Kyle

That's why I don't think it's fair to say America is "anti-rail." It may be the America is anti wasting more tax dollars on unnecessary boondoggles ... that does not even consider the ridiculous capital needed for startup - buying the land alone likely could not be covered by a private investment ... much less capital to build the infrastructure. One can still love trains and not be "anti-rail" but still understand it is a foolish decision.

I'm too lazy to look and have to get the kid to baseball ... does anyone know if any of the European rail systems break even? I know that no mass transit system in the U.S. does, but does any one in Europe?

Yes, I realize I was being hyperbolic.

Fundamentally, trains' efficiency declines while airplanes' efficiency increases. In a large country like the U.S., planes just make more sense. I love taking European trains - even the Italian rail is cool ... but Europe is the size of Texas.

Need to just skip trains and go to the tube that can get you from Dallas to Austin in 20 minutes. http://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/04-07-17-texas-hyperloop-one-system-high-speed-travel-austin/

Is it cool having your mom run for president? Being first kid would be cool.

I do not think there is an anti-rail attitude as much as it is an anti-boondoggle attitude. Just not efficient.

Again, I love trains. But it does not take a genius to do the math in one's head to realize this is not only not viable but literally impossible. Honestly, I question the mental acuity or sanity of anyone who actually thinks this is possible with private money. I mean, a first year McCombs student can build the NPV model that shows this is not happening. They'll raise money, they'll spend it on consulting, and they might bulldoze a few trees. But it is never happening unless the government funds it.

I love trains. There is zero chance this boondoggle gets built. The state will bail out the "investors," and now one will speak of it again.

If there is any doubt Bernie Bros completely infiltrated and destroyed the Shag ... eight pages on the "royals" that are not Lourde or Kate nudes.

Why? The community college catalog and Mary Sue and Stormjanitor were the definition of forced and unneeded.

Bless your heart - I think www.match.com still offers a free trial. Get some old pics, try to find some personality, and give it a shot. Projection is so 2000s. The problem with Kylo is they modeled him after a Bernie Bro - an emasculated, angry pussy than bullies people but completely lacks substance.

Agreed. The directors did a great job of teeing up with "FBI" side of Gloria's story and then given us her personal POV. Her and the airline goombah really showed how Colombo really screwed the "winners." I sort of think Mrs. Colombo is the worst person in the show. I mean at least Jerry "has a code" and sticks to it ... that wanker not only sets up her friends but also wants both sides ... the money, the materialism, etc., but loses her mind when her husband opens a fake nudie bar? I mean she destroyed her dad and good friend and seems to have zero remorse.

I was super-stoked after E1, but then E2 seemed to get to the point really quickly - maybe there is a twist or they'll spend a bunch of time on the how, but it seems like they pretty much came to the end - mafia Joe and his buddy Joe did.

I am a Great War nerd, and I really liked it. I thought visually it was a great depiction. It would have loved for them to have tried to replicate a artillery barrage, but I'm not sure that's possible. Plot wise, the things that I thought were kind of wacky were the German pilot and the sniper. There was so much war fatigue by 1917, particularly in France and Germany, I kind of suspect the pilot would have been grateful they saved him and shared a drink, and the sniper probably would just chill until he could re-unite with his division. But whatever - I'll take almost any WW1 movie.

I saw the movie over the break, and I left happy and entertained and appreciated the fact that it was more of a love letter to fans than some P.C. crap. For good or bad, I thought the Palpatine connection helped put Rey's Mary Sue in the first movies in context. The Stormjanitor remained a complete waste of space, Poe needed more screen time, dead Carrier Fisher is weird. And I loved how much the absence of terrible Tico annoys the PC crowd. Also agree with the myriad stupid plot holes outlined here ad nauseam - from the quick sand to the space horses, a bunch of crap did not make sense or too easy. Whatever though, I enjoyed it, and it tied a bow around the series. And the end of they day, Star Wars always has been a space western - a space spaghetti western. It lived up to that billing much better than TFA and TLJ.

That would get him statutory - not worth the risk no matter how much your cock resembles my pinky.

This is basically a proxy for the people who think the world is flat. No matter what science presents them, they are going to hold on to their cray cray ... to much invested in Russian hackers to let it go. They're like Geraldo opening Al Capone's vault - no matter how much dirt and broken glass is shown on live TV, they're convinced there was gold behind those bricks.

No browns. She's clearly racist and part of the problem. I think the guy in the right photo is Indian, and we only count them as minorities when it is self-serving because they do so well on tests and economically they fuck up our outrage.

Only if he/she/it was a tranny or gay ... or Muslim.

You're just literally a fucking retard that cannot think for herself.

You retards really craft some convincing arguments. No wonder you dumbfucks fall for fake news.

Okay, fair enough. But what would be your alternative proposal to deal with the issue. I'm genuinely not connecting the dots between what I perceive to be your opposition of detaining illegal immigrants but also opposition to open borders. It is a genuine challenge because the nation must: 1) not let them in at all; 2) let them in and detain; 3) just let them in and not detain. Right? Maybe there is a better alternative than those, but I do not know what it is. To me, if you're going to let them in, why not take them to places that are supportive and have robust social services to care for them. That is much more decent and humane than the alternative, right?

The entire pro-illegal immigration position is exactly that: using human beings as political pawns. I am seeking to understand. If one if for illegal immigration, why not place the illegal immigrants in cities that are more supportive of illegal immigration? If I was an illegal immigrant, I would prefer to go to a place where I would not worry about being detained and receive the maximum benefits. Yet, some have problems with that. I am an trying to understand why. No one seems to know why anyone would be against it other than the tribal talking points. It just seems really odd that anyone would oppose this, but I guess that's the whole basis for being a limousine liberal - all for illegal immigration as long as I don't have to be around the brown people. But please, keep making this thread about me. I'm flattered, but ad homs and straw men make me roll my eyes but not like I lose sleep over some online nutjob calling me a name. I'm totally open to being wrong, but none of the posters so far seem to really be able to formluate a rational position, just tribal silliness. I'm just surprised it's so hard to make a counter-argument. Everyone seems so convinced I'm [insert whatever ad hom you want] yet no one seems to be able to support that assertion. That's what was IMHO genius about the move - it totally exposed the racism and hypocrisy.

So here is a simple challenge. Usually, an assertion is backed up by evidence. So, if I misread the article or am incorrect, point it out. I am 100% open to being incorrect. The article is pretty clear. If I misread it, instead going tribal formulate a counter argument. It's like freshman debate - can anyone make a point or just ad hom? Why waste your time posting - spend that time formulating a thought. Otherwise you just feed the point that the Left is all emotion and no logic.