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IM Holland Mills commented on the post, South Main Drug Bust?

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:48 +0000

It’s a feature not a bug for those occupations as one is trying to elicit information from reluctant sources.

GON’s link provides oodles more info than The Reformer will ever provide for these never-ending […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Madness of King Donald

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:29:05 +0000

re: “independent body comprised of non-political people who can make objective decisions”

“independent” is a impossibly loaded term

“non-political” is a nonsensical term, like military intelligence or […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Noticed Around Brattleboro - Spring 2026

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:24:18 +0000

Apparently under new management.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Noticed Around Brattleboro - Spring 2026

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:35:06 +0000

Been awhile since I’ve seen activity there.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Never Forget

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:50:47 +0000

Kindly explain how that number, absent from the memoirs of the victorious generals like Churchill and Eisenhower and then publicized in the 1960s , holds up after they shave the Auschwitz toll from 4.5 to 1.5 in […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Noticed Around Brattleboro - Winter 2025-2026

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:51:21 +0000

The Indian staff of years and years haven’t been seen in weeks, only the Chinese gentleman working the store.

Minor alteration to hours, 9am is earlier than the previous regime.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Brattleboro Police Chief Norma Hardy Announces Retirement, Asst. Chief Jeremy Evans to Take Helm in March

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:41:18 +0000

from the Reformer: “No bail for murder suspect arrested in Linden Street raid” August 25, 2023

Lopez is part of a Hartford, Conn.-based group that set up their drug trafficking business at four residences in […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Brattleboro Police Chief Norma Hardy Announces Retirement, Asst. Chief Jeremy Evans to Take Helm in March

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:39:00 +0000

per Google AI:

“In 2022, Brattleboro, VT, experienced a significant rise in crime, with reported increases of 15% in assaults and 26% in sexual crimes compared to 2021. Burglaries nearly doubled from 59 to 108, […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Brattleboro Police Chief Norma Hardy Announces Retirement, Asst. Chief Jeremy Evans to Take Helm in March

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:07:02 +0000

they’re explicit about hiring her for her “identity” as if it’s merit
and as if George Floyd has a goddamn thing to do with Brattleboro

over the past two years when I complained about being hassled on my […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Unrestrained Aggression

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:55:28 +0000

Also, as America is primarily a service economy, the nature of the power of working folk is qualitatively less.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Time for A New Strategy

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:02:12 +0000

as they did against Mamdani
and further refuse to talk about the 2024 post-mortem
it naturally follows that the tack will be towards the “center” again

fwiw I’d love to have actual names attached to the […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, District 9 Forum

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:41:55 +0000

I have no idea how this town is districted and they don’t make it easy for anyone to know off the top of their head.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Noticed Around Brattleboro - Summer 2025 Edition

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:35:09 +0000

This morning as well as two mornings ago near Hannaford/Staples.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, High Blood Pressure Still #1 Killer

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:10:08 +0000

90 diastolic long accepted as ok is now problematic.

I get that lower (to a point) will stress the system less over time, but deciding that _80_ is desirable seems designed to sell drugs. Trying to drop from […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, US Army Helicopter Circling over Brattleboro 6.27.25

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:46:34 +0000

did the helicopter hover?
also over what part of town?

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, Change All Your Passwords

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:31:58 +0000

The recent leak of over 16 000 000 000 passwords is quite serious and was reported when the world was hardly looking. At the time of this writing it was scrubbed from the major US news outlets.

There’s all […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Taking a Stand on No Kings Day

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 21:48:09 +0000

it serves the interests of those in charge of the American empire and nothing more

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Taking a Stand on No Kings Day

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 21:46:14 +0000

I will not support warmongering.
Don’t Forget That.

It’s tragic you know a young man who thinks there’s glory in killing.
Do we really want another stone in Malfunction Junction?

Enjoy your sevenbuck gas […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Traffic Advisory for Downtown Brattleboro on June 14

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:03:14 +0000

I’m torn between Free Luigi and Free the Flotilla myself.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, My Conscience is a Thought Crime

Wed, 21 May 2025 23:18:57 +0000

ABC CBS NBC Fox CNN refused to cover it at all.

More from independent NYC news: https://hellgatenyc.com/crown-heights-mob-attack-nypd-chabad-ben-gvir/

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, My Conscience is a Thought Crime

Wed, 21 May 2025 21:42:09 +0000

This is a reply to The Shalom Alliance’s piece printed two weeks ago in The Commons (https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/814/814000_shalom-alliance) and last week in The Reformer:

The imps infesting the […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Making Deals With The Mongol Horde

Sat, 17 May 2025 01:38:34 +0000

Some years ago it was ventured that a sudden change in climate led to their horse becoming dominant.

They took China but not Japan as their boats were for river travel; the original kamikaze (“Divine Wind”) […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part VII - Spassky's Immortal Game

Fri, 16 May 2025 16:21:57 +0000

Part I: Spassky-Bronstein 1960 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/recreation-sports/2025/02/the-games-of-boris-spassky-part-i/

Part II: Spassky-Petrosian 1969 […]

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part VII - Spassky's Immortal Game

Fri, 16 May 2025 12:20:34 +0000

Known as the Match Of The Century two years prior to Spassky’s defense of his title against Fischer, the USSR v The Rest of the World match held in Belgrade during the spring of 1970 was a truly unique event […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Rain On His Parade

Sun, 04 May 2025 18:46:52 +0000

I’m for it in principle, and certainly for the forthcoming ludicrous display.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Disconnected

Sun, 04 May 2025 18:33:40 +0000

yes you made a budget and that didn’t work out

ignoring the word “new” makes your reply largely irrelevant

and it’s all sour grapes when “whatever plan this new board comes up with will create a mess”

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Disconnected

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:04:20 +0000

try making a new, serious suggestion that addresses the current shortfall

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Fire Department Suggests Hiring More Staff To Lower Costs; No Major Changes To Safety Budgets

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:42:47 +0000

He makes about two dozen comments, only a few are a paragraph long and they’re cogent.

What exactly is your issue with Isaac? The charge of mismannered NGOspeak is not evidenced in this transcript.

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part VI - Fischer-Spassky 1992 Game 5

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:56:56 +0000

Part I: Spassky-Bronstein 1960 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/recreation-sports/2025/02/the-games-of-boris-spassky-part-i/

Part II: Spassky-Petrosian 1969 […]

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part VI - Fischer-Spassky 1992 Game 5

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:57:25 +0000

The 1992 Fischer-Spassky match was a race to ten wins; if tied at 9, the match would be abandoned as “undecided”. After four games both players had one win; Fischer opted for “Spanish Torture”, improving on move […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, More Buildings Open for Occupancy at SIT in Brattleboro

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:19:20 +0000

then the layman could at least map the incident

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part V - Fischer-Spassky 1992 Game 4

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:06:51 +0000

Part I: Spassky-Bronstein 1960 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/recreation-sports/2025/02/the-games-of-boris-spassky-part-i/

Part II: Spassky-Petrosian 1969 […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part V - Fischer-Spassky 1992 Game 4

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:02:54 +0000

If 50. .. Bxh5 51. b7 and the pawn queens
If 50. .. Kf7 51. Ra7+ followed by b6-b7 and the pawn queens

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part V - Fischer-Spassky 1992 Game 4

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:41:26 +0000

The 1992 Fischer-Spassky match in UN-sanctioned Yugoslavia was highly consequential to the sport of chess. At five million dollars with the winner taking two-thirds, the purse was was astronomical. No chess e […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, More Buildings Open for Occupancy at SIT in Brattleboro

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:11:30 +0000

just another normal Spring day in Brattleboro
nothing to see here

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part IV

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:49:29 +0000

Part I: Spassky-Bronstein 1960 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/recreation-sports/2025/02/the-games-of-boris-spassky-part-i/

Part II: Spassky-Petrosian 1969 […]

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part IV

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:03:18 +0000

Later in his career Spassky produced a sparkling gem during the 1988 Bundesliga against that year’s French Champion Gilles Andruet.

The first two dozen moves are as conventional as can be with measured […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Noticed Around Brattleboro - Winter 2024-25

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:56:56 +0000

I posted ages ago that they were “going” out of business. Several weeks later those signs were taken down and it seemed that the ship was righted. I only noticed today the completely empty space.

It’s too […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part III - Match of the Century Game 11

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:15:08 +0000

Part I: Spassky-Bronstein 1960 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/recreation-sports/2025/02/the-games-of-boris-spassky-part-i/

Part II: Spassky-Petrosian 1969 […]

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part III - Match of the Century Game 11

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:01:22 +0000

The 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavik saw Spassky’s early two-game lead become a three-game deficit after Fischer won games 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10. In the face of such dire straits, Spassky chose to enter F […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part II

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:45:58 +0000

Part I

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part II

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:34:21 +0000

Spassky became the Tenth World Champion in 1969, overcoming Tigran Petrosian in a tightly-contested match. Here the Challenger becomes Champion by exploiting minor missteps to achieve a material advantage w […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Brattleboro Election Night Email Report - Unofficial Results

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:25:09 +0000

July ends midday because Simon Says So and Does So With A Snark.
The ballot articles begin with 2 because Simon Says So and Does So With A Snark.

but please lecture me about difficult

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Brattleboro Election Night Email Report - Unofficial Results

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:18:42 +0000

There will be an apple-to-apples comparison to the American turnout when the Liberals call for a federal election perhaps two months from now.

There’s many movements that could have traction if they found a way […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Brattleboro Election Night Email Report - Unofficial Results

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:53:23 +0000

of course

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Zelensky- Trump Setup

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:54:31 +0000

“We must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny and only in such a world will our own freedom be secure… we have made a national pledge to help South Vietnam defend its […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part I

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:50:34 +0000

The variation beginning with 13. Qe2 should end with the evaluation = (not +-)

In the final position, after 23… Kh8 White wins with 24. Rxf8+ and 25. Ng6+

IM Holland Mills wrote a new post, The Games of Boris Spassky - Part I

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:48:20 +0000

This game, from the 1960 USSR Championship played in Leningrad, Spassky’s birthplace, was famous in its own right at the time and served as inspiration for the chess game featured in the James Bond film From […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Overnight Snow Removal Scheduled for Downtown Brattleboro Streets

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:08:28 +0000

Estey Street is notable for its omission. The impression in the snow of the little kids trudging absurdly hard up to Esteyville proper (presumably the school at the top of the hill) should trigger better […]

IM Holland Mills commented on the post, Letter Regarding Human Service Organizations Funding

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:38:41 +0000

I am sympathetic to the sentiment.

You are opining about the most blasted confusing options I’ve ever seen on a ballot. There are five (5) options ranging from zero to some bizarre gradient. I have serious […]