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"Drill, Baby, Drill!"

Published April 30, 2010 at 8:06 a.m.

Yeah, right. Bunch of assholes ...

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Now they're actually trying to kill us

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In what is likely to be considered a victory for the United Heart Surgeons Association of America (not a real organization) the popular breakfast chain International House of Pancakes (IHOP) has introduced the ultimate in artery-clogging meals:The "Pancake Stackers" consists of a heap of cheesecake filling, solidly encased by two buttermilk pancakes and topped with a strawberry compote and ...

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Defending Education in CT – an Interview with Student Organizer Wesley Strong

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Published April 29, 2010 at 1:19 p.m.

On Thursday March 4th, students, faculty, staff and parents on campuses throughout Connecticut and the nation rallied as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Education ... Wesley Strong, a graduate student at UCONN, is one of the national organizers for the Defend Education campaign ... In the first half of this split interview, conducted before the March 4th actions, he outlines the state of the modern education system today (K – post graduate university), and from what forces that

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Book Review: Rev. Martin Luther King's Assassin

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Published April 29, 2010 at 9:56 a.m.

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Ray seemed an especially unsatisfying suspect. A lifelong but not especially successful crook (he had spent almost half his adult life behind bars), he was clever enough to engineer his escape—by squeezing himself into a breadbox going out on a delivery truck—from a maximum-security prison in 1967. On the other hand, he was so witless that after shooting King, he had no escape plan more elaborate than jumping in his car and driving away. Even so, he managed to elude law officers for two

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Sometimes shaming them DOES work

Published April 29, 2010 at 6:58 a.m.

(Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., emerge from a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 26, 2010, ahead of a crucial test vote for the financial reform bill. AP Photo)On Wednesday Senate GOP leaders admitted that their brilliant strategy of "Just Say No To Everything" seems to have ...

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Q&A with Rosa DeLauro

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Published April 28, 2010 at 7:26 a.m.

Bloggers sat down with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) on Saturday to discuss the issues ... This video is about an hour long, and consists of the question and answer portion of the talk. I think Connecticut Man 1 has video of Rosa's initial remarks; I was delayed slightly by an accident on I-95 and missed the start. Also check out CT Blogger's videos on My Left Nutmeg and Hat City Blog ...

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From Lady Gaga to M.I.A., Music Videos Are Back

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Published April 27, 2010 at 4:41 p.m.

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We'll say this for M.I.A.'s music video for 'Born Free': it's a talker. Why the music video as conversation piece is so very trendy right now ...

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Town Council Votes For Another Tax Increase

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Published April 27, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

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The West Hartford Town Council voted and passed a 2.24% tax increase with its $216.7 million budget, bringing the mill rate to 38.38 mills ... Looks like it's referendum time in West Hartford ... There was one dissenting Democrat (council member Robert Durbin) and that was because he said that the budget didn't include restoration of curbside leaf collection, which was promised back in last November's election ... Here's some highlights from The Courant's story about the Council vote ... The new

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GOP causes partisan flap in Milford

Published April 26, 2010 at 5:52 p.m.

The local GOP has been up to their usual shenanigans lately, when Republican City Attorney Winthrop Smith apparently attempted to intercede in a city Planning & Zoning board matter. The incident began during the January P&Z Board meeting, when they were tasked with choosing a new chair ... After the November election, the board was evenly split, with five Republicans and five Democrats seated. When ...

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RadioActive: May Day Hartford

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Published April 25, 2010 at 10:35 p.m.

SEIU 1199’s Steve Thornton discusses the events surrounding Hartford’s first annual May Day celebration, coming Saturday May 1 to Burr Mall, Main Street next to city hall in Downtown Hartford – music, food, workshops and a walking tour of labor history in Hartford.Click here to download the MP3 ...

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