BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MARCH 24-6, 2023) — We end the week in Spring, tips of green spears piercing the soil, shafting through winter’s wake with an eagerness we would do well to emulate. Biking or Bilking? — A follow up on the New England Mountain Bike Association’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
