US Politics Thread 2021-24

[les green01]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Looks like another 4 years of Biden.

Trump overwhelmingly wins CPAC's Republican primary straw poll with DeSantis coming in a distant second

Ethier way this country is screw then almost be better to elect a lot lizzard least know what we be getting but then maybe i can hit the lottery and get a island in the middle of no where

[Catfish]

^ Just don't choose the Solomones ..

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Catfish

^ Just don't choose the Solomones ..

[Rockstar]

Nothing to see here move along people. No problems with our executive branch exists.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...boar-rcna73435

…28 cars of a Norfolk Southern train that derailed Saturday evening in Springfield, Ohio, officials said at a news briefing.

It was the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a matter of weeks after a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3

How many people wrote their representatives last time this happened demanding inquiry and regulations that place even minimal railroad safety before share holder profits? Bueller? Anyone?

Let me guess, Ya but whatabout Trump?

[Buddahaid]

There are about 1700 derailments per year in the US.

[Rockstar]

Ya that’s a lot isn’t it. Especially considering the effects just one derailment can have on human life and the environment. Some reports indicate that 25 to 30 million people could be affected from toxins released from the derailment in East Palestine, OH.

I’m pretty sure in this day and age there must be technology available which can improve the civil war era undercarriage and brake systems. Basic monitoring systems that can at least notify operators there’s been a goddamn fire raging on one of their cars for the last twenty miles. Instead of finding out after they’ve derailed, spilling carcinogens and toxins all over god’s green earth.

[MaDef]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Ya that’s a lot isn’t it. Especially considering the effects just one derailment can have on human life and the environment. Some reports indicate that 25 to 30 million people could be affected from toxins released from the derailment in East Palestine, OH.

I’m pretty sure in this day and age there must be technology available which can improve the civil war era undercarriage and brake systems. Basic monitoring systems that can at least notify operators there’s been a goddamn fire raging on one of their cars for the last twenty miles. Instead of finding out after they’ve derailed, spilling carcinogens and toxins all over god’s green earth.

Let's put that into perspective shall we? The U.S has 140,000 miles of RR track (that's enough to cross the U.S. from coast to coast 41 times), the U.S. also moves 1.7 Billion Tons of cargo across those tracks every year. Last week (final week of FEB) the RR's moved 459,233 train cars (box cars, hoppers, intermodal cars, etc.) from point A to point B (this does not include passenger rail). So if you extrapolate that number out to 52 weeks, that comes out to about 23.8 Million RR cars per year traveling across the U.S.

While the East Palestine derailment was preventable, the response by both Norfolk Southern and Biden Admin is a dismal failure. And rather than look for scapegoats, they should be working to repair and/or mitigate the damage caused to the area, and address the specific failure that caused this derailment (I have a feeling when all is said and done is that standard safety protocols were not adhered to).

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by MaDef

Let's put that into perspective shall we? The U.S has 140,000 miles of RR track (that's enough to cross the U.S. from coast to coast 41 times), the U.S. also moves 1.7 Billion Tons of cargo across those tracks every year. Last week (final week of FEB) the RR's moved 459,233 train cars (box cars, hoppers, intermodal cars, etc.) from point A to point B (this does not include passenger rail). So if you extrapolate that number out to 52 weeks, that comes out to about 23.8 Million RR cars per year traveling across the U.S.

While the East Palestine derailment was preventable, the response by both Norfolk Southern and Biden Admin is a dismal failure. And rather than look for scapegoats, they should be working to repair and/or mitigate the damage caused to the area, and address the specific failure that caused this derailment (I have a feeling when all is said and done is that standard safety protocols were not adhered to).

I know, I wasn’t sure what he meant by the statement so I took a chance . Been keeping up on it seems both sides of the house are starting to wonder what the heck is going on with NFS and some are calling on the CEO to make an appearance before congress. Regardless whether anyone thinks the number of derailments are a lot or not. Someone needs to drive their size 12 boondocker up someone’s butt. Considering the toxic fallout, that derailment in East Palestine, OH was one too many.

In this country we have a luxury other countries don’t. We can usually get answers faster if we fire off respectful nasty grams demanding answers. We shouldn’t be defending any of those freeloaders on the hill.

[MaDef]

Fair enough. Now I'll speak to the second half of your statement.

The following sensors are used on trains;
Speed Sensors.
Vibration Sensors.
Pressure Sensors.
Humidity Sensors.
Position Sensors.
Temperature Sensors.
Level Sensors.

Now I'm not a train buff so I don't know exactly how those sensors are integrated into the safe operation of a train. But I would guess the train engineman has a way to monitor them, and a procedure to follow when those readings are out of norm. on the other hand tracks need to be visually inspected on a regular interval, depending on the "classification" of the track (tracks are classed according to speed rating, and there are 6 ratings). Almost all tracks get a weekly inspection, and if the track carries passenger trains in addition to freight, they are inspected twice a week.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by MaDef

Fair enough. Now I'll speak to the second half of your statement.

The following sensors are used on trains;
Speed Sensors.
Vibration Sensors.
Pressure Sensors.
Humidity Sensors.
Position Sensors.
Temperature Sensors.
Level Sensors.

Now I'm not a train buff so I don't know exactly how those sensors are integrated into the safe operation of a train. But I would guess the train engineman has a way to monitor them, and a procedure to follow when those readings are out of norm. on the other hand tracks need to be visually inspected on a regular interval, depending on the "classification" of the track (tracks are classed according to speed rating, and there are 6 ratings). Almost all tracks get a weekly inspection, and if the track carries passenger trains in addition to freight, they are inspected twice a week.

That’s funny, you sound like you’re a train nerd.

Thanks,

[MaDef]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

That’s funny, you sound like you’re a train nerd.

Thanks,

Nope, but Title 49 of the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) is a wealth of information on RR regulations.

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Looks like another 4 years of Biden.

Trump overwhelmingly wins CPAC's Republican primary straw poll with DeSantis coming in a distant second

Yes, because we already know they will do anything it takes, in their book no sin is verboten if you're aligned against President Trump.

[Skybird]

An end in failure or failures without end? Choose your poison.

The real mistakes have been decided for many years earlier.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64897424

[Buddahaid]

So MTG calls for US military strikes on Mexico. Doesn't this twit understand that's an act of war? US citizens buys drugs from Mexico, Mexican citizens buy firearms from the US and both governments have made it illegal. Should Mexico launch strikes on the US gun dealers?

[Buddahaid]

https://www.moodysanalytics.com/-/me...abbit-hole.pdf

So, the America First MAGA party's plan to hold the US economy hostage over raising the debt ceiling will cost millions of US taxpayers their jobs no matter what according to this Moody's Analytics report (see page eight). All this just to prop up little man Trump's ego fest and force a recession during Biden's term.