair Matt Amorello has filed a lawsuit to keep Gov. Romney from forcing his resignation. On the other hand, the other MTA board members had already filed suit against Amorello: Romney loyalists on the turnpike board also sued Amorello, claiming he has “improperly and illegally […]
The age-old dictum “Follow the money!” appears to apply to the Big Dig Crumble as well, and Aaron Margolis over at HubPolitics.com is doing just that. Margolis’s investigation starts with a few fascinating items: State Att’y General Tom Reilly was “pushing for a deal with Bechtel [one of the major contractors] that would have given […]
UPDATED 07/24/06: Andrew Cline, editorial page editor for the New Hampshire Union Leader, proposes renaming the Big Dig after Melina Del Valle, the woman killed when a portion of the ceiling collapsed. ORIGINAL: The eastbound lanes of the Ted Williams Tunnel that were closed a few days ago have now been re-opened, but only for […]
