We just nuked a town in Ohio......

[Harpy Eagle]

What happened to the infrastructure bill Michigan that Republicans have introduced the past 30 years?

No idea

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Hi much did Chicom Joe get for infrastructure?

How much was for rail safety?

 

[Patriot01]

Why do taxes have to pay to maintain these private railroad companies ... are lawmakers heavily invested and need the dividend payments? ...

Republicans had all of 2017 and 2018 to pass all the legislation they wanted to, Trump would have signed off ... but Republicans couldn't even repeal Obamacare ... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

Infrastructure bill you need 60 votes silly boy. And I want my tax money to go to roads and rail roads

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Americans have no opposition party.

Finally you got something right.

I am marking this on the calendar

 

[Votto]

Finally you got something right.

I am marking this on the calendar

It's open season on the entire Federal government, and it's about time.

 

[Patriot01]

Democrats might’ve just killed an entire town of Republicans to start World War III in Ukraine.

Watch very closely what happens in Ukrainian the next few weeks

 

[Likkmee]

'We basically nuked a town': Animals dying in Ohio after train derailment and controlled release of toxic chemicals | Blaze Media

The freight train that derailed Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, may not have exploded outright as some had feared, but it still managed to expel various toxic chemicals. While officials have suggested that the deadly chemicals in the smoke that darkened the sky over the village do not pose a...

www.theblaze.com

A recent train derailment caused massive amounts of toxic substances to help destroy a town in Ohio. The EPA initially told people to evacuate, but then told them they could return in a week. Problem is, residents began to see animals around them drop dead, even though the EPA told them it was safe to return. But it gets worse, they apparently had a controlled release of some of the deadly toxins to help avoid a bigger explosion. However, Silverado Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist "We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open."

Ohio state officials at the Tuesday afternoon press conference said they were not concerned about anecdotal reports of residents developing symptoms like headaches, sore throats and rashes, while discounting reports of dead livestock.

Dr. Bruce T. Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said that while it was possible that residents were smelling some of the chemicals at low levels and experiencing common symptoms, “air sampling in that area really is not pointing toward an air source for this.”

“Everything that we've gathered thus far is really pointing toward very low measurements, if at all,” Vanderhoff said. “And what I would encourage people who are having those symptoms to do is No. 1: Contact your medical provider. And No. 2: Call the local hotline to let them know that you're experiencing this. So a team can get out and check their environment.”

MSN

So where is Pete Buttigieg?

Pete Buttigieg makes cringey spy balloon joke, stays silent on Ohio train derailment

“We’ve faced issues from container shipping to airline cancellations … Now we got balloons,” Buttigieg joked, eliciting laughter and a few groans from the audience.

nypost.com

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg copped bipartisan heat Monday when he failed to address the catastrophic Ohio train derailment which released toxic chemicals into the air this month — but joked about Chinese spy balloons and moaned about a lack of diversity in the construction industry.

“It couldn’t be a more exciting time for transportation,” Buttigieg, 41, said in a remarks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, where he discussed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed by President Biden in 2021.

“It’s had its challenges. I mean, if you look at what the American transportation systems have faced in the last two or three years partly because of the pandemic, we’ve faced issues from container shipping to airline cancellations … Now we got balloons,” the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, awkwardly joked.

But the one-time presidential candidate’s cringey attempt at humor went down like a lead balloon.
“Nobody thinks this is funny,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) raged in a tweet Monday, sharing a video of the Cabinet member’s quip.
Hawley has called for an investigation into what he calls the Biden administration’s “baffling response” to a Chinese spy balloon that floated over the US two weeks ago.

“He jokes about balloons while ignoring East Palestine, OH. We deserve better than this,” former Ohio state senator and democrat Nina Turner also fumed in a tweet.

Yeah yeah. Palestinianzzz

 

[22lcidw]

Why do taxes have to pay to maintain these private railroad companies ... are lawmakers heavily invested and need the dividend payments? ...

Republicans had all of 2017 and 2018 to pass all the legislation they wanted to, Trump would have signed off ... but Republicans couldn't even repeal Obamacare ... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

The ones involved were half progs.

 

[ReinyDays]

But yea, they chose to do nothing instead and recently voted with democrats to pass a massive spending piece of legislation.

The CR? ... this is how we fund government today ... why do folks keep sending partisan hacks to Congress? ... we, the voters, have to take some of the blame ...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

It's open season on the entire Federal government, and it's about time.

And in 2024 our elected officials will win reelection at a greater than 90% rate. And then people will whine for the next two years about the Fed Govt.

 

[Nostra]

How much was for rail safety?

I’m guessing nothing cuz it was nothing more than a libtard pork bill, Simp.

 

[ReinyDays]

The ones involved were half progs.

So? ... Republicans include folks who made it to high school ... so half of conservatives understand progress ... and the money that can be made with progress ...

Still doesn't answer the question why tax dollars should be used to maintain private companies ... like railroad beds ...

 

[Nostra]

Looks like Chicom Joe’s excuse for cancelling Keystone XL just went up in smoke, literally.

 

[Votto]

And in 2024 our elected officials will win reelection at a greater than 90% rate. And then people will whine for the next two years about the Fed Govt.

With a Congress that has an approval rating of minus 90% for the last century and everyone saying the country is on the wrong road leading to hell.

That is our democracy.

And your point is?

 

[OldFlame]

Finally you got something right.

I am marking this on the calendar

Yet you constantly defend a certain group of the uniparty, hypocrite.

 

[ReinyDays]

Infrastructure bill you need 60 votes silly boy. And I want my tax money to go to roads and rail roads

Instead of elderly widow women? ...

Hey STUPID ... appropriation bills come only from the House ... do you think Republicans are going to raise taxes to cover your little pet projects? ... let the railroad companies pay to maintain their own tracks ... or change the Constitution so the Federal Government can own the tracks ... just "print" the money to pay the railroad companies under eminent domain laws ...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

With a Congress that has an approval rating of minus 90% for the last century and everyone saying the country is on the wrong road leading to hell.

That is our democracy.

And your point is?

That your idea there is an all out war on the Fed Govt is a joke. Tribalism will not allow that to happen

 

[Patriot01]

Democrats might’ve just killed an entire town of Republicans to start World War III in Ukraine.

Instead of elderly widow women? ...

Hey STUPID ... appropriation bills come only from the House ... do you think Republicans are going to raise taxes to cover your little pet projects? ... let the railroad companies pay to maintain their own tracks ... or change the Constitution so the Federal Government can own the tracks ... just "print" the money to pay the railroad companies under eminent domain laws ...

I mean, if we’re gonna put illegal immigrants in hotels and pay for their college education, I think we can pay for our railroads with tax money lol

 

[toobfreak]

I'm not sure what caused the crash but here's the deal:

One of the main things they were carrying was vinyl chloride (used to make PVC pipe). The stuff is real nasty, anything over 500 ppm begins to get toxic, and leaked out into the air it can explode. But burned, the smoke and fumes it gives off are twice as heavy as the air so all the stuff settles back to the ground where people breathe, animals are, gets all over everything, and settles into the ground where it all works down into the water table.

Can't say I'd want to be living anywhere within 20 miles of East Palestine.

 

[mudwhistle]

'We basically nuked a town': Animals dying in Ohio after train derailment and controlled release of toxic chemicals | Blaze Media

The freight train that derailed Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, may not have exploded outright as some had feared, but it still managed to expel various toxic chemicals. While officials have suggested that the deadly chemicals in the smoke that darkened the sky over the village do not pose a...

www.theblaze.com

A recent train derailment caused massive amounts of toxic substances to help destroy a town in Ohio. The EPA initially told people to evacuate, but then told them they could return in a week. Problem is, residents began to see animals around them drop dead, even though the EPA told them it was safe to return. But it gets worse, they apparently had a controlled release of some of the deadly toxins to help avoid a bigger explosion. However, Silverado Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist "We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open."

Ohio state officials at the Tuesday afternoon press conference said they were not concerned about anecdotal reports of residents developing symptoms like headaches, sore throats and rashes, while discounting reports of dead livestock.

Dr. Bruce T. Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said that while it was possible that residents were smelling some of the chemicals at low levels and experiencing common symptoms, “air sampling in that area really is not pointing toward an air source for this.”

“Everything that we've gathered thus far is really pointing toward very low measurements, if at all,” Vanderhoff said. “And what I would encourage people who are having those symptoms to do is No. 1: Contact your medical provider. And No. 2: Call the local hotline to let them know that you're experiencing this. So a team can get out and check their environment.”

MSN

So where is Pete Buttigieg?

Pete Buttigieg makes cringey spy balloon joke, stays silent on Ohio train derailment

“We’ve faced issues from container shipping to airline cancellations … Now we got balloons,” Buttigieg joked, eliciting laughter and a few groans from the audience.

nypost.com

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg copped bipartisan heat Monday when he failed to address the catastrophic Ohio train derailment which released toxic chemicals into the air this month — but joked about Chinese spy balloons and moaned about a lack of diversity in the construction industry.

“It couldn’t be a more exciting time for transportation,” Buttigieg, 41, said in a remarks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, where he discussed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed by President Biden in 2021.

“It’s had its challenges. I mean, if you look at what the American transportation systems have faced in the last two or three years partly because of the pandemic, we’ve faced issues from container shipping to airline cancellations … Now we got balloons,” the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, awkwardly joked.

But the one-time presidential candidate’s cringey attempt at humor went down like a lead balloon.
“Nobody thinks this is funny,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) raged in a tweet Monday, sharing a video of the Cabinet member’s quip.
Hawley has called for an investigation into what he calls the Biden administration’s “baffling response” to a Chinese spy balloon that floated over the US two weeks ago.

“He jokes about balloons while ignoring East Palestine, OH. We deserve better than this,” former Ohio state senator and democrat Nina Turner also fumed in a tweet.

Watched NEWSMAX for over an hour this morning and they only mentioned the story once for 30 secs.
The primary story was fucking weather balloons.