The Politicalist, June 27

Happy end of legislative session!

Not entirely sure what we're going to write about from here on out, but I'm sure I can make something up. Not literally, of course.

Here's the news.

Norwood par-tay

Officials in Norwood are about to go all Big Brother on people who are using a boat launch as a place to fire up doobies, not engines.

Wind

Homes would lose 40 percent of their property values within 2 miles of a wind turbine siting, according to a Chicago firm.

MMA

Hiiiiiiiiii-YA! Assembly Democrats gave mixed martial arts the TKO, calling it barbaric. The bill's sponsor is Sen. Joe Griffo, who represents part of St. Lawrence County and all of Lewis County.

Rail service

Jobs are in jeopardy because of a rail dispute.

Obama at Drum

President Obama apologized to the Monti family for his Medal of Honor mixup.

Gay marriage folos

I hear wedding bells!

Will the rest of the nation follow New York's lead? It'll be difficult.

Egypt

Sens. John McCain and John Kerry have received assurances that Egypt will soon transfer to an elected government.

Breitbart

A profile of blogger Andrew Breitbart. Hey, when's somebody gonna profile me?

Fracking

In internal documents, natural gas drilling is questioned by the Energy Information Administration.

Debts and deficits

President Obama will step in to talks on the debt.

Military spending is a target of cuts.

2012 prez

Politico questions whether Huntsman is really up to the challenge of winning the GOP nod, despite fawning in the media over his "electability."

2012 House

Nancy Pelosi is trying to get the Dems back in charge.

ATTENTION WATERTOWN VETS

The financial services industry wants YOU.