Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Last Rites

Where do I start?

Man shot, killed near Boston’s landmark Prudential Center

Partners pulls out of talks for Rhode Island health system

Warren pushes $2 trillion ‘green manufacturing’ plan

‘Bird nerds’ assemble at Mass Audubon’s Bird-a-thon

Move to Vermont, get $10,000. Then what?

(flip)

Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules

Pastor explains why he prayed for Trump

Trump firm faces tax evasion allegations in Panama

New ICE chief looking to increase family deportations

Civil rights groups ask judge to reconsider conspiracy ruling on citizenship question

Texas teacher asked President Trump to round up ‘illegal students’

Manafort to be sent to Rikers, where he will be held in isolation

A special education teacher gave her autistic student a year-end award

Man charged after wife records fight ending with deadly fall

White House tells two former aides not to comply with congressional subpoenas

Virginia Beach shooting leads governor to call special session on gun violence 

It's exactly as I said, too. The proposed law wants to give authorities the ability to remove guns from people deemed a serious risk with a ban on sound suppressors and large magazines. It's a never-ending gun grab.

Former deputy who didn’t confront Parkland shooter is arrested, charged with neglect

What did he do, blow the whistle on the crisis drill presented as live?

As Trump dangles post-Brexit trade deal, some Britons see opportunism

Still giving him the royal treatment?

Romney calls for closer European alliances in first major speech as senator

He did that while Trump was on foreign shores?

Also said he was right about Russia, a pointed shot at Obama.

Trump wants criticism to flow one way

Otherwise he will blow up.

Moon sightings, politics play a part in Muslim holiday

Yeah, those Muslims can't agree on anything but at least there aren't any wars anywhere, including Yemen and Gaza.

Except in Sudan, where the U.N. is now getting involved:

Sudanese forces clamp down in capital, clash with protesters

Migrants are heading for Spain:

YouTuber in Spain banned for 5 years after tasteless prank

Did you see what he did?

US to launch new program to fight extremism in Philippines

Let's face it, that's all about positioning for the coming war with China.

China warns tourists of harassment by US officials in travel alert

Tiananmen anniversary draws silence in Beijing but emotion in Hong Kong

Pompeo had the gall to criticize them for human rights abuses.

I am trying to think who China has invaded and bombed based over a series of lies blared from headlines in newspapers over the last 50 years or so and I'm having trouble coming up with anything. 

The U.S. government and pre$$, on the other hand.....

Blood tests recommended over Notre Dame lead risk

Is that why someone torched it? 

I mean, after the 9/11 towers were demolished there was no need to do an expensive asbestos elimination anymore (making one wonder even further how jet-fueled fires could have felled them into their own footprints).

Suddenly it’s D-Day again; aging veterans recall invasion

Yup, hit the beach (or just watch "Private Ryan," right?)

Real state budget battle about to begin

The teachers union’s sad anti-charter zealotry

That's the one union the Globe doesn't support, and it is only to get them motivated.

Reading the letters will only make me late, so.....

Baker renews call for federal government to end marijuana prohibition

Shelburne man completes life-long dream of traveling to every country in the world

President of society of landscape architects gets ticket for overgrown hedge

They knocked on the wrong door.

State senator reaches plea deal, will avoid OUI conviction

That would be the honorable Michael Brady.

Woman stranded on paddleboard calls 911

She was saved by an Apple Watch.

Lawrence man charged with aggravated rape of 13-year-old girl who later died

It's a sickening story that the Globe has been covering.

In N.H., Joe Biden says GOP isn’t the enemy

No, he's his own worst enemy because:

"Biden worked to demonstrate his populist authenticity, at times funny, at others sentimental as he has a long track record of verbal stumbles and other gaffes, and his daylong swing through New Hampshire was no exception. Biden drew criticism for joking about the accusations women have leveled at him about inappropriate touching, during an event earlier in the day in Berlin, N.H. A woman at the event whispered in his ear, and Biden announced, “I want the press to know, she pulled me close.”

Maybe somebody should be keeping an eye on him:

Top court in Mass. to review controversial technology police use to track cars

Steve Pemberton, ex-foster child who defied the odds, ponders run for US Senate

Blackstone mother charged with murder created ‘a world of the wanted and a world of the unwanted,’ prosecutor says

May God save her.

Gérard Depardieu’s rape investigation is closed

See any other names you might recognize? 

"In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene."

Sirhan showed all the symptoms of mind control, as as Kennedy lay on the floor the last best hope for a peaceful world evaporated as the blood poured out his head.

Over the years, it has become clear that Sirhan had to have been triggered and was meant to be a distraction. The fatal shot came from close behind Kennedy, where the real assassin lay, a security guard who hated the Kennedys and supported George Wallace.

Then it was back to business:

Airbnb to appeal ruling that upheld key part of city’s short-term rental law

How are those raises working out?

Meet the new startup:

It’s not Wynner Take All.

Powell, eyeing trade war, suggests Fed could turn to interest rates if needed

The clearest signal yet of the coming war with China.

Dow jumps 512 points amid hopes for a Fed rate cut

I'm glad someone benefited.

Republican senators split with Trump, voice opposition towards tariffs on Mexico

Going to have to shore up the southern border and western hemisphere if we are going to wage war in the East.

MassMutual CEO comes to Boston to chase talent

CVS Health stores offer new health care resources

Abrams urges Hollywood to ‘#StayAndFight’ instead of boycotting Georgia over abortion law

Time to leave.

UPDATE: 

I pa$$ed on my purchase of the printed paper this morning. I grabbed one, took a few steps, then went and put it back. Why waste money on something not worth it?