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Monday, May 31, 2010 — We came across this Memorial Day story while listening to Talk of the Nation on New Hampshire Public Radio. NPR is, of course, the radio network of choice for commies and peace creeps, while WMUR is the local radio and TV station of choice for patriotic citizens. Inexplicably, however, WMUR’s headline managed to completely mistate the purpose of Memorial Day, while today’s Talk of the Nation was exemplary.
Friday, May 28, 2010 — Nice to see Joe Costello getting to ask the alarming if obvious question, “Are We Going to Way of the Roman Republic?” in a space as prestigious as the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute‘s NewDeal2.0. By the time this get to that stage, of course the answer is obvious. Our own response to Costello’s question is equally obvious, it seems to us, but no one else seems to be saying it: Is it any wonder that our tripartite government fails us when the fourth estate is entirely captured by corporate interests? Without new forms of media loyal to the citizenry …
Friday, May 21, 2010 — We don’t generally run items from our newsprint edition on the web right away, but we wanted to make sure people knew about this in time to plan ahead. One thing that didn’t make it into this item: RiverRun is going to donate $3 from every copy of Matterhorn sold in May and June to VASH, the VA Supported Housing Program. RiverRun Lands Another Big One RiverRun Bookstore continues to attract the best writers working today to read and speak right here in River City. We would profess not to know how they do it if it weren’t so obvious: …
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 — The following notice just came in, courtesy of John Demos of the Alaska Wilderness League. Thanks for the notice, John. On Thursday, May 20, at 8 p.m., in Market Square, Portsmouth, a Candlelight Vigil will be held to mark the passage of one month since the Gulf Of Mexico Oil Disaster began. With Shell Oil scheduled to drill in Arctic Ocean in less than 40 days, concerned citizens also asking for Arctic timeout. Thursday, May 20 marks one month since the tragic Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion ignited one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Local citizens will …
Thursday, May 6, 2010 — We’re not trying to compete with the dailies here, but since we have them, here are two views of the bus hostage situation in Portsmouth taken at about 11:30 a.m. First, a view looking northeast up Hanover Street from Maplewood. The rear of a Greyhound bus can be seen in the upper right of the picture. And we have these two gentlemen, apparently police, a few minutes earlier, before they set off in the direction of the bus.
Thursday, April 22, 2010 — In one hour and 22 minutes our proofreaders will arrive … 2004—In Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers shoot former NFL football player Specialist Pat Tillman. 2002—“The Taliban is out of business permanently,” says Dick “Dick” Cheney at a GOP fundraiser in Florida. 2000—Federal agents snatch political pawn Elian Gonzalez from his colorful Miami relatives. 1990—Guilford Co., N.C. postpones Earth Day to April 28th so as not to interfere with the K-Mart Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament. 1971—Capitol police arrest 110 Vietnam veterans for serenading the Supreme Court with God Bless America. 1971—Former Navy Lieutenant John Kerry asks Congress, “How do you ask …