mta-strike
Cliché Watch: How Long Can Punsters Last?
Jessica · 12/21/05 08:18AMTransit Strike Great for Your Nasty Internet Gambling Habit
DAULERIO · 12/21/05 08:00AMNew York City businesses forced to deal with another morning of transit strike-stranded staffers will be thrilled to know that yesterday, most of their employees "working from home" were making the most out of their time away from the office (and Websense). According to a sweet little press release we've received:
In Times of Crisis, You Must Draw a Line
Jessica · 12/21/05 07:45AMRemainders: MTA Minutae w/ a Dash of Braunstein
Jessica · 12/20/05 06:02PM
• Peter Braunstein and Robert Downey, Jr: Separated at birth? [A Big Fat Waste of Time]
• Want to help all those New York journalists who can't live on less that $250,000/year? We wouldn't bother with a fund drive when a bitchslap would suffice. [Romenesko]
• Ms. Subways prefers to remain neutral on strike issues. [Encyclopedia Hanasiana]
• How will the transit strike affect your dealer? In theory, it won't, so long as he packs four peeps into his Escalade during the proper hours. [Cocaine Corner]
• If you're going to be stuck at home for a few days, why not back some Gucci muffins? Or Gangsta muffins? Hell, they could even be Gina muffins... Yeah, we're reaching here. [CG]
• Or you could be less domestic and just scream via the internets. [1010wins]
• And, just to end the day with a big, helpless sigh, this might be the most disheartening NYC traffic report we've ever seen. [Traffic.com]
Is Roger Toussaint the Grinch Who Stole Media Christmas?
Jesse · 12/20/05 05:22PMThe Real Cost of the MTA Strike
Jessica · 12/20/05 03:00PMAs we work from home, we felt that it wasn't right to bitch about the strike beyond our cursory aggregation of rants. But hearts genuinely go out to each and every person who exposed their adorable face to the incredible, blistering cold and dutifuly showed up at the office sporting snot-cicles. You're the strong ones, and we're spoiled pussies. Thus we believed we had no business truly complaining.
Strikes, and Balls
Jesse · 12/20/05 02:45PMMTA Strike: Investigative Reporting, Craigslist Style
Jesse · 12/20/05 01:20PMMTA Strike: Here Come the Souvenirs
Jesse · 12/20/05 12:29PMGawker Poll: Life in the Strike Zone
Jesse · 12/20/05 11:40AMWe know today is a sucky one for everybody, but, truth is, it doesn't really affect us at all. (We never leave our houses during the workday, anyway.) But what about you? How's your strike day shaping up?
TWU Members Give Up on Mastering PA, Turn to Blogging
Jesse · 12/20/05 11:25AMWe've been meaning all morning to take a good look at the TWU's strikeblog — and, more interestingly, the 300-odd kvetchy comments that have been posted so far this morning — but we haven't been able to motivate to sit and read 300-odd kvetchy comments. (Mostly because poking ourselves repeatedly in the eye with a dull pencil sounds more fun.) Yet one more reason to love the Observer's Ben Smith, however, is that he did it for us. Some comments highlights from The Transit Worker, as excepted by The Politicker:
On the Bright Side: How About Some Strike Sex?
Jessica · 12/20/05 11:11AMShared Cab Rides Not Necessarily Violent
Jessica · 12/20/05 10:07AMScenes From an Intersection: Broadway and 116th
Jesse · 12/20/05 09:45AMIran Permits No Transit Strikes, or Peaceful, Easy Feelings
Jesse · 12/20/05 09:11AMDays like today remind you of the advantages of living under a totalitarian regime. When no one has the right to free speech, or to assembly, or to association, or to control his own labor, at least the trains always run more or less on time. (In Soviet Moscow, the subways arrived every 90 seconds! Or something like that.)
Everyman Speaks Out on the MTA Strike
Jessica · 12/20/05 09:06AMWe know you're annoyed at the transit strike, but what, we wonder, do the common, late-night Craigslist trolls think of the situation?
When All Else Fails, at Least There's Free Coffee
Jesse · 12/20/05 08:39AMWelcome to the Suck: MTA Strike Is On
Jessica · 12/20/05 07:35AMAt about 3 AM last night, the Transportation Workers Union officially began their strike against the MTA, shutting down the city's subways and bus lines and transforming New York from a functioning metropolis to a dripping shitbag of inconvenience. Or, for those of you who don't have to trek into the office: SNOWDAY!