AMATEUR HOUR CONTINUES AT ‘THE BB’: ‘PETER PAN’ PAPER STILL CAN’T ADMIT TRUMP WON
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
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(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY DEC. 12, 2016) — You can put an unwashed bum in a tuxedo, but he’s still going to reek. Similarly, you can clean up the look of a newspaper, but unless the content changes, it’s still going to read like a joke.
Welcome to the new, spiffed-up, newspaper once known as The Berkshire Eagle.
As THE PLANET has pointed out, The Boring Broadsheet is to investigative journalism what tee-ball is to hardball. Its readers — actually, its former readers, who now vastly outnumber their syllabic brethren — know this best of all, particularly as it pertains to the “see, hear, and speak no evil” local coverage. The BB might tell you of a near-fatal fire or shooting, but they leave out the vital details — left to remain hidden, unless THE PLANET finds time from a busy schedule to bother plying our sources.
Today’s continuation of Journalism 101 concerns the “telegraph” coverage, as national and international news is known as in the newspaper business. The BB suffers from a hallucinatory, liberal bias that not only embarrasses the flag and masthead but approaches the irrational. The prime example of this preposterous position is The BB’s post-election coverage of president-elect Donald Trump.
The paper obviously can’t handle Trump’s brilliant and decisive win. Instead of provided measured and complete coverage of the presidential transition, it searches the wires for the kinds of “Peter Pan” stories about Trump that have become commonplace in the wake of Nov. 8. These are stories that convey the belief that if one wishes hard enough, maybe Trump’s triumph will go away. It’s the newspaper equivalent of putting fingers in one’s ear and loudly singing “la la la la, na, na, na, na.”
Blaring the False Impression
The latest example of The BB’s amateurish coverage of Trump can be found above the fold on page 1 of the Saturday, Dec. 10, edition. The headlines blared the false impression that the CIA had declared that Russia had hacked the Democrats during the presidential campaign for the purposes of rigging the election against Hillary Clinton.
Right. And the National Enquirer space alien has been spotted selling shelled clams from an oxcart on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The CIA “report” that Moscow was working for a Trump win boils down to the opinion of an unnamed “senior U.S. official” — a report the CIA refuses to make public. In other words, it’s one of them “trust us” reports without portfolio. Come on, Alan English, new publisher of The BB. You’d better hold your editors to a much higher standard than that if you wish to stem the precipitous fall of your plunging circulation.
As Trump’s transition team pointed out in response, the report came from the same bad actors in the CIA who “said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.” These were people who, like The BB, were still fuming that their gal lost the election to a consummate showman.
Of course, the denatured Democrats called for an investigation.
The ‘Deep Dive’
The out-going Barack Obama, still clutching on to the presidential pillar with his scratching fingernails, called for a “full-scale review” of cyberattacks conducted during the campaign. He further directed that the review be concluded before he mercifully leaves office. This is the president, remember, who pledged to end America’s disastrous, $7 trillion-and-counting involvement in Afghanistan (16 years of war and counting), Iraq (13 years of war and counting), and environs.
Obama said the investigation will be a “deep dive” into the facts — you know, the kind of “deep dive” Hillary took as Secretary of State when she shook down foreign leaders for millions on behalf of the saintly Clinton Foundation.
THE PLANET wonders if Obama’s “deep dive” will include the information contained in the hacks of the Democratic National Committee, where the Wasserman bitch worked on behalf of Hillary to sink the wildfire campaign of Bernie Sanders.
We should also not forget what has happened to relations between Washington and Moscow in the eight years of the Obama presidency. The two countries went from cooperating allies to the brink of nuclear war. At least Trump has promised warmer relations with Russia, a country led by the best politician on the planet, if not THE PLANET. We speak of Vladimir Putin. We speak of Donald Trump, who, by the way, just announced he’s going to bring back “Merry Christmas” in favor of this “Happy Holiday” crap.
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Hillary Clinton won the second highest total of the popular vote, while Barack Obama won the highest total of the popular vote. But the popular vote is meaningless when electing a U.S. President. The U.S. Constitution ensures that the winner of a presidential election is decided by the Electoral College. Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote without any doubt. The Russian government is pro-Trump because Putin is pro-business. Putin wants the Russian economy to grow and become strong after the Collapse of the Soviet Union over a generation ago. Putin is looking to the East more than the West in its big business investments.
I believe that Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist similar to Putin. Donald Trump will shutter Freedom of the Press with new libel laws. If we can stop Trump’s power grabs, I believe he will be a one term president.
The definition of freedom of the press is “the right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government.” Censorship meaning to remove any part of the information that doesn’t make whoever is in power look good. If our media has a bias toward one political party can they really even be called a free press?
Fox news does not censor. But it does spin in ever widening circles. Steven Speilberg would be proud of their creativity.
Try watching CNN, MSNBC, or NPR and you will hear serious spin much of which does border on censorship. As for the BB, censorship of local and national news happens at that paper all the time. They send a strong message by what they refuse to print.
The so called news networks do not report news anymore. The reporters have become commentators.
I prefer Fox to their competitors. Their range of stories are broader. Their programs such as O’Reilly frequently include Democratic Party voices. So, where does the claim that Fox is biased and ‘creative’ find merit? Is it from distrust of conmercial media alone or a specific story?
Trump campaigned brilliantly. His strategy ignored the popular vote and focused on electoral wins. If this had been strictly a popular vote election, he would have campaigned much differently — and won it that way, too.
Hillary Clinton also based her campaign on Electoral votes. Her challenge to the Transfer of Power is not based on the nonsense of popularity, largely due to marrginal voters of Calufornia and New York City, but on lost electoral votes of three states she feels that she is entitled to claim.
The Michigan Court told her, or Jill if you prefer, to stuff it. I hear a District Judge thinking the same in Pennsylvania.
Dan, why do you oppose the Electoral College when it clearly gives weight to vital yet sparser states!
Actually, that’s not at all what the Michigan court said.
They told her she had no case in Michigan ( so ‘stuff it’ it is.)
Longer explanation is that she was not an ‘aggrieved ‘ party. That means that there was no cause for a recount in that State. Therefore, Jill Stein or Hillary was tossed out of Michigan’s jurisdiction with no return ticket.
Sort of, but glad you actually had to look the case up and not just parrot drivel.
Judge Diamond just asbout did say , “stuff-it” today.
With 2 Michigan Supreme Court Justices on Trump’s list for US SC and federal judgeships, there is considerable grandstanding. Funny, people that don’t understand how the law works scream about legislating from the bench until it benefits them.
The court interpreted what an aggrieved party was under the legislation. While I have not read the opinion, the issue is vague language in the legislation… a frequent issue in the Water/Winter Wonderland. I believe that the legislature will move to clarify what an aggrieved party means …. and that responsibility lies with them, not the courts.
Jill Stein could not persuade two courts in Michigan that she was aggrieved, thus her suit was frivolous. Judges don’t appreciate frivolous suits. Now, the PA judge stated he could find at least six reasons why her suit there was frivolous. In particular, he was unhappy that an entire state stood to be disenfranchised due to ‘prejudicial timing’, that is, sitting on their rights for four weeks and then demanding a hand recount/electronic audit to take place 48 hours before the certification deadline.
The two questionable judges in MI recused themselves. Conventionally, recounts occur when the margin was so slim that error could affect the call. With no evidence of tampering, broad margins, and limited focus to three states projected as Clinton Territory, the Courts are saying Stein is grandstanding. They have shown her the door. She should use it, but most likely she will opt for the window.
If you read the opinion, which you clearly did not, Judge Diamond was peeved that the requested injunction had no bearing because either the recount/canvass requests were incomplete or inadequate under Pennsylvania law.
He declined to intervene in Pennsylvania’s handling of the process with an injunction. Stein by her own admission never wanted the votes changed, so withholding them from the electoral college with the injunction was not something the Federal judge wanted.
Two thoughts:
1. If I gave money to the recount effort I would be pissed that it was shoddy and failed.
2. The whole ordeal shines a light on how corruptible our election system is. The provisions to challenge votes after canvass or even produce paper ballots are sketchy. NOT GOOD VERY BAD
The judgement wad not merely technical faults for the judge. He detected manipulation and “irrational” theories.
“Dr. Stein has repeatedly stated that she has sought a Pennsylvania recount to ensure that every vote counts. Granting her later than last minute request for relief, however, could well ensure that no Pennsylvania vote counts.
Such a result would be both outrageous and completely unnecessary; as I have found, suspicion of a “hacked” Pennsylvania election borders on the irrational. Finally, Plaintiffs’ claims for relief suffer from several flaws, each fatal to their Motion. For all these reasons, I will deny that Motion.”
https: // assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3235671/Jill-Stein-PA-recount-denied.pdf
Big deal, Hillary won the moon bat vote in California
Someone is giving monies to the city to find out where shts fired come from???
Yes BHS….. and the rest is coming from you the taxpayer
This technology has serious issues attached to it, including the false reports that come from back-firing cars, fireworks, and even loud hand clapping.
Pretty soon they’ll put a tax on oxygen,,,,,because without oxygen…
You still cannot disturb a police officer’s peace. But if they get a call that someone discharged a firearm on Lundeen Street, I think one would welcome the report (:p)
*Linden Street
Shot Spotter is an annual cost. You don’t buy it – you rent it. Who will cover the $600K/year after the first year? BHS?
How long is the contract?
Wouldn’t wireless cameras atop poles be better?
SE
Yes. There are a million questions. You have raised some of them.
First: 600,000 can be shed from other lines to break even. Second, what if technology can reduce the need for boots on the ground? Maybe it’s cost effective.
cars don’t really backfire anymore.
Let us not kid ourselves that Hillary and Donald are not two sides of the same plug nickle.
Correct. Donald is heads on a silver dollar, sterling. Hillary is tails on a wooden nickel.
Or heads on a tin ruble.
Actually, rubles were silver. Soviet alarm clocks were diesel powered cast iron affairs.
Rubles are still the currency are they not?
Yes, but tin?
tin=cheap
Silly me. You got me there. Last I heard, however, the preferred currency remains dollars and brandy.
How do you argue with 16 Intel agencies agreeing that there was Russian involvement in the election, Dan?
Easy. It’s in the conclusions. There has been Russian involvement in U.S. elections at least going back to Obama-McCain. Involvement, however, is not fixing the elections so as to predetermine the outcome. The Mainstream Media’s play on this issue along those paper’s who bet everything on Hillary has been irresponsible.
Truman and FDR’s administrations were loaded with Soviet spies.
If there were Russian involvement, couldn’t it explain lopsided tallies in States such as California? Go ahead and probe, I say. The conclusions will definetly be entertaining, but not for the Democratic Party.
Personally, The silver lining would be abolition of electronic voting and early voting.
I saw in the Eagle yesterday or the day before, a “pledge” by a San Francisco City Councilor or Board Member, that SF will remain a sanctuary city, despite what President-elect Trump decides. They are hoping other cities jump aboard this “pledge” non-sense.
Two things strike me about this. (1) I fully agree with Trump, that if cities are going to violate federal law in regards to immigration (by being a sanctuary city), then don’t count on federal money/grants to aid in that cities expenditures. In my opinion, if these sanctuary cities have that much extra money in the coffers to be able to afford an illegal immigrants health care, welfare, section 8, etc, than they sure as hell don’t need the fed’s money. (2) What I don’t understand is, why don’t these illegal immigrants try to become US citizens the legal way? Has America become that lazy as a country, that we’re OK with people who violate the law, not only by entering this great country illegally, but who make no effort to become US citizens, just remain here ILLEGALLY and we are suppose to give them: in-state tuition, public assistance, free health care, etc?
We offer that to people who are here illegally, but yet, US serviceman or servicewoman who lost a limb or two in the middle east, are expected to wait for days, if not weeks, at a VA to receive medical treatment? We dump all over our veterans who not only volunteered to serve this great country, but yet we’re expected to roll out the red carpet for those who ignored our laws? Not only the illegal aliens, but our elected officials who expect the shrinking middle class to foot this “sanctuary city” bill?
I know someone who came to this country from Europe 25 years ago legally. Paying for a college education. Married, with children. Works full time. This past year this person had to go to Boston for an immigration appointment. Do these illegal immigrants have any hearings? Why do it legally if the government will always be involved in your life. Seems like there is a double standard.
You do not grasp what a ‘sanctuary city’. Your opinion is based on ignorance. Generally, a city has zero to do with any sort of social support program and certainly would not be the one to administer welfare- welfare and other benefit programs are almost 100% administered by states.
A sanctuary city is a city in the United States or Canada that has adopted a policy of protecting undocumented immigrants by not prosecuting them solely for violating federal immigration laws in the country in which they are now living illegally. Such a policy can be set out expressly in a law (de jure) or observed only in practice (de facto). The term applies generally to cities that do not use municipal funds or resources to enforce national immigration laws, and usually forbid police or municipal employees to inquire about a person’s immigration status. The designation has no precise legal meaning.[1]
Torch,
Your understanding of “sanctuary city” is of your own ignorance. So answer these questions genius, (1) when an illegal alien gets severely sick and requires long-term hospitalization, who foots the bill? (2) when a legal US citizen wants to attend a college the next state over, why do they have to pay out of state tuition, but an illegal alien pays in state tuition, (3) when an illegal alien goes to that city to apply for government assistance, why shouldn’t municipal employees inquire about their citizenship? (4) why shouldn’t police inquire about a person’s citizenship when they have no valid US identification?
Not to mention, these cities are breaking federal law. So like I said in my first post, if these “sanctuary cities” don’t want to follow federal law, than don’t expect the feds to pony up federal funds. It’s the same principal as the feds used against Vermont twenty-something years ago when they refused to raise the drinking age to 21. Don’t want to play ball with the feds, than the state/city will receive no federal monies.
Where in Pittsfield city hall does one apply for local government assistance? You miss my point entirely…. in generwL cities do not administer welfare. States and the federal governement administer these programs.
The drinking ages was specific to highway fund redistribution.
There is no Federal Law that says local police departments are responsible for enforcing immigration policy.
Take your knife home from this gunfight.
We are a “nation of laws,” so called. If you are here illegally, you are a law breaker. Criminals do not deserve the rights of citizens. Without secure borders, the concept of “nation” and “country” are meaningless. If they’re illegal, throw them out.
Obama deported more illegals than any other president. The responsibility for customs and immigration rests solely with the federal government.
get an application for the school department
Totally agree, Kate.
Wait till the 50 Syrian refugees show up in Pittsfield, and the Trump administration pulls the plug on the program. Guess who’ll be stuck with providing for these refugees?!
Shakes,
Actually take a look at the Federal Law 287G:
Section 287(g) authorizes the Federal Government to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement, provided that the local law enforcement officers receive appropriate training …
Pat:
The joint agreements remove aliens that commit other crimes. Particularly aliens that pose the greatest threats to public safety. THIS PROGRAM DOES NTO ROUND UP ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT DO NOT COMMIT OTHER CRIMES.
https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/287g#signedMOA
Oh, and Massachusetts is already signed on.
Last week I had a snow fighter on my street with his plow down and there was all of one sixteenth of an inch of snow on the road. I understand that his main purpose was to sand and salt but not really getting why you would beat up the plow and the road for such little snow.
Who among you has the rationale for this riddle?
Fake newspaper, fake news. RIP Berkshire Eagle.
What can we see in the current Trump Taphank AYou Ayour, is this a Tour to preliminarily approve his current appointments, sort of like what our city council does before impending votes. I had a conversation with a former Sabic employee, who is going to Houston, he said that Sabic was buying the Homes that would be up for sale from Sabic employee’s relocation if they couldn’t sell,that is part of the package, what a deal, plus other incentives, oh what happens to the homes? Do they sell them through a Realtor? Hey, what a great idea, relocate a Refugee Family here,
the Saudi’s ( Sabic ) can help these families come to America in our city. I’m sure the Government would be happy to help.
Romney had Trump pegged in the Debates as a Fraud, and who would know better than Mitt?
Again, at nausium. Trump will fail, simply because He cannot please the other half of the Country that didn’t Vote for Him and the Three quarters of the ones that did. His Presiency will be short lived, and don’t forget,his propensity to piss other Countries off. I had a Conversation with a die hard Trump Supporter, he doesn’t like him anymore, so what will happen when conflict arises in the R P?
Trump is now saying Obama is Great.Trump says the Media is not Great, yet during the debates trashed Obama, up and down.Witj flip flop comments like that, who do You Believe? He basically is disrespecting Obama, what else do you call it?
What is Presiency?
U tell me?
Trump comes across as someone who is not paying attention to the warning labels on his medications. He has about 18 people baby sitting him and trying to explain what “he really meant” when he talks gibberish and then walks it back a couple of days later.
If he was a democrat the republican party would be trashing him 24 hours a day…and rightfully so.
This is going to be like a roller coaster ride where the whole train goes off the rails at the highest point and everyone in it is killed and then the walking dead come along and eat them
Oh yeah it’s true alright
Right on heh. And now he reads from a TelePrompTer more, and looks amateurish doing it.
That Hillary really had her shit together. She could barely walk never mind all of her lies and corruption. Trump is far from perfect, but seriously Hillary Clinton is a disgusting human.
I think she’s disgusting just like all the crippled seniors.
Did your parents abandon you Shakes?
Trump hair looks like cotton candy with gel in it.
Oh, the Train will derail heh, my last thought on it. Even Trump claims he doesn’t Fail, he doesn’t promise Utopia, He makes deals, we get that, but this guy is a perfectionist. There will be several Bridges to cross and not all will be attainable for Donny, once there is DIvision amongst the Ranks,all hell will break loose, already there are signs of it and He isn’t officially in the W H. There are just to many things He has created with his Mouth, he won’t be able to untangle them. not only do have the populace disagree with him, plus the Sanders Crowd, so does most of the rest of the Political World. This could be very bad on all fronts.
Regardless of what Trump does, the media will spin it. Not sure if Trump can *uck up our Country anymore than Obama has. Cannot wait for January 20th, when we will truly get hope and change.
Wait until waves of Americans don’t have health insurance. Wait until we partner with Russia. Wait until we get the new Military expenditure bill. Wait until the House tries to water down ssi and other needed programs that help elderly and families. You can add hundreds of other problems he’ll have to deal with..On his appointments, he’s selecting mega millionaire businessman, who are successful, no denying that, to become leaders in positions with zero knowledge of most of the policy that they will be charged with. Wait until he challenges or has a conflict with his selections, what do you think will happen? they’ll jump ship faster than a rabbit on a herd of bunnies. Don’t forget, he still has to deal with the millions he has trashed, and about ten million other people he’ll eventually have to deal with? People are lining up around the World to get a piece of Trump, didn’t anyone watch the debates?
Obama had three generals on his appointees. Trump has already shown he can get along with people who treated him badly. Nobody treated him worse than Romney and Romney is being considered for a position.
Progressives will choose party over country which is really sad. Hoping that Trump will not help the country has become their new cause.
Newsflash. Trump is only helping Trump.
Take off your tin foil hat and relax. Replace and repeal Obamacare. Yes he does have tons of Obamass problems to deal with, hopefully the dems get our of the way and let him do it. According to the CIA the Russians exposed Hillary for the vile disgusting person that she is. They should get a noble peace prize for that.
Obama only cares about Russian hacking when he thinks the election results were tampered with, but has ignored everything else Russia is getting away with. I think Russia will respect a strong leader like Trump much more than Obama.
Why are we even talking about Hillary? Or Obama?
Pat, does it make you feel secure that Trump is on a tour of self adulation while skipping SECURITY BRIEFINGS? He has missed 27 out of 31 SECURITY BRIEFINGS because he does not like “to hear things repeated”. Holy shit man!
Did he even have a clue what the job of president was when he started campaigning? He is a basket case and I predict his approval rating will be about 4 % by June. Pride will prevent many from admitting he is so bad for a while but it will become too obvious by June.
It’s called a “Thank You” tour. I think it’s nice.
He seems presidential to me. He seems like he will be a great president so far. If he gets the economy booming, everyone who voted for him will be happy. Wealthy progressives are already rich so they do not have a dog in this fight so they are hoping for failure which shows they have no concern for the struggling working middle class in this country. Progressives did nothing for struggling middle class except pile on the taxes.
Trump had to ‘spend’ the rest of the millions given by others to recoup his loss.
Pat,
It is a nice gesture by Trump to thank those who helped him get elected. If Hillary Cliton had done this and conducted a “thank you tour,” she would be praised as a go-getter trying to “mind the fences” between the two parties.
True, how come democrates couldn’t stop talking about Bush. Kinda funny when the shoe is on the other foot. Stop whining you lost, get over it and move on. We had to put up with the worst President of all time for 8 years.
Side note, still not sure Obama knows what the job of the President is.
Neither did Bush.
Agree 100%.
Trump’s a quarter pounder away from disaster. did anyone see him at the Al Smith Dinner, zero class or tact.
And I really don’t think the TYT is about anyone but thanking himself and gloating! Unfortunately he’s officially on his fourth TYT. Personally I’m not a TYT person.
I predict he will be impeached BY HIS OWN PARTY!!
I predict that the Democratic party will discover that rural America actually exists. That America is made up of more than California and Manhattan.
The America that the coasts pay for.
Trump is being given a good economy.Let’s at least admit Trump is already in a very good place.Pat people stating 2.5 million more people voted Hillary over Trump is true.Trump within 100 days should have a infastructure bill that you will see and touch in the Pittsfield area and if he doesn’t hes a sham.
Totally disagree. This is not a good economy. So much is being hidden about just how bad this so-called recovery has been. Once Trump is president the media will finally start telling the TRUTH about the economy trying to pin the blame on Trump right out of the gate. Wait for it.
The economy is poor because the bum senior welfare bloodsuckers aren’t getting big cost of living raids.
Don’t agree about good economy, Obama out spent all of the Presidents combined,doubling national debt. 95 million out of work and realeased more criminals than the last 11 Presidents combined. Lied about Benghazi, attacked people who opposed him through the IRS. Negotiated with Islamic extremists, giving them money and releasing 5 violent prisoners, for one deseserter. Yeah Trump will have a hard time matching that legacy
Off topic but……I’m wondering why the health dept. is considering a needle exchange program. It is already legal for junkies to buy needles at any pharmacy without a prescription. Why should taxpayers be on the hook for this? Maybe we can also supply clean straws for cocaine users
or papers for stoners…. ammo for gangsters. Heroin overdoses now kill more people than guns in America. They do not need our help to kill themselves. Could this issue be the reason 3 board members quit?
I’m totally against a needle exchange program. Every junkie in the county will be lining up for free needles, and hanging out in our city. I don’t want to pay for it. We don’t need the crime that goes along with drug addicts, either.
Think of it this way.
Junkies area going to use regardless. If they have access to clean needles and are avoiding diseases it’s really a savings in the long run because they’re not getting sick and ending up in the hospital where we’ll have to front an even higher bill.
Or let them share dirty needles and get HIV and Hep. The costs for those meds are insane. Way more than the cost of a few needles. ($5 and change vs 10s of thousands of dollars).
Logic is lost on this bunch. And they think the rest of us don’t pay for their meals on wheels.
They do have access to clean needles…at the pharmacy for about 25 cents a piece. It’s not just the price of needles it’s the nurse who passes them out and don’t forget the counselors, rent and on and on. This plan will cost taxpayer….enough is enough!
As I said, they’re 5 dollars a pack, and if someone can’t pay that and needs a fix a dirty needle isn’t going to stop them.
I guess the part I mentioned about that actual cost savings in the long run went over your head?
Also, the nurse passing them out? Really?
So the nurse that’s passing out the antiviral meds when they’ve got Hep or AIDs isn’t a cost either?
Your argument is stupid.
If you’re going to not give junkies a clean needle, why don’t we just stop giving the elderly medications. They’ll end up in the hospital at some point and your taxes will pay for that stay as well.
Just take them off all of the meds they’re on and let em die at home. You know, to save your taxes.
Health Board is dismantling because of pressure put on by some of thier decisions . The charge of the Board was not fulfilled, they tried.
Whats GOING ON withH BLIGHT?
Great take Planet on the The BB which reads like its lost in space.
How does the needle program work? They get needles and do the drugs at the needle distribution? Or do they get needles and do it under a bridge?
Hope this is a stupid question, because the option here is really stupid.
Good point. Perhaps instead of just being given needles the pharmacy should also inject the drug of choice. This may prevent some over doses as the pharmacist could monitor the dosage. i know I would feel better if my drug abusing loved one was being monitored by a professional.
It’s not stupid unless Shakes asks it.
Joe, 100,000,000 are unemployed.I did not know that.Where can I get that information.Pat if Trump is not being handed a good economy how would you describe the Republican ecomey handed to Obama?I would not answer…..Joe fake news has been great during Obamas presidency but how will Trump create 100,000,000 million.
100M are not working because they are children or are retired. We need to fix this! Repeal child labor laws and refund social security!
Or for Kate/Pat:
https://www.greatcall.com/phones
Shakes,
You never answered my original question from a few weeks ago. So I’ll ask it again, How many of the Syrian refugees are you going to allow to rent some space in your basement, provided you ask your parents first? Who knows, maybe that can use some section 8 money to help pay your $200 rent to your parents and you will be able to afford to return to the Dungeons and Dragons Tournament again.
Wishful thinking, or in your case Shakes, hopeful.
Actually, my community held a forum a few days ago where elected officials came together and discussed some of the challenges faced by incoming refugees. 25 Syrian families settled here this year. We respect each other and are not afraid of people that are not white or Christian. While we do not call ourselves a sanctuary city, we include everyone we can.
PS You might not be a lonely person if you weren’t so filled with hate.
what Town in Berkshire County settled 25 Syrian refugees this year?
Pittsfield needs to do this. The city held a poorly planned meeting on Syrian refugees. Some 500 people showed up for a 200-capacity hall. Extras were turned away. Those who managed to squeeze inside, violating every fire code imaginable, were promised the chance to ask questions. This being Pittsfield, that turned out to be a lie. The gathering turned out to be a propaganda hour. The legitimate questions of ordinary citizens were ignored, adding to the already tense situation. After that one meeting, neither the city nor the agencies involved have said a peep. Your community, it seems, did it the right way.
This kind of gathering takes leadership to ensure compassion for all involved.
Pittsfield suffers from a leadership vacuum.
We can’t win a War in Afghanistan, neither could Russia, what good is Building our Military and costing more billions.
and so I am out on the roadways about 6am this morning and the usual chuckle-heads are out there with me. You know, the ones who can’t be bothered to clear the snow off their windshields thereby endangering everyone else on the road. And there was one pick up truck with his lights off and a cabulance sliding all over because he had summer tires on. I also saw at least six cars parked on the road that the plows had to go around.
Good call on closing the schools. Too many idiots out there. I was the only one obeying all the rules…as usual.
And when the weather is clear the traffic lights at every stop causes calamity. I like the one where the pedestrian hits the walk button and goes across before it reads go and you sit and wait, and wait. Actually have seen some punks walk by and hit the walk button just for the hell of it.
Speeding in the City could be lucrative if or revenue if it was enforced.
or running red lights. But you can give a tax break with the stroke of a pen. Writing out a bunch of tickets and raising a ton of revenue is a bunch of paperwork and not worth the hassle.
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\ or maybe there is a reason we don’t know about? I dunno
no, traffic enforcement is a losing proposition. just look at the 6-figure police officer salaries that are from all of the extra courts. Not to mention that penalties are uniform statewide. The Commonwealth takes it’s cut, the courts take their cut, then the taxpayer is forced to cover the salaries+fringe. Not to mention, courts would throw out enforcement if it was just a revenue mill.
I think the reason you don’t know about why they don’t write more MV violations is that you don’t understand how government works.
Perhaps you are right Mr Shakes. So can we then take down the lights and stop signs and then abolish the laws connected with them?
I just thought that with maryjane being legal and all now that the police would be looking for something to do.
traffic control devices do not exist to make communities money. they exist to keep the motoring public safe.
you can write all the tickets you want, the community will not meaningfully increase revenue.
SHH, wrong. First of all, few traffic citations are challenged in court. And when they are, they go to the court magistrate first with one rep from the police there for all the challenges that day. So I think your assertion that traffic citations lose money is inaccurate.
Less traffic citations also lead to more accidents and even deaths which involve the police even more at an even greater cost to the taxpayer.
So what do you propose, that we just let traffic violations get off scott free and it doesn’t matter how many accidents are caused and deaths occur? You make no sense.
By the time you agglomerate all the costs involved of processing the fine, accounting for the money, operating the court, paying the traffic division that racks up considerable costs, depreciating the equipment, heating the buildings, etc, revenue from the fine is insignificant.
And no, I did not say to never issue tickets. you just made up what you wanted to argue about.
Your point about enforcement as an effective countermeasure is more pertinent, however, there is a distinction between monetary benefit to the public at large and revenue to municipalities.
Heh heh, I have the same experiences whenever I drive around. Too many people are just stupid and lazy.
The CIA and FBI concluded that the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee. Whether this is due to targeting Clinton to benefit Trump or due to not being able to hack the Republican National Committee remains to be seen. The BB was just reporting what the NYTimes and others reported. It is a non-sequitur to argue that “these are the same guys who got weapons of mass destruction wrong”. First they are not the same guys. (The senior people are different if not the staff). Second, of what relevance is this fact? Are you arguing that because the CIA got something wrong in its history it will get everything wrong?
In this blog, everything’s gonna be alt-right.
DV – please look into this ShotSpotter technology before the TP spend $600k for 3 years…I read that San Francisco, for example, where there were more than 3,000 ShotSpotter alerts over a two-and-a-half-year period. Of those, two resulted in arrests. And only one was gun related.
Mr. Valenti,
It’s not just the BB that exists in an alternative Universe (hard alt-Left at that).
David Scribner, a former BB editor fired years ago for cavorting on the BB’s dime, is editor-in-chief of The Berkshire Edge, a Web-based publication catering to Great Barrington’s literati.
The Edge stridently breast beats an anti-Trump, anti-Republican drum on a continuing basis.
It’s gotten to the point where the publication’s writers feel need to include Trump-bashing in book reviews.
SEE:
BOOK REVIEW: ‘FDR on his houseboat’: A president in the making
https://theberkshireedge.com/book-review-fdr-on-his-houseboat-a-president-in-the-making/
yes, clearly today’s article about the family displaced by a fire was progressive, anti-trump, elitist garbage. Those people are just trying to mooch the system before Christmas. they probably set the fire on purpose to get new stuff.
Torch, watch your blood pressure please.
My road is literally bare and this big ass city plow came through and plugged up all the driveways from snow bank, tearing up grass of course,I don’t know, seems like a waste of time and taxpayer money, no need.
Putin to trump: sing for me; Trump, pull my strings, I will do most anything, I’m your puppet, just tell me how bright I am!!
That is the way it looks to me. Trump admires macho Putin and if Putin strokes Trump he gets all tingly feeling like he is also a bad ass. Putin is giddy thinking about how he is going to own America. Trump just wants to p lay with the big kids.
and DV8’s lyrical quote for the day is undoubtedly related to his burning desire to meet trump, walk right up to him, give him a great big kiss…MWAH!
MILLIE
Actually, I’ve already done that. Met him, that is, shook his hand, and spent a good chunk of time with him. The great big kiss. THE PLANET and THE DONALD agree: that’s gonna wait a long, long time.
Is the Eagle still a member of the Associated Press?
No. They are a member of the Associated Pull.
Trump asked Puttin to illegally hack Clintons email publicly….Cia fbi confirmed that they did.
Trump should be impeached.
he’s not even our president….yet
It’s Bush’s fault.
It’s Millard Fillmore’s fault.
Millard Fillmore’s mother, Phoebe Millard was born in Pittsfield in a long gone home near the present day Stearns school.
Awesome. Didn’t know that.
Trump should be disqualified on his hair alone. Rumor on the street is the shooters or shots fired will go to a silencer, the new gadget won’t detect it.
http://www.mass.gov/anf/docs/csc/decisions/other/2015/wynn-michael-120816.pdf
I think Trunk should resign amediatelly
Sorry, Trump.
How does the shots fired Gizmo work, anyone?
Do schools have weapon detectors? Just curious.
McCandless checks if students have guns in their pockets or if they’re just happy to be there.
Sensors planted throughout the city would record gunshots. Wireless links to police computers would give location. Sounds great but proves nearly worthless in the field.
Alabama, California,Idaho, Arizona ect plates on cars, and these people are relocating or sightseeing? Seems a lot of New York cars here to, must be the ambiance. Even seen a New Mexico plate.
Could be relocating at the P E DA site?
Rental cars are registered all over the country en mass because there are benefits to the companies.
Oh, there must’ve been a sale on Converse all stars
They both march to the beat of the same drummer, The Eagle and NYT;s http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/shameful-silence-on-donald-trumps-lies-about-vote-rigging.html?_r=0 Second, top Republicans must reject the ridiculous notion that a national election can be “rigged.” Voting is, by design, a decentralized process run by local elections officials of both major parties. With his irresponsible language, Mr. Trump is calling into doubt the integrity of Republican and Democratic officials everywhere. Some have pushed back, like Jon Husted, Ohio’s Republican secretary of state, who called it “wrong and engaging in irresponsible rhetoric” to throw around evidence-free allegations about vote-rigging. Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York and Trump supporter, said on Monday: “Is it legally rigged? No, it’s not. Whoever wins, wins.”
Mr. Kitterman,
So it’s your view that John F. Kennedy did not steal the 1960 election from Richard M. Nixon and that Illinois, West Virginia and Texas election returns were not ‘fixed’ to provide Kennedy a win in each of those states?
There was a lot of gun activity yesterday. Shell casings on Church St., someone that was questioned was involved with a gun incident earlier in the day.
Tune in Monday, the Beagle should have the story by then.
Just a heads up regarding the Shotspotter toy the city is considering. The city of Oakland, CA spends $264000 per year to maintain theirs and they are considering scrapping it because of the cost and the fact whenever there are shots fired residents call the police with the location information.
I certainly hope our city councilors look into the cost aspect of this new toy.
This will be a colossal waste of money based on experiences in other cities. Problems are expensive initial cost, prohibitively expensive maintenance, and their ineffectiveness in curbing gun play or arrests after it has occurred. This is a “NO” of a no-brainer.
Why would we spend this much money on a non issue anyway? I thought we were in Mayberry. At least this misguided waste of money sort of admits we may have a problem.
How about we get a fraud spotter instead? Aim it at the Mercer building and watch it go into a meltdown.
Is it true that the Russian guy who speaks at council meetings rigged the last mayoral election for Tyer?
Last night in Pittsfield on the scanner there were 3 reports of shots fired. One at Orchard St, one on Lincoln St and one on West Houst. St. The cops called for back up and the dispatcher said they have nobody.
Nothing in the Eagle of course. I guess they can’t afford a scanner.
Everytime listening to the scanner, the officer calls off the other officer, say’s he’s got it, usually to a female officer all the time.
From iberkshire….
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Four individuals were arrested Monday night after a shooting in the Lincoln Street area.
Police say Devin Newman, 27, of Pittsfield, Derrick Saunders, 21, of Pittsfield, Terry Martizna, 26, of Lanesborough, and Justin Luis Lopez, 22, of Bronx, N.Y. were arrested on gun-related charges.
At about 9:45 Police Sgt. Nicholas DeSantis heard numerous gun shots coming from the area has his cruiser was parked near Silver Lake Boulevard. He then alerted other officers who quickly went to the area.
DeSantis then saw a vehicle speeding onto Second Street from Orchard Street, which he recognized from an earlier report of shots fired. He turned the lights to stop the vehicle and it drove to the rear of a Second Street residence. The four occupants were detained at gunpoint by DeSantis and additional officers arrived on scene.
Inside the vehicle Police found two handguns and the four were arrested. A search of a section of Orchard Street found 11 shell casing. The investigation remains under investigation.
Sounds like congratulations are in order. Great job Pittsfield police.
To bad the judge will let them off with a slap on the wrist.
Where are all those cops that were supposedly hired? As for the bb, if it is not in fairyland, it will not make print.