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Other than Rosanne Barr, who watches MSNBC?
VFW slams MSNBC host who claims he’s uncomfortable” calling dead soldiers “heroes”. “I don’t want to obviously desecrate or disrespect memory of anyone that’s fallen, he said, “and obviously there are individual circumstances in which there is genuine, tremendous heroism … Continue reading
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Getting grumpier each year
Just let the Old Greenwich Memorial Day parade get along without me for the second year in a row. I used to attend because it’s one of the few vestiges of town life as I remember it growing up and … Continue reading
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Favorite Albums
Just pop (and jazz, if tat’s your thing). We’ll leave out classical in the interest of putting some boundary to this. Here’s a bakers dozen, again in no particular chronological order or genre: Mary Chapin Carpenter … Continue reading
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When even crony capitalism fails, what’s next?
Obama spent billions on “green” energy companies run by his campaign donors but – surprise! – the jobs he promised failed to appear. President Obama has made much of his commitment to green energy as he launches his re-election bid, … Continue reading
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No wonder manic depression rates are up
Heard a reference to 7-Up just now and, curious whether it’s still manufactured, I looked it up. It still is (Snapple here in the US, Pepsi’s got it around the rest of the world, but here’s something that surprised me: … Continue reading
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If it’s supposed to be a learning experience, why don’t they teach something?
Organic foods arrive via PTA to Parkway school. Nothing wrong with that – I myself try to stay away from, say, toxic fish from China, but to claim this is some sort of learning experience (food has to be grown! Wow!) … Continue reading
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Damn it, there no reason for it, it’s POLICY!
Just in time for Memorial Day comes this reminder that rear-echelon mother f***ers (REMFs, if I have that terminology down) are still with us, as they will always be. If you’re ordering young men into combat and you learn that … Continue reading
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Privatize
Greenwich Teamsters have prevented the town from cutting down dangerous trees for the past year because of a contract dispute: seems that private contractors wanted to work on weekends, at no extra cost to the town, and the teamsters felt … Continue reading
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There’s always June, he said
Another dead week in Greenwich real estate – we’ve done favorite films and books so what’s next – Boy Bands? Anyway, here’s a sale of some interest, 603 Steamboat Road. I don’t usually track condominium sales but this one sold … Continue reading
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At some point, this Pecksland Road house will be a bargain
49 Pecksland Road cuts its price again and it’s now asking $1.995 million, down from the $3.850 it first sought in February 2008, after the crash but before its owner had put down his bong. It’s got a “challenging” yard … Continue reading
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Germany blinks, hastening the end
Merkel now “considering” accepting Eurobonds. This will free the rest of Europe to stop paying lip service to austerity plans (plans which have yet to be enacted) and resume their mad spending at German taxpayers’ expense. It was only a … Continue reading
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Texting while recipient is driving – a tortious act?
That’s what a New Jersey lawyer is claiming in a suit against a woman who texted her boyfriend while driving. Boyfriend got distracted and crashed his car into another car. The theory is that texting while driving is illegal in … Continue reading
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Market change
38 Lockwood Lane, that Riverside street that runs from Lockwood Road, over I-95 and terminates at Route One, has an accepted offer after just ten days so it will presumably be selling for close to its asking price of $1.950. … Continue reading
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Another technology to go under the Luddite axe
Genetically modified foods will soon be a thing of the past. Most food we eat is already genetically modified (just ask Mendel) but once a “warning” label is mandated consumers will boycott it. Scientific ignorance and voodooism are the norm … Continue reading
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Shocker: Obama keeping campaign donations received from rapist
He won’t return money paid him by Bain Capital. What a difference two days make.
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Well SOMEONE has to strip search those 18-month-olds
Philadelphia: Paedophile defrocked priest now works as a TSA airport screener. Billions of dollars a year spent on homeland security – feel safer now?
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Milbrook Contract
I think I mentioned last week that 240 Overlook had an accepted offer but today it’s reported as having progressed to a full contract. This is a beautiful house but it’s built into a steep hill so there’s a pretty … Continue reading
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If France is now seen as a safe harbor, how bad is the situation in Greece and Spain?
French bond yield hits record low.
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Sea change
It’s gay sailor days for those celebrating Fleet Week. Gives a new meaning to seamen, I suppose. NTTAWWT!
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Yes to spending, yes to unions, yes to taxes, yes to…
Greenwich Democrats sift through their 14-member-roster and find four sacrificial lambs to fill all electoral spots for the coming campaign. They probably won’t win but if they did they’d fit seamlessly into the Hartford fabric. “We’re the party of ’Yes’,” proclaimed … Continue reading
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