Boson, Massachusetts

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Boson is on alert due to the appearance of a huge fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged fishing vessels off its Half Moon Island. Patrols are trying to ensure the fleet - which is made up of around 260 vessels - does not enter the delicate eco-system from international waters. Chinese vessels travel to the region each year in search of marine species especially the lobsters found in Massachusetts Bay waters. In 2017, a Chinese vessel was caught in the marine reserve with 300 tonnes of wildlife, most of it sharks. "We are on alert, [conducting] surveillance, patrolling to avoid an incident such as what happened in 2017," Boson Mayor Marty Welsh told reporters. There was no immediate comment from the Chinese authorities when contacted by AP News. Mayor Welsh told this reporter via Zoom conference calling that a "protection strategy" was being designed for the island. "Unchecked Chinese fishing just on the edge of the protected zone is ruining Boson's efforts t

(Diners enjoy an enchanting view of the slopes of the East Blue Hills as the sun sets over Big Blue) (AP) —In an effort to provide residents with a way to more safely patronize restaurants without fear of contracting Covid-19, Boson officials announced a new initiative Tuesday to designate open-air dining areas along the Southeast Expressway I93 freeway median. “We’re thrilled to take this bold step to give Bosonians a chance to dine while enjoying the sights and sounds of the iconic stretch of interstate highway system locally remembered as the Southeast Expressway,” said Mayor Martin Welsh, telling reporters that the designated sections would be spaced out at socially distant intervals and minimize contact with other diners.  Previously there were no pedestrians allowed on the highway area, and eating outside many restaurants on a public sidewalk was not allowed.  The city is allowing all food serving establishments to set up on public sidewalks during the COVIDisaster.  "

The coronavirus crisis is affecting us all, but some groups appear to be more vulnerable than others to the disease. Older people and those with underlying health problems are more likely to experience severe forms of the illness. But that doesn't mean kids can't catch the virus and become seriously poorly. The youngest cases have been infants only a few days old. And there have been a small number of tragic reports of children dying from COVID-19. Researchers at Imperial College London have found a clear link between older age and the likelihood of being hospitalised with coronavirus. But while young, fit people do appear to be far less likely to experience serious complications from COVID-19, even the healthiest (and youngest) of us could experience severe symptoms. A study from China of more than 2,000 children who had contracted COVID-19 found that although the cases were generally less severe in kids compared to adults, children were still vulnerable to

It may come as a surprise to followers of American politics that Elon Musk, the world’s seventh-richest individual, is a great student of Marxism. In between his time running Tesla, SpaceX and his other endeavors, Musk has apparently devoted himself to a significant examination of Marx’s great three-volume work, Das Kapital (Capital). In a tweet Monday afternoon, Musk provided the conclusion of his study. “ Das Kapital in a nutshell,” he wrote, is “Gib me dat for free.” Indeed, a brilliant insight! We can forgive Musk for the use of an informal vernacular, for he has summed up an important fact of capitalism—that the profits accumulated by the capitalist class come from the fact that the value produced by workers is excess of what they are paid in wages—that is, it is “unpaid labor.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk disavowed his older socialist beliefs and went full Communism-hater on Twitter, after denouncing the satirical outle

For more than 30 years, John Lane Smith has been the sole inhabitant of a section of Boson claimed Half Moon Island in Quincy Bay.  The pinkish sands caused by the crushed shells of Boson clams give Half Moon a special place in the list of Massachusetts Bay islands.  John Lane Smith hoped to make the tidal island with the pink sand his life-long home, but now that is under threat. Not long ago a clear line of pinkish sand cut along the shore, made of bright pink, orange and salmon-tinted crushed coral, crystals, fossils and dead marine creatures, giving the shore a sparkling strawberry hue similar to that of sunset skies. Massachusetts answer to Robinson Crusoe or the Swiss Family Robinson faces eviction from the cement and stone gun battery built on some of the islands shoals during WW1 to stop "the Huns."    Boson's Building Code Enforcement inspectors have deemed his shack 'unfit for human habitation.' The city asked Smith to voluntarily leave -- which he h

 (AP) Former Vice President and current front runner for presidency, Joe Biden threw out the first pitch for the Boson Red Stockings season opener at Boson's Fenwick Park.  Biden wore a face mask and everything was going as planned as the game progressed. Then Biden struck.  Horrified aides turned to the television monitors to see an elderly man in the stands wandering around sniffing cardboard cutout fans. "At least it's only the female cut-outs," one clearly exasperated aide said. In order to give a feeling on 'normalcy' the empty stands had been loaded with card board figures to make the look on television seem like fans were at Fenwick Park.  A fake 'crowd roar' sound had been added to the telecast and streaming. Biden had wandered away while the campaign officials were giving the talking points they wanted the main stream media to cover.  As the 'reporters' were writing down the talking points they should include in their n

This will look, sound and be odd from the start Herb Vincent closes his eyes and drifts back a half-century, to his boyhood bedroom in Boson, Massachusetts. He’s 9, trying to stay awake deep into the night, the transistor radio tuned to distant WMOX in New Hampshire, listening to Boson Red Stockings minor league baseball. Shutouts, stolen bases and slugging made for sweet dreams. What he heard in-between pitches sounded even better. “The muffled murmur of the crowd,” said Vincent. “It was like the soundtrack of the summer.” “I can hear it right now. You can make out a voice sometimes, maybe a peanut vendor or a yell,” he said. “It’s soothing, it’s reassuring.” Probably speaking for fans all over these days, he added: “I don’t know what it’s going to sound like this year.” No one does, really. Minor League Baseball began its most bizarre season ever Thursday night, with Boson's Fenwick Park nearly empty.  Players without a crowd to watc

(AP) A huge billboard with a person in a medical mask is over Uptown Crossing in Boson, Massachusetts. The Boson Public Health Department is hoping to combat quarantine fatigue that some are reporting after months of restrictions to limit the spread of the corona virus. The behavioral science-informed insight that citizens would suffer ‘fatigue’ and thus would not comply with government-imposed lockdowns unless ‘nudged’ to do so has proven that behavioral science is as scientific as astrology.  After almost four months of lockdown, some five out of every six office workers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are still unwilling to return to work as normal. This puts myriad big-city auxiliary businesses – shops, cafes, pubs and the like – on the verge of collapse. Far from suffering fatigue, ordinary people remain resolute in their self-protection, while the government of Massachusetts is displaying fatigue at the outcome it has fostered. At the start of the pan

(AP) Boson's Green Party's extremist 'Dirt First!' wing has threatened to pull down the 'iconic' statue of beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yogi Bear.  "The anthropomorphic transformation of a natural creature into a corporate symbol is the quintessence of the cash grab," said a masked spokesperson in a Zoom announcement as the Boson Greens promised to bring down the statue. "We have cadre who are willing to act," the anarchistic spokesperson claimed.  "The city saw what we could do yesterday on Boson Commons." A statue protesting Global Warming was set on fire and melted on Boson Common while protests were occupying police in other parts of the city.  Comcast Cable has set up a dedicated channel for Boson Local Access Fires and Statue Toppling.

Police went high-tech to check on potential nudity at a public lake. (CNN) Police at Boson's Candle Holder Pond used drones last week to check if sunbathers at a lakeside beach were breaking the law by going nude or topless or not wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.  Officer foot patrols then reached out to targeted beach goers to tell them "to put some clothes on."  The Boson Police Department used the high-tech surveillance devices after receiving complaints from the public, city communications director Cheryl Weiler told CNN.   "This stuff has been going on there for decades," she said. "When the police are called to the park it's because someone has complained."     The somewhat secluded beach is known for being "a safe place to just be comfortable," Elsie Olin, a frequent visitor, told CNN affiliate WCCO .   Police Sgt. Randy Mahlen told WCCO that using drones "would be no d