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Monthly Archives: October 2013

New London makes news

Thursday, October 17, 2013

New London, the fair metropolis just to the west of my adopted town of Groton, has proven yet again that, despite appearances, it is not just a jerkwater town dominated by a giant highway entrance that destroyed most of the historic center of town so that people could be spirited to Groton to build instruments […]

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Hypocrisy, Texas style

Thursday, October 17, 2013

No additional comment needed: After years of trying to undermine the Affordable Care Act, Texas lawmakers are suddenly embracing President Obama’s signature domestic policy accomplishment. On Thursday, the Texas Tribune reported that the state is shuttering a state-based health care program and encouraging Texans to sign-up for coverage in the federally-run health care exchange. Texas’ […]

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Humpty Dumpty, ur-Republican

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

One of my favorite exchanges in literature appears in Alice in Wonderland. Humpty Dumpty tells Alice: “When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” To which Alice-remember Alice?-, replies: “The question is, whether you can make words mean so many different things.” Bu the far wiser […]

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Words fail me

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

It's been a while since I've posted; primarily, it's true, because I've been away, but at least secondarily because-I admit it, I'm incapable of performing my job as a blogger. I could cheat, of course, and use a Thesaurus, but absent that expedient, I'm simply not up to the task. I can't come up with […]

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More Good News

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Our local paper, The New London Day is really not a bad rag, but the editors there seem to be obsessed with placating a small but vocal number of local right wingers, who continually accuse it of bias, no matter how much it bends over backward to appease them. This recently led me to pen […]

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Okay then, that makes sense

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

We all remember the meme about the tea party person who demanded that the government keep its hands off his or her Medicare. I spent a fair amount of time one day googling around to document that it was fact based, and while I'm not prepared to say it wasn't, I found no evidence that […]

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If the election were held today, and if wishes were horses

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

It occurs to me that it's been a while since I posted some good news, which I obligated myself to do weekly awhile back. It seems I just can't stop slipping into my pessimistic mode. So here's some good news, though it has to be taken with a pillar of salt. If the election were […]

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Some help for Fat Tony

Monday, October 7, 2013

Antonin Scalia is, though it is hard to believe, a Supreme Court Justice. Supreme Court justices are quite knowledgable, as any one of them would be the first to tell you, but they can't know everything, and it seems that Fat Tony is puzzled. You see, he believes in the devil, but he can't quite […]

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Two cheers for Dave Collins

Friday, October 4, 2013

For those of you who do not read the New London Day, Dave is a columnist who ordinarily makes a great deal of sense. A person near and dear to me thought he made a great deal of sense today, and urged me to point this out in my blog. I make a point of […]

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Storm is threatening

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Okay, I'm coming around. A few months ago (too lazy to link) I mockingly reported on a study that proved something that was totally obvious to any thinking person. I was subsequently contacted by the author of the report, and I am more and more persuaded that he was right. It's important to prove the […]

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