Nanette Lepore

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Saturday, July 05, 2008

The Reasons for Rebellion: July 4, 1776

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What follows is a partial list of the reasons set forth in the Declaration of Independence for our dissolution of the bands which connected ...
Monday, June 02, 2008

Cyndi Lauper's "True Color Tour:" Great performances and clueless commentary

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Yesterday I jumped in the car with my partner and drove down to Jones Beach Theater on the south shore of Long Island to see the True Color ...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Shame on Dunkin' Donuts

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I have been a Dunkin' Donuts junkie my whole life. Living across the street from one (on several occasions) helped develop and solidify ...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Tyrant State runs Amock....

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It just keeps getting worse. Over 400 children, ripped away from their mothers and fathers and homes, and placed in foster homes. No Charges...
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Monday, April 07, 2008

Raid on El Dorado & Government abuse of power: State-sponsored Kidnapping & Fishing Expeditions

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400 children have been forcibly removed from their homes in ElDorado, Texas. Members of a Mormon-breakaway religious sect called the Fundame...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

New Powers for The Federal Reserve?

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The Federal Reserve System is arguably one of the most powerful (and least understood) institutions in America. Treasury Secretary Paulson...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

NY Governor Eliot Spitzer and a Prostitution ring....

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I have never liked Eliot Spitzer. The Governor of New York was too much of a crusader, the kind who dribbles saliva from the mouth as he...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

Re-thinking jails, prisons, and crime....

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News Items: "...More than one in every 100 American adults are in jail or prison, according to a recent study by the Pew Center for the...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The Hallmark/Westland Meat recall: Blind Hysteria

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To date, 37,000,000 lbs of meat, sold in 36 states, over the course of 2 years, has been recalled। That's a lot of meat. Meat used in sc...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

On Kosovo Independence Day - Happy Birthday, Kosova!

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My first 'contact' with Kosova (the Albanian spelling) came in the form of its people. As a teacher, I had a very diligent, hard-wor...
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Monday, January 07, 2008

How Ron Paul blew it in New Hampshire

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I will vote for Ron Paul on Primary day here in New Hampshire. I have been a Ron Paul fan for a very long time. But he and his supporters ...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Once Again...Steroids and Baseball in the News. (When will the Neo-Puritans give it a rest?)

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According to the New York Times, “… Former Sen. Mitchell's 300-plus page document on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, 21 months ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Massachusetts Highway Bureaucrat is Clueless...

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My award for the most ridiculous, petty, ivory-tower Fiat pronounced by a Bureaucrat goes to Louisa Paiewonsky, the Massachusetts Highway Co...
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Emotion and Bad Law: The Snyder v. Westboro (Phelps) verdict

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So, the US District Court (Baltimore) has awarded Albert Snyder $10.9 million dollars. The verdict came against the Westboro Baptist Church ...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A Random Collection of my Favorite Quotes

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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in si...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Sen. Larry Craig and the Real Crime...

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OK, so Senator Larry Craig, a long-time conservative politician and family man from Idaho, was caught and pleaded guilty to a most chilling ...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

New Hampshire enacts Civil Unions

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Today, New Hampshire became the first state in the country to adopt civil unions for gay couples without a court order or a pending lawsuit ...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

And some more Ink (yes, it's addictive...)

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My newest addition...a Tribal Tattoo. No, it doesnt have a specific meaning, except for the images one conjures up when one thinks "T...
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And now, for something completely (well almost) non-political...

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My Bear Paw Tat , courtesy of Gina at Mom's Tattoo Studio in Keene, NH:
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

General Pace and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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Well. This will not have to be a long post for me to make my point. By now we have all read comments by the Marine Core's General Peter ...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Mitt Romney: Like Nailing Jello to a Wall....

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Mitt Romney's interview with George Stephanopoulos this morning was a remarkable study of a Teflon Candidate who spoke passionately abo...

Courage and Independent Thinking in Wisconsin

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Lately it's been refreshing listening to politicians out of Wisconsin. Both Democrat Sen. Russ Feingold and former Republican Governor ...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

"As Maine goes..."

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Starting in about 1840, Maine became known as a political 'bellweather' state, largely because Mainers voted for Governor and Congre...
Thursday, October 05, 2006

When will the Right stop pretending to be Holier-Than-Thou?

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Mark Foley is not the first conservative to have been 'exposed' as a homosexual. And it is sad that his lawyer immediately tried to...
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Thursday, June 08, 2006

The "Federal Marriage Amendment" - once again, Christian Conservatives look to the Beast for help...

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Much was made in Enquirer-like circles of the fact that this week started with the date "06/06/06," a reminder of the "Mark o...
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