Results tagged “donimus”

--Have you shopped at Hannaford recently? You might want to check your past credit card bills. They just had a huge data breach. Is the series of tubes on which we rely secure? [WBZ]

--State Senate President Therese Murray ruled that a nonbinding referendum on Governor Deval Patrick's plan to allow three casino licenses in the state could not be added to the March primary ballot. [Boston Globe] --Meanwhile, the state Senate voted 35 to 5 to pass a measure that would move next year's Massachusetts presidential primary from March 4 to February 5. [WBZ] --In an appalling case, a former Somerville police officer was found guilty yesterday...

Talking head and Herald writer Howie Carr, still trying to ditch WRKO and join WTKK, is appealing a judge's decision that states WRKO had the right to match WTKK's lucrative offer.

Last night, author Dave Zirin said that when sports radio tries to tackle politics, the results are so ugly that "it's like imagining Mitt Romney wearing cornrows." Something's just not right.

What, was WRKO just begging for trouble? Fallen politician Tom Finneran's ratings are sagging, which makes since since he's not exactly Boston's favorite man in the world. So they decided to stir up some muck by auditioning Bernard McGuirk as a cohost. If they wanted trouble, they got it. McGuirk was Don Imus' producer who was involved with Imus's ridiculous insults of the Rutgers women's basketball team - and he got fired along with Imus....

Why, oh why, are Mitt Romney and Al Sharpton hating on each other? Both of them have such impressive coifs and eccentric tastes. (Romney digs Battlefield Earth - 'nuff said.)