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admin Saturday, November 7, 2009 — Now, that’s hilarious. Here we are behind the scenes, clanking away with hammers and chisels on the code for our New, Improved Chickenhawk Database, and what to our wondering eyes should appear but Tom Tancredo, a chickenhawk who had hitherto escaped our attention, wilting under the palpable scorn of Markos Moulitsas. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how it is done. Hats off to Markos Moulitsas.
Friday, October 30, 2009 — We have been planning something special for Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11. “What better way to show respect and gratitude to those who have served in our armed forces,” we thought, “than by heaping scorn and ridicule on those who did not?” That’s right, folks — the one, the only, the Original New Hampshire Gazette Chickenhawk Database is coming back! And, this being America, it will be bigger and better than ever. To make sure it’s up and running right on the big day, we’re planning to throw the switch several days before the 11th; perhaps some time next week. …
Monday, October 26, 2009 — During Undead Beat Night at The Press Room, in support of the Portsmouth Halloween Parade, Bruce Pingree delivers Lord Buckley‘s version of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, accompanied by Larry Simon and Groove Bacteria.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 — Here’s an interesting phenomenon: veterans of the U.S. armed forces traveling around the country on a bus, speaking on energy independence as a national security matter. They’ll be in Manchester, Concord, and Nashua on Friday. That doesn’t leave enough time for our paper of this Friday paper to do their event any good, so we’re hastily posting this here, to encourage people to check it out. This hardly seems like an anti-American thing to do, but talk-radio jock Daryl Metcalfe says these guys are traitors. The British paper The Guardian sees a trend here, with right-wingnuts equating environmentalism and terrorism. …
Friday, October 16, 2009 — Last night the Portsmouth Fire Department dedicated Vigilance, a sculpture and fountain by New Hampshire artist Emile Birch, located just outside the Central Fire Station. Below: after playing at the ceremony, a band of pipers gave a well-received impromptu performance as they left the Rusty Hammer.