June 14

Whistle blower: a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public.
Stoolie [stool pigeon]: a person acting as a decoy for the police.
Squealer: a person who betrays a friend or accomplice.

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Commentary
Friday, June 14, 2019

Growing up in a tight-knit Italian ghetto, with many grandparents and some parents and uncles and cousins born in Italy, we believed the government to be our enemy and any consorting with them a betrayal or our friends, family, and community.
Why anarchism has always struck a popular chord among Italians and Italian immigrants.
We believed that our community would take care of all our needs.

Whistle blower: a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public.
Whistleblowers may earn themselves a high rung on the esteem ladder by revealing crimes and wrongdoings on the part of high-ranking government or corporate individuals who may otherwise cause great harm or having caused great harm, get away with it.
Unfortunately for the species, motivation of some individuals may be less than noble. Disgruntled discharged employees or jealous peers are suspect.
Perhaps their allegations are skewed enough by their anger or envy to make them suspect. Certainly they are a major step down from those heroic reporters motivated by doing the right thing.
Whistleblowers are not betraying friends, family, or their community.

A stool pigeon, has an element of legitimacy by an implied association with the police prior to acquiring information the disclosure of which is harmful to a friend or acquaintance.
The term is used to describe people not really in the innermost circles of the group he is reporting on.

In the 9th circle of Dante’s hell, next to Brutus, is the squealer who betrays a friend to an outsider, a stranger, or worse, an enemy.

Announcements/Tips
Friday, June 14, 2019
Another glitch.
Sorry.
Yesterday about 100 emails went out without hyperlinks.
Corrected that with a second mailing.

A chicken salad made from chicken used for soup stock, celery, cucumber, apples, fresh dill, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
sakura - Flickr
Not my turkey salad but an idea.
Sorry.

Friday returns us to seasonal temperatures although a lot of rainy days in the offing.
It’s finally springtime in Boston, with a timeout for a bleak Thursday.
Let such a day test our resolve to enjoy every day to its fullest, weather notwithstanding.
The hours are ticking away and if we don’t make the most of our time another day will soon click past.
Unnoticed.
Unappreciated.

Tick Tock.
In clock language:

Enjoy today.
Enjoy the week.

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Postings Count, Weather Brief, and Dinner
Friday, June 14, 2019

Our 434th consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 434 posts we’re at the 8.68 percentile of our commitment, the commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.

Time is 4.01am.
On Friday, Boston will be back at seasonal mild temperatures, a high of 72* with a feels-like of 75* under partly sunny skies.
 

Dinner Thursday was turkey salad, with walnuts, pinenuts, arugula, Boston lettuce, fresh parsley, heirloom tomato, celery, salt and pepper, olive oil, mayonnaise, and red wine vinegar. With Iggy’s ficelle.
Wow!

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Chuckle of the Day:
Friday, June 14, 2019

A man absolutely hated his wife's cat and decided to get rid of him by driving him 40 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park.
As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway.
The next day he decided to drive the cat 80 blocks away.
He put the beast out and headed home.
Driving back up his driveway, there was the cat!
He kept taking the cat further and further and the cat would always beat him home.

At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right until he reached what he thought was a safe distance from his home and left the cat there.
Hours later the man calls home to his wife: "Jen, is the cat there?"
"Yes", the wife answers, "why do you ask?"
"Put that son of a bitch on the phone, I'm lost and need directions!"

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Friday, June 14, 2019

This from Susaan S:

Re: chicken recipe? You wrote:
“Separate from the slurry...”

Could you describe what this means? 
Separate the slurry from The Chicken? 
Wash it off? 

What??
Confused....

Thanks.

Web Meister responds:
 I don't blame you for being confused.
The line should have read:

"Separately from the slurry,"

I wanted to emphasize that we're talking two separate mixes, the one to dehydrate and the other, near the end, to flavor.
Thanks for the observation.

William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was an investigator who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 1942 until his retirement in June 1973. During his employment, he was a special agent who eventually rose to the position of Associate Director, the Bureau's second-highest-ranking post.
During his time as Associate Director, Felt served as an anonymous informant, nicknamed "Deep Throat", to reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of The Washington Post.
He provided them with critical information about the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.

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Answer to the Question of the Day
Friday, June 14, 2019

A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public.
The information of alleged wrongdoing can be classified in many ways: violation of company policy/rules, law, regulation, or threat to public interest/national security, as well as fraud, and corruption.

Those who become whistleblowers can choose to bring information or allegations to surface either internally or externally.
Internally, a whistleblower can bring his/her accusations to the attention of other people within the accused organization such as an immediate supervisor.
Externally, a whistleblower can bring allegations to light by contacting a third party outside of an accused organization such as the media, government, law enforcement, or those who are concerned.
Whistleblowers, however, take the risk of facing stiff reprisal and retaliation from those who are accused or alleged of wrongdoing.

Because of this, a number of laws exist to protect whistleblowers.
Some third-party groups even offer protection to whistleblowers, but that protection can only go so far.
Whistleblowers face legal action, criminal charges, social stigma, and termination from any position, office, or job.

Two other classifications of whistleblowing are private and public.
The classifications relate to the type of organizations someone chooses to whistle-blow on: private sector, or public sector.
Depending on many factors, both can have varying results.
However, whistleblowing in the public sector organization is more likely to result in criminal charges and possible custodial sentences.
A whistleblower who chooses to accuse a private sector organization or agency is more likely to face termination and legal and civil charges.

Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American writer, activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers.

On January 3, 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years.
Due to governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, and the defense by Leonard Boudin and Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. dismissed all charges against Ellsberg on May 11, 1973.

Deeper questions and theories of whistleblowing and why people choose to do so can be studied through an ethical approach.
Whistleblowing is a topic of ongoing ethical debate.
Leading arguments in the ideological camp that whistleblowing is ethical maintain that whistleblowing is a form of civil disobedience, and aims to protect the public from government wrongdoing.
In the opposite camp, some see whistleblowing as unethical for breaching confidentiality, especially in industries that handle sensitive client or patient information.

Legal protection can also be granted to protect whistleblowers, but that protection is subject to many stipulations.
Hundreds of laws grant protection to whistleblowers, but stipulations can easily cloud that protection and leave whistleblowers vulnerable to retaliation and legal trouble.
However, the decision and action has become far more complicated with recent advancements in technology and communication.
Whistleblowers frequently face reprisal, sometimes at the hands of the organization or group they have accused, sometimes from related organizations, and sometimes under law.

Questions about the legitimacy of whistleblowing, the moral responsibility of whistleblowing, and the appraisal of the institutions of whistleblowing are part of the field of political ethics.

What I have in here?
The first three words are Top Top Top.
Can you guess?

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Good Morning on this Friday, the fourteenth day of June, 2019

We posted a photo of a suspicious fellow making a call. A whistleblower or a squealer?
Our commentary dealt with whistleblowing distinctions
We added the Boston weather report and the ticking calendar, and tracked the number of our postings.
We posted a note from Susaan S, a chuckle, and thumbnails of whistleblowing. Mark Felt and Daniel Ellsberg.

And now? Gotta go.

Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.