I thought the car parked across the sidewalk was blocking the old woman on a walker, but it was parked there for her to enter. Which is still illegal(*). Sidewalks are no standing zones as well as no parking zones. Traffic authorities make everything illegal and trust police to overlook little old ladies boarding, politicians […]
345 Blog Posts From the John Carr Tag
Obey or die!
Newspaper editors are a conflicted bunch. They tend to be socially liberal, but there’s one way most of them want the government to crush subjects under a metaphorical boot heel. That’s by speed enforcement. Editors at The Day want camera enforcement of speed limits I-95 in Connecticut. They sent a reporter onto I-95 with instructions […]
A look back at 2017
As 2017 ends, here’s a look back at some of the driving news. Some things don’t change. Around the country, a few VIPs got caught but most got away with saying “do you know who I am?” Our gas tax dollars paid police to write speeding tickets. States considered bills to keep drivers from blocking […]
Pick a number
The bag of cat treats had an oddly specific recommendation: a cat could have up to 17 per day. Why exactly 17, I wondered. In high school I was taught the difference between accuracy and precision. I would have had a red mark on my test if I made such a recommendation. Cats vary a […]
Welcome to the future
I’ve always liked dystopian fiction. I took May 3, 2010 off work so I could reread the classic SF novel Stand on Zanzibar (set on that day, four decades hence). In music, I like Billy Joel’s “Miami 2017” (also four decades ahead) about the decline and fall of New York City. Happily, overpopulation is not […]
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