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Monthly Archives: May 2008

Andy Maynard needs 300 friends.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Today my wife and I hosted an event for Andy Maynard, our state Senator. In order to qualify for campaign financing funds, Andy needs to get donations from 300 individuals in his district, so the purpose of this event was to get as many donors as possible for Andy, with the amounts of the donations […]

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True religion from the center of the universe

Sunday, May 18, 2008

This being Sunday, our thoughts naturally turn to true Religion. Happily, yesterday, the mailman delivered food for thought, addressed to a fellow named Resident who gets a lot of mail here, though I’ve never actually met him. We all know that Religion and Science are now locked in a deadly battle. At the moment, the […]

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Friday Night Music-Little Richard

Friday, May 16, 2008

One of the originals. Good Golly Miss Molly: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhybWFjuN2g[/youtube] Next, as a free bonus, something almost completely different. Who would think you could make this song rock? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtgFVk70yMc[/youtube]

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Obama responds

Friday, May 16, 2008

This guy is good. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOlaso_7Z8[/youtube]

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One more cheer for Chris Matthews

Friday, May 16, 2008

For reasons difficult to fathom we on the left have a monopoly on political humour-the funny kind that is. The Fox Network’s short lived attempt to compete with the Daily Show proved that, if ever it really needed proving. But we also have an earnest, too serious, streak that can sometimes blind us to political […]

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History Lesson

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Sometimes Chris Matthews gets it right. (Caution: very slow loading video at the link, but worth watching) Update: Here’s a youtube, a bit longer, but it should load faster: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1wSZBTAXRs[/youtube]

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Shame on the Connecticut Bar Association

Thursday, May 15, 2008

I am absolutely in agreement with Groucho Marx. As a general principle ” I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member”. Case in point: the Connecticut Bar Association. I joined under semi-duress, and they allowed me in, no questions asked. (Well, one question asked: “Where’s the money?”) But they didn’t […]

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More bad news for Republicans

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Just when the Republicans thought things couldn’t get any worse, science goes and invents a drug that might just doom them to political extinction. It’s called Provigil. Now it’s fairly obvious that any drug that makes you happy should be banned, as should any drug that expands your mind. But drugs like that aren’t half […]

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New Sullivan team gets off to great start

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

More incompetence in the Sullivan campaign. Sullivan’s new team issued a press release accusing Joe Courtney of having failing to take the lead on a recently passed amendment that speeds up funding for submarine construction. The full story is at the link, but Gabe at Connecticut Local Politics sums the release up this way: The […]

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Replay?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Republicans have a playbook that has become all too familiar. For many of their tricks to work, they need a compliant, and sometimes, a cooperative press. Eight years ago they claimed that Al Gore said he had invented the internet. Gore never said that, but the press repeated the charge, accepted it as true, […]

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