You can bet if the families cash those cheques they’ll find out that they have waved their rights if they have serious health problems later. Don’t trust them. Get a lawyer.
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.
Those "inconvenience checks" often come with strings attached for the folks who accept them. Most of the time it removes the ability to sue at a later date for damages.
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.
@@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!
I'm a little surprised Seth and his team failed to mention that Ohio state governor rejected federal aid when first offered, so it's not like the Feds didn't try initially help.
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.
I bet if they accept the inconvenience checks, they waive their rights to sue in the future if they suffer adverse health due to the explosion. I hate corporations that value money over ppl
Since the train derailment, there’s been like 3 more disasters. We’ve got people that are not even safe in their home and they are not getting any help. And nobody is answering for it.
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
The Ohio thing really gets to me. There were other youtubers and non-mainstream info sites that were talking about this before the news could. Some of the journalists who tried getting a story ended up being arrested while the people with cams filmed it. They didn't even start an evacuation until word got out about the crash against the companies will, from people who started warning others about it early. Not to mention, the train companies PR person I think it was refused to talk about the kind of breaks used on the train. Train workers were calling for better breaks and safety on the train for a while. It's just irritating that they tried to keep news about it low while the chemical gas and smoke was spreading.
I got 2 push notifications from news apps when they announced the "controlled" burn. I dont rely on CZcams for my news. Both apps are major news outlets.
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.
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.
If Marjorie Taylor Greene said it, you don't even have to fact-check it. Just assume she made it up and it's a complete and total lie. That's the great thing about MTG. We don't even have to fact-check her because we know it's just a lie.
@@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 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.
One man's decision miles and miles and miles from another man's home has so much impact. The leader of millions of people makes a decisions that impacts every single individual in one way or another and then walked away to a golf course.
I remember DT gave a speech once bragging about how many deregulations he accomplished, the crowd started cheering... It's hilarious and scary how fools will cosign against their own best interest.
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.
Thanks for talking about the environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. It didn't get much coverage when it first happened. Besides the fish killed, thousand of birds died. It's just so heartbreaking. We can't let these greedy creeps get away with this anymore.
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.
I’m really happy Seth talked about the East Palestine disaster. I was honestly getting pretty disheartened by how little coverage it was seeming to get in the mainstream media. But once again I’m validated in loving Seth’s whole team. Also, Wally passive aggressively tapping the cards is on point.
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 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…
I remember when I became aware of the world being alarmed by whales and dolphins beaching themselves. It was in the 1980s. The first offshore windfarm wasn't built until 1991, and it was in Denmark. Depending on the source, there are currently only one, or two, offshore windfarms off America, and construction on the first only began in 2015. Maybe MTG thinks that if whales are harmed by offshore windfarms, it's because windfarms also produce tachyons that allow the effects to time travel backwards?
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.
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.
Why choose only one way to hold companies accountable, prevent accidents, or help victims recover? Let's do them all! Higher taxes, fines that actually hurt, force them to pay for cleanup, obligations to pay employees better, stronger safety standards, more stringent inspections.... All of it and more!
I had a coughing fit from laughing when Seth was mimicking Trump recounting the dastardly villain at the train station asking him to roll back the rules on train brakes! Seth, thanks to you and the team for the laughs and the consistently high quality of show. Love from Spain.
Please do not ever stop doing the Trump bit about people coming up to him crying... I know the setup and I still love it every time it happens. I even think the jackals love it...
All these years later and it looks like we need Erin Brokovich and the team, otherwise the large corp is winning. My heart goes to all the East Palestine residents. And the fact that the derailment could have been prevented since the workers were flagging that risk earlier, it’s just horrible.
@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.
I'm still shocked they've yet to do anything about cigarette smoke. Second hand smoke actually causes more health issues than smoking. It's nasty AF too. Triggers my migraines so it pisses me off when people in adjacent apartments smoke. It filters into my apartment.
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
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)
As an Ohio resident, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the focus tonight on East Palestine. It’s a story that didn’t get the coverage it deserved for too long, and I’m glad you’re covering it now. ❤
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.
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.
I hadn't heard of the whales thing until yesterday. I work for a power utility who is investing in offshore wind, and during an all hands yesterday someone asked if we were killing whales with the project. Now I know where the stupid came from
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 ,-)
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.
As someone who has solar panels, I can vouch that home solar fried bird taste great with the double bonus of saving money on not having to pay the extreme markup at the store for solar fried birds and not having to use our electric oven.
I thought the same thing about the MTG's whale/windmill statement. When she said that I thought, 1) wtf?, Then 2) does she think whales fly? To which I immediately thought, 3) yeah, that tracks. And moved on so I was ready for the next GOP wtf moment. I'm betting heavily on Santos currently.
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.
JD Vance complaining about Democrats being "unserious" and worrying about "fake problems" has got to be one of the biggest "pot calling the kettle black" moments I've heard all week!
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.
Damn I commented the other day about Seth not talking about the disaster in Ohio, but I never expected him to actually talk about it. Mega props to you and the team for proving me wrong!
If the GOP was a person, it would have the honesty of George Santos, the brains of Lauren Boebert, the compassion of Marjorie Traitor Greene, the morals of Matt Gaetze, the integrity of Lindsey Graham, the spine of Kevin McCarthy and the personality of tRump.
@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.
I really admire you and your writers. The ability to find things to laugh about when our nation is in trouble is a genuine gift! Thank you for helping me see the truly ridiculous aspect of the Maga chaos!
I live in the evacuation zone, and the $1k inconvenience fee is an insult. Obviously, the GOP'S deregulations and failure to adopt environmental justice policies, have not helped us. Prior are driving in from other states, delivering bottled water, bought with their own money, to help our residents. Where is the government's help? Where is FEMA? My village needs assistance. #sethmyers #epstrong
The whole "whales killed by wind turbine projects" thing is actually just astroturfing by the oil industry. There's some good articles linking oil donations directly to the organization that first started yelling about this. Even though the whales were dying before the projects even began and for some reason are not dying in any other area of the world where offshore wind turbines are being placed.
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.
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.
In Texas the cab drivers say "I don't wanna end up in a jackpot" And in New Mexico they'll take you to a veterinarian for treatment of gunshot wounds (even if you've plugged them with tampons all the way from Philadelphia by train). DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THAT N.M QUOTE? If not Better Call Someone to find out.
Absolutely insane. One of the reasons Norfolk Southern is making so much money is that they don't invest in maintenance. Their profit directly caused this disaster. Why are they allowed to keep it?
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
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.
LOWLY WORM! Those Richard Scarry books helped teach my little boy to read long before any of his friends. He loved them, and we spent many happy hours reading them. His first grade teacher jumped me at our first parent-teacher conference: "What have you done with this child?" She was having a hard time finding books that could keep him interested; when tested, his reading comprehension was at an 8th grade, 5th month level.
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.
I lost it when Seth talked about how Wally was passive-aggressively tapping the cue cards. I ABSOLUTELY can see him doing that. "Come on boss, we're right here, let's get this done. I gotta get home so I can lay in bed for our next HR Zoom meeting".
Having seen so many movies where the chemical spill gets downplayed and then turns out that its soaked into the buildings and soil poisoning the community for years, causing xyz serious medical problems. I mean, it's like regulation to prevent corporations from creating unsafe or deadly situations is absolutely necessary for public safety.
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.
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.
i have a feeling if the residents accept anything right now from the rail company, they won't be able to properly seek restitution for the full extent of damages that we've yet to discover.
@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. 🤣🤣🤣
@@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!
On the good side, two weeks ago, some researchers announced they had figured out how to recycle wind turbine blades. I found an easy Catalyst to dissolve the blades back to raw material so they could be recast into new blades.
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.
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.
In Belgium the off shore wind farms provide 10% of the energy and we have the longest running monitoring of the changes for the environment. The effect are generally positive but we did have to adapt to lower the underwater noise and are looking into how to adapt to the periods of intense bird migration we have here. We understand better why singing birds sometimes collide with the windmills and are proposing future measures.
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. 🤷♂️
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.
The fish and wildlife are a terrible loss... but people lost their dogs their cats whatever was in the area died and very little is being reported about that.
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 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.
Norfolk Southern has always had a lot more cash on hand than their competitor, CSX. When NS and CSX were bidding up the price of Conrail, NS was able to make an all cash offer to CR shareholders. CSX would have never been able to do that.
As a European in the US (moved back home last year), it really blew my mind when people thought they 'had' to vote for trump "because I'm a Republican". It either came from their upbringing (yay, freedom!), or their church (umm...?) or just the weird Red team vs Blue team politics where there is this myth that once you pick a team, you can't change it. I've voted for 4 different parties at home - and that's not even all my options. It really removes the diametrically opposed opinions and the idea there can be no middle ground. I genuinely believe US politics needs multiple parties. 2 parties can't adequately represent the views of 300 million people. We have 5 main parties, plus some smaller ones for 5 million people. It might take a few decades to change fully, but I really think it's needed.
@@gmun2248 The US have in fact multiple parties. Their winner takes all, district system is the problem. If the US switch to a German system, with representatives from districts (local winners) and the rest of "parliament" filled in to represent the popular vote in the whole country, you'd see a whole range of other parties represented in Congress. Gerrrymandering would have no impact. The GOP would be a minority party with no power on federal level. Add in priority voting, and the whole political landscape would be much more diverse and representing the people!
That guy has no idea what he's talking about the largest faction of construction workers are brown and Latino and do not support the GOP. Only the dumbass Latinos in Florida do
Four months ago, a train derailed a few blocks from my house. It damaged an underpass and several tankers spilled parafin all over the place. Within a week or so, the trains were running again. However, the underpass (one of the main routes in/out of Sandusky) is still closed because of damage to a pumping station under the tracks. Hmmm...shouldn't the tracks be stopped until the street is re-opened? I mean, if there's that much damage...
Republicans are childish and unintelligent as hell in every single way. Including the "I know you are, but what am I?" BS blame games they try to play.
You can bet if the families cash those cheques they’ll find out that they have waved their rights if they have serious health problems later. Don’t trust them. Get a lawyer.
Good point.
Exactlycwhat I thought
Class action lawsuit!!
@@MatterMeetsAntimatter 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.
The Rail executives should be facing criminal negligence charges. Losing shareholder value is not as big a deterrent as possible jail time.
🚬👱🏻♂️IM A SPAMBOT TROLL ROBO GEEK
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.
Those "inconvenience checks" often come with strings attached for the folks who accept them. Most of the time it removes the ability to sue at a later date for damages.
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!
I'm a little surprised Seth and his team failed to mention that Ohio state governor rejected federal aid when first offered, so it's not like the Feds didn't try initially help.
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.
MTG is crazier than a sprayed roach
A roach with THC!
If only there was a spray for insurrections and failed wannabe dictators.
I bet if they accept the inconvenience checks, they waive their rights to sue in the future if they suffer adverse health due to the explosion.
I hate corporations that value money over ppl
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.
Since the train derailment, there’s been like 3 more disasters. We’ve got people that are not even safe in their home and they are not getting any help. And nobody is answering for it.
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.
The Ohio thing really gets to me. There were other youtubers and non-mainstream info sites that were talking about this before the news could. Some of the journalists who tried getting a story ended up being arrested while the people with cams filmed it. They didn't even start an evacuation until word got out about the crash against the companies will, from people who started warning others about it early. Not to mention, the train companies PR person I think it was refused to talk about the kind of breaks used on the train. Train workers were calling for better breaks and safety on the train for a while. It's just irritating that they tried to keep news about it low while the chemical gas and smoke was spreading.
I got 2 push notifications from news apps when they announced the "controlled" burn. I dont rely on CZcams 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.
I will NEVER tire of the “tears running down his face” joke.
He deserves every single repetition of that.
PS MTG is in-fucking-SANE!!!!🤯😱🤯
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.
"Windmills Kill." says MTG, but "Guns don't kill."
If Marjorie Taylor Greene said it, you don't even have to fact-check it. Just assume she made it up and it's a complete and total lie. That's the great thing about MTG. We don't even have to fact-check her because we know it's just a lie.
"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.
One man's decision miles and miles and miles from another man's home has so much impact.
The leader of millions of people makes a decisions that impacts every single individual in one way or another and then walked away to a golf course.
Good one, agree.
I remember DT gave a speech once bragging about how many deregulations he accomplished, the crowd started cheering... It's hilarious and scary how fools will cosign against their own best interest.
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.
Thanks for talking about the environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. It didn't get much coverage when it first happened. Besides the fish killed, thousand of birds died. It's just so heartbreaking. We can't let these greedy creeps get away with this anymore.
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’m really happy Seth talked about the East Palestine disaster. I was honestly getting pretty disheartened by how little coverage it was seeming to get in the mainstream media. But once again I’m validated in loving Seth’s whole team. Also, Wally passive aggressively tapping the cards is on point.
Indeed. Jon Stewart had an indepth look at it too: czcams.com/video/O8Jrk6fvmQ8/video.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…
I remember when I became aware of the world being alarmed by whales and dolphins beaching themselves. It was in the 1980s. The first offshore windfarm wasn't built until 1991, and it was in Denmark. Depending on the source, there are currently only one, or two, offshore windfarms off America, and construction on the first only began in 2015.
Maybe MTG thinks that if whales are harmed by offshore windfarms, it's because windfarms also produce tachyons that allow the effects to time travel backwards?
Noice
I blame the train conductor George Santos for the train derailment. 🤦🏼♂️
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.
In fairness, as a Texan, I can confirm that your impression of a Dallas cab driver with a New York accent isn't unfounded.
@@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.
love that seth has an actual mike on his shirt and yet he spoke into his collar for the undercover cop joke
9:23 Did anyone else spot a bowl of petunias falling alongside the whale? Did it say "Oh no, not again!"?
GOP “we’re for the working class. That’s why we vote against policies like universal healthcare and raising minimum wages”
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.
Why choose only one way to hold companies accountable, prevent accidents, or help victims recover? Let's do them all! Higher taxes, fines that actually hurt, force them to pay for cleanup, obligations to pay employees better, stronger safety standards, more stringent inspections.... All of it and more!
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
Great show. Love MTG'S coffee cup saying Major-B. Too fitting
I had a coughing fit from laughing when Seth was mimicking Trump recounting the dastardly villain at the train station asking him to roll back the rules on train brakes! Seth, thanks to you and the team for the laughs and the consistently high quality of show. Love from Spain.
This is why the railroad workers (whom Cruz also does not mention) were striking
Please do not ever stop doing the Trump bit about people coming up to him crying... I know the setup and I still love it every time it happens. I even think the jackals love it...
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…” 😂
All these years later and it looks like we need Erin Brokovich and the team, otherwise the large corp is winning. My heart goes to all the East Palestine residents. And the fact that the derailment could have been prevented since the workers were flagging that risk earlier, it’s just horrible.
@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 still shocked they've yet to do anything about cigarette smoke. Second hand smoke actually causes more health issues than smoking. It's nasty AF too. Triggers my migraines so it pisses me off when people in adjacent apartments smoke. It filters into my apartment.
$1000 is an insult 😡 those people need a lawyer and a class-action
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
Thank you for talking about this. I’m in Ohio and it took too long for this to become national news. Everything about it is messed up.
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 CZcams.
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
The fact that you never fail to remind people of Ted Cruz’s dereliction of duty warms the cockles of my heart.
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)
"Big guy, tall guy, with tears running down his face..." NEVER gets old, TY 😂
As an Ohio resident, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the focus tonight on East Palestine. It’s a story that didn’t get the coverage it deserved for too long, and I’m glad you’re covering it now. ❤
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
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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.
There actually has been a incident with a Whale in the sky … next to a bowl of petunias.
Oh, not again!
Amazing. Thank you!
Glad I watched corrections first, so I didn't think I was having a stroke after hearing "Bill Kitten" 😂
Thank you Seth. The power of comedy is awesome!
I hadn't heard of the whales thing until yesterday. I work for a power utility who is investing in offshore wind, and during an all hands yesterday someone asked if we were killing whales with the project. Now I know where the stupid came from
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.
Whoever made the richard scary joke is awesome, I grew up on those vhs cassettes/games/books
I noticed Cruz didn't say anything about the GOP supporting labour unions, which truly benefit working people.
As someone who has solar panels, I can vouch that home solar fried bird taste great with the double bonus of saving money on not having to pay the extreme markup at the store for solar fried birds and not having to use our electric oven.
I thought the same thing about the MTG's whale/windmill statement. When she said that I thought, 1) wtf?, Then 2) does she think whales fly? To which I immediately thought, 3) yeah, that tracks. And moved on so I was ready for the next GOP wtf moment. I'm betting heavily on Santos currently.
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
I love that Seth is the only late night host that has maintained a casual look
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??
I really love the "hig guy... tears on his face... he said, SIR!" bit...never stop doing it, please!
I love how much fun Seth is clearly having
JD Vance complaining about Democrats being "unserious" and worrying about "fake problems" has got to be one of the biggest "pot calling the kettle black" moments I've heard all week!
It's incredible how they keep saying stuff like that.
It's IMAX projection.
@@TooBadThatDidntKillMe Planetarium style projection 😂
It's infuriating.
Gaslight
Obstruct
Project
That man has never been any of these, nor has he ever had to live on public assistance! And their concern with Hunter Biden's laptop is deplorable.
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.
Citizens of Georgia have so much to be proud of with MTG🤮
CORRECTION-Bill Kitten? Really? 🤣
Absolutely loved this one! Best one in a while!
The GOP’s “train of thought” it totally off the rails and has been for a long time.
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.
Damn I commented the other day about Seth not talking about the disaster in Ohio, but I never expected him to actually talk about it. Mega props to you and the team for proving me wrong!
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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@@markmac2206🚬👱🏻♂️IM A SPAMBOT TROLL ROBO GEEK
Brilliant joke about Richard Scarry. Give that person a bonus!!!
😂 "Back to the airport, Mr. Cruz?" 😂
Once again‼️
😂😂😂
If the GOP was a person, it would have the honesty of George Santos, the brains of Lauren Boebert, the compassion of Marjorie Traitor Greene, the morals of Matt Gaetze, the integrity of Lindsey Graham, the spine of Kevin McCarthy and the personality of tRump.
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."
As someone who lives in Ohio within walking distance of train tracks, I am terrified and appalled at the state of things
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.
I really admire you and your writers. The ability to find things to laugh about when our nation is in trouble is a genuine gift!
Thank you for helping me see the truly ridiculous aspect of the Maga chaos!
I live in the evacuation zone, and the $1k inconvenience fee is an insult. Obviously, the GOP'S deregulations and failure to adopt environmental justice policies, have not helped us. Prior are driving in from other states, delivering bottled water, bought with their own money, to help our residents. Where is the government's help? Where is FEMA? My village needs assistance. #sethmyers #epstrong
@tangieharlan Ask your esteemed governor DeWine!!! I understand he refused Federal assistance.... 🤨
The whole "whales killed by wind turbine projects" thing is actually just astroturfing by the oil industry. There's some good articles linking oil donations directly to the organization that first started yelling about this. Even though the whales were dying before the projects even began and for some reason are not dying in any other area of the world where offshore wind turbines are being placed.
@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.
Pls continue covering the Ohio crisis. It’s honestly worrying how major media outlets are burying this important news.
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.
The GOP caring about the working class is a joke.
In Texas the cab drivers say "I don't wanna end up in a jackpot"
And in New Mexico they'll take you to a veterinarian for treatment of gunshot wounds
(even if you've plugged them with tampons all the way from Philadelphia by train).
DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THAT N.M QUOTE? If not Better Call Someone to find out.
Absolutely insane. One of the reasons Norfolk Southern is making so much money is that they don't invest in maintenance. Their profit directly caused this disaster. Why are they allowed to keep it?
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
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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.
LOWLY WORM! Those Richard Scarry books helped teach my little boy to read long before any of his friends. He loved them, and we spent many happy hours reading them. His first grade teacher jumped me at our first parent-teacher conference: "What have you done with this child?" She was having a hard time finding books that could keep him interested; when tested, his reading comprehension was at an 8th grade, 5th month level.
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 :)
Beautiful. Thank you Seth and team.
Always amazed that people manage to wreck trains.
I lost it when Seth talked about how Wally was passive-aggressively tapping the cue cards. I ABSOLUTELY can see him doing that. "Come on boss, we're right here, let's get this done. I gotta get home so I can lay in bed for our next HR Zoom meeting".
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 🤔
Having seen so many movies where the chemical spill gets downplayed and then turns out that its soaked into the buildings and soil poisoning the community for years, causing xyz serious medical problems.
I mean, it's like regulation to prevent corporations from creating unsafe or deadly situations is absolutely necessary for public safety.
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 want to know why Ohio governor Mike DeWine was told that the contents of that train were not toxic. And as important, WHO told him that?
It's a beautiful thing when I wake up and realize this period of time was just a nightmare. And I live in Finland, think those poor souls in America.
Big guy...strong guy...tears running down his face.
I laugh so hard every time.
Then he said "sir"?
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……
i have a feeling if the residents accept anything right now from the rail company, they won't be able to properly seek restitution for the full extent of damages that we've yet to discover.
People who are “unserious “are often referred to as NOT serious by many of us.
First that Cop in Tennessee, now this. It has NOT been a good year for trains
"Are we getting enough vinyl and essential chlorides in our diet?"
-Tomorrow, on Tucker.
🤣🤣🤣🤣...v
"Also, why have Democrats legalized weed but not made windmills illegal? Do they not care about the WHALES?"
keep talking about the train derailment til the train corporation is held accountable! 🤯
Thanks for the saxophone jokes!
Love how taxi drivers talk the same no matter where they are 😂
I'm guessing it comes with the job like news anchors 😂😂
As a Texan I can confirm that Seth’s impersonation of a Dallas taxi cab driver is spot on
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
Calling Marjorie MTG is an insult to a perfectly good trading card game. Then again, calling her a human being is an insult to humanity.
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.
On the good side, two weeks ago, some researchers announced they had figured out how to recycle wind turbine blades. I found an easy Catalyst to dissolve the blades back to raw material so they could be recast into new blades.
I love how informal the show is.
It's sad when a comedian is a better reporter than most of network news
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.
In Belgium the off shore wind farms provide 10% of the energy and we have the longest running monitoring of the changes for the environment. The effect are generally positive but we did have to adapt to lower the underwater noise and are looking into how to adapt to the periods of intense bird migration we have here. We understand better why singing birds sometimes collide with the windmills and are proposing future measures.
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.
We had a train full of tankers creep through our town yesterday. Wonder what kind of chemicals they were carrying.??
At 12 minutes and 37 seconds and it sounds like he says Bill Kitten
The fish and wildlife are a terrible loss... but people lost their dogs their cats whatever was in the area died and very little is being reported about that.
Closer look is more accurate news than most news sources and it makes the news INTERESTING.
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Was there a pot of Petunias with the Whale?
I know this is an old video but stoned Thomas kills me every time 😂
Finally, the ONLY host to cover Ohio, thanks Seth
Not true .
Everybody coverd it , all of the late night shows , every major news network covered it
It's cheaper for companies to let the disaster happen than to fix it before it does.
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.
Norfolk Southern has always had a lot more cash on hand than their competitor, CSX. When NS and CSX were bidding up the price of Conrail, NS was able to make an all cash offer to CR shareholders. CSX would have never been able to do that.
Great episode Seth! Luv your imitation of ol' Ted!
As a blue collar worker, I can’t believe my coworkers follow the GOP when they are actively taken advantage of by them.
As a European in the US (moved back home last year), it really blew my mind when people thought they 'had' to vote for trump "because I'm a Republican". It either came from their upbringing (yay, freedom!), or their church (umm...?) or just the weird Red team vs Blue team politics where there is this myth that once you pick a team, you can't change it.
I've voted for 4 different parties at home - and that's not even all my options. It really removes the diametrically opposed opinions and the idea there can be no middle ground. I genuinely believe US politics needs multiple parties. 2 parties can't adequately represent the views of 300 million people.
We have 5 main parties, plus some smaller ones for 5 million people.
It might take a few decades to change fully, but I really think it's needed.
@@gmun2248 The US have in fact multiple parties. Their winner takes all, district system is the problem. If the US switch to a German system, with representatives from districts (local winners) and the rest of "parliament" filled in to represent the popular vote in the whole country, you'd see a whole range of other parties represented in Congress. Gerrrymandering would have no impact. The GOP would be a minority party with no power on federal level. Add in priority voting, and the whole political landscape would be much more diverse and representing the people!
But now the republican party has now become the party of the big lie and anti democrecy
your coworkers need to watch what Retrumpicans do, not to watch what retrumpicans say.
That guy has no idea what he's talking about the largest faction of construction workers are brown and Latino and do not support the GOP. Only the dumbass Latinos in Florida do
Four months ago, a train derailed a few blocks from my house. It damaged an underpass and several tankers spilled parafin all over the place. Within a week or so, the trains were running again. However, the underpass (one of the main routes in/out of Sandusky) is still closed because of damage to a pumping station under the tracks.
Hmmm...shouldn't the tracks be stopped until the street is re-opened? I mean, if there's that much damage...
THANK YOU!
Excellent analysis of the Ohio train derailment!
Nothing says "working class solidarity" like calling servers "waiters and waitresses" 😂
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.
It doesn't surprise me that the GOP's response to a disaster is "It's everyone's fault but ours".
nazi tactics = projection.. s.
As always!
Yeah, it's always "Blah blah blah. Scary liberals."
Hunter Bidens laptop caused the derailment
Republicans are childish and unintelligent as hell in every single way.
Including the "I know you are, but what am I?" BS blame games they try to play.
"Is that Woodward or Bernstein?" - To whit, an excellent query, Mr Myers!
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