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Apple: rotten to the core?

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

My RSS feeds come in two basic flavors: politics and computers. The computer feeds are heavily concentrated on things Apple. I bought a Mac about seven years ago and have never looked back. Back then, Apple was still a relatively bit player in the computer world, and besides getting better technology and software, you could […]

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Mixed Messages

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Today ‘s New London Day opines that we should “Stop the Politics” when it comes to the issue of end of life counseling, which Republicans transmogrified into “death panels” during the health care debate. I agree entirely. It’s good to see the Day take such a position, couched as it is with proper obeisance to […]

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What’s this all about?

Friday, December 31, 2010

Today’s Times has a hit piece on Lanny Davis (Lobbyist’s Client List Puts Him on the Defensive) , the lawyer turned lobbyist who helped defend Bill Clinton during the latter’s impeachment. The article is reprinted in the Day, and, I imagine, in papers throughout the country. Now I have no brief for Davis or the […]

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A refreshing piece of work

Friday, December 17, 2010

There is one news organization that makes it a habit to actually get at the facts, and ignore the right wing spin that everyone else reports in, at best, a “he said, she said” style, assuming that they don’t buy it hook, line and sinker. Not the New York Times, not the Washington Post, and […]

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Corporations doing good

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Sometimes corporations do good. It is almost always unintentionally, and always out of self interest, but nonetheless it can happen. We insignificant denizens of the internet have not been able to get the federal government to commit to net neutrality, despite the fervent promises of Democrats, at any rate, to promote the concept. Of course, […]

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John Oliver comes calling

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Consistent with Jon Stewart’s evenly-spread-the-blame call for civility, the Daily Show has come to Southeastern Connecticut to report on the recent actually civil campaign between Democrat Andy Maynard and RINO (and I write that with deep respect) Stuart Norman. This is the first time the Daily Show has visited our neck of the woods since […]

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The New York Times follows the Day’s lead

Sunday, November 14, 2010

A while back I noted that the New London Day printed a story about some ghostbusters, without giving even a passing clause to the idea that, just possibly, there are no such things as ghosts. PZ Myers points out over at Pharyngula that the New York Times is apparently as credulous as the Day. The […]

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Maher must be right

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

because he agrees completely with me. At one time or another, I’ve made every point that Maher makes in this video, which only goes to prove he’s a brilliant guy.

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Fair and Balanced

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Since it’s my local paper, I feel compelled to take note when the New London Day’s coverage is skewed. Case in point. A week or so ago Scott Brown came to the state to stump for Linda McMahon. Brown is yesterday’s news, as anyone paying attention would know. They could have held the rally in […]

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Stupid questions

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

I just returned from watching the Blumenthal debate. I noted in a previous post that I don’t like watching debates. They are stomach churning affairs, particularly when your candidate doesn’t come out with the answers that seem so obvious to you. Another reason is that the questioners are always (well, almost always) press people of […]

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