A Brattleboro fentanyl dealer and host of a drug making operation was given credit for time served in exchange for a guilty plea.
Jeffries: Angel on His Shoulder
Political cartoonist remembers former Vermont Gov. Richard Snelling – and what he might have said about mask mandates.
The Season of the Political Witch: Manipulation, Intimidation, Domination
We are in a season of manipulation, intimidation, and domination.
Water Cooler: schools at breaking point / inquiry into long medical wait times / high school locked down after weapon sighting
Please DON’T pass any new laws, school officials told the Legislature. They’ve got plenty to do deal with right now.
43% of October Covid fatalities fully vaccinated
Nine of the 21 October Covid-19 Vermont fatalities this month have been fully vaccinated.
Proposed raced-based hiring quota for Burlington cops criticized
Members of the Burlington Police Commission want a race-based hiring quota. A former city employee says that’s unconstitutional.
Controversial “Gender Queer” book in circulation at Essex High School library
A controversial graphic novel featuring explicit drawings of gay sex is in circulation at Essex High School.
Dark origins of Grimm’s fairy tales
The little-known, diabolically dark, gruesome, and gory ingredients of Grimm’s fairy tales.
Bats on the move, with a reputation to improve
Bats get moving in the fall. It’s a good time to learn about Vermont’s nine native bat species.
VT Fish & Wildlife teaches ‘scats and tracks’ for young students
Vermont Fish and Wildlife is offering a virtual program for elementary school classes designed to get kids outside with their teacher and learn about Vermont’s local wildlife.
My search for Brandon
In a fit of flabbergasty, I yelled out blasphemously, ‘Let’s Go Brandon!’
Water Cooler: Can Vermonters be trusted to use ‘personal responsibility’? / Possible cyberattack at Berlin school / Rte. 7 closure for 4 weeks
WCAX asks if Vermonters can be trusted to use personal responsibility, as Gov. Phil Scott requested.
Waterbury school name changed because namesake owned slaves
The Thatcher of Thatcher Brook Primary School in Waterbury was discovered to be a slave owner. Time for a name change.
Burlington rock-tosser jailed
A man who smashed a window at a Burlington homeless shelter, injured a shelter worker, slashed tires, broke a social service door, and damaged the auditorium in City Hall was jailed pending arraignment.
Billado won’t seek re-election as GOP chair
The Vermont Republican Party will have a new chair soon. Deb Billado has declined to run for re-election.
Flemming: the Mack Truck headed straight for you
High taxes, unapproved by Legislature. Bans on heating and cooking with gas and oil. Fewer cows! Electric vehicles ONLY. Gosh, what’s not to like about Vermont’s proposed “Global Warming Solutions”?
Condos: Beware mal-information! Trust only primary, official sources
“Mal-information” can lead to violence, Secretary of State Jim Condos says. So ‘look only to primary, official sources for your information.’
Dr. Reider: pushing Covid shot on children is medical abuse
Is it ethical to use children as a means to protect the old and frail, particularly when that strategy has never been proven? Haven’t they sacrificed and suffered enough?
Mar-Anon: helping families of marijuana abusers since 1993
Mar-Anon will help Vermont families struggling with a loved one’s marijuana abuse.
Fatal Shooting in Addison
An Addison man is dead of an accident/self-inflicted gunshot wound.
State trooper injured in crash
A state trooper suffered minor injuries when a car pulled out in front of his vehicle on Rte. 2 in Danville, abruptly ending his pursuit of another car.
Evslin: Climate crowd should count trees, too
Vermont’s REAL carbon numbers show we’re already well on our way to meeting stringent goals.
The Great Halloween Radio Hoax of 1938
“The evidence of our eyes lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.”
Video: Putney grad helps Soros bankroll U.S. media
George Soros is getting financial help from a Putney School grad and fellow billionaire to bankroll the U.S. media.
Teen killed in West Haven crash
A West Haven teen was killed after his Subaru struck a vehicle trying to pass a tractor-trailer on Rte. 22A.
Water Cooler: latest in padlocked women case / Burlington homeless to move along / Cat V. promoted to WCAX anchor / ER voyeur gets plea deal / Pedestrian killed on Rte. 15
A New York man faces a firearms charge in the Rutland drug and human trafficking case in which women were padlocked into residences.
Wife-killer cut up body and stuffed parts into bags, court records say
Joseph Ferlazzo went out for breakfast the morning after shooting his 22-year-old wife twice in the head during an anniversary celebration trip in their camper Saturday October 16 in Bolton, according to court records.
Only 30 Vermonters re-infected with symptomatic Covid
Just 30 Vermonters who had Covid symptoms have recovered and then got them again. Natural immunity?
Biden admin to ‘educate’ cops who refuse vax
CLG collects interesting headlines and links from national and world media. Learn about the two-tiered society in New Zealand – the “haves” with vaccine passports and the “have nots” without.
Keelan: Renewable power anything but ‘local’
The climate mongers want Vermont to stop sending energy money out of state. Problem: almost all of the wood pellet, hydro and nuclear power we’ll need to replace fossil fuels must be bought from out of state.
Davis: Alec Baldwin was responsible
Alec Baldwin personally broke every single rule of basic firearm safety that exists, the president of the Gun Owners of Vermont says.
Coggin: Hackers target Americans’ drinking water supply
Hackers attacked a Maine water treatment system in July. The government didn’t report it until mid-October. Nationwide, drinking water systems are vulnerable to ransomware demands.
Putney school grad joins with Soros to bankroll U.S. media
A graduate of the politically-progressive Putney School is teaming up with George Soros to bankroll local media around the country.
The Jeffries Cartoon: You Have to Be Taught How To Hate
Water Cooler: Murder suspect killed wife, then ate lunch at Maxi’s / Burlington cops seek stabbing suspect
Workers at a Waterbury restaurant are creeped out that a man who police say had just killed his wife then sat down for lunch with his sister and brother-in-law.
Vax-only strategy not working, time for mask mandate, lawmakers say
An 89% vaccination rate of eligible Vermonters hasn’t stopped the pandemic. Some lawmakers now want an indoor mask mandate, too.
All schools must stay masked until January 18
Masking will remain in all Vermont public schools until January 18.
Tennessee senator implores Sanders to stop unlimited Green Cards for Big Tech
Bernie’s all about good jobs for Americans. So why does his “Build Back Better” legislation eliminate caps on green cards for foreign workers employed by Big Tech?
First UVM hoopster to play in NBA released by Rockets
Anthony Lamb, former UVM basketball star and the first Catamount to play in the NBA, was just released by his team.
Climate Council Crack Up
A Mack truck of expensive climate reduction recommendations are coming our way. State officials are already preparing for the worst – electorally speaking.
Conflict of interest in NEK ‘equity’ instruction?
Members of the board of directors of school ‘equity’ contractors are also on local school boards awarding contracts. Conflict of interest?
Young socialist admits socialism hasn’t worked anywhere
The misery of American Indians is due in part to the federal government imposing socialism on native peoples, Charlie Kirk tells a UVM socialist.
Spence: single-member House districts benefit minorities
The Vermont Legislature should walk the talk about systemic racism and do away with multi-member House districts, which minority leaders in Vermont and nationwide say do harm to minority representation.
Water Cooler: nurses needed / volunteers build kitchen at Burlington homeless camp / repeat offender in Burlington / the Baldwin effect: ban real guns in movies
Solution to Baldwin movie killing: give the guns to computers.
Liberal D/Progs demand new State of Emergency, mask mandate
Liberal D’s and Progs demand another State of Emergency and a universal mask mandate. The nation’s highest vaccination rate and all of the vax mandates just aren’t working, apparently.
Lawmaker: Legislature ignored reapportionment recommendations a decade ago
Two weeks ago the Legislative Apportionment Board recommended single-seat districts ONLY in the Vermont House of Representatives. Will the House ignore the LAB recommendation? It’s happened before, Rep. Mark Higley says.
Drunken man denied alcohol purchase, dies in gunfire
When a Greensboro man intervened on behalf of a Hardwick store clerk, the drunken man denied the purchase of alcohol accosted the Greensboro man at his home – and was shot dead, police say.
Prayer vigil participant pelted with eggs
A prayer vigil participant in front of the Barre Planned Parenthood was pelted with eggs.
No sexual identity in sex ed, Agency of Ed advises teachers
Don’t use the words ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ in sex ed. Girls are ‘people with uteruses.’ It’s all in the public school guidelines, thoughtfully provided by Outright Vermont and Planned Parenthood.
Another Windham County fire
At least the fourth fire in rural Windham County this month occurred Friday in an abandoned motel in Marlboro.
Eshelman: bipolar America
America oscillates between moral arrogance and ritualized self-abasement.
Fauci best paid fed ($432,000)
NEW FEATURE – National News Updates you won’t read anywhere else, from CLG.
Law school can hide anti-slavery mural, judge rules
Vermont Law School can cover up an anti-slavery mural painted inside one of its buildings in 1993, a judge ruled last week.
Women padlocked behind doors freed, trafficking suspected
Women padlocked into Rutland apartments were freed Friday by Homeland Security and State Police tactical teams.
Weaponizing the IRS
If Biden REALLY wants to stop tax evasion among the rich, why would he target bank accounts and transactions of $600?
McClaughry: school choice would lower heat on CRT
Vermont’s professional class of educators agrees: decisions about our children’s education are too important to be left to unqualified parents.
Water Cooler: prepping for Afghans / selectboard member recalled / Maria von Trapp daughter dies / embezzlement in Dorset
Today’s headlines from Vermont media.
Biden banking nominee’s Soviet-style economics ‘might make even Bernie Sanders blush’
Saule Omarova is an enthusiastic supporter of centralized government planning, which resulted in constant, massive food shortages in the Soviet Union in which she was born.
Fatal shooting in Greensboro
A 27-year-old East Hardwick man was shot to death Wednesday.
Evslin: how many have died due to booster delay?
Inaction by the Biden administration is killing people willing to be vaccinated by denying them the shots they need.
Rehabbed bald eagle back in The Wild
An injured adult bald eagle that went through three months of ‘rehab’ was released back into the wild in Berlin on October 20.
Water Cooler: VT principals crack down on sporting events / school meals affected by supply chain woes / Airport manager wants his job back
As school principals crack down on sexist and racist comments at high school games, a black Winooski soccer player is looking at possible assault charges for head-butting an Enosburg player. It’s all in today’s Water Cooler.
Ferlazzo shot wife in head twice, police say
Emily Ferlazzo died when her husband Joseph shot her twice in the head with a handgun Saturday in their converted bus/camper, police say.
VT podcaster predicted pandemic, vax mandates in September 2019
Her language may be salty but Claudia Stauber of ‘Cabin Talk’ in September 2019 accurately predicted the coming pandemic and vaccine mandates.
Bloody side-view mirror leads to arrest in fatal hit-and-run
The side-view mirror that broke off when a pickup truck killed Mendon pedestrian Henry Miles was traced back to its owner, Dylan Gunnip of Rutland, police say.
Fatal collision with tractor-trailer
A Fairfax man is dead after his Volvo struck a tractor-trailer head-on in Sheldon.
Gagne: a living child is a sign of hope
A woman’s lost sense of dignity is not restored when she is lying on her back with her feet in stirrups having the contents of her uterus sucked out.
Pandemic $$ awarded to fight dumping untreated wastewater
The Scott administration is targeting federal ARPA money to help towns and cities eliminate the need to dump combined stormwater/wastewater into lakes and streams.
Water Cooler: Permanent housing for homeless / Charlie Kirk / 235-year old home torn down
The Scott administration’s decision to extend homeless hotel funding through Dec. 31 isn’t good enough for some advocates.
Navy Seabee, former VT lawmaker explains decision to vax
We can never become a force that weighs its obedience against our own political ideologies. “Embrace the suck” or get out.
So far in October, 47% VT Covid fatalities were fully vaccinated
Slightly less than half of Vermont’s October’s Covid-19 fatalities were fully vaccinated.
Hospital treatment for Covid-19 described
Patients with Covid-19 admitted to Vermont hospitals are treated with oxygen, anti-inflammatories, and (sometimes) the anti-viral drug remdesivir.
Burlington Council progs relent, agree to hire more cops
Two Burlington City Council Progressives finally saw the light and agreed to hire more cops. Politically incorrect from a cultural Marxist point of view, and maybe ineffective too. Who would want to be a cop in Burlington?
Pandemic relief $$ to weatherize 550 homes
$7.9 million of fed $$ will help the Scott administration weatherize 60% more homes.
Essex school board chair resigns, replacement sought
The chair of the Essex-Westford school board – now living in Grand Isle County – has resigned. The board will select a replacement to serve until April.
Husband murdered wife in Bolton, police say
The 41-year-old husband of a 22-year woman will be arraigned today for murdering her in their bus in Bolton Saturday.
Biden to revise $600 IRS oversight to $10K
Backlash against the Biden plan to give the IRS oversight over bank accounts and transactions of more than $600.
Violence in Vermont classroom not isolated incident
To some Vermonters, the well-publicized incident of a seven-year-old trashing a classroom and terrorizing fellow students illustrates the need for school choice.
Fully-vaxxed VT hospitalizations up 9% last week, less/non-vaxxed down 2%
The rate of hospitalization among fully vaxxed is up nine percent. It’s down two percent among the less/non-vaxxed.
The Jeffries Cartoon
Senator Sanders prepares for his next rally
Water Cooler: ACLU calls Burlington evictions ‘cruel’ / Sanders attacks Manchin in hometown paper / getting the lead out in Bennington costs $11 mil / cops down, crime up in Burlington
The Burlington City Council has – at last – recognized that defunding police seems to lead to more crime. Imagine that. The city’s businesses have known this all along…..
Charlie Kirk calls Vermont “God’s gift to America” – but he doesn’t mean our politics
Charlie Kirk visited Vermont as a child and considers the Green Mountain State “one of God’s gifts to America.” But he didn’t mean our politics.
MISSING: 22-year-old NH wife, cops seeking husband
A Northfield, NH woman was last seen walking on the Bolton Valley Resort Access Road on Saturday.
Kelly: ‘What about all the good done at Planned Parenthood?’
Ultimately, Planned Parenthood is an abortion business.
Thief targets tailpipe at park-and-ride
It’s hard to explain to state troopers why you’re cutting off an exhaust pipe at a park-and-ride.
Tesla hits telephone pole, driver airlifted
When the Tesla hit the telephone pole in Alburg Tuesday morning, it took out the power locally and injured the driver severely enough to need airlifting to the hospital.
“Containergeddon” blamed on California emissions rules
Beginning October 1, the Port of Los Angeles refused entry to tractor-trailors more than seven years old. This climate change measure is contributing to the current supply chain bottleneck at West Coast ports.
Mazur: Wheels coming off Biden’s wagon
How many ways have things gone wrong since January 20? Frank Mazur is keeping track. It’s a big job.
Krauss: Is Legislature cheating citizens?
One-member House districts allow candidates to meet voters, and vice-versa.
Ingalls: Don’t restrict hunting with dogs
The feds want to restrict hunting with dogs in the big Silvio Conte wildlife area in Eastern Vermont. A Northeast Kingdom state senator is asking our federal delegation to let the hunting continue.
Single member House district plan sent to Towns for review
Every Vermont municipal Board of Civil Authority will review an advisory plan for single-member districts only in the Vermont House of Representatives.
Evslin: ‘Require’ better than ‘mandate’
Maybe we could have worded it better.
Thayer: “We The Parents” hold school boards accountable
Americans are finally holding the CRT Equity bagmen on the school boards accountable.
Haupt: Want to stop eugenics? Scrap Proposal 5
A Jericho mother of a Down Syndrome child says abortion is reducing the number of babies born with Down syndrome each year by one-third. And yet, this eugenic practice is what the Legislature wants enshrined in the state Constitution.
Water Cooler: Drag Night at BHS Football Game / saving the turtles / ‘suffering through’ Fox News
Halftime at the BHS homecoming game featured young men and women dressed in clothing of the opposite sex.
Burlington requires vax for new hires – no exceptions
City of Burlington requires that all new hires be vaccinated – and there’s no “or weekly testing” option. You want the job? Get the jab.
IT’S ON! Charlie Kirk to expose CRT Marxist roots tonight
A leftist group’s attempts to cancel Charlie Kirk’s visit to UVM tonight actually moved his speech CLOSER to most UVM students. The doors at the Doubletree – Hilton (former Sheraton) open at 6:30 pm.
Billado: Even Lincoln?
To be honored by the woke mob, and to be left to rest in peace, they are demanding that Lincoln literally pardon murderers and rapists.
Deer jackers shoot at witness
A Waterford man last Friday night was following a pickup truck driven by a deer jacker when the latter fired a rifle round at his windshield.
Political vandalism in Barre, Bennington unsolved
Police don’t know who defaced the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Bennington.
