Unlike Madeline Kunin, many Democratic and Progressive feminists are silent about the Taliban’s harsh treatment of women, says an Addison County doctor who has worked and traveled extensively in the Muslim world.
Thurston: Feminists & the Taliban
Guy Page
Guy Page is the editor and publisher of the Vermont Daily Chronicle.
Billado: American embarrassment
If you attack our cities, if you prohibit your own citizens from owning a satellite dish, if you condone throwing vats of acid in the faces of unveiled women, then you have lost all right to call yourself a government.
McClaughry: Afghanistan collapse, Vermont opportunity
Loyal friends of America are being butchered waiting for State Department approval for special immigration visas.
Roper: “Hangry’ tourists have government to thank
The ongoing taxpayer-paid vacation is leading to ‘hangry’ tourists and cancelled bus tours.
Disabled homeless to benefit from settlement
A legal settlement expands emergency housing services for disabled Vermonters.
Water Cooler: Jurors in bathrobes? / classrooms reopening / SNAP benefits to increase / preparing for Henri
Vermont civil court may allow some jurors to work from home. A sex offender is charged with extortion re: photos. And schools are reopening classrooms for returning children.
Fatal crash in Hartland / armed robbery / tractor stolen
Vermont State Police report a fatal car crash, a Shoreham armed robbery, and a stolen tractor – and their hiring of a new victim services officer.
Armed robbery in milking parlor
A dairy farm milking parlor was the scene of an assault and robbery August 9 in Shoreham.
Williamstown bar sex assault suspect nabbed
The man police say sexually assaulted a woman outside a Williamstown bar is in custody of New Hampshire police.
Desautels: Drug dealers get fair trials – why not me, mask-free store owner asks
“Our system has failed us. It has failed us big time. I am turning to you, the people, to get my story out so that in some small way it may help Vermonters keep our freedom. So that my story was not in vain.” – Newport store owner Michael Desautels
Archery deer season starts Oct. 1
Archery deer season starts in just five weeks.
State employee union wants more childcare benefits
Some state employees already receive $300/week reimbursement for child-care. Now their union wants more.
Update on Jummai Nache: pain and prayer
“The pain my wife is going through is 10 times the pain of the leg and hand amputations combined! Someone in the room said, “This is torture!” Humanly speaking it is heartbreaking and discouraging, but in the midst of both of us crying I heard a voice saying ‘Dear, stop crying, the Lord is healing me!’ That was the voice of Jummai.”
Vermonters earned less but spent more in July, thanks to fed $$
Vermonters’ overall personal income was down in July. One-time federal money stimulated personal spending and sales tax receipts.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Fri, Aug 20
A VT nursing home worries vax mandate will make staffing even harder. Montpelier revives municipal building mask mandate. Long Trail Day is next week.
Pressured to ‘take the jab,’ employees ask tough questions first
Pressured with ‘get the jab or lose your job,’ some Vermonters are demanding their boss first answer some tough questions.
Vax, masks, cop defunding, Prop 5, gun rights, CRT all on ‘Patriot Rally’ agenda
Experts on issues of concern to patriotic Vermonters will speak at a Patriot Rally at the State House this Saturday.
Johnny Bananas: My Interview with Evil
Rather than having the work done for you by Mr. Goody Two-Sandals, wokeness appeals to people’s desire to work when they don’t have to.
Two-tour Afghanistan vet worries about Taliban heroin
A retired Vermont National Guard officer worries that prime Afghan heroin laced with Chinese fentanyl will be easily smuggled across the southern border past Customs and Border Patrol workers preoccupied with the immigration crisis.
Health Dept. offers booster shots
The Vermont Health Dept. now offers booster shots at community-based pop-up clinics.
Virginia cops bust VT man who cut tracking bracelet
After cutting his tracking bracelet in Randolph, a Coventry man charged with domestic assault was arrested Thursday in Virginia, state police say.
Have you seen man who threatened victims with semi-auto at Maplefields?
Turns out the ‘customers’ the man was trying to sell a camera to in a Georgia convenience store parking lot were the lawful owners.
Water Cooler: Vax mandates legal, expert says / New tech jobs in H2Obury
Good news – 250 new tech jobs are scheduled to come to Waterbury. But where will they live? And what if they don’t want to be vaccinated?
Abortion at 17 – and still regretting it
My abortion represents the 99% of abortions performed. Even so, for me, It was an indescribable horror. That is MY experience.
Annette Smith: Climate Council oblivious to flood plain solar problems
The Vermont Climate Council needs a more nuanced approach to solar power development.
New chair sought for Act 250 oversight board
Gov. Scott is looking for a new chair for the Natural Resources Board, which oversees Act 250.
St. J fall festival cancelled due to ‘surging pandemic’
‘Surging pandemic concerns’ and lack of volunteers has led to the abrupt cancellation of next month’s Colors of the Kingdom Festival.
Scott welcomes Afghanistan refugees
Gov. Phil Scott has asked the State Department to send Afghan refugees to Vermont.
Chronicle Editorial: Cars = freedom
Road trips are the equivalent of human wings.
Cartoon: Play the Clottery!
Granitegrok.com cartoon: Play the Clottery
Water Cooler: TSA, Brattleboro reimpose mask mandate, schools lack paraeducators, booster shots coming
Mask mandates are coming back on some federal and local levels. And schools prep for another pandemic return to the school year.
Man who ‘keys’ cars fears FBI, Burlington police chief and prosecutor say
A man accused of keying more than 100 cars across Vermont fears FBI torture and needs mental help, the Burlington police chief and county prosecutor say.
Working for menstrual equity, teen donates 15,000 period products
What started as a teenager giving a tampon to friends in need has become a large-scale distribution project.
McClaughry: federal court ruling threatens VT age-21 gun purchase law
A federal court just ruled a 19-year-old woman has a right to own a gun. If upheld, the ruling could invalidate Vermont’s gun law setting the firearms purchase age at 21.
Stenger pleads guilty to EB-5 fraud
Businessman Bill Stenger has pleaded guilty to a felony in connection with the Northeast Kingdom EB-5 scandal.
Prog coasts to victory in Burlington’s Ward 3
In the end, Burlington’s crime epidemic and rent serfdom weren’t enough to move Ward 3 voters from their loyalty to the Progressive Party.
Friends of Craig Bensen to gather Saturday
Family and friends of Rev. Craig Bensen are invited to celebrate his life, legacy and consider how to continue his work at 2 PM, Saturday, August 21 at Hunger Mountain Christian Assembly on Rte. 100 in Waterbury Center.
BBQ with the Badge in Newport
A free family event August 26 in Newport will feature food, K-9 demonstrations, police cruiser tours, and a meet and greet with representatives of many law enforcement agencies.
Doctor/nurse conscience rights sacrificed to abortion lobby
The decision to drop the UVMMC lawsuit shows the Biden administration is bowing to the abortion lobby and abandoning Vermont health care workers’ conscience rights.
Juvenile detention center hearing August 25
A privately-run youth detention center in Newbury would replace the closed Woodside facility in Essex Junction.
Water Cooler – food stamps benefit hike permanent / controversial Covid-19 theories published / Cops seize guns after raiding home
A White River Junction publisher is ‘pushing Covid-19 conspiracy theories,” according to a VT news source. And cops took a man and his guns into custody after raiding his home.
The Oppression Olympics
Commentator Johnny Bananas imagines the Oppression Olympics.
Police seek Williamstown sex attack suspect
Police are seeking a 5′ 7″, short-haired man they suspect of aggravated sexual assault outside of a Williamstown bar.
Drones, dogs find missing boy
First responders used drones and dogs to find a missing 11-year-old boy last night in South Pomfret.
Don’t let crime epidemic spread from Burlington
One pandemic is bad enough. Burlington’s self-induced crime epidemic needs some tough medicine.
38% of new VT cases are ‘breakthrough’ vaccinated
It’s not just a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ anymore. But their disease rates are still much higher.
Water Cooler: EB-5 fraud guilty plea / Nightclub to require vax / Jenna’s House opens in Johnson / Class of 2020 gets diplomas / Whiffleball tourney goes bridge
A third man has pleaded guilty in the NEK EB-5 case. Politicians scurry from the spotlight. Meanwhile a popular South Burlington nightclub will require a vaccine passport.
‘Patriot Rally’ Saturday at State House
Experts on issues of concern to patriotic Vermonters will speak at a Patriot Rally at the State House this Saturday.
Video: Vax-skeptic journalists not welcome at guv’s press conference
Two vax-skeptic Vermont journalists have been refused a place at Gov. Phil Scott’s weekly press conferences.
Fatal Harley – UTV crash
A Harley-Davidson driver died after a UTV cut in front of him on Rte. 7 in Pownal Saturday night.
Former lawmaker makes emergency landing of bi-plane along I-89
A bi-plane co-piloted by a former Vermont lawmaker made an emergency landing near I-89 in Richmond Sunday afternoon.
Suspicious fire in Richmond
A Sunday morning fire that destroyed a Richmond garage and its contents is considered suspicious.
Billado: Burlington’s crime disaster
The Progressive-led defunding of the Burlington Police Department is a public safety disaster.
Opinion: Recycling delusional?
Since China got out of the recycling import business in 2018, is our recycling just going in the trash? A Florida mayor says yes.
Crime, housing shortage threaten 40-year Progressive hold in Burlington Tuesday
The Progressive legacy of too much crime and too little housing may give Republican Christopher-Aaron Felker a boost at the Burlington polls Tuesday.
Citizen, school superintendent exchange re: BLM
A Barre resident asked the local school superintendent about Black Lives Matter curriculum, teacher training, and materials on display.
Media blackout continues for post-vax amputee Jummai Nache
The mainstream media blackout continues for the tragic case of Jummai Nache of Minneapolis.
Metaxas: What would anti-Nazi Bonhoeffer do?
The Christian hero of the German resistance to the Nazis would have challenging words for Americans today, says the author of the best-selling biography Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Eric Metaxas will speak at a Montpelier banquet Sept. 10 and at a seminar in Williston Sept. 11.
Groton Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution fails
At a special meeting of Groton voters last Wednesday, a proposed Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution failed narrowly by a 39-41 vote.
Water Cooler: Bloods gang member in Burlington shootout, Yankees hit by ‘breakthrough’ virus again, Mary Powell to lead big solar company, Guard answers sex abuse questions
A member of the Bloods crime gang is being sought in connection with a July 31 shootout in Burlington.
State names new refugee office head, hopes for busy year
The Dept. of Health official building BIPOC partnerships during the pandemic will lead the state’s refugee office.
Page: the cost of housing and how Montpelier plans to make it worse
The current Vermont Legislature – so woke, so proud – is perpetuating injustice on tomorrow’s Vermonters, red and yellow, black and white. Like Mr. Potter in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Montpelier promotes unaffordable rent and discourages the hope of homeownership.
Hit-and-run victim dies of head trauma
A North Troy man died of severe head trauma after a truck ran him over in the early morning hours.
Today’s fascists threaten vax resisters with job loss, doctor says
The day after a Stowe doctor said fascists are threatening vaccine resisters with job loss, the state’s largest employer mandated vaccination.
Bucknam: Own your history, Democrats
Democrats insist on apologies and accountability from the rest of us. Democrats must take their own advice and own up to their own endemic racism.
McClaughry: Pearl Harbor time in the Green Mountains
Vermont is facing a “Pearl Harbor moment” on climate change, says an unelected but very influential government official.
Evidence of Plan-demic?
Wuihan to Bill Gates to the Rockefellers. Do the dots connect?
Dashboard shows State Police use of force
The public can now read about all Vermont State Police incidents of use of force.
Fatal crashes
Two men died in crashes on Vermont highways this week.
Water Cooler: Court House to shut down most days, sheriff can’t hire enough security
Headlines from today’s news: one more sign that Vermont doesn’t have enough cops, and people are suffering because of it.
Inspired by grandmother, Elle goes all-out in Olympic finals
On the morning of the biggest race of her life, the Richford Rocket recalled her inspirational grandmother. And butterflies.
Fact check: “Not one press person has shown up” for State House advisory meetings – FALSE
Actually, Madame Chair, one press person DID show up.
Public school vax clinics to open
Public schools will soon offer walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics. And UVM will require everyone to wear masks indoors.
BLM flag will still fly when school starts
The BLM flag will continue to fly when Essex schools open – contrary to the original agreement.
UPDATE: Hartford cop, man he killed identified
A Hartford police officer Thursday shot and killed a man trying to strangle him.
Water Cooler: Homeless honeybees / Burlington police report errors / home-schooling looking good / Gerrymandering
The power struggle over the future of the Burlington Police Department continues.
Leahy directs $23 mil to VT farm, rural projects
Sen. Patrick Leahy delivers $23 million in earmarked federal spending for VT farm and rural projects.
Elle goes for gold in 1500 finals Friday AM
Friday morning, Berkshire dairy farmer Elle Purrier St. Pierre will seek Olympic gold and glory in the finals of the Women’s 1500 run.
State spending rose 25% in last two years – and more is coming
State spending jumped 25% in two years. That’s not even counting a dozen more pending, huge expenses.
Closed-lipped CCP frustrates foreign investors, Gordon Chang reports
The Chinese government doesn’t like sharing information – even with foreign investors in Chinese companies. Gordon Chang reports.
Biden names VT gay marriage lawyer to U.S. Appeals Court
President Joe Biden has named the architect of Vermont’s gay marriage law to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
VT Medical Society backs healthcare vax mandate
The Vermont Medical Society supports mandatory vaccination in the healthcare workplace.
Water Cooler: LL Bean departure, police decision in Burlington; $1.65 mil for State House makeover; that awful knotweed
Cops, dogs, knife attack and LLBean in Burlington, big money to retrofit post-pandemic State House, and more hot headlines from Vermont media today.
What’s in the Secretary of State’s ‘new’ civics?
What version of civics education will the Vermont Secretary of State’s office produce?
Wandering pals escape tragedy on I-89
Two wandering dogs escaped tragedy on I-89.
Klar: resist indoctrination
CRT holds that equal opportunity and merit are mistaken ideas. Instead, “equalizing” outcome and redistributing wealth will create a wonderful new society. NOT!
Montpelier city councilor named Burlington City Attorney
Montpelier City Councilor Dan Richardson will resign if Burlington hires him as its next city attorney.
Scam of the week: password blackmail
Scammers have one of your passwords. Now they’re blackmailing you. What can you do?
Joke? – Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire are on a Road Trip
Four guys from Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts are in a car….
Biden wants Cuomo to resign
Looking across Lake Champlain, Vermonters see NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo in BIG trouble.
Shrier: Gender ideology run amok
In 2007, America had one pediatric gender clinic; today there are hundreds. Testosterone is readily available to adolescents from places like Planned Parenthood and Kaiser, often on a first visit—without even a therapist’s note.
Indoor hockey rink planned for Shelburne Road
The only Vermont native to captain the UVM hockey team wants to build a 30,000 sq. ft. indoor rink off Shelburne Road.
Winters: fight cynicism with civics
Vermonters mistrustful of state and national elections and government need a good dose of civics education, Vermont’s Deputy Secretary of State says.
Water Cooler: Biden admin dismisses abortion suit against VT hospital
A federal lawsuit on behalf of a pro-life UVMMC nurse who said she was manipulated into participating in an abortion has been dropped by the Biden administration.
State says unvaxed should wear masks in school
After the first few weeks, students and staff at schools with 80% or more eligible students vaccinated won’t need to wear masks – except for the unvaccinated.
Vax booster shots likely coming as virus mutates, leading VT doc says
As the Covid-19 virus mutates, vaccine booster shots likely will be needed to keep Vermonters out of hospitals, a leading physician says.
Former GOP lawmakers named to Act 250 board
Two former GOP lawmakers have been named one of Vermont’s Act 250 review boards.
EBT families’ food benefits rise
The federal government has authorized the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) and Agency of Education (AOE) to provide temporary food benefits to students (Pre-K to grade 12) who would normally receive free or reduced-price meals at school.
Chittenden County should mask up indoors, CDC warns – but state leaders disagree
Vermont’s most urban, highly-vaccinated county should mask up indoors, the CDC recommended today. However, Vermont government leaders don’t agree.
Employee vax mandate subject of Chamber poll
A leading business organization is asking its members if they will require employee vaccination.
