How do we know this accident had anything to do with budget?

What makes you think that only republicans are at fault?

> After 9/11, for *months*, the pilots' union was saying that for trips under 300-400 mi, the train was very much the better option. Republicans, who are willing to spend tons of public money on airports, and to a lesser extent, roads, have *consistently* underfunded Amtrak.

1) Isn't Amtrak a private company? If so, you can hardly compare money spent for roads, or even airports, with money spent to subsidize Amtrak.

2) Why do you only blame republicans?

3) Do we know that this has anything to do with funding? Maybe it was operator error?

My understanding is that this accident has nothing to do with infrastructure.

But you certainly would not know that by listening to the media coverage of the accident.

Difference is: Catholics raping boys is not tolerated by wider society. In Muslim countries, like Saudi, "marrying" girls, as young as nine years old, is perfectly normal, and legal.

After all, Mohammad, the perfect example for all Muslim men, consummated his marriage to nine year old Aisha when she was nine years old.

We all know the situation is bullshit. So we bitch, and send each other links to articles. As if that will fix the problem.

Situation-1:

Manager: you're fired. Train your H1B replacement before you go, or you get no severance.
IT Worker: guess I have no choice.

Situation-2:

Manager: you're fired. Train your H1B replacement before you go, or you get no severance.
Entire IT staff: you try to pull that bullshit, and we all walk out right this minute!
Manager: okay, you win.

When I was around 9 years old, listening to the Beatles, I noticed that people only liked to listen to music from their era. I promised myself to keep up and to learn to appreciate new music trends - not like my foggy 30 year old parents who cursed rock-n-roll.

But I could never appreciate rap, or Madonna.

Except nobody said that. If you actually paid attention you might learn something.

They are trying to create bees that are more resistant to the neonics, and mites. I don't know about the super size and all.

You must hate living them. Bees pollinate crops. They are vitally important.

> It's not proven that any particular pesticide or agro-chemical is to blame.

The evidence is pretty damning. Neonics do not directly kill, they affect the nervous system so the insects can take care of themselves. Many bees leave the hive, and cannot find the way back. That is exactly the way neonics would work.

> The fact that urban bees are thiving

Because they are pollinating crops that are contaminated with neonics.

Yes, it can be considerable trouble to change to a new email address.

I have dozens of web accounts, for which I use my yahoo address. It would be a huge PITA to have to change everything. And besides, what would I gain?

If you have an aol address, it probably means that you have been online longer than most, and have no compelling reason to go though the considerable trouble changing your email address.

How does that make you "stuck in the 1990s?" Does an aol address force you use Windows-95?

Android may be based on Linux, but it is not Linux. Android is rarely used as a desktop, or server. As such, Android is irrelevant to the desktop, or server, market.

Once everybody is dependent on systemd, Red Hat will change things.

Yeah, systemd is open, just like OOXML is "open" - again, right out of Microsoft's playbook.