The subway strike is off for now! The union says talks have processed sufficiently to put the strike on hold. That could end at any moment, but for now, those of us who’d have to walk to work are breathing a huge sigh of relief, because tomorrow morning we’ll be having something of a snowstorm. These union people are incredible. The city is on its knees economically, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority is facing a staggering deficit next year. Yet they transit workers are demanding a 24 percent pay increase over three years! A woman said it well tonight on the news: “These days, people are getting laid off all over the city. These people ought to be thankful they have jobs at all.”