Daily Archives: July 14, 2010

Patrick Pogan sentencing: Nothing

The NYPD officer who was caught on video bodyslamming Christopher Long and convicted of falsifying a criminal complaint on Long was sentenced by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley. The prosecution asked for prison time plus probation for the felony conviction. Pogan’s defense asked for community service. Judge Maxell Wiley gaven Pogan… nothing. No sentence. read more »

National Defense Public Transportation Act

Believe it or not, some conservatives actually opposed the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 because — get this — this largest public works project in American history represented “another ascent into the stratosphere of New Deal jitterbug economics.”

Chainring tattoo

Ad agency Colle+McVoy created this print ad as part of Bikes Belong’s Bike to Work Week promotion in the Spring of 2010. I’m a bike nerd, so I see a chainring tattoo on a great pair of legs and think “Cool.” What do you see?