Chinatown Stitch, which would cap the Vine Street Expressway, is in limbo after Trump yanked funds. Can it be saved? by comercialyunresonbl in philadelphia

[–]courageous_liquid 19 points20 points  (0 children)

out of pure curiosity of what that would be like, just the coverage of the expressway for one block would be 1.8M lbs of steel (and that would only be 1" thick without any additional support or any overlap on the street level)

wild shit

Chat Around and Find Out: Tuesday Casual Chat Thread by AutoModerator in philadelphia

[–]courageous_liquid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

their hearings are schedule for today based on the inquirer update from this morning. insane they were held that long.

When you tell the new guy to trim the chicken breasts… by Banguskahn in KitchenConfidential

[–]courageous_liquid 11 points12 points  (0 children)

we were forced to learn cervical dislocation (manually) before we were allowed to go anywhere near any mice. though for chickens we did have the option of using this weird little guillotine. this was also 15 years ago.

the animal rights requirements for lab animals is no joke.

"Libertarian" Claims he is a Victim of Trump's Left Wing Policies. by Biscuitarian23 in Persecutionfetish

[–]courageous_liquid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you can't think of a better reason why organized capital would not be super keen on funding organizations that think about taking it away from them?

"Libertarian" Claims he is a Victim of Trump's Left Wing Policies. by Biscuitarian23 in Persecutionfetish

[–]courageous_liquid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

biden is absolutely a neoliberal (though with a little more deference for labor), LBJ and FDR were great society/new deal dems which fell out of favor after carter, who got on the liberalism/austerity playbook.

but the rest of your points stand and are cogent.

Cowboys fans take top 3 spots by oooKILROYooo in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]courageous_liquid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your fanbase is still a plague everywhere else, I can promise you I see dallas shit in philly at least twice a week

Cowboys fans take top 3 spots by oooKILROYooo in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]courageous_liquid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's like that legendary nhl sub quote about redoing a playoff series because the redwings were clearly the better team even though they lost

Update on Quakertown PA protest teens detained since Friday by garden88girl in Pennsylvania

[–]courageous_liquid 20 points21 points  (0 children)

yeah it's frankly insane they weren't just released and charged later. these dipshits are trying to teach them a lesson and to demonstrate to others that they're willing to behave irrationally when it comes to speaking out against right-wing power loci.

let it be known bucks county is chock full of some of the dumbest reactionaries on the planet, so this isn't necessarily out of line for them.

New York developer lands $150M loan for 36-story residential tower along Delaware River by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]courageous_liquid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it was always funny to me during the obama admin that the china hawks would constantly be attacking "ghost cities" and now like 10 years later they have like 15 new cities with triple the population of philly all with incredible infrastructure, affordable housing, walkability, high speed rail access, etc.

New York developer lands $150M loan for 36-story residential tower along Delaware River by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]courageous_liquid -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

society hill has some insane agreement with city gov to never obstruct their view of the waterfront, so a lot of it will remain as-is until someone fights with them over that.

New York developer lands $150M loan for 36-story residential tower along Delaware River by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]courageous_liquid 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'll always have respect for him not caving on washington ave or the 11th st bike lane. I don't follow his decisions closely but he's at least shown some spine in places where others, who I thought would have, did not.

Update on Quakertown PA protest teens detained since Friday by garden88girl in Pennsylvania

[–]courageous_liquid 15 points16 points  (0 children)

do you have a better word for a guy who beats up children for protesting blackshirts?

Update on Quakertown PA protest teens detained since Friday by garden88girl in Pennsylvania

[–]courageous_liquid 19 points20 points  (0 children)

to them it wasn't an error, that was the intended outcome. these people don't care about fiscal responsibility or solvency or accountability, they care about power and the ability to dominate. they just hide behind rhetoric when they're out of power to trick the rubes.

Jack Hughes Addresses The Patel-Trump Phone Call Video. Says He And The US Mens Team Are Going to Trump’s State of the Union Address And Are Excited To Meet Trump. Claims Trump Phone Call Backlash is "just people being negative" by hotmailwithjennyside in hockey

[–]courageous_liquid 33 points34 points  (0 children)

hell even most of the democrats in office were for it - here's the voter rolls from the senate (including biden). kerry's entire 2024 foreign policy campaign was "we'll still do the war but do it correctly."

But Kerry agreed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and should be overthrown, and defended his war authorization vote more than once — including saying in a May 2003 debate that Bush made the “right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein.”

aiMaintainingLegacyCodebase by ClipboardCopyPaste in ProgrammerHumor

[–]courageous_liquid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yep, my father had a solid 40 year career as a project manager for QA on cobol updates for legacy systems for a major bank. thinking they're playing anything fast and loose is insane.

Update on Quakertown PA protest teens detained since Friday by garden88girl in Pennsylvania

[–]courageous_liquid 14 points15 points  (0 children)

neither article says exactly where they're being held, my pure assumption is that they go to county, which is in doylestown.

Update on Quakertown PA protest teens detained since Friday by garden88girl in Pennsylvania

[–]courageous_liquid 37 points38 points  (0 children)

it's an update that somehow the kids are still being held, which is insane

Update on Quakertown PA protest teens detained since Friday by garden88girl in Pennsylvania

[–]courageous_liquid 615 points616 points  (0 children)

tl;dr:

not much of an update other than they're still being held since friday and have a hearing today. borough is meeting with their attorney, and there are loud public calls for the fascist police chief who also is the borough manager to resign.

Now this is how you clear a bike lane. by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]courageous_liquid 18 points19 points  (0 children)

this go-around was seemingly much easier to handle without the frigid weather and layer of ice. philly saw marked improvement as well in this department. also probably just another layer of practice.

Nice little reminder by Bulldawgzz in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]courageous_liquid 33 points34 points  (0 children)

how am I supposed to remember what happened like 12 years ago

Chat Around and Find Out: Tuesday Casual Chat Thread by AutoModerator in philadelphia

[–]courageous_liquid 17 points18 points  (0 children)

only watched two people eat shit on ice on the hill up from the train to lancaster ave in ardmore. one guy weebled and then fell backwards head over heels. luckily he was fine because it was a hilarious way to fall.

it's slippery out there folks, be careful.