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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/14/why_its_probably_better_to_throw_plastic_in_the_trash_152089.html

Patrick says

Yes, that's a good map site. Looks to me like California could run two high-speed rail lines that at least break even. One from SF through San Jose down to LA toward the coast, and the other from Oakland through the Central Valley towns to LA.

What if we solved the air travel security problems/hassles so that you get to the airport 1/2 hour before your flight instead of wasting 2 hours. You might find that the cost of air travel on some of these standard routs is cheaper than that of a train with the huge up-front infrastructure costs and also some running costs.

SunnyvaleCA says

What if we solved the air travel security problems/hassles so that you get to the airport 1/2 hour before your flight instead of wasting 2 hours. You might find that the cost of air travel on some of these standard routs is cheaper than that of a train with the huge up-front infrastructure costs and also some running costs.

TSA Pre. I only get there two hours before for a drink(s). 30 minutes tops if I wanted to cut it close to boarding or sleep in a little longer for a morning flight. Traffic is a bigger concern than security when I travel.

SunnyvaleCA says

California could run two high-speed rail lines that at least break even

Not really. The cost isn't just the ticket but also time. And since this train will be making many stops along the way..

Why marriage is a shitty deal today:

One of the thing that would help fix marriage would be making it just as painful for the woman. Alimony and child support should be based on a fixed amount based on average mans income in the US. Women should know that getting married is going to financially suck if they get a divorce. If a man or woman wants to pay more out of kindness that's on them not the courts.

RC2006 says

One of the thing that would help fix marriage would be making it just as painful for the woman.

It is if she is the higher earner. My wife's cousin is an actress that was a regular on a daytime soap, a guest star on "CSI" and did some movie roles. She had a short marriage to a lower income guy who took her to the cleaners in the divorce.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

And since this train will be making many stops along the way..

Bingo. Why HSR will never work in the states. Maybe the northeast. Everyone will want a stop. We can make trains go fast, probably faster than other countries, we can't stop politicians that want stops in their district/town. We got to 120mph, shit we gotta stop in 3 minutes.

It would have to be end to end with no stops. Sharing tracks with freight doesn't work either. It really is a non-starter in the US. There are and will be regional lines, but 250mph trains ain't coming any time soon.

HeadSet says

RC2006 says

One of the thing that would help fix marriage would be making it just as painful for the woman.

It is if she is the higher earner. My wife's cousin is an actress that was a regular on a daytime soap, a guest star on "CSI" and did some movie roles. She had a short marriage to a lower income guy who took her to the cleaners in the divorce.

See my last sentence, "If a man or woman wants to pay more out of kindness that's on them not the courts."
Divorce is driven, profited, and taken advantage of mostly by women.

RC2006 says

Divorce is driven, profited, and taken advantage of mostly by women.

Agree.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Meth or crack? The left photo isn't attractive either. No serious athletic person I know wears makeup running or doing whatever. Was covering it up early. Hot chicks don't wear makeup except at events.

WookieMan says

Meth

Meth. Loss of front teeth are a dead giveaway.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Meth. Loss of front teeth are a dead giveaway.

Yes, not paying the dealers gets one punched.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Goddamn, fuck.

I think Trump needs to take all the convicted criminal rapefugess, load them into locked steel containers, and set them adrift out to sea, where they can roast and cannibalize each other until they die. The remainder who haven't committed crimes can just join in the mass deportation.

stereotomy says

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Goddamn, fuck.

I think Trump needs to take all the convicted criminal rapefugess, load them into locked steel containers, and set them adrift out to sea, where they can roast and cannibalize each other until they die. The remainder who haven't committed crimes can just join in the mass deportation.

This lady has the right idea:

https://patrick.net/comment?comment_id=2128926

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Ouch... 5'2"? If JD runs he'd be a god damn midget next to him. Even Desantis would tower over him. Sorry, short men are angry. He's Jewish if I recall (Shapiro... lol). So he loses a ton of votes right there. Loses women votes because he physically looks weak. Loses all muslims. 10% deficit out the gate unless he's that charismatic.

Dems have no one currently. They're going to go for a woman of color is my prediction. This is an extremely precise prediction. Lauren Underwood, IL as the Female Barack Obama. I don't think she has the foreign policy balls, but I think she'd do well domestically. Her current staff are solid people. Biased because I've met her multiple times, but she's got Michelle Obama attitude without the dick. It could win and she'd be 42. Old enough and she hustles.

I wouldn't vote for her, but don't be surprised if you hear the name in 2026-27. In heels she probably pushes just under 6' but doesn't look like a gorilla. Shitty black hair, but that's common. If I was a Dem strategist she's top 10 on the radar. Mostly rural purple IL district, so from what I know she's not extreme left.

One surprising thing about my nephew's's Stanford 'elite' 'children of the Gods' friends was how lawn ornament short many of them are. One had to wonder if there was some kind of karma regression there.

Shrubbie Bush also had a rep for sucking his fellow student's cocks at Yale. How Skull & Bones & Monarch Scherf of him.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

SunnyvaleCA says

California could run two high-speed rail lines that at least break even

Not really. The cost isn't just the ticket but also time. And since this train will be making many stops along the way..

Weird, I never wrote that. I text-searched this entire thread. Plus, I don't think any high-speed train could be profitable in California.

SunnyvaleCA says

Weird, I never wrote that. I text-searched this entire thread. Plus, I don't think any high-speed train could be profitable in California.

You 'posted' it. https://patrick.net/post/1379958?start=70#comment-2126095

stereotomy says

I think Trump needs to take all the convicted criminal rapefugess, load them into locked steel containers, and set them adrift out to sea, where they can roast and cannibalize each other until they die. The remainder who haven't committed crimes can just join in the mass deportation.

Anyone invading the US should be met with heavy machine gun fire.

I mean it. Either we have a border or we don't.