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nothing like a motherfucking nyc transit strike to get you knowing that its time to pay out. A million a day you fine the union. Could you consider as a city yourself able to survive so many sorry shoppers? maybe they can get disaster relief. No really this is fun. the Times:

On the final day of intense negotiations, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, it turns out, greatly altered what it had called its final offer, to address many of the objections of the transit workers' union. The authority improved its earlier wage proposals, dropped its demand for concessions on health benefits and stopped calling for an increase in the retirement age, to 62 from 55.

But then, just hours before the strike deadline, the authority's chairman, Peter S. Kalikow, put forward a surprise demand that stunned the union. Seeking to rein in the authority's soaring pension costs, he asked that all new transit workers contribute 6 percent of their wages toward their pensions, up from the 2 percent that current workers pay. The union balked, and then shut down the nation's largest transit system for the first time in a quarter-century.

Crazy fuckers. The city will give in, or subsidies will be made, or a whole lot of sale will be lost. In other news Shiites will dominate Iraqs government. I enjoyed Syriana very much but I have no idea what happened. Im guessing its not unlike reality. Im guessing its still not enough of a statement to matter. What is a tipping point statement like. Take this gun they gave you and start shooting? Take this button and push it. Take this vial and throw it. Im moving to canada to watch all this by satellite. The cold will be fine.