Abdul Alhazred Appreciation Thread

[Anaxagoras]

[Anaxagoras]

[Anaxagoras]

Nope. Unless you recognize engine 4012, the "Spirit of Healy".

Just something I saw on reddit pics. Supposedly a "photobombing" although I doubt the timing was a coincidence. The engineer deciding to wave for the camera might have been a bit of good luck.

[Rob Lister]

An intentional photobomb, imo.

very worthy

[Witness]

Biden promised a 'railroad revolution' that could see faster trains and a return to Amtrak's nostalgic past — here's what Americans might see

• President-elect Joe Biden is expected to be a friend to Amtrak following decades of loyal ridership during his time in the US Senate.
• A Biden presidency could finally see funding for new tunnels under the Hudson River, a project defunded by the Trump administration.
• An expansion of high-speed rail is also on the table as Biden seeks clean energy solutions for transportation.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-a- ... ns-2020-11

[Witness]

nothing to show for it

Why?

[Witness]

[Witness]

[Witness]

Well, you have wars to wage, that distracts…

Are there lobbying groups for rail? More generally, for infrastructure?

[ed]

A pit for graft. Period.

The reason is simple. The process of even getting to "start" is generational. That means that no one notices the payoffs and graft. It is just part of getting the job done. Since the likelihood of it ever finishing is zero, the whole mess will be consigned to the memory hole.

[Witness]

[Witness]

[shemp]

My appreciation of Abdul is this: When it comes to gay Jews, he's only second to Roy Cohn.

[Witness]

[Witness]

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[shuize]

Where's Abdul been lately?

[Witness]

Spoiler:

Train station in Iran.

[Pyrrho]

[robinson]

Where's Abdul been lately?

He's riding the rails

[ed]

I really do not want to know what Abdul is riding.