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Last Monday afternoon, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at San Antonio International Airport (SAT) found an anti-tank rifle in checked luggage. The rifle, described to be an 84mm calibre weapon, resembled a Carl Gustaf 84mm...
by OK Dodo
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on Tue Jan 17, 2023 at 04:42 PM PST
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Last Monday, a man in Florida failed in his attempt to sneak a firearm past TSA security at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The passenger, who was en route to Port-au-Prince, had his plastic-wrapped gun stuffed inside a baking...
by OK Dodo
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on Sat Nov 12, 2022 at 01:20 PM PST
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I want to avoid as much as possible wasting rare elements [e.g. making batteries]. How to produce electricity? Wind power Hydroelectric Solar panels Solar turbines Wave and tidal power How to store excess electricity? As hydrogen from electrolysis of...
by LaFeminista
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on Sun Sep 12, 2021 at 09:40 PM PDT
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In 2016, the government proposed safety regulations that would require large transport vehicles, like new heavy trucks, to have speed limiting software. As CNBC explains, this came after yet another tragic accident involving a transport vehicle and...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Feb 26, 2018 at 10:16 AM PST
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Forty years ago great swathes of eastern London were derelict. The docks on which the area’s economy was based were closed, killed off by the container ships that could not reach so far up the Thames.
Today the area is thriving. A forest of high...
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Fri Sep 01, 2017 at 01:08 PM PDT
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What remains certain is that Reconstruction failed, and that for blacks its failure was a disaster whose magnitude cannot be obscured by the genuine accomplishments that did endure.
- Eric Foner
The libertarian warlordism nationally rampant...
by annieli
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on Sun Apr 24, 2016 at 03:01 PM PDT
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Joe Romm of Think Progress reports A New Wind Turbine Generates Back The Energy It Takes To Build It In Just 6 Months, based on a study just published by The European Photovoltaic Industry ...
by HoundDog
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on Sat Jun 28, 2014 at 08:14 PM PDT
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At the beginning of last month, Paul Druce of "Reason & Rail" discussed the possible impact of the pending upgrade of the Amtrak Acela route in Acela II is the path towards Amtrak operational self-...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Mar 02, 2014 at 06:05 PM PST
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The Southeast HSR corridor can be divided between the "real" SEHSR corridor, where there is actual, ongoing work on improving the speed and, even more critically, the capacity of the corridor in ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Feb 23, 2014 at 06:00 PM PST
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I'm flat out, finishing one and working on another of my two biggest projects for the end of the year ~ the one that I'm finishing has a drop dead deadline of Monday, but I'm hoping to finish it and ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Dec 15, 2013 at 06:36 PM PST
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Last Sunday Morning, the 5:45am from Poughkeepsie was running through the Bronx with 100-150 passengers aboard, when it sped through a 30mph speed limit curve at 82mph , derailed, over-turning four ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Dec 08, 2013 at 06:00 PM PST
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In covering the upcoming vote on the planned North Metro Rail line in Denver, the Denver Post writes : People and circumstances over the years have tried to change the gritty image of Commerce City. ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Dec 01, 2013 at 06:00 PM PST
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The Salt Lake Tribune adopts the familiar mode-warrior framing in comparing rail and upgraded buses, typically called "BRT" for "Bus Rapid Transit": The Utah Transit Authority figures the many new ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 06:00 PM PST
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I've posed a question in the title of this week's Sunday Train that I have no intention of answering myself.
The first thing you may have noted is that the title presumes a "Great 2017 Policy Unlock"
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Nov 10, 2013 at 06:00 PM PST
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The Midwest HSR Association has long been a Chicago-Centric organization, which is fitting because for many of the urban areas in the nine states that are members of the "Midwest Regional Rail ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Nov 03, 2013 at 06:00 PM PST
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The Steel Interstate is a proposal to pursue dramatic gains in the energy efficiency of long haul freight transport in the United States, resulting in:
Substantial reductions in Petroleum Imports; ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Oct 27, 2013 at 06:00 PM PDT
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This is a repeat of a Sunday Train that originally ran on 24 January 2010
Note that the statement is abbreviated for the title. The full statement is, a common carrier like a train, bus, or plane ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Oct 20, 2013 at 05:00 PM PDT
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About a week ago, the following story caught my eye: For the first time on record, bicycles have outsold cars in Spain.
Higher taxes on fuel and on new cars have prompted cash-strapped Spaniards ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Oct 13, 2013 at 06:08 PM PDT
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Sacramento Kings fans rejoice! The California State Legislature has passed and Governor Brown has signed a ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Oct 06, 2013 at 06:00 PM PDT
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cross-posted from Voices on the Square
Last week, I considered the concept of Pedal to ...
by BruceMcF
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on Sun Sep 22, 2013 at 06:00 PM PDT
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