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LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:46 pm So, I have not once heard the Ohio train derailment mentioned on CNBC but they just mentioned a derailment not too far from where I live (two towns away). Even the local news talking about the wreckage right now makes a spotlight of the Ohio derailment.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/train- ... police-say

"We are also in touch with the relevant federal authorities, including the EPA," she said. "At this time no one is aware of the release of any hazardous materials, the car carrying hazardous material has been put upright and is being removed from the area of the other derailed cars, and EPA is dispatching a team to ensure public safety.

MORE: Upset Ohio residents pack town hall meeting seeking answers over train derailment

The derailment happened nearly two weeks after a train went off the tracks on Ohio, in the city in East Palestine. The incident sent toxic chemicals into the air, prompting concerns of contamination in the immediate area.

The National Transportation Safety Board obtained a doorbell video of the Norfolk Southern train before it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. It shows the wheel bearing on one of the cars in the final stage of overheating.

It was overheating for more than 20 miles.

Zarathud wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:04 pm Alex Jones refused to participate for years, while he concealed, destroyed and denied evidence. The judge found him liable, and now it’s only about the damages.

And the plaintiff’s lawyer just got enough evidence to destroy Alex Jones. And anyone who texted him.

His defense attorney has been trying to get a mistrial, and now is going to see Alex referred for perjury. Alex has been talking about the trial on air despite instructions to STFU, and the judge is holding requests for sanctions until the end. Alex has been warned multiple times for lying and telling mistruths under oath.

He’s tried to file bankruptcy then talked about it being to avoid the damages (fraud) on air. I assume the texts and emails are similarly damning.

He’s lost, going to have to pay, and get dinged for more penalties by the judge. And there are three more trials upcoming. Goddamn amateur.

In the section of the bankruptcy statement that asks Jones to identify property he owns or controls for somebody else, the right-wing conspiracy theorist described the items he has in limited detail.

“Holding firearms for certain January 6th participants to be provided,” the entry says.

The filing does not state why Jones, who participated in the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol, is holding the weapons for the rioters or where they are located.

DALLAS (AP) — Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the probe.

The move was disclosed in a statement by state prosecutors handling their own case against Paxton. It’s the latest development in the federal investigation into the attorney general, who came under FBI scrutiny in 2020 after his own top deputies accused him of bribery and abusing his office to help one of his campaign contributors, who also employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.

Unagi wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:22 am Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Dem, California) has just got to retire. She's just not who she was and shouldn't end her career passed out at the wheel.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:21 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:22 am Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Dem, California) has just got to retire. She's just not who she was and shouldn't end her career passed out at the wheel.

I think she will, if she can even last 2 more years. Her attempt at a take back was more a confirmation of retirement necessity.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:50 pm They should fully embrace the ignorance and serve Trump steaks and Trump water. Use paper towels for napkins and write their menu with a sharpie. Have a TV on the wall showing an endless loop of gorilla videos.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:41 pm
Someone said they fly a Trump flag at the place now. The owner then got on and did a rant about how 'Libs' are ruining the country and claiming they do all the bad stuff thats actually the Gop's doing. Said he'd pay for all of them to leave the country if they'd renounce their citizenship first.

The wastewater is being sent to Texas Molecular, which injects hazardous waste into the ground for disposal.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:50 pm So the head of the RR company from the crash in Palestine, OH was on CNBC talking about how everything was being shipped out to clean.

https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/ea ... palestine/

By clean they mean

The wastewater is being sent to Texas Molecular, which injects hazardous waste into the ground for disposal.

The Michigan "disposal site" is right between the Huron River and Bellville Lake... and not too far from me and very close to Remus West. I wonder how U.S. Ecology Wayne Disposal actually disposes of the soil. Hopefully, not the same way we recycle.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans held a news conference Friday alongside U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib about hazardous materials sent to Michigan.

After the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, tons of contaminated dirt needed somewhere to go. That somewhere was US Ecology, a waste disposal company in Van Buren Township specializing in hazardous waste.

The elected officials said its delivery blindsided them.

“Wayne County government not knowing that they’re coming, (or) which way they’re coming (or) how safe the trucks are that are coming is something that has us all very, very irritated,” said Evans.

The contaminated soil was delivered to a site in Belleville. At the same time, the contaminated wastewater was delivered to a deep well liquid injection site in Romulus.

Caught off guard by its arrival, officials questioned whether the facilities would handle the materials safely and whether they would pose any health or environmental concerns.

According to Dingell, the train company Norfolk Southern initially decided to send the materials to Wayne County. She said the EPA has since taken over the Ohio derailment site and that the agency will collaborate with Michigan officials moving forward.

malchior wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:23 am Turns out Walgreens exaggerated the whole thing. Perhaps because their financials were soft. And the media went along with the story for the clicks. This is what I think through when I hear about moral panics about shoplifting, needles and feces, and why I have low trust in media stories that have a subjective, data-lite approach. We are constantly being manipulated for profits.

NY Times

Lawmakers passed a bill making it a Class 3 felony to steal more than $5,000 worth of retail from one or more stores over the course of 90 days. The law received bipartisan support in both chambers and has the full support of Governor Glenn Youngkin.

"It particularly hits our small business owners and retail shop owners," Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares told FOX 5. "Many times they are the first to get there in the morning and the last to leave at night and they've had such a cost of doing business that has skyrocketed simply by retail theft that some of them have had to close their doors. So it was a message we were hearing loud and clear from retailers."

The Carolina law took effect December 1, but Miyares said they have seen evidence of a drop in larceny-related crimes in border towns in North Carolina compared to Virginia.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:30 am Seems like every time Manchin votes he just proves he is a changeling pretending to be a Democrat.

Also TN shot down medical marijuana again. Blamed it on it hurting vets. Shrug. I never expect them to pass it so Im chill.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:30 am Seems like every time Manchin votes he just proves he is a changeling pretending to be a Democrat.

Also TN shot down medical marijuana again. Blamed it on it hurting vets. Shrug. I never expect them to pass it so Im chill.

Rep. Paul Sherrell said he “used very poor judgment” when showing support for HB1245, introduced by Rep. Dennis Powers. The bill would offer death row inmates the opportunity to die by firing squad.

At the state Criminal Justice Committee session on Tuesday, Sherrell said the bill was a “very good idea” and suggested adding an amendment that would include an option for “hanging by a tree.”

Sherrell walked back on those comments on Wednesday.

Paul Sherrell (born March 28, 1959) is a bigoted and racist politician. He is a Republican representing District 43 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Attorneys for four former employees who sued after they were fired by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to take up their whistleblower case again, worried that their $3.3 million settlement agreement may be falling apart.

The move comes after the former employees claim Paxton’s team would not agree to a deadline to finalize legislative approval of the settlement. The two sides had agreed to put the case on pause while they sought the approval of the payments from the Legislature.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:48 am Thoughts and prayers.

SB397 would make *all* libraries remove material with “a prurient interest in sex.”

This includes school and public libraries and it means for *all* ages.

A committee of community members (separate from school boards and library boards) would determine what material is allowed.

Note: the Senate gallery is full of elementary school kids.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:44 pm I'd say it was a good run, but...

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:38 pm We're insane. We're completely effing insane. Maybe we really do need climate change - I'm not sure modern societies deserve to continue.

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:02 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:38 pm We're insane. We're completely effing insane. Maybe we really do need climate change - I'm not sure modern societies deserve to continue.

Is the Oaklahoma legislature really representative of the whole of modern society?

And if this is deserving of a restart, we're just the latest in a long line of societies deserving of a wipe over the past few millennia.

malchior wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:12 pm The trouble is that the red states all move legislatively in herds. Once these fascist book bans get rolling they'll spread to 20 or so states over the next year or two along with the rest of the fascist garbage they are working on in their little 'laboratories of fascism'.

Kurth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:13 pm

malchior wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:12 pm The trouble is that the red states all move legislatively in herds. Once these fascist book bans get rolling they'll spread to 20 or so states over the next year or two along with the rest of the fascist garbage they are working on in their little 'laboratories of fascism'.

Speaking of moving and herds, isn’t that really the way this sorts itself out in the long run? How far do these red states have to go before people have second thoughts about moving there or remaining there? I know that doesn’t help the people who are stuck there, but, over time, the popularity of these measures should, to some extent, be observed in the success of the state in attracting new residents and businesses or in retaining the ones that are already there.

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:31 pm

Kurth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:13 pm

malchior wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:12 pm The trouble is that the red states all move legislatively in herds. Once these fascist book bans get rolling they'll spread to 20 or so states over the next year or two along with the rest of the fascist garbage they are working on in their little 'laboratories of fascism'.

Speaking of moving and herds, isn’t that really the way this sorts itself out in the long run? How far do these red states have to go before people have second thoughts about moving there or remaining there? I know that doesn’t help the people who are stuck there, but, over time, the popularity of these measures should, to some extent, be observed in the success of the state in attracting new residents and businesses or in retaining the ones that are already there.

Gotta keep those voters ignorant and compliant. Don't want them getting unsanctioned ideas.

I grew up in a red city in a purple state, and it wasn't until I was a teen that I realized things weren't like that everywhere. Once I learned that, I couldn't wait to move away.

Unfortunately for your observation, people are migrating TO those red states. Well, maybe not to OK, but FL sure is growing and they're leading the downhill charge.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:06 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:31 pm

Kurth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:13 pm

malchior wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:12 pm The trouble is that the red states all move legislatively in herds. Once these fascist book bans get rolling they'll spread to 20 or so states over the next year or two along with the rest of the fascist garbage they are working on in their little 'laboratories of fascism'.

Speaking of moving and herds, isn’t that really the way this sorts itself out in the long run? How far do these red states have to go before people have second thoughts about moving there or remaining there? I know that doesn’t help the people who are stuck there, but, over time, the popularity of these measures should, to some extent, be observed in the success of the state in attracting new residents and businesses or in retaining the ones that are already there.

Gotta keep those voters ignorant and compliant. Don't want them getting unsanctioned ideas.

I grew up in a red city in a purple state, and it wasn't until I was a teen that I realized things weren't like that everywhere. Once I learned that, I couldn't wait to move away.

Unfortunately for your observation, people are migrating TO those red states. Well, maybe not to OK, but FL sure is growing and they're leading the downhill charge.

Anecdotally, I hear of women refusing to college in red states because of the current Supreme Court and its rulings. Fewer women = will fewer men = will fewer students, in general. I guess one way to keep them ignorant would be by shooing out all those who want modern medical care, but not a great way to keep people generally in state.