Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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figmentPez
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Possibly a false alarm:
But it's the government / military, so who knows what to believe?
GasBandit
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Pence Says Mother Will Not Give Him Permission to Testify
Mother, who is believed to be Pence’s wife, Karen, was “hopping mad” when he received a subpoena from the special counsel’s office.
GasBandit
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Matt Gaetz apologises after honouring an accused murderer during committee hearing
The Florida congressman honoured a combat veteran accused of killing a Michigan man in 2019
www.independent.co.uk
Southern Ohio, Indiana, Southern Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Western PA. Fortunately, huge areas of the country that are really predisposed to follow scientific advise and official warnings.
They'll likely be cutting their horse paste with the toxic water because they think it'll make them superimmune.
The irony of this statement is so strong I think Alanis Morrisette just tried to make a Halforums account.
But in all seriousness, this has been a horror show from the get-go, and I don't know how it's not going to lasting, Flint, MI-like effects. All these poor people.
I feel like I’ve been pretty consistently against the “hurricanes in red areas are bad because fuck Republicans” mindset. I’ve only said I wouldn’t care if it was hurting republicans 100% without exception (and it’s impossible to find an any meaningful swath of land here where that’s the case).
I'm pretty sure no one has said that, in this or other threads. In this thread it was stated that the area affected is going to see worse problems because the majority of the population are brainwashed into refusing any sort of scientific or medical warning, and at no point was this suggested to be a positive thing.
I'll say this: A lot of water in Central Ohio and other parts of Ohio is already excessively treated at water treatment plants because heavy rain washes pesticides into the water supply on regular. It's not uncommon to get a "Boil your tap water" or "Do not consume tap water" warning even in Columbus. I'd be willing to bet people would actually listen to such alerts regarding this, as it's something we already do.
You're taking a huge jump here, nobody is saying "fuck the hicks", more "this is going to be an even bigger issue to solve, because the local populations are now conditioned to be completely ignorant to scientific advise and recommendations, and local governments are less likely to intervene and make major progressive changes"
figmentPez
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I've heard the theory that George Santos was never meant to win, and that his campaign was solely meant to be a money laundering loss, and his win has brought unwanted attention to his financials:
GasBandit
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He is the human WKRP.
Amazing how standard the Trump playbook is coming, isn't it?
There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows
There were more toxic chemicals aboard the train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, new data shows.
abcnews.go.com
Also:
Houston-area crash between truck, Union Pacific train kills driver, derails 20-plus rail cars | Houston Public Media
The cargo on the train included some hazardous materials, prompting Union Pacific to monitor air quality at the site of the crash, according to the Splendora Police Department.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
--Patrick
figmentPez
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That derailment was about 15 miles north of me. The same rail line passes about 800 ft from my apartment.I hope this isn't the new power station attack.Houston-area crash between truck, Union Pacific train kills driver, derails 20-plus rail cars | Houston Public Media
The cargo on the train included some hazardous materials, prompting Union Pacific to monitor air quality at the site of the crash, according to the Splendora Police Department.
I'm worried that if there were a significant spill of hazardous chemicals that they have motive to lie about it and attempt to cover it up.
EDIT: A side note: Kingwood, TX is mostly on the other side of that rail line from me. About 80,000 people live there. It's bounded on the south and east by Lake Houston and the rivers feeding into it, its bounded on the north mostly by a state park with no roads going through. The train tracks run along the west side of the area. There are 3 major roads in and out of Kingwood. Two of those are a little over a mile apart and cross that rail line to leave Kingwood. All of the smaller roads out of Kingwood have to cross the rail line to leave the area.
The one route out of Kingwood that doesn't cross that rail line is a 4 lane bridge over Lake Houston. There was supposed to be a second bridge over the lake heading east, but it most likely was canceled because rich people in Kingwood wanted to be isolated from poor people in Huffman. (The official story is that a bird sanctuary is in the way.)
All this to say that Kingwood is fucking screwed if a major derailment of hazardous chemicals happens at Kingwood Dr.
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figmentPez
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There was also a train derailment in Enoree, SC but I can't find any details on it. It happened, but no mention of even how many cars went off the track or why.Uh-oh.There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows
There were more toxic chemicals aboard the train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, new data shows.
Also:
I hope this isn't the new power station attack.Houston-area crash between truck, Union Pacific train kills driver, derails 20-plus rail cars | Houston Public Media
The cargo on the train included some hazardous materials, prompting Union Pacific to monitor air quality at the site of the crash, according to the Splendora Police Department.
--Patrick
I used to work for a company that was like the biggest train re-railing company...at my orientation, I was told that at any given time in the US, there are probably at least 3 train derailments, but most of them are minor with no real impact to life or property. They just need some big yellow iron to come and put them back on the tracks.
Well okay so...about that train thing:
www.clickondetroit.com
Have they all been N&S trains?
--Patrick
Officials investigate derailed train in Van Buren Township
Officials are investigating after a train was derailed Thursday morning in Van Buren Township.
www.clickondetroit.com
--Patrick
This is America. You can’t have two different companies doing the same thing.
Coolidge. The 4 year President who was lucky enough to quit just before the great depression and all his policies just happened to lead the way to the worst famine America had ever seen. Good lord, Pence is an idiot.