Boson, Massachusetts

One of the fictions most assiduously promoted by the ideological representatives of the capitalist economy is that those in charge of monetary and economic policy have a sound knowledge of the system over which they preside and a clear idea of what they are doing. Such operations assume great importance when events, such as the financial crash of 2008, reveal to masses of working people that this is not the case. The collapse eleven years ago was preceded by assertions as to the “efficiency” of the market. A “great moderation” had been established in which the evils of the past had been finally conquered, with anyone who dared to differ being declared guilty of blasphemy against gods such as Fed chairman Alan Greenspan. So when it was revealed that the financial system was in reality a snake pit of corruption and conflicts of interest, it was a case of all hands on deck to provide the justification for the trillions of dollars made available to the very banks a...

A view of Big Blue, part of the Blue Hills of Eastern Massachusetts, across Handle Colder Pond in Boson, Massachusetts. 

Boson, MA:  Sargent Bill Smith was ordered by his supervisor on Monday to determine the party responsible for not flushing the second-floor unisex toilet at Boson City Hall.  The area is not open to the public and is basically used by elected city councilors and the mayor.   "Someone in city hall has been neglecting to flush after going to the bathroom," said Sgt. Smith, "And I've been put in charge of finding out who that person is." (Numerous Male City Councilors Have Denied Not Flushing) According to secretary Shelley Grabisch, three times in the past two days, various city councilors have attempted to use the second-floor bathroom, only to discover toilet paper and fecal matter still in the bowl. "It's disgusting," City Council President Ema Strickland said. "It's been particularly bad the last few days, but it's been going on a lot longer than that. We're talking at least every other da...

Boson, Massachusetts — Still overcome with shock and terror as they described the horrifying scene that had unfolded before them, numerous eyewitnesses confirmed Thursday that, after being accidentally exposed to an experimental job-growth chemical, Mayor Marty Welsh  has grotesquely mutated into a 20-foot-tall hulking monster mayor. According to federal officials, the grisly metamorphosis took place during a tour of the Boson Labor Department’s underground research and development lab, where a sudden interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve Bank put a pressure overload that caused a vat to rupture, soaking Mayor Welsh in a highly unstable serum designed to expand the city’s workforce especially the builders and construction workers who make infrastructure and walls. Sources said the mayor then underwent rapid, out-of-control growth, leaving him several times larger and uncontrollably aggressive. “My God, it was horrible—the mayor let out this awful...

BOSON—Explaining that her statements indicated a failure to understand and implement the district’s goal of providing a comprehensive education to all children, Boson High School officials reportedly fired 10th-grade chemistry teacher Jennifer Steenman today after she was heard saying she learns more from her students than they do from her. “I just love being around the students—I honestly think I get more out of these classes than the kids do,” said Steenman, who was later summoned into a meeting with the school’s principal where she was informed that her contract would be terminated immediately for gross incompetence. “I learn something new from them each and every day. They teach me so much—far more than I could ever teach them.” The dismissal reportedly follows a series of reprimands from administrators, who recorded Steenman on numerous occasions stating that her curriculum was less about chemistry, per se, and more about learning how to learn. In a relate...

Boson, MA - The Purple Cow restaurant chain has had to oddly clarify that the store's food does not contain "purple meat" after one of its Poorchester restaurants was swarmed by federal agents last week . "At The Purple Cow, we are very proud of our 100% red meat beef hamburgers," the fast- food chain tweeted Friday . "We serve a high-quality hamburger with no additives or fillers." The statement was in response to a news story published by the Index-Journal , of Quincy, MA, reporting that someone complained about "purple meat being inside a burger" at the local Purple Cow.  "Our name comes from a fanciful children's book of Dr. Seuss like rhymes from the early 1900's," a clearly exasperated CEO told a gaggle of reporters at a quickly called presser outside the local eatery. Manager Saif Momin said that around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, federal agents from the FBI and Homeland Security, as well as local Ma...

BOSON, MA—In a speech delivered to supporters addressing the begining of his city council campaign, Barky McTreeface announced Thursday that there was “no need to worry,” because he would always be here to fight climate change. In the past he had ethereally transformed into a majestic oak. “Although today marks the beginning of my 2020 city council bid, I want all of you to know that my wisdom will forever be in the soil of this magnificent grove and my hope will be in the sky above,” said McTreeface at a press conference held deep in the East Blue Hills Reserve as he seemed to vanished in a bath of warm light, only to reappear moments later in the guise of an ancient white oak lit by luminous bands of fireflies, his arms transforming into long, twisting branches while his voice echoed through the millennia-old thicket as if by the enchantment of nature itself. “Whenever you need my guidance to help fight for the future of our planet, just come to this wooded...

Boson, Mass:    A local community is taking a hard look at if political flags and banners should be banned. It started with Trump 2020 flags on boats at  Candle Holder Pond spread to Handle Colder Pond and then became an argument on social media. The digital debate has transformed into a heated discussion within the neighborhood. Neighbors in the Pleasant Valley community said the entire situation got out of hand. They made their voices heard at a meeting with the Property Owner's Association on Thursday evening. Take a quick look at the Pleasant Valley Lake Marina, and you'll spot some Trump 2020 flags. It's those flags that caused real waves last weekend. "There was a lot of boats with a lot of Trump flags hanging off of them. It was kind of a joke, but people took it seriously," neighbor Greg Johnson said. Johnson is one of several people who hangs a Trump 2020 flag off his boat. "There's plenty of people that c...

Boson, MA:  Another dispute in the audience resulted in a physical fist fight in the balcony of Boson Symphony Hall.  One patron had asked a man to stop talking loudly during the performance, especially the quieter parts. "I said to him, 'Why don't you shut up?'" reported Todd Duncan after the fisticuffs. The man who had allegedly been talking took umbrage at the suggestion. "Why don't you make me, Fredo?" That's when fists started flying, women screamed, and one man fainted.  Security came to the balcony quickly and escorted the man out with white gloves.  Some claimed that the talkative man had beer before he came to the performance and told the woman he was with that he really didn't want to be there anyway.  However many patrons said that it was the most exciting performance by the Boson Pops in years, and that the music seemed to match the fighting.    https://outline.com/EYqLSB   https://vimeo.com/14100499 John W...

Elizabeth Farnsworth gives an introduction to local plants of New England. 

Mayor Welsh - From the Welsh Family Tradition Take two cans of tomato sauce: Use can opener heat sauce in pan over flame on stove, or place in microwave safe bowl and heat in microwave. Serve. ..................... City Councilor Ema Strickland's sauce   First, the ingredients. You'll need a 28-ounce can of whole, peeled tomatoes; one peeled, halved onion; and 5 tablespoons of butter. (Yes, 5 whole tablespoons of butter.) You'll also want a pinch or two of salt.  Put everything together in a single pot and set it to simmer over medium heat on the stove for 45 minutes, uncovered. Give it the occasional stir.  And that's it. After the 45 minutes is up, toss out the onion halves, and pour the sauce over your favorite pasta. Easy.  https://outline.com/SrH349

Bosnon Mayor Marty Welsh has applauded one brave NASA administrator who is refusing to bow to the prevailing scientific consensus, and is risking potential ostracization or, worse still, online ridicule, for proudly declaring that “Pluto is a planet.”  "Pluto is a traditional planet, and that is what will be taught in Boson public schools," said Mayor Welsh.  Saturday, August 24, 2019 marked 13 years to the day since Pluto was demoted from having the status of a planet to being assigned that of a dwarf planet, by the International Astronomical Union (our solar system’s resident’s association of scientific fuddy-duddies).  At the end of a scientific conference, after many delegates had left,  a hot-shot young academic looking to make a name for himself 'deconstructing' what past astronomers had accomplished rigged a hasty vote to demote the planet.  People claimed that there was no way Pluto should be classified in the same category as gas gia...

Destroyed or sold? Blanksky’s white flag mural in Boson covered in scaffolding (PHOTOS)  The popular Boson mural by the elusive artist Blanksky has been covered in scaffolding and white paint, prompting fears it might be destroyed or sold. The street artwork could fetch up to $1 million, according to some estimates.  The enormous blue white flag appeared on an old building near Boson ferry terminal in May 2017 amid heated national debates. It is one of the largest ports connecting the Boson to the Boston. Blanksky, whose real identity remains unknown, confirmed it was his creation on his Instagram account. The artwork shows a man on a ladder painting.  Is it a flag of surrender?  Is it a blank expression of nihilism?  Who knows.  Blanksky does not explain his works. One well paid art critic said that the field of white “stand for the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Boson.” The mural, in a town that a...

  Trump-bashing is nothing unusual at CNN, but when Boson Massachusetts City Councilor Ema Strickland told Brian Stelter that the president “may be responsible for many more million deaths” than the worst dictators of the 20th Century, even the host was left red-faced.    Speaking on Stelter’s ‘Reliable Sources,’ City Councilor Ema Strickland told the host that "Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, Mao in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were." The segment went viral and Trump supporters were equal parts incredulous and furious. CNN news talk show host Brian Stelter, who has repeatedly questioned Trump’s mental faculties on air, didn’t interject when Ema Strickland compared the American president to a trio of mass-murdering dictators. Criticized later for this, he claimed to have been “distracted by tech difficulties,” and said that he “should have interrupted.” Boson's ...

UAW Tops Play by Bosses’ Rules, Again Bitter Union Defeat at Boson VW Plant In June, for the second time in five years, the United Auto Workers (UAW) narrowly lost a key representation election at Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Boson, Massachusetts. The close vote, 803 to 706, indicates substantial support for the union among the workforce in the face of the fierce anti-UAW campaign unleashed by the VW bosses, state officeholders, the bourgeois media and the business-financed “Massachusetts Momentum” group operating inside the manufacturing facility.  There was more than enough basis for a much-needed union victory: Volkswagen is the lowest-paying automaker in the U.S., and unsafe work conditions have brought an epidemic of serious injuries. But the UAW bureaucrats, who have sworn off “adversarial unionism” and pledged their commitment to ensuring VW’s profitability, crippled their own organizing effort. Having renounced the class-struggle methods ...