SPECTRUM WANTS TO LOCATE ITS CLINIC AT ITS ORIGINAL CHOICE, ON SUMMER STREET … SECRECY STILL IMPEDES METHADONE FACILITY ISSUE, AND BOTH THE CITY AND THE COMPANY ARE AT FAULT … ATTORNEY’S PETITION TO BEACON HILL ASKS: WHY SHOULD NON-PROFITS GET OFF TAX FREE? … LOLO (SOB) BREAKS DOWN (BOO HOO) ON TRACK AND ON (SNIFF) TV

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SPECTRUM WANTS TO LOCATE ITS CLINIC AT ITS ORIGINAL CHOICE, ON SUMMER STREET … SECRECY STILL IMPEDES METHADONE FACILITY ISSUE, AND BOTH THE CITY AND THE COMPANY ARE AT FAULT … ATTORNEY’S PETITION TO BEACON HILL ASKS: WHY SHOULD NON-PROFITS GET OFF TAX FREE? … LOLO (SOB) BREAKS DOWN (BOO HOO) ON TRACK AND ON (SNIFF) TV

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 2012) — The city of Pittsfield still has not revealed the location of Spectrum Health Systems‘ Pittsfield methadone clinic, but the site must be chosen or near to it. The company began advertising on the jobs section of Craigslist this week and […]

August 10, 2012 73 Comments

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PLANET MOURNS PASSING OF “MOLLY” a.k.a. NANCY PRENDERGAST …BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA 67 YEARS LATER STILL RAISES THE QUESTION: DID WE HAVE TO DO IT? … DOES MORALITY TRUMP POLITICS? … EINSTEIN’S DEATH EQUATION: GOOD OR EVIL? JOIN THE DISCUSSION ON THE PLANET

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 2012) —THE PLANET shares this note, so thoughtfully passed along to us by DIOGENES. Dan, On a somber note, with unspeakable sadness and heartbreak, I must inform you of the passing away of one of your prolific posters, Molly / Nancy. […]

August 9, 2012 36 Comments

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GORE VIDAL (OCT. 3, 1925-JULY 31, 2012): A WRITER WORTHY OF HIS WORDS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 2012) — We lead off today with a remembrance of the late, great Gore Vidal. Along the way to becoming a writer — and before and after all else (broadcaster, educator), that’s what we consider ourselves to be — THE PLANET […]

August 8, 2012 55 Comments

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PLANET EXCLUSIVE!! WE NAME THE GOP VP CANDIDATE!! SO WHAT’s THE SHAME IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS STRICTLY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, OF COURSE … Mr. MITT’S VP CHOICE … GABBY’s HAIR …

By DANVALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD #1 TUESDAY 8/7/12 — May we cut to the chase here. Let THE PLANET be the first to report that Mitt Romney‘s choice for vice president will be … drumroll, maestro … … MARCO RUBIO. Rubio, the junior senator from Florida, will help Romney in that key […]

August 6, 2012 81 Comments

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AFTER NEARLY 70 YEARS, UNDEVELOPED BROWNIE FILM YIELDS BREATHTAKING ‘NEW’ IMAGES FROM WWII … DISSECTING ‘BERKSHIRE BUSINESS SNOOZE’ PUBLISHED BY THE BERKSHIRE CHAMBER OF RAH RAH … STRONG DOLLAR KILL COMPANIES’ PROFIT MARGINS … plus … DEFAULTED MORTGAGES: WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS GET STUCK PAYING FOR THE STUPID DECISION OF IRRESPONSIBLE HOMEOWNERS?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, AUG. 6, 2012 — Welcome to the new week. THE PLANET is back from scurrying to far parts of the country, and now we are back, all fagged, fashed, jet-lagged, and fulfilled. In the meantime, though … … Here’s a photo tribute to […]

August 6, 2012 24 Comments

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TEEN’S HEROIC ACT OF RESCUE MET WITH A BILL FOR $2,600, or, HOW STUPID HAS AMERICA BECOME? … DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD INC., An EXERCISE IN WASTING TAXPAYERS’ DOUGH — MR. BIANCHI AND CITY COUNCILORS, IT’S TIME TO PULL THE PLUG … plus … QUICK HITS AND HOT LICKS TAKES ON AFGHANISTAN, and TEACHERS UNIONS GO TO BAT FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, AUG. 6, 2012) — How stupid has America become? We share this wire story: Seventeen-year-old John Clark of Vancouver, Wash., knew what to do when he saw a boy struggling to stay afloat in the surf off the Oregon coast. The trained pool […]

August 3, 2012 57 Comments