The Cool Justice Report

• Tiger & Chevron, A Story Of Substance

  Tiger Woods Deserves Your Scrutiny
  By Dave Zirin
  The Nation
  
  During the Bill Clinton impeachment idiocy of 1998, many on the left said that if Clinton were removed from office, let it be for gutting welfare or for imposing sanctions on Iraq, and not l'affaire Lewinsky.
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 7:01pm EST
  

• Social Media Jobs

  h/t
  RickHancock
  
  
  
  Job PostsCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:53pm EST
  

• This Is Your Brain On Jazz: Researchers Use MRI To Study Spontaneity, Creativity

  
  -- Painting by Debra Hurd
  h/t Region 19 BOE Gazette
  
  ScienceDaily — A pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:34pm EST
  

• VIDEO: Iceman John Scully, CT Boxing Hall Of Famer & Keynote Speaker @ Upcoming Young Writers Event

  Registration Form pdf
  
  
  
  Registration For Jan. 15 Event @ The Hartford Club
  
  Registration Form pdf
  
  
  
  NB Herald Notes Entry Deadline For Young Writers Competition
  
  
  Iceman Greets Michael Nunn
  
  CT [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:49pm EST
  

• NB Herald Notes Entry Deadline For Young Writers Competition

  Registration Form pdf
  
  
  
  Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:09 PM EST
  Special to the
  New Britain Herald
  
  The Connecticut Young Writers Competition, now entering its 13th year, is seeking prose and poetry entries.
  
  Teenage writers of prose and poetry from [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• Philip Roth Keeps On Punching; Is Nobel Overdue?

  
  
  -- Photo Via The Guardian, UK
  
  Creative force
  
  By David Mattin
  The National
  
  Philip Roth must be accustomed by now to being called America’s greatest living writer. His extraordinary productivity in the past decade has brought forth novels at [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:18am EST
  

• CT Boxing Hall Of Fame Photos

  
  
  Mr. & Mrs. [Rita]Iceman
  -- Photo by Kirk Lang, Courtesy of Iceman John Scully
  
  
  Sammy Vega, the 7-time national amateur champ, with Hall of Famer Iceman John Scully and Lance Henry, who trains at Richardson Boxing
  --Photo by Kirk Lang, [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

• CT Boxing Hall Of Fame Annual Awards Event

  
  
  Dawson, Cichon, Scully, Roy
  Among Connecticut Boxing Hall Of Fame Honorees
  
  Via
  FightNews.com
  
  The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame has selected unbeaten world light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson of New Haven as its 2009 Pro Fighter of the Year.
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:32pm EST
  

• Drunken Boat Salute To Ravi & Family

  
  
  Congratulations
  
  New Poetry: Ravi's Ode To The Champ, Chad DawsonCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:51pm EST
  

• REGISTER NOW FOR SPORTS WRITING, POETRY WORKSHOPS @ THE HARTFORD CLUB

  Registration Form pdf
  
  
  
  Registration Form pdf
  
  Connecticut Young Writers Trust
  231 Beach St.
  Litchfield, CT 06759
  
  * 800-814-6931 * Fax- 860-567-9119
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Registration Form pdf
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

• Binnie The Demon Barber Klein Featured In CT Jewish Ledger

  
  
  SHE'S APPEARING
  JAN. 15, 2010 @ THE HARTFORD CLUB
  AS PART OF UNDERCARD
  IN
  GABY VERSUS ICEMAN:
  A CT YOUNG WRITERS TRIPLE KNOCKOUT EVENT
  
  Yale prof puts on her gloves...
  and goes a few rounds in a new book about boxing
  
  Via
  Connecticut' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:33am EST
  

• Mickey Sherman - Jim Belushi Morph With Diane [Murphy Brown] English - Barry [Homicide] Levinson For TV Drama

  
  Via
  Variety
  
  Belushi, TV vets plot courtroom drama
  ICM packaging series for actor post-'Jim'
  
  By MICHAEL FLEMING
  
  Here's an unusual group of creative collaborators: Jim Belushi has teamed with Diane English and Barry Levinson for a prospective TV drama [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Cyber Stalkers Beware

  
  
  "Facebook usage depicts a snapshot of the user's relationships and state of mind at the time of the content's posting."
  -- U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton
  
  
  
  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Nov. 17, 2009
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:41pm EST
  

• VIDEO: We Know How You Guys Become Judges

  PRINCE OF THE CITY
  @ THE HARTFORD CLUB
  
  
  -- Actor Treat Williams With Director Sidney Lumet During Filming of Prince of the City
  
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: Rarely do readers get the real story on cops and courts. When the public focuses' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:56am EST
  

• A People's History Of the Revolutionary War, aka Jim Smith Novel

  
  
  Via
  The Laurel
  
  Complete Article
  
  Also See
  Jim Smith Short Story
  Fall 09 Ct Review
  
  Ct ReviewCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:11am EST
  

• VIDEO: Wally's Wishin' and Hopin' Time Machine

  
  
  Via
  HarperCollins
  
  It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.
  
  LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:47pm EST
  

• Gaby V. Iceman Updates

  
  
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  EDITOR'S NOTE:
  Paul "Ding-a-Ling" Doyle has graciously agreed to take handoff from George "The Wolf" Kimball for sports writing workshop. Both guys worked the Dawson fight.
  
  Doyle has been' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:47pm EST
  

• A Punch In The Face From Gaby "She Be Stinging" Calvocoressi

  APOCALYPTIC
  SWING
  
  
  
  Be prepared to be knocked out!
  -- C. Dale Young, poetry editor, New England Review
  
  A Little Taste Of Gaby Verse ...
  
  Appearing @ Miami Book Fair
  
  Calvocoressi reads from Apocalyptic Swing on Sunday, November [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• Hartford Courant Post On CT Young Writers Triple Knockout Event

  
  
  The Connecticut Young Writers Trust kicks off its 13th year on Jan. 15, 2010 at The Hartford Club. Gaby Versus The Iceman is a CT Young Writers Triple Knockout Event: Prose, Poetry And Pugilism.
  
  Courant Post Includes Gaby-Iceman Photo
  
  Darien Public [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  

• HBO Highlights Dawson V. Johnson

  
  -- Photo via Round1Mag.com
  
  VIDEO: Dawson's Impact Punches / Combinations & Skillful Avoidance Of Johnson
  
  All Roads Lead To Chad, But Can Anyone Touch Him?
  
  Is Bad Chad Too Good? [Includes Scully Analysis]
  
  
  Ode[s] To The ChampCool' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:17pm EST
  

• A Little Bit Of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Spinners

  
  
  The Love I Lost
  
  Harold Wiki
  
  
  
  Rubberband Man
  
  Spinners WikiCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

• Prosecutors Harass Students In Feeble Effort To Save Face

  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Nov. 10, 2009
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
  
  
  
  
  Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, recognizing the horrific incidence of wrongful convictions in capital cases' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:00am EST
  

• Ode[s] To Chad The Champ

  
  -- Emily Harney/Fightwire Images
  
  
  
  What a beautiful boxer Chad is. To see him use his shoulders to roll and tuck his chin behind while using a beautiful jab to keep his opponent on the outside, then allowing him to come [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:11pm EST
  

• Dawson Still On Top

  
  
  Cautious Chad Dominates Johnson
  
  By GEORGE KIMBALL
  The SweetScience.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. -In a facile and largely untroubled performance in a fight he at no time seemed in any danger of losing, Chad Dawson took the measure of 40 year-old Glen Johnson and remained [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:56pm EST
  

• Dawson – Johnson Final Pre-Fight Press Conference

  In an otherwise lively and festive event, Dawson and his crew donned new Yankee hats and “El Perro” Angulo passed out doggie treats to his opponent Yorgey before addressing the media.
  
  Complete Article
  
  Dawson Family Saga
  
  Yorgey A Former Football Star
  
  Looking [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  

• Darien Public Library Notes Young Writers Competition, Triple Knockout Event

  
  
  The Connecticut Young Writers Competition is a great way to showcase your talent and maybe win cash prizes.
  
  Complete Article
  
  Chandra "Bonecrusher" Prasad Featured In CT Mag; To Appear Jan. 15 @ The Hartford Club For Young Writers EventCool Justice [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  

• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Dawson Trainer: "Bernard [Hopkins] wants no part of him."

  
  
  
  Via
  The Sweet Science
  
  “Bernard said he would fight the winner but I know how untrue that statement is. I have the young kid who is 27 and can box and can punch. Bernard wants no part of him. He wants to [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:42am EST
  

• The Iceman John Scully's Utube

  
  
  It's my youtube channel...I have a few things on there already (CT Hall of Fame Announcement, etc)...but SOON I will have some VERY cool stuff for you to see....videos NO ONE has... you'll see, stay tuned...
  
  ICE
  
  Scully's Utube
  
  RUMBLE' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:03am EST
  

• DAWSON: “I can’t wait to get in the ring and shut him up … "

  
  
  By Jason Kim
  BoxingNews24.com
  
  This Saturday night former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KO's) will be facing 40-year-old Glen Johnson (49-12-2, 33 KO's) in a fight for the interim World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight title at [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:22am EST
  

• Connecticut Young Writers Competition Seeking Entries in Prose and Poetry

  
  
  Teenage writers of prose and poetry from across Connecticut are being encouraged to submit original entries to an annual literary competition which awards winning entrants with cash prizes and the possibility of having their work published in the literary journal CT Review.
  
  The literary [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• "Let The Master Answer"

  
  
  These lawsuits displayed a callous posture by the church
  
  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Nov. 4, 2009
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  

• Chandra "Bonecrusher" Prasad Featured In CT Mag; To Appear Jan. 15 @ The Hartford Club For Young Writers Event

  
  
  Connecticut Magazine
  
  [click on image below]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  RUMBLE @ THE HARTFORD CLUB: Gaby Versus The Iceman, A CT Young Writers Triple Knockout Event ...
  
  
  Chandra PrasadCool Justice [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:32pm EST
  

• Two Stars Of David Fight For World Championships

  
  -- Yuri Foreman (24-0, 8 Ko’s) won the split decision over Andery Tsurkan,(25-3, 16 KO’s) to gain the NABF Junior Middleweight Belt, in an exciting bout at the Bronx’s Utopia Paradise Theater on December 6, 2007. Tsurken’s camp was outraged at the decision.
  -- Photo Via [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  

• Courant Refugee Site Notes Major Young Writers Event

  
  
  Poetry & PugilismCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:10am EST
  

• CCSU Faculty Senate To NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Prevent Racist Abuse Of Police Power

  
  
  -- What R U Gonna Do, Bloomberg?
  
  RESOLUTION
  
  The Faculty Senate of Central Connecticut State University decries the unwarranted arrest and detention of our colleague Ravi Shankar on July 10, 2009. We further condemn the racist comments and action by members of the [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:42am EST