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Ask Senator Lieberman!
Via the CT Post ~This week, he's scheduled to be in Bridgeport to meet with this newspaper's editorial board. We're devoting a portion of the time to you, the readers, to ask questions and see his...
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The Connecticut for Lieberman Party may be lost
The Connecticut for Lieberman Party, originally founded by John Orman has a new Chairman ~ John Mertens of Trinity College.Dr. Mertens has decided to use the Connecticut for Lieberman Party to run...
View ArticleFreep this poll
Even though I hate to send traffic over to our ethically troubled Courant (which) lets Aetna execs write their own article, they have this poll up, which needs swift action.The poll question: Has Obama...
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Greenwich OB-GYN accused of using own sperm to inseminate
Does this guy remind you of anyone in your immediate family?Dr. Ben Ramaley has been accused of using his own sperm in artificial insemination procedures.He was my OB-GYN 26 years ago when he...
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Hundreds attend vigil outside Lieberman's home
Rabbi Ron Fish From the Stamford Advocate today:The vigil was coordinated by the Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care.STAMFORD -- Quietly holding candles, hundreds of clergymen, congregants...
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Forget about your living will or last wishes
Does a state’s criminal statute governing "assisting a suicide" reach the conduct of a physician providing aid in dying to a terminally-ill, mentally competent adult?Dr. Gary Blick with Compassion...
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Progressive CT Dems DO NOT support new CFL ad!
I just did a post over Adam Green's diary, but this deserves a diary. I am one of the original founders of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, along with Jon Kantrowitz and Chair Dr. John Orman.Dr....
View ArticleA letter to Adam Green, from a Connecticut for Lieberman Party founder
Adam Green Progressive Change Campaign CommitteeDear Mr. Green,The purpose of this letter is to introduce myself. I was the first Secretary for the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, who, with Dr. John...
View ArticleLieberman may endorse Ned Lamont (I'm not kidding)
Was just checking out Facebook, and found a link to the upcoming Face the State show.Senator Joe Lieberman, who is admired and reviled for his independent streak kept true to form today by saying he...
View Article2nd update - Obama cracks down on companies who misclassify employees
A few years ago my son was hired for his first job out of college to work in the IT department of a large Boston company."Mom, there's a pool table in the lobby! They throw us paintball parties, pot...
View Article40,000 Stop and Shop workers preparing for possible strike
Involved are 40,000 employees, five unions, two federal mediators, as well as the number one bargaining representative in the country and 40 union reps.From the New Haven Register:Stop & Shop and...
View ArticleFloridians pissed at AG who wants to sue over health bill
It's cold and rainy here in CT today, and I checked out the Tampa Bay Tribune just to get some sunny news from a warmer climate.This front page story made my day - especially the comment section. I...
View ArticleJim Himes knows how to appreciate teachers
This is why I'm a Democrat: I thought those 20 summers as nature counselor I spent slogging in swamps, dripping through woods, organizing worm races and netting that same trout counted toward my Social...
View ArticleBP Gulf Response Plan - cut and pasted
It looks like our crystal meth snorting, porn viewing distracted and overworked Minerals Management Service employees let this slippery devil slip past them.According to Public Employees for...
View ArticleU.S. spends $1 billion a year on each Al-Qaeda in Afganistan
The U.S. has committed nearly 100,000 troops to the mission in Afghanistan.Think Progress did some thinking, and Empty Wheel did more thinking and linking.Think Progress links to this ~ EXCLUSIVE...
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Teacher's union didn't invite Obama to convention
It wasn't lost in the mail:The National Education Association's convention began Saturday. No one from the Obama administration is set to speak.But in a sign of the Obama administration’s strained...
View ArticleNational school standards - administration buys into a right wing lie
Did your state FAIL???? Probably - it has a 76% probability.This from the NYTimes:Many States Adopt National Standards for Their Schools By TAMAR LEWINLess than two months after the nation’s...
View ArticleAfter saving lives, trucker fired
What is this all about?? A trucking company has fired the tractor-trailer driver who was praised by firefighters for her split-second decision to steer her rig into some parked fire engines and away...
View ArticleWalker's bill creates hand-picked loyalists
Via Uppity Wisconsion -another reason to dislike Walker:It's gotten no attention because of the bigger issues involved, but Gov. Scott Walker's so-called budget repair bill, among other things, would...
View ArticleDo you think your child might need special education? Forget about it!
Under a new mandate, states now use a 3 level tier system to assist and/or identify students who are struggling.Unfortunately, schools are now in mass confusion/denial about who deserves...
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The 1934 Milwaukee Electric Co. strike
My grandfather, Lewis C. French of the Milwaukee Journal wrote about the 1934 Electric Co. strike.Too bad Gov. Walker dropped out of college, because if he had studied his state's history he'd know not...
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CT collective bargaining rights in danger
This email is being read now by Connecticut teachers ~In the next several days, the Education Committee will consider whether or not to amend collective bargaining rights as contained in the Teacher...
View ArticleCNN ambushed my public school today
The term "ambush journalism" describes their visit.I warned my co's - I mentioned 'political agenda'; I told them that I Googled CNN's main educational researcher, Steve Perry, who is ~"understandably...
View ArticleRepublicans responsible for whistleblower 'secret hold'
The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (Bill S.372) flew through the Senate with apparently unanimous bipartisan support, but just as it reached the finish line it skidded to a halt, shot down by...
View ArticleWeiner's Twitter friends were invented
Although helped along by his own issues, there was a coordinated group of unknown (?) and unidentified people who created fake Twitter accounts to help push Weiner down the garden path ~Remember Nikki...
View ArticlePaul Ryan orders 2 $350 bottles of wine at a bistro
I know, I know, this really isn't diary worthy - so take it for what it's worth.Anyway, at TPM, one of Josh's readers was out for a birthday dinner in Washington, and spots Ryan schmoozing with two...
View ArticleReid & McConnell want to create a new Congress
A tea partier's dream come true?WASHINGTON -- Debt ceiling negotiators think they've hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public's unwillingness to let go of benefits such as...
View ArticleBillionaire attempts takeover of Bridgeport, CT Ed Board
Thanks to the excellent reporting of Linda Conner Lambeck of the CT Post, this was blasted all over the front page ~Outside interests were working behind the scenes to reconstitute school boardA...
View ArticleKansas City bishop indicted
It's about time ~Bishop Robert Finn on Friday became the highest-ranking Catholic official in the nation to face criminal prosecution in the decades-old child sexual abuse scandal — an action that...
View ArticleMissouri Repub using my CT city in attack ad against McCaskill
Doesn't this Missouri Republican who wants Claire McCaskill's seat have something better to do than attack my city of Bridgeport, CT?An attack ad by the campaign of Republican John Brunner, a candidate...
View Articlefreep this CT poll on tenure NOW
The PollThe Million Dollar Question ~Malloy's new plan would provide tenure to teachers after two-and-a-half years only if they earn exemplary grades on two teacher evaluations, based largely on...
View Article$25,000 offered to first who whistleblows on election influencing CEO
First saw this mentioned in the LA Times Group offers $25,000 reward for exposing secret corporate givingA Coalition of Public Interest, Consumer, Labor, and Progressive Groups Announce Major Campaign...
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Teachers rally in Hartford, CT against Gov. Malloy
At a rally on Tuesday in Hartford, CT organized by the Connecticut Education Association (CEA)over 1,000 teachers showed support for legislative leaders challenging Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed...
View ArticleGun lobby group right in Newtown, and how to help
I teach in Connecticut, and bogged down with sadness and no energy to do anything else but Google about the shooting, I found this article in The New Republic (believe it) which details some astounding...
View Article'Rogue' diaries used to bully Newtown heroes
How low can the human race go? Victoria Soto's mother is pleading for the many 'rogue' creators of Facebook pages which have cropped up who are either gathering 'donations' or getting their 10 minutes...
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Full page Tampa Bay Times editorial has pics of Newtown victims and pols who...
I'm a CT teacher visiting Florida, and I wanted to share today's editorial in the Tampa Bay Times. One of my school district teachers lost her daughter in the Newtown shootings.It shows all the Newtown...
View ArticleSchool turnaround genius Paul Vallas leaves a trail of destruction in Bridgeport
After taking a job as Bridgeport, CT's school superintendent, a job he wasn't qualified to hold, greasing the Chairman of Bridgeport's Board of Education's palm with a $1,000,000 payment to cover his...
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CT union slams Bridgeport superintendent Paul Vallas for ignoring the law
The Connecticut Education Association has devoted it's front page to the latest mis-adventure of Bridgeport School Superintent (a.k.a. "I'm a Michael Jordan All-Star") Paul Vallas. CEA Complaint Cites...
View ArticleBridgeport's Superintendent Paul Vallas gets the boot
Local Connecticut blogger, Jon Pelto has been all over the the deficits of Bridgeport 'superstar' school superintendent Paul Vallas, so he sure deserves to be the first to post thisDespite the best...
View ArticleStores track you the second you walk in
Stores and national chains are tracking your cell to see what you look at, how long you look at it, when you come in, and even what sex you are.The other day I was Googling a some shoes and afterwards,...
View ArticleGold Coast CT Republican arrested for assault
Who would have thought this would happen to a perfectly coiffed, pearl wearing Fairfield, CT politician?State Rep. Brenda Kupchick (Gold Coast Republican) was arrested after assaulting her sister at a...
View ArticlePossible Ebola in New Haven
The test results aren't back yet, so there's no reason to go into an extended diary. From local channel WFSB~http://www.wfsb.com/...NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - Hospital officials in New Haven said the...
View ArticleAdam Lanza - new report cites years of professional blunders
Adam Lanza, the young man responsible for the Sandy Hook school shooting didn't receive any documented psychological assistance since 2006. The Connecticut Post has the link to the new report by The...
View ArticleSandy Hook families sue gun manufacturers
And here I thought they'd sue the school district for negligence, but that was not to be. Instead......A law firm representing the families of ten of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured at the...
View ArticleBridgeport, CT cop cleared after giving a vicious beating
Originally diaried by Horace Boothroyd III (I want a name like that), the Youtube video of a Bridgeport, CT police officer kicking and stomping a suspect was viewed by thousands.Well, guess what?
View ArticleFlorida cops show out in force to support autistic boy
I've never been either pro or con police politically, but I do teach special education. This story was on a Facebook page I like to visit.Heartwarming moment dozens of cops and firefighters flocked to...
View ArticleChristie says 'liberal policies' contributed to Kevin Sutherland's death
My usual responses when hearing any stupidity coming from Chris Christie is a contemptuous scoff, but his latest hits home (Trumbull, CT).Background: I did some volunteer blogging during the glory days...
View ArticleTrump Hotels Confirm Massive Card Breach
Sorry for the hit and run, but dinner is cooking and the hubs just walked in the door. Maybe more people can add to this...http://krebsonsecurity.com/...The Trump Hotel Collection, a string of luxury...
View ArticleVanity Fair never contacted the Clinton team to confirm this hit piece
The author Carlene Bauer says she is a historical research on Hillary Clinton and her advisers, and as such appears to be a Hillary expert. The title of her article isHow Hillary Clinton’s Loyal...
View ArticleThere a Russian spy ship off the Connecticut coast now..
There’s a Russian spy ship lurking off the Connecticut coast.… but i’m sure they’re here just to say hi to their comrades in Washington. We are aware of the vessel's presence," Lt. Col. Valerie...
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