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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Olbermann

Thursday, May 24, 2007

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5QkxSIrPtw[/youtube]

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Investigative Failures

Thursday, May 24, 2007

I’ve said before that the Congressional committees should hand their investigations over to people who know what they’re doing. We got a lot of juicy tidbits from Monica yesterday, but the fact is that they didn’t lay a glove on Rove or the crime syndicate that runs this country. Kevin drum makes the point today: […]

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Joe Courtney to vote against funding Bush’s eternal war

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Congratulations to Joe Courtney for holding firm on the Iraq Funding Bill: Congressman Joe Courtney announced today that he will vote against the Iraq war supplemental spending bill because it does not go far enough in changing the direction of President George Bush’s wayward policy in Iraq. Congressman Courtney released the following statement in advance […]

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Unfair and balanced

Thursday, May 24, 2007

As just about everyone knows, the man who exercises the powers of the presidency was in New London yesterday, attempting to inject another shot of fear into the body politic. There were a lot of demonstrators on hand, and this morning my wife and I were treated to what passes for editorial “fairness and balance” […]

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Doublespeak in Orwell’s backyard

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Sometimes it’s nice to know that there are people in other countries almost as looney as us. Here in the United States we specialize in legislating about science. If we don’t like the fact that we descended from apes, we try to solve the problem by passing a law that says that God did it. […]

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Joe Courtney to hold town meeting in Norwich

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Joe Courtney will be holding his first town meeting style forum in Norwich on Monday, June 4th. Only it won’t be at the town hall. It will be at the newly renovated Otis Library ( 261 Main Street) from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM. Parking is available in the parking lot behind the library as […]

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Edwards slams “war on terror”

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

John Edwards’ foreign policy speech today was a breath of fresh air: thoughtful and totally free of the typical Democratic defensive macho posturing. His ability to take the positions he has taken has been signficantly enhanced by the fact that he does not hold elective office. Only Chris Dodd has taken a confrontational approach on […]

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I’m in

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Yesterday, I bemoaned the fact that I was unable to successfully become a member of the Friends of Charles Darwin, an organization with virtually no membership requirements. I’m happy to announce that I have been accepted, and should soon be on the offical rolls. Seems that the site was inundated with applicants who read this […]

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Big Boys

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

This morning’s Times has an interesting article (Side Deals in a Gray Area) about a new trend among the financial criminal class: While regulators have focused on the buying of options or stocks on leaks about deals before they become public, there is another, more subtle way that big investors can trade while possessing information […]

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16 words

Monday, May 21, 2007

via Firedoglake, a song by Margo Guryan, a 60s singer/songwriter that I never heard of before. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7soN6HNU3Y[/youtube]

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