Brian F. Kelcey

I'm @stateofthecity.bsky.social at the State of the City

Fair

Transit, in Medellin

Anyone who has a problem with this, remember: no less than two (2) US big city mayors have been arrested and prosecuted for felonies in the last ten years alone, for filing expense claims that were deemed to really be expenditures in support of romantic affairs with subordinates.

Thread, Minneapolis and law enforcement federalism in the US

Jesus

Calgary, AB

My real name is Conner MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod, and I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel.

what if I'm too tired for any of this

Field artillery & (civilian) truck driver

Toronto, ON

It's the only way to do it.

I would not have handled it that way.

(And I think clip 2 is more brutal than clip 1)

One of the best single segments from a congressional hearing I've seen in thirty-five years.

Call me a pettifogging lawyer type but I don't know how you authorize a sub to torpedo an enemy ship on the high seas 00s of miles from your target country and not call it a war.

Told you so.

I am awake because I am rich with anger

Short version: I've been thinking about 'The Quiet American' a lot, not so much b/c of how prescient it was about the Vietnam War, per se, but about pointed it was on America's cultural predisposition to believe there's always a 'third force' they can boost to transcend conflicts they don't like.

TFW you've been writing a long thread and don't post it b/c it feels like it should be a pub tirade or a speech or something instead, to get the tone and rhythm right.

My hometown's budget: FY 2026, in Victoria, BC

As I noted to @cbgoodman.co, I'm trying to look at it from the standpoint of, if this was a business model (financing model, whatever) what are the variations? How did it start, and what options have been used since? So, yeah, I'm open to some Mesopotamian muni action, absolutely.

Round one Paris mayoral: socialist Hidalgo successor Emmanuel Gregoire gains some ground against right-right Rachida Dati on the right, after Dati had a bad couple of weeks. No Round 2 #s (really? 😂) but other polls have a tighter race between those leaders in the runoff.

Hey stop moving in on my turf! ;)

Hmmmm

Don't forget: Canadians (and not the Royal Navy or the British Army!) burned Washington!

I've seen conversations from that series happen with my own eyes, almost word for word

That's just government, man. At least Malcolm Tucker starts his part in each episode with some kind of fucking plan!

hey anyone where is my copy of "The Quiet American"-?