November 6, 2020 Vol. 124 No. 45
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VOL. 124 - NO. 45 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 $.35 A COPY Happy Veterans Day WE CAN NOT BE November 11, 2020 THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA by Sal Giarratani Honoring ALL Who Served Back during the American Civil War lamented in public that America couldn’t be allowed to divide itself from the whole. We cannot be two Americas with two sets of principles This election has and seem- ingly continues to show that we may have lost our faith in the credibility of our elections and of our right to vote. How can we be a democratic republic with- out believing that our elections are above board? Nations have fallen when the people stop believing what their government does, says, and in their right to It is the morning after Election free and honest elections. become Argentina, Venezuela, or Day and we are still waiting for I can live with the results of Bolivia just to name a few with the fi nal tally. However, we all this presidential election. I hope dissatisfi ed citizens looking at know that the only sure thing my candidate wins, but I can their government as the enemy. we get out of this finality is live with his opponent winning, We all need to stand for the Thank You! seeing the splitting of America too. I don’t want the American United States of God Bless into opposite sides as our new people believing the system is America as one nation of free fi nality. rigged. If that happens we could people. News Briefs Baker-Polito Administration Announces by Sal Giarratani Targeted Measures to Curb Massachusetts Madness Rising COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Means More Markey Early Business Closures, Revised Gatherings, Well, the votes are in and we are once again stuck Mask Orders Announced to Disrupt Growth of COVID-19 Cases with U.S. Senator Ed Markey for another six years down in Washington, DC doing the bidding now of the On Monday, November 2nd and Activities: Governor Baker • Casinos and horse tracks/ Squad led by U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, D-NY. the Baker-Polito Administration issued a new executive order simulcast facilities Markey has lost his mind cozying up to the Democratic announced a series of targeted that requires the early closure • Driving and fl ight schools socialists trying to remake America into their image and measures to disrupt the increas- of certain businesses and activi- • Zoos, botanical gardens, likeness. Markey just goes with the fl ow. ing trend of new COVID-19 cases ties each night at 9:30 p.m. The wildlife reserves, nature centers We had a chance with Republican Kevin O’Connor and hospitalizations. Governor 9:30 p.m. closure requirement • Close contact personal ser- but he wasn’t a strong enough candidate; not that Charlie Baker announced these is aligned with the Stay At Home vices (such as hair and nail Dr. Shiva would have been better. changes at a time where public Advisory and together the two salons) I voted for Charlie Baker three times now, but I health data has indicated that new initiatives are designed to • Gyms, Fitness Centers and won’t go for four, you can bet on that. Really, if Baker cases are rising, with cases up further limit activities that could Health Clubs wants another term, he should just change over to by 278% and hospitalizations lead to COVID-19 transmission. • Indoor and outdoor pools the Democrat Party because he hasn’t been a real up by 145% since Labor Day. Effective November 6th, the • Museums/cultural & his- Republican much lately. He’s so RINO now; he could These measures are meant to following businesses and activi- torical facilities/guided tours also be a Hippopotamus, too. But elephant not so. disrupt rising trends now, so ties must close to the public To read the new executive We are now stuck with two losers in the U.S. Senate the Commonwealth can keep each day between the hours of order (including full list of busi- with little hope in sight. the economy and schools open 9:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. nesses required to close at 9:30 Massachusetts Republicans need to get themselves for residents and to prevent the • Restaurants (in-person din- p.m.), go to: mass.gov. together or fi nd a dustbin and jump into it. We live in a need to roll back to Phase I or ing must cease at 9:30 p.m., Face Covering Order: one party Democrat-led state with a RINO Republican Phase II of the reopening plan. although takeout and delivery Governor Baker also signed an in the Corner Offi ce. All orders and advisories will may continue for food and updated order related to face- be effective Friday, November non-alcoholic beverages, but coverings. The revised order Racism and the Brain th Everywhere I turn its racism, racism, and more rac- 6 at 12:01 a.m. not alcohol) requires all persons to wear ism. There was an article in this past Sunday’s Globe NEW ORDERS & ADVISORIES: • Liquor stores and other face-coverings in all public Magazine concerning discrimination’s impact on cogni- Stay At Home Advisory: retail establishments that sell places, even where they are able tion. According to the piece written by Corrine Pikul, The Administration issued a alcohol must cease alcohol sales to maintain 6 feet of distance black Americans are twice as likely as white Americans revised Stay At Home Advisory at 9:30 P.m. (but may continue from others. The revised order to have Alzheimer’s and other dementias, says the to ensure residents avoid to sell other products) still allows for an exception for Alzheimer’s’ Association. This group also says the effect unnecessary activities that can • Adult-use marijuana sales residents who cannot wear a of this disease on Black people is a “silent epidemic.” lead to increased COVID-19 must cease at 9:30 p.m. (not face-covering due to a medi- transmission. The revised Stay including medical marijuana) cal or disabling condition, but (Continued on Page 7) At Home Advisory instructs • Indoor & outdoor events it allows employers to require residents to stay home between • Theaters/movie theaters employees to provide proof of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. The (including drive-in movie the- such a condition. It also allows Advisory allows for activities aters), and performance venues schools to require that stu- such as going to work, running (indoor and outdoor) dents participating in in-person POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE critical errands to get groceries • Youth and adult amateur learning provide proof of such a and address health needs, and sports activities medical or disabling condition. 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQ., EAST BOSTON taking a walk. • Golf facilities To read the revised face- Tues. 10:00 AM-3:00 PM; Thurs. 11:00 AM-2:00 PM To read the revised Stay At • Recreational boating and coverings order go to: www. Home Advisory go to: www. boating businesses mass.gov Call 617-227-8929 for more information mass.gov/stayhome. • Outdoor recreational Early Closure of Businesses experiences (Continued on Page 7) PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello Nostra PART 1 A weekly column highlighting some of the more interesting aspects of our ancestry...our lineage...our roots. Fact vs. Fiction Diane J. Modica, Chairperson, Commission for Social Justice, BIRD AND BULL Massachusetts Order of the Sons and Daughters of Italy in America This week in a continuing effort to present more balanced information about Christopher Columbus, the Commission for Social Justice of the Massachusetts Order of the Sons and Daughters of Italy in America looks at Columbus: Fact vs. Fiction, a document prepared by the National Order Sons and Daughters of Italy. This is Part 1 of that document. FICTION: Columbus did not to Spain the following year, but Columbus made four voy- discover the Americas. The the Spanish monarchs ordered ages to the Caribbean in a Vikings did. him to stop the prac-tice and twelve-year period (1492- FACT: In 1950, a map sur- he never again sent Indians to 1504), spending from only faced in Europe that shows Europe to be sold as slaves. seven months to two years the “Island of Vinland” in the It is important to note that and nine months (including northwest Atlantic Ocean. The slavery was not unique to the year he was shipwrecked map’s text in Medieval Latin Europe. Columbus found it on his fourth voyage.) It is explains that Leif Erickson and practiced in the Caribbean inconceivable that he could his Vikings found Vinland in the by the Caribs and Canibs who have killed millions of people year 1000 A.D. The Smithsonian made slaves of the tribes they in so short a time. Institution in Washington, D.C., conquered and also ate their Responsibility for the deaths dates the map’s parchment to victims. (Hence the word of many thousands of natives around 1434 A.D. — nearly 60 “cannibal”.) can justly be attributed to the years before Columbus’ first Later Spanish explorers in Spanish conquistadors and voyage. But when researchers Mexico and Central America other Europeans who followed at London’s University College found that even the more Columbus here. But even in used a laser technique to test advanced civilizations of the this case, since there were more the map’s ink, they found it Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans kept natives than Europeans, the loss contained a chemical substance slaves.