So while we're busy defending Ukraine, Americans are being kidnapped right across the southern border

[Markle]

What good is medication people can not afford?

Thirty years ago, a big-screen flat TV cost in the neighborhood of $25,000. Probably in today's money, $50,000.

Prices come down.

Would you prefer they were not invented because of their outrageous cost?

 

[Markle]

And the reprehensible right attempts to exploit this for some perceived partisan gain.

"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."

Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Emanuel (Democrat)
White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 under Barack Obama, before serving two terms as the 55th mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019.

 

[Markle]

Sheesh. I have condemned Trump for this one many times.

I understand few can understand the concept of blaming all for failures but a few will do it.
Huge Train accident in East Palestine

 

[Markle]

Every single utility in the entire country is price controlled.

And we're better off because of it.

Utilities are, by definition, monopolies. As such, they need to be controlled.

 

[Markle]

"It makes it Obama's, Trump's and Biden's fault. I've said that from the beginning".

Hold on, Obama put more safety regulations in place for trains.
Trump removed them, after a nice $6,000,000 tip from the train industry.
Obama shouldn't even been mentioned.

"Why does Biden deserve no blame for doing nothing for two years"?

Because, he didn't reverse Trump's deregulation in time?

As you know, none of President Trump's deregulation had anything, whatsoever, with the crash in East Palestine.

Now please return to the subject. Kidnapping and murder of US citizens just a couple of miles South of the Texas/Mexico border.

 

[Smokin' OP]

As you know, none of President Trump's deregulation had anything, whatsoever, with the crash in East Palestine.

Really?
Can you just "feel" it?

Now please return to the subject. Kidnapping and murder of US citizens just a couple of miles South of the Texas/Mexico border.

First, I was responding to a comment.
Second, those people shouldn't have bee IN Mexico.
They could have been kidnapped and murdered, right here, in the good old USA.

 

[pknopp]

Where would any new drugs, procedures, or technology originate?

We can create drugs in a system where thousands don't have to see record profits every year on them.

 

[pknopp]

Thirty years ago, a big-screen flat TV cost in the neighborhood of $25,000. Probably in today's money, $50,000.

Prices come down.

Would you prefer they were not invented because of their outrageous cost?

Funny, costs skyrocketed for Insulin even though it was discovered years and years ago.

 

[Markle]

We can create drugs in a system where thousands don't have to see record profits every year on them.

Please show us where any country or group of countries with Socialist health care has developed nearly as many new drugs, procedures, and technology as the United States.

 

[pknopp]

Please show us where any country or group of countries with Socialist health care has developed nearly as many new drugs, procedures, and technology as the United States.

Much of our discoveries are Socialist driven. Such as those discovered at universities.

 

[Markle]

Really?
Can you just "feel" it?

No, I read! A novel approach, isn't it?

WaPo: No Evidence Trump Was Responsible For Ohio Derailment​

Story by Brianna Lyman • Feb 27, 2023

“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” Kessler wrote. “From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident.”

Kessler presented and then debunked several possible ways Trump could have helped cause the derailment. When it came to electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, Kessler noted although the Trump administration did get rid of the rule, the Biden administration made no effort to reinstate it. Kessler also argued that ECP brakes would not have helped, noting that by the time the train’s crew activated its emergency braking system, the train had already derailed.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy also dismissed allegations that Trump was responsible, explaining on both CNN and Twitter that the electronically controlled pneumatic brakes would not have prevented the derailment.

Kessler went on to debunk a claim that a Trump rule loosening brake safety inspection requirements contributed to the accident, writing that there “is no determination yet that the braking system played a role in the accident.”

When it came to the amount of crew present, the Trump administration withdrew a proposal in 2019 that required two crew members on duty at all times. As Kessler noted, the train had two crew members as well as a trainee.

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[JoeB131]

As you know, highest quality health care in the world.

The best health care in the world can't do you a damned bit of good if you can't afford it.

 

[lennypartiv]

I
...The four were riding in a white minivan with North Carolina license before getting shot on Friday shortly after they entered the dangerous city of Matamoros

It's a shame Biden won't send troops there to defend Americans.

 

[Smokin' OP]

No, I read! A novel approach, isn't it?

WaPo: No Evidence Trump Was Responsible For Ohio Derailment​

Story by Brianna Lyman • Feb 27, 2023

“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” Kessler wrote. “From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident.”

Kessler presented and then debunked several possible ways Trump could have helped cause the derailment. When it came to electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, Kessler noted although the Trump administration did get rid of the rule, the Biden administration made no effort to reinstate it. Kessler also argued that ECP brakes would not have helped, noting that by the time the train’s crew activated its emergency braking system, the train had already derailed.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy also dismissed allegations that Trump was responsible, explaining on both CNN and Twitter that the electronically controlled pneumatic brakes would not have prevented the derailment.

Kessler went on to debunk a claim that a Trump rule loosening brake safety inspection requirements contributed to the accident, writing that there “is no determination yet that the braking system played a role in the accident.”

When it came to the amount of crew present, the Trump administration withdrew a proposal in 2019 that required two crew members on duty at all times. As Kessler noted, the train had two crew members as well as a trainee.

MSN

www.msn.com

No, I read! A novel approach, isn't it?

WaPo: No Evidence Trump Was Responsible For Ohio Derailment​

Story by Brianna Lyman • Feb 27, 2023

“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” Kessler wrote. “From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident.”

Kessler presented and then debunked several possible ways Trump could have helped cause the derailment. When it came to electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, Kessler noted although the Trump administration did get rid of the rule, the Biden administration made no effort to reinstate it. Kessler also argued that ECP brakes would not have helped, noting that by the time the train’s crew activated its emergency braking system, the train had already derailed.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy also dismissed allegations that Trump was responsible, explaining on both CNN and Twitter that the electronically controlled pneumatic brakes would not have prevented the derailment.

Kessler went on to debunk a claim that a Trump rule loosening brake safety inspection requirements contributed to the accident, writing that there “is no determination yet that the braking system played a role in the accident.”

When it came to the amount of crew present, the Trump administration withdrew a proposal in 2019 that required two crew members on duty at all times. As Kessler noted, the train had two crew members as well as a trainee.

MSN

www.msn.com

I still disagree.
The quicker you can stop when a situation arises, the better the outcome in most situations.
That's evident in all transport.