One in seven Connecticut residents struggle with hunger.

You can read more here. Imagine. One in seven. And thanks, Kimberley, for the link.

Because war and hunger and homelessness are really only trifling affairs:

The House of Representatives has introduced a resolution defending Christmas — which is really kind of stunning, considering Christmas has been just fine for eons without their support. My God. Can this session end quickly enough? The resolution’s 35 co-sponsors of this benighted waste of time have managed a two-fer: They’ve made Santa sad, and they’ve …

Journey Home’s doing it again

Given the success of their August Dinner in the Park, where Journey Home partnered with area restaurants to feed roughly 200 hungry people, the non-profit organization is doing it again. And they could use your help. Along with Max Downtown in Hartford, Arugula Bistro in West Hartford, and Starbucks Coffee, Journey Home wants to send some people …

A prayer that Pam Geller shuts her pie hole

Two men with guns were shot dead after they opened fire in Garland, Texas, this weekend, at an event sponsored by Pamela Geller [pictured], notorious anti-Muslim whackadoodle who was hosting a contest with a $10,000 prize for  drawing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. A security guard was also wounded in the attack. Geller has been …

Guess who’s going hungry in America?

Older Americans. And thanks, DickG., for the link.