To be fair, Beacon Hill thinks the exact same way.

The only problem is, the commuter rail is a fucking joke running on ancient technology. Fix that first.

Also, and I know this will come as news to many....

Not everyone works in Boston!

Gasp!

MA hates any kind of change or basically, doing anything new.

We will see NY get highspeed rail long before MA. MA, is too moribund.

That ain't it.

I did grad school in Boston. There is a HUGE demand for nightlife of all kinds.

The problem is, Boston, and Mass in general hate fun and anything new.

It is weird. Just from my perspective. Seattle was always considered a second tier city. The big bois had all the nightlife and crazy fun. LA, NY, Chicago, and I assumed Boston. I mean it had to, right? All those schools and such.

Nope.

Turns out Boston hates fun and is stuck in 1930.

Weird.

I'm from Seattle and feel that way. Like, how does Seattle have better nightlife than Boston?

https://www.theonion.com/pretty-cute-watching-boston-residents-play-daily-game-o-1819574643

The last time Boston was fun was in 1878.

I used to live in Salem, so I dug into this to see what was up.

This is kind of weird.

Roth is a Boston business attorney. Lives in RI. Apparently he was the one who called the state, said he had the masks ready to ship, and needed payment up front.

Sperlings are from CA.

Damore is unknown. I just come up with some mobster. Maybe it was him? I dunno. Seems like he should be in jail from what I read if it is. Probably someone else.

Their business address is in Pickering Wharf and appears to be a residence over a haunted house.

This is weird.

Many people aren't taught the link between the reconquista and Spanish colonial efforts. Granada fell to the Spanish in January, 1492. That was the last Muslim outpost in the Iberian peninsula.

Columbus landed in the New World in October, 1492.

Now, think about this. You have a bunch of trained soldiers just hanging out. They just took the last bit of territory in Spain and had little to do. Which is always a dangerous thing. Especially since soldiers would often work for whomever offered the best pay/looting.

Columbus comes back and...oh, look, we found a whole new group of "dark skinned heathens." So, they just moved the fight to the New World.

If Spain hadn't had a large, well trained, army that was looking to kill for Jesus, I think trade would have been more of a priority.

Conversely, when the English started settling the east coast of America, they came in often expecting to trade. In fact they expected to trade like they had in England. Early on, they ran into problems because the natives weren't idiots. The English would soak a newly contacted area with European goods that they traded for food and furs. Which created problems. One example was iron pots. One settlement used iron pots as trade goods. Which is great until everyone has a freaking iron pot! To top it off, the native population wasn't willing to trade for food if it meant they'd go hungry. Starvation isn't worth an iron pot. This literally caused the English to raid for food.

Interesting contrast.

35% did. And the rest couldn't get their shit together to stop it from happening.

Dude, we have cities where councilors rep wards they don't even live in.

MA has always been fine with corruption.

Naw, I stand by it. MAPOLI is pretty much just a criminal mob half the time.

Ugh. Gross.

Sad thing is, this dude will come back soon enough. Probably as a back room "advisor." Or he may just go for a comeback. He and Lt Gov Driscoll can for president together.

The thing is, they did recall him, and then re-elected him! If he hadn't been recalled, fine...sucks...but makes sense.

This doesn't.

Ewwwww....pass.

Hell, they reelected him after he had been impeached!

Mass towns love a crook.

Dude....it literally has hollow bones. Just hit it as hard as possible and don't stop. Mammal for the win every time.

This is very common along the US Atlantic coast. The Outer Banks of S. Carolina are a good example of this. Islands come and go out there over relatively short periods. One decent storm can drastically alter the geography of the area.

That has been said by some of the fringe GOPers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/john-gibbs-womens-suffrage-19th-amendment-kfile/index.html

Somewhere there is a gay, ginger, refugee who is going "REALLY?!?!"

Does some basic math

Wait, what?

The pipelines wouldn't have made a difference. These prices are all set by global forces far above the state level.

To be honest, while stopping them had some merit, the big issue is that things like Cape Wind were allowed to die while the state also pushed gas powered electrical plants. Which makes no sense since those plant owners will be clamoring for more pipelines.

Stopping things isn't always enough. Sometimes you need a fucking plan.

They are, and I was using one. Because, I don't need some old Boomer Biddy "checking my work."

Counterpoint - If a poll worker pulls your completed ballot out of the privacy envelope to "make sure you filled it out right," like happened to me, you can just snatch it back and insist it gets into the machine.

So...wait....her appearing at a fundraiser requires full DOJ attention, while Trump gets to walk free after stealing state secrets?