Comes now Nancy Pelosi with the peculiar announcement that her grandson wants to be of a different race. The said grandson, of white Anglo-Irish origin, and Italian like his grandmother Nancy, made the remarkable comment at his recent birthday party.
As the House Minority Leader stood at her perch at the House lectern during her very long filibuster, she elaborated how she had asked her undoubtedly cute little six-year-old what he wished for as he blew out his birthday candles, to which he responded, "I wish I had brown skin and brown eyes like Antonio."
The Massachusetts Trial Court is eliminating the position of "court reporter," which refers to stenographers who produce a verbatim transcript of court proceedings, in favor of a recording system called For The Record.
The 37 court reporter positions in Massachusetts in 2017 will be eliminated June 30, 2018 and replaced by 14 "monitors," who are supposed to make the sure the recording system is working properly and tend to other clerical tasks in the courts, according to MassLive.com.
