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Postgin delayed one day as Blogger ID'ed it as 'spamblog'. Sorry for delay. Still kludging. Am posting to the blog, and will give a catch-up when my system is restored............;-(
--Dan
12/21/2005 - Wednesday - First day of Winter
CLIPPINGS is also online here - where you can track down new and old postings and stories
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY
The Ledger has a story on the Plainfield teachers-Board of Ed negotiation in print today. Not online.
Drake House: "Plainfield museum closes to public to begin $1.2 million restoration project"
Airplane Noise - Helga Roberts is heard from: "Residents hope airspace changes mean quiet nights"
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....... |....About 900 people use Plainfield's Raritan....|
....... |....Valley Line service daily and will be........|
....... |....impacted by the strike.......................|
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....... |....- NJ TRANSIT ADVISORY PAGE is here...........|
....... |....- NYC STRIKE CONTINGENCY PLANS ARE here .....|
....... |....- NJDOT STRIKE CONTINGENCY PLANS ARE here....|
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....... |....- NY TIMES COMPLETE COVERAGE INDEX IS here...|
....... |....- and a PDF map for getting around is here...|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Linden: "Brothers sue the son of Linden mayor over kidnapping trauma"
North Plainfield: "Disabled teen to appeal verdict"
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Schools: "Union, schools deadlocked on contract, goes to fact-finding phase"
Middlesex County: "Most of 9 towns face residents who put out curbside piles when they feel like it"
Piscataway: "House being demolished falls on neighbor's home"
Warren: "Condos planned for site of O'Connor's Beef 'N Ale House, Friday is last day"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine Transition: "Corzine appoints more key advisers to Statehouse jobs"
.................... - Tom Moran, Ledger: "Jails chief becomes a prisoner of politics"
Menendez:
Gangs: "Newark youths from Gang Awareness Program speak up against gangs"
Housing Development - Newark: "Below-market deals stirs Ras Barak to open Newark debate"
High School Sports:
.................... - Ledger: "Steroid testing of high school athletes in state tournaments starts next fall"
.................... - Courier: "Codey orders steroid testing for high-school athletes in championships"
.................... - NY Times: "New Jersey Plans Broad Steroid Testing for School Sports"
Muslim Profiling: "AG to cops: Don't use ethnicity, faith to target terror suspects"
Paid Family Leave: "Jersey group puts a price on cost of paid family leave"
Retirees - Ledger: "State retirees facing big hike --nearly double-- in drug fees"
...............Courier - "Retirees to see higher drug costs"
Schools - Abbott - Editorial, Courier: "No choice but to spend more on poor schools"
SCI - Ledger: "Probers say tax collection firm favored Treasury staffers with gifts, then bilked state"
.................... - Courier"Firm plied officials with gifts while padding its bills"
UMDNJ - Ledger: "Ultimatum to UMDNJ: Accept financial takeover or face prosecution"
.................... - "The scene: Trustees' visitor lays down the law"
.................... - "'Deferred prosecution': A powerful snare, with an escape"
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NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - Editorial, Ledger: "Runaway president needs reining in"
.................... - Slate: "Bush's Bogus Analogy: In 1998, the Washington Times tipped off Osama. In 2005, the New York Times didn't."
.................... - AP: "Analysis: Bush Leaves Out Bad News on Iraq"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair: "Lobbyist Is Said to Discuss Plea and Testimony"
.......... - CIA's Secret Prisons:
.................... - Spacewar: "U.K. Minister Lied Over CIA Flights"
.................... - Independent [UK]: "Police investigate CIA's use of British airports"
.......... - DeLay: "Donors Underwrite DeLay's Deluxe Lifestyle"
.......... - Domestic spying - News
A reference resource: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is online here [Westlaw]
.................... - Washington Post: "Spy Court judge quits in protest; Concerned Bush order tainted secret panel's work"
......................... - "Analysis: Clash is latest chapter in Bush effort to widen executive power"
......................... - "FBI Papers Show Terror Inquiries Into PETA; Other Groups Tracked"
.................... - NY Times: "Spying Program Snared Purely Domestic U.S. Calls"
.................... - Christian Science Monitor: "Can the government spy on citizens without a warrant?"
.......... - Domestic spying - Reactions:
............... - Defense of Bush
.................... - NY Times: "Cheney Defends Eavesdropping Without Warrants"
.................... - AP: "Cheney Says President Has Spying Authority"
.................... - AP: "Bush Ties Surveillance to 9/11 Law"
.................... - Washington Post: "White House Elaborates on Authority for Eavesdropping
............... - Criticism of Bush
.................... - Newsweek: "Bush’s Snoopgate"
....................... "The president was so desperate to kill The New York Times’ eavesdropping story,
......................... he summoned the paper’s editor and publisher to the Oval Office. But it wasn’t just
......................... out of concern about national security."
.................... - The Nation: "John Nichols: Raising the Issue of Impeachment"
.................... - Reuters: "Senators seek probe of Bush's spying orders"
.................... - Sen. Byrd, West Virginia: "No President Is Above the Law"
.................... - Congress - House: "Conyers' Resolution calling for investigation [PDF]"
.................... - Salon: "David Cole: Bush defied a major Supreme Court ruling to authorize hundreds of wiretaps"
.................... - Rep. John Lewis, Georgia: "Lewis Calls for Bush Impeachment"
.................... - Sen. Barbara Boxer, California: "Boxer asks scholarly opinions about possibility of 'impeachable offense'"
National Security Agency - Slate: "Listening in and naming names; The old tricks of the National Security Agency"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Chanukah: "Traditions of Chanukah, spoken and eaten"
Donating your old car to charity?: "IRS Clarifies Vehicle Gift Tax Deductions"
Intelligent Design: "Judge Bars Intelligent Design from Pennsyvania Biology Curriculum"
.......... - Analysis: "Defending Science by Defining It"
.......... - Excerpts from ruling are here and a PDF file of the complete ruling is here
Google maps: "Governments Tremble at Google's Bird's-Eye View"
Obituary: "Joseph Owades Dies at 86; The Father of Light Beer"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding:
Mississippi - Rebuilding: "Canvas Cities Rise Amid Hurricane's Rubble"
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