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Post by askew on Mar 25, 2024 16:24:57 GMT
Rich white man gets benefit of the doubt
Boo
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Post by X201 on Mar 25, 2024 18:05:20 GMT
I’ve been wondering for ages why Biden’s team were constantly trying to stick to debating policy, when it’s blatantly obvious that the best tactic would be to play the man not the ball.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 25, 2024 20:24:33 GMT
I mean, I wanna say I'm surprised re: Trump, but it was either gonna be that or totally-not-Russian Valerie Freedomofski paying it off out of the goodness of his heart, so...
I'd like to see literally anyone else do and say the things he's done and said and get away with even half. Actually rich people wouldn't even let it get to this point and anyone else would get laughed out of court and into jail...
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 26, 2024 7:29:27 GMT
Not exactly political news but there's bound to be some fallout that front as well, breaking story from Baltimore. Fucking hell.
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Post by askew on Mar 26, 2024 7:52:10 GMT
That pilot has had better days
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Post by technoish on Mar 26, 2024 7:52:15 GMT
Hard to see anybody on the bridge survive that. Water would have been pitch black and extremely cold.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 26, 2024 8:29:45 GMT
Watching a replay of the webcam stream there were trucks passing over the point of impact not long after it happened so there was still vehicle traffic on the bridge and it's fortunate it happened early in the morning. The collapse is so bloody quick no one really had much of a chance once it started.
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Post by simple on Mar 26, 2024 10:33:12 GMT
They’re saying divers are in the water now as at least seven vehicles went under with the bridge. Obviously that’s extremely tragic but a few hours either side and you’d have had a bridge packed with commuter traffic and there’d have been thousands on it.
Its astonishing how catastrophically the bridge failed from a single impact like that. Lot of questions and investigation will need to happen now, big review of similar structures around the country etc.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Mar 26, 2024 10:37:29 GMT
I'm not sure it's that astonishing. It's a big boat and the bridge supports aren't designed for that kind of lateral force.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Mar 26, 2024 11:07:20 GMT
It’s astonishing that ships that large are allowed to pass under a bridge that could fail in that way, then.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Mar 26, 2024 11:18:23 GMT
I remember a Last Week Tonight episode years back that focused on crumbling infrastructure in the US, which highlighted the slightly terrifying state of some bridges.
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Post by simple on Mar 26, 2024 13:20:01 GMT
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 26, 2024 13:29:29 GMT
Given the state of the ship in that photo I think that's the last time it'll be colliding with anything.
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Post by askew on Mar 26, 2024 19:13:36 GMT
It’ll buff out
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Post by Dougs on Mar 26, 2024 20:26:41 GMT
Ha, reminds me of when my wife accidentally scraped the car against the wall whilst parking. Mother-in-law keeps asking why I haven't T-Cutted it. Errm, I think it's a bit beyond that.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Mar 27, 2024 2:17:27 GMT
Well. I'm never going across a bridge again.
Seems the ship lost power and at least the crew were able to warn them to shut the bridge. With that and it being at night it could have been a lot worse.
In the video it looked like there were a bunch of vehicles on the bridge, so I wonder if those were parked maintenance crew vehicles or something. Sorry for the maintenance crew guys.
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Post by cubby on Mar 27, 2024 10:41:36 GMT
It was the maintenance guys who are almost certainly dead. They managed to get the last lorries that were crossing just seconds before the impact, but it looks like they couldn't contact the maintenance guys who were repairing pot holes.
Maybe they saw it coming but didn't think the bridge would collapse.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 27, 2024 15:30:27 GMT
So apparently Trump peddling Bibles is the breaking point for some... www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-selling-bibles-christians-fury-1883972They don't care that he's a serial adulterer on his 3rd marriage. They don't care that he's been found liable for rape and was accused of raping a 13-year old girl. They don't care that he said he'd fuck his own daughter. They don't care that he's been guilty of fraud multiple times. They don't care that he was sued by the DOJ for racial discrimination. But THIS just goes too far.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 27, 2024 16:11:23 GMT
Raping underage girls is very godly didn't you know.
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Post by peekconfusion on Mar 27, 2024 16:40:15 GMT
TBF, the quotes in the article sound like people who weren't Trump supporters before this.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Mar 28, 2024 1:51:35 GMT
If he actually ends up getting however many billion for the loss-making Social Truth then he'll have pulled off his one big graft and maybe won't need to keep hawking tacky trainers and bibles.
Maybe then he'll just stop and retire to enjoy his billions and his golf courses. Though I doubt we're that lucky.
Though it would be funny if he just turned around to all his insane supporters and said 'thanks for all the millions. see you!'
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 28, 2024 2:06:53 GMT
TBF, the quotes in the article sound like people who weren't Trump supporters before this. I'd trust it more if it came from a reputable news source. Newsweek at this point is barely above a gossip rag.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Mar 28, 2024 5:02:48 GMT
Raping underage girls is very godly didn't you know. Well, Zeus raped Danaë, descending on her in the form of a golden shower. And we know all about Trump and golden showers, so you may be on to something here.
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Post by X201 on Mar 28, 2024 5:08:55 GMT
Raping underage girls is very godly didn't you know. Well, Zeus raped Danaë, descending on her in the form of a golden shower. And we know all about Trump and golden showers, so you may be on to something here. Trump is a god? Janus? Two faced? Please let it be one that meets a grisly end.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 28, 2024 11:03:38 GMT
TBF, the quotes in the article sound like people who weren't Trump supporters before this. I'd trust it more if it came from a reputable news source. Newsweek at this point is barely above a gossip rag. Most big news outlets were talking about it yesterday, that was just the first link I saw. I would have found more but I got a bit sidetracked and only saw your post late last night to remind me 😅
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Post by gibroon on Mar 28, 2024 11:47:11 GMT
I hope the Trump bible comes with pictures and large print, otherwise, how are people going to learn to read in Trumpland.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 28, 2024 11:49:21 GMT
It's very on point that the bible also comes with the copy of the American Constitution in it too.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 28, 2024 11:55:27 GMT
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." The origin of the quote is debatable but it's looking accurate who ever said it first.
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Post by drakesmoke on Mar 28, 2024 12:29:04 GMT
That Bible video is wild. Nothing screams both ‘statesman-like’ and ‘separation of church and state’ like a QVC side hustle to sell politicised bibles. My word!
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 28, 2024 12:32:31 GMT
I hope the Trump bible comes with pictures and large print, otherwise, how are people going to learn to read in Trumpland. They don't read it anyway, they just clutch it while a bought and paid for pastor reads like two lines and tells them who to hate today
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