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nutmeg grater: no, i don't like censorship

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:35:00 -0500

and i'm not a prude and i have a good sense of humor but NONE of what i am reading about this so called 'satirical' column appeared to be very funny to me

however, i have no idea how someone can say it was harassment. i don't think it [...]

Swick Speak: What Cost Nationalized Health Care?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:39:00 -0500

I am still wondering what will be the costs of nationalized health care? And who will pay for it? In trying to follow the limited information given by Congress regarding the bill I see that the bulk of this bill will be payed for by those who can least afford [...]

Middletown Eye: Noah Delivers

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:17:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
A splendid evening of music in Crowell Concert Hall with the world premiere of Noah Baerman's "Know Thyself." Big crowd as well and they were treated (in the second half of the show) to an expansive work, a 60-minute plus song cycle that was melodic, passionate, at times funky, sweet, [...]

Middletown Eye: Positive Deconstruction

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:32:00 -0500

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submitted by The Rockfall FoundationAs the season’s first frosts and holiday guests lurk around your doorstep, come gather amongst kindred spirits, bask in the ambience of sunny Italy—and explore the movement towards positive deconstruction here in Connecticut!Please join us for this month’s Meet Your Greens drinks at Tuscany Grill on [...]

woodstocktruth.com: Elizabeth Warren on the Economy

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:11:00 -0500

What exactly is going on with the economy? Stocks are up and big bonuses are back, but while they're throwing parties on Wall Street, there's pain on Main Street. One out of every six workers is unemployed or underemployed, according to government statistics - the highest figure since the Great' [...]

Brainflation: Video: Town Council Special Meeting 11-12-09

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:42:48 -0500

Video: Town Council Special Meeting 11-12-09

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Brainflation: Council approves Daley Court contract.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:39:26 -0500

The East Hartford Town Council met at a special meeting on Thursday evening to review and approve the previously posted contract for the Daley Court property. The contract gives New Samaritan 2 years to secure their funding and get to work. It seems this project is not quite so urgent [...]

CT Blue: Friday Night Music-James Brown

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:26:20 -0500

Fairly sure I haven’t done James Brown yet.

I’m starting with this clip as much in tribute to Ed Sullivan as James Brown. Everyone loved making fun of Ed Sullivan, but the truth was that he was great at spotting talent. Even more important, he was an equal opportunity employer before [...]

CT Blue: Drawing lines

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:18:57 -0500

The Catholic Church would have us believe that it simply cannot support any health care bill that might result in a single person getting an abortion, no matter how removed the cause might be from the effect. It’s a matter of principle, don’t you see. Just as millions of Africans [...]

Pray Connecticut: Farewell to a number of things…

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:16:18 -0500

IN his column today, The Courant’s Rick Green says farewell to the old economy, complete with a scary graphic showing that Connecticut has lost over 15,000 manufacturing jobs in the last year. And then Mr. Green wonders if anyone is listening.

Actually, considering his appearance on the panel with Peter [...]

Corner Report: Hope? – Obama, Abbas, Abunimah and Morrisons

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:11:00 -0500

Steve Bell

By Robin Yassin-Kassab

The hope invested by many in Barack Obama has dissolved. Dare I sing ‘I told you so’? I do. The audacious hope of Obamamania was always faith-based, founded on the believer’s premise that the handsome candidate didn’t mean what he actually said, that [...]

Corner Report: How Could This End Well? Short Cuts in Afghanistan

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:00 -0500

(General Stanley) McChrystal seems to have inverted the old Clausewitzian maxim: he genuinely believes that politics is a continuation of war by other means.

By TARIQ ALI

It’s been a bad autumn for Nato in Afghanistan, with twin disasters on the political and military fronts.

First, Kai Eide, the UN headman in [...]

Corner Report: Guilt By Association: After Fort Hood

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:37:00 -0500

By NADIA HIJAB

"Islam is a religion that lives by the sword and it should die by the sword." The person making this declaration was not some wild-eyed neocon or Christian fundamentalist, but an old friend of mine, a thoughtful, widely-read American who tapped not just the mainstream media but also [...]

Corner Report: Israel Jolted by Hezbollah’s Intelligence “Infiltration”

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:25:00 -0500

By Mohamad Shmaysani

A wave of stormy questions has been on the rise within Israeli security and military apparatuses after Yedioth Aharonoth unveiled a document demonstrating the level of Hezbollah’s knowledge of Israeli activities, deployments and tactics in northern occupied Palestine.

The widely read Israeli [...]

Pray Connecticut: Moms in Touch Concert of Prayer, November 14th

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:17:11 -0500

We apologize for the late notice on this one, but Moms in Touch International will be holding a concert of prayer for our youth on November 14th. Christian women worldwide will fast and pray for 4 hrs (9 AM – 1 PM) for children and schools in the strong name [...]

Corner Report: Syria rejects Israel talks

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:12:00 -0500

Sarkozy, right, has helped to resume good relations between France and Syria [Reuters]

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has said he is not willing to hold face-to-face talks with the Israeli leader, after a meeting in France aimed at restarting the Middle East peace process.

His [...]

Pray Connecticut: Bringing Home The Prodigals, November 21

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:03:32 -0500

Maybe you or someone you know is carrying a prodigal child or sibling or friend or parent in their heart. The Father’s heart is for the prodigals. You are invited to attend and bring a friend on Saturday, November 21, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for Bringing Home the Prodigals, [...]

Rick Green | CT Confidential: Dennis House opens can of Dodd worms: Rick Green | CT Confidential

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:05:02 -0500

In his online column today, WFSB steady-hand Dennis House explores the question I've been talking about for months, whether Sen. Chris Dodd should give-up his re-election bid:

The thing is, Dodd is far more engaged these days than just a few months ago, so it's [...]

Connecticut Commentary: This Could Be The Start Of Something Big: Liberal Bloggers Apologize To Bush

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:44:00 -0500

“If you have been reading us for any length of time [ “us” is the liberal blog HillBuzz ] you know that we used to make fun of “Dubya” nearly every day…parroting the same comedic bits we heard in our Democrat circles, where Bush is still, to this day, [...]

My Left Nutmeg: Twelve hours of health reform lies

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:25 -0500

As the approach the end of the workweek, in honor of Joe Lieberman's latest round of lies regarding health care reform, the DNC made a compilation of the last 12 hours of misinformation from the GOP.

...for your viewing pleasure.

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Undercurrents Hartford IMC: Call to Action: Save Mental Health & Addiction Services in CT

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:21 -0500

Governor M. Jodi Rell is attempting to eliminate detox beds in Hartford and Middletown along with closing Cedarcrest Hospital, High Meadows and other treatment facilities statewide as a means of addressing Connecticut’s budget deficit. Please call the governor’s office Monday-Friday 8 AM to 5 PM and tell her that the [...]

Hat City Blog: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano predicts immigration overhaul starting in 2010

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:21:00 -0500

Today, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke about the need for immigration reform at the Center for American Progress and made the strongest indication that a change to the current immigration policy will be addressed by Congress starting in early 2010.

Here's the details of what happened [...]

Rick Green | CT Confidential: Joementum goes all roguey on us!: Rick Green | CT Confidential

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:02 -0500

Our own Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent, apparently had some critical advice for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to the Alaska governor's new book.

The Wall Street Journal just bought a copy of "Going Rogue: An American Life" and wouldn't you know it, our favorite turncoat [...]

ConnPolitics News: RI gov opens door to domestic partnerships

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:17:40 -0500

Number of comments: 6

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Don Carcieri, a gay marriage opponent, has opened the door slightly to the limited recognition of same-sex relationships in Rhode Island.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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ConnPolitics News: Lawmakers defy church pressure on DC gay marriage

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:17:08 -0500

Number of comments: 6

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing some social services unless lawmakers change a proposal to legalize same-sex marriages.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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ctnewsjunkie.com: Economists Agree It's A 'Lazy V'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45:43 -0500

(Updated 4:05 p.m.) The good news is the recession is over, the bad news is that the labor market and jobs aren't going to rebound until the middle of next year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell's Council of Economic Advisors told a roomful of lawmakers Thursday. "Yes,'" [...]

ctnewsjunkie.com: Four Town Showdown

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:58 -0500

Four towns in Connecticut will need to hold runoff elections on Nov. 24 for one Town Council and three Board of Education seats. According to the Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, recounts following the Nov. 3 municipal elections resulted in ties in four communities. In Avon, [...]

Rick Green | CT Confidential: What me worry? 1 in 5 don't want ANY news at all!: Rick Green | CT Confidential

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:03:32 -0500

I stopped by a fascinating journalism and new media conference at Yale Law School this morning. I still can't get over this little nugget, presented by Lee Rainie, who is director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

One in five don't bother with any news at [...]

Bristol Blog: City considers allowing committee members to participate through internet

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:42:00 -0500

Number of comments: 11

City councilors agreed recently to consider allowing municipal board members to participate in meetings without actually attending them.

First-term city Councilor David Mills said that more people would be able to participate if they could sometimes attend through web-based meeting programs or other electronic means.

“Maybe the pool could be [...]

The Cool Justice Report: Gaby V. Iceman Updates

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:47:00 -0500

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Paul "Ding-a-Ling" Doyle has graciously agreed to take handoff from George "The Wolf" Kimball for sports writing workshop. Both guys worked the Dawson fight.

Doyle has been' [...]

Connecticut Local Politics: Return to Glory for Ralph Nader?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:32:29 -0500

Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate turned perennial Presidential candidate, is reportedly considering another comeback, this time in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race:

“You can’t believe the number of people of asking me [to run]… Right now I’d say I’m agnostic,” Nader told me earlier today, asked about rumors he’d run an independent, [...]

Drinking Liberally in New Milford: The more things change, the more they stay the same

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:00 -0500

I woke up today to the news that it has been a whole year that gay and lesbian couples have been allowed to share the same rights as everyone else in our State. The right to settle down, get married and live as a family has changed a lot [...]

Bristol Blog: City rescinds sale of Broad Street house

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 9
City councilors recently rescinded a real estate deal approved last month to sell a decrepit house at 406 Broad St. for $55,200.
The city acquired the house in June when its former owner fell way behind on taxes. It put the house on the market a month later.
Councilors agreed [...]

Corner Report: Former US diplomat Peter Galbraith grabs hundreds of millions in Iraqi oil money

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:06:00 -0500

By Alex Lantier
13 November 2009

Yesterday the New York Times reported the Norwegian financial newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv’s revelations that Peter Galbraith, a former US diplomat and advisor to the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit from Iraqi [...]

CAPITOL WATCH: New Britain's GOP Mayor Timothy Stewart On Democrat Phil Sherwood: "A Carpetbagger And A Partisan Hack''

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:53:06 -0500

New Britain Mayor Timothy Stewart has been fighting for years in the trenches of partisan warfare as a Republican mayor up against a Democratic-dominated city council.

Stewart is expected to clash again with Phil Sherwood, a longtime political activist who is now the council leader.

"Phil Sherwood?'' Stewart asked in today's Hartford" [...]

Corporate Connecticut: Holiday Event At Papa's (See Nice Wheels, Too)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0500

This month, Papa's Chrysler Dodge Jeep is collecting non-perishable food for Thanksgiving (Nov. 26) and local food pantries through Nov. 23. The goal is to fill a 2010 Dodge Caravan for the holiday. Those who stop by and make a donation get a cup of hot chocolate at Papa’s Pit [...]

Bristol Blog: City eyes trash can advertising

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:26:00 -0500

Number of comments: 5

To raise revenue, the city is exploring the idea of putting advertising on the side of residential trash bins.

They’d be like “mini-billboards” on both sides of the wheeled receptacles the city distributes to residents to toss their trash.

The idea, which a public works committee is looking into, hasn’t [...]

CAPITOL WATCH: Wolfgang on Rell: Neither courageous nor imaginative

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:24:50 -0500

When recalling the public policy achievements of her administration during her farewell announcement on Monday, one of the first things Gov. M. Jodi Rell chose to highlight was her signing of the state's landmark law granting civil unions to same-sex couples. In a voice heavy with emotion, Rell recalled the [...]

ConnPolitics News: Obama eyes domestic spending freeze

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:18:02 -0500

Number of comments: 8

By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press Writer

Washington (AP) – The Obama administration is alerting domestic agencies to expect their budgets will be frozen or even cut by 5 percent, part of an election-year push to rein in record deficits that threaten the economy and Democrats’ political prospects next fall.

Read [...]

Corporate Connecticut: Silver Circle, Boston/New England Chapter

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:16:00 -0500

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New England Chapter (NATAS) Boston/New England Chapter, will induct TV pioneers Ken Bell, Jeanne Blake, Leslie Breault, William Murphy, Mary Richardson, and Emily Rooney to the 2009 Silver Circle on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at Granite Links Golf Club at 100 [...]

Real Hartford: Folk Artists’ Marketplace this Saturday

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:27 -0500

A press release from the Institute for Community Research:

Hmong embroiderers, Burmese Karen weavers, a Liberian tailor, a Lithuanian book illustrator, and a Somali basket weaver are just some of the artists who will demonstrate their crafts and sell their work at a folk artists’ marketplace on Saturday, November 14, 2009 [...]

Woodstock Cafe: The CT Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is Reviewing the Academy’s Plan for their Athletic Fields

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:59:25 -0500

An inquiry was made to Barbara Newman (Army Corps of Engineers) as to the status of the Academy application to develop its athletic fields (its ‘Events Complex’).

The response was as follows:

“I believe the DEP is going to request some more info on the mitigation plan.

Thanks,

Barbara Newman
Army Corps of Engineers”

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Corner Report: Zionist Israeli forces kill one, injure three Palestinian youths

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:54:00 -0500

GAZA - Israeli forces killed a young Palestinian man and injured three others in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

Among the injured were two brothers, according to medics, who said the shooting occurred in the Johr Ad-Dik area and that another Palestinian was hospitalized.

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Corner Report: United States of Israel: Your tax dollars at work: USAID funds illegal Zionist Israeli military checkpoint on illegally occupied Palestinian land

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:49:00 -0500

An Israeli soldier stops Palestinians at an internal West Bank
checkpoint north of Jenin [MaanImages - Archive]

BETHLEHEM - Vehicles will soon be permitted to traverse Israel's northernmost military checkpoint separating the Jenin area from Palestinian communities in Nazareth and the agricultural zone to the north, an [...]

Colin McEnroe: The X Factor

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:43:32 -0500

One thing that gets lost if the shuffle of political speculation here in Connecticut is the muddy state of the Clean Elections law, which currently sits under the cloud of a very unfavorable federal judgment. The legislature is supposed to fix it, but the legislature seems to have trouble [...]

ctnewsjunkie.com: Annie Le Warrant: Bloody Boots Read 'Ray-C'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:27 -0500

Key clues that led police to solve the murder of a Yale grad student included a green ink pen, a pair of boots, and a bloody sock. And a suspicious encounter with Raymond Clark involving a bloody box of "Wipe-Alls." The hunt for clues that led to [...]

Rick Green | CT Confidential: Farewell old economy. Is anyone paying attention?: Rick Green | CT Confidential

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:14 -0500

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Colin McEnroe: Love Boat

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:28:57 -0500

Props to the Advocate's Andy Bromage for noticing it the first time and NHI's Bassmaster for digging it back up. Here is M-Fed making the same mistake way back in 2008. You only have to watch for a minute and change before he pronounces himself governor of Connecticut. Please [...]

Colin McEnroe: Now THIS is interesting!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:23:34 -0500

I'd have to take a much longer, harder look at him. And he isn't the most exciting guy in the world. But there's something very tempting about having this guy in a primary, and he could get the signatures, based on the strength of his main issue. [...]

Corporate Connecticut: A & P Debuts "Food Basics" store

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0500

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P) (NYSE:GAP) debuted the first ever Food Basics store in Connecticut, located at 1700 Park Ave. in Bridgeport.Customers can also find their national brand favorites as well as an extensive variety of private label brands, including America’s Choice and Smart Price.Food Basics [...]

Woodstock Cafe: The Republican Town Committee Publishes Their Exit Survey Taken on Election Day

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:58:49 -0500

Number of comments: 1

see [www.woodstockrepublicans.com]

for example:

What do you see as being the most important issue facing Woodstock today?

332 people answered
a)      Educational funding    36%
b)      Planning and Zoning    14%
c)      Relieving tax burden    21%
d)      Preserving our dairy farms and open space 29%

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Hat City Blog: Irresponsible development strikes again

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:50:00 -0500

Residents along Hospital Avenue noticed the BRT "No trespassing" signs for the last few months and have asked me "what are they planning to do with that land?"

If your familiar with that stretch of road (or the amount of accidents that occur [...]

Connecticut Bob: Cyber terrorists? Oh, my!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0500

Going for the sympathy ploy, I see. More likely, it's just an excuse for an extremely poor showing the first time he tried a money bomb. Boy, Republicans like Peter Schiff and Joe Lieberman just LOVE playing the victim every time they forget to plug in their computers!From a fund [...]

Middletown Eye: More Music (11/13-11/15)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:01:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Besides the premiere of Noah Baerman's "Know Thyself" at Crowell Concert Hall tonight at 8 p.m., (nice writeup in today's Channel 61/Hartford Courant by Chuck Obuchowski - read here) it's a busy and varied weeked of musical offerings in Middletown. Tonight (Friday the 13th):They call their band Amalgamated Muck (great [...]

Consent Of The Governed: Judge Andrew Napolitano - Secession 10th Amendment

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Gov. Rick Perry had some pretty strong comments about the Obama administration on Wednesday in Midland, saying, “This is an administration hell-bent on taking America towards a socialist country.”

"Washington - we don't want you mandating how to run our'" [...]

Middletown Eye: Around Middletown in 80 Days - Day 80

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Around the World in 80 Days Opening Night!After travelling around Middletown, come see Phileas Fogg travel around the entire world on the Oddfellows Playhouse stage!Friday, November 13, 7:30pmSaturday, November 14, 7:30pmFriday, November 20, 7:30pmSaturday, November 21, 7:30pmTickets:$15 for Adults$8 for Students/SeniorsAuction winners from the Around Middletown in 80 Days dinners [...]