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Cimber posted:https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1732908864931057853 Sounds like he's angling for a pundit gig on CNN/MSNBC, or trying to keep the door open for the possibility at least.
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the_steve posted:Sounds like he's angling for a pundit gig on CNN/MSNBC, or trying to keep the door open for the possibility at least.
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e: Wrong button.
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Looks like the GAO has [once again] found that money for crop insurance is being wasted: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-crop-insurance-provides-billions-profit-insurers-govt-agency-2023-12-04/quote:The USDA worked with 13 privately held insurance companies to provide 1.2 million crop insurance policies at a cost of $17.3 billion in 2022, said the report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). I doubt this will affect the next farm bill, but here’s to hoping GAO keep coming out with these damning reports and more people start paying attention.
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Bar Ran Dun posted:Part of the problem is that both things are happening. Sticker prices are way way up. But sale price isn’t necessarily. Here’s an example. Even gas prices are wildly out of whack where I live, I can go a few miles north and it's sub-$2.99 at the moment, but a few miles south it's like $3.49 and even $3.69 in spots
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Kalit posted:Looks like the GAO has [once again] found that money for crop insurance is being wasted: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-crop-insurance-provides-billions-profit-insurers-govt-agency-2023-12-04/ This is an issue worsened by the deliberate destruction of USDA ERS and several related entities under Trump.
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More consequences for women due to the Trump presidency https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1732922619261776225
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Trump’s vow to only be a dictator on ‘day one’ follows growing worry over his authoritarian rhetoric lmao
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Semi-related, but here is another poll from the Financial Times about specific economic conditions that shows some crazy results. I know everyone has had it out a million times already, and admittedly I haven't been back in the US in months so maybe it wildly changed since but like drat that first question annoys me. I know the factual correct answer is wages rose faster. The devil Joe Biden is not turning up the food cost dial while spinning down the wages dial. But like, my personal, and clearly many if not most americans', wage rose by no dollars in 2023 while the cost of basic staples like eggs and bread and gas and diapers doubled. People can publish bazinga facts and logic articles for years and it's not going to convince anybody who, with no change in income or employment, went from feeding their family to not. It sucks.
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Latest jobs report came in unexpectedly hot. Unemployment down to 3.7% and labor force participation rate is now tied for highest ever post-pandemic. Wages also grew unexpectedly fast, which is prompting some concerns that the next inflation report might show inflation falling slower. Treasury yields are up, but the stock market is falling due to fears that this will probably cause the Fed to delay interest rate cuts - with some economists believing there is now a small chance that the Fed may increase rates one more time in 2024 if inflation falls slower than expected following this news. The next inflation report is going to be very important to determining what the economy and Fed policy of 2024 looks like - both of which will surely have major impacts on the 2024 election. quote:The higher-than-expected hourly earnings, flagged by Cameron below, set up an interesting backdrop into next week’s CPI, which may see markets extend today’s moves. quote:Bloomberg Analyst Cameron Crise: Well, the major feature of relevance in today’s employment report was the unemployment rate, which came in below every economist estimate at 3.7%. That it came in the context of higher-than-expected participation (62.8%) makes it look extra-strong. That wage growth exceeded expectations at 0.4% on the month makes sense as well. https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1733116998391857580 quote:Neil Dutta of Renaissance Macro Research says: quote:Expectations for rate cuts in 2024 look extra vulnerable to a pullback, when you consider that traders have only stripped out one of the five quarter-point rate cuts they had priced prior to Friday’s jobs data. quote:The big jump in employment in the household survey last month effectively represented a catch-up to the gains seen in recent months in payrolls. quote:Sharif at Inflation Insights has some further takeaways. He sees that huge 747,000 jump in employment in the household survey as reflecting “more people coming in from the sidelines” of the job market. quote:The jobs data give the Fed license to stay patient and that message looms next week from Powell for bond traders. But this is a market that has only pulled back March rate cut odds to just under 50% and still looks for 1.14% of easing by the end of 2024. quote:As Chris noted earlier, more jobs and wage growth begets more firepower for consumer spending. There are some signs of that in the report: Leisure and hospitality added 40,000 to payrolls in November. Almost all of it was at bars and restaurants, signaling there’s still lots of demand in places for discretionary spending. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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Hot enough to scare Jerome Powell?Fart Amplifier posted:More consequences for women due to the Trump presidency He talks a big game but actually imprisoning doctors for doing abortions would be a disaster for the GOP, so we'll see. Paxton is an amoral psycho who is currently on a rampage tour so I guess I'd rate it as more likely than I would otherwise.
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I don’t think Paxton cares about optics He’s been pretty openly corrupt forever, and from what I understand, he and his allies have been taking scalps in the legislature over the failed impeachment of him earlier this year
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FlamingLiberal posted:I don’t think Paxton cares about optics We won't know how many they get until the primaries, but yeah he's going HAM against people that voted for impeachment, which is a supermajority of the statehouse. BUT he's also chickenshit AND lazy and surely the national party has got to be blowing up his phone, or maybe one of his burner phones, or encrypted chat programs he's not supposed to have telling him not to do this. Senate GOP now hoping for "hit by a bus" to get them out of a Trump nom https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1733130920939384970 zoux fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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A member of the House GOP was caught on camera grabbing a man and threatening him. The person was identified as a former staff member of his that he had recently fired. He says he was being blackmailed by the former staffer who threatened to expose his daughter's OnlyFans account. He has decided to go public with the information after the video came out to clear his name and remove any leverage the former staffer had over him. https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1733125952127832536 quote:GOP lawmaker: Ousted aides targeted my daughter for OnlyFans account
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Biden is scheduled to announce the creation of the first ever national high-speed rail network in America later today. They will use funds from the bipartisan infrastructure act and the IRA to fund the construction. The project includes $30 billion to finish or upgrade existing high-speed rail projects and connect them to a national rail network as well as $8.2 billion for new tracks and routes to be built from scratch. https://twitter.com/TheMessenger/status/1733089058723655761 The stalled/abandoned high-speed rail projects that are being given money to be finished are: quote:The Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail System Project will receive up to $3 billion for a new 218-mile intercity passenger rail system between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Rancho Cucamonga, California. The project will create a new high-speed rail system, resulting in trip times of just over 2 hours – nearly twice as fast as driving. This route is expected to serve more than 11 million passengers annually, taking millions of cars off the road and, thanks to all-electric train sets, removing an estimated 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. This project will create 35,000 jobs supporting construction and support 1,000 permanent jobs in operations and maintenance once in service. Brightline’s agreement with the California State and Southern Nevada Building Trades will ensure that this project is built with good-paying union labor, and the project has reached a separate agreement with Rail Labor to employ union workers for its ongoing operations and maintenance. The project will also allow for connections to the Los Angeles Metro area via the Metrolink commuter rail system. quote:The California Inaugural High-Speed Rail Service Project will receive up to $3.07 billion to help deliver high-speed rail service in California’s Central Valley by designing and extending the rail line between Bakersfield and Merced, procuring new high-speed trainsets, and constructing the Fresno station, which will connect communities to urban centers in Northern and Southern California. This 171-mile rail corridor will support high-speed travel with speeds up to 220mph. The project will improve connectivity and increase travel options, along with providing more frequent passenger rail service, from the Central Valley to urban centers in northern and Southern California. New all-electric trainsets will produce zero emissions and be powered by 100% renewable energy. By separating passenger and freight lines, this project will benefit freight rail operations throughout California as well. This project has already created over 11,000 good-paying union construction jobs and has committed to using union labor for operations and maintenance. quote:The Raleigh to Richmond (R2R) Innovating Rail Program Phases IA and II project will receive up to $1.1 billion to build approximately additional parts of the Southeast Corridor from Raleigh to Wake Forest, North Carolina, including new and upgraded track, eleven grade separations and closure of multiple at-grade crossings. The investment will improve system and service performance by developing a resilient and reliable passenger rail route that will also contribute to freight and supply chain resiliency in the southeastern U.S. The proposed project is part of a multi-phased effort to develop a new passenger rail route between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, and better connect the southern states to DC and the Northeast Corridor. Once completed, this new route will save passengers an estimated 90 minutes per trip. quote:The Long Bridge project, part of the Transforming Rail in Virginia – Phase II program, will receive $729 million to construct a new two-track rail bridge over the Potomac River to expand passenger rail capacity between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. Nearly 6 million passengers travel over the existing bridge every year on Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express lines. This upgrade will reduce congestion and delays on this heavily-traveled corridor to our nation’s capital. The new railways that will be started from scratch: quote:Scranton to New York, reviving a dormant rail corridor between Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, to provide up to three daily trips for commuters and other passengers; They will also be refitting Chicago's Amtrak terminal to expand capacity so it can serve as a central hub for all of the new mid-west high-speed rail tracks. The railways that already exist, but will receive updates and connections to the new track network are all in the existing Amtrak Northeast corridor that services Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Additionally, this includes money for freight trains to have their own rails in some locations that are not shared with commuter trains. This is to increase the speed and reduce stops for both freight and passenger trains and improve the supply lines for freight shipments. Press Release and Fact Sheet with more details: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...ss-the-country/ Map of what the initial national high-speed rail network will look like: Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:I don’t think Paxton cares about optics He's been under federal indictment for the past eight years. I believe it's set for trial next February. Just a pure sociopath who would never be allowed to practice law at all in a country with a justice system. Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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I hope it occurs to somebody at the White House to upload a map where I can actually read the legend! I'm curious about the connection between Charlotte and Raleigh - it's blue on the map, which I assume means there's already a good commuter line between them. (It passes through Durham and Greensboro which are both moderately big cities.) The combo of the Charlotte-Atlanta projects and Raleigh-Richmond projects could have an end result of a connected corridor from Atlanta to Boston. Longer term you could cut across the gulf coast states, connect to NO, Houston, Dallas and OKC and bring it up to KC to complete a solid loop of the entire eastern half of the country. (e: Man if I lived in OKC or Dallas I would be intensely annoyed by being unable to take a train to KC because of that gap. [e2: I guess there is a minor line from Wichita to KC at least.) I wonder if there's any way they can get that Las Vegas train closer to LA than Rancho Cucamonga? It seems like every bit further you could pull that towards the city center would result in more replaced car trips, but I'm sure the right of way costs get absolutely insane once you're west of RC. Misunderstood fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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Misunderstood posted:I hope it occurs to somebody at the White House to upload a map where I can actually read the legend! I found a slightly higher quality image and edited it into the OP. I'm not sure why they used a 500x800 pixel image for the official press release.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:He's been under federal indictment for the past eight years. I believe it's set for trial next February. Oll korrect except for it's a state indictment, he wouldn't have been able to jack the feds around like this. He's currently being investigated by the FBI over the stuff he was impeached about so those will be federal indictments.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The new railways that will be started from scratch: I am very excited that it looks like the Minneapolis to Duluth rail might finally happen, I will definitely be using it several times a year! And good overall on Biden for prioritizing this and finally getting the funding for it. We definitely need a better/more connected rail system in our country.
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disappointed they arent kicking any money to the houston-dallas project (unless i missed it)
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lobster shirt posted:disappointed they arent kicking any money to the houston-dallas project (unless i missed it) Nope, nothing for Dallas-Houston high-speed rail in this chunk of money. Apparently, the issue is that it will cost at least $30 billion to finish and the Texas state government and private partner who were working with Amtrak are both dragging their feet on putting up their share of the money. The state government has become hostile to the idea of funding it and the private company was hit with a barrage of lawsuits, problems acquiring land to build tracks, and constant hiring/firing of people to run the project, so they stopped putting additional money into it. Amtrak is trying to revive the project and getting federal funding to finish studies, but it was originally a fully private project and Amtrak doesn't want to just hand money over to the company after the costs expanded from $12 billion to $30 billion unless Texas and the company front their share and commit to finishing it. quote:Amtrak is working with private developer Texas Central Partners to revive construction of a high-speed passenger train that would travel the 236 miles between Houston and Dallas in 90 minutes. However, funding for the stalled $30-billion project is unclear, as is its future. Neither Amtrak nor Texas Central have a timeline for construction.
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There's an Amtrak line right outside my lab. They increased the number of trains per day on it. Fills my heart with pride hearing them rumble past. I am extremely hyped for the S-line. Taking 1.5 hrs off the trip to Noo Yawk is a huge deal and would make train travel the optimal choice always.
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I've taken the acela from DC to Boston. It's not as cheap as it could be, has issues due to track sharing, etc. But it's so much less pain in the rear end than flying, and not that much slower once you account for airport security. Having that extend through Richmond all the way down to Raleigh would be amazing. Lol that the map is blurry as gently caress even on the website.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Nope, nothing for Dallas-Houston high-speed rail in this chunk of money. IIRC the private Texas rail between Houston and Dallas has been stuck in legal limbo for the last couple years untangling eminent domain. There are a lot of ranchers and farmers that absolutely do not want their property split.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I found a slightly higher quality image and edited it into the OP. I'm not sure why they used a 500x800 pixel image for the official press release. nice to see PA is getting alot of love. used to be railroad capital of the US like 100 years back. hell my home town still has a railroad line for tourism.
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just demolish i-45 and turn it into railroads, easy peasy
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Other notes about the national high-speed rail network: - As you can see from the map, it is called the "national high-speed rail network," but it is because they are connecting all the tracks across the country. It isn't 100% high-speed rail. The high-speed rail sections are generally between low/no stop routes between two major cities. They are using upgraded tracks and cars for the non-high speed rail that can reach speeds of up to 180 MPH over current cars that cap out at 120 MPH. But, the 220 MPH+ high-speed trains are limited to only the red parts of the map. - All the projects have different timelines. The map is what the final version will look like in 2034. About 50% of projects are expected to be finished in 3-5 years. The rest are expected to be finished after that. At least one project is expected to take 10 years, so the final date for the full national high-speed rail network to be fully active is 2034. However, depending on what region you live in, your local projects may be finished by 2027. Shooting Blanks posted:IIRC the private Texas rail between Houston and Dallas has been stuck in legal limbo for the last couple years untangling eminent domain. There are a lot of ranchers and farmers that absolutely do not want their property split. Yeah, I believe that is what the many lawsuits are referring to. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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Hi guys, I'm a time traveler from the year 2045 and I wanted to let you all know that the California rail projects are almost ready to start hearings with county and local town governance. There's a lot of concern about neighborhood character and increased traffic, and... *time traveler from 2065 appears out of nowhere* Hi guys, I wanted to let you all know that the California rail projects are almost ready to start hearings with county...
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Sundae posted:Hi guys, I'm a time traveler from the year 2045 and I wanted to let you all know that the California rail projects are almost ready to start hearings with county and local town governance. There's a lot of concern about neighborhood character and increased traffic, and... I feel like Biden would start building the rail tracks himself by this point. He'll become the oldest person alive, fueled solely by his anger of more train routes not being built yet.
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Misunderstood posted:
There is already a Metrolink rail line from Union Station (main hub of the LA's transit system) to Rancho Cucamonga, but it would be nice to get that upgraded. But I'm sure LA would rather spend that money on building new subway lines
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Kalit posted:I feel like Biden would start building the rail tracks himself by this point. He'll become the oldest person alive, fueled solely by his anger of more train routes not being built yet. Like a horrible amalgamation of John Henry and Jimmy Carter, and fueled by an unquenchable thirst for the country to wear a girdle of steel rails?
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Sundae posted:Hi guys, I'm a time traveler from the year 2045 and I wanted to let you all know that the California rail projects are almost ready to start hearings with county and local town governance. There's a lot of concern about neighborhood character and increased traffic, and... Public comment should be abolished, it only benefits malefactors
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The Glumslinger posted:There is already a Metrolink rail line from Union Station (main hub of the LA's transit system) to Rancho Cucamonga, but it would be nice to get that upgraded. But I'm sure LA would rather spend that money on building new subway lines
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I found a slightly higher quality image and edited it into the OP. I'm not sure why they used a 500x800 pixel image for the official press release. I like the Buffalo - Detroit/Chicago route that clearly exists but goes through Canada so is missing from the map. I just want to take a train to Toronto faster than driving is that too much to ask?
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Eminent domain all the farmers in Texas and build a train meganetwork
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Sundae posted:Hi guys, I'm a time traveler from the year 2045 and I wanted to let you all know that the California rail projects are almost ready to start hearings with county and local town governance. There's a lot of concern about neighborhood character and increased traffic, and... Most of the NIMBY boomers should be dead by then. I expect such rail projects to accelerate as their political interference declines. Assuming of course elections are still a thing...
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Bodyholes posted:Most of the NIMBY boomers should be dead by then. I expect such rail projects to accelerate as their political interference declines. Counterpoint: all of the zoomers will want more roadway space for self-driving cars and think going to a train station is too much I'm joking. Well...half joking....
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Bwee posted:Eminent domain all the farmers in Texas and build a train meganetwork College Station...say why's it called that https://twitter.com/DjsokeSpeaking/status/1733144858007601247 I guess one explanation could be that individual perceptions are a lagging indicator and in 3 months we'll be like "remember when everyone thought the economy sucked"
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Sundae posted:Hi guys, I'm a time traveler from the year 2045 and I wanted to let you all know that the California rail projects are almost ready to start hearings with county and local town governance. There's a lot of concern about neighborhood character and increased traffic, and... Lol dang, so thankful the Seattle area light rail is usable & expanding. High cost & not without delays & hiccups but is reliable & cheap & will be opening lots of new stations soon.
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