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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Mercenaries Ahoy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Blackwater, the mercenary army made rich by George Bush, is now planning to go into the pirate fighting business. Via Thinkprogress: Private security firm Blackwater Worldwide began holding meetings in London on Tuesday with potential clients for a new business venture — protection from pirates. The Moyock, N.C., firm, which has grown rapidly through State […]

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Specter wants to delay Holder vote

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Arlen Specter is trying to put the brakes on Eric Holder’s nomination to be Attorney General. According to Specter, Holder’s involvement in the Marc Rich pardon warrants close scrutiny: But Specter is already applying the brakes, indicating that Republicans are going to make a big deal out of Holder at the hearing. Specter said he […]

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One Frankenstein, Two Monsters

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

John McCain is gone, but Sarah Palin, lives on. If worse comes to worst, McCain may live on in history as the man who gave a dangerous demagogue her start on the national stage. McCain also gave us Joe the Plumber, and like Frankenstein’s monster, he has turned on his creator: When I was on […]

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Have yourself a very broccoli Christmas

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

People are amazing.

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Department of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up-Blagojevich/Craig Edition

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

This is one of those times when I feel my own inadequacies as a writer with a peculiar intensity. How to do justice to the staggeringly audacious corruption of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich? Might I first observe that he makes John Rowland look like a piker-a rank amateur? How, one wonders, did this guy ever […]

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A GGGer goes after the GLP PD

Monday, December 8, 2008

Looks like we may see some internecine warfare within the GGG PAC. For you non-Grotonites, that’s the Groton Good Government Pac. Don’t be fooled by the name. Their objective is to destroy good government, especially the schools. They are against government spending in all its forms, but have normally been fairly quiet about spending that […]

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Tribune Company files for bankruptcy

Monday, December 8, 2008

My wife and I stopped getting the Hartford Courant two or three months ago. We had been thinking about it for a long time, and finally took the step when we found out we could get the Boston Globe delivered to our home. Over the last few years the Courant has declined dramatically. It is […]

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Andrew Sullivan is still wondering

Monday, December 8, 2008

Before I was so rudely interrupted by my broken computer, I had intended to draw the attention of my readers to Andrew Sullivan’s lonely battle to find out the truth about Sarah Palin’s recent pregnancy. As faithful readers may recall, there is a great deal of circumstantial evidence pointing to the possibility that the child […]

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Closed for repairs

Sunday, December 7, 2008

This past Friday, after my most recent post, several running programs on my beloved Mac seized up. I could not “force quit” them. I couldn’t even shut down the computer. The spinning wheel of death spun on, oblivious to my efforts. There was only one solution; I had to put her down. Gently but firmly […]

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Friday Night Music-Santana

Friday, December 5, 2008

Hard to believe I haven’t posted Santana yet. How about a doubleheader. Black Magic Woman: Oye Como Va

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