BOSTON —John Kerry has many titles -- secretary of state, former senator, one-time Democratic candidate for president. Now the globe-spanning diplomat can add one more: snow shoveling scofflaw.
After a blizzard dumped 2 feet of snow on his city this week, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh vowed to crack down on anyone who left the sidewalks in front of their homes and businesses buried in snow.
He wasn't kidding.
On Thursday, officials tagged Kerry with a $50 fine at 9:45 a.m. for failing to clear the snow from the side of his Beacon Hill mansion.
Kerry was in Saudi Arabia attending the funeral of King Abdullah with President Obama.
Kerry spokesman Glen Johnson told the Boston Globe Kerry will promptly pay the fine. He said shovelers finished clearing the sidewalk late Thursday morning.
Say you inflate the ball to 12.5 PSI — the NFL minimum — in a room at 70 degrees, and then used the ball outside where it was 50 degrees. That 12.5 PSI would eventually become 11.5 PSI. If you inflate the ball to 12.5 PSI in an even warmer room where it was, say, 80 degrees, and then played outdoors at 40 degrees, that 12.5 PSI would become 10.5 PSI — a drop of two PSIs.
A Group of Coworkers at a local Auto Dealership order out for Pizza Delivery.
Pizza Delivery Guy arrives to exchange Pizza for Cash.
Auto Dealership knuckleheads call back into the Pizza shop requesting their 7 bucks in change then get all douchbaggery when the guy shows up.
The Army announced plans for the pilot program last September, when it began seeking volunteers.
About 60 female soldiers will take part alongside male soldiers in the program that begins April 20 – Ranger Course 06-15, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Benjamin Garrett said in a statement.
“Those who meet the standards and graduate from the course will receive a certificate and be awarded the Ranger tab,” he said.
Black Lives Matter goes all Hippie in Boston this Morning Stopping Traffic into the City along north and south bound sections of I93. Some wearing adult diapers had chained themselves to barrels filled with concrete, they had expected to be on the roadway for quite a long time.
7News Boston WHDH-TV
An angry Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy P. Alben spoke about the protests that blocked traffic on Interstate 93 Thursday. "There are consequences you can't even anticipate!"
State police said 29 protesters were arrested for causing "serious risk to public safety." More information is expected to be released at an 11:30 a.m. press conference at state police headquarters.
One person was seen holding a sign that reads "united against racism," and the protesters issued a statement saying they wanted to "disrupt business as usual" and protest "police and state violence against black people" in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
"Today, our nonviolent direct action is meant to expose the reality that Boston is a city where white commuters and students use the city and leave, while Black and Brown communities are targeted by police, exploited, and displaced," said Katie Seitz, one of the activists.
"We must remember, Ferguson is not a faraway Southern city. black men, women and gender-nonconforming people face disproportionately higher risk of profiling, unjust incarceration, and death," added activist Nguyen Thi Minh Thu. "Police violence is everywhere in the United States."
I know what you're thinking ... Who the heck are those doofuses in the green hats claiming to be observers. The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild ... No Link for them. You'll have to Google it.
A Concerned Citizen attempts to find out. (Language Warning)
I called MassNLG this morning. The receptionist there directed me to Urszula Masny-Latos, the National Lawyers Guild executive director for the northeast regional office. She's not in. There is no answer at the moment. It's not a thing. Ms Masny-Latos is an Occupy Whatever enabler. I just had a few questions that needed clarification.
By the By, Not a single one of those 29 arrested this AM had a skin tone darker than a sheet of writing paper.
Identify the Possessive Pronouns in the following sentence.
If you wave your friggin finger at me one more friggin time I will kick you in your friggin package.
The Islamic Society of Boston mosques have been home to 11 members, including the Tsarnayev brothers, who are either dead, in jail, or on the run due to terrorist activity. Extreme Muslim leaders in Boston have established a blueprint to radicalize and brainwash America’s kids to become fighters…and this pattern is being replicated in communities all across the country.
First-time candidates Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and John Smoltz were voted into to the Baseball Hall of Fame along with holdover Craig Biggio Tuesday, the biggest class elected since 1955.
In Other News:
Lefty Salack Odamnba will be Riding the Pine again this year.
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I lost track near the end of the first round.
They've recalled Reps who failed to respond in the the first go around.
Boehner picked up a few as did Pelosi.
It's time for a new Speaker of the House. Make a difference this Monday morning if you have time. The Event is "Make Them Listen" Phone Calls to Remove John Boehner as Speaker of the House
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