And in Crazy Train news.

[AngelsLakersFan]

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It is now 13 years behind schedule.

WTF. Even the Facking pyramids in Egypt never fell 13 years behind schedule.

[Blarg]

It took 7 years for East to meet West in Promontory Summit using dynamite, pick axes, shovels and mule teams for the 1,912 mile stretch.

These assholes running the the Crazy Train should be embarrassed by their incompetence. 

[arch stanton]

In fairness, they’re no longer allowed to motivate workers with whips

[Lhalo]

33 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

In fairness, they’re no longer allowed to motivate workers with whips

[Blarg]

23 hours ago, arch stanton said:

In fairness, they’re no longer allowed to motivate workers with whips

How about, for every 10 miles of track laid, @Stradling will have an In N Out truck ready for lunch orders?

[arch stanton]

13 minutes ago, Blarg said:

How about, for every 10 miles of track laid, @Stradling will have an In N Out truck ready for lunch orders?

Personally, I'd prefer a taco truck but that might do

[gotbeer]

On 12/1/2018 at 10:55 PM, Blarg said:

How about, for every 10 miles of track laid, @Stradling will have an In N Out truck ready for lunch orders?

That might work.  @Stradling would only have to send out the In N Out truck once every 2 or 3 years.  

 

 

 

 

 

But charge the state for 700 trips.

[gotbeer]

Newsom’s choice: Delay the bullet train, or stick with Brown’s plan and find $50 billion somewhere

Is it too early for impeachment talks?

[Tank]

19 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Newsom’s choice: Delay the bullet train, or stick with Brown’s plan and find $50 billion somewhere

Is it too early for impeachment talks?

"The problems, to be sure, do not preclude finishing the system, Flyvbjerg said. Experts close to the project estimate future costs could be covered roughly by a 20-cent-a-gallon gas tax or a half-cent sales tax or a 6% state income tax surcharge — though any of those would be a huge lift for Newsom and other Democrats focused on other progressive issues."

those effers are going to raise our taxes again for a project that none of us want or need. screw them.

[Spirit]

Both parties are the same.

 

 

[mtangelsfan]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

"The problems, to be sure, do not preclude finishing the system, Flyvbjerg said. Experts close to the project estimate future costs could be covered roughly by a 20-cent-a-gallon gas tax or a half-cent sales tax or a 6% state income tax surcharge — though any of those would be a huge lift for Newsom and other Democrats focused on other progressive issues."

those effers are going to raise our taxes again for a project that none of us want or need. screw them.

All regressive taxes that hurt the lower and middle classes.

But Dems are all about the little guy

[gotbeer]

4 hours ago, Tank said:

"The problems, to be sure, do not preclude finishing the system, Flyvbjerg said. Experts close to the project estimate future costs could be covered roughly by a 20-cent-a-gallon gas tax or a half-cent sales tax or a 6% state income tax surcharge — though any of those would be a huge lift for Newsom and other Democrats focused on other progressive issues."

those effers are going to raise our taxes again for a project that none of us want or need. screw them.

Lol.  People can't be that stupid again right?  They even spell it out that if they raise the taxes to finish this boondoggle, they are already going to misappropriate it to some other unicorn.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Lol.  People can't be that stupid again right?  They even spell it out that if they raise the taxes to finish this boondoggle, they are already going to misappropriate it to some other unicorn.

sadly, people in CaLOLifornia are absolutely that stupid, and the rest of us will have to pay for their foolishness.

[Taylor]

California Dems are the worst.

[fan_since79]

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is ending the crazy train project. 

Wow, I didn't expect that. 

https://abc7news.com/politics/gov-newsom-ending-high-speed-rail-project-between-sf-la/5134644/

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is ending the crazy train project. 

Wow, I didn't expect that. 

https://abc7news.com/politics/gov-newsom-ending-high-speed-rail-project-between-sf-la/5134644/

take that, Man O'Wartez!

 

[mtangelsfan]

24 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is ending the crazy train project. 

Wow, I didn't expect that. 

https://abc7news.com/politics/gov-newsom-ending-high-speed-rail-project-between-sf-la/5134644/

Good for him!

I would also be interested to know his ideas about juvenile justice.  I think the entire justice system is hopelessly broken.

[fan_since79]

A slight correction to my post: He's ending the SF to LA part of the route but keeping the Central Valley portion of the project. You will be able to ride some high-speed rail between Merced and Bakersfield, when and if it ever gets finished.

But still, a great decision that will save taxpayers many billions of dollars.

 

[floplag]

30 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is ending the crazy train project. 

Wow, I didn't expect that. 

https://abc7news.com/politics/gov-newsom-ending-high-speed-rail-project-between-sf-la/5134644/

at the risk of combining this and the AOC thread.... but but but i thought trains were the future   

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is ending the crazy train project. 

Wow, I didn't expect that. 

https://abc7news.com/politics/gov-newsom-ending-high-speed-rail-project-between-sf-la/5134644/

That's actually a reasonable compromise.   Finish what they started, but that's it.  And is it to Bakersfield, or just to Fresno or Merced or some no where place like currently in progress?  

[Taylor]

Newsom is suddenly a champion of fiscal responsibility!

[Adam]

Maybe he's banging another one of his buddies' wives and she told him to close it down.

[Spirit]

Sooooo ... I guess he's not endorsing AOC's Green New Deal?

 

 

[Adam]

Republicans have a way easier time in politics. Their base is middle-aged white religious folks.

The Dems have to juggle jews, gays, muslims, blacks, environmentalists, socialists, bankers... Impressive how they're able to get all those people to vote that way considering their collective interests typically don't mesh with the others'

[Lhalo]

5 minutes ago, Adam said:

Republicans have a way easier time in politics. Their base is middle-aged white religious folks.

The Dems have to juggle jews, gays, muslims, blacks, environmentalists, socialists, bankers... Impressive how they're able to get all those people to vote that way considering their collective interests typically don't mesh with the others'

It’s easy to do when you just promise free shit.