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Biden made a trip to Kiev (with cooperation from Russia), all to great fanfare. He adamantly refuses to visit East Palestine. The citizens of East Palestine do not receive so much as a hotel voucher, while Ukraine is showered with billions, $40 billion earlier this year, to go with the $56 billion last year and, then another $10 billion last month, $9.5 billion a few weeks ago, then $400 million two days ago.

This shows where the Empire's real priorities are. Since they are not citizens of a country that the United States wishes to punish or to woo, the flyover people are at most an annoying inconvenience.

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Mar 4, 2023Liked by The Rational Walk

I wonder who BNSF uses for insurance?

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I’d be interested in hearing that conversation between Greg and Ajit!

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Mar 4, 2023Liked by The Rational Walk

This year there are so many topics I’d like answers on. I hope we get to hear them. Last year seemed slow.

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Unfortunately, Greg and Ajit will only be on stage during the morning session. I like listening to Buffett’s long digressions, but I hope the morning is focused more on Greg and Ajit.

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It’s not a matter of if but when. Derailments will happen. Someone should set a rule on exact how many of a chemical can be in a manifest. For example they could run 4 trains instead of what we just witnessed in Ohio. They could also arrange the most toxic cars to the rear where it’s less likely they will derail. They could have hot wheel detector every 10 miles.

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It seems like additional steps to detect problems like the overheated bearing would be well worth the expense given the liabilities involved in a catastrophic accident. I keep thinking about what would happen with more dangerous chemicals in a congested area like Chicago (or other cities where trains run very close to heavily populated areas). I'm sure that Buffett thinks about these risks frequently.

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