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Daily Archives: January 13th, 2009

One last encore for the Potemkin Presidency

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Truly Pathetic: The White House had high expectations for yesterday’s final, historic news conference. “ONE CORRESPONDENT PER ORGANIZATION,” proclaimed the bulletin sent to reporters. “STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR NON-SEAT HOLDERS.” But when the appointed hour of 9:15 a.m. arrived, the last two rows in the seven-row briefing room were empty, and a press aide told […]

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We beat Wal-Mart!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

This morning’s Day reported that Wal-Mart was “said to lose interest” in Groton. This evening, the story has been updated on the website, and we are now told that “Super Wal-Mart [is] definitely out in Groton“. Konover Development vice president Michelle Carlson confirmed today that the company is dropping plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter […]

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