(spay and neuter ALL pets. just do it)
if you're up for a new cat or dog, why not think of adopting a SHELTER ANIMAL. they can give you just as much love and pleasure (if not more) than any dog or cat from a breeder (or goddess knows elsewhere)
New Life For Strays Rescuing Puerto Rico's Street Dogs From Unspeakable Cruelty
By ANN MARIE SOMMA Courant Staff Writer
The dogs arrive into Bradley International Airport on an American Airlines flight in the dark of night. They've endured a long journey in crates in the belly of the plane, but their search for food, water, shelter and love is over.
They were rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico by volunteers, and having landed in the United States mainland, they are headed to an animal shelter in Danbury where they will be put up for adoption. The San Juan-based Save A Sato organization (sato means mixed breed in Puerto Rican slang; it is pronounced saw-toe) has been rescuing homeless and abused dogs on the tropical island, a commonwealth of the United States, and giving them a second chance at a good life on the mainland. ................
Saturday, April 21, 2007
what data is da liebs looking at?
certainly NOT what everyone else is looking at. hundreds of iraqis dead every day. our troops NOT safe, even in the green zone. story after story of dispair and gloom and death and other tragedy.
reid is right, we lost. we lost a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time ago. MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED. yet da liebs is living in candyland
(i do NOT want ONE more of our men and women to be injured or killed)
Lieberman Scolds Reid For 'War Lost' Remark
By DAVID LIGHTMAN, Washington Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman rebuked Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on Friday, saying he strongly disagreed with Reid's assessment that the Iraq war is "lost.""This is exactly the wrong time to question our strategy in Iraq," said Lieberman, "or that our new strategy has failed."
Reid Thursday triggered an avalanche of Republican protest when he said that "the secretary of state, secretary of defense and -- you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows -- [know] this war is lost and the surge is not accompolishing anything…"Friday, after Lieberman made his remarks, Reid struck again..............
reid is right, we lost. we lost a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time ago. MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED. yet da liebs is living in candyland
(i do NOT want ONE more of our men and women to be injured or killed)
Lieberman Scolds Reid For 'War Lost' Remark
By DAVID LIGHTMAN, Washington Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman rebuked Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on Friday, saying he strongly disagreed with Reid's assessment that the Iraq war is "lost.""This is exactly the wrong time to question our strategy in Iraq," said Lieberman, "or that our new strategy has failed."
Reid Thursday triggered an avalanche of Republican protest when he said that "the secretary of state, secretary of defense and -- you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows -- [know] this war is lost and the surge is not accompolishing anything…"Friday, after Lieberman made his remarks, Reid struck again..............
Thursday, April 19, 2007
on april 28th
take back the blog
As announced, this page will host the April 28, 2007 Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm in support of the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but indeed everywhere and at all times, day and night, without fear of harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment, online stalking and slander, predation or violence of any sort.
As announced, this page will host the April 28, 2007 Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm in support of the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but indeed everywhere and at all times, day and night, without fear of harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment, online stalking and slander, predation or violence of any sort.
our bodies
please be happy with WHO and WHAT you are on the OUTSIDE because that is the part of you that is NOT important at all. be comfortable with yourself and NEVER let anyone tell you differently OR make you feel uncomfortable with how you look.
i will never 'blend'. i do NOT look like anyone else (as a matter of fact, when i was with my little sister last time, little as in big brothers/big sisters, she asked why i made up my eyes in a particular fashion. in addition to the colors i use and 'doe eyes' i draw, i also draw little straight lines under my eyes, rather like a clown but of course NOT that bold. i told her i did it on purpose. i told her i did it so i would be different than everyone else. i told her it was ok to be different. i told her it was ok to be who you were. i told her she should be PROUD of who she was. not to worry though, that kid has NO problem in the self-confidence aisle). i'm not skinny and i came to terms a LONG time ago i was NEVER going to be skinny. i wear funky clothes and i LOVE my clothes. some people look at me like i'm the devil, yet many smile when they see me. not smiling because they think i'm nuts but smiling like there goes a woman who is her OWN damn self and not afraid to show it. the OLDER i get, the MORE comfortable i get with myself. sure, we all have some doubts about ourselves. that's normal. we all have a thing or two we're self-conscious about. that's normal too. i won't let it get to me though. if it's something that is REALLY bothering me i'll attempt to work on it and change it. i do it for ME though. i don't do it for anyone else.
The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. Posted April 18, 2007.
This article is excerpted from "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters" by Courtney E. Martin. Copyright 2007 by Courtney E. Martin. Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc.There is a girl, right now, staring in a mirror in Des Moines, scrutinizing her widening hips. There is a girl, right now, spinning like a hamster on speed in a gym on the fifth floor of a building in Boston, promising herself dinner if she goes two more miles. There is a girl, right now, trying to wedge herself into a dress two sizes too small in a Savannah shopping mall, chastising herself for being so lazy and fat. There is a girl, right now, in a London bathroom, trying not to get any vomit on her aunt's toilet seat. There is a girl, right now, in Berlin, cutting a cube of cheese and an apple into barely visible pieces to eat for her dinner.Our bodies are places where our drive for perfection gets played out. Food is all around us, as are meals and the pressure that goes with them. Well-intentioned after-school specials teach us, from a very young age, how to purge our snacks. We are inundated with information about "good" and "bad" foods, the most effective workout regiments, the latest technological advancements in plastic surgery. We demand flawlessness in our appearance -- the outer manifestation of our inner dictators.....................
i will never 'blend'. i do NOT look like anyone else (as a matter of fact, when i was with my little sister last time, little as in big brothers/big sisters, she asked why i made up my eyes in a particular fashion. in addition to the colors i use and 'doe eyes' i draw, i also draw little straight lines under my eyes, rather like a clown but of course NOT that bold. i told her i did it on purpose. i told her i did it so i would be different than everyone else. i told her it was ok to be different. i told her it was ok to be who you were. i told her she should be PROUD of who she was. not to worry though, that kid has NO problem in the self-confidence aisle). i'm not skinny and i came to terms a LONG time ago i was NEVER going to be skinny. i wear funky clothes and i LOVE my clothes. some people look at me like i'm the devil, yet many smile when they see me. not smiling because they think i'm nuts but smiling like there goes a woman who is her OWN damn self and not afraid to show it. the OLDER i get, the MORE comfortable i get with myself. sure, we all have some doubts about ourselves. that's normal. we all have a thing or two we're self-conscious about. that's normal too. i won't let it get to me though. if it's something that is REALLY bothering me i'll attempt to work on it and change it. i do it for ME though. i don't do it for anyone else.
The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. Posted April 18, 2007.
This article is excerpted from "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters" by Courtney E. Martin. Copyright 2007 by Courtney E. Martin. Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc.There is a girl, right now, staring in a mirror in Des Moines, scrutinizing her widening hips. There is a girl, right now, spinning like a hamster on speed in a gym on the fifth floor of a building in Boston, promising herself dinner if she goes two more miles. There is a girl, right now, trying to wedge herself into a dress two sizes too small in a Savannah shopping mall, chastising herself for being so lazy and fat. There is a girl, right now, in a London bathroom, trying not to get any vomit on her aunt's toilet seat. There is a girl, right now, in Berlin, cutting a cube of cheese and an apple into barely visible pieces to eat for her dinner.Our bodies are places where our drive for perfection gets played out. Food is all around us, as are meals and the pressure that goes with them. Well-intentioned after-school specials teach us, from a very young age, how to purge our snacks. We are inundated with information about "good" and "bad" foods, the most effective workout regiments, the latest technological advancements in plastic surgery. We demand flawlessness in our appearance -- the outer manifestation of our inner dictators.....................
bob nappe is going to get his job back
and i personally couldn't be happier. hey, the man left the force to VOLUNTEER to go to iraq to train police. putting aside my feelings for us being in iraq, the man did a wonderful thing. he DESERVES his job back on the east haven force!!! (thanks to the judge). although it does seem like the town may continue to put up a stink. geeze, bob nappe was an officer for 19 years!
Judge Rules East Haven Officer Must Get Job Back
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A judge has ruled that East Haven must give a former police officer, who retired to train police in Iraq, his job back.
The decision supporting former officer Bob Nappe comes three years after the 19-year-veteran retired. He stepped down after the police board refused to grant him a leave of absence to volunteer for a one-year job training Iraqi police in Baghdad.
Judge Rules East Haven Officer Must Get Job Back
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A judge has ruled that East Haven must give a former police officer, who retired to train police in Iraq, his job back.
The decision supporting former officer Bob Nappe comes three years after the 19-year-veteran retired. He stepped down after the police board refused to grant him a leave of absence to volunteer for a one-year job training Iraqi police in Baghdad.
from our friends at
the cool justice report
a celebration of writers and poets on may 6th at 10:30 am at fiddleheads in litchfield
details at the link above (do click it!!!)
May 6 / Fiddleheads Natural Supermarket
For More Information Contact Fiddleheads Market
55 Village Green Drive
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-1900
Presenters* Barbara Parsons, Couldn't Keep It To Myself, Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters, Harper Collins, edited by Wally Lamb; forthcoming: I'll Fly Away; Further Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters, HarperCollins, edited by Wally Lamb.
* Martin Schiller, Bread, Butter And Sugar: A Boy's Journey Through The Holocaust And Postwar Europe, Hamilton Books.* Shouhua Qi, New: Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories (San Francisco: The Long River Press, 2007); When the Purple Mountain Burns (San Francisco: The Long River Press, 2005). Forthcoming: a novel about American Korean War POWs who chose to go to China at the time of armistice (1953).
* Sharon Charde, Bad Girl at the Altar Rail, Flume Press; Four Trees Down From Ponte Sisto, Dallas Poets Community Press; editor, I Am Not A Juvenile Delinquent, anthology by the creative writing students of Touchstone, a residential treatment facility for female adolescent offenders in Litchfield, Ct.Forthcoming, Branch In His Hand, Backwaters Press.* Oscar De Los Santos, Hard Boiled Egg (Fine Tooth Press, 2004) and Infinite Wonderlands (Fine Tooth Press, 2006).* Jessica Treat, A Robber in the House (Coffee House Press) and Not a Chance, stories and novella (FC2, 2000).* Louis Colavecchio, forthcoming, You Thought It Was More: The Real Providence Brought To Life.* Franz Douskey, Rowing Across The Dark, University of Georgia Press. Forthcoming, The Unknown Sinatra.The readings follow a reception at 10:30 a.m. by the Litchfield High Jazz Combo.
a celebration of writers and poets on may 6th at 10:30 am at fiddleheads in litchfield
details at the link above (do click it!!!)
May 6 / Fiddleheads Natural Supermarket
For More Information Contact Fiddleheads Market
55 Village Green Drive
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-1900
Presenters* Barbara Parsons, Couldn't Keep It To Myself, Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters, Harper Collins, edited by Wally Lamb; forthcoming: I'll Fly Away; Further Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters, HarperCollins, edited by Wally Lamb.
* Martin Schiller, Bread, Butter And Sugar: A Boy's Journey Through The Holocaust And Postwar Europe, Hamilton Books.* Shouhua Qi, New: Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories (San Francisco: The Long River Press, 2007); When the Purple Mountain Burns (San Francisco: The Long River Press, 2005). Forthcoming: a novel about American Korean War POWs who chose to go to China at the time of armistice (1953).
* Sharon Charde, Bad Girl at the Altar Rail, Flume Press; Four Trees Down From Ponte Sisto, Dallas Poets Community Press; editor, I Am Not A Juvenile Delinquent, anthology by the creative writing students of Touchstone, a residential treatment facility for female adolescent offenders in Litchfield, Ct.Forthcoming, Branch In His Hand, Backwaters Press.* Oscar De Los Santos, Hard Boiled Egg (Fine Tooth Press, 2004) and Infinite Wonderlands (Fine Tooth Press, 2006).* Jessica Treat, A Robber in the House (Coffee House Press) and Not a Chance, stories and novella (FC2, 2000).* Louis Colavecchio, forthcoming, You Thought It Was More: The Real Providence Brought To Life.* Franz Douskey, Rowing Across The Dark, University of Georgia Press. Forthcoming, The Unknown Sinatra.The readings follow a reception at 10:30 a.m. by the Litchfield High Jazz Combo.
Monday, April 16, 2007
tonight on pbs
two hour long documentaries
(note: most stations are going to edit operation homecoming - thank the threat of fines from the fcc for that)
warriors
Filmed in 2005 in some of the most dangerous areas in and around Baghdad, WARRIORS profiles a handful of Army soldiers: five men and one woman.
They range from a squadron leader just weeks into his first combat command to a seasoned sergeant on a night raid in an insurgent hotspot.
WARRIORS opens a compelling, harrowing, and at times humorous, window on some less familiar sides of a soldier’s life: a look at who they are, what they do and why.
and
operation homecoming
OPERATION HOMECOMING is a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American servicemen and women through their own words. The film is built upon a project created by the National Endowment for the Arts to gather the writing of servicemen and women and their families who have participated in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
cptv in connecticut
and
wgby in western mass
(note: most stations are going to edit operation homecoming - thank the threat of fines from the fcc for that)
warriors
Filmed in 2005 in some of the most dangerous areas in and around Baghdad, WARRIORS profiles a handful of Army soldiers: five men and one woman.
They range from a squadron leader just weeks into his first combat command to a seasoned sergeant on a night raid in an insurgent hotspot.
WARRIORS opens a compelling, harrowing, and at times humorous, window on some less familiar sides of a soldier’s life: a look at who they are, what they do and why.
and
operation homecoming
OPERATION HOMECOMING is a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American servicemen and women through their own words. The film is built upon a project created by the National Endowment for the Arts to gather the writing of servicemen and women and their families who have participated in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
cptv in connecticut
and
wgby in western mass
our thoughts and prayers
are with the family and friends of cmdr. philip a murphy-sweet
Former Groton sailor dies in Iraq
(Groton-WTNH) _ Cmdr. Philip A. Murphy-Sweet of Caldwell, Idaho, died April 7th in a vehicle that was struck by a roadside bomb near Baghdad.
Murphy-Sweet, a 16-year veteran with the U.S. Navy, attended the Naval Submarine School in Groton in 1992.
Murphy-Sweet had volunteered for six-month tour in Iraq and was killed with less than a month to go before his return home.
Former Groton sailor dies in Iraq
(Groton-WTNH) _ Cmdr. Philip A. Murphy-Sweet of Caldwell, Idaho, died April 7th in a vehicle that was struck by a roadside bomb near Baghdad.
Murphy-Sweet, a 16-year veteran with the U.S. Navy, attended the Naval Submarine School in Groton in 1992.
Murphy-Sweet had volunteered for six-month tour in Iraq and was killed with less than a month to go before his return home.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
just so you know
traffic is going to be A MESS tomorrow (i think it's tomorrow) on farmington avenue and surrounding areas. guess i'll be taking ANOTHER route home from work
First Lady Laura Bush To Visit Connecticut
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- First lady Laura Bush will be in Connecticut next week, making stops in Bridgeport and Hartford, according to a White House spokeswoman.Bush will be in Bridgeport Monday to join the city's "Big Read" celebration, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts...........
.................Bush will talk about the national program that promotes reading during a stop at the Barnum Museum, then will travel to the Mark Twain House, a national historic landmark in Hartford.................
First Lady Laura Bush To Visit Connecticut
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- First lady Laura Bush will be in Connecticut next week, making stops in Bridgeport and Hartford, according to a White House spokeswoman.Bush will be in Bridgeport Monday to join the city's "Big Read" celebration, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts...........
.................Bush will talk about the national program that promotes reading during a stop at the Barnum Museum, then will travel to the Mark Twain House, a national historic landmark in Hartford.................
i wouldn't live there
(people in glass houses............) but i sure as heck want to see it. wicked cool!
By STEVE GRANT, Courant Staff Writer
Architects say it is a masterpiece. The public is practically pounding on the door to see it. After 58 years, architect Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, maybe the most iconic modern home in the U.S. and a pioneering residence of the International style, opens to the public for the first time April 30.It is a house that delights both architects and the general public, though until now the public has essentially known it only from photographs...............
Architects say it is a masterpiece. The public is practically pounding on the door to see it. After 58 years, architect Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, maybe the most iconic modern home in the U.S. and a pioneering residence of the International style, opens to the public for the first time April 30.It is a house that delights both architects and the general public, though until now the public has essentially known it only from photographs...............
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voices in conflict is indeed going to be performed
OFF-BROADWAY! (so take that you members of the wilton school board)!
i'm so very happy for the students and teacher-advisers who are involved with the play
High School play, canceled in Wilton, heads to off-Broadway
WILTON, Conn. --A high school play about the Iraq war and canceled by the school's principal is headed for an off-Broadway production in New York.
The students are set to perform "Voices in Conflict" at The Public Theater and The Culture Project in June.
The play, a collection of readings that students in an advanced theater class assembled from interviews, letters and blogs from war veterans, was canceled by principal Timothy Canty after a student whose brother is serving in Iraq complained that the production lacked balance.
Canty and Gary Richards, Wilton schools superintendent, have said the students' script did not provide enough context to explore a complicated subject and may hurt families who have lost loved ones in the war.
Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater, which was founded by Joseph Papp as a Shakespeare workshop in 1954, said he believed it was important to provide a venue for the students.
"Just the fact that you have high school students who are willing to take this kind of leap and actually engage in the big issues of the world, they have to be supported," he said.
The play fits the theater's mission, Eustis said. The theater is staging a play, "In Darfur," about the conflict in Sudan.
In 1985 it put on Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart," about AIDS in New York City.
Bonnie Dickinson, who teaches the 15 students who created "Voices in Conflict," said they were honored to be offered a chance to perform in New York............
i'm so very happy for the students and teacher-advisers who are involved with the play
High School play, canceled in Wilton, heads to off-Broadway
WILTON, Conn. --A high school play about the Iraq war and canceled by the school's principal is headed for an off-Broadway production in New York.
The students are set to perform "Voices in Conflict" at The Public Theater and The Culture Project in June.
The play, a collection of readings that students in an advanced theater class assembled from interviews, letters and blogs from war veterans, was canceled by principal Timothy Canty after a student whose brother is serving in Iraq complained that the production lacked balance.
Canty and Gary Richards, Wilton schools superintendent, have said the students' script did not provide enough context to explore a complicated subject and may hurt families who have lost loved ones in the war.
Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater, which was founded by Joseph Papp as a Shakespeare workshop in 1954, said he believed it was important to provide a venue for the students.
"Just the fact that you have high school students who are willing to take this kind of leap and actually engage in the big issues of the world, they have to be supported," he said.
The play fits the theater's mission, Eustis said. The theater is staging a play, "In Darfur," about the conflict in Sudan.
In 1985 it put on Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart," about AIDS in New York City.
Bonnie Dickinson, who teaches the 15 students who created "Voices in Conflict," said they were honored to be offered a chance to perform in New York............
Saturday, April 14, 2007
the thinking blogger awards
cv rick has tagged this blog with a thinking blogger award
(why? i don't know but i AM honored)
i am not going to pick any of the blogs that were already picked even if they WERE in my top five. they've already been chosen so i don't need to.
Here are the rules-
Should you choose to participate, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging.
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.
here are my five (and it WAS a tough choice. there are WAY more than five)
1) ramblings of a lexington parrothead beach bum writes about his life, his family, politics, strange creatures found in his house and on and on. i like him.
2) morning martini pissed off patricia (p o p as i like to call her) writes about politics, the land, fred the cat, mr p o p and has beautiful pictures too. i like her
3) the cool justice report andy thibault writes about many things but he is always seeking the truth. it's mainly a connecticut based blog. i like him
4) drinking liberally in new milford is of course a connecticut based blog by connecticut man 1. politics as well. great sense of humor. i like him
and
5) caffeinated geek girl by c g g. yet another connecticut blog. c g g talks about politics, houses, yoga, animals, familes. the works. i like her
i would have a coffee (or something a bit stronger) with ALL of these people. they're down to earth, HAVE BRAINS but even more importlantly have a heart and soul.
(why? i don't know but i AM honored)
i am not going to pick any of the blogs that were already picked even if they WERE in my top five. they've already been chosen so i don't need to.
Here are the rules-
Should you choose to participate, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging.
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.
here are my five (and it WAS a tough choice. there are WAY more than five)
1) ramblings of a lexington parrothead beach bum writes about his life, his family, politics, strange creatures found in his house and on and on. i like him.
2) morning martini pissed off patricia (p o p as i like to call her) writes about politics, the land, fred the cat, mr p o p and has beautiful pictures too. i like her
3) the cool justice report andy thibault writes about many things but he is always seeking the truth. it's mainly a connecticut based blog. i like him
4) drinking liberally in new milford is of course a connecticut based blog by connecticut man 1. politics as well. great sense of humor. i like him
and
5) caffeinated geek girl by c g g. yet another connecticut blog. c g g talks about politics, houses, yoga, animals, familes. the works. i like her
i would have a coffee (or something a bit stronger) with ALL of these people. they're down to earth, HAVE BRAINS but even more importlantly have a heart and soul.
Friday, April 13, 2007
from our buds over at the cool justice report
more on the saga of billy smolinski
Wtby Paper: Police Release File On Missing Man
Thursday, April 12, 2007 BY BRYNN MANDEL Copyright © 2007 Republican-American
The state Freedom of Information commission on Wednesday ordered the release of much of the police investigative file in the case of Billy Smolinski Jr., a Waterbury man who disappeared nearly three years ago.The file included statements from those who had seen Smolinski in the days leading to Aug. 24, 2004, when the then-31-year-old Naugatuck native was last seen. The documents detail leads and tips chased down by Waterbury police, from September 2004 through June of last year.Waterbury police said last August that they had "exhausted all avenues of investigation available to us" and were turning the case over to the FBI.A FBI spokeswoman said Wednesday the agency is investigating the case, and they continue to receive information from Waterbury police. She declined to answer any other questions.Across all 14 of the written reports made public Wednesday, the offense listed was "missing person.".............
and
Shocking Bomb In Smolinski File
By ANDY THIBAULT
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
An informant told Waterbury police in June 2006 that Billy Smolinski was murdered in a Woodbridge apartment and buried under concrete in a Shelton development.The informant gave detectives the names of several suspects.Inexplicably, it appears the lead was not followed up except for a drive by the development on Hubbell Lane in the White Hills section of Shelton.Two Waterbury detectives met with the informant. Their report on the meeting was among 17 pages released today by order of the state Freedom of Information Commission...........
why weren't leads followed up? why were the police acting odd? why were ANY of these reports secret? (have you ever heard of secret reports on missing citizens? we're not talking high level spys here. we're talking your neighbor)
Wtby Paper: Police Release File On Missing Man
Thursday, April 12, 2007 BY BRYNN MANDEL Copyright © 2007 Republican-American
The state Freedom of Information commission on Wednesday ordered the release of much of the police investigative file in the case of Billy Smolinski Jr., a Waterbury man who disappeared nearly three years ago.The file included statements from those who had seen Smolinski in the days leading to Aug. 24, 2004, when the then-31-year-old Naugatuck native was last seen. The documents detail leads and tips chased down by Waterbury police, from September 2004 through June of last year.Waterbury police said last August that they had "exhausted all avenues of investigation available to us" and were turning the case over to the FBI.A FBI spokeswoman said Wednesday the agency is investigating the case, and they continue to receive information from Waterbury police. She declined to answer any other questions.Across all 14 of the written reports made public Wednesday, the offense listed was "missing person.".............
and
Shocking Bomb In Smolinski File
By ANDY THIBAULT
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
An informant told Waterbury police in June 2006 that Billy Smolinski was murdered in a Woodbridge apartment and buried under concrete in a Shelton development.The informant gave detectives the names of several suspects.Inexplicably, it appears the lead was not followed up except for a drive by the development on Hubbell Lane in the White Hills section of Shelton.Two Waterbury detectives met with the informant. Their report on the meeting was among 17 pages released today by order of the state Freedom of Information Commission...........
why weren't leads followed up? why were the police acting odd? why were ANY of these reports secret? (have you ever heard of secret reports on missing citizens? we're not talking high level spys here. we're talking your neighbor)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
another shout out to george christian
connecticut librarian AND a hero. you may not know it but he is
(by the way, i work for an insurance company and i am not even going to tell you what WE have to do because of the patriot act)
Librarian warns against secrecy in terrorism investigation
By Andrew Miga, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --A Connecticut librarian who fended off an FBI demand for computer records on patrons said Wednesday the government's secret anti-terrorism investigations strip away personal freedoms
"Terrorists win when the fear of them induces us to destroy the rights that make us free," George Christian told a Senate panel.
In prepared testimony, Christian said his experience "should raise a big patriotic American flag of caution" about the strain that the government's pursuit of would-be terrorists puts on civil liberties.
The government uses the Patriot Act and other laws to learn, without proper judicial oversight or any after-the-fact review, what citizens are researching in libraries, Christian said.................
(by the way, i work for an insurance company and i am not even going to tell you what WE have to do because of the patriot act)
Librarian warns against secrecy in terrorism investigation
By Andrew Miga, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --A Connecticut librarian who fended off an FBI demand for computer records on patrons said Wednesday the government's secret anti-terrorism investigations strip away personal freedoms
"Terrorists win when the fear of them induces us to destroy the rights that make us free," George Christian told a Senate panel.
In prepared testimony, Christian said his experience "should raise a big patriotic American flag of caution" about the strain that the government's pursuit of would-be terrorists puts on civil liberties.
The government uses the Patriot Act and other laws to learn, without proper judicial oversight or any after-the-fact review, what citizens are researching in libraries, Christian said.................
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
i made mine in cotton
my bainbridge scarf
in peaches and cream (by elmore-pisgah)
i made it in cotton so i could wear it year round. i have chronic neck problems and i thought this might help. i KNOW it will help when the air conditioning starts blowing on me from above at work.
while everyone is chit chatting
and playing nice-nice with catholic hospitals what is happening to the women who are being assaulted and brought to catholic hospitals in the mean time?
(remember plan b is NOT an abortion pill. no matter what people say, what you hear, IT IS NOT AN ABORTION PILL)
Plan B at Connecticut Catholic hospitals
(Hartford-NECN) _ Connecticut lawmakers and the Catholic clergy are struggling with how to treat rape victims brought to emergency rooms at Catholic hospitals.
Victims advocates say emergency contraception is not something women who are raped can do without.
"No woman should be forced to carry the child of a rapist or choose to have an abortion because she was denied a simple course of pills when she needed it," said Laura Cordes of the CT Sexual Assault Crisis Service. "Rape victims can't wait for emergency contraception because emergency contraception is most effective at preventing a pregnancy the sooner it is taken."
Lawmakers know that for Catholic hospitals, this is not only a legal and medical issue.
"We understand and are very sensitive to the fact that there's an issue of faith that's implicated here," said State Senator Jonathan Harris.
Harris says there are enough votes to get a bill requiring all hospitals in the state to provide emergency contraception out of committee, but he does not want to force this on Catholic hospitals. To that end, talks have been ongoing for months. ...........
(remember plan b is NOT an abortion pill. no matter what people say, what you hear, IT IS NOT AN ABORTION PILL)
Plan B at Connecticut Catholic hospitals
(Hartford-NECN) _ Connecticut lawmakers and the Catholic clergy are struggling with how to treat rape victims brought to emergency rooms at Catholic hospitals.
Victims advocates say emergency contraception is not something women who are raped can do without.
"No woman should be forced to carry the child of a rapist or choose to have an abortion because she was denied a simple course of pills when she needed it," said Laura Cordes of the CT Sexual Assault Crisis Service. "Rape victims can't wait for emergency contraception because emergency contraception is most effective at preventing a pregnancy the sooner it is taken."
Lawmakers know that for Catholic hospitals, this is not only a legal and medical issue.
"We understand and are very sensitive to the fact that there's an issue of faith that's implicated here," said State Senator Jonathan Harris.
Harris says there are enough votes to get a bill requiring all hospitals in the state to provide emergency contraception out of committee, but he does not want to force this on Catholic hospitals. To that end, talks have been ongoing for months. ...........
hey kev
i'm NOT sure i'd take on the new job
U.S. Attorney for Connecticut named Attorney General's chief of staff
by News Channel 8's Annie Rourke
(New Haven-WTNH) _ Kevin O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, has been named chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Attorney Dennis Kerrigan says, he has known O'Connor for 15 years, professionally and politically and says, the announcement did not take him by surprise.
"I think it's a great honor for him and a great honor for the state to have someone that high up in the Justice Department," said Kerrigan. .................
...........O'Connor will start his new role on April 26th, but will remain the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. After six-months, he and Gonzales will decide whether he will continue doing both jobs. ................
there is also some
flack going on regarding fired us attorney iglesias. they say he was fired for being an 'absentee' us attorney. why was he absent? HE WAS SERVING IN THE NAVAL RESERVES.
so us attorney kevin o'connor is still going to retain being us attorney in connecticut yet NOT serve connecticut? how does THAT work?
(by the way, i DO wish kevin o'connor luck and no ill will. i DO want him to succeed. i'm just not sure i'd follow the same path. hell, i KNOW i wouldn't follow the same path!)
U.S. Attorney for Connecticut named Attorney General's chief of staff
by News Channel 8's Annie Rourke
(New Haven-WTNH) _ Kevin O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, has been named chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Attorney Dennis Kerrigan says, he has known O'Connor for 15 years, professionally and politically and says, the announcement did not take him by surprise.
"I think it's a great honor for him and a great honor for the state to have someone that high up in the Justice Department," said Kerrigan. .................
...........O'Connor will start his new role on April 26th, but will remain the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. After six-months, he and Gonzales will decide whether he will continue doing both jobs. ................
there is also some
flack going on regarding fired us attorney iglesias. they say he was fired for being an 'absentee' us attorney. why was he absent? HE WAS SERVING IN THE NAVAL RESERVES.
so us attorney kevin o'connor is still going to retain being us attorney in connecticut yet NOT serve connecticut? how does THAT work?
Prosecutor Heads Into D.C. Fray O'Connor Named Top Gonzales Aide
By EDMUND H. MAHONY, And DAVID LIGHTMAN Courant Staff Writers
Kevin J. O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, agreed Tuesday to become chief of staff to embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose hold on his office has weakened amid accusations that he was involved in the political dismissals of U.S. attorneys.Colleagues said O'Connor, who since January has spent much of his time in Washington, was offered and agreed to accept the position after a relatively quick process........
(by the way, i DO wish kevin o'connor luck and no ill will. i DO want him to succeed. i'm just not sure i'd follow the same path. hell, i KNOW i wouldn't follow the same path!)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
update on the baker's dozen attack
nothing new really. those 'accused' pleaded NOT GUILTY. of course there are tons of witnesses and many scars. we'll see how this all turns out
Two charged in Yale singers attack plead not guilty
(San Franciso-AP) _ The two men charged with a New Year's Day assault on a group of a Yale University a cappella singers have pleaded not guilty.
Richard Aicardi and Brian Dwyer appeared in San Francisco Superior Court Monday, where Dwyer entered his plea. Aicardi pleaded not guilty last month. Aicardi and Dwyer face assault and battery charges stemming from what police said was an attack on an all-male a cappella group called the Baker's Dozen after a New Year's Eve party.
Witnesses at the time said the trouble started after the 16 Ivy League vocalists sang "The Star Spangled Banner." Authorities say one of the singers, Evan Gogel, suffered a concussion after being repeatedly kicked by Aicardi, Dwyer and others while he was on the ground. Aicardi was also charged with punching Yale student William Bailey as he tried to get away. ...........
Two charged in Yale singers attack plead not guilty
(San Franciso-AP) _ The two men charged with a New Year's Day assault on a group of a Yale University a cappella singers have pleaded not guilty.
Richard Aicardi and Brian Dwyer appeared in San Francisco Superior Court Monday, where Dwyer entered his plea. Aicardi pleaded not guilty last month. Aicardi and Dwyer face assault and battery charges stemming from what police said was an attack on an all-male a cappella group called the Baker's Dozen after a New Year's Eve party.
Witnesses at the time said the trouble started after the 16 Ivy League vocalists sang "The Star Spangled Banner." Authorities say one of the singers, Evan Gogel, suffered a concussion after being repeatedly kicked by Aicardi, Dwyer and others while he was on the ground. Aicardi was also charged with punching Yale student William Bailey as he tried to get away. ...........
manslaughter?
you DON'T pound nails into someone and not be charged with MURDER
except of course if you're michael pires junior (sr was indeed convicted of murder though)
Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for Norwich beating death
New London-AP) _ A Norwich man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for his role in the 2004 beating death of 43-year-old William Derose in Norwich.
Michael Pires Junior was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty in February to reduced charges of first-degree manslaughter and hindering prosecution in the June 2004 beating death.
Last August, a Superior Court jury convicted Pires' father, 51-year-old Michael Pires Senior, of murder in the same incident. The elder Pires was sentenced in October to 60 years in prison. .........
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except of course if you're michael pires junior (sr was indeed convicted of murder though)
Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for Norwich beating death
New London-AP) _ A Norwich man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for his role in the 2004 beating death of 43-year-old William Derose in Norwich.
Michael Pires Junior was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty in February to reduced charges of first-degree manslaughter and hindering prosecution in the June 2004 beating death.
Last August, a Superior Court jury convicted Pires' father, 51-year-old Michael Pires Senior, of murder in the same incident. The elder Pires was sentenced in October to 60 years in prison. .........
archive of original story
Monday, April 09, 2007
the wild gang of west hartford
turkeys that is.
they ususally DO travel in packs. they can be mean. they ARE huge (bigger than one thinks) and they eat like oinkers.
just about a year ago, a big ol' wild turkey landed on a lower roof at work
Neighborhood In The Grip Of Gobblers
By HILDA MUÑOZ, And DANIEL P. JONES Courant Staff Writers
WEST HARTFORD -- It's more Birds Gone Wild than an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, but some wild turkeys have become the new neighborhood punks in an area off King Philip Drive.In the past month, the increasingly brazen birds have surrounded cars on driveways, torn up gardens, chased pedestrians and postal workers and even attacked a cop, pecking the officer's hand and drawing blood."They pick the bulbs from my flowers. I have to chase them away," said Maria Rodrigues, a Brewster Road resident for nine years. "They chase cars, too."..........
they ususally DO travel in packs. they can be mean. they ARE huge (bigger than one thinks) and they eat like oinkers.
just about a year ago, a big ol' wild turkey landed on a lower roof at work
Neighborhood In The Grip Of Gobblers
By HILDA MUÑOZ, And DANIEL P. JONES Courant Staff Writers
WEST HARTFORD -- It's more Birds Gone Wild than an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, but some wild turkeys have become the new neighborhood punks in an area off King Philip Drive.In the past month, the increasingly brazen birds have surrounded cars on driveways, torn up gardens, chased pedestrians and postal workers and even attacked a cop, pecking the officer's hand and drawing blood."They pick the bulbs from my flowers. I have to chase them away," said Maria Rodrigues, a Brewster Road resident for nine years. "They chase cars, too."..........
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