Synesthesia came up in sort of a wacky conversation on Twitter. I linked to a clip from Heroes showing their take on Synesthesia. This clip, however, is a neat little 8 minute doc on Synesthesia.
[...]The Republicans are still whining about the fact that mean old Al Franken made them vote in favor of rapists a few months back.
This from the party that has made a habit out of proposing resolutions designed solely to force Democrats to cast votes that can be easily [...]
The question that begs for answers is why does America hate us Palestinians?
By Dr. Haidar Eid - Gaza
The Palestinians have 'realized,' thanks to Hilary Clinton, that the US is biased towards Israel. According to the American Secretary of State, negotiations between "the two parties" should resume [...]
In what was sometimes a heated discussion, municipal and state officials tried to tackle the issue of unfunded state mandates during a two-hour meeting Thursday.
But after municipal leaders spoke about all the cuts they already had made and brainstormed ways the state could offer [...] 
This time, from state Rep. Art O'Neill, R-Southbury.
In his statement of support, O'Neill takes a not-so-subtle swipe at Simmon's GOP opponent, Linda McMahon, a multi-millionaire who has never held elective office and is reportedly ready to spend upwards of $30 million in her quest to win the Senate race.
"I respect the right of" [...]
Justin Bernier, one of the GOP candidates running for Congress in the 5th Congressional District speaking to Goshen RTC:
“I am still running for Congress. I am not running for governor. I am not running for Senate.”
I’m so glad he clarified, because it’s been getting mighty confusing around here what [...]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley announced Thursday that he is running for governor, dropping out of the U.S. Senate race for Christopher Dodd's seat.
In a speech that lasted about six minutes, Foley gave no details about how he would solve the state's long-running budget problems or whether he would propose cutting taxes. In [...]
Republican Tom Foley of Greenwich announced today that he will be running for Governor instead of the U.S. Senate.
In an e-mail to supporters sent simultaneously with the announcement, the Greenwich businessman promised a “Plan Forward for Connecticut” in the near future:
So I am announcing today that [...]
Want an early glimpse at your town’s spring budget brawl? Listen to what’s happening in Naugatuck.
Due to a number of staggeringly stupid decisions by its elected overseers and “professional educators,” the borough’s school district is running a deficit of over $2 million in the current fiscal year. That’s nearly 4 [...]
The Hartford Courant's Jeff Cohen tells us:
R. Nelson "Oz" Griebel, CEO of the MetroHartford Alliance regional chamber of commerce, says he's considering a run for governor.
"I'm certainly thinking about it," Griebel, a Republican, said Thursday. "I'm talking to people, just trying to get the lay of the land."
Should Griebel, 60, [...]
Washington (AP) – Casting its first votes on revamping the nation’s health care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women.
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[...]We don't know. But Greenwich millionaire businessman Tom Foley says he's ready to fight for the job. Foley announced Thursday afternoon that he was abandoning his senate bid to run for the governor's job. He didn't offer much more except to hint that he would not accept public financing. "There" [...]
Peace activists from across Connecticut convened in front of the Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building in Hartford Wednesday to protest President Barack Obama’s announcement Tuesday night that he will commit an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to combat in Afghanistan, with the caveat that soldiers will be brought home [...]
Washington (AP) – The head of the Secret Service asserted Thursday that the security breach at last week’s White House state dinner was an aberration and President Barack Obama was never at risk. Mark Sullivan said three uniformed officers have been put on administrative leave.
Read more »U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd announced that he is backing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
"Today, we are faced with two separate questions," Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Commitete, said this morning, as a hearing on Bernanke's nomination got underway. "First, should Ben Bernanke, our nominee, stay on as the Chairman of" [...]
Greenwich multimillionaire Tom Foley is expected to announce this afternoon that he is running as a Republican for governor.
He released the following statement last week:
"Last spring I entered the race for the United States Senate because I wanted to serve the people of Connecticut. Recently, the political landscape in Connecticut" [...]
[...] Lt. Governor Mike Fedele became the first Republican candidate to declare his candidacy for Governor yesterday at events in Cromwell and Stamford.
His speeches made clear that the focus of his effort will be jobs and taxes:
“Taxes will not make Connecticut prosperous,” he said. “Taxes do not create jobs. Taxes [...]
By: Rep. Lawrence Miller, Connecticut Post
December 3, 2009
That didn’t take long.
No sooner had Governor Rell released her latest deficit mitigation plan, designed to correct the $624 million shortfall left by the atrocity of a budget passed by legislative Democrats, did the caterwauling begin from all manner of groups reliant on [...]
"Certain representations" is good enough for me!
After all, what could go wrong?
OK, but that was an anomaly.
My sense is that ConnDOT really has these problems ironed out.
[...]There are 132 comments, as of this writing, on this post. I kind or ran out of energy when reading them, but I'm pretty sure all 132 of them pertain to the omission of Peter Schiff.
And they're absolutely right. It was my first thought too when reading the article. [...]
Former Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley 
