http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/boston/ en-us Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:38:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404065/posts A Boston man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole, hours after a jury found him guilty of beating his 70-year-old father to death, then using a power saw to cut up the body before scattering the remains throughout the neighborhood. Brian Lee showed no outward emotion when the jury returned a verdict of guilty on a charge of first-degree murder for the October 2006 slaying of Edward Lee at the victim’s home in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, prosecutors said. He declined to make a statement at his sentencing Wednesday afternoon, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404065/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:38:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401424/posts SNIPPET: "A team of researchers convened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security began a series of tests today at 20 MBTA stations to determine how airborne contaminants would spread in a terrorist attack on Boston's subway system." SNIPPET: "The findings will help guide the design of future detection systems and help strengthen evacuation, ventilation, and other emergency response plans on mass transit across the country. "We hope to use the data from the two to come up with a model to predict the behavior (of chemicals) in other subway systems," Lustig said." BOSTON.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401424/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2400263/posts It was Christmas, but it didn’t seem like Christmas to me. Traditional lights were glistening everywhere, and churches were abuzz with excitement, but I felt a coldness in my heart akin to the freezing rains that hit me as I trudged uphill to the hospital. Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2400263/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399677/posts PORTLAND, Maine – A storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast on Thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures — all in the same morning. AP via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399677/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389840/posts Unions standing in the way of progress? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you! The Boston Herald reports that a plan that rewards teachers whose students receive passing grades on Advanced Placement tests — and offers incentives for the students, too — is, predictably, being opposed by the Boston Teachers Union. Grand Rants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389840/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389171/posts Union blocks teacher bonuses By Edward Mason  |   Wednesday, November 18, 2009  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage Photo by Matthew West Grinchlike union bosses are blocking at least 200 of Boston’s best teachers from pocketing bonuses for their classroom heroics in a puzzling move that gets a failing grade from education experts.The Boston Teachers Union staunchly opposes a performance bonus plan for top teachers - launched at the John D. O’Bryant School in 2008 and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Exxon Mobil foundations - insisting the dough be divvied up among all of a school’s teachers, good and bad.“It’s insanity,” said Jim... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389171/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389025/posts Classical station has new business model: support of donors Boston is following a trend in radio that’s taking place in other cities across the nation: Its only 24-hour classical music station now depends on listeners - not advertisers - to keep it afloat. Last week’s Federal Communications Commission approval of WGBH’s $14 million purchase of WCRB-FM (99.5) means the classical musical station is now a public broadcaster, with a business model that draws revenue from donations and corporate sponsorship instead of relying on advertising. Because classical music fans tend to be older, and advertisers typically want to court a younger... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389025/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384199/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Ware Man Charged with Illegal Possession of Ammunition and Manufacturing Explosive Materials SPRINGFIELD, MA—A Ware man was charged today in federal court with Possession of Ammunition by a Convicted Felon and Manufacturing Explosive Materials without a License. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Glenn N. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Resident Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense’s... Boston.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384199/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382968/posts Here is remarkable video of a Boston woman who was drunk tumbling onto commuter train tracks ahead of an oncoming train. Bystanders began waving furiously to warn the train to stop and the train operator was able to get the train stopped just before getting to the woman. What an outstanding job by the train operator to get stopped! . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382968/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382141/posts A Boston city councilor is fired up over attempts by high-end condo owners to muzzle Old Ironsides’ twice-daily cannon blasts, calling their complaints of excessive noise “absolutely ridiculous” and vowing to push for a city resolution to support the time-honored tradition. “Old Ironsides is part of Boston history,” said Councilor Sal LaMattina, who represents Charlestown, where several residents in a swanky condominium development near the Naval Yard have launched a letter-writing campaign to silence the 44-gun frigate’s cannon salutes. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382141/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381768/posts Anyone here in the Boston area? I just got transferred to this center of loony leftist liberalism and am in desperate need of links with reality. Any help is greatly appreciated. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381768/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380704/posts Old Ironsides’ upscale Charlestown neighbors are trying to pull off what British, French and Barbary pirate guns failed to accomplish in more than two centuries - silencing the cannons of the nation’s oldest commissioned naval vessel. Miffed residents of a posh condo complex have invited the commanding officer of the USS Constitution over for a glass of wine so he can hear for himself that the frigate’s twice-daily cannon blasts - a tradition dating to 1798 - are “more disruptive to the neighborhood than you might have imagined.” Commanding Officer Timothy Cooper received the most recent complaint two weeks ago... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380704/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378730/posts Imagine launching a new restaurant and incurring the scrutiny of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Organization for Women before it even opens. That’s what happened to the owners of Stoddard’s Fine Food & Ale, a “gastropub” opening this month in Downtown Crossing. Controversy erupted after Stoddard’s sent out a press release last month about its opening that included news of a private, membership-based “gentlemen-only Friday Club” on its lower level. After the plans came under criticism for excluding women - and possibly violating a state law that prohibits discrimination in public places - Stoddard’s “clarified” its policy... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378730/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:36:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377235/posts Note: The following text is a quote: West Coast Man Charged with Developing and Distributing Cable Network Hacking Tools BOSTON, MA—Charges were unsealed in federal court against an Oregon man and the company he founded, TCNISO, alleging that they developed and distributed products that allowed users to modify their cable modems and obtain internet access without paying for it. Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division, announced today that RYAN HARRIS, age 26, of San Diego,... Boston.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377235/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372933/posts Beside ads beckoning believers to explore Islam, attend services at the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, or learn about the healing powers of Christian Science, the walls of the city’s subway cars will make room this month for another creed: nonbelief. A group called the Boston Area Coalition of Reason has spent $11,000 to buy ads on more than 200 subway cars on the Red Line and Green Line to raise awareness about people who believe that God is a myth. Surveys suggest that they account for an increasing number of Americans. The ads, which were unveiled yesterday and will be... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372933/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:23:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370370/posts Gentle readers, I’ll bet you’ve never heard of the Secret Six. Neither had I until a few years ago. The Secret Six, as they came to be known, were Boston’s first limousine liberals. Most came from distinguished Boston stock and were all strong abolitionists in the period leading up to the Civil War. They gave money to the militant abolitionist John Brown, who would be considered a terrorist today, knowing he would use the donations in violent ways. When Brown failed, all but one ran like cowards away from their association with him.*** On the evening of Oct. 16, 1859,... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370370/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:04:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367983/posts Via ABC News: A pharmacy college graduate made a defiant appearance in federal court Wednesday, hours after being charged with conspiring with two other men in a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq. Authorities say the men's plans — in which they used code words like "peanut butter and jelly" for fighting in Somalia and "culinary school" for terrorist camps — were thwarted in part when they could not find training and were unable to buy automatic weapons, authorities said.... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367983/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367836/posts BOSTON - A pharmacy college graduate conspired with two other men on a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, prosecutors said Wednesday. But their plans — in which the men used code words like "peanut butter and jelly" for fighting in Somalia and "culinary school" for terrorist camps — were thwarted in part when they could not find training and were unable to buy automatic weapons, authorities said. Tarek Mehanna worked with the men from 2001 to May 2008 on the... My Fox Boston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367836/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367477/posts A 27-year-old man from Sudbury has been arrested on charges he planned terrorism attacks inside and outside the United States, according to a spokeswoman for Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucks. The man was identified as Tarek Mehanna, who was arrested in November of last year for allegedly lying to authorities about a man who trained with al Qaida, federal officials tell the Herald. Loucks and Warren T. Bamford, special-agent-in-charge of the Boston FBI field office, have called a 10 a.m. press conference to discuss the arrest. The announcement will be made at the federal courthouse in South Boston. Developing... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367477/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:10:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367499/posts While the naive and ignorant of America continue to drool over America Muslims, facts show us that Muslims here are causing the same problems that Muslims cause across the world. There is a definite uptick in Muslims being busted for plotting terrorist attacks on America. Their immigration is not needed here at all, it is time to end it. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367499/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:48:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367996/posts Well, this afternoon I read the criminal search warrant and affidavit and the criminal complaint filed on Tarek Mehanna today (So you wouldn't have to, my possums.) I kept Mr. Mehanna's attorney's admonishment to remember that his client was innocent until proven guilty. I also know that the government is required to prove its allegations in open court. Several things popped out at me. Dinah Lord http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367996/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367416/posts Headline only Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367416/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365296/posts It's snowing just outside of Boston. The glaciers will be here soon. We are doomed unless we can get a world class global warming blowhard to visit us. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365296/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:47:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364810/posts Opponents rallies against health care reform The nationwide "tea party" movement came to Boston Common on Saturday, as people upset with government spending turned their focus to health care. The rally came as President Barack Obama once again used his web address to push reform. "I'm really opposed to having the government control our health care and rationing health care to people who really need it," Woburn's John Radzikinas said. The group of conservative activists which took to Boston Common on Saturday said health care reform has not worked in Massachusetts, and would be a disaster for the rest of... necn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364810/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:30:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363990/posts Cool shot! Ah, to be 9 years old again, showing off for the cameras!Here's the link again. YouTube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363990/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:59:28 GMT