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I don’t know about you, but I got my ass kicked by the time change. Where do I go to get my hour back? Anyway…

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  6. Been waiting for details on Vancouver’s new trolleybuses to see how much they keep of the original Polish design. Looks like they are keeping one feature of the Solaris Trollino 12 that I think Metro could use on Urban routes, especially ones that serve LINK stations.. In North America, more seats on a bus has been the philosophy for decades, so no third door to speed boarding and exiting on a 40ft bus. Would be great for routes 1,2, 3,4, 13, 14, and possibly 36.

    https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/first-solaris-battery-trolleybus-for-vancouver-completed-and-undergoing-testing/

    The Solaris Urbino battery, which Metro is the North American launch customer, has been adapted to look more or less like the standard North American design, and only 2 doors. Probably as Metro’s main focus for battery buses are suburban routes. For a long time on conventional 40ft buses, even one rear door was too many if it affected a row of seats or two. The Urbino itself has been in production over a decade, so bugs, if any, have been worked out.

    https://kingcountymetro.blog/2024/12/23/king-county-metro-signs-landmark-deal-to-welcome-new-bus-manufacturer-to-north-america-expand-zero-emission-fleets/

    One model of the Trollino Metro could use, perhaps on RTs 7, 44, 48, and 70, is the Trollino 24, but at 81 ft would require a change in the RCW, which caps articulated bus length at 61 ft. Truckers might see an opening to get some truck trailer combo limits lifted.

  7. I remember when a Secretary of State wouldn’t be caught taking a smiling thumbs up photo with a guy convicted and sentenced to 22 years for Sedition and Conspiracy against the United States.

  8. @7 I remember that, too. Much has changed since Republicans went from being stupid to being incredibly, unbelievably stupid.

  11. When oil prices went up under Biden teh kreepfuck couldn’t gloat enough and fantasized that Biden was responsible.

    Well fast forward to today, oil prices are going through the roof and we see clearly who is responsible..

    Orange pants shitting dear leader and its WAR OF CHOICE..

    FOR ISRAEL!

  12. @10 Not really. Most Republican voters are too stupid to figure that out. But Trump gave away the game when he opened his mouth.

  13. Wisconsin could go from a conservative-majority state supreme court to a zero-conservative state supreme court.

    https://www.rawstory.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-2675928796/

    Republican hegemony in Wisconsin continues to fall apart. First Scottie Walker was ousted, then the state court’s conservative majority, then the Assembly speaker said he wouldn’t run again. The dominoes are falling like bowling pins there.

  14. Remember magats, it said no more wars of choice. And you all applauded.

    But you’re all “forgiving souls” when it comes to orange dear leader.

    (rolls eyes)..

  16. In November of ‘26 & ‘28, the Republicans will do very poorly, largely due to Trump’s bait and switch.

  17. @10 Maybe Trump’s real, underlying, unspoken reason for spending billions of taxpayer dollars on an optional war is to create another profit opportunity for his kids.

    President Donald Trump’s eldest sons, Don Jr. and Eric, are investing in a new drone manufacturer called Powerus that aims to fill some of the U.S. demand following a nationwide ban on new foreign-made drones, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Trump administration declared the ban on foreign drones late last year.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_69ae9a51e4b0fe5c2e757cb8/liveblog_69aeee27e4b06c543ae3cfc7?origin=home-latest-news-unit

    Can you spell C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N, PI?

  18. It occurs to me that someone else may decide to play Trump’s game of decapitating foreign leaders. Watching his example, they may think about getting there first, just to save their own asses. Our commie neighbors in Cuba, for example. Or maybe the child despot in N. Korea. Even if not, there are other reasons to avoid Mar-a-Lago sex club parties, like venereal disease and contagious brain rot.

  19. The nine most frightening words in the English Language are,

    Oil prices? I have a plan for everything, OK?

  20. Nothing is going to change with our Zionist empire-driven foreign policy until the lobby is thrown out of America entirely. Right now, Bibi and his team of Zionist terrorists are in control of the US government.

  24. No one knows more about global warming than than me.

    Reporter: You said the war is “very complete.” But your Defense Secretary says “this is just the beginning.” So which is it?

    Trump: You could say both.

  25. I promise there will be no gas lines, even if I have to unconditionally surrender to the new ayatollah.

  29. @ 11

    Well fast forward to today, oil prices are going through the roof and we see clearly who is responsible..

    “Well fast forward to to”night, oil prices are down by about $35/bbl in a matter of hours, and we see clearly that the guy who is responsible caused the drop by telling the newly appointed, traumatically unconscious ayatollah’s handlers to make his day.

    I was busy all day and wasn’t keeping track. But I would have guessed that it would have been G-clown who beclowned himself.

    Clearly I should have gone with my second choice.

  30. @ 16

    In November of ‘26 & ‘28, the Republicans will do very poorly, largely due to Trump’s bait and switch.

    In roughly February or so of 2028, Democrats will be openly begging Marco Rubio to enter the race so that they do not have to live with a President JD Vance for eight years.

    The Wise Latina will use back channels to inform Secretary Rubio that she would greatly prefer that he nominate her replacement.

  31. Democrats can live with a President Rubio the same way I can live with a President Shapiro.

  33. Oil and Gas
    Oil plunges 10% as Trump warns to hit Iran ‘twenty times harder’ if it blockades Strait of Hormuz

    “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social Monday stateside.

    In recent memory the only thing a US president has said that has carried more weight with such immediacy was when Joe Biden told Vladimir that he had no problem with Russia invading Ukraine.

  34. How do I know the president will be a Repubican from 2029-2036?

    In fact, only the nation of Iran (-53 rating, 8% positive, 61% negative) drew a lower net rating than Democrats of the 14 name-tested people and entities.

  39. It’s not at all about Iran’s oil.

    But it is about Persian gulf oil.

    Bibi wants to stay out of prison and to pave over Lebanon, Gaza, and southwestern Syria.
    And Putin wants gulf oil disrupted and fancy US air defense weapons depleted.

    If sanctions can be removed there are trillions in reinvestment waiting in Russia and the middle east. Fat Hitler and his GOP pals mean to be in front of the line.

  40. CNN was shamed into deleting this take on Islamic terrorism in NYC:

    Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could’ve been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather.

    But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs… pic.twitter.com/vI0DfJl0FX

    — CNN (@CNN) March 10, 2026

    Bari Weiss cannot assume control of CNN quickly enough.

  41. One slight comment from cult leader President Grandpa and the lying troll is throwing Vice Ruler Diet Private under the bus.

    It would be simply awful if Diet Private and Lid’l were to split the movement. /s

  42. @ 37

    Imagine if Trump tries to fight a big, bloody ground war in Iran with draftees.

    Well, since we’re being silly…

    “Imagine if” Biden had not abandoned Afghanistan the way he did, and then in early 2023 announced that he would not run again and that he encouraged a vigorous, contested Democrat primary season.

  43. Since Elijah carried the RNC/DNC pipe bomb torch for so long before the bomber was quickly found by the FBI once it finally started lookjng for him, I’m sure he’ll be all over the nail/screw bomb story out of NYC.

    Because Elijah would never pick and choose his issues based on the political advantage they would provide to him.

  44. We still have a poll sniffer among us, don’t we?

    So far, polls have found that most Americans oppose the Iran attacks. Support ranges from 27 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll to 50 percent in a Fox News poll. The wide variation suggests that public opinion is still taking shape as more Americans learn details of the attacks and the aftermath.

    http://archive.today/2026.03.1.....pport.html

    Hmmm. Been a few changes since 10/5/2025..

  46. @21: If we’re getting rid of Nazis at the Heritage Foundation, let’s stop dealing with the Nazis in the Ukrainian government and military.

  47. the Nazis in the Ukrainian government and military.

    Since when do nazis tolerate a jew as head of state? All appearances point to the ultra-nationalists as a fringe group. Groups like this have always existed in European countries. On the whole they seem to be nothing to wring ones hands about unless they get violent and start killing jews or others who don’t care for them.

    Right now they’re fighting the Russian invaders and we all should support that. Russia needs to stay on their side of the fence – Russia has a lot to offer the world and Putin’s own ultra-nationalist and Czarist cosplaying behavior needs to be put in its place.

  48. @29 Yeah, oil is only $84 now, a mere 40% spike, instead of a 100% spike. Translates to about 60 cents at the pump.

  49. @33 At this point they probably think in Tehran that Trump’s hot air will save them a bundle on winter heating costs.

    Do you think the U.S. and Israel haven’t already hit anything worth hitting? What’s he going to do, bomb more schools?

  50. @42 Well, since we’re being silly…

    It’s not nice to call Caroline Leavitt, Trump’s official spokesperson, “silly.” But go right ahead, I don’t like her.

  51. @43 It’s absolutely not at all surprising that an ISIS terror cell embedded in the U.S. would respond to the bombing of Iran by throwing pipe bombs at a major American city’s mayor.

  52. never pick and choose his issues based on the political advantage

    Democrats enjoy that luxury.

    Because our current leadership are not convicted felons who rape children and promote public executions of nurses and moms, the issues don’t fuck us right in the ass quite as much.

  53. You know who would make the perfect person to serve on our board? The widow of a dead guy we appointed even though he’s never been anywhere near a basic training site in any branch.

    We need a blonde bitch for diversification.

    BRILLIANT!

  54. @47: The Z-man is just a placeholder. It’s the oligarchs behind the scene that control Ukraine. Z is just a front to muddy the waters because the real power leans Nazi.

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