Category Archives: News and opinion

Not all the news is fit to print for some people.

Tuesday News

Report: Pakistan Granted China Access to U.S.’s Top-Secret Bin Laden Raid Chopper Neither Pakistan or China is our friend, Pakistan merely hates us, China is spending every penny from their profits in their trade with us to build a war … Continue reading

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“In Britain, everything is policed except crime.”

Lessons for us from London in flames “Within living memory, the city in flames on our TV screens every night governed a fifth of the Earth’s surface and a quarter of its population. When you’re imperialists on that scale, there … Continue reading

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Sunday News

Telecom Italia sells unit to Burlington firm I still have an interest in these things. Orion spaceship The comments at the Herald website were the usual whining about wasting money in space. Let me say this very slowly,”You can’t spend … Continue reading

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Saturday News

The North River Great Race_July 30.  Photos! Meant to try it this year, but I was busy falling off a paddleboard in Hingham Harbor taking a class in SOT paddleboarding. So, how bad do they think the riots and lawlessness … Continue reading

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Mention at 11, thank you so much.

Veteran fears patriotism, his faith at odds at Mass By Joe Fitzgerald Bob sounded defensive at the beginning of his call. “Look, I’m not a guy who normally picks up the phone to call someone like you.” He identified himself … Continue reading

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Friday News

First, I promise to get out on the water tomorrow and come back with more pictures and words not about Obama or the economy or the riots. Unless I paddle by Barry drowning in Cape Cod Bay then I’ll take … Continue reading

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Thursday News

Sinkhole found in I-90 tunnel (The Big Dig) Four feet deep, 190 feet long, some ramps and drainage pipes as well as 8 train tracks have already sunk up to 8 feet. (located under South Station so the commuter rail … Continue reading

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Tuesday News- 8/9/2011

The Heralds token liberal columnist, Margery Eagan. We’ve run out of hope, Obama “Barack Obama should curse the Wall Street greed heads and the Tea Party know-nothings and move boldly to rescue the great beleaguered American middle class. But he … Continue reading

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On Sunday pause and remember the 31 Americans recently killed in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan isn’t worth the loss of the lives of so many brave and exceptional Americans. Two things wrong with the story I’ve heard from the AP and CNN reports; (three things, why are the only reports on this tragedy coming … Continue reading

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Saturday News

Hosting a New Page on this Blog, The Duxbury Senior Club. The World from Berlin ‘The Biggest Loser is the Average American’ Dos Amerikana is kaput! (My translation may be a bit off). One of Google’s self-driving cars has driven … Continue reading

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