I believe there were bumpers. Didn't matter...A couple days worth of Blackwater Security’s Iraq budget would have put bumpers to guard the piers. Look at the bumpers that got installed after the Skyway Bridge got knocked down.
I believe there were bumpers. Didn't matter...A couple days worth of Blackwater Security’s Iraq budget would have put bumpers to guard the piers. Look at the bumpers that got installed after the Skyway Bridge got knocked down.
I am wondering about requiring tugs to accompany any ship until it gets past anything that might fall down.That ship is huge. I don't know what size bumper would have deflected it. Of course, if we passed a bill to get bumpers on bridges at every port, then the GOP would be railing about scare tactics and deficit spending.A couple days worth of Blackwater Security’s Iraq budget would have put bumpers to guard the piers. Look at the bumpers that got installed after the Skyway Bridge got knocked down.
I admit I will get suspicious if we find out the captain of the ship is a black gay midget on his first mission.
The pilot is not the captain.I admit I will get suspicious if we find out the captain of the ship is a black gay midget on his first mission.
Actually he was the most experienced river pilot on the team.
Oh, that happened within a day:I'm waiting for someone to bring up that there were immigrants working on the bridge.
It is in the OP.I'm waiting for someone to bring up that there were immigrants working on the bridge.
As is the way of immigrants, risking their lives doing something more tangibly useful for society than what most of these alt-right posers have the skill, inclination, or education to do.I'm waiting for someone to bring up that there were immigrants working on the bridge.
So, when a massive bridge collapsed in Baltimore, there was a question, where do you post a thread about that? It isn't political... big boat hit a structure and it collapsed. Nothing remotely political about that. Seems like an accident. I suppose we don't need a thread on every event.
And then the GOP said "Hold my beer."
Umm... okaaaaaaaay.article said:Republicans previously criticized Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as not visiting East Palestine, Ohio, quickly enough after a toxic train derailment there last year. But after the secretary visited Baltimore on the day of the bridge collapse, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) suggested without evidence that the visit was politically motivated and that Buttigieg was preoccupied with diversity policies.
“Well, this is an election year, so he probably, if it was two years ago might have been a month before he went at all,” Van Drew told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday. “He’s worried too much about pronouns, worried too much about DEI policies, worried too much about being the cool kid on the block. … I’m disappointed in the job that he does.”
article said:Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R) blamed DEI policies for the bridge collapse. The Utah gubernatorial candidate running against Gov. Spencer Cox (R) shared a post online attacking Port of Baltimore Commissioner Karenthia Barber, a Black woman whose biography says she owns a consulting practice that takes on work related to DEI. Responding to the post about Barber’s background, Lyman wrote on X on Tuesday morning that “this is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing and security of citizens.” In a subsequent post referencing the collision, he said: “DEI = DIE.”
So now we have diversity is bad because it makes bridges collapse after large boats strike a pier.
The GOP has apparently got nothing. They went all-in on CRT, made a little progress, but now they seem to forgot about principles of governing and are exclusively targeting identity politics. Wait... something just came in.
Oh... and immigrants! Identity politics, immigrants, and ... Covid? Reaching the point of why even bother.article said:In an interview with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday morning, Bartiromo, the Fox Business Network host, attempted to connect the incident to broader questions about “the potential for wrongdoing or the potential for foul play given the wide-open border.” And also that morning, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, discussed his concerns about an unqualified, “drug-addled” workforce hamstrung by covid lockdowns.
Face Palm!I'm waiting for someone to bring up that there were immigrants working on the bridge.
I hope they all get Davis/Bacon pay!As is the way of immigrants, risking their lives doing something more tangibly useful for society than what most of these alt-right posers have the skill, inclination, or education to.I'm waiting for someone to bring up that there were immigrants working on the bridge.
If the republicans want to bitch about something it should be this:So, when a massive bridge collapsed in Baltimore, there was a question, where do you post a thread about that? It isn't political... big boat hit a structure and it collapsed. Nothing remotely political about that. Seems like an accident. I suppose we don't need a thread on every event.
And then the GOP said "Hold my beer."
Umm... okaaaaaaaay.article said:Republicans previously criticized Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as not visiting East Palestine, Ohio, quickly enough after a toxic train derailment there last year. But after the secretary visited Baltimore on the day of the bridge collapse, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) suggested without evidence that the visit was politically motivated and that Buttigieg was preoccupied with diversity policies.
“Well, this is an election year, so he probably, if it was two years ago might have been a month before he went at all,” Van Drew told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday. “He’s worried too much about pronouns, worried too much about DEI policies, worried too much about being the cool kid on the block. … I’m disappointed in the job that he does.”
article said:Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R) blamed DEI policies for the bridge collapse. The Utah gubernatorial candidate running against Gov. Spencer Cox (R) shared a post online attacking Port of Baltimore Commissioner Karenthia Barber, a Black woman whose biography says she owns a consulting practice that takes on work related to DEI. Responding to the post about Barber’s background, Lyman wrote on X on Tuesday morning that “this is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing and security of citizens.” In a subsequent post referencing the collision, he said: “DEI = DIE.”
So now we have diversity is bad because it makes bridges collapse after large boats strike a pier.
The GOP has apparently got nothing. They went all-in on CRT, made a little progress, but now they seem to forgot about principles of governing and are exclusively targeting identity politics. Wait... something just came in.
Oh... and immigrants! Identity politics, immigrants, and ... Covid? Reaching the point of why even bother.article said:In an interview with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday morning, Bartiromo, the Fox Business Network host, attempted to connect the incident to broader questions about “the potential for wrongdoing or the potential for foul play given the wide-open border.” And also that morning, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, discussed his concerns about an unqualified, “drug-addled” workforce hamstrung by covid lockdowns.
Wow, talk about noise machines.If the republicans want to bitch about something it should be this:So, when a massive bridge collapsed in Baltimore, there was a question, where do you post a thread about that? It isn't political... big boat hit a structure and it collapsed. Nothing remotely political about that. Seems like an accident. I suppose we don't need a thread on every event.
And then the GOP said "Hold my beer."
Umm... okaaaaaaaay.article said:Republicans previously criticized Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as not visiting East Palestine, Ohio, quickly enough after a toxic train derailment there last year. But after the secretary visited Baltimore on the day of the bridge collapse, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) suggested without evidence that the visit was politically motivated and that Buttigieg was preoccupied with diversity policies.
“Well, this is an election year, so he probably, if it was two years ago might have been a month before he went at all,” Van Drew told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday. “He’s worried too much about pronouns, worried too much about DEI policies, worried too much about being the cool kid on the block. … I’m disappointed in the job that he does.”
article said:Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R) blamed DEI policies for the bridge collapse. The Utah gubernatorial candidate running against Gov. Spencer Cox (R) shared a post online attacking Port of Baltimore Commissioner Karenthia Barber, a Black woman whose biography says she owns a consulting practice that takes on work related to DEI. Responding to the post about Barber’s background, Lyman wrote on X on Tuesday morning that “this is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing and security of citizens.” In a subsequent post referencing the collision, he said: “DEI = DIE.”
So now we have diversity is bad because it makes bridges collapse after large boats strike a pier.
The GOP has apparently got nothing. They went all-in on CRT, made a little progress, but now they seem to forgot about principles of governing and are exclusively targeting identity politics. Wait... something just came in.
Oh... and immigrants! Identity politics, immigrants, and ... Covid? Reaching the point of why even bother.article said:In an interview with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday morning, Bartiromo, the Fox Business Network host, attempted to connect the incident to broader questions about “the potential for wrongdoing or the potential for foul play given the wide-open border.” And also that morning, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, discussed his concerns about an unqualified, “drug-addled” workforce hamstrung by covid lockdowns.
If you want the greedy corporations to take better precautions with their safety then "lets go Brandon" needs to stop bailing them out with federal money! Let the corporations sue each other and let their insurance premiums reflect their accident. But don't make some tax payer in Idaho have to pay for some dumbshit that hit a bridge in Baltimore! Maybe that shipping firm even needs to go under in order to set the proper example moving forward.
And before anyone brings up the Titanic Law: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/insur...ship-owner-limit-liability-in-bridge-collapse
Perhaps it is time to revisit that antique law since we no longer live in the 1800's.
The fuck does that mean? That doesn't relate AT ALL to my response, it's just more noise.You mean like the Maersk employee who got fired for reporting safety violations to the Coast Guard getting swept under the rug?Wow, talk about noise