Could Harris pick Buttigieg as her VP?

The NY Times: Could Buttigieg Be Harris’s V.P. Pick? His Donors Hope So.

Can't wait for their campaign yard signs:  

"VOTE HO AND MO! 2024!" 

🤣

Barge hits Pelican Island bridge; Galveston, TX.

Again; another one!

Newsweek: Barge Hits Texas Bridge Causing Oil Spill.

The barge hit the bridge at around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, The Associated Press reported, which caused a closure of the only road leading to the island.
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According to the report by KHOU 11, the collision prompted a closure of both lanes of the bridge, which is the only road leading to Pelican Island. It will remain closed until it is deemed safe, the report said.

It's almost like not a coincidence!

Another Habbening!

Daily Mail: Container ship APL Qingdao loses power and slows to a halt near NYC's Verrazzano Bridge 12 days after cargo vessel crash in Baltimore left six dead.

A huge container ship lost power near New York City's Verrazzano Bridge on Saturday - less than two weeks after a cargo vessel crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The container ship APL Qingdao, which weighs a staggering 89,000 tons, lost propulsion around 8:30pm while travelling through New York harbor. 

And just like that, many huge cargo container ships started losing their propulsion systems within a short time span of each other. The timing ... amazing! How is this one connected to Larry is what I want to know.

How Lucky can he get?

More details, including videos, explaining this Silverstein-Bridge connection after the pagebreak. No "Sensitive" material, just space-saving.

Explosives detonated to take down the Francis Scott Key Bridge?

WFMY: 'This is no ordinary bridge'; Rescue operation suspended after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse.

“Never would you think that you would see, physically see, the Key Bridge tumble down like that. It looked like something out of an action movie,” said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott[.]

SOTN: The Video. 

The story; SOTN: OPERATION BRIDGE TAKEDOWN: The Carefully Controlled Demolition Of The Very Important Baltimore Bridge—WHO & WHY?

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse raises questions; speculation.

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Click on image. Right click "view image". Cursor hover on image, " + " to enlarge.

^ "The ship was under full power they rammed the support, the proof is the diesel smoke."

 

More after the pagebreak (nothing controversial, just space-saver routine): 

EPA overestimating range of EVs. They're unreliable.

Kelly Blue Book - Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable.

EPA ratings are optimistic for most electric models.

A new study suggests that the ranges and fuel economy equivalent figures published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are not particularly accurate. [  Shocking! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Oh well...DD ]

If the EPA’s numbers are off, we should note, then the rest of the world has it even worse. EPA range figures are famously lower than those published by many other governments.

SAE International, a global association of engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries, used data from tests performed by Car and Driver to study real-world EV ranges.

In a 75 mph highway test, Car and Driver found that “more than 350 internal-combustion vehicles averaged 4.0 percent better fuel economy than what was stated on their labels. But the average range for an EV was 12.5 percent worse than the price sticker numbers.”

East Palestine Residents Give Grim Update after Toxic Train Wreck: ‘We’re Dying Slowly’.

Slay News: East Palestine Residents Give Grim Update after Toxic Train Wreck: ‘We’re Dying Slowly’.

Residents in East Palestine, Ohio have given a grim update on their declining health following the toxic train derailment earlier this month.

Locals in the small town, where a Norfolk Southern train derailed on February 3 causing a subsequent toxic explosion, say they are now suffering disturbing symptoms, the New York Post reports.

“Doctors say I definitely have the chemicals in me but there’s no one in town who can run the toxicological tests to find out which ones they are,” said 40-year-old Wade Lovett.

Lovett now has a high-pitched voice that sounds as if he’s been inhaling helium.

‘My voice sounds like Mickey Mouse,” he said.
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“It’s hard to breathe, especially at night.

“My chest hurts so much at night I feel like I’m drowning.

“I cough up phlegm a lot.

“I lost my job because the doctor won’t release me to go to work.”
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Many of them are facing health issues from the chemical fire as well as the psychic toll of their town becoming, in the words of a scientist visiting the area Thursday, the new “Love Canal” — a reference to the Niagara Falls, NY, neighborhood that became a hotbed issue in 1978 because people were getting sick from living above a contaminated waste dump.

Many residents are also complaining of mystery rashes and sore throats after returning home following the lifting of evacuation orders on February 8.

“Yesterday was the first day in probably three or four days that I could smell anything,” said Shelby Walker, who lives a few yards from the epicenter of the crash and explosion.

“I lost my smell and my sense of taste.

“I had an eye infection in both eyes.

“I was having respiratory issues like I was just out of breath.

“Other members of my family have had eye infections and strep throat.

“The cleanup crew drives past us at night and won’t even look at us.

“It’s like we don’t exist. No one has reached out to us or told us anything.”

According to an independent analysis of EPA data by Texas A&M University released on Friday, nine air pollutants were found around East Palestine at levels that could cause long-term health concerns.
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According to Harvard-trained toxicologist, Stephen Lester, the hot zone at East Palestine is one of the “most concerning” he’s ever seen – and warned that the chemical dioxin that was released during the controlled burn will be embedded in the soil and water.

“Until the government takes this seriously there are going to be real problems,” said Lester.

“It’s criminal that the EPA didn’t come forward with information about dioxin and start testing for it.”

Biden and Company don't care about Americans. They're far too busy propping up their latex-wearing Tiny Dancer/ex comedian installed ruler of Ukraine.

If the soil and water in EP is in such great condition, why not haul it to Rehoboth Beach and dump it near Senile Joe's estate?

Buttigieg visits East Palestine, OH.

He asked directions to the nearest wine cave.

Okay, he didn't ask that, I made that up.

Breitbart: Buttigieg Visits East Palestine as His Press Secretary Refuses to Answer Questions on Camera.

...his press secretary refused to answer key questions from reporters because of the presence of cameras.

WTF? If this was a Republican Admin and Trans Sec and the PR Sec and they behaved like this ...fill in the rest.....................

So much for showing disrespect and being fired on-the-spot, huh Joe?

Now...who did this 🤣:

Click = embiggen.

Trump in East Palestine, OH on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

Breitbart: Trump Slams Biden for Visiting Ukraine Before East Palestine: ‘Get Over Here’.

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FWIW, I don't think Biden will ever show up in East Palestine. It's too late now. Same as Biden not getting anywhere near the Southern Border. 

Some news stories say Trans Sec Buttgieg will be in EP tomorrow. I wonder if he'll receive the same warm, appreciative, loving, sincere welcome that Trump received from people who have been forgotten by the Biden Admin, his supporters, his handlers, his voters, the EPA and the EnviroTardsCelebrity Crowd? 

Where is the massive, usual loud crowd of Liberals endorsing GoFundMe accounts for the people of EP and others affected by this derailment? Why are these people so suddenly mute? Where are they?

Benny at Twitter has a good timeline of Trump in EP. Oh, there's plenty of replies in that Thread from people still suffering from self-induced, severe, incurable, crippling, unhinged, metastatic TDS-madness. 🤣

NO, it wasn't Trump-era policies to blame for the E. Palestine, OH train derailment.

Even the Liberal-based PolitiFact says so! 

And EVERY Liberal BELIEVES PolitiFact, right?

PolitiFact: “Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”

Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed former President Barack Obama set tougher regulations for trains carrying hazardous materials that former President Donald Trump later repealed.
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The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)[sic]

An Occupy Democrats spokesperson told PolitiFact this post was referring to changes to a rule about braking systems for high-hazard flammable unit trains.

PolitiFact looked into this rule change and found the claim to be largely accurate.

Suck it, Libs. 

This happened on the watch of Biden, his degenerate handlers and his Trans Sec apprentice Pete Buttigieg, who, as South Bend mayor couldn't manage to fill street pot holes.

This disaster is entirely owned by Biden. Again - SUCK IT, Libs!

PolitiFact Archived.

Buttigieg ordered to E. Palestine to overshadow Trump's visit?

Benny isn't often wrong:

LINK and Thread.

We'll find out tomorrow who lands in OH first, President Trump or the Sec. of Trans.

Buttigieg writes a "sharply worded" letter to Norfolk Southern Railway!

ABC News: Buttigieg pens sharply worded letter to Norfolk Southern Railway.

In a sharply worded, three-page letter sent Sunday to Norfolk Southern Railway president and CEO Alan Shaw, Buttigieg accused the Atlanta-based company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over safety[.]

A sharply worded letter? I bet Alan Shaw and NSR execs are shaking in their boots!

Sharply worded letters fix everything. Always!

FAA Admits ‘Unintentionally Deleted Files’ Caused Jan 11 Mass System Failure, Nationwide Flight Chaos.

Breitbart: Oops: FAA Admits ‘Unintentionally Deleted Files’ Caused Jan 11 Mass System Failure, Nationwide Flight Chaos.

A red faced U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) admitted Thursday its staff “unintentionally deleted files” in a key computer system causing the January 11 commercial airline ground stop, which affected more than 11,000 flights and caused mayhem for travelers.

Reuters reports the FAA said the human error occurred while personnel were working “to correct synchronisation between the live primary database and a backup database”, and it had “so far found no evidence of a cyber attack or malicious intent.”
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Last week, a group of 120 members of Congress demanded answers from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the FAA about the system fiasco.

The lawmakers, led by new House Transportation Committee chairman Sam Graves, a Republican from Missouri, called the computer outage “completely unacceptable.”

So...it wasn't 30-Year old software like the FAA originally said?

30-Year old software blamed for FAA outage. Or...something else.

MSN: The software blamed for FAA outage is three decades old and years from an upgrade.

The software that failed and forced the Federal Aviation Administration to ground thousands of flights on Wednesday is 30 years old and not scheduled to be updated for another six years, according to a senior government official.

This system was installed in 1993 and runs the Notice to Air Missions system, or NOTAM, which sends pilots vital information they need to fly, the official said.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told NBC News that he has asked the FAA, "to make sure that there are enough safeguards built into the system that this level of disruption can't happen because of an individual person’s decision or action or mistake."

Is Petey saying someone F'ed Up? But - but - the senior official said it was software. 

Another un-named "senior government official." Do these people have names? Can we know who they are? They are on government payroll.

The MSN story and coverage of this story at NBC and CNN are copy/paste versions of the same story. Why, it's almost like they're parroting talking points handed down from Leni Riefenstahl's DNC Narrative Central!

Yet, al-Reuters reports the problem was a "procedural error."

The FAA said its preliminary analysis "determined that a data file was damaged by personnel who failed to follow procedures. The system is functioning properly." The FAA did not answer more questions about the specifics of the problem.
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The same file corrupted both the main system and its backup, said people familiar with the review, who asked not to be identified.

Enter, "people familiar with the review, who asked not to be identified."

So, we really don't know and it's unlikely we'll have a, or any, specific reason(s) for this fiasco.

Biden: No evidence FAA outage is a hack. Buttigieg: We're not ruling out a hack.

The Daily Dot: Biden says no evidence of cyberattack in FAA outage that grounded flights.

Breitbart: …Buttigieg Doesn’t Rule Out Hack Attack…

FAA computer outage or Russian hack?

NBC: Flights across the U.S. affected after FAA experiences computer outage.

Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it experienced a computer outage.

All flights in the U.S. were grounded following the incident, a source with knowledge of the situation told NBC News.

The FAA said in a notice on its website that its Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system had "failed" Wednesday morning. A NOTAM is a notice containing information essential to workers involved in flight operations.

From /pol/:

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CNN: US grounded planes as a ‘precaution’ after a North Korean missile launch.

Updated 1:37 PM EST, Tue January 11, 2022

Washington (CNN Business) - An unusual ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday.
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“No warning was issued by NORAD HQ,” regarding a potential threat to the US, according to Captain Pamela Kunze, the chief NORAD spokesperson.

The Federal Aviation Administration, responsible for the nation’s air traffic control system, said the ground stop was to err on the side of safety.

The failure and incompetence of the Biden Admin conveniently always has Russia to blame.

"Tentative agreement" reached to avoid US rail strike.

BBC (MSN Archived): White House strikes deal to avert US rail strike.

U.S. freight rail companies and unions representing their workers have reached a "tentative agreement" to avert the first national rail strike in 30 years.
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The agreement, which was announced early on Thursday, ensures that a strike that had been due to begin after midnight on Friday will no longer take place.

The deal includes a 24% wage increase and $5,000 bonuses, as well as changes to existing policies on time off which had been a crucial sticking point for workers.
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[Biden said], "We reached an agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruptions of our economy[.]" 

A disruption in our economy? Well, we don't want disruptions in our fantastic booming economy. Bidenomics! Build Back Better! Woo-Hoo!

U.S.Rail strike update.

The Gazette (Archived): National rail strike could cripple supply chain.

Little sign of progress has been seen ahead of a potential massive walkout beginning this Friday, after freight railroads and labor unions that represent more than 90,000 workers have held talks to try to avoid a strike that could cost the U.S. economy more than $2 billion a day.

A national rail strike, effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time Friday, would threaten shipments of grains, fertilizer and energy when global food prices are elevated and inflation ripples through economies.

NBC News (Archived): Supply chain concerns grow as deadline for freight rail strike looms.

A 30-day moratorium that has so far forestalled a strike is set to end Friday for members of the two largest U.S. freight rail unions, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, or BLET, and SMART Transportation Division.
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Biden can no longer freeze negotiations to avert a strike.

Business Insider (MSN Archived): Amtrak is canceling trains as railroad unions prepare to strike, throwing the rail network into chaos.

Amtrak suspended some of its most storied and picturesque routes on Tuesday in preparation for an impending rail worker strike that could further upend supply chains and damage the US economy.

Maybe you thought Biden and his Handlers are nearing the end of ruining the U.S. and global economies, the Western standards of living and things couldn't get any worse? Oh no, not by a long shot.

Looks like a job for Brave Pete Buttigieg!

Show us how it works, Pete.