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| Why is Biden so Oddly Silent about the Ohio Train Disaster? |
| 2023-02-17 |
| [American Thinker] The environmental disaster taking place in Ohio from a Norfolk Southern derailed train should outrage both sides of the political aisle. After the smoke clears, investigations will take place and most likely will show that there is plenty of blame to be shared, including all levels of government and both political parties. But at the moment, the complete lack of any significant response by the Biden administration is appalling and begs the question why an administration that is hostile to the free market and supports extreme measures to fight climate change is missing in action? Could it be that some of the largest shareholders of the responsible railroad, Norfolk Southern Corporation, are tied to PACs and affiliates that helped fund the 2020 election of the Biden administration? If true, then isn’t it reasonable to conclude that by such donations, these shareholders, through their PACs and affiliates, support the Biden administration? Had to focus on his physical and mental health test? According to various sources, top shareholders in Norfolk Southern Corp. are the Vanguard Group, and subsidiaries of BlackRock and JP Morgan. Specifically, as of this week, CNNMoney.com lists the Vanguard Group, Inc. as the top shareholder with 7.68%. BlackRock Fund Advisors and JPMorgan Investment Management tie at 4.54% as other top investors. As of December 31, 2022 Norfolk Southern’s own website lists Vanguard, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company and JP Morgan Asset Management as top shareholders. Interestingly, the Vanguard Group, JPMorgan Investment, and BlackRock all gave significant sums of money to the Biden 2020 presidential campaign through their PACs and affiliates. OpenSecrets confirms this statement. The Vanguard Group, through its affiliates and PAC’s, contributed 62.83% to all federal Democrat candidates during the 2020 election cycle and only 37.17% to all federal Republican candidates. It gave a total of $96,988 to Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and just $7,547 to Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. Under JPMorgan Chase and Co., OpenSecrets reports that its affiliates and PACs contributed a total of $1,038,917 to Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. Donations to President Trump’s 2020 campaign totaled a whopping $236,111. JPMorgan did contribute to both parties’ with the Democrats reaping the most. Under "all Federal candidates," JP Morgan and affiliates gave 74.83% to Democrats and only 25.17% to Republicans. Also keep in mind that during the 2022 campaign cycle, JPMorgan refused to fund any Republican congressional candidates who objected to the 2020 electoral votes. Then there is BlackRock, whose founder and CEO, Larry Fink, is a committed and outspoken Democrat. Several news outlets did expose the close relationship that BlackRock has had with prominent Democrats including Obama and Hillary Clinton and now Biden. According to OpenSecrets, during the 2020 election cycle, BlackRock, through its PACs and affiliates, gave to all federal Democrat candidates a total of 80.64% and only 19.36% to all federal Republican candidates. Regarding Biden, it gave $182,768 to the Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Just $6,170 was contributed to Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #27 I didn't have to look up the safety data sheet. I worked in a building that makes it. The by-products when burned are phosgene and hydrogen chloride. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-02-17 20:14 |
| #26 Trumpheaded to East Palestine next Wednesday |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 20:11 |
| #25 So I looked up the SDS sheets on this stuff. Very useful information, 49 Pan. You’re not just pretty face! ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-02-17 19:57 |
| #24 @#13 - Thanks, Frank G. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 18:40 |
| #23 I think there was a train derailment 35 or so yars ago spilling the same stuff. They burned it then as well. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2023-02-17 17:12 |
| #22 He was the only Republican governor, that I know of, to implement the Cuomo senior center leper colony policy with horrifying results. Super Hose - Charlie Baker (former MA governor) did this as well, albeit to a lesser degree. |
| Posted by: Raj 2023-02-17 15:58 |
| #21 So I looked up the SDS sheets on this stuff. If the tank was damaged, likely so, and it was leaking, they had a real problem on their hands. Lighting a match to it was the best option as this stuff is highly unstable. Fire and explosion just from releasing into the air is likely. This stuff boils at 8 degrees F. Meaning if the tank refrigeration was not working it was in eminent danger of exploding. They had to release it. But if they did not burn it, it would turn to gas. It would go up and when it got below 8F it would turn back to liquid and bond to water in the air, them come down as snow or ice to the ground contaminating the ground during winter. The politics and lack of information aside, that part of it was done as correctly as possible, bad decision vs worse decision scenario. There were other, less toxic liquids spilled as well. I suspect these are what they are fining sheening the local creek. But it needs to be tested to be certain. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2023-02-17 14:11 |
| #20 Ohio went for Trump in 2020 so it's no surprise if Biden has no sympathy for them. Too bad it wasn't Delaware. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-02-17 12:09 |
| #19 With a response team of Biden, Buttigieg and Dewine, a competent response would have been the biggest surprise. Dewine is very susceptible to dumb ideas proposed by advisors. He was the only Republican governor, that I know of, to implement the Cuomo senior center leper colony policy with horrifying results. What is surprising is the silence by Sherrod Brown and the Republican contenders for his seat. This continues to be the JD Vance Show. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-17 11:56 |
| #18 Wonder what proportion of their budget was saved by dropping this maintenance. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2023-02-17 09:42 |
| #17 It seems that Norfolk Southern decided to save money by not doing maintenance on the trackside 'hotboxes', the heat detectors: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/norfolk-southern-eliminated-key-maintenance-role-in-derailment-region-union-says |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-02-17 09:33 |
| #16 From link at #15 - As it burns, vinyl chloride transforms into phosgene and hydrogen chloride. Phosgene gas, according to the CDC, is “unlikely to contaminate water because it breaks down rapidly upon contact with water to produce hydrochloric acid and carbon dioxide.” If this is true, the decision to burn the vinyl chloride must have been justified to avoid a much larger water contamination disaster. Theoretically, the hazmat crews responding to the derailment knew this, and it influenced their decision to burn before the vinyl chloride got in the water. Sometimes, what looks like a stupid choice is really the lesser of two evils. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-02-17 09:19 |
| #15 Making Sense of the Ohio Train Derailment |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 08:58 |
| #14 ‘This Is Disgusting’: J.D. Vance Scrapes Creek Bed With Stick After Train Crash, Oily Substance Emerges In Viral Video |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 08:56 |
| #13 #5 - Buffett is into Burlington Northern BNSF |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-02-17 08:26 |
| #12 The Chinese have just selected Palestine, OH as the site of their first EMP attack. |
| Posted by: Uleash Smith6572 2023-02-17 08:26 |
| #11 FEMA Denies East Palestine's Request for Federal Assistance |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 08:22 |
| #10 However, they're coming for your gas stoves! So much for clean water. So why should we continue to fund the EPA? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-17 08:18 |
| #9 Show me |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 07:53 |
| #8 No doubt. Quite myopic if the feds think this is a "local issue". The Ohio River is not some stream full of snail darters. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 07:52 |
| #7 Missourians are the most unfriendly people I ever met, so let them be poisoned. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 07:52 |
| #6 This is a large federal government sanction chem spill in the headwaters of the Ohio which feeds the Mississippi. Ignoring this issue will work out worse than the baby food blunder. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-17 07:50 |
| #5 I thought our favorite crony capitalist,Warren Buffet, got into railroad stocks big-time under (and with the help & assistance of) N'Obama. Perhaps he unloaded those shares or it was not Norfolk Southern. Time to check Berkshire Hathaway's SEC filings. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 07:23 |
| #4 ^ They'll vote dem in 2024 for sure. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 07:22 |
| #3 GREG GUTFELD: Biden is ignoring the train derailment in Ohio |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 07:20 |
| #1 Biden and his controllers know the firing of Buttigieg would be political disaster for the party. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-17 02:41 |