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My outrage is so fatigued, it’s asleep

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Nothing surprises me when it comes to Republicans, and frankly, I’ve lost my capacity for outrage. I listened to the “Koch”/Walker colloquy yesterday, and heard the bit that got the police chief of Madison upset, but frankly it never crossed my mind to be aghast at the idea of a state’s governor sending in goons […]

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Bowdlerizing Twain

Sunday, January 9, 2011

In the year just past, the unexpurgated, if somewhat bloated, Autobiography of Mark Twain was released, after the lapse of the 100 years he deemed necessary to safely publish it. But in the past few days we have learned that Twain will never outrun controversy, and never escape the narrow minded side of America that […]

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Jon Stewart breaks the filibuster, why couldn’t Obama.

Monday, December 20, 2010

According to today’s Times, the First Responders in New York may have Jon Stewart to thank if the bill to provide medical care for them makes it through our dysfunctional Senate. Why? Because Stewart shone a light on a particularly nasty piece of Republican obstructionism, and he put a human face on it to boot. […]

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It has served its purpose

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Remember when the fate of America and/or Christianity rested on whether an Islamic community center would be built somewhere close to both ground zero and a strip club? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? The threat is technically still hanging over us, yet for some reason it doesn’t seem to bother the bloviators […]

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Enthusiasm gap, CT style

Friday, October 29, 2010

Republicans to the left, Dems to the right. It’s been like this every night in Groton.

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Doctors on the Dole

Sunday, October 24, 2010

According to Pro Publica, the drug companies are doling out millions of dollars to pay doctors to shill their products to other doctors. Apparently, the companies can’t be bothered to check into the credentials of their salesfolks, as Pro Publica found a number of doctors who were either not particularly qualified, or who were distinctly […]

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Groton City Dems Honor Liz and Paul Duarte

Sunday, October 17, 2010

We just returned from a lunch honoring Liz and Paul Duarte for their many years of service to the Groton Democrats, both City and Town. Liz has been chair of the Groton City Democrats, president of the Groton Federation of Democratic Women, a member of the Groton City Council, and is presently our local representative […]

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Linda in Milford, Dick (and others) in Groton

Sunday, October 10, 2010

CTBlogger caught the Danbury News Times in a bit of a (well, actually, a colossal) stretcher yesterday. According to the Times, Linda McMahon and yesterday’s news Scott Brown drew 2,500 people to a rally yesterday: A crowd estimated at about 2,500 people stood waiting to hear from the senator and the woman who hopes to […]

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End the Filibuster

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Sign Kos’s Petition.

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Art on Groton Bank

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Art on Groton Bank will be returning to, where else, Groton Bank on July 17th. Details in the circular attached below. Below are some pictues I took at a previous year’s event. If you’ve never been to Groton, it’s an opportunity to buy some arts and/or crafts and to see the only real Revolutionary War […]

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