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Labor Day in Boston’S North End SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 VOL. 121 - NO. 35 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 $.35 A COPY The Grand Finale of Summer Feasts Concludes with Happy St. Lucy and St. Anthony Labor Day in Boston’s North End SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 Members of St. Lucy Society The St. Lucy Society kicked an annual feast favorite! The was organized, as always, by You Deserve a Rest!!! off their 96th Feast in honor of night closed with a candlelight San Antonio di Padova da Mon- Santa Lucia, St. Lucy, Vergine procession bringing the statue tefalcione, Inc., also known as e’ Martire — Protectress of of Santa Lucia back to an out- the St. Anthony’s Club. Thou- Eyesight, on Thursday, August door chapel for her overnight sands came to visit the feast 24, 2017, in Boston’s North vigil. over the three days of festivities, News Briefs End. The festivities began at This year, St. Lucy’s Feast culminating in the grand fi nale by Sal Giarratani 5:00 pm with the exposition and was moved from the Mon- procession on Sunday when blessing of the Statue of Santa day night after to the Thurs- the statue of St. Anthony was What About That Debt Ceiling? Lucia and devotees, followed by day night before St. Anthony’s carried for over 10 hours by One upon a time, it was Republican conservatives the solemn procession of the Feast. The change appeared to members of St. Anthony’s Club. who were opposed to raising the debt ceiling while statue of Santa Lucia through bring out more people to the Dozens of stops were made all Democratic liberals thought that raising it was not a the streets of the North End festivities. over the North End while several big deal. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell once accompanied by Italian street Following St. Lucy’s Feast on bands provided traditional Ital- said that raising the debt ceiling endlessly was push- bands, fl ower girls and color Friday, August 25th, thru Sun- ian feast music along the way. ing that debt onto our children and grandchildren. guard. Later in the evening, day, August 28th, was the 98th Enjoy looking through the Democrats only rebutted with the “we must pay our attendees got to rock out to celebration of St. Anthony’s photos from the both Feasts on bills” argument. However, now that the debt ceiling is the music of Vinyl Groove, Feast. The “Feast of all Feasts” pages 8 and 9! coming up for a new vote soon after the August recess ends, McConnell is in favor of raising the debt ceiling. I recently passed by a house in East Boston in con- struction mode. For a few months now, nothing has happened at this site. The roof on the building has been missing for a while. What is a house without a roof? Pretty much stupid! If the Democrats and Republicans just keep raising the debt ceiling every time they spend more than they take in, it just means the whole bunch of them are addicted to spending and can’t stop. They need some intervention from “We the people” at election time. Our Two Party System Too often Jeff Kuhner on WRKO Radio is guilty of crazy talk on his Kuhner Report show, but the other day he made a good point. How long can the present Democratic and Republican parties continue to exist if they are both useless creatures of the swamp? The Kuhnerman believes in 10 years time, both major parties will cease to exist. Jeff also was pretty right on the idea of moving (Continued on Page 14) Members of St. Anthony Society THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 Res Publica by David Trumbull President Donald J. Trump Delivers for the Working Men and Women of America THE PATHETIC GALBA Making American Great Again! As we enter this Labor Day weekend, we have much to celebrate. Following his tour of duty suspicions and without the ben- The United States added 1.07 million jobs during Trump’s six as a governor in Africa, Galba efi t of a trial. He even revoked months in offi ce. returned to Rome and lived in any grants that Nero had given As of June 2017, more Americans were employed than any other partial retirement until midway and made a bungling attempt month dating back to 1948. The unemployment rate decreased in the reign of Nero. It was said to tighten the reigns of the from 4.4 percent to 4.3 percent In July, which is a 16-year low. that he was so concerned about economy. This action caused The average hourly earnings for all employees was $26.02 in being required to leave the him to be hated by people of January 2017, it was up to $26.36 in July 2017. country on short notice that he every class, but especially so by In June 2017, Bloomberg’s Consumer Comfort Gauge jumped never went away from his villa the soldiers and the Praetorian to 51.2, second-strongest reading since 2001 and the measure of for any reason without taking Guard. His refusal to give the personal fi nances rose to 63, the highest since May 2007. about $50,000 dollars worth of gifts promised embittered the In July 2017, the Consumer Confi dence Index Grew to 121.1, gold with him in a second car- soldiers throughout the empire. its second highest level since 2000. riage. This precaution appar- An uprising soon followed in In March, Gallup’s Measure of U.S. Economic Confi dence jumped ently served him well because Rome, but a false report indi- to a record high. one day while visiting in Spain, cated that the trouble was over, Business investment remains at one of the highest levels in he accepted the governorship the rebels had been killed and years, increasing at a 5.2% rate. of a province in that country the faithful were coming as a In July 2017, small business owners’ optimism reached a ten- and was required to assume his group to offer their continued year high. duties immediately. support. This news induced Foxconn, a Chinese technology company, will invest $10 bil- During his initial years as a Galba to appear in public, lion to create a high-tech manufacturing facility in Wisconsin governor in Spain, he main- Because of this fear, his activi- where he was quickly aban- that will initially create 3,000 jobs and could eventually generate tained his energetic and disci- ties gradually took on a lower doned by his followers, then as many as 13,000 jobs with an additional 22,000 indirect and plined characteristics, even to profile, but the damage had attacked and butchered by the construction jobs. the point of being overly severe. already been done and Galba forces of Salvius Otho. After facing pressure from the Trump Administration, Infosys He ordered a moneylender’s soon discovered that Nero had As a Roman emperor and announced it will hire up to 10,000 Americans to serve clients in hands cut off and nailed to the secretly ordered his execution. a Caesar, his reign probably the U.S. Apple announced a $1 billion investment in advanced manu- counter of his shop because These events happened just ranked with the most pathetic facturing in the U.S. he was dishonest in business. about the time that the people of his 104 counterparts. In per- President Trump withdrew the United States from the job-killing A man who poisoned a ward were rising up against Nero and son, he was of average height, Paris Climate Agreement and will cease U.S. payments to the and benefactor was ordered before long the emperor was bald, with a hooked nose. His Green Climate Fund. to be crucifi ed. When the man reported to have died. hands and feet were crippled President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the job-killing Trans- claimed immunity from punish- The assembled multitudes by rheumatism or gout, he Pacifi c Partnership free trade agreement. ment on account of his Roman soon saluted Galba as emperor could not wear shoes or hold a With President Trump — “Together We Are Rebuilding Our citizenship, Galba ordered a and he accepted, declaring that scroll, and his skin hung from Nation.” taller cross, had it painted he was acting as a lieutenant of his bones like a sack. He was white, and continued with the the Senate and of the people of a heavy eater and lavish in his crucifi xion. Rome in order to put an end to tastes, often heaping up the It soon became quite obvious the disgraceful tyranny of Nero. remains of his dinner and leav- Mattéo Gallo to Galba that any government He investigated those who had ing them for his attendants. offi cial who became notorious enriched themselves through Like some of the other Caesars, because of some high degree of association with Nero, but most he had his share of extramarital o profi ciency or talent was sure of them had already squandered sex and in this activity preferred o Appraisals to attract the attention of Nero, their ill-gotten wealth. Restitu- the macho type. He died at the Sales & Rentals and any jealousy on the part tion by confi scations once again age of 73 and in the seventh of the emperor would certainly became the order of the day.
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