Outstanding. This could have also been titled “Ship of Fools”.
Besides the dummkopfs highlighted here, let’s not forget about the remarkable Rachel Levine, Asst. Secretary of HHS - first trans confirmed by the senate, first trans admiral, first trans four-star any officer and chief groomer of the federal government. Ooooops. I forgot. I can’t criticize Admiral Levine. Xhe earned those stripes. Yeah. Let’s name our next battle axe, I mean battle ship after xym.
More like ship of tools. They are all manipulated by the Devos gang with the possible exception of Horizontal Harris who may be too dang dumb to control.
Don, I've always enjoyed your ability to use humor to make a point, and this post is outstanding. I also think I'm seeing a sharper, more acerbic wit coming through since you have moved to Substack, and I really appreciate and enjoy it. Keep up the fantastic work.
Equity hires will one day get hundreds of people killed because of recent employment changes at the airlines/ FAA. A unknown many have been or will be maimed or killed because of medical school admissions. Yet the effect of equity appointments at the DoD and SCOTUS may eventually kill us all. As the Gas Station sticker says: Joe Biden did that....however it should say China did that.
Bill Clinton with the odious "don't ask" policy. Earlier generations often knew what they were about in keeping sexual degenerates away from places where they could do harm, the obvious grievous exception of course being the priesthood
The Catholic church made the mistake of believing that if a priest were celibate, being a pervert wouldn't matter. They did that because few men were going into the priesthood in the 60's.
Instead of learning from that mistake, other denominations decided to accept the abominations because two income childless couples mean more money in the offering.
GOD calls homosexuality an abomination. I can't argue with GOD, this is his creation. If you don't like it, move to another universe.
Without Joe, China would not be able to do so much. MAGA no matter who we elect. Hold our politicians' noses to the grindstone! Don't care which party.
Don, I've been a commenter on your blogs long enough you know I am no defender of the EPA, or any other federal agency. However, you also know my background as a drinking water professional, and I have to point out that some of the current criticism of EPA is underserved. East Palestine gets its DRINKING WATER from deep wells. Potential contamination of the groundwater aquifer would take months, if not years to percolate down to that depth. I am confident EPA's declaration that the city drinking water is safe is valid. Why? Because after a 40 year career of dealing with them, I know what their primary motive in all things is, and that is to avoid class action law suits by enviro-whacko groups and the public at large at all cost.
IMHO the decision to burn the vinyl chloride was the best one that could be made in a no-win situation. Vinyl chloride is EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE and is shipped as a colorless and odorless gas. There was NO practical way to recover it, and parts of the train were already on fire. Burning the stuff was the quickest way to dispose of it and prevent a catastrophic massive explosion. I will bet dollars to doughnuts (although w inflation what it is maybe it should be $10/doughnut) the state and local emergency management people concurred.
As for Senator Vance's creek pollution, we have seen in past spills that the ecosystems affected recover in a relatively short time. Remember the uproar over the wildlife after the Exon Valdez spill? Less than a year later the local environment had totally recovered. As for pollution of the Ohio River it will be diluted as to be barely detectable, and the drinking water supplies that pull from the river have already done jar testing and proven they will be able to easily remove it in their standard treatment trains.
So, IMHO the the handling of the incident AFTER the train wreck has been making the best of a shitty situation. All the uproar should be directed to what CAUSED the wreck, and that needs to go towards Norfolk Southern. There was almost certainly a "hot box" where one of the massive wheel bearings takes a dump, and the axle in the center of the well heats up so the cherry red glow is easy to see as the train goes by. Every few miles NF has infrared detectors that scan both sides of the train as it goes by. Somebody on that train and/or in their operations center had their head buried 4' up their ass. The investigation will reveal that, and NF will end up paying out millions in fines and law suits. The company will have to clean up the well water in the unlikely event it gets contaminated, or pay for a new well field. If individual wells get contaminated, the same holds true.
So, again, EPA sets its arbitrary and overly strict regulations in a way that ignores cost/benefit, causing billions in unnecessary spending, but they are not the villain in the East Palestine incident. Indeed in all likelihood, EPA will probably pay a critical role in making Norfolk Southern pay for sloppy operations and criminal negligence.
IMHO it does not behoove conservatives to say follow the science in one situation, then ignore the science in others. Senator Vance is a skilled writer, but his grandstanding on this was purely political and ignored the science.
Thanks for that write up. We have seen a bunch of derailments recently. All with hazardous material. At a certain point I don't buy human error anymore.
And I realize overall we have probably 3 derailments a day. Are we overly perceptive to them right now? Or are we getting some help? I know some indigenous persons protestors and environmental wacko groups like derailments as a protest event.
Thank you Dennis for sharing facts with us. I did not know all their water came from wells; not one mention of that I have seen from journalists. They just keep showing that small little dirty creek.
My small town in Kansas gets all our water from the ogallala aquifer. Most folks probably don't know much about ground water. It is a shame the news media doesn't educate them.
The mass media is no longer desiring education, only indoctrination. Even many conservative media do the same thing: present only their side with any accuracy, then pillory any other views.
Last I knew about 10 years ago the Ogallala Aquifer was falling at a dangerous rate because of over use. It covers a HUGE territory and supplies lord knows how many people. Do you know if that has changed?
One of your best, Don. Maybe the asylum would be better run by non-inmates. Can the freak-show of America 2023 get worse? I have doubts, but time will tell.
Thanks to President Trump for opening windows, turning on lights, and convincing the Leftist maniacs to show us what they are really about.
Hey, let's not forget the first Black Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin. Instead of focusing on the readiness of our armed forces, the DOD decided to focus on Critical Race Theory and the threat of white supremacy. So far, we've had the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and recruiting figures are down - WAY down. The Navy recently decided to end physical fitness testing to avoid discharging sailors who can't pass the tests.
I wonder if they’ll have height max requirements in submarines. I don’t know but I assume there must be. Back in 1964 I was in army basic training and applied for helicopter flight school ( my God, we’re stupid when young,) but was turned down because I was too tall at 6’4 1/2. The limit was 6-4. That’s what makes me think of my comment.
You’re giving voters too much credit. You guys elected that weird women who just resigned. BTW, I love the shows on acorn tv from NZ. Never knew much about your beautiful country until we found Acorn. One of the benefits of “cutting the cord” and getting rid of cable and the networks.
We also got rid of her too. Not only that, but there is a good chance that her Party, Labour, will be unelectable and in the wilderness for the next decade.
Stupid decisions, bullying governments, cabinet incompetence all lose elections.
Yes, I give credit to voters to recognise their best interests.
The old joke about democracy used to be that once the people discovered that they could vote themselves benefits they would all become beneficiaries.
That is sort of true.
However history has also shown that in time the voters realise that socialism breeds incompetence in government, and they vote in the Thatchers, Reagan’s, and in NZ Roger Douglas, to sort the mess out.
Why?
Because once again the average voter recognises that an incompetent government devalues the worth of any possible benefits. And so the cycle of government continues.
When Xiden has a staff meeting, he is the smartest person in the room. Of course, if there is a bowl of fruit present, he drops to tenth or so depending on how many grapes are in the bowl.
Outstanding. This could have also been titled “Ship of Fools”.
Besides the dummkopfs highlighted here, let’s not forget about the remarkable Rachel Levine, Asst. Secretary of HHS - first trans confirmed by the senate, first trans admiral, first trans four-star any officer and chief groomer of the federal government. Ooooops. I forgot. I can’t criticize Admiral Levine. Xhe earned those stripes. Yeah. Let’s name our next battle axe, I mean battle ship after xym.
The USS Richard Levine?
USS Dick Levine iykwimaityd
More like Limp Dick Levine
Yes. Now there’s a poll
More like ship of tools. They are all manipulated by the Devos gang with the possible exception of Horizontal Harris who may be too dang dumb to control.
Don, I've always enjoyed your ability to use humor to make a point, and this post is outstanding. I also think I'm seeing a sharper, more acerbic wit coming through since you have moved to Substack, and I really appreciate and enjoy it. Keep up the fantastic work.
Very much agree with this.
Equity hires will one day get hundreds of people killed because of recent employment changes at the airlines/ FAA. A unknown many have been or will be maimed or killed because of medical school admissions. Yet the effect of equity appointments at the DoD and SCOTUS may eventually kill us all. As the Gas Station sticker says: Joe Biden did that....however it should say China did that.
Bill Clinton with the odious "don't ask" policy. Earlier generations often knew what they were about in keeping sexual degenerates away from places where they could do harm, the obvious grievous exception of course being the priesthood
The Catholic church made the mistake of believing that if a priest were celibate, being a pervert wouldn't matter. They did that because few men were going into the priesthood in the 60's.
Instead of learning from that mistake, other denominations decided to accept the abominations because two income childless couples mean more money in the offering.
GOD calls homosexuality an abomination. I can't argue with GOD, this is his creation. If you don't like it, move to another universe.
Without Joe, China would not be able to do so much. MAGA no matter who we elect. Hold our politicians' noses to the grindstone! Don't care which party.
Brilliant! I laugh but then I cry.
My dad used to say “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I’ll do both”.
"Biden's appointments show..."
It isn't an option, but I would add that rank incompetence is no respecter of persons, gender, ethnicity, or ideology.
I think rank incompetence is the first qualifier. Then they start checking the boxes.
Don, I've been a commenter on your blogs long enough you know I am no defender of the EPA, or any other federal agency. However, you also know my background as a drinking water professional, and I have to point out that some of the current criticism of EPA is underserved. East Palestine gets its DRINKING WATER from deep wells. Potential contamination of the groundwater aquifer would take months, if not years to percolate down to that depth. I am confident EPA's declaration that the city drinking water is safe is valid. Why? Because after a 40 year career of dealing with them, I know what their primary motive in all things is, and that is to avoid class action law suits by enviro-whacko groups and the public at large at all cost.
IMHO the decision to burn the vinyl chloride was the best one that could be made in a no-win situation. Vinyl chloride is EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE and is shipped as a colorless and odorless gas. There was NO practical way to recover it, and parts of the train were already on fire. Burning the stuff was the quickest way to dispose of it and prevent a catastrophic massive explosion. I will bet dollars to doughnuts (although w inflation what it is maybe it should be $10/doughnut) the state and local emergency management people concurred.
As for Senator Vance's creek pollution, we have seen in past spills that the ecosystems affected recover in a relatively short time. Remember the uproar over the wildlife after the Exon Valdez spill? Less than a year later the local environment had totally recovered. As for pollution of the Ohio River it will be diluted as to be barely detectable, and the drinking water supplies that pull from the river have already done jar testing and proven they will be able to easily remove it in their standard treatment trains.
So, IMHO the the handling of the incident AFTER the train wreck has been making the best of a shitty situation. All the uproar should be directed to what CAUSED the wreck, and that needs to go towards Norfolk Southern. There was almost certainly a "hot box" where one of the massive wheel bearings takes a dump, and the axle in the center of the well heats up so the cherry red glow is easy to see as the train goes by. Every few miles NF has infrared detectors that scan both sides of the train as it goes by. Somebody on that train and/or in their operations center had their head buried 4' up their ass. The investigation will reveal that, and NF will end up paying out millions in fines and law suits. The company will have to clean up the well water in the unlikely event it gets contaminated, or pay for a new well field. If individual wells get contaminated, the same holds true.
So, again, EPA sets its arbitrary and overly strict regulations in a way that ignores cost/benefit, causing billions in unnecessary spending, but they are not the villain in the East Palestine incident. Indeed in all likelihood, EPA will probably pay a critical role in making Norfolk Southern pay for sloppy operations and criminal negligence.
IMHO it does not behoove conservatives to say follow the science in one situation, then ignore the science in others. Senator Vance is a skilled writer, but his grandstanding on this was purely political and ignored the science.
Thanks for that write up. We have seen a bunch of derailments recently. All with hazardous material. At a certain point I don't buy human error anymore.
And I realize overall we have probably 3 derailments a day. Are we overly perceptive to them right now? Or are we getting some help? I know some indigenous persons protestors and environmental wacko groups like derailments as a protest event.
Thank you Dennis for sharing facts with us. I did not know all their water came from wells; not one mention of that I have seen from journalists. They just keep showing that small little dirty creek.
My small town in Kansas gets all our water from the ogallala aquifer. Most folks probably don't know much about ground water. It is a shame the news media doesn't educate them.
The mass media is no longer desiring education, only indoctrination. Even many conservative media do the same thing: present only their side with any accuracy, then pillory any other views.
Last I knew about 10 years ago the Ogallala Aquifer was falling at a dangerous rate because of over use. It covers a HUGE territory and supplies lord knows how many people. Do you know if that has changed?
No it hasn't. They are 'working on solutions' but it is difficult because the aquifer covers about ten states, all with different ideas.
The aquifer covers 174,000 sq. mi. in eight states.
Don, you forgot the Panty Raider of the Lost Luggage, Sam Brinton
One of your best, Don. Maybe the asylum would be better run by non-inmates. Can the freak-show of America 2023 get worse? I have doubts, but time will tell.
Thanks to President Trump for opening windows, turning on lights, and convincing the Leftist maniacs to show us what they are really about.
Hey, let's not forget the first Black Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin. Instead of focusing on the readiness of our armed forces, the DOD decided to focus on Critical Race Theory and the threat of white supremacy. So far, we've had the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and recruiting figures are down - WAY down. The Navy recently decided to end physical fitness testing to avoid discharging sailors who can't pass the tests.
As an ex-Navy guy and the son of a Navy guy, I say a pox on all these fools.
I wonder if they’ll have height max requirements in submarines. I don’t know but I assume there must be. Back in 1964 I was in army basic training and applied for helicopter flight school ( my God, we’re stupid when young,) but was turned down because I was too tall at 6’4 1/2. The limit was 6-4. That’s what makes me think of my comment.
"But once again, I cannot criticize this asshole because..." Call it like it is. Like Trump and the majority of Americans.
This is not the time to go into details but we have the same issues here in NZ.
It is a world wide phenomenon. Incompetence promoted is a government thing.
Generally private enterprise cannot afford virtue signalling and tend to reward competence.
We have however joked for years about “get woke, go broke”.
My hope is that in years to come we will see a similar dynamic come into play for governments.
“Appoint incompetents, lose elections “.
You’re giving voters too much credit. You guys elected that weird women who just resigned. BTW, I love the shows on acorn tv from NZ. Never knew much about your beautiful country until we found Acorn. One of the benefits of “cutting the cord” and getting rid of cable and the networks.
We also got rid of her too. Not only that, but there is a good chance that her Party, Labour, will be unelectable and in the wilderness for the next decade.
Stupid decisions, bullying governments, cabinet incompetence all lose elections.
Yes, I give credit to voters to recognise their best interests.
The old joke about democracy used to be that once the people discovered that they could vote themselves benefits they would all become beneficiaries.
That is sort of true.
However history has also shown that in time the voters realise that socialism breeds incompetence in government, and they vote in the Thatchers, Reagan’s, and in NZ Roger Douglas, to sort the mess out.
Why?
Because once again the average voter recognises that an incompetent government devalues the worth of any possible benefits. And so the cycle of government continues.
It's not a joke; it's a quote from the eighteenth century. Alexis deToqueville.
When Xiden has a staff meeting, he is the smartest person in the room. Of course, if there is a bowl of fruit present, he drops to tenth or so depending on how many grapes are in the bowl.
I despise the word "diversity", or at least how it is used.
Poor word never had a chance once the Leftists got a hold of it...
“… but Secretary of the Vault Stuffed with IOUs does not sound as cool as Secretary of the Treasury, so we never changed the title.”
Again, GENIUS.
Oy Vay!
That poll was way too easy. Come on, man. Challenge us!
It is a Totally Scientific Poll
Are you anti-science?
I love science