Infinonymous: "The Unlit, Unpaved Road To Nowhere"

Monday, August 9, 2010

"The Unlit, Unpaved Road To Nowhere"

Along a line explored by a colleague in Sunday reading (and approved by Vannevar), Paul Krugman considers America's relatively new "unlit, unpaved road to nowhere."

Infinonytune: Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
Infinonytune: Thunder Road, Robert Mitchum and Don Raye

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: heard at a concert that Bruce got the inspriration for Thunder Rd from a movie poster but never knew Mitchum had a Thunder Rd too

you ever gonna go back to raggin on Ravenstahl, Onorato, Corbett, Zappalla, city council and the rest of em?; August 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Anonymous said...: Infy--

Now THIS is a campaign I'm willing to fight with you!

I couldn't agree more.; August 10, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Anonymous said...: What is the big surprise?
At one time Pittsburgh had a bridge to nowhere, now it has a multi million dollar tunnel to nowhere;an unpaved road to nowhere fits the pattern.; August 13, 2010 at 10:09 PM

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OLD LINE IN PARENTHESES

FOR PRIMER ON ODDS, SEE
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RAVENSTAHL PROSECUTION

Original presentment

Luke unindicted co-consprtr 4-1

Luke immunity for testimony 3-1

Luke indicted 3-5

State's evidence against Luke
(must testify or affidavit)

(no action w/o charges)

F.Crawford 1-3

A.Bedway 1-2

P.Ford 1-1

N.Harper 3-2

D.Sciulli 3-2

M.Gauntner 3-2

Y.Zober 3-2
R,Gigliotti 2-1

A.Lazowski 2-1

J.Verbanac 2-1
Lamar Media 2-1

C.Zappala 3-1
R.Burgess 3-1

R.Stephany 3-1

D.Lavelle 6-1

Luke's wife (or ex) 9-1

Luke's girlfriend 5-1

Huss (Mr. or Mrs.) 4-3

INSOLVENCITY MAYOR

General Election

B.Peduto 1-12

D.Harris 99-1

J.Wander 99-1

Field 15-1

GOP (10-1) 50-1

GOP (other than Onorato) 51-1

independent (6-1) 12-1

endorsed Democrat (5-2) LOST

RAVENSTAHL INDICTMENT
by 6/30/2013 (3-1) 2-1

by 12/31/2013 (3-2) 6-5

by 12/31/2014 1-1

L. RAVENSTAHL

serves full term 1-1

appoints 'interim mayor' 10-1

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PITTSBURGH MAYOR 2013

Democratic Primary

B.Peduto (6-5) PAID

M.Lamb (3-1) LOST

J.Wagner (7-5) LOST

L.Ravenstahl (30-1) LOST

J.Ferlo (9-2) LOST

D.Onorato (25-1) LOST

D.Harris (9-1) LOST

R.Burgess (9-1) LOST

J.Wheatley (20-1) LOST

ORIE-ZAPPALA WAR

Jo.Orie convicted 1-1 PAID

Ja.Orie convicted PAID
Jo.Orie off bench PAID

L.RAVENSTAHL INDICTMNT

by 12/31/2012 8-1 LOST

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US PRESIDENT 2015
H.Clinton 4-1
C.Christie 8-1

D.Patrick 15-1

C.Booker 15-1

any Bush 20-1

J.Biden 20-1

P.Ryan 20-1

M.Rubio 20-1

R.Perry 20-1

T.Cruz 20-1

S.Palin 99-1

R.Santorum 99-1

Republican 4-3

Democrat 3-5

Third party 15-1

PA GOVERNOR 2014

Republican 1-1

T.Corbett (1-1) 5-4

Democrat 3-2

FIRST TO OCCUR

Big Ben paternity suit 6-1

Mrs. Big Ben splits 3-1

Ravenstahl arrested 3-1

UPMC is non-nonprofit 6-1

Palin kid a college grad 12-1

Obama on Supreme Ct 30-1

Rooneys pay for something 40-1

FIRST FIRED

M.Huss (3-1) 2-1

T.Corbett (4-1) 2-1

F.Coonelly 4-1

R.Coury 6-1

J.Romoff 10-1

M. Tomlin 12-1

HEINZ LEAVES BURGH

by 12/31/2013 7-1

by 12/31/2014 4-1

by 12/31/2015 2-1

by 12/31/2016 1-1

by 6/31/2017 2-3

by 12/31/2017 1-3

2013 PIRATES

winning season (5-2) 3-2

payroll dump 2-5

trade Cutch 3-1

trade Alvarez 3-2

>1 All-Star 1-1

INSOLVENCITY PARKING

PRIVATEERING
by 12/31/13 (8-1) 10-1
by 12/31/14 (7-1) 10-1
NEXT STEELERS ARREST

B.Roethlisberger 5-1

P.Burress 5-1
J.Harrison (6-1) LOST
S.McBeam 10-1
any Rooney 25-1
M.Tomlin 99-1
Field 1-1

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99-1 extreme odds; remote probability
15-2 high odds; low probability
1-1 even odds; 50-50 probability
2-15 low odds; high probability
1-99 extreme odds; overwhelming probability

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"The Unlit, Unpaved Road To Nowhere"

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