Gradually, we are reaching a consensus that Coakley lost because the irritable voters wanted to send a message. Which was: change.
Change all over the place! Except apparently not in beating up the bankers, since the Democrat favored a tax on big banks to pay for the bailout and the Republican opposed it.
And not change that involves getting out of Afghanistan. That was Coakley’s idea. Brown wants to stay the course.
Stay the course, for sure. But stop spending so much money on the course. Cut the budget! Except when it comes to the troops, who need all the support we can give them. As Scott Brown kept pointing out.
Scott Brown has a truck. Maybe there could be more trucks.
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There was a time when, if people got worried about the way things were going, they would throw a virgin off the side of a cliff. Now they just kill a politician. And only metaphorically! Is this a great country, or what?
very yummy vegan lunch. Thanks Amit! Great idea!
Ok, so here is the deal…. This is SERIOUSLY my favorite thing on the internet right now. Total girl crush, Elaine, has written and stars in this amazing series and you all need to follow it.
Now go watch the first three episodes and spread the word! Amazing.
This is awesome.
Anyone reading in MA? 25% ≠ 0%
From FiveThirtyEight:
Right now, our trusty little model of Massachusetts gives Martha Coakley just a 25 percent chance of prevailing tomorrow. Intrade also puts her odds at about 1 in 4. My subjective assessment might be a little better than that, but not much.
People are acting, however, as though 25 percent is the same as zero percent. And — as disappointing as it might be to be in this position — obviously it is not. This is not some basketball game where the score suddenly became Brown 75, Coakley 25; a 25 percent chance of winning means, quite literally, 25 percent.
ICA in Boston. I got in trouble for taking this photo. Worth it!
My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.
Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.
Petra and I are looking to move and with 18 months on our current lease would need to find someone to take it over. We live on Avenue A and 3rd Street in the East Village and we are signed at $2000 until August, $2050 for the full year after that. It’s a big place by New York standards and a true recession deal.
If you know someone that might be interested, please have them to email me at joshmohrer at gmail dot com.
Reblog me, and if you find us a replacement Petra will cook you dinner in our new place :)
She’s back!
This is pretty interesting. I’d like to see how this scales up for a much larger country.
As many of you know, I am a proud son of Connecticut. I was born in New Haven which is a great little city suffering from some tragic planning mishaps. The town itself is a nice but when they laid out where I-95 was to go, they put it right along the coast of the harbor. As everyone knows, highways = shit. So New Haven harbor is one of the ugliest, most industrial looking eyesores on the entire CT coast (not as bad as Bridgeport, however). The highway also cuts the city of New Haven off from its own harbor, so none of the residents can make their way there. Not that they’d want to, since all that resides there are oil tanks and scrap metal yards. Basically, the city of New Haven can’t really make use of it’s beautiful harbor and all of the real estate that lives there because of loud, crowded I-95.
So, may I propose to the city father of New Haven the S. John Seidell New Haven Rehabilitation Program. It goes in 5 phases.
1. Re-route I-95 through East Haven, avoiding New Haven proper.
2. Re-Route I-91 throgh Fair Haven and connect it to I-95 before the city.
3. Build a huge suspension bridge - all the great cities have them - over New Haven harbor and land both 95 and 91 in West Haven.
4. Convert what was 95 and 91 to small connector roads WITH traffic lights to get to the city center.
5. Finally, move the harbor industry to Bridgeport. Your harbor won’t need to make money anymore since it will be pricey real estate. Plus, you can throw a toll on the bridge and make some money back that way. OR you could try to get Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun to pay into the building costs since it will speed the trip from New York.
So, New Haven, we got a deal?
sounds great. i love city planning.
Christmas eve topies
Christmas eve dinner
Just realized I’m in a Christian book store.
