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STILL ON VACAY, BUT A QUICK WORD — IMPEACHMENT II FAILS … BOND, CITY BOND … & YOUR COMMENTS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE WEST, MONDAY FEB. 15, 2021) — THE PLANET enters week two of our vacation, whistling down the road of life. We shall make this quick-hit then turn to you for comments. Something happened this week. It’ll come to us in a moment. Oh yeah, […]

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OFF THE GRID, INTO THE WILD, AND OUTTA HERE … BUT WE GOT YOU COVERED

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 FEB. 11, 2021 — Through miracle of high tech (satellites, e-patches) + low-tech (paper clips, bailing wire), THE PLANET can post this brief message to y’all. We’re enjoying our time, and a wild one it is (in literal but exhilarating sense). Glad to see folks […]

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SUPER BOWL WHATEVER: FOLKS, GET READY FOR GREATNESS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION FEB. 5-7, 2021) — THE PLANET closes the week sweet and simply. It’s Super Bowl weekend. You might expect us to get all serious with warnings about super spreader events, but you’d be wrong. THE PLANET believes in freedom and recognizes […]

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MAYOR’S STATE OF CITY ADDRESS: THE FULL TEXT

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY FEB. 3, 2021) — Here is the full text of the mayor’s 2021 “State of the City” address, presented without comment. THE PLANET reserves comments to you, our readers. We have taken it unedited and as presented from the city’s website. ———- ooo […]

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COVID-19 PROBLEMS HAVE AMERICA OVERWHELMED AGAIN

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY. FEB. 1, 2021) — One of the areas Syracuse Joe Biden and the Democrats hammered President Trump was Trump’s handing of the pandemic. Biden called it “dismal” and promised to hit Day One with a plan ready to go and go smoothly. The […]

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GUEST COLUMNS: A PREVIEW OF THE MAYOR’s ‘STATE OF THE CITY’ … and … ‘PHONY’ D.A.’s ‘POLITICAL’ OPTICS ALL OUT OF FOCUS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 29-31, 2021) — One of the great surprises from doing THE PLANET, this being the 2,199th column published in this series (about two million words), has been allowing people to express themselves freely and fully. With the restrictions now placed […]

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THE PRIVILEGE TO COMMENT … IMPEACHMENT NOT PEACHY … MORE BRAINWASHING? … BEWARE OF COVID-19 SCAMS

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY JAN. 27, 2021) — From time to rare time, it becomes necessary to pull the plug on a commentator. Fortunately, it doesn’t happen often. Most people respect the power of broadcasting their words. Other? Not so good. THE PLANET believes in the secular […]

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THIS ‘N THAT ROUNDUP: CITY DID A GOOD JOB WITH TRATTORIA RUSTICA

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1, 1-25-21 — THE PLANET shares this release from the Pittsfield Police Department (updated): Earlier today, 28 year old Pittsfield resident Patrick Sheerin was arrested and charged with five counts of armed robbery.  Sheerin’s charges stem from four incidents in Pittsfield and one in Lenox that […]

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS COME CLEAN

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1, 1/22/21 — To lighten the tone but also so that we will not be remiss, THE PLANET shares a way to get rich fast. Take our picks to the nearest legal sports book and put your life savings these selection for the conference championship games. […]

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GUEST COLUMN: ‘BMC SENT HER HOME REGARDLESS … SHE DIED AFRAID AND ALONE’ … A COVID-19 STORY

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY JAN. 20, 2021) — Today’s Inauguration Day. Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away that day engendered optimism and the belief in a fresh start, a day that welcomed We The People as leaders joined from both sides of the […]

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!!EXCLUSIVE!! … !!FLASH!! MORANDI, CONNELL WON’T RE-UP … TRIPLES ALL AROUND … STATE REPS GET FATTER TAKING IT OUT OF THE KAPANSKIS’ HYDES.

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY JAN. 18, 2021) — We precede our Monday column with information THE PLANET just learned from reliable sources. Ward 2 city councilor Kevin Morandi and Ward 4’s Chris Connell will not be seeking re-election when all council seats open for the municipal elections […]

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MEANWHILE ON BIZARRO WORLD … or WHAT COUNTRY DID YOU SAY THIS IS, AGAIN?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 15-7, 2021) — Now that the NFL is into the divisional round of the playoffs and the world is back where it should be on Tom Brady GOAT Standard Time, we must be approaching Jan. 20. The “uh-oh” day dawns. […]

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IGNORANCE, IRRESPONSIBILITY MAKING FREE SPEECH A THING OF THE PAST … or … WHERE’S ADOLPH?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY Editor’s fair warning: This column contains content that might “offend” some people. Be advised. Open minds and engaged intellects should have no problem. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY JAN. 13, 2021) — Lots to digest this week from the doing on Capitol Hill, both sides of the aisle. […]

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INVOKING THE 25th WON’T DO AND WON’T HAPPEN, WHICH IS BEST FOR AMERICA

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY JAN. 11, 2021) — Who woulda thunk that Donald Trump — developer, magnate, magnet, shyster, tycoon, typhoon, icon, con man, human volcano, walking archetype, precedent of the United States of America — would go down as a great teacher of constitutional government? That’s […]

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AFTERMATH OF A RIOT: LOVE, UNITY, & PEACE — BUT ONLY IF THEY’RE NOT POLITICAL

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 8-10, 2021) — These days in fractured America, nothing is as it seems and everything seems like nothing. Politically, both wings of the two-party body politick have proven equally capable of mob violence, although the left does it with more […]

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ARMSTRONG DEFENDS CITY RESPONSE TO COVID OUTBREAK BUT MELISSA SEES ‘A SLAP IN THE FACE,” SHARES TIMELINE

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY Part Two of Two (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY JAN. 6, 2021) — Today THE PLANET concludes our series on the Mazzeo’s/Methuselah COVID Controversy with the response from Pittsfield’s director of public health, Gina Armstrong, followed by a redirect from for city council president and mayoral candidate Melissa […]

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