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Monthly Archives: October 2011

A Plug

Friday, October 21, 2011

Friend, reader and oft times Liberal Drinker Audrey Heard art will be exhibiting at the Tsetse Gallery in New London starting next week. My wife and I have several of Audrey’s pieces. From the looks of the poster below, it looks like Audrey has moved in a slightly different direction. We have several still lifes, […]

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Raising (the subject of) Cain

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Okay, I’ve largely or completely (I think) avoided even mentioning Herman Cain, but I can’t help myself now. It’s been a temptation, but I’ve resisted it, largely as penance for too frequent posting about Sarah and Michelle. It’s not that I put Herman in their league, by the way. If anything, on the continuum of […]

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Harry Belafonte on Colbert

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Nice segment with Harry Belafonte on Colbert: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

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Reading Sarah’s tea leaves

Monday, October 17, 2011

Sarah Palin has changed her facebook designation from Republican to Conservative, and her fans are all a-twitter. One long-time blogger and Palin supporter wrote: ‘I suppose one could draw a multitude of conclusions regarding this status change. ‘I know that I certainly have. You can be certain that any move Sarah Palin makes has been […]

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Yet more on the filibuster

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Good discussion here about the fact that Republicans, should they take the Senate next year, could repeal the Health Care Act using reconciliation. Should they take the White House that would mean the act would be repealed. Should Obama be reelected, he would veto the repeal, after which the Republicans would no doubt refuse to […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 14, 2011

Trying to keep these somewhat topical, as well as avoiding repeats. It’s not always possible. I wanted to dedicate something to Rick and Anita Perry. Anita says that her husband is being brutalized for his faith by his fellow Republicans. You can’t deny he’s a good Christian. How else explain his relish for the death […]

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Mitt Romney, the Republican’s Dr. Fell

Friday, October 14, 2011

Is there anyone who didn’t see this coming. In fact, hasn’t it been here all along? The teabaggers aren’t happy with Mitt, and some of them are saying that his now seemingly inevitable coronation as their candidate will turn them off. Mitt is, at heart, not a tea party man. He’s Wall Street pure and […]

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Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Yesterday, Krugman did a little gloating on his blog. Seems a year ago, Business Week ran an article about a guy named John Paulson, a hedge fund manager who was betting big on a a major uptick in the housing market. The article contrasted the obviously right Paulson (since he was rich and a hedge […]

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A mystery

Monday, October 10, 2011

From Firedoglake: When Barack Obama ran for president he promised to respect the states’ medical marijuana laws. But since tak ing office Obama has been steadily using more and more parts of the federal government to wage a war on medical marijuana. His Administration’s actions as of late have become so aggressively anti-medical marijuana that […]

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Didn’t see this coming

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Our puppet government in Iraq is not responding to the strings, and is now siding with Iran and with Syria, against the people of Syria. This was something that the war opponents predicted way back when: not the specific situation but the probability of the two countries making common cause. Yet another reason why making […]

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