Government is the be-all and end-all, but the union trumps the be-all and end-all. It is sacred and perfect. In this context, government is the evil management of the MTA.

Will the next installment cover union-imposed work rules and disciplinary protections that make the system more inefficient than it needs to be? High absenteeism and abuse of FMLA that drives up overtime and inflates labor cost?

“Leaves From”?

Well, you didn’t answer either of my questions, other than by asking questions.

What a cheap peace of shit to go after Crosby and chirp at him when Crosby is simply leaving the ice after the game is over. Before seeing that, I thought Subban was entertaining. Now I see he is self-centered way out of proportion to his role on the team.

And the guy who butt-ended Crosby in the chin, with no penalty? Did we need a broken jaw for a suspension.? How about Ovechkin and Niskanen tag teaming to give him a concussion? You can say it wasn’t completely intentional, but since outcome is paramount, I assume you think Niskanen should have been suspended.…

Intent doesn’t matter, but the action does. Are you really going to suspend him for a slash that happens a dozen times a game because this one freakily caught the tip of his finger?

He’s putting himself in position for constant slashes?

People want to believe that was some heinous chop Crosby delivered, because of the injury it caused. Crosby is on the receiving side of such slashes every playoff game. He took a butt-end into the chin with nothing called too.

Jason with Stone is excellent.

Which state are you talking about? Florida has strong Open Government laws. It varies.

Yes, especially in Florida, which has strong laws making all this arrest stuff open. It helps explain how Florida Man came about.

Yeah, it’s not that he has suddenly gone bad but that he is reverting to form.

I liked it better when we lived with blown offsides. This rule creates more problems that it solves.

If it had stayed in the zone, yes.

Yes, it is ridiculous to disallow goals over offsides that aren’t really germane to the play. There should be something like a 5-second time limit along with your proposal for a possession clause.

And Penguin hating hockey fans have this odd conviction that NBC and its supposed bias for the Penguins actually affect the outcomes with their biased commentary.

Yes, but it would have been over in 6 if not for him. And I’d pin but one game all on him.

It wasn’t really possible to have a plan B with the players he has. He made the most of his hand.

Kunitz is amazing. Two years ago he seemed to have lost it, but he’s kept on going. No foot speed, but he is still a tenacious checker and delivers hits.