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California is taking of heat for celebrating the completion of an high-
speed rail bridge that has cost taxpayers $11 billion and took nine years
to build � and clearly goes nowhere.

Critics � including Tesla founder Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy
Markus � are ripping the California High Speed Rail Authority after it
boasted about last year�s completion of a �Fresno River Viaduct,� a mere
sliver of the state�s long-delayed, bullet-train project attempting to
link San Francisco to Los Angeles

�This is the most remarkable human achievement ever,� joked Markus, the
creator of the jokey cryptocurrency, on X Friday.

�1600 feet of high speed rail after 9 years and 11 billion dollars it
takes about 5 minutes to walk 1600 feet so a high speed rail for that is a really big deal,� added Markus, who also goes by �Shibetoshi Nakamoto.�

�California is so competent.�

Musk also chimed in, posting a sad, crying emoji to express his sentiments about the boondoggle of a project that is reportedly in danger of being scrapped.

That�s despite $11 billion in taxpayer dollars that have already being
sunk into the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high speed rail project.

That figure includes both the bridge and other work on the first phase of
the high-speed route � which runs from Bakersfield north of Los Angeles to Merced, which is about 80 miles from the Bay Area.

Critics were responding to an earlier post by the rail authority, touting
that the Fresno River Viaduct in Madera County is one of the �first
completed high-speed rail structures.�

�At nearly 1,600 feet long, high-speed trains will travel over the
riverbed and will run parallel with the BNSF Railroad,� the authority said
on X.

Although reported estimates to complete the rail line will cost taxpayers
about $100 billion, Markus fired back, quipping: �wow so impressive, can�t
wait until year 2400 for this to finish for 700 quadrillion dollars.�

Venture Capitalist Patrick Blumenthal insinuated the authority should pump
the brakes on praising itself, posting a breakdown of the lack of progress
the rail-line project has made.

�0.3 miles completed. After 15 years. After $11.2 BILLION. $36.96 billion
per mile,� he wrote on X.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/california-mocked-over-high-speed- rail-bridge-to-nowhere-that-took-9-years-to-build/

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History repeats itself.

Go here to read the story of the Chicago-New York Air Line
(interurban): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_–_New_York_Electric_Air_Line_Railroad#Equipment

Pay attention to this section about Coffee Creek:
"The eventual downfall of the Air Line scheme arose as a
result of the capital expended on crossing Coffee Creek, a
minor watercourse running west of the Wabash Railroad
bridge. To keep to the advertised grade prescribed by the
incredibly stringent engineering specifications, the GSB&C
engineered a monstrous fill across the little creek's
valley, 180 feet (55 metres) wide and two miles (3 km) long
and containing a steel trestle for stability. The extent of
this work meant that the line only opened to Goodrum on 1
November 1911.

The immense expense occasioned by this engineering work, and
some alleged (but never prosecuted or substantiated)
accounting irregularities as well as other putatively
fraudulent practices, led to the failure of the main line to
extend beyond a dozen and a half miles through the Indiana
countryside. The GSB&C only ever ran a total of 21-mile (34
km) on its own tracks, according to its official reports."

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On 5/8/2024 12:46 AM, useapen wrote:

California is taking of heat for celebrating the completion of an high-
speed rail bridge that has cost taxpayers $11 billion and took nine years
to build — and clearly goes nowhere.

Critics — including Tesla founder Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy Markus — are ripping the California High Speed Rail Authority after it boasted about last year’s completion of a “Fresno River Viaduct,” a mere
sliver of the state’s long-delayed, bullet-train project attempting to
link San Francisco to Los Angeles

“This is the most remarkable human achievement ever,” joked Markus, the creator of the jokey cryptocurrency, on X Friday.

“1600 feet of high speed rail after 9 years and 11 billion dollars it
takes about 5 minutes to walk 1600 feet so a high speed rail for that is a really big deal,” added Markus, who also goes by “Shibetoshi Nakamoto.”

“California is so competent.”

Musk also chimed in, posting a sad, crying emoji to express his sentiments about the boondoggle of a project that is reportedly in danger of being scrapped.

That’s despite $11 billion in taxpayer dollars that have already being
sunk into the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high speed rail project.

That figure includes both the bridge and other work on the first phase of
the high-speed route — which runs from Bakersfield north of Los Angeles to Merced, which is about 80 miles from the Bay Area.

Critics were responding to an earlier post by the rail authority, touting that the Fresno River Viaduct in Madera County is one of the “first completed high-speed rail structures.”

“At nearly 1,600 feet long, high-speed trains will travel over the
riverbed and will run parallel with the BNSF Railroad,” the authority said on X.

Although reported estimates to complete the rail line will cost taxpayers about $100 billion, Markus fired back, quipping: “wow so impressive, can’t
wait until year 2400 for this to finish for 700 quadrillion dollars.”

Venture Capitalist Patrick Blumenthal insinuated the authority should pump the brakes on praising itself, posting a breakdown of the lack of progress the rail-line project has made.

“0.3 miles completed. After 15 years. After $11.2 BILLION. $36.96 billion per mile,” he wrote on X.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/california-mocked-over-high-speed- rail-bridge-to-nowhere-that-took-9-years-to-build/

Newsom and the entire California Democrat legislature should be publicly
hung for this debacle and theft of FEDERAL tax payer money.

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Feds Won't Delay 2012 California High-Speed Rail Deadline

May 25, 2011 / 3:56 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco

LOCAL NEWS
Feds Won't Delay 2012 California High-Speed Rail Deadline
sanfrancisco
May 25, 2011 / 3:56 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco

SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) -- The federal agency that has approved about $3.5 billion in grants for California's high-speed rail system has no
authority to change the September 2012 deadline to start construction
and sees no reason to consider moving the first stretch of track out of
the Central Valley, an official said in a letter Wednesday.

The firm stance by the U.S. Department of Transportation comes about two
weeks after the California Legislative Analyst's Office called on the
state's rail authority to delay construction and consider whether it
should start closer to San Francisco or Los Angeles. Either change would
break terms of the federal grants.

The LAO report questioned whether the California High Speed Rail
Authority was capable of successfully managing the first phase of
construction between San Francisco and Anaheim, with an estimated cost
of at least $43 billion and long-term funding uncertain. It proposed
folding the California High-Speed Rail Authority into the state
Department of Transportation and called for exploring waivers of the
terms of the federal awards.

If federal officials declined to allow changes in the route or schedule,
the report said, the Legislature should drop plans for high-speed rail.
An LAO analyst said Wednesday that the letter changes nothing and the recommendations stand.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/feds-wont-delay-2012-california-high-speed-rail-deadline/

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California to Receive $6 Billion Federal Investment for High-Speed Rail Published: Dec 05, 2023

Today, California was notified that the Biden-Harris Administration is
awarding $6 billion to the state to build high-speed rail, investing in
the whole system – San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Central Valley, creating connectivity north, south and with our neighbors to the east.

High-speed rail has created 12,000 union jobs to date and will provide affordable and clean transportation across the state.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/12/05/california-to-receive-6-billion-federal-investment-for-high-speed-rail/

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Absolute undeniable proof that Democrat drone voters are clueless to
what goes on in the state. The FBI should be looking into this theft.

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useapen wrote to All <=-

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California is taking of heat for celebrating the completion of an high- speed rail bridge that has cost taxpayers $11 billion and took nine
years to build . and clearly goes nowhere.

Critics . including Tesla founder Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy Markus . are ripping the California High Speed Rail Authority after it boasted about last year.s completion of a .Fresno River Viaduct,. a
mere sliver of the state.s long-delayed, bullet-train project
attempting to link San Francisco to Los Angeles

And we're supposed to applaud the scammers' whining and crying about something they didn't have a piece of?

Musk and Markus got zero credibility here. Next they'll be calling down M.T.G.'s Jewish Space Lasers to fry the road bed.


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