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15 yrs, $BILLIONS, not a mile of track & running out of money - what am I? Good morning. I have been thinking lately about some things that are wonky according to this definition: liable to break down or develop a fault Well, okay, also this one: Mentally unbalanced; crazy. I do not intend to insult all wonks, as a class, with the definitions above. But some wonks are definitely involved in these kinds of wonky projects. Infrastructure Take a look at the photo above. The section of construction shown has looked pretty much like that for months. Last week, in this space, we talked about the California High Speed Rail people deciding to go ahead and build the rail line through a flood plain even though parts of it had sunk up to 24 feet. A construction site, along with big vehicles and other equipment, flooded in March. But as noted in the piece linked above, that is only the beginning of the problems with this project. The photo shows a section of construction in Fresno that stayed above the floods in March. But where is the progress? I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said - - "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . A problem plaguing infrastructure projects in general is environmental regulations: And there are other factors driving up costs in the USA. More than billion dollars per km for subway track in NYC (vs. 250 million elsewhere in the world)? The Downfall of Scientific American Wesley Yang: What's the inside story of how Scientific American became a vector of mindless social justice copypasta? High school trans activists are using the magazine to "prove" that human sexuality is not binary. Unclear to me why the editor of Scientific American posted an article about sparrows to claim they have four sexes. Colin Wright:
The sparrow article is just the latest. There have been other strange pieces declaring with inapplicable (usually animal, plant or microbial) evidence that human sexuality is not binary. El Salvador vs. NYC
CAREFUL He's a commie so I'm probably giving him too much credit OTOH
Reparations There has been A LOT of talk about reparations since Gavin Newsom and the California Assembly established the nation's first Reparations Task Force (whose recommendations Newsom rejected). I think that the most hopeful proposal by a citizen was for $200,000,000 per individual, plus incidental benefits. This is a bit awkward for Newsom: Recently, a witness at one of California's reparations hearings demanded "where's the money?"
San Francisco set up an independent task force (Advisory Committee). Which may have given a resident of Florida the idea that it was appropriate to demand reparations from his city. Three million dollars per person:
Nellie Bowles commenting on a story from NPR: $14 trillion reparations bill: A group of prominent Democrats are calling for $14 trillion to be paid as reparations to the descendants of slaves. The bill was introduced by Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, who said: "The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people." I'm on board with reparations. At least, I think it'd be better to do a big reparations shebang--cut checks and call it a day--than the strange sort of slow-drip reparations plans we see in liberal institutions. Like, yes, $14 trillion is a lot of money. But if the alternative is Robin DiAngelo trainings till the end of time and making the MCAT illegal and allowing people to self-ID as doctors because that's more equitable, then $14 trillion is a bargain. So, what do you think? Slavery Continues: Pregnant white woman tries to steal a bike from 4-5 young black men. Wilfred X. Reilly, waiting for his reparations: Their take is that you have a moral duty to be victimized.
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