PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "PT taking advantage of tech improvements over holidays"
NOTE: A reader sent PT an email in the middle of the night about an incident in the 1400 block of East 7th Street a little past midnight. The reader estimates upward of 50 people were involved in a noisy altercation which spilled out of a house near Terrill Road on the normally quiet block. Within 5 minutes, 2 prowl cars arrived -- and evidently radioed for assistance, as the reader reports a total of SEVEN police vehicles were ultimately at the scene. The crowd gradually dispersed once the police arrived in force, and the reader reports the incident ended without any arrests in about ten minutes or so from the cops' arrival. 'A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'
Crime: "Burglary arrest" -- This is only the 2nd time PT has noticed a Plainfield item in the 'Police Blotter' section since the Courier began it; it appears the items are posted by the local police departments.
Duer Street/Madison Avenue Bridge: "Contract awarded for bridge project"
Knucklehead Drivers?: "Web site welcomes motorist reports of bad driving" -- The PlateWire site is here.
Rex Bedding Fire: "Authorities searching for causes of 3 major fires"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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WHITE HOUSE OVERREACHING DETAILED______________________________________________________
A tale of White House fear and overreaching.
After the White House intervened in the normal prepublication review by the CIA to ascertain whether classified information was being disclosed, the following New York Times Op-Ed was redacted, prohibiting the mention of certain items.
The CIA told the writers that -- on its own -- the agency had concluded there was NO breach of classified information, but that the wishes of the White House were being followed.
The New York Times published the redacted Op-Ed yesterday, along with an explanation by the writers, former NSA and Foreign Service professionals, of what had taken place.
IN ADDITION, the Times published links to each and every redacted item, showing that the material is easily publicly available and not classified.
You can see for yourself what the White House was so interested in the public NOT reading.
"What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran" (and the "Redacted Version of Original Op-Ed")
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
MIA: Print edition has a story on the arrest of Central Ward Councilor Dana Rone for obstructing the administration of law. Details are provided by Rutgers-Newark police chief Michael Lattimore. The Ledger story outlines numerous examples of high officials interfering with police exercising their duty.
James Investigation: "Absent computers sought in widening James probe"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. - Development: "Boardwalk Hall's the bait to reel in Wynn"
.......... - Murders: "A Wealth of Leads, but No Arrests"
Duke Rape Case - SL: "Rape charges dropped but other accusations remain"
..... - NYT: "Charges of Rape Against 3 at Duke Are Abandoned"
EWR: "Continental wins approval for new landing system"
Homeland Security: "Chemical plants face new rules on security"
Port Authority: "PA says it's intent on protecting PATH tunnels"
Real Estate: "High-flying Wall St. bonuses are landing at luxury estates"
UMDNJ: "Yet another whistleblower files suit against UMDNJ"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Uncle Samta Wants You. Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Draft - NYT: "Flurry of Calls About Draft, and a Day of Denials"
Iraq - SL: "Gates to lay out his thinking on war policy today for Bush"
..... - LAT: "The Legacy of Lawrence of Arabia"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Obituary: "Mary Forni, spotted 2 spies left by Nazi U-boat on Maine coast" -- Maine Today profiled her experience in 2003. We forget how much German espionage was a concern during WWII, resulting in such popular films as "Confessions of a Nazi Spy", "The House on 92nd Street", and "Call Northside 777".
Missing Opposites: "How I met my wife" -- Gruntled? Kempt? Chalant? When some opposites are missing, can sense be made?
Movie Review: (The Good Shepherd) "Company Man: Hush, Hush, Sweet Operative"
Payday Loans: "Seductively Easy, Payday Loans Often Snowball"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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Plainfield Today: "PT taking advantage of tech improvements over holidays"
NOTE: A reader sent PT an email in the middle of the night about an incident in the 1400 block of East 7th Street a little past midnight. The reader estimates upward of 50 people were involved in a noisy altercation which spilled out of a house near Terrill Road on the normally quiet block. Within 5 minutes, 2 prowl cars arrived -- and evidently radioed for assistance, as the reader reports a total of SEVEN police vehicles were ultimately at the scene. The crowd gradually dispersed once the police arrived in force, and the reader reports the incident ended without any arrests in about ten minutes or so from the cops' arrival. 'A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'
Crime: "Burglary arrest" -- This is only the 2nd time PT has noticed a Plainfield item in the 'Police Blotter' section since the Courier began it; it appears the items are posted by the local police departments.
Duer Street/Madison Avenue Bridge: "Contract awarded for bridge project"
Knucklehead Drivers?: "Web site welcomes motorist reports of bad driving" -- The PlateWire site is here.
Rex Bedding Fire: "Authorities searching for causes of 3 major fires"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
- Tomorrow: Dec 24. 6 PM. Christmas Eve Musical Concert. Shiloh Baptist Church, 515 West 4th Street. Liturgical dance. Choirs: Young Peoples', Women's Day, and Mass. FREE.
- Monday: Dec. 25. Noon - 3 PM. Holiday Meal. First Unitarian Society, 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.
- Saturday: Dec. 30. 1 - 6 PM. Kwanzaa Celebration. Sponsored by the Division of Recreation and Mayor Robinson-Briggs. Washington Community School. FREE.
- Sunday: Dec. 31. 10 PM. Watch Night Service. First-Park and Shiloh Baptist churches will join together at Shiloh Baptist Church, 515 West 4th Street. FREE.
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
WHITE HOUSE OVERREACHING DETAILED______________________________________________________
A tale of White House fear and overreaching.
After the White House intervened in the normal prepublication review by the CIA to ascertain whether classified information was being disclosed, the following New York Times Op-Ed was redacted, prohibiting the mention of certain items.
The CIA told the writers that -- on its own -- the agency had concluded there was NO breach of classified information, but that the wishes of the White House were being followed.
The New York Times published the redacted Op-Ed yesterday, along with an explanation by the writers, former NSA and Foreign Service professionals, of what had taken place.
IN ADDITION, the Times published links to each and every redacted item, showing that the material is easily publicly available and not classified.
You can see for yourself what the White House was so interested in the public NOT reading.
"What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran" (and the "Redacted Version of Original Op-Ed")
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
MIA: Print edition has a story on the arrest of Central Ward Councilor Dana Rone for obstructing the administration of law. Details are provided by Rutgers-Newark police chief Michael Lattimore. The Ledger story outlines numerous examples of high officials interfering with police exercising their duty.
James Investigation: "Absent computers sought in widening James probe"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
A.C. - Development: "Boardwalk Hall's the bait to reel in Wynn"
.......... - Murders: "A Wealth of Leads, but No Arrests"
Duke Rape Case - SL: "Rape charges dropped but other accusations remain"
..... - NYT: "Charges of Rape Against 3 at Duke Are Abandoned"
EWR: "Continental wins approval for new landing system"
Homeland Security: "Chemical plants face new rules on security"
Port Authority: "PA says it's intent on protecting PATH tunnels"
Real Estate: "High-flying Wall St. bonuses are landing at luxury estates"
UMDNJ: "Yet another whistleblower files suit against UMDNJ"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Uncle Samta Wants You. Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Draft - NYT: "Flurry of Calls About Draft, and a Day of Denials"
Iraq - SL: "Gates to lay out his thinking on war policy today for Bush"
..... - LAT: "The Legacy of Lawrence of Arabia"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Obituary: "Mary Forni, spotted 2 spies left by Nazi U-boat on Maine coast" -- Maine Today profiled her experience in 2003. We forget how much German espionage was a concern during WWII, resulting in such popular films as "Confessions of a Nazi Spy", "The House on 92nd Street", and "Call Northside 777".
Missing Opposites: "How I met my wife" -- Gruntled? Kempt? Chalant? When some opposites are missing, can sense be made?
Movie Review: (The Good Shepherd) "Company Man: Hush, Hush, Sweet Operative"
Payday Loans: "Seductively Easy, Payday Loans Often Snowball"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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