The Daily Parker

Google Chrome is patiently letting me know that there's a "New Chrome available," so in order to avoid losing all my open tabs, I will list them here:

• No matter what the Republicans in Congress want you to believe, if the government shuts down next week, it's their fault. Dana Milbank concurs. And Tina Nguyen piles on.
• Along the same lines, economist Paul Krugman explains "why Kevin McCarthy can't do his job." (Hint: Reagan and Gingrich.)
• Among the other stupid reasons the same Republicans want to impeach President Biden: payback for his role in denying Robert Bork a seat on the Supreme Court. And remember, Bork got Borked for carrying out Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre when his boss and boss's boss refused.
• As the Republicans fiddle about while Washington burns, a new RAND report warns of nuclear escalation in Ukraine. Whee.
• Next month's Atlantic will have an extended look at retiring Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and his actions during the failed insurrection in 2021.
• Milwaukee voice actor Lee Crooks has recorded all of the announcements for CTA buses and trains for 25 years. Please do not lean against the doors.
• Friday marked the 70th anniversary of Los Angeles opening the infamous four-level interchange between the 101 and the 110 near downtown.
• Bergen, Norway, opened an 8-kilometer bike tunnel—the world's longest—last week.
• A friend sent along this ha ha funny dig at the Daily Parker's insistence on using the system of measurements that 94% of the world's population uses. To her I say: get into the 18th Century already!

Finally, XKCD traces the evolution of most Americans' thoughts about urban planning and transport policy, once they start having any. I feel seen!