December 2017 - NewBostonPost

Bitcoin’s Fantasy

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“Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look!  Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s…” —  Introduction to the television series The Adventures of Superman … Bitcoin. No stable currency — digital or fiat — rises by nearly 2,000 percent in a......

Trump Really Is Draining The Swamp

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  By Robert Donachie Daily Caller News Foundation   President Donald Trump is significantly decreasing the size of the federal bureaucracy, a campaign promise he often referred to as “draining the swamp.” The administration downsized permanent staff at all cabinet-level departments by the end of September 2017, except for at Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs (VA)......

Apparent Clear Field for Rick Green in GOP Congressional Nomination

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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — .A white Christmas followed by an arctic freeze was enough to keep newsmakers quiet this mid-holiday week like bears cozy in their dens, catching a few final Zzzzz before the new year begins. Speaker Pro Tempore Pat Haddad projected a “very, very busy winter and spring,......

New Year’s Resolution:  Import No Rape Culture

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Are you going to some mass-celebration of New Year’s Eve on Sunday night? If so, are you afraid of being sexually assaulted? Chances are that’s not a major concern this weekend for either women or men going out to First Night revelries in Boston or other cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the country.......

Critics of Berlin ‘Safe Zone’ for Women Say It Discriminates Against Muslims

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By Joe Simonson Daily Caller News Foundation Women celebrating the New Year in Berlin will have access to a “safe zone,” set up by organizers of the annual festivities in the German capital. The new security measures are in response to a growing number of sexual assaults committed by migrants, most notably two years ago......

Unsealed Court Documents Suggest Prosecutors Withheld Evidence in Oregon Rancher Clive Bundy Trial

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By Tim Pearce Daily Caller News Foundation Unsealed court documents detail how the team of prosecutors tasked with convicting Cliven Bundy and his sons of crimes relating to a 2014 armed standoff failed to turn over potential exculpatory evidence to the court, The Oregonian reports. The Bundys’ case ended in a mistrial December 20 after......

Elizabeth Warren Pokes The Donald Over “Science,” The Internet Pokes Back

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What would 2017 be without one final Twitter jab at President Donald Trump courtesy of Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren? It is no secret that Trump’s administration, which in 2017 has managed to trigger unprecedented heights of progressive outrage, views human-driven climate change theories with skepticism. From Trump’s decision to back out of the Paris......

How Many Times Did Maura Sue Donald? The Complete List of Massachusetts v. Trump

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  Almost exactly one year ago, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey told an audience during a crowded town hall-style event in Newburyport that she had “run out of fingers” when it came to “trying to count how many groups” now-President Donald Trump offended during the course of his successful 2016 campaign. Today, nearly 12 months into......

Anglican Bishop: Pro-Trump Evangelicals Giving Movement A Bad Name

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By Joshua Gill Daily Caller News Foundation A prominent English bishop said U.S. “self-styled evangelicals” are giving all evangelicals a bad name with their “uncritical support” for President Donald Trump. Paul Bayes, bishop of Liverpool in the Church of England, said U.S. evangelical leaders who support Trump are giving the word evangelical a bad connotation,......

How To Be Happy Without Living Your Dreams

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My 16-year-old son is an achiever in a variety of fields. Near-perfect PSAT score, soccer goalkeeper, state champion debater, chess whiz … So, I bought him a book for Christmas. Right away, the author outlines some of the goals. “Be afraid.” “Don’t be true to yourself.” “Don’t follow your dreams.”  Later, there’s an exhortation to......

The Most Unexpected New Year’s Resolution – Can You Make It?

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If you’re like many, you’re getting ready to make New Year’s resolutions. Lose weight.  Find a new job.  Stop smoking. We think life is so difficult.  Until we realize that for some … their resolution is just to keep it together day by day.  Not to thrive, but just to survive. All across America, families......