DECEMBER
26, 2004 --
Ralph Returns …
Ralph Nader returned to his hometown, Winsted, Connecticut, for fundraising
appearances, December 22 and 23, to reduce his presidential campaign debt of
$400,000. Requested admission to these appearances was five dollars. LPR was
on hand both evenings and here offers proof that Mr. Nader does, in fact, smile
-- from time to time. More on Mr, Nader's
campaign-debt reduction appearances
next week.
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Ralph
Nader, fund raising in Winsted, Connecticut on December 23rd.
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LPR Recommends
...
A visit to the Torrington,
Connecticut Christmas House -- open through January 15. Take Route
8 to Exit 44. Left on
East Main to Main Street. Right on Main Street to Pearl St. for parking - the
house is on Main Street just up from the corner. Inside from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Outside: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The outside of the house is remarkable. The inside
is just
amazing.
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The
outside of the Torrington, CT Christmas House.
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Santas
in all shapes and sizes inside the Torrington, CT Christmas
House.
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After Ralph …
When for fighting big business I had a hanker
Working for Ralph Nader was a lot of fun
Now that my aim is to be a tv anchor
I wish he'd not make another presiidential run
The NYIIFF
Awards …
A large crowd assembled at Gallery, on 27th Street in Manhattan, December 18,
for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festivals awards.
Grand
jury honors for best feature went to "Black Prince," based on the
life of Russian poet Alexanxder Pushkin, directed by Anatoli Ivanov starring
Levani (Uchaneishvili) as Pushkin, with Tamar Kagan as Idalya Poletika.
Also honored were Luis Pedron and Mark Levitt, directors of "Party Games," "Sakenara" --
best short film -- directed by Alan Chan, and "What Goes Around,"--
best urban-setting feature -- directed by
McClinton Karma Stanley.
For the complete list of NYIIFF award-winners, see the festival's website: www.nyfilmvideo.com.
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"Sakenara" featured
cast member Nella Vinci who did not put the lipstick on director
Alan Chan's cheek.
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Luis
Pedron high-fiving after receiving his award.
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Mark
Levitt and Luis Pedron.
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McClinton
Karma Stanley, pictured with Deborah Pointer, showing his award.
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The
cast of "Sakenara."
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Black
Prince Director Anatoli Ivanov, Levani (Uchaneishvili), Tamar
Kagan.
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DECEMBER
19, 2004 --
Will Defections Depress De Fans?
Major league baseball players
The country's new royalty?
Not even sooth-sayers
Can predict their loyalty
With players eagerly engaging in defection
Why should fans stay steadfast in affection?
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Getting
to sound a lot like... the season in Rockefeller Center.
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Federalist
57 at the Pump …
Gas prices at this Torrington, Connecticut Mobil station (where LPR learned
of that 777 mid-day number) are a lot more in sympathy with motorists than
New York prices. Perhaps because of higher taxes in New York to not keep roads
maintained?
A
[Wear] White Christmas Party…
Veltis Harratan and Renata Lorenc hosted a [Wear] White Christmas Party at
Suede, December 11. Here are photos of Renata, Veltis, Laura Fay Lewis, Ariot
Myrtaj, Emily Fitzgerald among others wearing white for this Christmas (not
Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings) party. See, also, Veltis' website --www.angel503z.com --
for more party photos and party information.
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Veltis
Harrattan
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Ariot
Myrtaj, Emily Fitzgerald, Al Burgo (rear), another party
coif, and Jerry.
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Laura
Fay Lewis, coiffed for the party.
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Emily
Fitzgerald, Jerry Lopez, Veltis, Renata Lorenc.
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Another
Establishmentarian Pundit Is
Born …
If only Senator Kerry had been elected
Richard Holbrooke may well have been selected
to succeed Colin Powell as Secretary of State
Did Amb. Holbrooke once write as VIP's ghost
How nice to read that the Washington Post
Is giving him a column on a consolation plate
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS from LPR!
Note: Photo is from the
2004 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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LPR asks clicksters to pause
At this moment of winter's arrival
And raise a glass to Santa Claus
Annually brightening our survival
Joyeux Noel
Correction
Corner …
UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun threw out the ball on Patriots' Day
in Fenway Park, April 19 -- Red Sox
against New York; not opening day as stated here, last week. To read the corrected
article in full, please check out the Archives.
DECEMBER
12, 2004 --
A Freee Press Rap …
When a prosecutor investigates an unauthorized leak
Government, to the media, should never respond with pique
The First Amendment doesn't permit duress
To be applied to any in the establishment
press
Surrounding the public's right to know
is a border
Erected to allow us to ignore a court
order
Investigate Republicans and all their
papers seize
We can help, but naming names--on that
don't force us, please
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Carolee
(Mamma Mia) Carmello and Gregg (Wonderful Town) Edelman,
just before the Broadway tree lighting, December 8. These
Broadway stars are husband and wife
for real.
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HoSec
Can You See …
So Bernard
Kerik will never be
Secretary of Homeland Security
Is it possible this decision to withdraw
Somehow has made Rudy Giuliani sore
A Kerik cave-in (because of an immigrant nanny?)
Means President Bush must now go to Plan B
Maybe in looking for the new HoSec top bureaucrat
W should look to appoint a leading Democrat
Looking into the Washington political satchel
Here are two Dem names: John F. Kerry --and Tom Daschle
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Independent
Film Quarterly's Renata Lorenc (at right) and singer/filmmaker
Emily Fitzgerald (at left) with friends, at the December
5 party held at Suede, marking the release of the latest
IFQ, which includes interviews of Brad Pitt, Vincent
Gallo, John Travolta and Milla Jovovich.
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Now
occupied -- these windows at Variazioni, 88th Street
and Broadway, in Manhattan. (Shown waiting in last
LPR)
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DECEMBER
5, 2004 --
Pre-Lighting …
The Rockefeller Center tree was lit on Tuesday, November 30th.
LPR happened to drive by on November 29th -- and snapped this photo of
the tree the night before the lighting. Maybe later in the season LPR
will get photo of lighted tree.
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The
2004 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree - a 71-foot-high, 40-foot
wide Norway spruce, which comes from Suffern in Rockland County,
north of the city.
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The
ice skating rink at the base of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller
Center.
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Twas the night before
lighting the Rockefeller Center tree
And this writer did not notice much holiday glee
But perhaps that's because he was parked on the street
And rushed for some photos lest a PVB person he'd meet
DECEMBER
4, 2004 --
Calling Senator
Schumer…
Now that we are warned on the risks of being fat
How soon until a lawmaking Democrat
Rushes to the microphones, to announce with a grin
He will propose legislation to make us all thin
Another LPR Milestone …
Lonely Pamphleteer Review got visit No. 15,000 on December 1, its first anniversary.
Thank you LPR clicksters.
DECEMBER
3, 2004 --
Getting Ready
For The Season …
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Snowflakes
on Saks …
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… and
Waiting Windows.
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LPR Looking
Back …
This photo of Homeland Security Secretary Thomas J. Ridge appeared in LPR last
May, when he testified before the 911 Commission in Manhattan. Secretary Ridge,
who announced his resignation last week, just might be a Republican presidential
candidate in 2008. If he campaigns on a Federalist No. 57 platform, he could
be hard to beat for the GOP nomination.
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Former
Homeland Security Secretary Thomas J. Ridge.
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Bernard
Kerik (left), new Homeland Security Secretary (And Rudy Giluiani's
man in Washington?) pictured here with former Fire Commissioner
Thomas Von Essen, taken during the 911 Commission Public Hearings
in New York this past May.
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A Possible
Dream?
Is there in New York City a regulatory scheme
The brainchild of officials holding this dream:
That everyone driving in the NYC thicket
Should be lulled into getting a parking ticket --
This dream enhanced, wouldn't you know
If every ticket led to a PVB tow
Thinking ahead
to 2005 …
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Thoughts
of warmer weather … although LPR took this photo
November 25, 2004.
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When
Thursday is a New York City Holiday -- Part 2 …
Another week of sidewalk garbage, this time because of Thanksgiving Day (this
photo taken six days later!)
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More
curbside trash …
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On the
Protest Front …
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) sent out an e-mail December 2: "Our
Resistance Continues" UFPJ wants
protesters to go to Washington for the Inauguration demonstrations, January 20,
organized by the DC Anti-War Network, and a group called Turn Your Back on Bush.
The Network has this acronym: DAWN. LPR did not notice an acronym for the second
group but offers this possibility: TYBOB.
UFPJ earlier indicated it is working on plans for a really big protest next May.
Think
of them not as merchandise, but as mementos.
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LPR
mugs, caps, T-shirts, coming soon. Also on the horizon
- LPR photos as photocopies suitable for framing, and blank
cards with photos on cover.
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