While the stereotype of the urban biker is a fixed gear riding hipster, from what I've observed the high level of and great increase in South Philly bike commuters is due to Mexican and Vietnamese immigrants.
...adding that Philly is relatively bike friendly in that it's mostly flat, and neighborhood connectivity is pretty good most places in that there aren't as many severe disruptions due to large urban highways that you find in many cities.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Magic Ponies Will Be Their Doctors
Perhaps Washington Post reporters are unaware of all of the bake sales and benefit concerts that happen regularly for people who don't have insurance or whose insurance isn't paying for some needed treatment.
Blithering Idiots
Returning to the latest Worst Idea Ever, even if you implement a "Do Not Ride" list for Amtrak, it would be impossible to do so in any reasonable fashion for the numerous commuter rail systems (many of which share track with Amtrak), rendering a mostly pointless security system completely pointless.
More than that, it's really unclear how preventing (not that it would) potential terrorists from boarding trains...achieves anything. The reason we want to keep potential "bad guys" from boarding planes is that it's not that most difficult thing in the world for a passenger to take a plane down from within. But a train passenger can do... what? Doing damage to trains and train-related infrastructure is much easier to do from outside the train.
More than that, it's really unclear how preventing (not that it would) potential terrorists from boarding trains...achieves anything. The reason we want to keep potential "bad guys" from boarding planes is that it's not that most difficult thing in the world for a passenger to take a plane down from within. But a train passenger can do... what? Doing damage to trains and train-related infrastructure is much easier to do from outside the train.
Thanks, Lex Luthor
So, much of Florida's SUPERTRAIN money will be used to make some improvements in the Northeast Corridor.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Actual liberal media
Cliff Schecther and Dday (David Dayen) will be tonight's guests on Virtually Speaking Sundays at 9:00 PM Eastern.
Signed,
Not Atrios
Signed,
Not Atrios
Please Just Make It Stop
Can any development make things better instead of worse?
(Reuters) - A senator on Sunday called for a "no-ride list" for Amtrak trains after intelligence gleaned from the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound pointed to potential attacks on the nation's train system.
Um, No?
Really? Facebook?
I mean, yes, I'm sure people are glancing at maps on their iPhones when they drive, but Facebook?
The article's about the problematic issue of the San Francisco parking iPhone app. It tells you where open spots are, but there is the wee problem that someone driving alone probably shouldn't be staring at their phones while driving. Can I suggest audio directions and a voice control system?
But Ms. Soltami, the TV reporter, said using the app would probably join the array of activities already performed by drivers.
“We’re already looking at Google Maps and Facebook on the phone while we drive,” she said. “Aren’t we always looking at something on our phone, or changing the radio, or drinking coffee? You’re always slightly distracted when you’re driving.”
I mean, yes, I'm sure people are glancing at maps on their iPhones when they drive, but Facebook?
The article's about the problematic issue of the San Francisco parking iPhone app. It tells you where open spots are, but there is the wee problem that someone driving alone probably shouldn't be staring at their phones while driving. Can I suggest audio directions and a voice control system?
Bankruptcy's Expensive
The Galtian Overlords are going to destroy it.
I've already received two legal documents and one notice explaining why I'm receiving legal documents. Multiply that by tens of thousands of subscribers/ticketholders. Not just the postage, of course, but the law firm billing for handling it...
Supposedly in the Atlas Shrugged movie there's a scene where when of the Galtian Overlords lights his oilfields on fire to stick it to the moochers and informs us that he's leaving it just the way he found it. That seems to be the attitude.
The route they have chosen, bankruptcy, has waged war on friends - musicians, the Pops, the Kimmel - and war has been expensive. So far, 17 lawyers have been tapped to work on the case on behalf of the association, musicians, Kimmel Center, and Pops, according to court records.
That doesn't include the associates and paralegals, or financial consultants; it does not include the thousands of creditors, many of whom will want to retain legal representation; and it does not take into account the taxpayers' money spent through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. Trustee Program.
Fees range from $235 and $750 an hour. Just up to the moment before the bankruptcy filing, the association ran up a $319,000 bill at Dilworth Paxson. Will the financial rewards of this episode outweigh the bills?
I've already received two legal documents and one notice explaining why I'm receiving legal documents. Multiply that by tens of thousands of subscribers/ticketholders. Not just the postage, of course, but the law firm billing for handling it...
Supposedly in the Atlas Shrugged movie there's a scene where when of the Galtian Overlords lights his oilfields on fire to stick it to the moochers and informs us that he's leaving it just the way he found it. That seems to be the attitude.
Sunday Bobbleheads
Face the Nation has John Kerry and Don Rumsfeld.
Meet the Press has Rudy 911, Chertoff, and Hayden.
This Week has Condi Rice, NSA Adviser Tom Donilon, and the Ambassador to the US from Pakistan.
Happy Mother's Day!
Meet the Press has Rudy 911, Chertoff, and Hayden.
This Week has Condi Rice, NSA Adviser Tom Donilon, and the Ambassador to the US from Pakistan.
Happy Mother's Day!
Thread
I have some questions:
1. If the military is there to protect our way of life, what is our way of life? And where have they been for the last 30 years?
2. It's a pretty good bet that a Republican is going to win one of the next two presidential elections. Which is worse: a Republican president in the next term, or a Republican president four years later?
And here's an unrelated link: Hero of the Internet
Signed,
Not Atrios
1. If the military is there to protect our way of life, what is our way of life? And where have they been for the last 30 years?
2. It's a pretty good bet that a Republican is going to win one of the next two presidential elections. Which is worse: a Republican president in the next term, or a Republican president four years later?
And here's an unrelated link: Hero of the Internet
Signed,
Not Atrios
Saturday, May 07, 2011
A Nation Of Samars
The number of people, young and old, in Iraq with severe psychological trauma must be huge.
The Mouthpiece of the Establishment
Tomorrow's Meet the Press guests are Rudy 911, Michael Chertoff, and Michael Hayden.
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