Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 03:30:13 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Baltimore Bridge Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <54ecndjJKpe_QZn7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <66n90j98fa5ciafo546pd0t1fk7iasml2r@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 126 Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!netnews.com!s1-1.netnews.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:30:14 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 6178 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c269531be04100$157277$3716115$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 6508 On 4/1/24 9:14 AM, FPP wrote: > On 3/31/24 4:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> In article , FPP >> wrote: >> >>> On 3/30/24 5:10 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> In article , >>>>    trotsky wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/30/24 2:58 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-bridg >>>>>>>>>>> e/ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 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, >>>>> >>>>> Shockingly I googled this and it returned zero hits. >>>> >>>> Google Search is run by an AI that doesn't even recognize the existence >>>> of white people. The Agenda is baked into its algorithms. Its search >>>> results are no longer worthy of trust and confidence. >>>> >>>> Regardless, I can't believe you even needed to check Google to see >>>> whether the enviro-loons have been screeching about sea level rise. >>>> It's >>>> kinda one of their articles of faith, Hutt, you slouching pus-bucket. >>>> >>> You've been told this for decades. >> >> You're claiming I've been told for decades that Hutt couldn't find >> anything about enviro-kooks pushing sea-level rise on Google? >> >> Do tell... >> >> (Your bullshit doesn't even make coherent sense anymore.) >> > > Nope, I claimed no such thing.  You've been shown evidence for decades > that man made climate change would devastate the planet. > > Well, now it is.  And you still can't admit you were wrong, and it's > still happening. I think Twat has a Baltimore Bridge he'd like to sell us.