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Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day – A Movie Review

January 2, 2010 B. John 264 Views 0 Comments Action, Billy Connolly, Boston, Clifton Collins, Drama, Julie Benz, Norman Reedus, Patrick Flanery, Sequel, Troy Duffy

When a priest is murdered in Boston, the MacManus brothers abandon their secluded life in Ireland to look into the case. Don’t let the lack of promotion for “Boondock Saints 2” fool you. The plot picks up in Ireland where brothers Connor (Sean Patrick Flannery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) McManus are hiding out after the events of the last movie. A priest shot in Boston, in the same style the brothers are known for, makes them the prime suspects. Writer/ director Troy Duffy is going for the old-school Charles Bronson-style vigilante movie, and achieves something pretty close to that.

Crime Education Society

Stickman Drawing Gets 2nd Grader Suspended

November 5, 2007 B. John 309 Views 1 Comment Boston, cops and robbers, Guns, Idiots, New Jersey, overreaction, Schools, Stupidity

According to a report on MSNBC, a New Jersey 2nd grader got a one-day suspension from school because he drew a stick figure picture where the person in the picture was holding a gun. He later told his mom it was a picture of a water gun.

Congress Crime Politics Society

Weekly Round Up – Week Ending August 26, 2007

August 25, 2007 B. John 287 Views 0 Comments Boston, Corruption, FBI, FindLaw, Limone, republicans, Salvati, St. Petersburg

This is a news round up of brief news items from the week ending on August 26, 2007.

Congress Constitution Crime Politics Society

Civil Penalties if Authorities Merely Misinterpret Your Intentions

May 9, 2007 B. John 270 Views 3 Comments Boston, Hoax, MA, Mooninites, Senate Bill 735, Stupidity, Ted Kennedy, Terrorism, Terrorists, Thomas Menino

Sen. Kennedy’s bill, S. 735, the so-called Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007. The act would, among other things, attach civil liability to anyone whose actions were misinterpreted by authorities as being a hoax and who didn’t immediately notify those authorities about the actual nature of the incident.

Courts Places Politics

Boston's Big Dig–Top Secret Stuff

April 2, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 203 Views 0 Comments Big Dig, Boston, Homeland Security, MA, National Security, Transportation

In Boston, the state is trying to shut down a lawsuit brought by the family of Milena Del Valle, who was killed last July when 12 tons of Boston’s Big Dig tunnel fell on her husband’s car. The excuse they’ve given this time is that if they turn over relevant documents to the family, the nation’s transportation security could be compromised.

Crime Places Society

Boston: Beehive of Terrorist Activity (?)

March 9, 2007 B. John 209 Views 0 Comments Bomb Squads, Bombs, Boston, Comedy Network, MA, Public Officials, Stupidity, Terrorism, Traffic counters

On January 31, Boston and Massachusetts officials terrorized that city and made asses of themselves in the national news. And they extorted $2 million and almost ruined two people’s lives over a cartoon character they intentionally mischaracterized as a threat. Apparently trying to repeat their performance, they sent the bomb squad out again Wednesday to blow up another “suspicious device” in Boston’s financial district. Only this time, the plan to extort some other hapless company backfired in their faces.

General Places

Oh To Be Home

February 2, 2007 B. John 382 Views 1 Comment Boston, Customer Service, English, Hilton, United Airlines

I guess I outsmarted myself. I was on an evening flight from Boston to Dulles that allowed me just under an hour to make the connection. So, I wisely arrived early and got on an earlier flight. This woukd give me a two and one half hour window in case of delays.

Crime Entertainment General Humor Places Society

Terrorists At the Cartoon Network

February 1, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 251 Views 0 Comments Attorney General, Boston, Cartoon Network, Deval Patrick, Frightened Children, Governor, John Grossman, Martha Coakley, Signs, Stupidity, Thomas Menino, Turner Broadcasting

Over the past several weeks Cartoon Network, to promote their television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, placed boards with LED renditions of the mooninites across ten cities. This would have been fine, except for the person who saw one of them attached to a girder above a busway near the Sullivan Square T station. On Wednesday, some frightened little brain-dead Bostonian spotted Ignignokt and Err in Boston – and called the police.