The Café Formerly Known as Brioche

Sunday, January 30, 2011 — Sara asked, in a Comment on yesterday’s Beer Girl post, “is there some issue with Breaking New Grounds I don’t know about that you won’t mention their name?” In a word, yes. Café Brioche welcomed The New Hampshire Gazette. We used to distribute more than 5,000 copies of the paper there during the course of a year. After Brioche closed, we asked the new management at that site if we could continue distributing papers there. The answer was “No.” That was, of course, their prerogative. That decision, though, forced us to find and install the red plastic distribution box which …

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Congressman Guinta Palinizes the 2nd Amendment

Sunday, January 9, 2011 — First District Congressman Frank Guinta was given a great honor Thursday. During the reading of the Constitution, Guinta was selected to read the Second Amendment: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The Congressmen put a Palinesque twist on his reading, though. In place of “infringed,” Guinta said something that sounded like “afringed.” Here’s the audio: [audio:https://www.nhgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/guinta.mp3] UPDATE, January 10, 8:32 p.m.: Bubba Jenson has commented, “I think it’s time to get your hearing checked.” Just for you, Bubba, here’s …

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Gunny Advances in Another Direction

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 — For nearly a quarter of a century R. Lee Ermey has been the unannointed poet laureate of the vernacular branch of America’s military language. (The bureaucratic branch, appropriately, has no face). Breathtakingly obscene, surrealistically violent, and apparently inexhaustible, Ermey’s portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, in Full Metal Jacket, threw moviegoers unaquainted with military manners right back in their seats. For those with military experience, particularly of the period being portrayed, Ermey’s performance carried an additional levels of richness and meaning. The role of drill instructor in the U.S. military may always have held an element of self-parody. In Ermey’s performance, …

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So Far, So Good

Sunday, January 2, 2011 — Thirty-six hours into the New Year, and we’re still here. At our age, that’s something. We’re going to begin the year with a little experiment. We’ve got a “page in the cloud” going right here, open to whatever shenanigans the casual passerby might like to engage in. If anything happens there, we’ll provide updates here. UPDATE: 9:16 PM: Aha! Success! A reader has left this message on our “page in the cloud”: “Great paper!!! Happy New Year!! Keep up the great work. Need to get the word out this way. Bud, in Kingston, NH.” Take a look at our “page …

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Iconic Marine Sets Career on Fire

Wednesday, December 29, 2010 — Why, the casual visitor might ask, has it been so long since we’ve posted here? Well, we’ve been waiting for something as juicy as this, that’s why: videotape of Geico Insurance spokesperson R. Lee Ermey setting his career on fire in front of a live audience. We discovered this while perusing Reddit just now. We should have been wrapping up our latest outrage, which is due at the printer’s in less than 19 hours. What can we say? We’re bad. Here’s a link to the original post at Windy City Watch, or just click on the picture above for the …

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Senator Sanders Filibusters

Friday, December 10, 2010 — Sen. Bernie Sanders is now (5:25 p.m.) filibustering against tax cuts for millionaires. He is reading letters from his constituents. Their letters explain that they are cold and hungry. Chris Cilizza wants to know whether the Senator is wasting time. Click here or on the image below to answer his question. Once you’ve voted, watch a U.S. Senator do something truly inspiring.