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GOV. HEALEY, BEACON HILL: A BROKEN SYSTEM

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE WEDNESDAY FEB. 4, 2026) — One of THE PLANET‘s major premises , derived from a lifetime of study, much of it close-up with first-hand research and experience, holds that ALL government is corrupt. It’s simply a matter of degree. That much is inarguable. When […]

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CAPE COD CHIPS TO LEAVE CAPE COD; COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN TAXACHUSETTS TOO MUCH FOR MANY BUSINESSES

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE MONDAY FEB. 2, 2026) — THE PLANET needn’t remind the Kapanskis that by living in Beserkshire County and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts–two clueless, political levels of the same “progressive” B.S.–they are getting skunked. Ripped off. Robbed. Punished. Now the level of incompetence has reached […]

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THEN & NOW: THE CHANGING NATURE OF PROTEST

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 30-FEB. 1, 2026) — With a turn of the calendar page, we turn to the shortest month, another sign of the inevitable approach to spring. Saying that, THE PLANET loves that The Berkshires actually got winter this year, reminding us […]

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THE LATE GOOD & PRETTI, A ‘GOOD & PLENTY’ TREAT FOR THE PUSSYHATS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY WARNING: Some good souls of a more sensitive bent might find the satiric nature of certain paragraphs in the ensuing column “offensive” and in bad taste. Please noet that Safe Rooms have been made ready for you at the usual locations. Those in need of urgent care […]

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LATEST FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS: MURDER BY ICE … or … JUSTIFIED ACTION? — TWO OPPOSING VIEWS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE MONDAY JAN. 26, 2026) — When down becomes up, floors can’t be trusted. And lately, the space we all inhabit has tables becoming chairs and doors identifying as windows. At least one thing has returned to “normal.” THE PLANET speaks of the New England […]

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CITY SCHOOL ‘LEADERS’ CHOOSE INDOCTRINATION OVER EDUCATION

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE THE WEEKEND EDITION, JAN. 23-5, 2026) — If THE PLANET is in the market for a new superintendent of schools, the absolutely LAST person we’d look at would be anyone who most recently held the job of “Chief Equity Engagement Officer/Assistant Superintendent of Equity” […]

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BITCHFIELD CITY, SCHOOL OFFICIALS KEEP LYING TO TAXPAYERS AND CITIZENS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE WEDNESDAY JAN. 21, 2026) — The city of Bitchfield isn’t being honest about its finances — not that it’s been in the past couple Administrations. After endless harping on the strength of the city treasury, the spendthrifts will blow another $120 million in taxpayers’ […]

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O, CANADA! … STUPID BY HALF … EARLY ONSET … BOON, AS IN BOONDOGGLE

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 16-8, 2026) — This Weekend Edition is brought to you by Dis-O-Dent, the toothpaste for Minneapolis moonbats. O, Canada!: Art is born of restraint. It dies from too much freedom. So wrote French writer Andre Gide. The same applies to […]

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SOCHOL COMMITTEE MEETS TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS … SC’s NO. 1 HIT, ‘I WANNA HOLD YOUR SCANDAL’ STILL TOP THE CHARTS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE WEDNESDAY JAN. 14, 2026) — This evening, Bitchfield citizens will be serenaded by the dulcet sounds of the city’s Sochol Committee, whose No. 1 hit “I Wanna Hold Your Scandal” still tops the charts of this $125 million exercise in educational futility. This hullaballoo […]

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NEW VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS ICE OFFICER JUSTIFIED IN DEFENSIVE ACTION AGAINST DRIVER

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE MONDAY JAN. 12, 2026) — Have you noticed, as THE PLANET has, the “diverse” makeup of most ICE blockers? It shouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that the recently-christened “late” Renee Good and her “wife” (of course, right?) epitomize one of the types: white, female, […]

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BATORY’s PETITION: THE SOCHOL COMMITTEE’s FIRST TEST … THE ICE KILLING … PLUS or MINUS IN VENEZUELA?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION, JAN. 9-11, 2026) — Ciara Batory, new member of the Bitchfield Sochol Committee, filed a petition during the board’s first meeting. Yeah, she got out of the gates fast. Anticipating the move and desperately trying to keep the lid on a […]

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OAF TAKING AT HYPOCRISY HALL IN BITCHFIELD BODES WELL FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS AND THE SUITS … FUMIGATION TO FOLLOW

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE MONDAY JAN. 5, 2026) — Monday at 10 a.m., Hypocrisy Hall on Allen Street played host to the semiannual Black Mass known as Inauguration Day. The coven included the swearing in of incoming officeholders, both newbies and the experienced swindlers otherwise known as incumbents. […]

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MADURO ABDUCTION: JUSTIFIED INTERVENTION OR INT’L VIOLATION OF SOVEREIGNTY?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY JAN. 5, 2026) — Legitimate pursuit of U.S. interests or a gross violation of international law? President Donald Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and drug king, Nicolas Maduro, has become a litmus test on political ideology, with praise and criticism falling pretty much […]

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GOOD BYE TO 2025 … HAPPY NEW YEAR, all and EVERYONE, FROM THE PLANET & THE SECRET SQUADRON

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, NEW YEAR’S EVE EDITION, 2025) — THE PLANET shall keep this one nice and tidy. It’s the end of the year in three days, this coming Thursday, and we close out our scribbling until 2026. The next edition of THE PLANET shall be on […]

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KWANZAA! KA-CHINGA! A GUEST COLUMN

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE THE WEEKEND EDITION, DEC. 26, 2025) — Today THE PLANET presents a guest column by freelance writer Dod Grile, a San Franciscan known for his acerbic but honest observations about the human species and his passions for the San Francisco Giants. He knew Willie […]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2025) — On Christmas Eve, allow THE PLANET to extend, and be ye gracious to accept, our sincere and heartfelt best wishes for this holiday season. Christmas marks the traditional celebration of the birth of Jesus to Mary and Joseph […]

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