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So after the last derailment I was watching some YT channel and they said that the railway company brought 3rd party lab to test the water and my immediate thought was “why would you trust a company paid by the culprit to asses the damage?” I mean it’s USA, of course it’s corrupt. Week later they were talking about this big company that bought all the labs and is now making tons of money by always getting results favourable to the corporations ordering tests.

The most amazing part of all this is that the American channel didn’t pick up on this at first and all the people drinking contaminated water trusted the results. The entire country was taken over long time ago and they still didn’t realize it. Insane.

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CVX?

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Alright, McConnell, ball’s in your court, fuckface!

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Speaking of balls, doesn’t his neck look like a scrotum?

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If it’s mummified, sure

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And what are the twats in power going to do about the hundreds of “minor derailments” every day.

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Nothing. They got elected to do nothing.

The real question is, what is their constituency going to do next election cycle?

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Blame Biden and vote R down the ticket.

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No.

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Almost like you get what you vote for.

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They are getting a whiff of the armageddon they voted for.

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I know the history. Both parties are pro business though so I’m struggling, in this case, to see how any Republican would have handled it differently.

I don’t see where my choice comes into it in this case.

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Trump removed all sorts of regulations for railroads.

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And Biden fixed all that?

My point is neither have the incentive to do so because both are pro business.

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You might be focusing on the reaction rather than precautions.

We don’t know what caused this derailment, but I’d wager it’s some corner being cut so business owners can make just a little bit 🤏 more profit.

You know, based on history.

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Oh that’s interesting. I didn’t know that either Republicans or Democrats improved regulation in such a way that might prevent this kind of accident. Not sarcastic

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