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MOUNTAIN BIKERS ‘PIMPING’ CITY FOR HALF-A-MILL IN ‘FREE CASH’ … WILL TYER, COUNCIL, & MARCHETTI CAVE IN OR WILL THEY DO RIGHT BY CITIZENS?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 2023) — Now one day into official Spring, THE PLANET sees this as a good time to update citizens on the attempts by a tiny groups of bike activists to hijack Springside Park for mountain biking. THE PLANET has obtained a […]

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MICROSOFT, DYSTOPIA, AND MAKING THE FUTURE A SADLY ‘ACQUIRED TASTE’

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MARCH 20, 2023) — One the cusp of spring, THE PLANET takes note of yet another in the endless “advances” in technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Microsoft has just introduced an offering for its Office package. It’s being used initially by what the […]

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TOP O’ THE MARNIN’ TO YEZ AS WE CELEBRATE ST. PADDY AND HIS DAY

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2023) — THE PLANET be wearing’ the green in honor of the man who drove the wokesters out of Ireland. Oh, and the snakes … which are just about the same. That is why, in case you didn’t know, you would […]

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THE SILICON VALEY BANK COLLAPSE EXPLAINED, SORT OF … or … THE TYRANNY OF DEBT

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 15, 2023) — It’s bad. How far, how farther, will the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) infect the U.S. economy? Already, two other large banks have failed. Moody’s just downgraded the ratings of U.S. bank stock from “stable” to “negative.” Moody’s […]

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!PLANET EXCLUSIVE! WE GET THE SNEAK PEEK OF ‘THE NEW NORTH STREET’ PLANNED BY Ricky Rumpus and MAYOR FLAT … A PHOTO PHEATURE PHOR PHUN

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY BONUS PICTURE! This just in. Our roving PLANETCAM brings you this latest picture, taken in advance of the storm.   (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY March 13, 2023) — THE PLANET knows more than most how under these past years of city government, Pittsfield has flourished, to the […]

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DIE OFFICE WILL PERPETUATE THE SOCIAL ILLS IT SEEKS TO CORRECT … CITY OFFICE IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 10-2, 2023) — Dei, Latin for “God.” THE PLANET, therefore, refers to Pittsfield’s DIE office, not its DEI office. You know, the acronym stands for Diversity (actually, Exclusivity), Inclusion (Exclusion), and Equity (Injustice). This takes care of two things at […]

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UPDATE: COPS NAB JUVENILE PAIR, SIEZE DRUGS, CASH, WEAPONS, AMMO … MARCHETTI, KROL CLASH ON BIKE-LANE REFERENDUM … FIRST SALVOS MARK MAYORAL CAMPAIGN’s FT. SUMPTER MOMENT IN

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1, MARCH 912:40 PM — THE PLANET passes this along, from the Pittsfield Police Department: On Wednesday, March 8th, 2023, at approximately 9:46 PM, officers assigned to the Pittsfield Police Department’s Anti-Crime Unit (ACU), with the assistance of Pittsfield Police patrol officers, K9 Unit and Drug […]

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‘HEAD EAST, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN’: A REALISTIC LOOK AT OUR GLOBAL FUTURE

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MARCH 6, 2023) — THE PLANET has long been interested in the social aspects of culture, geopolitics, economics, and the arts — especially how they intermingle and mix in the formation of nations and societies.god. And nowhere do we find a greater amalgamation […]

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DINA WINS THE FIRST ‘MICS AWARD’ … plus … THE SKUNKS ROBBED THE KAPANSKIS ONCE AGAIN, AND IT WASN’T PRETTY

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 3-5, 2023) — This week, a PLANETEER suggested the implementation of a new award. THE PLANET took it up with our Board of Directors, and the proposal won unanimous approval. Unlike Our Right Honorable Good Friends on the city council, […]

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ENTER MARCH AND THE CAST OF ‘HEE HAW’ … COUNCIL MINUTES REVEAL MUCH

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 1, 2023) — It came in like Lippy the Lion and will go out like Hardy Har Har, thus THE PLANET speaketh of March. Now on to our Right Honorable Good Friends on the city council, now officially dubbed “the cast of […]

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THE GREATEST GENERATION … and ONE OF THE WORST

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2023) — THE PLANET presents this guest column to shine indirect light on the current state of war across the globe, primarily the one raging between Russia and Ukraine but including countless forgotten, anonymous, or unknown battlegrounds such as Papua, Angola, […]

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NEW VALENTI BOOK PUBLISHED, NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON … PROFITS WILL SUPPORT THE PLANET … EFFORT COINCIDES WITH A PUSHBACK AGAINST THE ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION FEB. 24-6, 2023) — You recall earlier when THE PLANET took a month to research an ad vs. subscription model to provide funding to offset the costs of running this site. Unlike your officials, we sought your opinion, did our research, […]

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CORRUPTION UNBOUND: UKRAINE ‘AID’ TOPS $100B, with LITTLE ACCOUNTING … BIDEN, BLINKEN ONCE MORE HAVE THEIR CLOCKS CLEANED BY XI, LI, & CHINA

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE,  WEDNESDAY FEB. 22, 2023) — Seems that while THE PLANET and everyone else were all asleep Sunday-into-Monday, Syracuse Joe hopped a freight train and snuck over to Kiev, Ukraine, where he met with fellow comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “That’s two “z”s, as Buddy Sorrell used […]

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THE PLANET CALLED IT MONTHS AGO: TYER CALLING IT QUITS … or … HOW LAME CAN A LAME DUCK GET?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY FEB. 20, 2023) — THE PLANET was the first of anyone, anywhere to publicly call it, definitively, that is. Once again, when we print it, and “it” lies in the future, “it” usually occurs. ———- ooo ———- How lame can a lame duck […]

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MUMBO-JUMBO TECHNICALITIES BY COUNCIL PUT BIKE-LANE REFERENDUM IN JEOPARDY

PLANET VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION FEB. 17-9, 2023) — The reconstitution of a council meeting involves water and spoon — water because these meetings arrive freeze-dried and in need of stirring. This Tuesday, the council took up the usual mix of pabulum and steak. in the first […]

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‘WATCH THE SKIES’: UFOs SHOT DOWN, ADMINISTRATION SCAMBLES, and BIDEN’s AGAIN HIDIN’

PLANET VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY FEB. 15, 2023) — This just in. The Pentagon has shot down another unidentified flying object, this time at 20,000 feet directly over city hall in Pittsfield. Defense Department sources, speaking off the record, tell THE PLANET that the object was “car-sized, vacuous, without […]

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