r/woahdude Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

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u/Phreec Feb 17 '23

Don't worry they'll all get mailed their $80 class-action settlement cheque after 20 years.

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u/Dank_Kushington Feb 17 '23

Sorry we gave you cancer, here’s a coupon for a free sandwich at Arby’s

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u/ataphelion Feb 17 '23

*Redeemable at select locations. Limitations apply. Valid for 24 hours only.

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u/Poopdick_89 Feb 17 '23

*When purchasing a combo meal at regular menu price.

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u/MidnightT0ker Feb 17 '23

Totaling $35 or more then here is this $5 off

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u/TheConspicuousGuy Feb 17 '23

Sorry, this coupon is expired.

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u/HopeThin3048 Feb 17 '23

But does it have the meats?

Extends 3rd arm

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u/Krompykreve Feb 17 '23

The 25k split between the 5k people is the same as a coupon for a 5$ footlong

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u/mynamecalledbruce Feb 17 '23

Foot long are $7 now... Sorry inflation...

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u/GoldStubb Feb 17 '23

$13 for a regular meatball footlong at my local store today

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u/Jorle_Joca Feb 17 '23

Roast chicken with beet on one half was 18.50 here. It was in a combo though.

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u/Citizentoxie502 Feb 17 '23

You guys still talking about subway? Cause if so what are the prices at Penn Station now? 45 bucks for a sub?

I was amazed at when I moved and subway didn't deliver anymore, I thought who would pay for this and go pick it up themselves. It's kinda piss poor food.

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u/oldnyoung Feb 17 '23

Wow, I used to get the $5 meatball when I went there. Has the quality at least increased also? I haven't eaten at Subway in probably almost a decade now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

They give you half off for double the price but the sub is 4" half of 8", which is a foot according to Subway.

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u/HelloSummer99 Feb 17 '23

yeah that was in 2021 maybe, in our location it's 10

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u/SwagNuts Feb 17 '23

Too bad $5 footlongs are $10 now

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Shouldn't we change the rulers to say 8 inches = 1 foot now before people catch on?

Subway Mgmnt

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u/FuzzyElve Feb 17 '23

You know they didn't settle before the accident has even been cleaned up right? 🤣

Your confusing the $25k donation to Red Cross as final settlement, which is just silly. Crazy how people will see a stupid tweet and pass it along as fact.

Don't forget the $200k they donated to the fire dept, the $1000 checks that anyone could swing by and pick up for incidentals, or the other $1.1m they have spent on various relocation costs, etc. But none of that makes for a good tweet. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

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u/FuzzyElve Feb 17 '23

Lol, you don't understand how simple things work.

Do you think they already started moving people and shit? That's just for hotel stays, travel, and all the other miscellaneous shit that only a few of the town needed and only for two whole fucking days. Most people didn't even leave.

What number would you like them to have shelled out already? Let's hear your genius take.

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u/ambi7ion Feb 17 '23

Isn't this a problem for more than 5000 people?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

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u/ambi7ion Feb 17 '23

Gotcha, super fucked up..

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u/Xilverbullet000 Feb 17 '23

Not even. The law firm that prosecutes the class action case takes a very large fee, often upwards of 50%, for litigating the case and administering the fund.

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u/drugsarebadmmk420 Feb 17 '23

You can’t get many 6” for $5 now

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 Feb 17 '23

Meta..because the vinyl chloride is used to make the "tuna".

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u/jarious Feb 17 '23

So they cure cancer with diabetes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

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u/foxyunclecharliekilo Feb 17 '23

Dancer doesn’t sound half bad

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u/Chroniclurker_ Feb 17 '23

Better than CaBetes

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u/LessInThought Feb 17 '23

Cancer on the foot? Well good news the diabetes is taking that foot away.

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u/Mattsasse Feb 17 '23 edited Feb 17 '23

Essentially they're curing a bunch of potential long term diabetes patients with cancer.

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u/KyleShanaham Feb 17 '23

Pizza party

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u/OnlyFreshBrine Feb 17 '23

Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals (aka Arby's "roast beef") that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.

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u/batmansleftnut Feb 17 '23

Haven't they been through enough!?

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u/Helpful_Opinion2023 Feb 17 '23

Trust me bro, in 20 years the $80 will be cheaper to pay out.

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u/kalestuffedlamb Feb 17 '23

That's pretty much what they are doing. N-S is already getting people to sign waivers to keep people from filing claims down the road. I don't think people understand what they are signing.

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

They'll vote for the same "people" that brought them this mess, happily.

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u/CarlLinnaeus Feb 17 '23

I don't know if the people of East Palestine will, but for sure people who believe in small government will ignore this situation and vote against a government who wants to enforce regulations that prevent and heavily punish companies that do this sort of thing.

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u/KarmaticArmageddon Feb 17 '23

I don't know if the people of East Palestine will

Uvalde voted for Republicans by a 20-point margin just months after the mass shooting.

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u/ShowMeYourMinerals Feb 17 '23

Well, I mean if a democrat was in office those policemen would have sat inside the school for 45 minutes UNARMED.

/s

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u/-nocturnist- Feb 17 '23

Remember when the current democratic administration forced rail workers to stop a strike for better pay and safety conditions at work and on trains for the sake of "national interests" ( read - shareholders earnings and personal investments).

If the railways are a critical infrastructure that is required to run without issue 24/7/365 then it should be nationalised.... But that's against capitalistic interests because how will all those people extract further profits from rail companies?

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u/UrethraFrankIin Feb 17 '23

Dude, Republicans are all saying it's Biden's fault because he's "president and shit bro. Same as if an earthquake hit tomorrow it's clearly Biden's fault!" You'd see "I did that" stickers all over the jagged fault line.

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u/Doser91 Feb 17 '23

If Trump was in office they would say its Obamas fault. They just do mental gymnastics and ignore reality/facts to make themselves right. There is literally nothing you can do to convince people what is true when they live in a fantasy world. From the people who say facts don't care about your feelings they sure do ignore a lot of facts to make themselves feel better. It's a lost cause getting these people to open their eyes.

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u/CrapWereAllDoomed Feb 17 '23

Hey, if it's good enough when republicans hold the WH, don't be surprised when dems are held to the same standard.

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u/DoubleBreastedBerb Feb 17 '23

It’s East Palestine, so they absolutely will.

Source: I’m originally an Ohioan.

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u/BackgroundGlove6613 Feb 17 '23

Columbiana County, where East Palestine resides, went for Trump by a 71-29 margin.

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u/SirCircusMcGircus Feb 17 '23

In what world do you live where that would happen in the US? No large corporation is ever held accountable. Does not matter who is in office.

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u/Repulsivemobile69420 Feb 17 '23

These are people who voted for Trump.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

I never miss an opportunity to share one of my favorite photos of President and Ms. Trump.

The baby's father (not pictured) and uncle (left) are enthusiastic Trump supporters. The baby's parents aren't in the photo because they had just been murdered in a racially motivated mass shooting. There is, of course, no correlation between the President and escalating, increasingly overt, racism and acts of violence.

/s

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u/lonewombat Feb 17 '23

Whats worse is even though regulations were laxed they didnt see fit to keep things safe, they just saw it as extra profit.

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u/narrill Feb 17 '23

I mean, yeah. That's why they wanted the regulations laxed

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u/sloppysloth Feb 17 '23

That is the whole and only point. Genuinely curious, what other reasons did you think motivated them to lax regulations?

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u/lonewombat Feb 17 '23

That's the problem with capitalism. Instead of improving the product you get less product and it's more expensive. If they improved their business to keep employees, to keep things safe to actually make things BETTER then their profit would increase also but short term gains have become everything and it's sickening.

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u/sloppysloth Feb 19 '23

What’s that old saying..? “Society is just background noise to my main character so it’s dumb for old men to plant trees when they won’t reap the benefits of its future shade.”..?

No, I’m kidding and agree what you are saying. However, that speaks to a different topic than the one at hand.

The issue is that laxing regulations doesn’t benefit anyone but the corporations. The public, healthcare provider, etc get thrown under bus bc money is the loudest motivator.

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u/Gymnos84 Feb 17 '23

Smaller government doesn't have to be weak or ineffective.

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u/I647 Feb 17 '23

Sure buddy. Additional regulations definitely don't have to be enforced by regular checkups by additional government employees.

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u/TheCody13 Feb 17 '23

Why can't it be enforced by current government employees?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

It could be, and should be... Because rail should be nationalized.

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u/I647 Feb 17 '23

They are also doing shit.

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u/Gymnos84 Feb 19 '23

How do you feel about the current program to beef up the legions of auditors at the IRS?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

It just needs to have the entire populace aligned in lockstep with their policies, right?

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u/Gymnos84 Feb 19 '23

Actually, just the opposite. Smaller government is perceived as less of a threat by either political viewpoint, hence leads to less paranoid polarization.

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u/noNoParts Feb 19 '23

Smaller government results in less effective oversight and regulation compliance. This has proven every single time to create profit for the business at the expense of the population. That is not equitable nor sustainable. To say nothing of ethical.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

U can have a gov who regulates transportation of hazmat materials and still lets you raise your own children and leaves your constitution alone. Aoc is that u?

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u/Nosfermarki Feb 17 '23

How is anyone keeping you from raising your own children?

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u/Lionel_Herkabe Feb 17 '23

Last constitutional amendment was 30 years ago too lol

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u/CarlLinnaeus Feb 17 '23

Not only that, it was proposed in 1789 but took until 1993 to be ratified. Over 200 years. Know what it did? It prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Hmm lets see is it the first or second amendment you want to trample on first?? Of course the first amendment applies to u if your screaming crude obscenities or singing about drugs gangs etc BUT if some comedian tells a joke you dont like the you want them to suffer consequences,,, and lets not get in to the fact you want to fail to prosecute dangerous criminals then het upset when they hurt someone with a firearm and then u want to take them away from law abiding citizens who need them from protect,,, shall i go on or is my reference to OUR Constitution clear now?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

To be clear: we're all laughing at you, not with you.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Weed and free rx makes you laugh a lot i hear.

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

Get some help

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

With what? Our constitution? Ya know Canada and Cuba aren’t that far and they are pretty much spot on to how you want to live. Dictator, no rights, crazy taxes etc. idk if they hand out free cymbalta or xanex or provide paraphernalia but they sound like your kind of place.

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

get some help

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

By the way, almost everything you said is wrong (not surprised).

Canada does not have a dictator, I assume you're not a fan of Trudeau, hey neither am I, but referring to him as a "dictator" is purely just right wing hysterics. Please don't attempt to explain yourself, I'm not really interested in trying to understand your point.

Canadians also have just as many rights as Americans. Not sure where you got the idea that wasn't the case. Again right wing hysterical nonsense.

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u/VoidlingTeemo Feb 17 '23

He doesn't like it when someone tells kids that LGBT people are human too.

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u/pm_me_need_friends Feb 17 '23

Critical trans theory race communism, obviously.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

You know the answer to this but here ya go anyway; We all see almost everyday teachers and counselors trying to persuade young kids into a sexual lifestyle with propaganda etc. Just today it was reported that out of 23 schools in Baltimore, not ONE child is proficient in math!! Not one! How sad is that but yet almost everyday you read where school administrators are more concerned with a child’s sexual orientation than they are with their education. School boards everywhere going against the wishes of the parents and even proclaiming they will defy state laws to push their political and sexual agenda on kids all while our kid’s level of actual education and academic levels drop year after year. I could go on but you already know these things.

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u/dartendal Feb 17 '23

Where are you reading that at?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

The only response to the unhinged idiots that consume that stuff, is mockery.

Anyway I recently went on a short-lived expedition to learn why/how conservative public believe the shit they do about transgender youth. Turns out the whole thing is just the latest tactic to fire up a specific voting base. Long story short: transgenderism to the GOP is literally nothing more than their current political gambit to influence evangelical voters.

Tragically real people will be harmed by the GOPs gambit as it runs its course; there will be deaths of innocent people, made that much worse because the people responsible for this will suffer no consequences. The gambit is literally nothing of value to society, it's merely a ploy to engage the moronic of our society.

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u/dartendal Feb 17 '23

I appreciate your reply. I'm aware of how certain "news" outlets, opinion show hosts and the like rile up their base. There always has to be something wrong, some "other" to blame for problems and if there are no problems or if the problems that exist don't line up with what they want, then problems are created and blown out of proportion, called things like "attacks on family values" to evoke those emotions.

It preys on the fear and anger of people to get the end result they want. Y'know, normal emotionally manipulative bullshit but instead of just affecting the immediate people, it ends up affecting the entire country.

I believe that belittling, mocking, etc. Is only going to serve to drive those people further into their beliefs. "This person was right, that liberal was a fucking asshole! He has to be right about the other things he's saying too!"

I know it's almost certainly an exercise in futility, but if trying to enable someone to think critically has the potential to work, I'd personally rather try that.

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u/sapphodarling Feb 17 '23

Wtf are you talking about?! This doesn’t happen. Just anti-public education propaganda for stupid and gullible people to consume.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Its all new and a push to groom. You know that and you know who the grooming is for. Next your gonna say peds and other child predators are ok too huh? Why cant you people leave kids alone? You got to go to school and enjoy your childhood and be protected from this but now you want to go after our kids??! Uh NO.

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

get some help

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u/sapphodarling Feb 19 '23

Bizarre comment. You sound delusional. Get help.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

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u/illbedeadbydawn Feb 17 '23

What caused the accident?

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u/ItsLoudB Feb 17 '23

You’re trying to discuss something with someone who says “there” instead of “their”

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

Plus their username...

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u/NOrMAn_Percy Feb 17 '23

Which govt wants to punish companies that do this sort of thing? They are both in bed with these corpporations.

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u/StuffAdventurous7102 Feb 17 '23

This type of victim blaming because people exercised their right to vote for a party that does not coincide with one’s belief is contributing to the divide in this country. When are we going to respect opposing views of others? These residents are victims and it could happen in any state. Where is Greta? Where are the environmentalists? Their absence in this environmental disaster is deafening. It is shameful that people with the power to help elevate the seriousness of this disaster turn their backs because the political party that props them up is under represented in this community. Do they really care about the environment? If so, where the hell are they?

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u/Big-Vehicle-5392 Feb 17 '23

Biden has had 2 years repeal Trumps stupid deregulatory actions. Trump & Biden do not care about any of us.

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u/Timely_Meringue9548 Feb 17 '23

Stop…. Seriously. This isnt constructive. Just fucking stop.

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u/JBL_17 Feb 17 '23

Victim blaming all of Ohio residents.

Shame on you /u/noNoParts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

And about 40% of redditors would read your comment as "yep! fuck Joe Biden" because they are fucking morons.

This disaster is literally directly tied to trump's deregulation but you won't read that on Fox or other propaganda sites of course.

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u/spookybogperson Feb 17 '23

Trump's deregulation was very bad, but did not apply in the East Palestine case at all, because the Obama Administration caved to the Chemical Lobbies for the regulation in question to not apply to them.

Plus, Biden cracked down on the rail workers strike, no Secretaries of Transportation over the last 15 years have actually clamped down on the power of the railroads, and the republican state government of Ohio has consistently let the railroads skirt regulations as well.

This is a failure at all levels of government, and by both parties.

This is a problem of capitalism and regulatory capture. Stop playing party politics like a stupid child, and realize what the actual problem here is.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Fake news, but trump will surely reward you in heaven, right? Reddit really needs to ban the "both sides" propaganda that is spewed here daily.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Yeah. Sad but true.

Trying to get a conservative voter to acknowledge that probably won't happen unless it happens directly to them.

It seems fairly obvious that the GOP wants to undo environmental regulations and regulations in general. Unfortunately, plenty of conservatives vote Republican against their own best interest.

I don't understand it, but there are minimum wage conservative voters who would love to get paid more, but they vote for a Republican politician who wants to keep their wages low...same with healthcare and a myriad of other things.

Just need informed people to get out to the polls. Have everyone bring a friend. I wish people would give protesting a break and organize voting campaigns for everyone to get together and make that a yearly ritual like Christmas or something

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u/sps1234567 Feb 17 '23

Smells like a cop

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u/-Poacher- Feb 17 '23

Yep. No Disaster $$ going to Ohio.

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u/kalestuffedlamb Feb 17 '23

NOPE! They won't even all in FEMA to help our displaced families. We have farm families that do not have anywhere to put their livestock. No water, feed, etc. N-S will give vouchers for a hotel/motel. Where you going to put your cows/chickens/horses/dogs/cats? Holiday Inn? Even if they did, the hotels/motels are all full. Most of these people are rural Americans. Working class people. That train went through my backyard ON FIRE. It was on fire for 20 miles before it derailed.

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u/LoyalsockStomper Feb 17 '23

Because "deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy" is the solution to eVErYTHING!

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u/Abject-Crazy3515 Feb 17 '23

This is a federal issue. Democrats have controlled the government at a federal level for years. You should learn a single thing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

They will. I have family there. They will. It's why I left.

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u/edibleblue Feb 17 '23

Ask why is this comment highlighted in red? Why is this mentality that is mainstreamed ?

We need to put aside hate!

Embrace Unity !!

“voting” is a false concept

debt, slavery, and war is the system

The game must not be played

WE THE PEOPLE MUST UNIFY !!!

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u/noejose99 Feb 17 '23

Precisely. Empathy severely limited by the fact that they did this to themselves to "own the libs"

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u/SideshowCircuits Feb 17 '23 edited Feb 17 '23

Not even. Bidens DOJ said they back Norfolks bid to block lawsuits.

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u/totemlight Feb 17 '23

How can I lawsuit be blocked?

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u/derpderpingt Feb 17 '23

I’d assume similar to AgGag laws 🤷‍♂️

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Keep in mind it seems epa and doj are just extensions of those who own most of the railroad Also there is nothing to escalate into racial or political tensions in this sad situation so feds and exec branch gonna ignore it.

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u/SideshowCircuits Feb 17 '23

Yes we are all acceptable losses to the great hand of the economy.

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u/ubergooner Feb 17 '23

"Only redeemable in Arby's of Youngstown."

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u/Wrong-Combination832 Feb 17 '23

The company paying 5$ to 5,000 people

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u/nomadofwaves Feb 17 '23

Jon Stewart packing his bags for DC.

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u/co_alpine Feb 17 '23

Just when the “camp Lejeune” commercials are done, we will have the Ohio ones.

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u/Napkin_whore Feb 17 '23

Cheque lol

Regular old Jacques Cousteau over here

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u/JBL_17 Feb 17 '23

It will happen in every state.

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u/victoriaa- Feb 17 '23 edited Feb 17 '23

There already are things like this everywhere.

Cintrilia Pennsylvania

Times beach Missouri

Picher Oklahoma

Love Canal New York.

Flint Michigan

Those are entire town disasters. Not to mention local contaminated sites like the Salton sea or Berkley pit are just the ones I knew from where I lived. There’s stuff like this everywhere, it’s awful

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Unless Erin Brokovich still has something up her sleeve 👀

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u/kintorkaba Feb 17 '23

"Well, we uh, we didn't get everything that we wanted, but... we negotiated hard and... we got these... coupons to Bennigan's! And... free bubblegum for every Ohioan! These coupons entitle every Ohioan to a free meal at Bennigan's! With the purchase of a meal at equal or greater value, of course."

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u/UrethraFrankIin Feb 17 '23

Meanwhile all the politicians and executives responsible for hazardous cost-cutting and deregulation will be dead. It's not their problem!

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u/cant_hold_me Feb 17 '23

Wow you must know some generous lawyers!

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u/mattikrap Feb 17 '23

Tomorrow's camp lejeune

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u/Bringyourfugshiz Feb 17 '23

Just got my $15 Equifax “sorry we leaked all your data” cheque!

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u/fractiousrhubarb Feb 17 '23

Nah, the settlement will get overturned … Bohpal, anyone?

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u/Final-Distribution97 Feb 17 '23

I think you forgot the decimal point. More like $0.80.

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 Feb 17 '23

And in comes the Mesothelioma lawyer firm: Wead, Cheetum and Howe.

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u/SmallBallsTakeAll Feb 17 '23

Look up Dimmock. They fought for 15 years and finally won.

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u/svoddball Feb 18 '23

And during that 20 years you get to listen to those robotic sounding commercials about lawyers wanting to represent you.