Good point.

Exactlycwhat I thought

Class action lawsuit!!

@@Multiverse10X they’d get way more vinyl-chlorine is no joke it’s double glove, face shield, and mask type of toxic the whole city should sue

The old hand-over-a-bunch-of-money-without-admitting-guilt gambit. Works nearly every time.

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Getting the executives in jail for intentionally ignoring a crisis in the making is a good start. But it won't upset the share holders any. Lets be honest, any fine for a company should *at least* be higher than the gain they got, or tried to get. Bit hard to calculate maybe, but you can always low-ball it to 100% of the revenue from the first of the month the accident happened until the last of the month the contamination has been fully cleaned up, along with all medical costs for anyone living in the affected town for the next 10 years.

The executives literally have nothing to do with the day to day operations of the railroad. They don't even see the workers when they tour the system, all workers have to hide when the Executive Train goes through.

@@cp368productions2 Yet they decide the budget and lobby for necessary regulations to both be cut and exploited. They also fight the unions of those regular workers tooth and nail to prevent them from getting basic things like sick leave and a day off once a month.

Just saying, china charged the executives of a baby formula company in the deaths of THREE children due to bad formula. Sure would be cool if we saw that here.

Yeah, thats the exact same tactic frakers did when getting arrangements to go through private property. Sell your rights to ownership for ~$5000. Your tap water is brown? Too bad you cant sue or get any compensation.

America....... disgusting. That smoke is potentially carcinogenic btw. No joke. Look it up. What they did was criminal.

I hope a group of super competent and conscientious environmental lawyers get together and start the proceedings for a class action lawsuit.

Extortion. Pay for silence. I'd speak loudly in 2024 at the polls.

@@ThatGenXvirgo To frame it the way they would. It's a red state! They don't want the federal government interfering in their business! They voted for this!

As a Texan from Dallas I can confirm we have no Taxis

@Alejandro Pasillas We actually don't have any in my town either. We didn't have any in my East Texas Town. I have seen them in Austin and in Houston though. 🤣🤣🤣

Are you worried that you live in the lone state that can actually succeed from the US? How can we help you all?

@@tuckerzenski7828 no not worried

That slays me every time. More Meemaw jokes!

Dementia Don uses it all the time. Like he only knows big burly weepy men.

Don't worry, it is both God's and Mother Nature's plan to rid humans from this planet once and for all ~ including Marjorie Traitor Greene. Can't say I blame either for feeling this way.

Nah, MTG spitting facts and anyone who speaks the truth is automatically labeled crazy, it’s the only way they can keep doing what they do, keep labeling or just ultimately … oops… car crash…

@@hitreset0291 I don’t think it’s”God’s plan” if we’re doing it to ourselves. Same with Mother Nature. It’s more like a giant chemistry experiment gone wrong. Attributing the blame to God/Mother Nature completely removes humans from any responsibility.

I'm not young enough for scary things to be funny anymore.

Without everyday people voting against their own best interests, the Republican party would not exist.

And they deregulated safety brakes on rail cars! Trump and the gop!

If he had given that speech in East Palestine, OH - you can bet they would have cheered. Oops!

I saw a conservative pundant try to tie Pete Buttigieg under the bus like he was personally responsible because he is the correct transportation secretary. I fear republican voters are not smart enough to link the deregulation of the railway to this disasters caused by that deregulation.

I looked up how common train derailment is and the first googled website was an ad for a train derailment accident attorney. The more you know. Edit: But you are probably referring to The earthquake in Turkey/Syria, and probably some other stuff I don't know about yet.

@@ericmollison2760 - There was a severe typhoon strike on New Zealand that caused massive damage - mud slides, destroyed buildings, etc. I didn't know about it at all until my partner told me and I try mightily to keep abreast of national and global news.We are inundated by the rush of events - it's hard to stay completely informed.

Much like our gun “safety laws“ which are practically nonexistent and ignore the will of the people… Over 90% of Americans believe in background checks, but not Congress.

thank the GOP for deregulation...as if any company is gonna act in good faith if not 'encouraged' to? wishful thinking...regulation is ALWAYS a reaction to capitalist abuses of people places things the environment...if it can be exploited...it WILL be

@@MossyMozart And you can thank the republicans for denying climate change.

No one will consider him for the VP slot if he show environmental concerns, and continues his stance on climate change and dismissing our archaic system of funding schools.

Where is Erin Brockovich when you need her?

I heard about it on National news the day it happened...

@@oldrrocr that’s what Jon Stewart just said that on his podcast talking about the train wreck. And it’s sad that it’s not making bigger news.

@@oldrrocr You can find Erin's response on KZfaq.

The only reason many heard about it timely was because the police arrested a reporter for reporting on it...that and most media outlets are part of mega-corperate entities that very well could have ties to the railroads... Can't blame the reporters as there have plenty on scene it's just those in charge of the media outlets control what's allowed on their platforms and any events that can effect their bottom line is omitted or played down to what should be criminally suppressed status

What about all the backyard chickens dying? Is that true as well?

Im not a nasty person - but... East Palestine, Ohio - Voted 74% for the Republicans they voted for deregulation, corporate rule, the worship of profit over people... EDIT - they just never thought it would happen to THEM, they thought the disasters and environmental problems would happen to OTHER people.

I live in Ohio I'm not close to East Palestine but it's a disaster. Personally I think the whole town should relocate the soil and water is contaminated will be a toxic waste for decades. Hopefully the residents will file a class-action suit or maybe the Ohio attorney general's office will do something.

@@5amiann In at least one possible case, yes.

When I heard the words "controlled environment" I literally had to pause the video and walk away from my computer in utter disbelief.

I got 2 push notifications from news apps when they announced the "controlled" burn. I dont rely on KZfaq for my news. Both apps are major news outlets.

Try actually watching the news vs TikTok, because it was all over the news immediately.

Not the first time in red Ohio. Just sweep those massive spills and environmental destruction under the rug, with a reassuring little speech when you realize that your kids were swimming in that lake or river or stream.

Indeed. Jon Stewart had an indepth look at it too: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZ56pc5ny9zRgWw.html

Yeah Hollywood celebs really care about you. He's not just moral posturing to serve his narcissism and the smug narcissism of his silly audience. He is a "real" humanitarian.

@@matthewosburn , Seth’s based in New York

​@@matthewosburn yeah this is interesting especially because the film based off the book White Noise was filmed there, and now it's actually happening and your govt isn't, isn't really really holding anyone accountable

I can’t believe how people keep looking to these people to give them news when all they do is lie incessantly and folks just keep coming back for more. At some point it’s not the media’s fault…

@@rickychandler7009 In fairness, I've never once voted for that motherfucker, so don't blame me.

@@rickychandler7009 in the words of the great composer Shaggy, “it wasn’t me.”

Lol

@@hojichaisfarsuperiortochai9309 Can I just say that I love your username?

Cruz lives in Houston (River Oaks neighborhood) so he probably isn't taking a taxi in Dallas to get to the airport.

Careful now. You wouldn't want the USA to get mistaken for a civilised country.

Where's the cancel button?!

That'll never happen. Biden killed the railway strike so this kind of stuff would happen.

Those people own the political process.

Republican Magas voted no on the railroad workers and railways The engineers no sick leave

"Fact check it". Hilarious that people still think fact-checkers are honest and truthful.

@@SBY77. Where do you go to get facts checked? Where I go they give references so you can see where they pulled the information from. Just saying they lie and are dishonest is lazy. If conservatives believe something then it is a fact, if they don't beleive it, it is a lie. That is not how reality works. Conservatives are too brainwashed to have independent thoughts of their own.

@@SBY77. Seek help for your mental illness.

@SBY77 I said "you" don't have to fact-check it. I said nothing about "fact-checkers." I do all my own fact-checking. For instance, when Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on the floor of the House of Representatives that one elementary school is receiving $5 billion for one single class, which is usually only taught in law school and no one knew what shr was talking about. That didn't require much fact-checking. I think she just made it up on the spot, like everything else she says. This is an extremely stupid woman we're talking about. Even beyond the stupidity we've come to expect.

Noice

So-the majority of them?

Remember that Mitt Romney says corporations are people and should have the same rights. I say OK, let's see a corporation put in prison.

Good one, agree.

The Rational National with David Doel covered a report by The Lever that goes into the East Palestine chemical rail derailment and a second video. The Humanist Report also has a video on the cruel event as well, titled “Train Derailment Poisons a City in Ohio But Residents Can’t Afford To Leave”

Wow, I do hope the people there have well insulated houses and windows to shelter, I live in a town with a company that uses toxic substances and we have a yearly drill.

I can’t believe they can do this?

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31‬:‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬ J

Is it really pronounce Palessteen? I live on the other side of the state in Lima (like the bean, not leema like in Peru), near carroh (a, like in cat), not kie-roh like in Egypt, and Bell Fountain (not Bellefontaine - the way it is spelled, near well you get it - a bunch of illiterate morons from way back.

Just waiting for the next level of unhinged nonsense when they blame the wind mills for killing all the mermaids...

The problem with stupid is it rarely if ever, has the urge to improve. We didn't really think Trump would take all the stupid with him once his repudiation at the hands of a semi-informed electorate sank in? Florida can't handle any more stupid, full saturation set at the moment Desantis understood the con.

there is literally only one source online claiming wind parks killing whales. the webseite is called "stop these things" does not have an impressum and praises "relaiable coal power". now you know where MTG gets her information ,-)

if its stupid look to the right

This reminded me of the scientist the CA judge asked about nanochips in vaccines in 2020 and I remember thinking I bet the guy was SO grateful for the mask he was wearing, hiding his expression. He still began his answer with, "Sorry, I just had to take a minute to compose myself..." Best response I've ever seen to such a freaking idiotic question. THESE PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE OF THINGS. HOW?!! Your former president only hates windmills so much because he lost a lawsuit to the Scottish government trying to get a windfarm removed because it 'ruined the view' from one of his golf courses over here. Then he lost the lawsuit over legal fees and he actually had to pay to keep operating his golf courses. That's when he started his weird noises and anti-windmill campaign.

Haha!

🤣🤣

You’re just jealous. Obviously you have heard Santos has actually prevented many train accidents to happen when he was a conductor. Once he jumped from the moving train and lifted the derailing train back on the tracks. He did it with his left and as he was saving a puppy with his right hand. The subject is very dear to him because his Jewish mother died in the train that destroyed the WTC towers on 9/11. Generally you should not blame anyone. It’s a personal choice to live in a place where an accidents happens. You get what you ask if you want to have BLM and LBQTG people around. They eat babies and want socialism when they say government should regulate business. It’s not business’s fault when an accident happen. Who asks people to inhale toxic fumes and no one has ever proven that cancer or other sicknesses exist or that there is any proof that anything related to business can cause them. No one asks why didn’t Biden prevent this to happen. He had let all the Mexicans in and allowed Ukraine to provoke a war Trump could have prevented by making a deal with Russia with Kim from North Korea. It’s plain and simple that Obama and Clinton caused the accident from the pizzeria’s basement using vaccines, 5G and windmills.

OK that is funny 😁

Santos-Fe railroad had better fix their train.

Remember when we thought the Tea Party was the worst? Yeah...

THEY'RE GOING OFF THE RAILS ON THE CRAZY TRAIN!!!!!!! 🎵🎵🎵🎶🚅🛤☠️

GQP!

The GOP have wrecked their train of thought, and everyone hates train wrecks.

What that says about the morons who still vote republican is truly disgusting. I'm not sure they even qualify as human anymore.

@Nagdalena S Brown Communities have had it bad for quite sometime. Local governments still actively put these communities in harm. The train derailment his horrible. The disgusting thing is the white residents will likely be better taken care of and Flint, MI residents are still suffering as are Indians on the Rez.

@magdalenas83 Erin Brockovich is already on the case--I saw her on TV a couple days ago.... 😉

I'm praying for y'all

good luck with your cancer

KEEP VOTING REPUBLICAN. YOU GET THE GOVERNMENT YOU DESERVE.

@Dreemurr Delm Can you possibly leave the state? Easier said than done, I know, but it's definitely not safe to be breathing within miles of that disaster.

The video at 8:10 of that woman in Ohio whose chickens all died in the night is absolutely terrifying. (Nearly) literally "canaries in a mine shaft." I'm worried for the people who are forced to stay there due to work/family/lack of money to evacuate.

Solid jackal throwback! He looked so happy and comfy! I had previously never seen anyone so happy at an HR meeting!

I can only imagine Wally calling Seth "boss" with air quotes or in a sarcastic tone only a teen girl stereotype could usually do 🤔

Probably cause Mac at Night stole his tux, along with his wife 😂

I don't care how he looks. Closer Look is the funnier than any of the late night monologues.

@@bablumenthal9703 I live abroad and look forward to this each morning! If Closer look is every day..?

Damn hippie needs to class it up!

@@SamAronow YEAH! How are we supposed to understand jokes if the guy isn't in a suit??

Even if she was actually concerned with the well-being of whales, Oil should have been her first target as oil spills do massive amounts of damage to the environment, and the impact can last for decades.

@@dragongirl89115 Whoa whoa whoa, are you suggesting she recommend restrictions to the corporations that are actually paying her paycheck?

Why aren't we encouraging MTG to end her own life?

Bless my heart I actually thought it was a writing error and "whales" are some kind of birds.

Agagingin@@dragongirl89115 ... Let's see if they fallow Now myg and much apa tree

Oh, not again!

Amazing. Thank you!

and it is an apt and just comparison because republican deregulation handed us froze to death people in texas, a collapsed condo in Florida, and a derailed train in east palestine (right up the road from me)

I thought it was one of those “famous quotes that the person never said”, but it’s true -- he’s apparently even said it more than once.

we do love it...unless theres an error.

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@@markmac2206 Correction: We do love it, _especially_ if there's an error.

It’s my favourite too- “tears in his eyes…” 😂

Well said ,but what about Ted Cruz and Moscow Mitch?

😂😂😂😂😂😅 you spoke the real truth it would be funny if it wasn’t so sad

Unlike AOC,Talib, Omar etc. lol.

@@pietrojenkins6901 You're right and that would take a long page.

The catch phrase would be "God bless America and no place else."

thats what they do bro! youre a jackal now whether you like it or not.

Seth might as well talk about it. Biden isn't.

@@johnbrowne3950 And what is there to comment. It was an accident

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You’d think I’d get tired of this joke! Instead each time Seth is doing the Trump impersonation and I can sense this line is coming, I start chuckling in anticipation.

@@ellicel - I join in with the words……

And if they accept that money they will be excluded from any class action suits arising from this fiasco! 🤦🏼‍♀️

It’s infuriating. $1000 barely covers one month rent where I am. Plus you know they’re gonna draw out that lawsuit as far as possible.

It is maybe a start for the first days.

1 grand isnt even enough for a lawyer lol

@tangieharlan Ask your esteemed governor DeWine!!! I understand he refused Federal assistance.... 🤨

A roach with THC!

If only there was a spray for insurrections and failed wannabe dictators.

Loved those books as a kid in the 70's. They used to be in every pediatrician's waiting rooms. My grandmother and I used to flip through looking for the little golden ladybug, too.

@@robo5013 it's great when Seth makes reference to the Richard Scarry books-grew up on them in the 70s and loved them so much :)

This sounds like a shockingly sensible approach we could adopt with huge bipartisan support from most Democrats and that one Republican Seth manages to corner with a joint. 🤷‍♂️

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but are there are whales in Belgium? MY GOD MARJORIE IS RIGHT!!!!!!

Far more birds are killed by housecats and glass window buildings. I've read that modern wind turbines have taken bird strikes into consideration, at least by being bigger and slower.

you're speaking logically. the republicans can't understand you. plus they probably think you're a socialist.

GQP!

Well, every cult needs a way to fool people into believing and following them.

Exactly

Lets be honest though, they could literally say whatever they want and they'd still get close to the same number of votes. Most of their remaining voters are so deep into the sunk cost fallacy that it's likely they'll twist anything said into proof about how they are right and *this* time it'll finally work out just like they always wanted.

That's actually the saddest part to me. The fact that Republican voters are so uneducated, and politically ignorant, that they vote for the very people who make policies that keep them in poverty.

Once again‼️

😂😂😂

They also only want one person on a train.

Yes!!!! I worked for Conrail from 1979-1984, many freight crews consisted of an engineer, fireman, conductor and two brakemen. The Class 1 railroads want to run huge trains with their ridiculous Precision Scheduled Railroading with ONE engineer and Positive Train Control. If a train had an issue like a hot box, detached air hose or what have you, supposedly a conductor would be transported to the scene of the issue. Norfolk Southern also tends not to use DPU’s (distributed power), so their trains are long, heavy and unwieldy All in the name of profit for the railroad executives

Mayor Pete is in photos with the Execs from Norfolk Southern, paling it up! Funny how THAT works, eh?

@@dennisg4053 spelling

Same business model as Southwest Airlines. No investment in technology and during one bad weather event, they completely collapsed and couldn’t get back up for a week. People are still out of pocket for that.

It’s just a distraction!

Repubes don't have solutions, so they have to have something to attack aka culture wars

Doing the same thing they did with Hillary. (Benghazi and her emails)

Dems should practice this "Whataboutism" whenever Hunter Biden's laptop comes up... the FBI has had it for years!

I just love how most of these comments have at least one reply that is not showing up. You know it's some Trumper or MTG sycophant that is raging into the abyss.

I'm guessing it comes with the job like news anchors 😂😂

It's incredible how they keep saying stuff like that.

It's IMAX projection.

@@TooBadThatDidntKillMe Planetarium style projection 😂

It's infuriating.

Gaslight Obstruct Project

🤣🤣🤣🤣...v

"Also, why have Democrats legalized weed but not made windmills illegal? Do they not care about the WHALES?"

@Zach Hogan You must be older, and/or a classic movie buff.

It is absolutely true that whales have been beached near Atlantic City and Brigantine NJ in increased numbers. Two whales in December, 2022 and two more in January 2023. A simple google search will confirm that for you. There are marine and wildlife preservation organizations in the area; some were started in the 1980s, so these are not kooks raising these concerns. Four whales in two months is concerning, especially because only five whales beached in all of 2022. The most likely culprit is boat strikes. However, there were pre construction surveys that used sonar, and since whales do rely on sonar it is not unreasonable to investigate that. I'm just not sure that large numbers of dead whales are a joke, especially before the investigation has occurred. MTG is a joke; whales and marine preservation is not a joke. She probably heard 25% of a news story and then turned that into a rant. Seth has a staff to write his jokes. I wish they knew how to google things.

Good call! Thank you!

Agreed. I was aware of the derailment but only grasped the severity now, and I pay a decent amount of attention to the news.

I've seen multiple reports on it just today. PBS, ABC and CBS all covered it, for example.

Yes!!! I’m in Ohio and it maddening not knowing what’s safe right now. My family is operating as if we’re under a boil advisory because we don’t trust what the state is saying. This is becoming very scary for more and more people.

Yea but the problem is it happen on February 3rd. Pretty pathetic it’s just now getting this type of national coverage.

There’s the economic concept of an “externality” -- that is, a cost that a company is responsible for, but they don’t have to pay, because it’s somebody else’s problem. Like when they mess up the environment or poison people. This is why we have regulatory authorities, to ensure that a company very much bears liability, particularly financial liability, for the damage and hurt that it creates. Then hopefully it will think twice before creating new “externalities” in future.

It is. And it exists. The problem is enforcement. This is one area that the local police can't police, and no one else steps up to fill the void.

I never thought I’d see a fellow Magic The Gathering fan here.

@@nerdygoth1688 My first deck was a 5th edition red/green, mostly sorceries and instants w/ a couple chunkies like Force of Nature and Shivan. Great times!

We've been suffering the pain of MTG for too long. We hide in our geeky corner below politics

​@@nerdygoth1688 I still want to see a movie series about the Planeswalkers. Especially Jace. Blue is my go-to colour.

I literally haven’t played Magic in so long cus none of my friends are into it.

Absolutely! Some of those impressions have gotten so good. And the ones that are not good, are funny still.

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Somehow they’re even funnier when they’re not quite right 😂

@@rickychandler7009 I def would be happy to see him going: "Mel, Mel" in person.

@@francescaa8331 Seth could do an off-off-Broadway one man show just doing his dt impression and I'd happily be in the front row

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All the late night comedy hosts are better than the network news readers.

Well when the free press/media is under threat of violence and imprisonment, it's hard for them to focus on their job. Thanks trump, you successfully turned the conservative party into one that despises the free press that the founders knew was important for healthy democracy.

Unfortunate but true! Have you noticed that network news reports heavily on weather!? It’s a joke!

100%

Yes, Except Buttigieg is not in charge of the response no matter what people think. DOT works with Congress in creating regulations (his potential tie to Ohio). The departments that investigate and respond to events like this (some at the request of a governor) are not the DOT and don’t come under the DOT. And Congress and the DOT will be taking recommendations from the NTSB after the investigation. Perhaps Buttigieg could have talked publicly about how all the players come together because obviously most of America-including a closer look-are confused by how that’s the case.

Not true .

Everybody coverd it , all of the late night shows , every major news network covered it

Exactly. They don't pay for damages to the extent they need too and the fines are pennies to them, not deterring them to change.

more importantly its more profitable for the C-suite

FALSE. Maybe true when talking about manufacturing, that was true. LIke the Pinto etc etc. However you would have to insane to think that a Railroad would allow the rails they OWN... to be destroyed. Railroads ONLY make $$ when moving freight!

@@dennisg4053 which is why the cleanup was done in a way that would quickly clear the track but resulted in massive environmental damage

@dennisg4053 I lived beside the railroad the biggest part of my life. So many people died of cancer in that area until the epa was formed. They don't care about the environment, they care about profit. Back then you saw people often working on the tracks. Today, not nearly as often. People had wells back then, that those leaky chemicals, I am sure, got in the ground water. Now they don't have wells but the public water source comes from the drawing of that same area also much of the track is beside the river that feeds the public water system. Do you really think they care about that? They care their rail is shut down and cars having to be repaired, taking out of their pocket, which our tax dollars will probably pay for. The community will suffer for decades because our government is bought and paid for by corporations, who have cut back their safety standards to the cost of regular people.

It's always the first thing they say. Keep their feet to the fire! "Officials/officers" always get the first word. Don't let theirs be the last word!

lmao calling them servers is peak Karen

@@Hawk7886 Whatever Karen calls them, a tip is probably not forthcoming.

@@MrDarcyProductions Or you try reading a dictionary.

They were waiters and waitressing for over a hundred years. That's all that bothers you? Really? Sounds kinda shallow.

@@MrDarcyProductions objectively, that's just your opinion.

Trump would steal that line and take credit for it.