Living with wild turkeys XIV

Wild Turkeys Overrun Brookline, Mass.

Somali thugs lose again

Combined Maritime Forces Interdict Suspected Pirate Ship

Today's news round-up

Good News

• In Florida, Republican Concedes House Race West is an idiot.
• A City Ban Changes the Christmas Scene
• For Tax Pledge and Its Author, a Test of Time
• Homeless Gay and Transgender Youths Find a New Home in Greenwich Village

Bad News

• Elmo Actor Kevin Clash Resigns Amid Sex Allegation Something is strange here. The story seemed dead. There seems to be nothing new, yet he resigned.
• Police Say Storm Damaged Evidence
• Creationism Controversies The Norm Among Potential Republican 2016 Contenders

Questions of the day

Will you still need me?
Will you still feed me?

Still over-priced

H/T to @jdoxblood on Twitter

Semi-random thoughts

• My wife and I were relieved to find out that Hurricane Sandy caused no significant damage to the complex in NJ that provides the bulk of our income. They had emergency generators to power the sump pumps that kept the boiler rooms safe, unlike during Irene.
• I notice that I recently went past 2,500 posts here.
• I wish there were a way of filtering out comments from non-New Yorkers on NY Times articles about the city--especially articles about local apartments. Most of these people have absolutely no idea about how things work here.

Don't contribute to the Salvation Army

I see the bellringers are already in operation, so I'll reiterate what I said last year: They are trans- and homophobic.

Cartoon of the day