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VOL. 125 - NO. 33 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AUGUST 13, 2021 $.35 A COPY The 101st Madonna Della Cava Feast The 101st Madonna Della Cava feast honor- ing Maria SS Della Cava, Principal Patron of Pietraperzia, Sicily took place August 6–8, 2021, in Boston’s North End. The three-day celebration News Briefs culminated in a Grand Procession in which the by Sal Giarratani image of the Madonna was carried through the streets, accompanied by society members and marching bands. Thousands Hit Streets Protesting (Photos by Matt Conti Vaccine Passports/Lockdowns MattConti.com) Citizens have taken to the streets in several coun- tries, among them France, Italy, the UK and even Australia to protest vaccine passports and extended lockdowns on the weekend of July 25th. These anti- government protests were strongly denounced by national leaders and police officials. On July 24th, some 160,000 attended public protests in France against president Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine passport requirement, in which those who choose not to accept a COVID vaccine would be excluded from nearly all aspects of public life such as entering restaurants, bars, theatres, public transit, etc. The mandate could also see business owners go to jail for not enforcing the new rules. On July 25th, Macron criticized protesters saying, “This is not free- dom, it is called irresponsibility, egoism,” according to a Google translation of a French report. London also saw massive protests over the same weekend as Boris Johnson announced a similar vaccine passport in the nation. Coverage of the protests showed people holding signs with slogans “Show your papers, comrades,” a reminder to many of the old Soviet Union’s “internal passports.” Democrats Hide Party’s Racist Roots Democrat leaders claim “the GOP wants to white- wash American history” by barring critical race theory from schools, but they refuse to acknowledge their party “did more than any other institution in American life to preserve” slavery and “enforce Jim Crow,” observes RealClearInvestigations’ Mark Hemmingway. (Continued on Page 10) POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQ., EAST BOSTON Tues. 10:00 AM-3:00 PM; Thurs. 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Call 617-227-8929 for more information (Additional Photos on Page 3) PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, AUGUST 13, 2021 Simple TIMES . by Girard A. Plante My month-long hiatus from Hong Kong’s streets earlier this writing my column has ended spring protesting harsh living on this muggy Sunday. This conditions along with dimin- BLAME IT ON YOUR ROOTS, Part II writing career has spanned ishing rights. Free assembly polished for interior surfaces, it 34 years. I’m reflecting on was swiftly doused by Chinese shows a characteristic worm- the past 17 years firing off police. eaten texture. columns in this space at the Chinese Communists ordered Once again, for a third time, Post-Gazette. My recollections its military to begin clamping volcanic activity in the region of the dozens of columns are down on purveyors of the truth was resumed and the Alban focused on a few veterans of and supporters of democracy. Hills south of Rome were the WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam America is imperfect. Yet we scene of violent eruptions. War that shared the publication are a great nation worth fight- Streams of lava ran down over of New England’s oldest Italian- ing for and worth dying for. the plains leaving beds of igne- American newspaper. Nurturing democratic values ous rock (granite, etc.) which It is instructive to know that has wrought a more perfect ever since the time of the early freedom is sacred and fragile. Union. Our rich history has kings have furnished that won- We need to be vigilant with a shown peoples across America derful paving stone which has free press. Look no further than to be a driving force for good no equal in the world. the forced folding of the pro- to retain peace and harmony Nature still wasn’t satisfied democracy newspaper Apple and justice. Equity is the next with the geological blessings Daily in Hong Kong to realize big step to ensure all citi- bestowed upon this future that China’s Communist Party zens know a better way of life. city of cities, and added one is taking extreme measures to Correcting injustices heaped more extremely valuable ensure criticisms against its upon citizens long oppressed building material in the form dictates never see a headline must continue for true freedom of “peperino,” a rock found within any printed publication. to ring out in every community nowhere else in the world. The joy in writing freely without of America. The name is derived from the “A knife over your head” — the We The People can create The Porta Pretoria in Albano Laziale, Italy. A clear example appearance of the rock, which way a female editor at Apple opportunities so that popu- of the durability and grey surface of Peperino. looks as though it is full of Daily detailed her experiences at lations long denied partici- peppercorns (black crystals). the 26-year-old newspaper — is pation within our participa- The last edition discussed the lime and water to form a strong Peperino contains such fire- no longer. Chinese police raided tory government such as their time when the area now occu- and cohesive concrete. This is resisting qualities that its use three accounts worth over $20 Constitutional birthright: vot- pied by Rome and its suburbs the concrete that permitted the in residential structures was million American dollars held ing. Hong Kong citizens yearn was covered with the quiet blue Roman builders — the empire required by legislation during by the newspaper. Without that for a return to such liberties. waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea in builders — to construct those many different periods. funding stream the newspaper Immigrants arrive at our shores the form of a broad and placid incredible walls, baths, basili- And so, dear friends, you can will shutter within “weeks.” because they see no option bay. The article also explained cas, and temples, which have see now why I used the terms Crimes such as “subversion” for freedom elsewhere on the how a series of volcanic erup- resisted all of the destructive “violent” and “eruptive.” The and “collusion” with “a for- planet. We cannot allow voter tions spewed out the materials, agencies of time and weather violence and eruptions formed eign country” were slapped on suppression laws spreading which eventually hardened to better than most stone. the foundations for the city that 100 people affiliated with the through several states to return form the “tufa” rock that was Still another element from the became the center of the great- newspaper. A possible lifetime us to an archaic culture that used by the Romans for their second eruption furnished sup- est governing empire that the in prison awaits the founder wrought evil aimed at Black, walls, sewers, and buildings. plies for the future Rome. The world had known up to the time Jimmy Lai. That chilling reality Hispanic, and Native American Following the first eruption, elevation of this area above the of the British Empire, and this hits any sympathetic human citizens. which filled in the bay with level of the sea caused the for- is where your roots truly begin. directly in the gut. Journalists So we must daily strive for that stony “tufa,” came the mation of freshwater lakes and So when things go wrong as everywhere cringe at such a perfection of common goals second eruption, which not only a river now called Tiber, which they usually will ... and your cruel reality. Americans can- everybody cherishes in their buried a forest to provide all originally was of great width and daily road seems all uphill ... not imagine such a stark tru- unique customs and rich heri- of that valuable charcoal, but depth. The water was high in when funds are low and your ism lurking over Hong Kong’s tages that shall bring America also deposited the great beds of carbonic acid gas content, and debts are high ... when you try freedom-loving citizens daily . an unwavering unity for all to “pozzolena,” which lie all about thus deposited a pure carbon- to smile but can only cry ... and Thousands of patriots swarmed live by. Because we can. Rome. This is a reddish volcanic ate of lime in large thick beds in you feel somehow that you’re dust, nearly half being oxide the valleys and along the slopes just going to crack ... IT’S YOUR of iron, and also containing of the hills. This is the origin ROOTS THAT PERMIT YOU TO silex (flint and quartz), alum, of the “travertine,” that great BLOW YOUR STACK. chalk, and magnesia. 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