Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Out of Sight
The urban hellhole was destined to get a second casino, by state mandate. The first one is, by accounts (I have not been), a depressing shithole. The second one will inevitably be as well, as instead of granting it for any of the proposals that were more centrally located, they decided to put it down by the stadiums. On one hand it offends my urbanite aesthetic, but on the other hand they weren't going to allow a truly urban project anyway. Always gotta have more parking. So put it where the highway ramps and plentiful parking are. People can go before and after games and the rest of us won't even notice.
That's Your Swan Song?
I don't know if Mary Landrieu really thinks that ramming Keystone XL through Congress will save her job, or if it's just an audition for another job, but either way it's a pretty crappy way to end a Senate career.
It's a funny issue, really. Sure there's money behind it and all, but basically the Morning Joe crowd spends time obsessing about it because hippies don't like it. Why else would they care about using eminent domain to build a pipeline so a Canadian company can export oil?
It's a funny issue, really. Sure there's money behind it and all, but basically the Morning Joe crowd spends time obsessing about it because hippies don't like it. Why else would they care about using eminent domain to build a pipeline so a Canadian company can export oil?
Fat Al Gore
I find that social media encourages people to freak out over relatively minor weather events. Yes it's cold here for November, but it's not that cold.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Hot Takes
Governor Nixon will bring in the National Guard in order to pacify the restive province of Ferguson.
"We must use state violence in order to put down peaceful protests of unlawful state violence"- Nixon, probably.
Large numbers of white people (especially) in this country see black people as inherently criminal, as irrationally violent, as a problem to be dealt with. Not as citizens who sometimes have very legitimate grievances.
It's all very depressing.
"We must use state violence in order to put down peaceful protests of unlawful state violence"- Nixon, probably.
Large numbers of white people (especially) in this country see black people as inherently criminal, as irrationally violent, as a problem to be dealt with. Not as citizens who sometimes have very legitimate grievances.
It's all very depressing.
Unpossible
What I find fascinating is that the conversation about innocent people going to jail due to police and prosecution misconduct is that it too often ignores that if they really are innocent, then the actual perp(s) never faced justice.
You aren't being "tough on crime" if you're locking up the wrong people, you're just locking up the wrong people.
You aren't being "tough on crime" if you're locking up the wrong people, you're just locking up the wrong people.
About As Effective As The War On Christmas
My war on the suburbs involves not living there and advocating for transportation policies in the city that are a bit more in line with what residents, as opposed to visitors or people just driving through, need.
Everything Is Horrible - Let's Stay The Course
So weird.
David Cameron has issued a stark message that “red warning lights are flashing on the dashboard of the global economy” in the same way as when the financial crash brought the world to its knees six years ago.
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Politically, Conservatives believe an emphasis on the risks still facing the UK will make anxious voters recoil from handing stewardship of a fragile economy to a relatively untried Labour team.
It Isn't A Taxi
I have no idea if this project could be made better, but it's also the case that people seem to have an inability to comprehend distances. It takes 10 minutes to walk one half mile. Sure, closer is always better, but it's...10 minutes.
If the bus rapid transit stops are not within a short walking distance of people's jobs, they'll forgo the service and drive, he said. The preferred option in the study has the two stops up to a half mile from major employers.
"We need to get people to the door of their office," said Anderson, who was part of the team that created the feasibility study for the M-1 Rail streetcar project now under construction on Woodward Avenue. He now works for the U.S. Patent Office in Virginia.
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