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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Lieberman endorses McCain

Sunday, December 16, 2007

This will do McCain no good, but can we at least hope that, come January 2009, with an increased Democratic majority, Reid will tell Lieberman that he has no need of him as chairman of anything?

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John Edwards on confronting the corporations

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Via Atrios, this interesting exchange from one of this morning’s TV shows: STEPHANOPOULOS: Four years ago, The Des Moines Register picked you. They said, “His time is now,” and it clearly gave a boost to your campaign then. So this endorsement of Hillary Clinton is a blow this morning. EDWARDS: Oh, I think The Des […]

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A Christmas chore completed

Sunday, December 16, 2007

No posts yesterday, and probably none involving a lot of writing besides this today, because my literary efforts have been confined to, and concentrated on, our yearly Christmas letter. Every year I pen (what I hope is) a funny Christmas letter. The first year, if memory serves, it was a Doctor Seuss parody. A year […]

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The Rascals

Friday, December 14, 2007

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veJ2gCSDqhY&feature=related[/youtube]

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Reid caves

Friday, December 14, 2007

This is too depressing. Harry Reid says he is totally powerless to stop a Republican, whack job Tom Coburn, from holding up a bill that would fund a Justice Department Inquiry into civil rights era murders. Why? Because Coburn put a hold on the bill, and there’s simply nothing Reid can do. On the other […]

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What are they thinking? (Groton Edition)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Today’s Mystic River Press (no link available) reports that sentiment in the Groton Town Council appears to favor giving a tax break to encourage Groton Hospitality, LLC to build a hotel in town. The fact that the hotel is about 99% complete, sans tax break, apparently had an effect on the Council, which is thinking […]

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Dem candidates urge Reid to reject telecom immunity

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Harry Reid has a choice. He can do the right thing, or cave to George Bush and go against the wishes of the likely next (Democratic President). Finally, the Democratic candidates (those in the Senate, anyway) join in an attempt to stop something horrible from happening: Dear Majority Leader Reid: We understand that the Senate […]

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The stupid competition goes on

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years. Greenland’s ice sheet melted nearly 19 billion tons more than the previous high mark, […]

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10 more reasons than we had for electing Bush

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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The wind to their backs and caution in their steps

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Paul Krugman (on his blog) notes that the majority of people in this country believe we are already in a recession and that they may be right. In any event, he says predictions of a mild recession next year may be overly optimistic. So lets fast forward to this November when we will have: 1. […]

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