Would be interesting to see the first 10-to-15 miles of the bordering states included in this

Yeah, we rock. Always knew we were better than the rest. Just a feeling that comes with being a resident of this fine state.

Heard that my friend!

Every state is a mess in its own ways. The quicker we stop making everything red vs blue the better off we all are

Don't forget those ridiculous documentation fees that stealerships are always trying to hit you with right before you finish up the transaction.

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Everyone wants their freedom while living.... We should also have those freedoms while dying.

If we're going to be called communists anyway, we may as well get the benefits of being communists. That's just good old fashion neoliberal pragmatism.

The economic engine of Norway was mineral wealth. But by investing the money wisely in other sectors, they now have far more sources of income.

If a minute amount of that money went to developing Springfield, Pittsfield, and Worcester as independent cities with their own economic engines instead of payong for ever-scarcer land in Boston, imagine the possibilities.

When I was kid it was "Taxachusetts" which was synonomous with "Dutaxis" ie.. Mike Dukakis.

Another slur from back then that was popular usually said by people from other parts of country in ignorance not spite was or is: Massatusetts" dropping the "ch"

Boston is the economic engine for the entire state.

If that money wasn't in Boston then MA would be a lot poorer

I think I see my dad

Don’t even worry about them. Timber rattlers? We had them when I lived in Jersey, and they are all over the Hudson valley. They are comically lazy.

I was out hiking with my kids in jersey once and this rattlesnake was sunning in the middle of the trail. We waited like 20 minutes for it to move or something before we finally just stepped over it. When we got a few feet down the trail, it rattled at us twice. Before you @ me with the snake was sick…. Nah. They are like this. Bites are incredibly rare.

Yea true ,plea scaring is an unethical but common tactic.A prosecutor is not supposed to bring charges unless they truly feel thay can prove a case BRD.

Very often they throw on charges to get a better plea,if they charge here murder 2 they can get a longer sentence out of a manslaughter plea.

It would be ironic if the DA's are using Mac book's instead of Microsoft laptops in court.

Didn't you hear? Ted Cruz called us communists. Guess we should tell that to our utterly-neoliberal state legislature.

Black is a population of 1, it's perfect!

Most cases end in plea agreements, so it's not exactly uncommon for prosecution to pile up scary indictments to improve their negotiation position. Plead guilty to a reduced charge or risk a billion years at trial, doesn't require a master of game theory to work it out.

Trial by jury is pretty uncommon outside your high school civics textbook.

Death is definitely unavoidable for all of us. Yet for something everyone will end up going through, we talk so little, so hushed, so fearful of it. That’s just crazy to me.

Excuse me, but some idiots online told me that blue states and cities are a mess and don't know how to function, so this must be a lie!

Yea ,they won't want the egg on there face better known as an acquittal

It's really easy to get a grand jury to indict, it's not an adversarial process.

That said, presumably the DA wouldn't swing for this unless there was something more there.

A subway train has peak capacity of 1000 people. To fit the same number of people bumper-to-bumper would take almost 3 acres in area and more than 3 miles of length.

Of course, cars are never bumper-to-bumper. Instead, at a 2s following distance at 60mph, it would take about 30 miles.

Oh no the horror

Exactly, liberal = capitalist. We need true progressives