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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Stupidest attack ever?

Sunday, October 10, 2010

The Courant is attacking Denise Merrill because she called herself an attorney in some campaign literature, but she’s not enough of an attorney to suit them. Seems she hasn’t practiced law for 30 years. Mind you, she hasn’t said she was actively practicing law, nor is the practice of law a part of the job […]

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Linda in Milford, Dick (and others) in Groton

Sunday, October 10, 2010

CTBlogger caught the Danbury News Times in a bit of a (well, actually, a colossal) stretcher yesterday. According to the Times, Linda McMahon and yesterday’s news Scott Brown drew 2,500 people to a rally yesterday: A crowd estimated at about 2,500 people stood waiting to hear from the senator and the woman who hopes to […]

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Friday Night Music-Mea Culpa

Friday, October 8, 2010

Last week I opined that bagpipe music began and ended with Amazing Grace. Last night, to prove me wrong, one of our liberal drinkers loaned me a CD by a group called Rare Air. The CD is named Primeval. The group pretty much defies categorization, but I would say Celtic jazz is as close as […]

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Mercenary madness

Friday, October 8, 2010

This article in the New York Times is mind boggling on many levels: Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban, criminal networks and Iranian intelligence have been hired to guard American military bases in Afghanistan, exposing United States soldiers to surprise attack and confounding the fight against insurgents, according to a Senate investigation. […]

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Junior (very junior) member of the vast conspiracy

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The Day has long had a battered spouse syndrome type of relationship with the local right wing. They constantly try to appease them, though it never works. Apparently they’ve upped the ante, having gotten themselves a good right leaning reporter, who is always prepared to carry water for the Republicans. The fellows name is Matt […]

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Bad Blogger!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

That’s as in, or similar to, “bad dog!”, for I have been very bad indeed. I did not watch the Blumenthal debate. I did not watch the Malloy debate. A Bad Blogger, indeed. I actually have an excuse for part of the Blumenthal debate. I watched the first several minutes and couldn’t take it anymore. […]

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Shameful behavior on the campaign trail

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Joe Courtney is one of the nicest politicians I’ve ever met. Some might say that’s damning with faint praise, but Joe would be on the nice guy side of the scale in any group you’d care to name. So it is with heavy heart that I must call him out on the devious campaign tactics […]

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Friday Night Music-Something Completely Different

Friday, October 1, 2010

Despite my godlessness, I do like various kinds of sacred music. A few weeks ago I thought it might be fun to get various versions of Amazing Grace, but very few really struck my fancy until I found this. One could make a compelling argument that the repertoire of the bagpipe begins and ends with […]

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You can’t always have it both ways

Friday, October 1, 2010

Linda McMahon doesn’t quite understand that some questions can’t be ducked. Ted Mann, The Day: Should it be reduced now? Since businesses are struggling, as you all described? Would you argue for reducing the minimum wage now? McMahon: “We have got minimum wages in states, we have got minimum wages in the (federal) government, and […]

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