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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Who would have thunk?

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Every once in a while you see something that is not only pretty neat in its own right, but just makes you feel good about your fellow man. For some reason this story, which I guess is making the rounds, gave me a real good feeling when I read it: As fanciful as it may […]

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Count the Stupid

Monday, September 19, 2011

The following letter actually appeared in this morning’s New London Day, and no, I don’t think it was intended as parody: Is The Day becoming socialist? Even though I buy The Day every day, I enjoy reading it on the Internet early each morning. Now I can only read 10 articles The Day considers premium […]

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Obama’s education agenda

Friday, September 16, 2011

This is something that was under my radar, so I pass it along in case it’s escaped notice generally. In the current New York Review of Books Diane Ravitch reviews two books, one of which is Class Warfare, by Steve Brill, in which Brill argues that union busting and charter schools, among other right wing […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, September 16, 2011

This was like a gift from heaven. It’s getting harder and harder to come up with bands or acts I haven’t had on this feature, so I was glad to have this one dropped on me, so to speak. I was listening to my favorite internet radio station, Absolute Classic Rock out of London. As […]

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Who would have believed that Michelle Bachmann really was that crazy?

Friday, September 16, 2011

Apparently there are Bachmann supporters that are totally surprised that she is completely nuts: People close to the campaign … spoke of their frustration that Mrs. Bachmann, who entered the race with a reputation for making unsupportable statements on cable television, has not found the discipline to win credibility with major Republican donors and influential […]

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The Republican Health Plan: Die Quickly

Friday, September 16, 2011

This just came to my attention yesterday, though it happened in July. It becomes salient now considering Ron Paul’s recent response to a question that Wolf Blitzer, of all people, asked Paul at the most recent debate among the clowns that are seeking the Republican nomination for president. Blitzer asked what was to be done […]

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A primary in New London

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Time for some local news, of the just desserts variety. New London held a primary yesterday. A fairly important primary. For years a local pol named Michael Buscetto has been campaigning to institute a strong mayor system in New London. It may come as no surprise that he considered himself the perfect, indeed the inevitable, […]

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Warren running

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Elizabeth Warren is going to run for the Senate. Donate here.

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Obama grows a backbone, at least rhetorically

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Apparently, the Obama folks are prepared to play hardball on the jobs bill, or at least that’s what they are saying now. For the moment, it means they’re not bargaining with themselves, though that’s not to say that there’s no compromise built into the bill. Like so much of what Obama has proposed, it assumes […]

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Delusional

Monday, September 12, 2011

Up until yesterday I was convinced that Obama was going to win next year, since the Republicans are going to nominate a crazy person, or the crazy wing (now the majority) of their party will stay home if they go with Mitt (who qualifies as not crazy only by comparison with the alternatives). Now, I’m […]

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