dick vs linda

no matter what, that woman is responsible for 'professional wrestling'. there are drugs in that line of 'work' (some of the wrestlers on occasion have been known to have some drug issues, i'm not accusing her of taking them). men beating up on men for 'sport' and for 'fun'. WOMEN getting the shite kicked out of 'em by other women AND BY MEN. i will NEVER EVER have anything to do with someone who is responsible for either hurting women directly or portraying women as sex objects who can take a beating. no linda,  you do NOT deserve to be an elected ANYTHING in MY STATE

PLEASE THINK TWICE IF THERE IS EVEN A GLIMMER YOU'D PULL THE LEVER FOR LINDA. SURE, SHE'S MADE MONEY, BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT, HAVE DIED AND HAVE SOME SERIOUS DRUG ISSUES  - IN HER BID-NEZ (NOT TO MENTION HOW WOMEN ARE PORTRAYED) 

Blumenthal, McMahon Spar In Televised Debate
By DANIELA ALTIMARI

HARTFORD —

After waging a proxy war for months over the airwaves and through the mail, U.S. Senate candidates Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon faced one another Monday night and sparred over their records and their ideas on how to restart the economy.

In the high-stakes televised debate, neither candidate committed any major gaffes. Blumenthal, a Democrat, once again apologized for misstating his military record. McMahon, a Republican, acknowledged that the firm she once ran, World Wrestling Entertainment, had hired D.C. lobbyists. But there was scant mention of steroids, "Girls Gone Wild" or any of the other controversies surrounding WWE.............

 

the police said they acted appropriately

and i agree with them if their job is to allow women to be murdered. (the judge called 'em romeo and juliet by the way. again, NOT taking the victim of domestic abuse seriously)

ms notice went to the police SEVERAL times (even the day before and the morning of her murder). her (alleged) murderer SHOULD HAVE been arrested because he (allegedly) plainly violated the restraining order. 

nope. he wasn't arrested and ms notice wasn't taken seriously and now she's dead. 

i am sorry for her loss. i am sorry victims of domestic abuse aren't taken seriously (and connecticut is a state with a fairly decent record as far as that kind of thing goes). of course there are always false complaints filed. this one OBVIOUSLY was real.

Victim's Mother: 'People Dropped The Ball'

Domestic Violence Victim's Attempts To Get Help Mishandled, Report States

 

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com

Whether it was a court appearance or a trip to a police station, Tiana Notice talked to authorities about her troubles with her ex-boyfriend more than a half-dozen times in the six weeks before she died, allegedly at his hands, according to a report by the state victim advocate.

Along the way, she was met by lethargy, dismissive attitudes and even sarcasm, her parents and the state victim advocate said Tuesday.

"I'm basically here to be her voice, because her voice was silenced because people dropped the ball," said Notice's mother, Kathy Lewis, at the Legislative Office Building Tuesday.
 ...................

.......On Friday, Feb. 13, the day before she died, Notice went to the Waterbury police station with a copy of her restraining order and a written statement from a witness and told police Carter had called her at work in violation of the order. She talked to an officer who couldn't confirm the existence of the order, the report states. It characterizes the way the officer treated her as "at best condescending."

Notice was so frustrated that when she left, she called her mother and recounted that she had said to the officer:

"What is it going to take before you guys do something! When I am dead?"

Lewis twice called the Waterbury police -- once on the night of Feb. 13, 2009 and again the next morning. The officer she talked to Friday night told her to have her daughter come back Tuesday. The department was shortstaffed on the long, Presidents Day holiday weekend, the report states..........

 

harvest moon

i don't think linda knows

what the word conflate means

(she does have a set on her, if she's using jfk in her ads. i've not seen them. well anytime i'm around a tv and a linda ad comes on, i either change it, or leave the room. she really DOES make me want to vomit). ah in reading further, it's a web ad only. and linda and her staff have NO plans to pull the ad. nice peeps HUH?

JFK Nephew Asks McMahon To Pull Ad

Archival Footage, Words Of Former President Used By Candidate

By DANIELA ALTIMARI, altimari@courant.com

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's online campaign ad using John F. Kennedy's words and image has drawn criticism from a member of the former president's politically prominent family.

McMahon's new ad features archival footage of JFK speaking in August 1963 about the need for a tax cut, saying the move will help stave off a recession and create new jobs.

But Edward M. Kennedy Jr., nephew of the president and son of former Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, called the ad "dishonest' because it implies JFK would have supported McMahon's tax policy.

"You attempt to conflate your economic policies with those of President Kennedy's in order to capitalize on his legacy,'' Kennedy wrote to the McMahon campaign. "Please stop misleading voters."...........

image from: wrestlingvalley.org

the.......reformed....... pirate: wow, here's a wicked cool idea AND you get to help out too

the.......reformed....... pirate: wow, here's a wicked cool idea AND you get to help out too

anyone else having issues

calling up the courant online? i had problems yesterday but eventually i WAS able to get it. today, not at all.

this happened in the 1600's but..........

if some people had their druthers, it would be happening (well they're doing everything they can to MAKE it happen) today too and on a national level

Witchcraft Trial Changed State's Law

Challenge To Woman's Conviction Led To A Stricter Standard

By AMANDA FALCONE, afalcone@courant.com

Connecticut is celebrating the 375th anniversary of its founding with special events all year. This is one of an occasional series looking back at the earliest chapters in the state's history.

Katherine Harrison didn't set out to change Connecticut law, but she did.

Until 1666, she appeared to live an ordinary life in Wethersfield, where she lived with her three daughters and her husband, the town crier.

But after her husband's death in 1666, her neighbors accused her of being a witch. She was accused of magically causing death, appearing with a spectral apparition and of using astrology to predict the future.................

pic: via

 

 

 

from the flickr photostream of the library of congress

mr and mrs andrew lyman

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco farmers near Windsor Locks, Connecticut (LOC)

Delano, Jack, photographer.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco farmers near Windsor Locks, Connecticut
1940 Sept.
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller.

a sad day

i worked in avon FOREVER and have eaten in avon old farms hundreds of times. i loved it's oldness, it's creakiness, it's unevenness. i loved the fires in the winter. 

i DON'T love avon mountain. i DON'T love what they're doing (is it going to be safer? it sure isn't right now). i'm not sure i'd want MY restaurant at the end of a runaway truck ramp either

at any rate, i shall miss you avon old farms inn 

Avon Old Farms Inn Closes

By JULIE STAGIS And RINKER BUCK, jstagis@courant.com

AVON — —

The Avon Old Farms Inn restaurant, a landmark at the foot of Avon Mountain where generations of Hartford area residents held private gatherings, has closed.

The property had been in foreclosure proceedings since March 2009, according to court records. The owner, Shawn Daigle, reached an agreement last week with GE Capital in lieu of foreclosure, Bartley Halloran, a lawyer for Daigle said.

"GE Capital now owns the property, and Daigle has lost all the equity he invested," Halloran said Wednesday.................
pic:

Avon Old Farms Inn Closes (GARETT ALLISON, Fox CT / September 15, 2010) The Avon Old Farms Inn has closed. Parts of the building date to 1757, and the inn took its name in 1923.

 

et tu connecticut/hartford?

don't get me wrong, i don't want ANY prayers at town, city, state or national meetings. separation of church and state and all. yeah, that lil' thing

HOWEVER, the world is NOT going to come to an end if an imam says a prayer. again, i don't want ANY prayers (and i'm incensed at THAT fact, not WHAT prayer is said). i'm no fan of islam, then again, i'm no fan of catholicism, judaism, any protestantisms and on and on.

there are other things we should be worrying about. so demand NO prayer (of ANY kind) in city hall. NONE. then i'm all over being wit cha

Islamic Prayer Proposal At Hartford Council Meeting Draws Fire
By JENNA CARLESSO and STEVEN GOODE, jcarlesso@courant.com

 

HARTFORD — —

The city council's plan to diversify its pre-meeting prayers to include an Islamic invocation — announced days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks — has sparked an outpouring of angry calls and e-mails from infuriated residents.

City Councilman Luis Cotto, who proposed having local imams lead the invocations at council meetings Monday and Sept. 27, said the council's website has been inundated with criticism.

Cotto said his goal in having an Islamic prayer was to protest what he called "the current wave of Islamophobia" in this country. It was also intended, he said, as a commentary on recent events, including the proposed Sept. 11 Quran burning by the leader of a small Florida church and the uproar over a planned mosque near ground zero in New York..........

 

even when there is no war, women at war

being a woman in the military IS harder than being a male in the military. it just is. from the harassment to the need to prove you're equal to everyone else (look up figures for the percentage of military women who are assaulted. it ain't pretty AND it's not the whole story. as in civilian life, more DON'T report the crime). our hero women need an organization that will assist them when they're home

Connecticut Starts Group For Women Veterans
By AMANDA FALCONE, afalcone@courant.com

Patty Youngberg, Shelley Parker, Heather Sandler and Dawn Works-Dennis have been to war, seen the pain and lived to tell their stories.

They are four of about 15,000 women veterans in Connecticut, all who share a common bond: They are women who know how to survive in the worst of circumstances.

The role of women in the military has changed over time, but the military experience is the common denominator, said Linda Schwartz, commissioner of the state Department of Veterans Affairs. It doesn't matter their age, veterans still can share stories and help one another, said Schwartz, who was an Army nurse during the Vietnam War.......................

  

to the family and friends of Sgt. Steven J. DeLuzio, i am so sorry for your loss

 my heart goes out to you and  yours. please know how we all are thankful  for his service. please know we all have a hole in our hearts at his loss

Mourners Pack Glastonbury Church For Sergeant's Funeral
 leavenworth@courant.com

GLASTONBURY — —

Hundreds of mourners packed the light-filled sanctuary of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church on Monday for the funeral of U.S. Army Sgt. Steven J. DeLuzio, who was killed in Afghanistan Aug. 22.

As the casket was carried into the church, mourners sang the hymn, "On Eagle's Wings" — "And He will raise you up on eagle's wings … and hold you in the palm of His hand."

The Rev. George Couturier of St. Dunstan Church in Glastonbury, DeLuzio's home parish, said that the tenacious hockey player and selfless patriot would have two words for the gathering of family, friends and military comrades: "Live passionately."............

 

pic;

Family Photo Of Steven DeLuzio

here's the deal

she's scum NOT a cool person.

yesterday, i was out for a bit and when i came home,. my answering machine happened to be taking a message. i was ignoring it, figuring it would shut off any second. it went on and on and on and on. i went in and started to listen. it was some sort  of q&a avec linda. she was foaming at the mouth about the kazillions of ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS STORMING THE SHORES OF CONNECTICUT (NOT UNLIKE SOME SORT OF WWII  OR PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING SETTING) AND SUCKING THE BLOOD OUT OF OUR BABIES STEALING ALL OF OUR JOBS! (our jobs ARE being sucked away by people NOT from america, but they're NOT landing here, it's NOT a connecticut problem it's a NATIONAL problem, a TON of big bid-nez is in the practice of hiring off shore, unfortunately it's perfectly legal). that's neither here nor there. i'm guessing there are a FEW illegal aliens in connecticut. they're mowing linda's people's lawns and washing linda's people's restaurant dishes. is linda (or for that matter are YOU) going to wash restaurant dishes? chances are NO you're not. there's nothing wrong with doing that for a living, but again, chances are YOU ain't gonna be doin' it.

linda don't call my house again. don't have your peeps call my house. i think you're a steamin' pile o' shite. i'm NOT voting for you. i'd NEVER vote for you. 

and here's yet ANOTHER cute story about her

(it's ap, so click the link for the whole story)

Father Of Wrestler Who Died Is Upset By Linda McMahon's Comment

the nyt has a great little article on the boulder dash

at lake compounce

Screaming Through the Trees

By MEKADO MURPHY

ROLLER coasters in casinos! Roller coasters on towers! Roller coasters in malls! 

In an effort to provide unusual and authentic thrills, companies and theme parks have devised several ways to make their rides stand out. But rarely have these scream machines used the environment around them in a ride that celebrates nature.

Enter Boulder Dash. This appropriately titled roller coaster has the distinction of being billed as the first built into the side of a mountain, with a track that moves along tree-lined terrain. As an enthusiast who has logged rides on more than 100 coasters nationwide, I had somehow missed this novelty — and it is practically in my own backyard, at Lake Compounce, a small family amusement park tucked in the hills of Bristol, Conn.................

Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times

The Boulder Dash is never far from the ground, or the woods, while reaching 65 miles per hour.

this is kinda cool

and it's the first i've heard of it but i guess it's the third year:


'Pooch Plunge' Set for Monday

WEST HARTFORD — —

The third annual "Pooch Plunge" is set for Monday at Kennedy Memorial Pool.

From 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., dogs with a current license from their town will be allowed to swim in the pool with other area pooches................

connecticut criminal (alleged) of the month!

Police: Woman Arrested For DUI Had More Than Five Times The Legal Limit

Breath Test Showed .406 Percent Blood-Alcohol Level

By ROCCO PAOLINO, rpaolino@ctnow.com

 

i know several of our medicines are based on herbal remedies

i know we can't all be sucking on willow bark all of the time - so now we have aspirin. well i prefer the willow bark.

i don't want to take a pill with a lot of numbers and funny letter combinations in it. i'd RATHER just make a tea of the herbs. i guess that's not always possible

OH AND ONE MORE THING. LEGALIZE POT. AT THE VERY LEAST FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. it WILL help people who are going through chemo (as well as other ailments). and if you're wondering. NO i don't smoke marijuana. it's not ME i'm thinking of (this time)

Yale Researchers Look To Ancient Remedy To Fight Side Effects of Chemotherapy

BY WILLIAM WEIR, bweir@courant.com

Yale researchers have developed a medication based on a Chinese herbal recipe more than 1,800 years old to counteract the adverse effects of chemotherapy.

The medicine, called PHY906, would relieve the gastrointestinal side effects of a common chemotherapy drug known as CPT-11, but not the drug's effectiveness in fighting cancer cells. Yung-Chi Cheng, a professor of pharmacology at Yale and the paper's senior author, calls the medication "a marriage of Western and Eastern approaches to the treatment of cancer."..............

 

this is who you voted for in the primary

please think before you vote in the FINAL election. i don't want this piece o' steamin' shite running MY state. do you?

just in case you ever get pulled over

for whatever........then told you CANNOT have anything hanging from  your rear view mirror, well IT'S NOT TRUE. as long as it doesn't block your view, it's ALL COOL

i was pulled over once (a long time ago) and the officer demanded i remove what was hanging from my mirror (and no, it wasn't a religious object). i DO have fuzzy dice (yes, really. and i'm NOT embarrassed) now

it's an ap article so you'll have to click to read (even five words of it)

State Supreme Court Rules Rearview Mirror Objects Are OK

 

By STEPHANIE REITZ

just wanted to shout out to trooper william taylor

who did his job. 

Trooper Praised for 911 Exchanges With Killer

By RAY RIVERA

 

In February 2009, a distraught man armed with a handgun stopped his vehicle on a busy stretch of Interstate 84 in Hartford. State Trooper William Taylor was among the first police officers on the scene. He immediately closed off access to the highway and coordinated communications with other police agencies, “all while keeping the suicidal male calm while speaking with him on the phone,” read the citation for the Meritorious Service Award he later received.

On Tuesday, Trooper Taylor again found himself on the phone with a suicidal man. The man, Omar S. Thornton, was calling from inside a beer warehouse in Manchester, Conn., where he had just fatally shot eight co-workers and wounded two others...................

here's a link to that call