I really doubt the transcript matches the call. Not necessarily that they left anything relevant out, but Trump is never that coherent when he speaks, so I’m sure they’ve at least cleaned it up.

There’s no reason (aside from the Senate) that Amtrak has to subsidize those long money losing cross country routes. They could, and should focus on the denser urban corridors where rail transport can be a better alternative to flying.

Legally Amtrak has priority even on the lines they don’t own, but there’s a catch, they only have priority if they are running on schedule. As soon as they fall behind, the freight lines are allowed to make them wait. Given that you’d think staying on schedule would be a high priority for Amtrak, but apparently not.

This is replica right? Somewhat amazing that they built this in the first place, and then someone thought it was something they should make another of...

The problem really comes down to the fact that aside from rules protecting star players (roughing the passer, horse-collar tackle, etc.), everyone knows that the NFL doesn’t have the will to keep enforcing rules that teams systematically break. Given the choice between not enforcing the rules, or throwing a bunch of…

Until China’s rise Japan was often just a sport or two below the US in terms of military spending (granted it was a long way down from #1). But they main thing is that 1% of GDP on defense is still a lot when you are the world’s third (previously second) largest economy.

Japan’s carriers are no doubt cheaper, but I feel like you could move a lot of dirt for the $10B or so a Ford class carrier costs.

Not going to police makes sense from his point of view simply because in a big-time college football program, everything goes through the coach/AD and embarrassing the program by going directly to the police instead of letting higher ups handle it could well have jeopardized his career. That’s obviously not a great…

Aren’t many airworthy ones left. I wonder if anyone would care if we cheated and used a DC-9 instead.

I’m happy to have Trump on his wall, as long as he picks a part that has the spikes he requested.

So this seems good for the UK, but I am a bit freaked out by her spider:

Given that they barely won the referendum while promising that they could have all the benefits of being in the EU without any of the responsibilities, and things have gone poorly since, I think it’s extremely unlikely that 50% of the population would support Brexit, deal be damned.

I’m pretty sure you can trust Warren here. The wealth tax is core to pretty much every one of her proposals.

Average stock market return is about 10%, though 8% is a decent figure if you are taking into account inflation.

It claims it can drive two 4K displays at 60Hz. The reviews paint a picture of a pretty unreliable device though.

It claims it can drive two 4K displays at 60Hz. The reviews paint a picture of a pretty unreliable device though.

Normally when someone tells me I won’t unsee something regarding a football player’s leg, I’m expecting an extra knee or backwards foot or something.

But what about this device your pals at Gizmodo covered: Strap This Wind Turbine To Your Electric Car And You Can Drive Forever

I commented about this on the article last night, but yeah, I really don’t understand the logic that says my kicker is struggling, so let’s not only move him back, but move him back to the spot where he had problems.

I still can’t get over on the fact that TB backed their kicker up 7 yards. Yeah he should make it at that distance, but don’t make you kicker’s job harder, especially when he has already missed two PATs. Maybe losing two yards to center it is worth it, but you could do that without taking the delay of game penalty.…

What have the Saudis ever done for us? This is entirely a one way relationship. Tell me what the Saudis did for us after 9/11? During the second Iraq War, they kicked us out of bases (that we built) in the Kingdom. They do not act as our allies, so we certainly shouldn’t act as theirs.