Leftovers: EZ-Pass It Along

• In order to raise money for transit projects, the state is considering selling the turnpike in order to get a boatload of money to spend on roads paved with silver and SEPTA trucks that run on rainbows. [Bucks County Courier Times]

• Can’t do any better than just quoting it: “Why wasn’t Afghanistan enough?… We had a chance to do all the things the Quiet Americans wanted us to do. Invade a country, get rid of their bad leaders, pave the streets with gold, and create a wonderful paradise which could be an example for the world. Why couldn’t we do that in Afghanistan?” [Atrios]

• A lesson to all Philadelphians: If you go to New Hampshire, there’s a good chance you’ll be tasered. [NBC 10]

• Action News lets us know the skinny on HPV. [6 ABC]

• And, finally, the Catholic Church in America may have had its problems dealing with pedophile priests, but it’s not the mob. You see, the mob is a different group of Catholics. [Daily News]