June 2017 - NewBostonPost

Don’t Read This … Unless You Want People To Die

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People will die.  That’s the message coming from U.S. Senator Max Hyperbole (R-North Carolina).  Except Hyperbole is not a senator — he’s actually a parody of other prominent politicians, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. He’s one of several characters created by Arab-American comedian Remy Munasifi, whose parody video on YouTube.com titled — you guessed it......

Traveling Abroad? What If …?

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News of terror attacks is terrifying, most especially when we’re tucking those headlines into our carry-ons determined to carry on with summer travel plans. Before those adventures begin, the U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs offers a precautionary layer of security to citizens registered in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.  Kevin Brosnahan, press officer at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, explains STEP as a......

Mass GOP Attacks AG Healey’s Office About Judge’s ‘Misconduct’ Finding in Drug Lab Review

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Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Kirsten Hughes pounced Thursday on a Boston Herald report linking Attorney General Maura Healey’s office with a criminal drug lab review that a state judge labeled as acting in “gross misconduct,” according to the newspaper. Superior Court Judge Richard J. Carey, according to the Herald, “skewered” two of Healey’s former assistant attorneys......

Could Massachusetts Stop Funding Abortions?

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Should Massachusetts taxpayers pay for abortions? Pro-life activists say no, and they are hoping to bring a ballot question to voters in 2020. Several dozen activists gathered on the Massachusetts State House steps Thursday morning to call attention to their signature drive, sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Public Funding of Abortion. The alliance......

Staples To Be Sold

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The office supply giant Staples announced Wednesday afternoon that the company has negotiated a sale to a private equity company in New York City for $6.9 billion. Staples Inc., headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, opened its first store in Brighton in 1986. The company played an indirect role in the 2012 presidential race, as former Massachusetts governor......

CNN Is Having A Bad Week

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CNN, the 24-hour cable news network that was prompted to dismiss three journalists Monday after publishing a bogus report last week connecting a member of President Donald Trump’s team to a Russia-based investment fund, can’t seem to dodge accusations it ramped up coverage of flimsy Kremlin conspiracy allegations in the name of ratings. The latest......

Lawmakers Want End-Around-Parents For Teen-Agers To Get Anti-HIV Preventative Pill

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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Young adults would be able to consent without a parent’s permission to receive preventative treatment for HIV infection or vaccinations for sexually transmitted diseases, under a proposal that lawmakers say would remove barriers to care and reduce the spread of infection. Massachusetts state Senator Julian Cyr......

Fake News Prompts Real Lawsuit

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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has filed a lawsuit against the New York Times, alleging defamation, weeks after the newspaper falsely connected a political campaign map she made featuring crosshairs over Democratic districts with the 2011 shooting of Arizona U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords. The 25-page lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in White Plains,......

Rape Coverup Shows What Happens When Public Officials Value Themselves Over the Public

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Have you ever noticed that so-called “privacy” laws often end up protecting the privacy of … the government? Case in point:  A rape by a 17-year-old boy of a 14-year-old student at a public high school in Manchester, New Hampshire. It happened in 2015, so you’d think by now it’d be old news. But it’s......

Let Them Eat Cake? U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Same-Sex Couple Wedding Cake Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will weigh in on a case with Bay State ties that deals with whether a Colorado baker acted within his constitutional rights when he refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex civilly married couple. Before David Mullins and Charlie Craig tied the knot in Massachusetts in......

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CEO Letter To Entitled Incoming College Kids: Get A Job

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Dear Future Employees, Summer is here. School is done for the semester. You’re thinking about beaches and bikinis…Instagram and rollercoasters. Your parents are pushing you to relax. Take some time off. Maybe pick up a summer class to “get ahead”. I’ve got some unsolicited advice for you. You might not want to hear it…but if......