I have pointed out before how In RI, Public Sector Unions Are The State and how behind almost every Democratic politician there stands a union. So the latest news is not surprising. Via ProJo, Laborers' union again gives two R.I. Senate leaders six-figure compensation: Annual reports showing the...
From The Providence Journal: "IPlead ThePiff" posed on his Facebook page with marijuana, money, a delivery guarantee -- and guns. "I don't talk," he wrote on one photo. "I let my guns sing and if a ...
BREAKING!!!!!!! The straight party line vote in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is an important tool of Democratic Party control -- just check one box at the top and you're done. That box almost always will be Democratic in the most Democratic state...
My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is under the foot of the unions and the Democratic politicians they control. This tiny beautiful state is politically pathetic, with a voting death grip on big goverment. It's a death spiral, as witnessed by the...
I saw this Saturday night at Twins Pizza, a 50-year old institution in North Providence, RI. It's an old-school pizza place in a deeply Italian, working-class town. Dated wood paneling, big portions, cheap prices. And this statement hanging in the waiting area: ...
John Robitaille is the type of moderate Republican we constantly are told is needed to win over centrist Democrats and independents. But it's not true in Rhode Island and many other blue states. There are not enough centrist Democrats or independents willing to consider moderate Republicans in...
You have no idea what it is like. No idea. Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com...
For the top prize as the Worst-Run State. Via Yahoo Finance (h/t Danelle), California is the worst-run state, with Rhode Island just behind: 49. Rhode Island > Debt per capita: $9,018 (3rd highest) > Budget deficit: 13.4% (28th largest) > Unemployment: 11.3% (3rd highest) > Median household income: $53,636 (17th highest) >...
Spotted in Rhode Island. In a town which has passed a ban on plastic bags in supermarkets: ...
Cranston, Rhode Island (pronounced "Craaaaaaaanston") has given in to ACLU pressure and has banned father-daughter dances as a violation of the state anti-discrimination law. Via Providence Journal: In a move that has taken some parents by surprise, the school department has announced that it is banning traditional...
The Southern Poverty Law Center is back in the news because of the shooting at the Family Research Council, a group the SPLC had designated a "hate group" along with the Klan and Neo-Nazis. Based on the available evidence, it is clear the shooter was motivated...
to the rest of the country, from the only state which still celebrates it. We've change the name to disguise the purpose of the day. Because disclosing the Victory we are commemorating would be so incorrect. It's like everyone gets a trophy day. Anyway, for those of...
Saw this not far from my home in Rhode Island. Not really sure what to make of it. I can think of a few possibilities. ...
and it is Ithaca, in about two weeks after a summer in Rhode Island. This is Rhode Island, at the beach near my house a few days ago at dusk: This is Ithaca, on a street near my house a few weeks ago during a short return...
Rhode Island is being crushed by pension debt, our cities are suffocating, we're driving businesses away with regulatory minutiae, and we're hemorrhaging young people. Oh, and we just threw away up to $75 million on a video game company run by a former baseball player. So...
We really needed this. No, we really needed this. We don't have a lot going for us right now. It's a small state. Everyone knows someone or at least knows someone who knows someone. Here was my reaction at the time: Rhode Island wins #MissUSA! Only 1 way...
I've written numerous times over the past two years about the horrible fiscal mess David Cicilline (D-RI01) left behind in Providence when he was Mayor, and how he concealed the problem from voters during his 2010 congressional race. The city has been teetering on the verge...
I haven't had much time to focus on the debacle unfolding in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations over loan guarantees to a company owned by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. This Bloomberg story has the latest: Curt Schilling, pitching ace on the...
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