The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is Just Around The Corner

Don't worry John, there won't be another Friedman Unit. Lindsey Graham said in December we'll, well, who knows, whatever.

"If, by December, we're not showing some progress, we're in trouble," he said. "And the question is: what is progress? Without some benchmarks and measurements, it's going to be hard to sell to the American people a continued involvement in Afghanistan."

And, yes, I know, come December no one will ask Lindsey about those benchmarks and measurements...

GOTV

Big signs popping up around the urban hellhole with pictures of Obama, the 2008 logo/colors, saying "Support Obama. Vote Nov 2nd."

Morning

Some days I feel like we're just reliving 1995 over and over again, except with a couple superfun wars.

Morning and Stuff

Echidne discusses the Selling of Youth Sexuality. Always worth a visit to her place.

Late Night Thread

Oh Well

As expected, Christie cancels rail tunnel.

Have fun choking on gas fumes in the Lincoln Tunnel drivers.

Poor People In Cities Don't Drive

Glad that housing authorities are realizing that there's no need to tack on a $15,000/unit surcharge for affordable housing so that tenants have parking they don't need.

In earlier affordable projects, Dunn said that he hadn’t taken the same zero-parking approach. At the nearby Myrtle Avenue Apartments, for example, zoning required that they build parking for 25 percent of the units, leading to eight spaces. At the price of $25 per month, there have never been more than two spaces rented, said Dunn. The company could have built a bigger playground instead of those empty parking spots. “We’ve felt bad that we built that parking every day since,” he said.