Bitching about Boston

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The grand old building, still stands. But, all the antique dolls and toys are gone.

Not everyone liked Jonathan Burr, or his Calvinistic doctrines-

Town legend has it that the Treasurer of the First Parish Church, Melatiah Bourne, who lived just north of the new Calvinistic Church, had a small barn near the property line and made it a point to stir up the animals when services were going on. This accordingly became known as “The Spite Barn.”

The Unitarian First Parish Church at 143 Main Street was sold in 1965, was operated as “Yesterday’s Doll Museum" for a period and today is a private residence.

(They always had vintage toys, from 1965, in the collection.)

Some of the grand and beautiful old dolls, can now be found at the Sandwich Glass Museum.

 

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Governor Deval Patrick proclaims April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Boston Public Health Commission wants publicity for the programs run by the Mass Health and Human Services

What do Bostonians get ?

mass.gov tweet- "Sexual assault is always avoidable." ( slut blaming ?)

About an hour after the tweet was removed, Geoff Kula, Director of Mass.Gov, issued an apology in a series of tweets. He noted that he deeply regrets the message and apologized to sexual assault victims.

Gulik noted that the state “in no way meant to suggest that the victims of sexual assault are to blame for the crimes committed against them.”

The state Department of Health and Human Services, which was referenced in the tweet, denied any responsibility for it, saying "This is not an HHS Tweet" and noting that the account is not operated by the agency.

http://www.necn.com/05/01/14/State-...asau/landing.html?blockID=865855&feedID=11106

http://www.mediaite.com/online/states-twitter-account-accidentally-engages-in-rape-victim-blaming/

 

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Boston gets its share of rotten apples-

Thomson Safaris owners Rick Thomson and Judi Wineland will now be compelled to testify in court about the human rights abuses they have committed in Loliondo. That means they have the choice of either coming clean about what scumbags they are and have it preserved on the public record forever or else they lie about it and perjure themselves which would be a very very risky thing for them to do. If it is later proven that they lied in their testimony they could both end up going to jail for it.

"their General Manager and highest ranking employee on the ground here in Tanzania, John Bearcroft is an absolutely key figure in those crimes. In fact he is every bit as guilty of them as Mr Thomson himself. What he and Thomson have been doing has been an open secret for many years here in Tanzania. In spite of that John has always consistently denied all knowledge of such crimes.'

(Beating Masai grade- school children ? John Bearcroft had his children with him, that are of grade school age! )

http://acerbicarushan103.blogspot.c...2014/04/victory-at-last-maasai-villagers.html

Tanzanian Maasai Villagers Win Fight For Information about Land-Grabs
and Forced Eviction against Luxury Boston Safari Company

APRIL 21, 2014, BOSTON — A high-end safari operator must turn over documents and testimony about alleged land-grabbing and violence to the leaders of three Maasai villages in Tanzania, according to an order issued on April 18, 2014 by a federal magistrate judge in Boston. The villagers, assisted by EarthRights International (ERI), petitioned to receive this evidence in order to support their fight in the Tanzanian courts to recover land that they lost to Thomson Safaris and damages for violent abuses and property destruction.

The villagers’ struggle with Thomson began in 2006, when Tanzania Conservation Ltd. (TCL) acquired 12,617 acres of land known as Sukenya Farm that originally belonged to the Maasai communities of Mondorosi, Soitsambu, and Sukenya. TCL is owned by the same American businessmen as Thomson Safaris, a Watertown-based company that runs luxury tours on the disputed property, which it has developed into a private nature reserve. According to the lawsuit in Tanzania, company security guards and police officers burned Maasai homes and beat villagers who tried to gain access to the land. TCL’s occupation of Sukenya Farm – which the villagers believe to be illegal – has blocked the Maasai communities from vital water sources and contributed to their impoverishment.

Under the court order, Thomson Safaris and its owners, Rick Thomson and Judi Wineland, will turn over documents and give sworn testimony about the sale of Sukenya Farm, the alleged home burnings and beatings, and the conversion of the land from Maasai grazing territory to a deluxe private reserve. “We believe the evidence will show that TCL and its owners knew they were buying the land illegally, and that they were complicit in the abuses the Maasai communities suffered,” said Rashid Salim Rashid, who represents the villages in their lawsuit in Tanzania, with support from Minority Rights Group.

“This is a big day for our communities,” said Daniel Ngoitiko, elected councilor of Soitsambu Ward. “The court’s decision means that U.S. companies can’t come to our home, steal our land, and abuse our people without facing accountability in their own home.”

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/new...-about-land-grabs-and-forced-eviction-against

 

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The young man needed supervision and guidance. Someone failed him, and the puppy.

Horrific abuse of one year old puppy on one night. Kicking, picking up the puppy and slamming it,many times. A big dent in the dog run fence, that was not there before the incident. Most of the abuse was caught on camera, except for the dog run.

Why ? The one year old puppy wanted to play outside in the rain, and did not want to come back into the dog kennel.

After the physical abuse, it ran, and the abuse escalated.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20140506/NEWS/140507899/1994/NEWS

 

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Downtown Crossing- How was your commute ? Harmless box of random junk. *sigh*

 

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Hockey drama, on Saturday

 

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The Canada Tar Sands bullies are in Massachusetts

People are protesting against what Kinder Morgan and Enbridge have planned-
http://forestethics.org/blog/seeing...a-joins-opposition-proposed-enbridge-pipeline

What will be flowing through these pipeline ?

4 reasons why Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is bad news:

1. It would increase the barrels per day it ships from 300,000 to 890,000 in 2017 (1). By nearly tripling the capacity of Trans Mountain, the demand to keep the pipelines full would mean that more tar sands would be mined, and more carbon dioxide would be spewed into our climate.

2. It would increase oil tanker traffic on North America’s West Coast to more than 400 giant vessels per year. Exxon Valdez? BP’s gulf spill? You don’t have to do a whole lot of research to see that oil tanker spills are expensive, if not impossible, to clean up. And tar sands is the worst on both accounts. Our economy, our tourism, our marine life, our wild and beautiful coast…there’s simply too much at stake. Learn more and track those tankers at http://tarsandssos.org

3. Its pipelines and tankers won’t be carrying conventional oil. Tar sands isn’t oil. It’s a corrosive, thick substance injected with chemicals to make it just-liquid-enough to pump through a pipeline. This makes spills especially costly and damaging. Just think of the community of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the site of the US’s costliest onshore pipeline disaster, to remember the lasting devastation that tar sands can have.

4. Kinder Morgan doesn’t have a good track record (2):

* July 15, 2005: About 210,000 litres (55,500 gallons) of crude leaked into the area surrounding the company's Sumas Mountain storage facility in Abbotsford, BC, polluting Kilgard Creek.
* July 24, 2007: An oil spill occurred along the Kinder Morgan pipeline in Burnaby, BC, when a construction crew accidently ran into the unmarked pipe. Almost 250,000 litres (66,000 gallons) of oil sprung from the pipeline, soaking a residential neighbourhood and seeping into the Burrard Inlet. 50 homes were evacuated.
* May 6, 2009: A spill was discovered at the company's Burnaby Mountain, BC, tank farm with had nearly 200,000 litres (52,800 gallons) of leaking oil
* January 24, 2012: A pipeline rupture at the Sumas Mountain tank farm in British Columbia spilled an estimated 110,000 litres (29,300 gallons) of oil. Communities nearby reported nausea, headaches and fatigue, and schoolchildren were kept indoors for fear of airborne toxins.
* April 3, 2012: Another spill in at Sumas Mountain facility caused strong odors and air quality concerns in surrounding neighbourhoods.

http://forestethics.org/kinder-morgan-trans-mountain

May 2, 2014

Some property owners along Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s planned 179-mile pathway have received new requests for access to their property, this time mentioning that landowners who don’t consent to allowing the survey may be subject to a formal process through the state Department of Public Utilities.

The letters, from right-of-way agent James D. Hartman, explain that TGP seeks permission to perform civil, geotechnical, archeological, wetland and stream surveys as well as surveys for rare, threatened or endangered species, all of which will become part of the company’s application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other federal and state agencies when it formally proposes its pipeline between Wright, N.Y., and Dracut, just north of Lowell.

As now planned, the transmission pipeline would be cutting through nine Franklin County towns as well as parts of Berkshire, Worcester, Middlesex and Essex counties.

Unlike letters that residents began receiving this past winter, the new letters explain, “It is Tennessee’s preference and intent to continue to work with each landowner that has not consented to the survey without having to petition the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (MA DPU), as provided under Chapter 164, Sections 72A, 75B and 75D, for an order to enter your property to perform the requested surveys ... Tennessee remains hopeful that you will allow us the opportunity to continue to work with you through this survey request process and that you will agree to this survey. Tennessee prefers the one to one relationship and direct communication with you regarding this survey request rather than pursuing the MA DPU process.”

At an April 7 meeting with Montague selectmen, Allen Fore, public affairs director for TGP parent Kinder Morgan, said that 10 of 18 landowners in that town had granted permission for survey work and he explained that the DPU process was an option that the company would pursue “as a last resort.”

“We want to work with the owners, we want to work with the community,” he told the selectmen and residents at that meeting. “We would much rather work with you, get onto your property, learn about your property, learn about your concerns, and we do want to be open about that. So that would be our goal.”

The letter was “sobering to get,” said Laura Chapdelaine, one of the Montague property owners who has refused to allow the survey work to be done.

Jim Cutler of Ashfield has written a letter to TGP refusing to allow the survey to be done, arguing that natural gas transmission pipelines “pose a very serious risk due to possible explosion and fire from leaks” and “is considered storage of hazardous materials” that would violate terms of his homeowners insurance agreement, as well as potentially reducing the value of his property or preventing future sale or subdivision of the property.

“Based on my inability to grant a (right-of-way) easement for the above stated reasons, it would be inconsistent to allow you access to my property for surveying or for any other purpose,” Cutler wrote to James F. Blais Jr., a TGP contract land agent.

According to state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs spokeswoman Krista Selmi, the state’s process for a Petition for an Order Authorizing Surveys requires the company to first send a notice to each landowner describing the petition, the proposed project and the need for a FERC Certificate of Public Necessity, inviting written comments over what is normally a two-week period.

After the comment deadline, she said, the DPU will consider the petition and comments and draft an order that may impose conditions on the company if it grants permission to survey.

http://www.recorder.com/news/11801619-95/gas-pipeline-co-sends-warnings-to-property-owners

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. engages in the interstate transportation and storage of natural gas. It operates a natural gas pipeline system that consists of approximately 13,900 miles of pipeline; and has 93 billion cubic feet of underground working natural gas storage capacity. The company’s pipeline system are located in the natural gas producing regions of Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico, and south Texas and extends to the northeast section of the U.S., including the metropolitan areas of New York City and Boston. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. was founded in 1940 and is based in Houston, Texas. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. operates as a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

May 5, 2014


This is the first legal challenge by a First Nation against the new Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker proposal, and it opens the project to significant delay and uncertainty.

The Nation says that serious legal errors made by the federal Crown and NEB have led to a flawed and unlawful review process that puts Burrard Inlet and all peoples who live here at risk.

"The Crown and NEB are running roughshod over our Aboriginal Title and Rights. The process to review Kinder Morgan's proposed pipeline expansion and tanker project was designed without First Nations consultation or public participation. The timelines appear to have been designed to rush through approvals," says Chief Maureen Thomas, Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Legal materials to be filed in the Federal Court of Appeal will demonstrate that, among other things, the NEB lacked legal authority to start its review process because of the federal government's failure to first consult Tsleil-Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the project.

http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/cou...-nation-launches-legal-challenge-kinder-morga

A flotilla of watercraft that included what organizers estimated to be about 60 kayaks and canoes traverses Burrard Inlet April 12 to raise community awareness of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Organizers staged the event from Deep Cove’s Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) to coincide with a rally and procession along the pipeline route in Burnaby.
April 16, 2014

http://www.nsnews.com/news/pipeline-protest-1.966066

 

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Small town America bullied by a gigantic energy corporation- What could go wrong ?

Nine communities under attack in Massachusetts- The robotic- lawyers have come for them. Are you next ?

http://www.gazettenet.com/news/townbytown/plainfield/

Meetings planned in Hatfield and Cummington on Tennessee Gas Pipeline project
Friday, February 28, 2014

Two meetings are planned this week in Hampshire County by groups already raising concerns about a proposed natural gas pipeline through Berkshire and Franklin counties. The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. plans the pipeline from the Marcellus shale fields in western Pennsylvania to eastern Massachusetts.

Will these pipelines be installed along the new Tornado Alley East ?

 

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http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/Signs-Changing-Lanes-Use-Yah-Blinkah-2.jpg

BOSTON (CBS) – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation was apparently having some fun with a gentle reminder to Friday morning commuters.


Highway signs around Boston incorporated the local vernacular into their safe driving message.

The first page of the signs read, “Changing Lanes?”

They were followed by, “Use Yah Blinkah”

For those reading this who may not be familiar with the Boston dialect, residents have a reputation for dropping the R’s at the end of words.

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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/05/09/mass-dot-signs-remind-commuters-to-use-your-blinkah/#

 

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http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/Signs-Changing-Lanes-Use-Yah-Blinkah-2.jpg

BOSTON (CBS) – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation was apparently having some fun with a gentle reminder to Friday morning commuters.


Highway signs around Boston incorporated the local vernacular into their safe driving message.

The first page of the signs read, “Changing Lanes?”

They were followed by, “Use Yah Blinkah”

For those reading this who may not be familiar with the Boston dialect, residents have a reputation for dropping the R’s at the end of words.

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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/05/09/mass-dot-signs-remind-commuters-to-use-your-blinkah/#

Ha. Thanks. Saw that while driving the other day and thought I was tripping.

 

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Have not seen it, in real life, yet. Film clips, all over the place. Rubberneckers are going to ruin it.

 

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Spring Madness is here-

I predict that obsessed cabin owners will come into conflict with weekend party people, on the road.
I predict that the emergency rooms will be busy. It will not spit rain, or tinkle rain. It will be a full on rain, and many have proved that hardly anyone but born natives, know enough road skills.

Get a clue! If it is the dark of night, and your wiper blades cannot keep up with the water ?

Pull over, and wait it out!

We will not be getting the dangerous stuff. I have sympathy for those around Lake Champlain, and Buffalo NY

.THE HIGHER SUMMITS FORECAST FOR THE GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT...
.TODAY...SUMMITS OBSCURED IN CLOUDS THIS MORNING...THEN IN AND OUT
OF CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS
MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER
60S. SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH.
.TONIGHT...SUMMITS OBSCURED IN CLOUDS. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES.
LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH.
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE
50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 20 MPH.

May 16, 2014

"Large trees and debris are being swept down the Genesee River in Belmont after heavy rain overnight."

BUFFALO, NY- A Flood Warning continues for urban areas and small streams in Allegany County until 4:15pm this afternoon.

Flood reports by the National Weather Service (Buffalo): County officials report Route 21 in Andover and Alfred is flooded in some spots, also Route 70 in Grove.

A Flood Warning for the Genesee River at Wellsville from this afternoon until this evening. The level was near 7 feet and rising. Flood stage is 11 feet. The river should crest near 12.1 feet, above flood stage, later this afternoon.

The Cattaraugus County Department of Emergency Services declared a county state of emergency Friday afternoon in preparation for the impending storm. County residents living in flood-prone areas are encouraged to gather supplies they may need in a "grab-and-go" container in the event of evacuation. Supplies to consider include: medications and medical supplies; non-perishable food and water; clothing; and toiletries.

Most of the rain has ended locally.

http://www.wgrz.com/story/weather/storm-team-2/2014/05/14/flash-flood-watch-for-wny/9077285/

 

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The turkey boys have split up into teams of two. The romancer, and his buddy the wing man. This pair is courting a comely young turkey girl. Ah, it seems like it was just yesterday that they had tiny new beards. Running hither and thon, racing for best tidbit.

Today, they are respectful, and old fashioned. They obey the rules, and boundaries. They follow her, at the distance she prefers. She is the leader, and they all go where she wants to go.

I had to laugh, when my young, married neighbor boy, yelled in surprise. He was startled when their presence woke him out of his daydream. The turkey boys are very vocal, about others getting close to their young lady turkey. It is not like they go crashing through the brush and bushes. They move quietly and calmly. I am guessing that they do not want her to think they are rude, loud, disrespectful boys. I am supposing that turkey girls like careful lovers, who romance by the book. Everything will go smoothly, because everyone knows the steps to this dance.

 

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This, is why I shop for food and eat at home. 1996 was when I could get
good, delicious, fresh prepared food, anywhere.

Anna's Taqueria was one of my favorite places. I looked forward to
crisp fresh lettuce, crisp fresh veggies.

Now, they are serving frozen vegetables ? ugghhhh *shrug* Inflation.
In the old days, part of the experience was watching your fresh veggies
getting cooked on the grill!

 

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Boston responds to #YesAllWomen

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2...yesallwomen/32V2F014mn9LX8qRsF6vKL/story.html

 

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Billboard needs a new home-

It’s a predictable and sadly familiar cycle: A mass killing prompts calls for tighter federal gun control laws. Legislation is introduced to great fanfare, but it never gets passed, and then, after another deadly shooting spree, we do it all over again. Now, House Speaker Bob DeLeo says that on the heels of a recent mass murder in California, it’s time for Massachusetts to take action.

Stop Handgun Violence founder John Rosenthal, whose billboard near Fenway Park has been tallying the number of people killed by guns for the past 19 years, talked about the gun bill and the sign's numbered days.

"46,528 Americans killed since the massacre at Sandy Hook"

(More than 80 people, per day ?)

http://wgbhnews.org/programs/greater-boston

Collection of gun death awareness billboards-

http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/

 

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Tornado Alley East, on the borders- You have five minutes, to a half hour before the storm hits.
The usual- heavy rain, lightning, hail, depending on where you are.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/berkshire-ma/01224/weather-forecast/2250461

 

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Another summer, another mysterious murder on Cape Cod-

The mutilated body of a male, which was missing a head, both arms and both legs, was discovered on a beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.

Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying the male, since typical methods of identification cannot be used.

Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe says the body of the male, described as an African American, 220-230 pounds and 70-72 inches in height also has a surgical scar in the abdominal area on the right side of the torso. The body was found with a blue T-shirt and black sweatpants. The body was found asphyxiated to a moving dolly. It was concealed in a tarp.

The T-shirt (pictured below) found with the body is linked to the Windustrial company in Warwick, Rhode Island, from about six to eight years ago.

(pictures of the T-shirt on this page- Do you know who was wearing it ?)

http://www.necn.com/06/06/14/Police...g-bod/landing.html?blockID=867564&feedID=4753

 

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The people who settled Boston, MA and other parts of The Land of Massholes,
recycled place names from Merry Olde England.

I am sure the Nattive Americans could have happily kept their own traditions,
and done without the invader's gifts.

We enjoyed Brit leftovers, because the originals could not let go of the olde country.
But, everything went askew. You go fox hunting in Dover, over here.

I enjoyed Brit leftovers on TV, thanks to PBS. Way back when PBS had independence, and we watched 'The Young Ones."

It does not feel like it was that long ago, but one of the cast members has died.

“RIP Rik Mayall. Thank you for making me laugh a million times. Woof,” said Chris Moyles

(I tied little miniature Volkswagens on my laces, back in the day. I was overly fond of buckles.)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...the-late-the-young-ones-comedian-9516215.html

 

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...Developing thunderstorm in north central Suffolk county...northeastern Middlesex and south central Essex counties... At 354 PM EDT...

National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wilmington...or near Billerica...moving southeast at 20 mph.

Hail up to the size of peas and wind gusts up to 40 mph can be expected with this storm.

Locations impacted include... Lynn...Malden...Medford...Revere...Peabody...Everett...Salem... Billerica...Woburn...Chelsea...Tewksbury...Melrose...Saugus...Wakefield...Reading...Burlington...Wilmington...Stoneham...Winchester and Marblehead.

Precautionary/preparedness actions... Torrential rainfall was occurring with this storm. Minor urban and poor drainage flooding can be expected.

http://www.wcvb.com/weather/alerts#mid=19160618

 

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The Battle of Bunker Hill Day Parade is not until Sunday. Someone set off a good set of fireworks, tonight.
Was it the film crew ?

 

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Are you kidding me ?

"....speculation is mounting about whether former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci will run for mayor again despite being a twice-convicted felon."

"Using that data, they ranked all 50 states from most corrupt to least corrupt. Guess where Rhode Island ranks?"

"No, we [Rhode Island] don’t top the list. Mississippi is No. 1 in average convictions per state government full-time equivalent employees. But Rhode Island is No. 3 (between No. 2 Kentucky and No. 4 Illinois). And in terms of average prison months per state government full-time equivalents, Kentucky is No. 1 while Rhode Island is No. 11. (Wyoming ranked least corrupt on both lists)."

"In Massachusetts, for instance, three House speakers in a row were convicted of felonies."

http://www.providencejournal.com/wr...nks-on-the-national-corruption-scale-poll.ece

"The felony conviction of former Democratic House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi on federal corruption charges"

Democratic House Speaker Thomas Finneran, also ran into trouble in part because of the power he wielded as speaker.

"Finneran pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal obstruction of justice charge for giving false testimony in a 2003 lawsuit
over a legislative redistricting plan that diluted the clout of minority voters."

"Former Democratic Speaker Charles Flaherty, was forced from office after pleading guilty to a federal felony tax charge."

*wince*

 

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Paddle north, youngling!

The Concord River Basin consists of the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers and their tributaries. Both the Assabet and Sudbury Rivers originate in Westborough within a few miles of each other and ultimately merge at Egg Rock in Concord to form the Concord River.

The Assabet River originates in wetlands above the Nichol's Dam in Westborough and flows north and then northeast 32 miles through Northborough, Marlborough, Berlin, Hudson, Stow, Maynard, and Acton to Egg Rock. The average channel slope or gradient is 6.3 feet/mile.

The headwaters for the Sudbury River are Westborough's Cedar Swamp. The Sudbury flows east and then northeast through Hopkinton, Southborough, Ashland, Framingham and Sudbury to Wayland and then north through Lincoln to Egg Rock in Concord, a total distance of 31.1 miles. The average channel slope or gradient is 5.2.


The Concord River flows north from the confluence at Egg Rock through Bedford, Carlisle, Billerica, Chelmsford, and Tewksbury to join the Merrimack at Lowell, a distance of 15.8 miles. The average channel slope or gradient is 6.4 feet per mile between Egg Rock and the Merrimack but virtually all of the decline in elevation occurs in the last five miles of the river around Lowell where the gradient reaches 20.0 feet per mile.

(Power lines are dangerous! Please watch where you are going!)

http://www.farnwr.org/news_details/AssabetTripNotes.html

 

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International connections, via Boston

Johnny Depp has been filming in Boston. Whitey Bulger's crimes will be exposed in a major motion film.
What will not be said ? What will not be told ?

The truth about the Boston connection to the bombings in Ireland and the U.K.

Although the scandals of the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six cases have been known for more than 30 years, they have been denied full access to the entire case files.

"We are the only two cases in British criminal history where the Official Secrets Act has been applied. It was recommended that our cases be held under the Official Secrets Act for 75 years. That's longer than the secrets from the Second World War."

Mr Conlon had said that he was no longer bitter but admitted he was still angry at what had happened to him and Paddy Hill.

Mr. Conlon has died.

21 June 2014
Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted over Guildford pub bombings in 1974, has died aged 60.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...ombings-dies-in-belfast-aged-60-30373302.html

 

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Boston is a small city- It was people sized, until the developers stabbed their claws into it.

2014’s Safest States to Live In

It was unfair to include Alaska in this survey.
You do not go to Alaska, to be safe.

If you want to live on the top of Mt. Washington, being safe is not your first choice.

If you want to be safe, you move to Massachusetts.

http://wallethub.com/edu/2014s-safest-states-to-live-in/4566/