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SK-B commented on the post, Are You Comfortable With President Joe Biden's Pardon of His Son?

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 04:43:46 +0000

For years, Republican politicians kept up the litany of: “Hunter Biden’s laptop.” It was pure, opportunistic lack of empathy to endlessly attack a vulnerable, recovering addict, as a distraction from honest policy […]

SK-B commented on the post, Israel's Own Leaders Incite Anti-Semitism by Ordering Jewish Pilots to Murder Thousands of Children

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:29:31 +0000

SK-B commented on the post, Canal Street Fire

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:21:47 +0000

Accusing me of tossing “around racial invective” is a serious charge. Can you, Holland Mills, provide a link showing that I have done that?

If you are able to show that I have done that, then I will be more […]

SK-B commented on the post, Canal Street Fire

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:56:19 +0000

SK-B commented on the post, Canal Street Fire

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 10:03:14 +0000

SK-B wrote a new post, Bill Clinton on the Failure of the Oslo Accords

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:07:22 +0000

Video below….

SK-B commented on the post, A Fraudster Defeated

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:14:27 +0000

Congratulations on having the grit and determination to claw back the money. And your wife’s instincts were spot-on. Sometimes you just have to trust your gut regardless of whether or not the logic seems to make […]

SK-B commented on the post, A Fraudster Defeated

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 21:03:55 +0000

The State of Vermont offers a list of lead-certified painters. Of course there is no logical contradiction between being lead-certified AND a scammer, but it is hard to image that a legitimate painter would not be […]

SK-B commented on the post, Noticed Around Brattleboro - Fall 2024

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:00:18 +0000

Check Vermont licensing laws.

SK-B commented on the post, No End In Sight

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:42:10 +0000

Good morning, Grumpy Old Nerd.

I hope to give your comments the serious response that they deserved. The Hannibal Directive certainly is shocking, and not well reported in the mainstream press. I think you did […]

SK-B commented on the post, No End In Sight

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:13:13 +0000

RDavis’ critique of Israeli policy and actions is well-reasoned, thoughtfully presented, and deserves serious discussion.

But in citing as his authority a questionable source, Grumpy Old Nerd casts a shadow on […]

SK-B commented on the post, Israelis Follow Their Hebrew Bible! 'God Ordered, Take Their Land Which I Give Thee and Kill Everyone'

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 06:07:18 +0000

Inflammatory rhetoric does not make you a “peace activist.” Does encouraging Arabs and Jews to kill each other help anyone?

SK-B commented on the post, Israelis Follow Their Hebrew Bible! 'God Ordered, Take Their Land Which I Give Thee and Kill Everyone'

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 04:49:48 +0000

Typically I ignore jay janson’s anti-Jewish diatribes, but maybe it is time to say something.

If jay janson were honest, his recitation of atrocious ancient religious texts, brutal history, and hateful i […]

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Listers Meeting Agenda

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:49:43 +0000

A well thought-out agenda can engage interest and draw in greater citizen involvement.

“3. Other Business” perhaps satisfies minimum requirements, but why not briefly highlight the specific business expected to […]

SK-B commented on the post, Why I Am So Unhappy with Vice President Kamala Harris after the Trump-Harris Debate

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:40:08 +0000

“Why I Am So Unhappy with Vice President Kamala Harris after the Trump-Harris Debate” deserves a special iBrattleboro award for the most bizarro, off-the-wall commentary ever.

Citizen Journalist […]

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes - September 3, 2024

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 04:00:54 +0000

. . . But if a bit of commentary is the spice, this citizen journalist must have take the top off of shaker so that the stew was not seasoned, but instead saturated with opinionated gripes.

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes - September 3, 2024

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:51:18 +0000

“To allow police chief Carignan to do a hatchet job on their work was a violation of the purpose of the committee. ”

Other than the citizen journalist’s gripe about whatever Carignan did, I found nothing in […]

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes - September 3, 2024

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:48:46 +0000

“To allow police chief Carignan to do a hatchet job on their work was a violation of the purpose of the committee. ”

Other that the citizen journalist’s gripe about whatever Carignan did, I found nothing in […]

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes - September 3, 2024

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:43:37 +0000

OK, standard issue journalistic standards may not apply here. And innovative journalism may very well season the mix. But if a bit of commentary is the spice, this citizen journalist must have take the top off of […]

SK-B wrote a new post, "My Yehudi Friend"

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:23:23 +0000

In the wake of October 7, 2023 and its aftermath, the idea that Jews and Arabs might share a deep impulse to love one another, might seem absurd. Thus I have felt reluctant to share this story with the 72 […]

SK-B commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro To Expand Police and Surveillance

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 01:20:42 +0000

did Brattleboro Common Sense offer for a police sub-station at zero cost?

SK-B commented on the post, "Social Media" Vicious Attacking Rooster Block-Block-Blocking Me!

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 19:08:44 +0000

Chris’ statement that, “I am innocent. I am falsely accused,” is not self-evident.

Whether it is true or false, it would help iBrattleboro readers to better understand the matter if Chris would post a copy of […]

SK-B commented on the post, Hope Restored

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:02:58 +0000

Unlike 2020, when only a few Congressional Republicans refused to recognize the election of president Biden, there seems to be little doubt that many Republican-dominated state legislatures will certify phony […]

SK-B commented on the post, Safe Bicycling

Sat, 20 Jul 2024 23:00:08 +0000

About 10 years ago, I was stuck in traffic heading down the hill a bit before the intersection of Canal and South Main. I needed to make a right. The traffic started to move, I moved forward stopping at the stop […]

SK-B commented on the post, David Gartenstein Is The Best Choice

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:49:57 +0000

I agree with cgrotke.

After having endured one of several chairpersons who would warn that you have only 2 minutes, and then ostentatiously look at his watch as you spoke, as though to make you nervous and let […]

SK-B commented on the post, Presidential Debate Viewing?

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:16:24 +0000

We live in an interesting time. I find it impossible to imagine how this year’s presidential election might play out.

SK-B commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Vacant Building Permits and Municipal Housing

Fri, 24 May 2024 23:31:20 +0000

“Confidential Plans?”

Town is participating in undisclosed plans? Who agreed to these plans? Where and when was this agreement made? Is Selectboard Representative McLoughlin and other town officials violating […]

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Retreat Rescheduled

Thu, 16 May 2024 01:24:09 +0000

Unless members of the public are welcome to the Selectboard Retreat, wouldn’t a quorum at which the public is barred violate Open Meeting?

This is not like a quorum coincidentally showing up to watch a […]

SK-B wrote a new post, The "Orange Turd"

Sat, 11 May 2024 12:48:15 +0000

Trump had to sit there while his lawyer and the witness discussed at length what she meant in a post she had sent out about “the orange turd.” Trump’s lawyer brought it up and his own lawyer kept repeating “orange […]

SK-B wrote a new post, Vermont Values

Tue, 07 May 2024 15:53:16 +0000

When my wife and I relocated to this area from New York City 40 years ago, we found that we did not always “fit in.” People whose values we shared and with whom we had hoped to be friends were often cliquish and […]

SK-B commented on the post, Books As Greenery

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:07:38 +0000

It was my proofreader’s day off. I wrote:

“with 4 additional jack posts in the ceil directly under the living room jack posts to support the weight. . .”

Meant to write:
“with 4 additional jack posts in […]

SK-B commented on the post, Books As Greenery

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:21:52 +0000

We had an upstairs bedroom completely devoted to books, wall to wall, isles between the shelves. Mistakenly believing that when our 1860s farmhouse was built, they used hefty, full dimension studs, 16″ on center, […]

SK-B commented on the post, Once More for Oscar Heller

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 17:15:06 +0000

Semi-perennially we hear from Brattleboro Selectboard candidates who claim that they listen to people, and can be counted on to speak up with integrity and independence, not in automatic lock-step with the other […]

SK-B commented on the post, Housing Crisis Fake News ?

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:05:36 +0000

” McLoughlin made that statement and no one on the board contradicted her.”

A board member that badly out of line, yet not one of her colleagues speaking up, is the hallmark of a dysfunctional group. Is it […]

SK-B commented on the post, Déjà Vu: Heartless Town Officials Lack Institutional Memory

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:20:18 +0000

SK-B commented on the post, $72,000 Parking Ticket

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:17:55 +0000

Because I could only include an image with a new story, not with a comment, I added to Daim’s story by posting “Déjà Vu: Heartless Town Officials Lack Institutional Memory”

SK-B wrote a new post, Déjà Vu: Heartless Town Officials Lack Institutional Memory

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:55:35 +0000

The Town of Brattleboro’s harrassing Kurt Daims for doing what he could to shelter homeless people closely parallels something that happened nearly 4 decades ago.

Thirty-eight years ago, the Town of Brattleboro […]

SK-B wrote a new post, After Watching the BCTV Candidates' Forum, I Am Leaning Toward Oscar Heller

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:07:19 +0000

My initial visceral feeling was to dislike Heller, and like Case better. Case seemed more people-oriented. Although Heller said he listens to other people, his focus seems to be on spread-sheets, and I felt his […]

SK-B commented on the post, iBrattleboro is 21 Years Old

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:53:19 +0000

I miss being about to use bold, italics, and blockquotes.

Nonetheless, I am grateful for the opportunity to reach an audience.

SK-B commented on the post, The Most Qualified Person Running for Selectboard This Year

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 21:51:45 +0000

“Think about it: how many people do you know who genuinely hear what comes out of other people’s mouth-holes?”

Mouth-holes?

SK-B commented on the post, Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:47:31 +0000

In the name of science, most physicians parrot the medical party-line as “scientific” gospel. In questioning whether what we are told could be wrong, AnneODyne’s doubt characterizes the true spirit of science. […]

SK-B commented on the post, Press Release: Oscar Heller for Selectboard

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 20:52:48 +0000

“Please reach out to me personally if you’d like to get to know me better. ”

If you’d like to get to know him better, but nothing about him wanting to hear your concerns, suggestion, or him wanting to get to k […]

SK-B commented on the post, You Can't Make This Stuff Up - Chinese Communists Fail to Ban Boogie-Woogie Musician From Public Piano in London

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:49:43 +0000

Perhaps unexpectedly, people in China are admonishing the group which tried to shut down Dr. K.

The first half of this video explains the importance of We-Chat in China, so the actual comments from Chinese […]

SK-B wrote a new post, You Can't Make This Stuff Up - Chinese Communists Fail to Ban Boogie-Woogie Musician From Public Piano in London

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:15:45 +0000

Piers Morgan interview with Dr. K. (At the time of this interview, the public piano had been put off limits by the London police, who caved in to Chinese Communist demands to silence Dr. K.)

Two days ago, after […]

SK-B commented on the post, Time Bomb

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 07:26:22 +0000

Just damn good!!!

SK-B commented on the post, Does Calling For The Genocide Of Jews Violate Penn's Code Of Conduct?

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:51:36 +0000

Have you read Vidda Chrochetta’s new book, “The Shield of David,” and what did you think of it?

SK-B commented on the post, Reflections On Retirement

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:57:20 +0000

Grotke’s no-holds barred critique of the current selectboard is well-taken. What is it about sitting at the Brattleboro Selectboard dais that turns our good neighbors into petty tyrants, mesmerized with their own […]

SK-B commented on the post, Reflections On Retirement

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:32:10 +0000

The question which I suggest Richard Davis think about, is how, as a selectboard member, he and his colleagues on the board could encourage genuine, informed, public engagement.

SK-B commented on the post, Does Calling For The Genocide Of Jews Violate Penn's Code Of Conduct?

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:14:56 +0000

Hateful Invective Sows Toxic Seeds

When it is the self-righteous Dan DeWalts of the world, Arab-hating Jewish chauvinists, or hajms venting their spleen: The hatred, murders, rapes, bombs, and terrors that […]

SK-B commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Special Meeting - Dettman Drive

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 19:48:36 +0000

SHOULD HAVE BEEN:

Why is the “Memorandum of Understanding” NOT attached?