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Friday Night Rant

Friday, June 5, 2015

For one reason or another I’ve had no time for blogging this week, so the links to various items of interest (to me, at least) have stacked up on my Pinboard, awaiting comment. So, this post will be devoted to various and disparate hobbyhorses of mine. First up, the folks at Disney are following in […]

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Sunday Morning venting

Sunday, December 8, 2013

I grow tired of this sort of thing. The Boston Globe reports that a number of political scientists got together to discuss ways of overcoming what they reportedly call a “democratic deficit” in this country. That deficit undoubtedly exists, and some of its causes, such as huge amounts of money from sources representing only one […]

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Get off of my lawn!

Sunday, November 17, 2013

I am feeling sort of crotchety today, so I'm going to vent a bit, as is my right as a near geezer. (I will never actually admit reaching that milestone, but I confess to getting ever nearer.) First, let me direct my fire at the Democrats. I've been blogging since 2005 and I'm really tired […]

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Old Man Rant

Friday, May 17, 2013

One of the advantages of being a near-geezer (still can’t accept it totally) is that you get to complain about trivial things. Or you think you do. So, thats what I’m going to to now-complain about the New London Day. But before I do, let me observe that the Republicans and the media are all […]

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We don’t need no education

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

There are times when you really have to wonder if this country has a chance to survive. I am a regular reader of Paul Krugman’s blog as well as his column in the Times. I would have assumed that his blog readers would, by a process of self selection, be relatively intelligent and somewhat comfortable […]

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Between reason and fantasy, to the media the truth is in the middle

Sunday, September 25, 2011

I glanced at the front page of the New London Day’s Perspective section and there was an article titled “Biologist who Challenges both Evolution and Religion”. (I have despaired of finding a link on the Day’s website, but you can read it here, where it originally appeared in the Times). Where, I thought, had they […]

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Back from the Shadows again

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

So, my wife and I were sitting at our dining room table, bitching and moaning about CL&P’s lousy repair record (according to their website, not a single customer in Groton had gotten power for about a day and a half) when suddenly, a fan went on. It took us several seconds to realize what that […]

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The End is Near

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Introduction. I’ve been working on this post off and on for a while now. It’s not really ready for prime time, but I decided to put it up in its immature state because the debt ceiling charade we’ve just witnessed demonstrates very conclusively that I’m right, and I want to appear somewhat prescient. Also, I’m […]

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We’re all bozos on this bus

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Today’s theme is stupidity, the stupidity often enforced upon us by an increasingly more powerful ruling class and the propaganda which has almost totally replaced all other sources of information to which the masses in this country are exposed. The topic finds it’s way here serendipitously, being suggested by various things upon which I’ve stumbled […]

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The Majesty of the Law

Sunday, March 27, 2011

When I first read this article in the Times, it brought to mind Anatole France’s observation that “[t]he law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” Charlie Engle (who, though not exactly poor, was definitely not rich) […]

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