I love that the original post basically says “Republican policies are effective at transferring people’s money into the coffers of private corporations without solving any problems, and often make things worse” and your takeaway is “See, Republicans aren’t so bad after all!”

I think the 405 expansion in Los Angeles is pretty instructive in seeing the effects of induced demand.

Gubmint better keep their hands off mah freeways and bridges.

Paradoxically, I think the Democrats lost because O’Malley was popular and effective (and also the Democratic Party is just dumb).

Dedicated bus lanes! Buses are delayed because of traffic volumes (i.e. private vehicles), not because buses are inherently slow.

Wait til you find out how much money the Beltway makes. And roads need repairing too.

And multimodal transit improvement is about the only that actually eases congestion. Drivers should be demanding investment in mass transit!

Rant coming up:

Yeah, I live just outside the Beltway in Maryland and it pisses me off that Hogan’s being allowed to push this through with very little resistance except from the urbanism activist circle.

Speaking of Delph, it was probably a bad idea for him to go out for coffee, pick up his kids at daycare and drop off his dry cleaning instead of closing Son down, though hindsight is always 20/20.

Yeah, but better than Tulo?

Yeah, but better than Tulo?

We’ve heard it before, but I think this year is it, especially if Chelsea appeal the transfer ban and kick can down the street for another window.

Speaking of Choupo-Moting, what is the xG on a shot with the ball on the line, no defender in the way, played on the ground (albeit taken with his weaker foot)? That’s got to be like 0.9999999999999999 right?

In Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue, there’s a chapter about a character’s childhood that is 12 pages long (or 11, depends on the edition, I think). Despite the chapter/sentence, I found the book to be an enjoyable read, though that’s neither here nor there. What I’m trying to say is, no matter what Billy’s trying to…

I don’t like everything about the new Dolphins look, but I think it’s an improvement from what they had before, with the blocky number font and too much orange (not to mention the dolphin with the blocked blowhole). It’s probably a little too clean looking, but I can live with that.

See, now THAT sucks. The weird sleeve accent that connects with the underarm accent (never a good look)? Trash. The FUBAR’d kerning on “SASK A T C HEWAN”? The fuck, man. The weird neck stripe that doesn’t connect in the front or at the back? And the white stripes on the pants wrap around on the back and look total…

Counterpoint: They’re okay, maybe even meh, and that’s what’s great about them.

To paraphrase Homer Simpson, it takes two to do racism—one to do racism and one to be of a minority race. Shame on Kean.

Harsh but fair.

Crazy thing is, even with Ernie’s incompetence, they occasionally stumble into okay decisions, like drafting Bradley Beal, but they’ll probably have to trade him if they’re serious about a rebuild.