Planet Valenti

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1, TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 2014 — A jury found Scott Muir, a Stockbridge man accused of 19 counts of sexual assault, not guilty on all counts. The jury reached its verdict Tuesday after deliberating for 94 minutes. ——- 000 ——- (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 27, […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014) — THE PLANET thanks everyone involved in the lively discussion of The Trio Trial on yesterday’s post. In it, we explained why we are not covering the trial, mainly because we cannot be in the courtroom, in person, every day. […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 2014) — THE PLANET looks with amusement as the faux “controversy” making the local rounds about why we haven’t provided coverage or commentary on the Adam Hall “Trio Trial.” Fair question, granted, although we shall puncture the balloons of more than a […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 2014) — Black people, stop blaming white people for your “oppression.” That is the post-Martin Luther King Day sentiment on THE PLANET, courtesy of Bill Cosby. Cosby has been preaching the double-play of  parenting and education as the best ways to […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 19, 2014) — Ho-hum, just another routine Monday. The sun rose in the east, the birds did the buck-and-wing, and, oh yeah, and, the Boring Broadsheet failed to do a proper journalistic followup in the spectacular car crash that claimed two lives […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2014) — THE PLANET has additional information on the dual fatality in the car that crashed into Pittsfield High School. Two Pittsfield men, Ernest Duck Jr., 37, and Tariq Salley, 34, died in the crash. Police say they believe Duck to […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary  ————————————- ADD 1 JAN. 16, 2014 later in the day: ————————————- THE PLANET has obtained new information regarding the fatal car crash PHS. We hope to share it with you tomorrow after a little more sourcing. The BB comes up short again. Make sure you tune into […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 2014) — Well, what do you know, folks? Pummelin’ Pam Malumphy, loser of her last five attempts to win election for public office (city council, mayor, state rep, first assistant associate deputy dog catcher), simply refuses to go away. Like old gum […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary UPDATE / ADD 1, TUESDAY, JAN. 14, 2014 Tonight, the city council — your NEW and IMPROVED city council — meets tonight for its first regular session. Most eyes will be on the form rather than the content, since We The People have a new council president. […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 2014) — After hearing comments about how the current cold-snap refutes the science and data pointing to global warming, THE PLANET felt inclined to share this story by guest columnist Dahr Jamail. His credentials can be found at the end of […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 2014) — THE PLANET has an explanation for the confusion at the end of Monday’s “churchy” Inauguration Day activities. New council president Melissa Mazzeo seemed baffled when it came time to make a motion to adjourn the meeting. It appeared as […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 2014) — First up, THE PLANET presents a quick update on yesterday’s action at city hall in the chamber of our Right Honorable Good Friends on the Pittsfield city council. It happened just as well called it, weeks ago, which says when you […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 6, 2014) — “What goes up, must come down. Spinning wheel, got to go round.” There’s so much spinning now at the Boring Broadsheet that a coat of paint would dry in a Pittsfield minute. How else does a newspaper kill two […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 2013) — First and most importantly, happy 93rd birthday to my beloved dad! I visited yesterday, and he was outside, sweeping the back stairs of snow! The toughest, gentlest man I’ve ever known. Weather. It happens in the Berkshires, but you […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI Arts and Entertainment ADD 1 THURSDAY JAN. 2, 2014 — Be sure to tune in tomorrow for the next thrilling adventure on THE PLANET. Tomorrow, we talk weather and share new information on “Electiongate,” somewhat of The Other Side. Only here, exclusively on THE PLANET. Your only news and commentary […]

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, DEC. 30, 2013) — Unemployment benefits have been around on the state level for decades. It used to be enough. Under President George W. Bush The Younger, however, the jobless began receiving help from the feds as well. The fed funds were designed as […]