Category Archives: Serious News

First Female POTUS?

Posted on September 3, 2008 by dowbrigade

Only four days into her reign as John McCain’s “soul mate,” or “Trophy Vice,” as some bloggers are calling her, on the ticket known as “Maverick Squared,” Palin, the governor of Alaska, has already accrued two gates (Troopergate and Broken-watergate), … Continue reading →

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We Invented It, We Should Own It

Posted on August 30, 2008 by dowbrigade

Invented by American computer scientists during the 1970s, the Internet has been embraced around the globe. During the network’s first three decades, most Internet traffic flowed through the United States. In many cases, data sent between two locations within a … Continue reading →

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How Many Million Cracks?

Posted on August 30, 2008 by dowbrigade

WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain spent the summer arguing that a 40-something candidate with four years in major office and no significant foreign policy experience was not ready to be president. And then on Friday he picked as his running … Continue reading →

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Urban Myth No More

Posted on August 30, 2008 by dowbrigade

DAYTON, Ohio – A mother was convicted yesterday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney’s claims that there was evidence that someone else was responsible. Prosecutors said Arnold intentionally … Continue reading →

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What Inflation?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by dowbrigade

As the Dowbrigade has been noting for some time now, it is clear that the Federal Office of Management and Budget has been cooking the nation’s books for years. We noted almost four years ago that prices at the pumps, … Continue reading →

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Hopeful News Item of the Day

Posted on May 30, 2008 by dowbrigade

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain’s king has appointed a woman believed to be the Arab world’s first Jewish ambassador as the country’s envoy to Washington. Lawmaker Houda Nonoo said she was proud to serve her country “first of all as … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Serious News, Wacky News | 6 Comments

Afghan Dog Fights Enrage Taliban, Not US

Posted on February 19, 2008 by dowbrigade

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores on Sunday, an Afghan governor said. It appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Serious News, Wacky News | 27 Comments

The Party’s Over

Posted on February 18, 2008 by dowbrigade

Barak Obama is not a black version of John Kennedy. He is a pathetic but apparently successful attempt to repackage tired political hackery as this season’s hot new reality show. And yet, he is not what is wrong with American … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Prose Screeds, Serious News, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Snap Killings – Lottery of Death

Posted on February 18, 2008 by dowbrigade

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Steven Kazmierczak had the look of a boyish graduate student — except for the disturbing tattoos that covered his arms. Professors and students knew him as a bright, helpful scholar, but his past included a stint … Continue reading →

Posted in Media News, Prose Screeds, Serious News | 1 Comment

Dowbrigade Living on Radioactive Waste

Posted on October 15, 2007 by dowbrigade

Several large properties in the East End of Watertown, including a nearly 12-acre swath of land at Greenough Boulevard and Arsenal Street that was once used to burn depleted uranium from a Watertown Arsenal nuclear reactor, are undergoing close scrutiny … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends and Family, Prose Screeds, Serious News | 6 Comments

Photo of the Day

Posted on September 28, 2007 by dowbrigade

It doesn’t get much more real, or more deadly, than this. Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai lies in the street, mortally wounded, trying desperately to catch a final shot as his life flows out of his busted body and a young … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Media News, Photos, Serious News | 1 Comment

Sista Hoods Spell Cyber Salvation

Posted on June 9, 2007 by dowbrigade

Boston’s plan to blanket the city with wireless Internet connections is set to pick up speed this month as companies jockey to play a role and a pilot WiFi project gets underway in a square-mile area of the Grove Hall … Continue reading →

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