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Make the T free.

February 1, 2019 By petr 19 Comments

Michelle Wu writes an op-ed in the Globe suggesting (as I've long advocated) that the T be made fare-less, that is to say, free. I'd like to re-iterate my wholehearted endorsement to this idea. What would the T cost to simply be a … [Read more...]

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Here’s a local something that hasn’t received a lot of attention here…

January 18, 2019 By petr 1 Comment

The NatGrid lockout and subsequent victory by the steelworkers union. I confess I wasn't following it all that closely myself but was reminded of it by this Steve Tolman piece in Commonwealth Magazine where he lauds the union for sticking … [Read more...]

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Tis true, ’tis pity, And pity ’tis ’tis true.

January 17, 2019 By petr 3 Comments

The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." I nodded and murmured something about … [Read more...]

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Let the majority be the majority…

November 20, 2018 By petr 88 Comments

Predictably, the next presidential race has started, in earnest, and, just as predictably, calls for radical change in the Democratic Party are heard again and again. This is ridiculous. The Democratic Party is not in need of rebirth. In … [Read more...]

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The Blue Wave is real…

November 7, 2018 By petr 7 Comments

The latest number I've seen is 8.5 percent blue over 50, for the House. That's the popular vote: the sum total of all House elections, 58.5 percent team blue. Almost 59 out of every 100 persons who voted, are part of the blue wave. When … [Read more...]

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The Long Game

November 6, 2018 By petr 9 Comments

Today's election results, whatever they may be, are certain to usher in further instability:that is to say, whatever the outcome we will see things become worse than they already are... Anybody expecting this to be the definitive election … [Read more...]

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Guerrilla tactics of the insurgent ruling party…

October 26, 2018 By petr 1 Comment

Wait... What? Guerrilla tactics? For the insurgent ruling party? How can a ruling party be 'insurgent'? How can they employ 'guerrilla' tactics, if they are in charge? Well, what else would you call 11 pipe bombs (so far) to the … [Read more...]

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Who Elected You?

September 5, 2018 By petr 34 Comments

Some anonymous lickspittle in the White House has penned, anonymously, a rather smug, self-congratulatory notice of a coup. The New York Times was docile enough to publish it. I have one question for this anonymous crypto-fascist: Who … [Read more...]

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Charlie NOT on the MBTA….

July 31, 2018 By petr 1 Comment

Though I'm a little perturbed, and somewhat disturbed, that the otherwise fine satirists of BMG left it to me and my poor efforts to update the relationship between a man name Charlie and the Boston transit infrastructure, I must admit to a … [Read more...]

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Slaughter of the Innocents

March 4, 2018 By petr Leave a Comment

Matthew, Chapter 2... 16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had … [Read more...]

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cdempcChris Dempsey@cdempc·
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So if I'm waiting for a loved one to get off a train at N. Station, where do I sit? I'm not usually a "@CharlieBakerMA should ride the T" guy. But if he rode the T regularly he would be asking this Q. Instead, his Admin punishes riders w/gates. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/12/15/get-ready-keolis-says-fare-gates-are-coming-commuter-rail-next-year/Zb19kqxbJO7jBfAtmaRluO/story.html #mapoli

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The “centrist lane” must not take us off a cliff.

No thanks Pete.

nara 🤯@narakxm

Today, I asked @PeteButtigieg to change his climate plan because his call to end climate pollution by 2050 IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. In response, he asked @m_kimaya and I (two teenagers) to propose a plan and asked me to “rethink my strategy”.

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ihssaneleckeyIhssane Leckey for Congress@ihssaneleckey·
13 Dec

In awe of this 👇🏽 dedication to environmental justice. We must move away from fossil fuel infrastructure, and it's disgraceful that our state gave Enbridge permission to build this public health hazard. #mapoli https://twitter.com/ClimateDisobey/status/1204740376197844992

Climate Disobedience Center@ClimateDisobey

Happening now: Minutes ago in #Weymouth, first arrests of the morning: @AndreaDoremus and Kiki Fluhr blocking entrance to the compressor station. Thank you, friends!

#noweymouthcompressor 3

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass Group@bluemassgroup·
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It’s terrible what Trump said about Greta, a kid with Aspergers.

It’s incalculably worse what he’s doing to literally every child on the planet.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-greta-thunberg-time-person-of-the-year-climate-change-mocked-today-2019-12-12/

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smotusSeth Masket@smotus·
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Note to @reidepstein and @nytimes: This did not happen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/politics/democrats-2020-tom-perez.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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