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Monthly Archives: May 2010

A bit closer to home

Monday, May 10, 2010

Well, it’s not like New York City has made it official, nor, hopefully, has Apple, but it seems like there may be a bit of racial profiling going on at the SoHo Apple Store, complete with demands for “your papers”, all in the obviously worthy cause of keeping Ipads out of China until Apple wants […]

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Peckinpaugh

Sunday, May 9, 2010

It looks like the Second District Republicans may give their nomination for the Second District Congressional seat to Janet Peckinpaugh, who was, until recently, an Independent: Peckinpaugh’s recent switch to the Republican Party shows that “she’s clearly an independent-minded person,” [NRCC spokesman Greg] Blair said. “It sounds like that makes her an interesting fit for […]

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For Blumenthal’s consideration

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Carly Fiorina’s demon sheep ad has become infamous. This ad, produced by a group called Crazy Wolf Films, is a brilliant follow up. We can only hope that Blumenthal can find some folks capable of doing the same to Linda McMahon, because you can be sure that, once she has the Republican nomination in hand, […]

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A surprising fact

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, and as all the world knows, motherhood, along with baseball and apple pie, is a peculiarly American value. For reasons that are unclear, the rest of the world is apparently hostile to motherhood, particularly, as it turns out, the Italians, who are producing fewer mothers than any other country on earth, […]

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Friday Night Music-Something Completely Different

Friday, May 7, 2010

When I got my first CD player, sometime around 1986, I started to branch out a bit, musically speaking. Partly that was because, at first, there was more classical music on CD, and partly because I wanted to learn about classical music. I also started listening to a lot of pre-rock stuff. I quickly got […]

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No Ice Cream this time

Friday, May 7, 2010

Gerry Garcia dropped by at last night’s Drinking Liberally, no doubt the last politician of note (not counting founding and faithful member Betsy Ritter) we will see until the next election cycle. Gerry is an impressive guy. We Democrats have the bad or good fortune, depending on how you look at it, of having an […]

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Ned comes to Groton

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

As advertised yesterday, Ned Lamont and Mary Glassman came to visit the local convention delegates here in Groton tonight. For what it’s worth, I think Ned is leading among us Grotonites.

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Corporations can speak freely, and quash speech too

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

This sort of thing is all too familiar: VoteVets, a progressive organization founded by veterans of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, unveiled a strong television ad last week, connecting a climate bill to the nation’s national security interests. The spot notes that “a clean energy climate plan would cut our dependence on foreign oil […]

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Haven’t we heard this story before?

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Are there any right wing anti-gay preachers who aren’t gay? (via Kos): On April 13, the “rent boy” (whom we’ll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache […]

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Ned Lamont to visit Groton tomorrow

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

I have been encouraged by the Lamont campaign to invite my vast readership to come to the Fisherman tomorrow at 7:00 PM to meet Ned. For those unfamiliar with the territory here, the Fisherman is on Groton Long Point Road in Groton, just outside the entrance to Groton Long Point. Down the hill past Fitch, […]

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