Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Baltimore Bridge Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 10:16:19 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 117 Message-ID: References: <54ecndjJKpe_QZn7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <66n90j98fa5ciafo546pd0t1fk7iasml2r@4ax.com> <17c1a837bf6797c3$83382$1768716$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> <17c1f53362d278a4$139427$3265$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 14:16:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="98cd034461176e5686dabd639f5c05ee"; logging-data="2667205"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+5JzJhdRHGPxsMTvzKBAKf" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6QK5bAtjS6Zj22yqfceQO/YQmus= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <17c1f53362d278a4$139427$3265$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 6191 On 3/31/24 5:02 PM, moviePig wrote: > On 3/31/2024 10:05 AM, NoBody wrote: >> On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:31:30 -0400, moviePig >> wrote: >> >>> On 3/30/2024 3:58 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> In article , FPP >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/29/24 1:45 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>> In article , FPP >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/28/24 2:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>>> In article , >>>>>>>>      "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>>>>>>> shawn wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:55:30 +0000, BTR1701 >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Just saw on the news that Joe Biden has pledged that the >>>>>>>>>>>> government >>>>>>>>>>>> will "pay the entire cost" of rebuilding the Baltimore bridge. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Huh? Shouldn't the shipping company and its insurance agency >>>>>>>>>>>> foot the >>>>>>>>>>>> bill? It's like he just can't wait for any opportunity to >>>>>>>>>>>> fuck the >>>>>>>>>>>> taxpayer. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> And when it's rebuilt, obviously it can't be renamed the >>>>>>>>>>>> Francis Scott >>>>>>>>>>>> Key Bridge. I mean, "old straight racist white guy", >>>>>>>>>>>> amirite? So what >>>>>>>>>>>> will its new name be? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I submit the "Saint George Floyd of Fentanyl Memorial Bridge". >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> The federal government can act to get repairs started today >>>>>>>>>>> while the >>>>>>>>>>> lawyers act to collect any money due from the company/insurance. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The bridge won't be repaired. It'll be 5 to 7 years at least. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here's an article from the Baltimore Sun. Turn off javascript >>>>>>>>> to read. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/27/how-long-to-rebuild-key-bridge/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ignore "rebuild" in the headline. No one is saying it can be >>>>>>>>> rebuilt. >>>>>>>>> It's going to be replaced with something brand new. I'm sure the >>>>>>>>> piers will both be relocated closer to shore. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And higher, too. I drove across the Key Bridge regularly when I >>>>>>>> was a DC >>>>>>>> denizen and it was kinda scary how high up you got with >>>>>>>> seemingly very >>>>>>>> little to stop you from going over the side if you lost control. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The replacement will have to take into account larger vessels >>>>>>>>> and sea >>>>>>>>> level rise >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Which is non-existent pretty much everywhere. There's been no >>>>>>>> sea level >>>>>>>> rise over the last 12 years at the beach down the street from >>>>>>>> me; when I >>>>>>>> visited Miami's South Beach two years ago, the ocean was in the >>>>>>>> same >>>>>>>> place it was in the pictures of my visit 20 years earlier (despite >>>>>>>> AlGore's insistence that Miami would be underwater by 2011); >>>>>>>> Plymouth >>>>>>>> Rock isn't underwater; the water level around the base of the >>>>>>>> Statue of >>>>>>>> Liberty hasn't changed since it was erected, etc., etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This has been explained to you for decades. Decades... >>>>>> >>>>>> Liar. >>>> >>>>> Over and over and over and you still repeat the same old bullshit as >>>>> everything around us goes to shit. >>>> >>>> Given that the enviro-kooks have been predicting sea level rise since >>>> the late 90s, even famously direly warning that Miami would be >>>> underwater by 2011, one would think that there would be *some* evidence >>>> of a, ya know, sea level rise. >>> >>> "Between 1901 and 2018, average global sea level rose by 15–25 cm (6–10 >>> in), an average of 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) per year. This rate >>> accelerated to 4.62 mm (0.182 in)/yr for the decade 2013–2022. Climate >>> change due to human activities is the main cause." >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise >> >> Wikipedia.... >> Laugh. > > I couldn't find a copy of the Trump Bible to consult. > > Did you catch the SNL cold open? "Trump Bible... made with 100% bible." -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0