THE UNDISCOVERED WORD, RULES FOR LIFE, and THE D.A.’s 24/7 CAMPAIGN (IT’S ALL ABOUT POLITICS, BABY, and F**K JUSTICE)
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 21-3, 2022) — TFIG and the weekend, right?
THE PLANET‘s not so sure.
Everywhere we went this week, we sensed a general malaise out there in the vale of tears for which we should have to invent a new word to accurately convey. The nuanced ingredients to this word, which as yet to be discovered, includes fatigue, both mentally, spiritually, and physically; weariness, in its downward cycle; apathy, mixed with anxiety (shaken) and ambivalence (stirred).
Don’t know what it is, exactly, but THE PLANET’s hunch would examine the ongoing pandemic, our poisoned politics and the hate-filled divisions it has caused throughout the country, the attack on free speech and other constitutional bedrock, lack of confidence in all three branches of government, and — locally and regionally — the dreary, totalitarian nature of one-part rule, in our case extreme political correctness demanded of citizens by a tiny number of elite “progressives.”
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Someone sent us the following seven rules for life. We thought we’d pass them along.
1. If it doesn’t open, it’s not your door — Not necessarily. At times, if it’s not your door, you need to knock.
2. Some days you need the music and some days you need the lyrics — Yes. The heart one day, the head the next.
3. If someone is stupid enough, then walk away from you, be smart enough to let them go — True. They’re not worth chasing.
4. Making mistakes is better than faking perfections — Depends on circumstances, as writers, politicians, and performers know.
5. Remember to learn your limits if you are givers — Yup. Giving of yourself to others as a means of avoiding yourself will, always saying yes, will kill you.
6. It’s better to lose someone instead of losing your mind — Every single time.
7. Kindness is not flirting — And flirting is not kindness.
- Attention is not love.
- Silence is not anger.
- Tears is [sic] not a weakness.
THE PLANET will add a couple of our own rules of life:
- Do what you say you’re going to do.
- If you believe in it, don’t back down.
- Never give up. There are always options.
- Question most everything.
- Don’t be a jerk.
6. Don’t be a mooch, a moax, or a hanger-on.
7. Never play victim.
8. Love freely.
9. Never be intimidated.
10. Fear not.
11 .Have gratitude
12. Give thanks.
13. Attitude is all.
14. Forgive
15. But if they dump one on you, give them back two. They sling two in your face, give them four.
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Since she won the job as district attorney, Andrea “Wrong Way” Harrington has gone back on just about everything she promised. End result is a regression of the criminal justice system in Berkshire County.
- Cops: Harrington has antagonized the police, and not for the right reasons or reasons one can respect. Like former Ward 1 councilor Helen “Handgun” Moon, she has telegraphed her disrespect for our officers. Interesting that Wrong Way had to fire Handgun for reasons not yet fully fathomed. Perhaps the upcoming campaign for D.A. will shed some light.
- Courts: The chatter in the courthouse about the D.A.’s office is, shall we say, not complimentary. There’s a reason Wrong Way almost never appears.
- Press: She’s terrified of anything involving the media that isn’t puffery. Wonder why?
- From Day 1, you’d have to be dead, dumb, and blind not to realize that Wrong Way’s office, the inner doings, is a 24/7 political canpaign HQ. Only this and nothing more, to paraphrase the Divine Edgar.
The D.A. shared the following campaign announcement regarding her upcoming 47th birthday. What are the odds this was produced by the office, during official times, on official equipment?
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The unknown word, we just discovered, is “shoombala.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” — Martin Luther King.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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The President actually said this. I didn’t promise anything,I proposed it. Huh?
We never knew what my come out of Trumps mouth. Good catch.
Or into Kamela’s
When Trump asked her where was her African DNA, she said ” I swallowed it”
I think he was talking to Jill.
I respect blogger Dan Valenti’s commentary. However, I disagree with his writings about Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington because prior to her taking over the chief law enforcement elected post in the western-most county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, both Pittsfield and North Adams were still always in the top 10 cities in the state for violent crime, according to the FBI’s yearly reports. Boston dumps its neediest and most marginalized citizens in distressed cities such as Pittsfield, and the race to the bottom in Pittsfield and other distressed cities is put on steroids! The Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office has a very bad history, especially with the railroading of the now late-Bernard Baran. Most criminal cases in Berkshire County are politicized due to the corrupt political insiders who have run the show in the beautiful Berkshires for generations. Nothing has noticeably changed for the better since Berkshire County D.A. Andrea Harrington’s progressive tenure, but what else does on expect?
In closing, I hope the SHIT-FEST stops. Please STOP shitting on Andrea Harrington week after week in the blogs. The Ruling Elite in Pittsfield politics and beyond do NOT represent you so stop SCAPEGOATING Andrea Harrington for it.
John, maybe you have come up with Andreas new campaign slogan. “Stop shitting on me!”
It’s a Metal song called “don’t shit on me”, there’s a flag too with a coiled up shit emoji.
Thank god a mastermind like yourself can’t vote in Pittsfield. Anyone but Harrington will be a major improvement.
Are you positive he can’t/doesn’t vote in Pittsfield? I haven’t seen the voter rolls nor heard of them being audited by an outside independent firm. I also remember comments of people stating they voted in 2 states FLA and MA. So to come out with that statement without proof seems premature.
And it begs the question – why the hell aren’t competent attorneys coming out of the woodwork to run against her? Is Caccaviello or anyone else from the Capeless
Regime running? What the eff??? She’ll win if only light weights run
Sorry to break it to you but with Healy Hinds and Mark on the ballot it’s gonna be a landslide for Harrington the smart ones know this. It takes a lot of money to run a county wide election.
I don’t know one person who will admit they would vote for Harrington.
It’s hard to think of an attorney in Berkshire County more light weight than Andrea Harrington.
Including my cousin Vinny who be an improvement.
I’m just wondering if you realize you said this already 75,000 times?
And that isn’t the limit he’s capable of.
Hey Marxist Melle – perhaps you should start your own blog. You & your followers could discuss the “Communist Manifesto”, “Rules for Radicals” and figure out how to best support your faves like Joe O’Biden, Linda Tyer and Harrington since the majority of taxpayers are quite upset with them.
I checked into his blog to see what he writes about and found a Shitf- Fest blog about his so called enemies, his victim hood claims from birth to now. I also found there is no traffic to his blog and wondered could that be why?
FILO
Thanks. Comments well noted. In JON’s defense, no ones knows better than THE PLANET the effort involved in building a profitable blog. Takes demon-effort, persistence, volume (can’t be a once-every-three-months thing, and that volume had better have quality. Building THE PLANET into the size it is today, where advertisers come to us and not the other way around because of traffic, will go down as one of my projects of which I am most proud — even if it should end tomorrow.
It is the content and style that built your blog into a power house here in the Berkshires.
Thanks, FB.
Jon, a couple of things. First, any chance you could post your point of views on these subjects? What has Wrong Way Harrington done to improve public safety? Where are her stats on “racially bias policing” in Berkshire County? And what do you think of her lack of statistics to back this up? Finally, how would you feel if you were a police officer in Berkshire County and the chief law enforcement officer calls you racist, but backs it up with nothing? Not to mention views state laws she was sworn to uphold, as discretionary?
See, this is what we want to hear. Your thoughts and answers. Educate us!
We don’t want to hear your views on “Chrome Dome Hinds”, “Trippy Buffet”, Richie “K-Street” Neal, or the “Lovely Linda and her millionaire husband.” We’ve heard your SAME views on these same subjects, time and time and time and time……again. Understand? Comprende?
And I ask for current events. Bernie Baran, sad and tragic as the case was, was tried by Dan Ford, five prior Berkshire District Attorney’s ago. Almost 40 years ago buddy.
I’ve been civil with you and not called you a name. If I may offer a suggestion, you should really speak to a professional about your not letting grudges go. You’d be much happier, I promise.
MARK
You’re giving him good advice.
JON
Try to let what MARK says sink in. Let the past go! Let it go, man. The continual comments on the SAMe subject, again and again, get tiresome then worrisome. Let it go, my good friend. Let it go. Post only on new and present day stuff. You’ll be taken with much more seriousness.
Thank you Markus & Dan.
Synonym for Shoombala – Fukitol! Definition- A figurative pill the average Mary Jane or Joe Kapanski takes to help cope with the city and country having gone to hell in a hand basket.
Flukitol – A word that describes an exceedingly rare, one time event that is a total fluke, such as Harrington getting elected.
I wish someone would paint a picture of who her main supporters really are. Names and who they are associated with. Anyone? Who does she really work for?
George Soros.
No, much as she would like to, Harrington did not make the list of Soros-funded prosecutors. Her cash is mainly funneled through people who send money to “progressive” DAs.” The come almost entirely from outside Berkshire County without a single clue where we are or what we are about.
We did not elect a DA to spend her time on a national agenda. What would you think if Linda Tyer started spending all her time on the issues of national urban politics?
Drugs and violence are like fighting cancer. You can do something about it but not if you fight on the side of the cancer.
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/two-dozen-progressive-prosecutors-linked-to-soros-money-report-finds
Do you think Harrington’s donors give two sh*ts that drug dealers get let out with no bail in Berkshire County? If you don’t mind a pile of people you never heard of running “policy” here go ahead and vote for her and get what you deserve. Again.
Rachel Rawlings?
Must be Capeless
Jonathan Melle.
JOE
Brilliant…FLUKITOL, the grandson of Geritol. “So the next time you find yourself screwed by local government, take Fukitol. Instant pain relief for the fucked-over Kapanski.”
A victim is defined as a person who has suffered physical or emotional harm, property damage, or economic loss as a result of a crime.
Yes nobody wants to be victimized & it’s the reason why there is a system of justice.
If there are no victims, than we won’t be needing the system.
Shall victims only speak in terms of damages as if conscious awareness of being treated lesser is acceptable that we not speak of being victims ?
No
People are being victimized and that’s the f* reason we do not buzz with delight when you see us; we are shoompy because we are beat down & damaged. Victims exist, sorry!
You don’t lose people whom are connected to your soul & keep your mind intact – the mind splits up and goes out with the bath water – I’m a victim. I did not choose to be. These are not results of bad choices – It is ABUSE of POWER and A CORRUPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY JUSTCE SYSTEM LACKING OVERSIGHT.
Hunt is on for woman who spit on and yelled at Jewish children and spewed hitler crap. What is wrong with people today? Stop the nonsense. N New Orleans interstate shootings? Crazy.
Letter: Harrington seems more concerned with out-of-state politics than with her job as Berkshire DAJan 20, 2022
To the editor: Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington should focus her attention on the important issues in this county and not on the politics of the state of Maryland. (“DA Harrington backs indicted Baltimore prosecutor; likely challenger questions commitment to Berkshire County,” Eagle, Jan. 17.)
If she wishes to support Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby, I could care less. Ms. Harrington’s time should be spent on serving the citizens of our county; apparently, she is more interested in out-of-state issues and looking for political opportunities in other endeavors. I shall not be voting again for Ms. Harrington as Berkshire County district attorney in the future. I shall be voting for someone who will devote his or her attention to our county and not getting involved in out-of-state politics.
Neil N. McLeod, Clarksburg
Dan,
The continued obsession with the DA is strange.
I would again ask since we are always talking about Justice. Why has not one single defense attorney or even the defense bar here in Berkshire county not ever said a word regarding the lack of trials taking place? No press conferences nothing! Do people realize cases are backed up by the thousands? I would argue at least the DA’ s office is holding the Dangerous criminals for 120 days or much longer not the ones stealing toothpaste from Walmart.
Why is this important? You have a right to a speedy trial in this country period. They are getting paid while the people they represent are and have been locked up for long periods of time. Really odd that these Justice warriors talk the talk but don’t…..
Lastly, I would say while I think you the Eagle our state senator ( who is campaigning 24/7 by the way do nothing Smitty should be getting slammed for letting the poor people in Housatonic continue to drink brown water this is an outrage! Can you imagine if this was in Pittsfield? Leaving this community like this is criminal.
Then we have my friend s in Lee who are represented by Judy Knight ( she is no Erin Brockovich) and is completely out of her league to try to stop the toxic dumps in the backyards of these good people. Where is the outrage for these folks? Again if this was in Pittsfield?
Really but hey the Twitter comments from the DA get more likes so I understand the play.
Smitty Pignatelli’s failed public record makes me very upset! But what else would I expect of a man called SHITTY?
No one calls him that
Sounds like Smitty might have ignored Melle’s e -mails or letters and hence the Shitty name from him.
The fact is, as every defense attorney knows, justice delayed is justice denied – for the victim that is – so defense attorneys are okay with delays – it increases chance witnesses will go south and client will get off. The only one who really should care about a speedy trial is the DA and she is as useless as you know what.
That is exactly what happened with the Johnson murder case the DA lost because the defendant intimidated away all the witnesses while she dragged her incomptent ass.
You mean to say the DAs focus should actually be on victims and not politics Joe???
I’m so confused is there such thing as victim or not?
The current DA’s focus is on politics and keeping a good salary gig going.
You know what it increases, they paycheck.
It’s not an obsession with the DA it’s an obsession with public safety and the fact that an incompetent is running the DA’s office thanks to the duping of the voters. Some of us care about it.
Drop the mic RN…
Out of all her nonsense of protecting those that shouldn’t be protected the one that still gets me is the Simon Rock episode.Her continued refusal to inform the public of what really happened is the one.
Do you understand the details – papers were filed requesting for the removal of the Berkshire DA?
Did you read the local news and the blog? One attorney did speak.
With Harrington the bar is set so low it’s below grade. Anyone would be better, literally the word Anyone.
I’m sure more will emerge. The issue with coming out in the race, DA Wrong Way has that “progressive money” and “progressive attitude,” of do as I say, not as I do.
I’m sure, whoever runs against Wrong Way, will feel like they’ve been to an ungloved, unlubed, proctologist, once her money and people begin digging for dirt. Ask the former DA how nice and respectful Wrong Way’s people were during the last campaign.
Better have your ducks in a row. She’s a lightweight, but a well financed lightweight.
About the toxic dumps. If this were Pittsfield? We got em. More than you know.
Remember Jesus Lugo, who in early June 21 was arrested for riding the hood of a car while shooting at a house on Dewey? Well he was free and celebrating new years eve with his not-so-better half (the driver).
“He was charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, carrying a loaded firearm without a license and ammunition possession, according to court documents.”
Who do we blame but the DA?
Well that’s the restorative justice working for you. He could be a fine officer someday.
Not really? Has he been reformed? That’s the key.
The Trumps and the Republicans are knee deep in so many conspiracies and the wall of silence surrounding the criminal family business of money without earning it.The evangelicals call him the tool of God.People of discernment can’t completely understand the mass hypnosis.
The world’s most conservative media would rather focus on Bidens failed voting rights bill instead of the fasist well planned Coup of Trump and his band of traitors….we were seconds away from a successful Coup an overthrow worthy of independent journalism to see what happened not what the perpetrators say happened.
Far Left policies are destroying California, New York, and are working their way across the country. These far left District Attorneys were put in place to make sure that crime explodes across the country and it is doing so in so many areas. Everyday there are stabbings, shootings, car jackings, and out of control crime. The far left is more worried about the rights of violent criminals than the innocent victims of their crimes.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-calls-littered-la-rail-tracks-unacceptable-brings-along-cleanup-crew
Pat , your diversion to California will never never ever explain what the Trump crime family did to your and my country.One day you will see that you base your thinking in Republican lies.
TDS from Mr. Cuckoo
But the chardonnay Progressives that do not live in the zones experiencing the crimes will feel much better about themselves voting in those who won’t enforce the laws.
Tell us how your uncle joe is
Are you referring to illegitimate Joe, quid pro quo Joe, sleepy Joe, stumbling Joe, confused Joe, sundowning Joe? Or happy humping Hunter, horrific horrible Hunter, hallucinating Hunter? You must be more specific DJ
Traitor Joseph Stolen
Jesus Christ
What can I do for you son?
Help me to be more like you & less like me
I can only help once your are strung up on the cross and bleeding badly. When that is done, get back to me and we will discuss your worthiness.
Harrington is the Marie Antoinette of Berkshire County
Perplexed
R I P Barry
Yes, you said that before, I am getting back to you; been through the valley; been to the mountain top; out 4.79 units.
Seven Our Fathers.
Could you stop posting?
Dumb Ass
I commend Dan for bringing this subject to light. Courts have done minimal business for close to 2 years. Enough is enough, if people can go to the movies, sporting events, and bars, they can hold jury trials. There is a massive backlog of cases, and very inexperienced ADA’s being led by an even more inexperienced DA. We have liberal judges. There is a perfect storm brewing. Plea bargains will be coming left and right, in an effort to get rid of some of the backlog (close to 3000 cases), many of which will result in no jail time. There are already too many people out on the streets that belong behind bars. Pay attention everyone, your safety may depend on it. When the election comes up for the next DA, vote for a prosecutor, not a politician!
Members of Congress earn a few hundred thousand dollars each per year, while they spend millions of dollars to be re-elected every two years in the U.S. House of Representatives and every 6 years in the U.S. Senate. K Street Lobbyists are allowed to legally bribe Members of U.S. Congress. Last year of 2021, top K Street Corporate Lobbyist Firms posted record earnings. Critics of the Swamp say that the real Capitol Hill is on K Street because the Corporate Lobbyist wrote most of the Obamacare bill, Trump’s single largest federal tax cut bill, Joe Biden’s single largest federal spending bill(s), and other major bills.
Why do we have Members of U.S. Congress such as PAC Man Richie Neal when they only represent K Street Lobbyist Firms instead of the people and taxpayers who live in their Congressional Districts? When state and federal politicians retire from high elected office, most of them become registered lobbyists, including Dan Bosley, Peter Larkin and Stan Rosenberg, who also collect their public pensions and perks on top of their lucrative salaries as greedy lobbyists. Career Politicians and Corporate Lobbyists are enriching themselves at the public trough, while the rest of us feel lucky to survive.
Whatever happened to the government investing in the people, taxpayers, small businesses and institutions who elected officials represent in the Statehouse and Capitol Hill? No wonder why the American Dream and middle class has become so out of reach for so many American families in the 21st Century. All the politicians and K Street Lobbyists want is more and more tax dollars without working class families receiving anything in return for sending the government their hard-earned money. Instead of calling the government a democratic institution, we should call the government a shakedown operation.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/590709-top-lobbying-firms-report-record-breaking-2021
Covid numbers improving some places. But worse in Pittsfield. Why mayor? Why are Covid numbers better almost everywhere except for your city?
One thing it proves, masks are ineffective. Dalton Lanseboro and other towns have no mask policy’s. When will Pittsfield put a end to this stupidity.
Exactly! I used to teach kids how to spot weld and the first thing I told them was. No masks. Do not be a pussy and wear a mask. Most of them had no problems.
Wearing a cloth mask to keep out a virus, is like putting up a chain link fence around your house to keep out mosquitos
Is Joe Biden leading us into war with Russia? His confusing statements in the last few days have everyone concerned. On the one hand, a minor infringement will be allowed, even though Ukraine is saying that nothing will be tolerated from Russia. The White House is now interpreting for us what Joe meant which is adding more confusion. Where is all of this leading?
Joe got us out of Afghanistan and has said no troops will be sent to Ukraine. What exactly would you have him do? Do you think this is an easy predicament and how do you think Donald would have handled it given his love for Putin. I think his solution would be to send military aid to Russia.
Afghanistan debacle made America untrustworthy and a laughing stock.
Lock him in his basement. He can’t do any good so keep him from doing bad
Is Biden now leading us into war with Russia?
Certainly seems like it! Especially with his nitwit comment about a “minor incursion” the other day. Talk about opening the door to war! He should be impeached for that comment that the White House has now spent days trying to clear up. Problem is, look who would replace him. Shameful that our Country has to endure the lesser of two (Harris), possibly three evils (Pelosi)for the next three years if something happens to him! Shame on the Democrat party. What a mess they all have created in our Country and they have the audacity to act like everything is peachy keen!
M&B
You’re right. A dumb, stupid, clueless thing to say. President Putin against the present White House occupants is Tom Brady at QB vs. the Taconic High QB. Great observation on: “look who would replace him.” Can you imagine how much Camela would be in over her head. She runs for president, calls Biden a racist and out of touch, fails to win a single pledged delegate, quits the race, and God only know what she did to get the VP nod. The U S of A is in dire straights, and we are no longer the “Sultan of Swing.”
Do you think that Biden should have called Putin a “KILLER” last year on the world stage? How does that factor in with the West trying to stop Russia from invading Ukraine? Do you think that Biden should have threatened China with WW3 if China invades Taiwan? The White House had to walk back Biden’s military threat against China. Lastly, do you think that Biden’s nearly 2-decade-ago vote for the U.S. Government/Bush 2 administration to invade Iraq makes him look like a hypocrite in the eyes of the world?
No. He should not have done that.
I guess you missed that Don Trump was a complete failure as the President.Im surprised Dan.You are holding on.Have you seen what is coming out of the committee?Remember Dan you did say that you use many sources to gather the news.What are they saying about the bankrupt greedy punk.He is doing as expected.His family members have stated many times that he is ignorant greedy and self serving.
TSC
Thanks for the advice and feedback. Looking at the financials, comparing what my investments did in four years of President Trump with one year of President Biden, it’s Ethel Merman singing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” vs. Barry McGuire sand=papering “On the Eve of Destruction.” Actually, the only thing I’m hanging on to is my Hartland Plastics statue of Ted Williams, which I got as a birthday present in 1960.
So,have you seen the info about what went on 1/6/2021.Trumps daughter had to go in to his room a 2nd time to ask him to please stop the insurection and he refused.Everyone knew who attacked the certification of Biden except his cult.
How’s those gas and food prices since last year TSC?
Biden couldn’t lead a Cub Scout troop.
Neither Biden nor Harris could manage a McDonald’s. Biden would be fired for sexual harassment and Kamala would piss everybody off and they’d quit
That is pretty hard hitting stuff right there Joe.
As someone who served in the Cub Scouts, I know of what I speak.
Even he doesn’t know
Trying to since it misdirects our thoughts from the voting where we need ID. Not really him but his handlers. Joes just a standing puppet.
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
Thank you for your advice for me that you posted on your blog, Planet Valenti. I appreciate that you care about me and take the time to give me your feedback. While it is true that I, Jon Melle, focus too much on the past, including in Pittsfield politics, I believe I am being fair when I write that I have also commented on current political issues and events many times. For over one-half of my 46.5-year-old life, I have openly said that I believe that I am a persecuted person, including to many mental health professionals. I have been told that I am really an emotionally disturbed person, including by some mental health professionals, while others have said that I have been a victim of difficult circumstances. I have also been told that my difficult life experiences are a combination of many variables that includes my own actions. In total, I believe that all of the above applies to my mental health disability. I need to handle things that happen in my life better than I have in the past, which is something I still work on.
Also, I understand the criticisms I receive that I “attack” (criticize) some politicians whom I dislike, while I defend some politicians whom I like. That is a fair criticism, but it is also part of what happens in politics. I like and support Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington in politics, and I have defended her from your blog’s recurring criticisms of her. It is a fact that Pittsfield and North Adams were in the top 10 cities in Massachusetts for violent crime long before Andrea Harrington was the D.A. It is unfair for your blog to blame her for the current situation plaguing the beautiful Berkshires. Her policies are progressive, but I believe she cares about the people and victims who live in the community instead of just throwing the proverbial book at them. In regard to Pittsfield politics, I believe that it is always totally predictable and has been banal for generations, and that the ruling elite are totally DISCONNECTED from the people and taxpayers who live in the Shire City.
In closing, I respect your, Dan Valenti, and your blogging about Pittsfield politics and beyond, and it warms my heart that you care about me; thank you.
Best wishes,
Jonathan A. Melle
Okay, deployed the victim card, as expected.
I never said I am always the victim. In fact, I wrote that it “includes my own actions“. Please stop putting words in my mouth; thank you. I continue to work on it because I don’t want to play the victim card or always think that I am the victim. I wish to be a good man.
JON
Another piece of good advice. Reduce the length of your comments. Greatly. This one is perfect. Use that as your template.
Bruh. You need to stop. The owner of this blog and the people who comment here have done an outstanding job educating people on the important ways that elections have consequences. For example, rather than letting you get away with a statement like (Harrington) “cares about people and victims who live in the community instead of just throwing the book at them,” we call BULLSHIT. Where is your evidence that she cared about Lonnie Durfee and didn’t just throw the book at him because she disagreed with his ideas? Harrington cares about victims? Again, BULLSHIT. Where is that care when it comes to the family of Anthony Gamache after Harrington failed to present a case to the jury? That case was pure, unqualified ineptitude. How about the little baby whose mother tried to kill her but walked away scot free due to Harrington’s incompetence? Holman, one of our most disgusting habitual sex offenders was acquitted thanks to her office’s incompetence.Then there is the POS museum director, the one who stole $30k that Harrington agree to give a CWOF. Hey, you know what is also BULLSHIT? Repeating the claim that our police arrest citizens for racist reasons. I call BULLSHIT on Harrington’s baseless theory that our entire justice system is racist. It’s BULLSHIT to claim prior prosecutors ever just threw the book at people.Cases involving trespassing, shoplifting, simple drug possession etc have always been treated as minor offenses. If you were ever here in court you would know that. Stop letting Harrington get away with this lie. Harrington is an incompetent lawyer with no business being anyone’s DA. She needs to be called on her BULLSHIT. Get a clue and stop defending the indefensible.
He never learns. He has bought the Brooklyn Bridge a few times.
I never said that D.A. Andrea Harrington is perfect and that she never made mistakes as a rookie. I agree with her progressive views on the criminal justice system. I support her in politics. I wrote a political email about the missing 7-year-old girl Harmony Montgomery today.
Re: New Hampshire & Massachusetts both failed Harmony Montgomery – 22January2022
A 7-year-old girl named Harmony Montgomery, who is blind in one eye, whose parents are from New Hampshire and Massachusetts has been missing for over two years. Her father, Adam “Ace” Montgomery has a violent criminal history that includes drug use. A Massachusetts Judge gave her violent drug-user father legal custody of the then 5-year-old girl. That is INSANE! Harmony Montgomery should have been put in foster care and then she should have been adopted by a loving family. Both NH Governor Chris Sununu and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker are in disbelief.
Many modern families are made up of dysfunctional relationships and/or broken homes that innocent children such as the missing girl Harmony Montgomery was born into. The state government has a duty to protect children who are in abusive homes, and both New Hampshire and Massachusetts failed Harmony Montgomery. I hope she is found alive and that she will be O.K. I also hope that the tragic case of Harmony Montgomery will change things for the better in NH & Massachusetts and beyond so that there will never again be another missing child that the system failed to protect.
Jonathan A. Melle
Please give it a rest!
Mr. Fritz, I hope Donald Trump will thank you when he becomes the Dictator of the U.S.A. You could tell our beloved Dictator to tell Jon Melle to give it a rest!
We still have an unsolved little girl that mysteriously died while rolled up in a carpet on Plunkett st. Where was d c f. Now another child killed because of negligence will be interesting what the direction from the d c f was concerning this future case.
We also have a dead body dropped at the state Forrest and silence
The parents are negligent and d c f also. Heads should roll.
You seem to have given our DA (not yours) a lot of thought and yet no matter the facts and evidence you refuse to believe anything negative. That is why you get no respect.
Not sure why so many people are obsessed with Melle comments. They could just skip over them and move on but for whatever reason have to stop and take the time to bitch about his opinions. Why? It does not seem that complicated to just move down to the next one.
Why are you so obsessed with those you feel are obsessed with Melle?
Turn to God and repent Jon!
The doltish Mr. Durfee poured gasoline and set fire to someone’s personal property because he disagreed with their support of Joe Biden. That’s not an idea. It’s a crime. The judge gave that terroristic thug exactly what he deserved.
Sullivan couldn’t plea it down.
He should have been praised and not sentenced.
Thug? A thug commits crimes for personal gain through stealing, selling drugs, but especially violent crimes such as robbery. This man is a recovering alcoholic. What happened to reducing incarceration and especting the dignity of addicts or is that just for drugs? You people are full of it.
It’s for people they need to con to win elections. Everyone knows this. Just like libs getting caught with no masks. All a joke
Burning people’s property because you disagree with their politics is a terroristic act. People could have been killed.
And you use his alcoholism as some sort of pathetic excuse for his criminality?
Get a clue, “Al.”
Then logically those that steal from employers should be jailed correct ? He burned hay. In a field. Who cares. Theft from an employer is a real crime
Al if this guy had been black or Muslim little bleak would have no issue
HATED
It’s fair to say if the fire-starter was black, black and female, Muslim, “of color,” trans, or any of the covered minorities, there wouldn’t have been charges.
As always you are correct Dan
Ah, this “McDonough” nonsense persists. From what I read, that guy paid the money back and was sentenced to no jail time.
And that was nearly 10 years ago.
When did I say the name McDonough. I did not. You did. Was it worth it?
You’ve used his name before. Why?
Everyone knows you are him, so just move on with your life.
Sure, Hated, sure.
Its awful what you did, but you need to move on. Seriously everyone knows. Yes you are hated by all.
Sure I am. Why do you use two names here?
Who is using 2 names? You are busted feel free to leave in shame
You. You are using “Hated Taxpayer,” and “Sean Sullivan.”
Nope. Try harder.
Think you forgot the owner of the hay said he didn’t want to charge the person after hearing his story. If anyone needed mental health instead of incarceration the bale burner would be the one
Well thought out response and you sincerely seem to appreciate the feedback from Dan, and I’m not going to waste my time explaining why Harrington is the worst DA in the history of the Commonwealth.
The progressive view on the criminal justice system can be summed up as follows: if one racial group violates a law more than any other group the law must be racist.
Cops over at Trova Terrace last night. Crime is everywhere!
Another person struggling with addiction and mental health gets jail while dealers walk. Promises promises. SMH.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/crime/woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-stalking-harassment/article_f8424b18-6fdb-11ec-acc8-0f8c6e22a774.html
So Biden is giving a killer a mulligan of sorts if there is just a minor incursion.Followed by the comment on his agenda that he never promised anything he proposed it?
Vrady NOT done!,,,,
Well Vlad will have to deal with Vindman if he try’s anything.
Told you. Vrady and Bucs very shady.,like Joe……
Bucs lose but go down fighting. Kamala,just go down
Kamala ain’t no Brady. And she ain’t no Josh Allen. He lost, too, but in heartbreaking, not-his-fault fashion. Up by three with just 13 seconds left on the clock, Bills coach decided to kick off the KC and boot it into the end zone. Situation called for a short kick, maybe even a squibber, to eat up some time. Nope. Bills D gives up two long completions then the tying FG.
Exactly how many wins does Andrea Harrington have under her belt as an attorney representing her clients?