they make THE BEST tofu salad i have ever had. i've tried to duplicate it. i CANNOT
Van Plunges Into Tofu Shop
Tofu production is suspended, according to report.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
my thoughts go out to the friends and family of Sgt 1st Class Dae Han Park
WATERTOWN
— A soldier who graduated from Watertown High School has died in Afghanistan, the Army said Monday.Sgt. 1st Class Dae Han Park, 36, died Saturday near Kajran, in Daykundi province, Afghanistan.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
editorial in the nytimes
so of course i thought i MUST link to it
Connecticut’s Better Budget
In comparison to New York’s $88 billion budget or New Jersey’s of $29 billion, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget in Connecticut is a mere $19.7 billion. Yet Governor Malloy has managed to create a better, fairer budget than both of his colleagues. And he is doing it without bombast, without YouTube, without making hard enemies or playing favorites. All three governors face big deficits — Connecticut’s is $3.2 billion in the next fiscal year and $3 billion the year after. Governor Malloy’s budget proposal spreads the pain more evenly. Like Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, Mr. Malloy wants to cut government spending: $1 billion from state employees and $758 million in state services. Unlike his neighbors, he recognizes that budgets cannot be balanced fairly in the short term, or at all in the long term, without having new money coming in. Instead of taking $800 million out of the education budget, Mr. Malloy proposes an array of tax increases, including some on those making more than $50,000 a year...................
and this of course from the courant
Poll Shows voters Oppose Malloy's Tax Increases; Approval Rating Only 35%
Many voters seem to believe that some tax increases are fine — as long as someone else is paying.
That's one finding from the latest Quinnipiac University Poll, released as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking Connecticut residents to pay $1.5 billion in tax increases in the coming fiscal year.
In the university's first Connecticut poll since the gubernatorial election, 66 percent said that Malloy's budget-balancing plan relies on too many tax increases, and 56 percent say the plan is unfair. In addition, 40 percent of those surveyed disapprove of Malloy's job performance in his first two months in office, and 51 percent disapprove of the way he is handling the state's budget crisis.................
Connecticut’s Better Budget
In comparison to New York’s $88 billion budget or New Jersey’s of $29 billion, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget in Connecticut is a mere $19.7 billion. Yet Governor Malloy has managed to create a better, fairer budget than both of his colleagues. And he is doing it without bombast, without YouTube, without making hard enemies or playing favorites. All three governors face big deficits — Connecticut’s is $3.2 billion in the next fiscal year and $3 billion the year after. Governor Malloy’s budget proposal spreads the pain more evenly. Like Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, Mr. Malloy wants to cut government spending: $1 billion from state employees and $758 million in state services. Unlike his neighbors, he recognizes that budgets cannot be balanced fairly in the short term, or at all in the long term, without having new money coming in. Instead of taking $800 million out of the education budget, Mr. Malloy proposes an array of tax increases, including some on those making more than $50,000 a year...................
and this of course from the courant
Poll Shows voters Oppose Malloy's Tax Increases; Approval Rating Only 35%
Many voters seem to believe that some tax increases are fine — as long as someone else is paying.
That's one finding from the latest Quinnipiac University Poll, released as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking Connecticut residents to pay $1.5 billion in tax increases in the coming fiscal year.
In the university's first Connecticut poll since the gubernatorial election, 66 percent said that Malloy's budget-balancing plan relies on too many tax increases, and 56 percent say the plan is unfair. In addition, 40 percent of those surveyed disapprove of Malloy's job performance in his first two months in office, and 51 percent disapprove of the way he is handling the state's budget crisis.................
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Old Leatherman
TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Old Leatherman: "BoingBoing this week linked to a story in the New York Times about 'Leather Man' - a vagabond who walked the roads of western Connecticut in..."
Thursday, March 03, 2011
yesterday, coli mcenroe's show on npr was absolutely OUTSTANDING
he had on the state troubadour, chuck costa and the state poet dick allen
give it a read and a listen HERE
here's chuck costa's website i LOVED his music. you can buy his albums there. i also believe they're available on itunes.
please give him a listen. absolutely blown away i tell ya!
pic:
give it a read and a listen HERE
please give him a listen. absolutely blown away i tell ya!
pic:
Chuck Costa
Photo:Chion Wolf
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
some unusual yet not unwelcomed news on chris dodd
Dodd Takes Job As CEO Of Motion Picture Association Of America
The Hartford Courant
Chris Dodd is going Hollywood.
After months of rumors, the former U.S. senator was named Tuesday as chairman and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the nation's major film studios.
Dodd had remained relatively quiet about exactly what he would be doing after serving in Washington for 36 years, but his interest in the film post had been chronicled in several major newspapers. His name had been floated for multiple jobs, including president of the University of Connecticut and ambassador to any number of countries through a nomination by his friend, President Barack Obama.............
Chris Dodd's leading role
Break out the buttered popcorn! Another front-runner has captured one of Hollywood's golden tickets: Chris Dodd is the new head of the Motion Picture Association of America.
The former senator, 66, has been rumored to get the $1.5 million-a-year job for the past couple of months, and was officially named on Tuesday..............
pic: After a year-long search to replace Dan Glickman, former senator Chris Dodd is named the new head of the MPAA. (Jessica Hill)
Motion Picture Industry Group Names Ex-Senator Dodd as Its New Chief
By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY
— Christopher J. Dodd, the former Democratic senator of Connecticut, was named as Hollywood’s top lobbyist on Tuesday, a move that might initially prove tricky because of lobbying restrictions for former members of Congress. The Motion Picture Association of America, which is counting on Mr. Dodd to revive its diminished influence, announced that he would take over on March 17 as its chairman and chief executive. The job, which will pay about $1.5 million a year, will require Mr. Dodd to push a Hollywood agenda in Washington that includes a more aggressive government stance against piracy and an effort to persuade China to lift limits on the distribution of Western movies.............
The Hartford Courant
Chris Dodd is going Hollywood.
After months of rumors, the former U.S. senator was named Tuesday as chairman and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the nation's major film studios.
Dodd had remained relatively quiet about exactly what he would be doing after serving in Washington for 36 years, but his interest in the film post had been chronicled in several major newspapers. His name had been floated for multiple jobs, including president of the University of Connecticut and ambassador to any number of countries through a nomination by his friend, President Barack Obama.............
Chris Dodd's leading role
Break out the buttered popcorn! Another front-runner has captured one of Hollywood's golden tickets: Chris Dodd is the new head of the Motion Picture Association of America.
The former senator, 66, has been rumored to get the $1.5 million-a-year job for the past couple of months, and was officially named on Tuesday..............
pic: After a year-long search to replace Dan Glickman, former senator Chris Dodd is named the new head of the MPAA. (Jessica Hill)
Motion Picture Industry Group Names Ex-Senator Dodd as Its New Chief
By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY
— Christopher J. Dodd, the former Democratic senator of Connecticut, was named as Hollywood’s top lobbyist on Tuesday, a move that might initially prove tricky because of lobbying restrictions for former members of Congress. The Motion Picture Association of America, which is counting on Mr. Dodd to revive its diminished influence, announced that he would take over on March 17 as its chairman and chief executive. The job, which will pay about $1.5 million a year, will require Mr. Dodd to push a Hollywood agenda in Washington that includes a more aggressive government stance against piracy and an effort to persuade China to lift limits on the distribution of Western movies.............
Friday, February 25, 2011
got this email on RALLY TO SAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM
i'm going to do EVERYTHING in my power to be at MY state capitol in hartford this saturday. why don't YOU think about it as well. WE must speak out too. WE have the VERY SAME RIGHTS THE TEABAGGING NUTSACKS do. WE must make OUR voices heard like they make THEIRS heard. here is some of the connecticut information: (click the link in the email i posted below to actually sign up)
please think about attending. you can spare a couple of hours this saturday. it's important. it's important to US and our futures. PLEASE
Share this event on Facebook: http:...(more)
HERE'S THE EMAIL I GOT:
This Saturday we're drawing a line in the sand. The entire progressive movement is putting everything we have into one massive display of progressive solidarity nationwide.
We won't let Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - or any other billionaire-bought TeaParty Governor - break the unions. Unions created America's middle class and if they disappear we'll all end up as corporate slaves.
The entire progressive movement - Netroots, unions, environmentalists, and community groups - will hold solidarity rallies in major cities, including every state capital, this Saturday around noon.
We'll demand an end to the attacks on workers' rights and public services across the country. We'll demand investment to create jobs. And we'll demand that the rich and powerful pay their fair share of taxes.
Will you join us Saturday at noon? Sign up to join your local rally here.
Here in New York City, our new Job Party has already held two solidarity rallies, proudly wearing Wisconsin Cheeseheads and winning smiles and cheers from fellow New Yorkers.
Last Friday, 100 of us held a spirited rally in front of CNN, NBC, and FOX. On Tuesday we grew to 500 at FOX during Glenn Beck's show, and prominent New York unions and politicians joined us.
While Glenn Beck raged helplessly inside his studio, Ed Schultz happily crossed the street to interview us. We also appeared on Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly. Watch our videos.
And with unions, students, and progressives in the Midwest leading the way, we're turning the tide. When an Indiana official urged use of "live ammunition" against unions, he was immediately fired. Then Indiana Republicans dropped their anti-union "right-to-work" bill like a hot potato. Republican Governors in Michigan, New Jersey, and Florida are running as fast as they can from union-busting.
But a few hard-line Republicans are holding out, especially Wisconsin's Scott Walker and Ohio's John Kasich. And several Republican presidential candidates are supporting them, promising to bust unions nationwide if they win in 2012.
So we need to hit the streets to send a message that's loud and crystal-clear: the American people support our unions, and we want jobs!
Sign up to join your local rally here.
Thanks for all you do!
Bob, Charles, Corinne, Diane, Harry, Jonathan, and Justin and the rest of the team
P.S. if you'd like to help us build the Job Party, please visit our new web site:
http://JobParty.us
or "like" us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/
or follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/jobparty
p.p.s. Please share your thoughts in our new blog:
http://www.democrats.com/on-
please think about attending. you can spare a couple of hours this saturday. it's important. it's important to US and our futures. PLEASE
Rally to Save the American Dream
Let's keep the momentum going! Please sign up for this gathering right away! 
Message from your host, Pat F.: We will rally in front of the state capitol (southwest entrance/ Capitol Ave. side) in solidarity with Wisconsin workers and in support of the right of all workers to a living wage with decent benefits, including health care, paid vacation, and paid sick leave. Share this event on Facebook: http:...(more)
HERE'S THE EMAIL I GOT:
This Saturday we're drawing a line in the sand. The entire progressive movement is putting everything we have into one massive display of progressive solidarity nationwide.
We won't let Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - or any other billionaire-bought TeaParty Governor - break the unions. Unions created America's middle class and if they disappear we'll all end up as corporate slaves.
The entire progressive movement - Netroots, unions, environmentalists, and community groups - will hold solidarity rallies in major cities, including every state capital, this Saturday around noon.
We'll demand an end to the attacks on workers' rights and public services across the country. We'll demand investment to create jobs. And we'll demand that the rich and powerful pay their fair share of taxes.
Will you join us Saturday at noon? Sign up to join your local rally here.
Here in New York City, our new Job Party has already held two solidarity rallies, proudly wearing Wisconsin Cheeseheads and winning smiles and cheers from fellow New Yorkers.
Last Friday, 100 of us held a spirited rally in front of CNN, NBC, and FOX. On Tuesday we grew to 500 at FOX during Glenn Beck's show, and prominent New York unions and politicians joined us.
While Glenn Beck raged helplessly inside his studio, Ed Schultz happily crossed the street to interview us. We also appeared on Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly. Watch our videos.
And with unions, students, and progressives in the Midwest leading the way, we're turning the tide. When an Indiana official urged use of "live ammunition" against unions, he was immediately fired. Then Indiana Republicans dropped their anti-union "right-to-work" bill like a hot potato. Republican Governors in Michigan, New Jersey, and Florida are running as fast as they can from union-busting.
But a few hard-line Republicans are holding out, especially Wisconsin's Scott Walker and Ohio's John Kasich. And several Republican presidential candidates are supporting them, promising to bust unions nationwide if they win in 2012.
So we need to hit the streets to send a message that's loud and crystal-clear: the American people support our unions, and we want jobs!
Sign up to join your local rally here.
Thanks for all you do!
Bob, Charles, Corinne, Diane, Harry, Jonathan, and Justin and the rest of the team
P.S. if you'd like to help us build the Job Party, please visit our new web site:
http://JobParty.us
or "like" us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/
or follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/jobparty
p.p.s. Please share your thoughts in our new blog:
http://www.democrats.com/on-
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
someone i know
was getting gas at a station in hartford the other night/morning (in the WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE hours). she works at a bar so that's what she was doing out and about at that hour. two friends were with her but they were inside getting chicken (yeah, it's a gas station/chicken joint. go figure). somehow she had to back her car up a couple of feet because the pump she was at wasn't working. her back window was frosty and someone had pulled in in back of her. she tapped their car. three young men jumped out and went to town on her (yelling only so far but what they were yelling, i won't even print). she calmly explained she had insurance and any damage done to their car would be taken care of. she called her friends on her cell phone and told them to get outside asap because the situation was escalating . the three men from the car assaulted one of her friends. they coldcocked him and knocked him out, then when he was down, they kicked him in the head. the three men left their car there and tore off running. the woman i know called the hartford police. (now, this is all hearsay. i was NOT there, but guess what? i BELIEVE HER). the three men must have called 'the aunt' because 'the aunt' showed up at the gas station and said it was HER car and could the woman claim 'the aunt' was driving. HELL NO said the woman. she was going to press charges. when the hartford police officer (i believe it was only one) got there, he said this happens all the time and either he didn't have time to investigate or he was far too busy to investigate.
they have the license number
they have 'the aunt'
they have three witnesses (the woman i know and her two friends, one of whom had the shite kicked out of him)
they may have video of the attack. i don't know if the gas station/chicken joint has video going (but the cop did NOT check)
well, to the woman i know DO NOT LET THIS GO. CALL pedro segarra call daryl roberts. it is the JOB of the police to not only PREVENT CRIME BUT TO INVESTIGATE CRIME THAT ALREADY HAS BEEN COMMITTED. do NOT NOT NOT let this go at all. this isn't right. this isn't just.
and one wonders why hartford is dying (yes, i do believe it is)
an interactive map of 2010 hartford crime stats
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
charles kaman will be missed
i didn't know him, but i did meet him a couple of times (through events). man, putting the helicopters aside, fidelco AND ovation! you go charlie!
(i drive by kaman on my way to and from work each day. every time i see one of those birds up in the sky, i'll think of him)
Charles H. Kaman, Helicopter Pioneer, Dies At 91
The Hartford Courant
Charles H. Kaman, the brilliant helicopter pioneer who founded the company that bears his name at age 26 and later launched the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation and developed Ovation guitars, died Monday.
Kaman, a longtime resident of Farmington, died after a long illness at Duncaster in Bloomfield, his home for several years. He was 91. The cause of death was not specified.
Kaman was one of a small group of mid-20th-century inventors, including Igor Sikorsky and H. Joseph Gerber, who shaped Connecticut industry through a combination of technological advancements and business acumen.
The eager engineer who graduated at the top of his class from Catholic University of America in 1940 got his start at United Aircraft's Hamilton Standard division working on propellers, where he rose quickly. There he met and was inspired by Sikorsky, whose business was also part of United Aircraft (now United Technologies Corp.)..............
pic: In this August 27, 1997 file photo, Charles Kaman, founder president and CEO of Kaman Corporation stands beside the latest Kaman helicopter now in prduction, the K-MAX aerial truck. In the background hovers an SH-2 Seasprite. The older, refurbushed Seasprites are now being sold internationally and Kaman hopes the market demand might reopen production lines. (Tony Bacewicz)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
a shout out to the
hartford denim company!!!
i heard the following on npr radio the other day and was very happy! i know dave (and i've met marshall, but don't know him very well). dave is a cool dude and i know how very excited he and they were to start this company. i know the pride he shows. i know how hard they all work. i've seen the jeans and touched the jeans and they are VERY well made.
Hartford Blue Jeans, Made By Hand
By Catie Talarski
pic: chion wolf
here's a link to a TON of photos by chion wolf: Hartford Denim Company
i heard the following on npr radio the other day and was very happy! i know dave (and i've met marshall, but don't know him very well). dave is a cool dude and i know how very excited he and they were to start this company. i know the pride he shows. i know how hard they all work. i've seen the jeans and touched the jeans and they are VERY well made.
Hartford Blue Jeans, Made By Hand
By Catie Talarski
It's not uncommon to see men in suits walking around downtown Hartford - but the city’s role as the Insurance capital has been slowly fading. So what’s next? A group of young men are hoping Hartford might become the new capital of fashion. As part of our small business project, WNPRs Catie Talarski reports how the men are doing their part. One stitch at a time.
Walking into the workshop of the Hartford Denim Company, three things stand out.
Denim, Leather, and Beards.
Denim, Leather, and Beards.
Marshall Deming laughs, “I was told I would be out of the club if I didn’t grow a beard”
The impressive amount of unruly facial hair is worn by Marshall Deming, Dave Marcoux, and Luke Davis. They certainly don't look like the typical downtown businessmen...................
pic: chion wolf
here's a link to a TON of photos by chion wolf: Hartford Denim Company
Sunday, January 23, 2011
take just one moment to look at these photos
you won't be sorry. it will start your sunday off JUST right. i promise
for the love of dog
By
Mark MirkoIn photographing people with their pets I have seen relationships between friends, workmates, companions and family members. Dogs and cats seem to dominate the pet landscape but, of course, the range of species people choose to call pets can be as varied as the situations we find ourselves in with these sublime beings. These images are just a small selection from circumstances between people and their pets that I have been fortunate to witness during the past 10-years as a Courant photographer...............
06.01.2010 - West Hartford, CT - With a painting he made of the Buddha behind him, Alan Schiffer comforts his dog Molly after she was barking at people at the door of the West Hartford Art League studio on Raymond Road. Schiffer, a clinical psychologist, said he started coming to the class about three months ago because painting was something he always wanted to try. Art instructor Deb Wadsworth, who teaches Schiffer's class, said she invited him to bring Molly after he left her outside when he first started coming to the class. "They were inseperable," she said, " adding that none of the other students seemed to mind.
for the love of dog
By
Mark MirkoIn photographing people with their pets I have seen relationships between friends, workmates, companions and family members. Dogs and cats seem to dominate the pet landscape but, of course, the range of species people choose to call pets can be as varied as the situations we find ourselves in with these sublime beings. These images are just a small selection from circumstances between people and their pets that I have been fortunate to witness during the past 10-years as a Courant photographer...............
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Friday, January 21, 2011
an open letter to hartford mayor pedro segarra
this is a coincidence. just yesterday (after days and days and days of headaches driving the streets of hartford), i decided i was going to write to mayor pedro segarra. i have NEVER in my LONG life seen hartford streets such a mess. i'm not just talking side streets here. i'm talking farmington avenue. i personally witnessed traffic in the west end WORSE then i have ever seen it. farmington avenue backed up in BOTH directions at 3:00 pm? no. it's unheard of. sisson aveue? A GIANT mess. it's not plowed properly. hence all sorts of cars that are parked there are jutting out into the road because the sides of the road were NEVER PLOWED. HENCE only one lane of traffic (FOR BOTH DIRECTIONS) can move. when one way moves, the other has to stop. it wouldn't be bad if it was a teeny tiny street, BUT IT'S GOT A MAJOR HIGHWAY EXIT AND ENTRANCE right there. PLUS it's got a fire station. yeah, it's nice for the firefighters when they get a call. mayor, I DEMAND YOU DO SOMETHING. #1, if cars are parked on the road and there is a parking ban TOW THE CARS IMMEDIATELY. then plow. PLOW PLOW AND PLOW. oh please, hartford has a history of the most horrid snow removal in the cosmos. sure, it pre-dated you by tons. i don't care. now YOU have something YOU can do about it. JUST DO IT. oh and while you're at it, have the police ticket (and ticket heavily) EVERYONE who doesn't clear their sidewalks (a LOT of businesses too). there are a LOT of people in the west end with wheelchairs, motorized scooters, sightless, elderly and on and on. i HAVE my eyes and my legs and i can't maneuver around those walks. what are THEY doing to get around one has to wonder.
and to the stupid arse people getting on and off 84 at sission.........................TAKE WEST BOULEVARD or another way. YOU SEE how effed up sisson and then farmington is. TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE. why would i have to tell you this? you can't figure it out yourself?
i WAS going to go out later today but i dare not venture out to the west end. i'm having severe distress just thinking about it. i WILL be out and about tomorrow though. i can only imagine..................
pic: A car maneuvers around a snow bank on Church Street in downtown Hartford Thursday as traffic continues to be snarled around the city from the huge pile-ups of snow, which are blocking whole lanes of traffic and making it difficult to see oncoming cars. (Rick Hartford, Hartford Courant / January 20, 2011)
Snow Buildup In Hartford Causes Headaches For CommutersHARTFORD — —
Driving to work has become a headache for Jay Hyne.His usual brisk, 15-minute commute from West Hartford to the city's downtown has more than tripled since last Wednesday's snowstorm as high snow banks narrow key arteries and obscure vision at intersections.
Some streets have only one clear lane, Hyne said, causing bottlenecks that back up traffic for miles."It's very frustrating," said Hyne, who works on Main Street as a law clerk for a federal judge. "No one can make a left turn without holding everyone else up."
More than a week after the storm — and two days after the state was hit with sleet and freezing rain — municipalities were still dealing with the aftermath. Snow-clogged local roads have caused backups that stretch onto interstates during morning and afternoon commutes...........
and here's hartford's snow removal plan for the 21st it's in pdf by the way. but you don't have to open it. it says they're gonna do a bang up job
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
thank the goddess for some GOOD news
here da LIEbs, let me get the door for ya!
bye bye
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman Won't Run For Re-Election, Political Insiders And An Aide Say
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has decided not to seek a fifth term in 2012, after seeing his popularity drop in polls in recent years, political insiders and a Lieberman aide said Tuesday — and those sources say that the Democrat-turned-independent will make it official at a press conference Wednesday in Stamford.
Lieberman's Senate press secretary, Erika Masonhall, would not say Tuesday what Lieberman's decision would be, issuing a statement saying only: "After many thoughtful conversations with family and friends over the last several months, Sen. Lieberman made a decision about his future over the holidays, which he plans to announce on Wednesday."
However, "you can bet the farm" that Lieberman won't run again, said a Democratic insider who is close to the 22-year Senate veteran.
...............
Lieberman will not run in 2012, adviser says
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who won reelection to the Senate in 2006 as an independent, plans to announce Wednesday that he will retire at the end of his term, according to an aide. Once a stalwart member of the Democratic caucus and a leader in the party's centrist wing, Lieberman (Conn.) has spent most of the past four years in partial exile - voting with Democrats on organizational matters and some domestic issues while siding with Republicans on key issues of national security. ............
bye bye
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman Won't Run For Re-Election, Political Insiders And An Aide Say
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has decided not to seek a fifth term in 2012, after seeing his popularity drop in polls in recent years, political insiders and a Lieberman aide said Tuesday — and those sources say that the Democrat-turned-independent will make it official at a press conference Wednesday in Stamford.
Lieberman's Senate press secretary, Erika Masonhall, would not say Tuesday what Lieberman's decision would be, issuing a statement saying only: "After many thoughtful conversations with family and friends over the last several months, Sen. Lieberman made a decision about his future over the holidays, which he plans to announce on Wednesday."
However, "you can bet the farm" that Lieberman won't run again, said a Democratic insider who is close to the 22-year Senate veteran.
...............
Lieberman will not run in 2012, adviser says
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who won reelection to the Senate in 2006 as an independent, plans to announce Wednesday that he will retire at the end of his term, according to an aide. Once a stalwart member of the Democratic caucus and a leader in the party's centrist wing, Lieberman (Conn.) has spent most of the past four years in partial exile - voting with Democrats on organizational matters and some domestic issues while siding with Republicans on key issues of national security. ............
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
this is my friend spiro
unfortunately i just found out he was featured in java in the courant. i didn't even see the print copy!
anyway, i met spiro through the the half door and we did indeed become good friends. i don't see him quite as often any more, BUT i still do see him.
stop in to see him at the firebox on broad street. you won't be sorry. it's a cool place. great atmosphere and great food.
Spiro Koulouris, Firebox's New General Manager
J
Spiro Koulouris is the new general manager at Hartford's popular Firebox restaurant, an eatery that, as part of Broad Street's successful Billings Forge redevelopment complex, is well known for its farm-to-table menu.
Koulouris took over the general manager duties at the Firebox just a couple of months ago, and the transition has been seamless. Recovering from a busy holiday season, Koulouris, who grew up in East Hartford, was able to find a few minutes to "spill the beans" with Java:...................
Spiro Koulouris (MaryEllen Fillo, fillo@courant.com / January 13, 2011)
anyway, i met spiro through the the half door and we did indeed become good friends. i don't see him quite as often any more, BUT i still do see him.
stop in to see him at the firebox on broad street. you won't be sorry. it's a cool place. great atmosphere and great food.
Spiro Koulouris, Firebox's New General Manager
J
Spiro Koulouris is the new general manager at Hartford's popular Firebox restaurant, an eatery that, as part of Broad Street's successful Billings Forge redevelopment complex, is well known for its farm-to-table menu.
Koulouris took over the general manager duties at the Firebox just a couple of months ago, and the transition has been seamless. Recovering from a busy holiday season, Koulouris, who grew up in East Hartford, was able to find a few minutes to "spill the beans" with Java:...................
Spiro Koulouris (MaryEllen Fillo, fillo@courant.com / January 13, 2011)
Friday, January 14, 2011
whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????????
be still my beating heart!!!
Sunday alcohol sales gets Malloy's support
Ken Dixon, Staff Writer
HARTFORD -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he's prepared to honor a campaign promise and approve Sunday sales of alcohol in retail outlets, finally ending a blue law that is as old as Connecticut.The chief opponent of the legislation was defeated in the November election, and the millions of dollars of anticipated extra tax revenue are sorely needed. But the bill has to emerge from the House and Senate and get to Malloy's desk......................
photo taken at plan b west hartford
Thursday, January 13, 2011
all i know is, i went on my back porch at 12:30 am YESTERDAY
and shoveled the snow off (ok, i had a butt too). when i went out at 4:00 am, i couldn't even open the porch door, there was that much snow built up. i haven't gone out at ALL yet, but i will be leaving for work shortly. even if the roads are still bad, i don't mind since it's so early and there are very FEW people out there now. pics from my porch yesterday afternoon (01/12/2011)
As Snow Stops, Clean-Up Efforts Continue
A fierce, record-breaking Nor'easter that battered the state Wednesday dumped more than 22 inches of snow at Bradley International Airport — making it the biggest 24-hour snowfall on record — and created widespread travel havoc.
The state is just starting to dig out from the snow that sharply limited flights at Bradley International Airport, clogged roadways, shut down schools, and prompted many would-be commuters to stay home.
Many schools, however, made the decision to cancel school for a second day....................
A fierce, record-breaking Nor'easter that battered the state Wednesday dumped more than 22 inches of snow at Bradley International Airport — making it the biggest 24-hour snowfall on record — and created widespread travel havoc.
The state is just starting to dig out from the snow that sharply limited flights at Bradley International Airport, clogged roadways, shut down schools, and prompted many would-be commuters to stay home.
Many schools, however, made the decision to cancel school for a second day....................
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