Playing possum…

New York subway riders had an  unwelcome passenger  this week…  Frankly,  given the number of snot-faced drunks and sky-high druggies one frequently encounters,  I’d rather deal with the possum.

A retirement to celebrate…

New York Rep. Maurice Hinchey  won’t be running  for another term.  This doesn’t bode well for Nancy Pelosi’s  insistence that Democrats  will take the House back.    I seriously doubt that Hinchey would be retiring if he thought there was the slightest chance his party would control the House next term.

Balls vs. brains…

Indonesia’s government  has devised a brutal,  but probably effective way to discourage people from riding on the rooftops of trains,  which is a long-standing common practice.   It would appear that stringing concrete balls on chains is more appealing to the government than adding additional cars to carry fare-paying customers.  Of course,  this venture won’t solve the problem of passengers hanging onto the sides of the rail cars.