(If the “Judean People’s Front / People’s Front of Judea” reference is new to you, see this scene from Life of Brian.)
Category Archives: The Current Situation
Airlines to Start Charging for a Second Checked Bag
April 21, 2008 – 3:44 pm
The New York Times reports:
Five of the six major airlines in the United States plan to start charging coach passengers as much as $25 next month to check a second bag, the latest move in their quest to offset high fuel prices.
In case you were wondering, here are the airlines who’ll be charging a $25 [...]
Toronto Transit Strike Survival Guide
April 18, 2008 – 3:15 pm
Photo from Bridge and Tunnel Club. Click the photo to see it on its original page.
Even though a transit strike might not happen on Monday, if you live and work in Accordion City, you really should be making contingency plans. The Toronto Star published a Strike Survival Guide today featuring information on carpooling, where to [...]
Bob Kinnear’s Funny Bogus Wikipedia Entry
April 18, 2008 – 11:36 am
Last night, someone frustrated with the impending public transit strike here in Accordion City (slated to start at 4 a.m. Monday if this weekend’s negotiations fail) decided to do a little creative editing of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 leader Bob Kinnear’s entry in Wikipedia. Knowing the edit would be corrected in short order and [...]
TTC Strike Update: Strike Monday, Unless There’s a Settlement This Weekend
April 17, 2008 – 12:02 pm
Here’s the word from the folks at CP24:
TTC Union boss Bob Kinnear has laid out the terms of avoiding a TTC strike: land a deal by 4pm Sunday or his members will walk off the job at 4am Monday. A disruption would shut down all buses, streetcars and subway cars for 1.5 million riders.
He’s pleading [...]
TTC: Strike or No Strike?
April 17, 2008 – 11:05 am
If There’s to be a Strike, We’ll Hear About It Very Soon
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, the union of workers for the Toronto Transit Commission, is expected to make some kind of announcement today, and the current news reports say that it’s likely they will strike. The union promised 48 hours’ notice for a [...]
The TTC’s Announcement: No Strike — For Now
April 10, 2008 – 12:00 pm
The missus has been watching the Toronto Transit Commission’s press conference on CP24 and took notes on Twitter. Here’s the scoop:
They say that they are not paid too much.
TTC fares have gone up at a rate double that of TTC employee wages.
The TTC is the least subsidized urban transit system in North America.
They are NOT [...]
Charlton Heston Tribute, Part 3
April 7, 2008 – 11:27 pm
One more tribute to Mister “Guns ‘N’ Moses” before bedtime. This one’s a little more serious than the previous two:
Photos courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Here’s some text that Miss Fipi Lele provided along with the photos:
With the conservative activism of his later years, let us not forget that Mr. Heston had been active in the [...]
