edited by: Judy Aron,
Connecticut Editor
Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley says that the 10.2 percent national unemployment rate proves that President Barack Obama's federal stimulus plan is not working.
Foley is battling against four other Republicans for the right to run against U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd in the November 2010 election.
"With unemployment rising" [...]
It's an issue that prevails in all economic climates and in all socioeconomic groups, but it's not an issue that resonates loudly enough in the hallways of the state Capitol.
At least not until now.
House Speaker Chris Donovan said Friday that he was [...] Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman is opposing a key part of the national health care reform proposal backed by President Obama.
Read more »Original post blogged on b2evolution.
[...]Governor Jodi Rell on Friday fired back at Democrat Ned Lamont, who has come out swinging against her.
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[...]BRIDGEPORT - Ken Krayeske, the free-lance journalist and political activist who was arrested in 2007 after taking pictures of Gov. M. Jodi Rell at her inauguration parade in Hartford, saw most of his federal lawsuit over the incident thrown out Friday.
In U.S. District Court, Judge Stefan R. Underhill granted motions [...]
by John
I grew up in Rowayton CT on the Long Island Sound. Rowayton was a town where everyone knew each other unlike Woodstock which is much larger. We had many interesting people living around us some of who were actors. In “Hollywood Comes to Woodstock”, I mentioned Meg Foster [...]
Primarily, I wanted to do a girl group this week. I actually found a good live version of the Shirelles (one of the best of breed-girl group wise) singing Will You Still Love Me, Tomorrow? I have no idea why the sides of the video are squoshed together (and yes, [...]
Last night at Drinking Liberally (back to great attendance, as various attendees licked their election day wounds), so no posts, and tonight off to see Atul Shah (one of the wound lickers) and his band at Burke’s Tavern, so not much free time.
Other than putting up some music (post pending) [...]
Jay Toole and Lucia Leandro Gimeno in a warm and intimate conversation about queer life now and then.
http://q-talk.blip.tv/
[...]Senator John Kerry's statements on his friend, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, during an interview on CNBC are being sent around the Internet.
The interview is at [www.youtube.com]
[...]
(Updated) A decline in the inmate population coupled with the need to find $63.4 million in savings over the next two years, has prompted Gov. M. Jodi Rell to ask the Department of Corrections to consider closing a prison.
According to the Department of Corrections, the [...] Peter Schiff launched a new campaign website last night, to coincide with a one day “money bomb” that was planned to start just after midnight.
But according to Schiff’s brother and campaign spokesman, Andrew Schiff, the website was the target of a cyber attack moments before the money [...]
Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama says new figures showing national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are regretful and says he’s working hard to restore the struggling economy.
Read more »Original post blogged on b2evolution.
[...]Option A: The Return of Ned Lamont
“Look, I’m somebody who’s devoted his life to creating jobs, and I think I bring that perspective, an entrepreneur’s perspective, to the political discourse,” he said. “I’m going to challenge the political class. We’ve got to reform the way we do business [...]
Merrick Alpert, the Democrat looking for some traction in his lonely challenge to Sen. Chris Dodd, is hitting the highway, promising to walk from Stonington to Greenwich along Route 1. That's 117 miles. He's looking for votes but he's also doing to protest our involvement in the war in Afghanistan. [...]
The liberal darling is now a blunt-talking businessman.
Maybe Ned Lamont always was before the messianic Senate campaign against Joe Lieberman in 2006.
The charismatic Lamont -- reborn, revived or perhaps just who he really is -- sounded like he was addressing the chamber of commerce Thursday [...]
The AIPAC drafted resolution HR-838 was supported by 80% of the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 3. The resolution shamefully calls on the President and the Secretary of State “to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration” of the Goldstone report. In essence, the resolution tells the entire world [...]
According to Market Watch, an alternative gauge of unemployment, which includes discouraged workers and those forced to work part-time, rose to 17.5%, the highest on record dating to 1995.
The jobless [...]
One of the few highlights of this year's budget - for taxpayers - was a drop in the sales tax cut that is scheduled to take effect on January 1.
But that cut, from the current 6 percent down to 5.5 percent, will not happen if state tax collections are not [...]
Bernard Kerik, known for his high-profile as the New York City police commissioner on September 11, 2001, pleaded guilty to eight felonies that prevents the charges from being the subject of as many as three criminal trials.
Further details are at [www.courant.com]
[...]Robert DeLuca, the son of former Senate Republican leader Louis DeLuca, has been arrested and charged this week with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.
The Hartford Courant's Bill Leukhardt is reporting that DeLuca, 53, posted $25,000 bail and is free.
Leukhardt reported that:
DeLuca's attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis of Waterbury,' [...]
