Boston

Biometric airports, hacked infotainment and high-flying skydicks + this day in history w/the invention of the phonograph and our song of the day by Chromeo on your Morning Monarchy for November 21, 2017.

Referendum violence, the economics of bribery and political clowns + this day in history w/the start of the Beltway Sniper spree and our song of the day by Luna on your Morning Monarchy for October 2, 2017.

Oscar Millan, right, was detained by ICE officers just as he was about to pick up his newborn son, Oscar Matias, from surgery. If deported, he’ll also leave behind an older son, Angel. Both are U.S. citizens. (Photo courtesy of Evanice Escudero/Pro Publica)
Early last Monday morning, Oscar Millan’s longtime partner called him from a Boston hospital, weepy with relief.

The potentially deadly, drug-resistant “superbug,” carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), is more widespread in U.S. hospitals than previously thought, an earlier-released study has found. [1]
Researchers looked for cases of infections caused by CRE in a sample of 4 U.S. hospitals – 3 in the Boston area and 1 in California – and identified numerous varieties of the bacterium. [2]

Rotten Apple, future shock and Mongolian heavy metal + this day in history w/PG-13 and our song of the day by Fly Moon Royalty on your Morning Monarchy for July 1, 2016.

Hemp hemp hooray, water cheats and Oregon oil + this day in history w/USS Liberty and our song of the day by Weaves on your Morning Monarchy for June 8, 2016.

"The security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned."
The post Snowden: Brussels Attack AND Boston Bombing Could Have Been Stopped appeared first on The Anti-Media.

Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev aka “Flash Bang,” younger bro to “Speed Bump”
Flashbang and Speedbump. The monikers of the Flying Tsaraev Brothers, reputed to have originated from WRKO and the inimitable Jerry Williams. They undoubtedly referred to the demise of the elder bro and the younger, who squirreled away in a boat during the greatest manhunt in recent history, roused from his perch through the invitation of an explosive canister.  This after having scrawled his manifesto on the side of a boat while a martial law beta test was in full swing.

The U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision last month to make Boston its candidate for the right to host the 2024 Summer Games has generated much excitement within the city and its environs. It has also engendered considerable opposition.

by KenThanks to the miracle of modern blog scheduling technology (which works more or less like that great space-age technological innovation the alarm clock), by the time you read this (or don't), I should be back with NYC limits after my whirlwind descent on Washington, D.C.