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2 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Wowee! It turns out DOGE didn't save any fucking money and destroyed a bunch of public services and ended the careers of tens of thousands of public servants

 

 

But they got to additionally execute Chinese and Russian priorities of destroying US soft power but specifically destroying USAID which they allege was a front for the CIA while also killing African children who relied on access to food and medicine. All done in spite of laws and funding previously passed while deliberately misleading the courts on who was even giving the orders. 

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4 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

 

I'm gonna laugh when a lot of these "strong" men wake up one morning with their balls cut off and stuffed in their mouth by some "weak" woman.  Talk about living in the past.

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On 7/28/2025 at 10:48 AM, BrickHorn said:

Anyone dumb enough to hop in an unregulated rocket for a hundred million mile journey to colonize an arid rock with no water, no food, no atmosphere, and no magnetic field should be encouraged to do so immediately. 

Bon voyage, idiots!

On 7/28/2025 at 5:15 PM, BurntEyes said:

We could recruit the racist who are starting "colonies" and tell them we are giving them their own planet.

 

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I'm not positing some new theory, but in what way are modern women "weak" and subject to being assimilated by another tribe?  Do they not have the capability of acquiring the same weapons men can acquire, and using them with the same skill?  We aren't slugging it out with fists, swords, and knives in close combat any more.  I'd much rather piss off some rando on MoPac than my wife.

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On 7/29/2025 at 3:21 AM, Bozo_Casanova said:

“Gahenna” is a pretty brilliant choice here.

My first thought on reading “Gehenna” was when I played World of Warcraft years ago and the first big dungeon has a boss called Gehennas that throws fire all over the place. Seems appropriate to use that in describing this diner.

https://www.wowhead.com/classic/npc=12259/gehennas

 

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11 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

millions of deaths? That is is some Pol Pot level of evil

 

When you want a legacy, but your science shit isn't working, so you resort to mass murder

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Let's all hope Elmo's gotten bored with Texas, and Austin in particular. Sorry, Tennessee. You're in his sights now.

As an aside, it's really funny how similar the parallels between Austin & Texas and Nashville & Tennessee are, including becoming the next "it" city & state.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/nashville-tunnel-musk.html

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, already faces backlash over his company’s giant supercomputer project in Memphis. Now, another project under his business empire has angered residents in Tennessee’s capital, where state officials cleared the way on Thursday for a 10-mile tunnel to be dug under Nashville.

The project by the Boring Company, Mr. Musk’s private tunneling venture, would connect downtown Nashville and the city’s airport. Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, and other state leaders announced it this week, with little input from local lawmakers and residents, who raised objections to its fast-tracked approval.

Mr. Musk’s tunnel, built for vehicles sold by one of his other companies, Tesla, is the latest point of tension between the Republican leaders who dominate state government and a majority of residents and officials in the largely liberal city.

“It is shameful and it is disrespectful that you all have made this decision without us,” State Senator Charlane Oliver, who represents part of Nashville, said at a hearing of a state commission that unanimously approved the use of state land for the project.

Construction on what is being billed as the Music City Loop is expected to begin in the coming days. Officials hope it would reduce the downtown-to-airport commute, typically at least 15 minutes in regular traffic, to as few as eight minutes. The loop would be used by Tesla cars owned and operated by the Boring Company.

Mr. Lee, speaking at an airport hotel, hailed the plans as something that “might just be the coolest announcement since I’ve been here.”

Notably missing: Mayor Freddie O’Connell, a transit wonk who won voter approval of an infrastructure plan in November. “We have a number of operational questions to understand the potential impact,” Mr. O’Connell said in a statement.

At least one lawmaker who represents part of Nashville, State Representative Justin Jones, a Democrat, wasn’t invited to the Monday event and was barred from the announcement.

The loop would be the second such project built by the Boring Company in the United States, after a series of tunnels in Las Vegas. The first mile and a half of the multi-million-dollar loop, approved in 2019, opened to customers in 2021. A combination of private and public funds has been used to continue building out tunnels and stations.

Mr. Lee and others emphasized that construction on the Nashville tunnel would be privately funded by the Boring Company and would not receive tax breaks. They did not say how much it would cost to build, maintain or use.

Some proposed Boring Company projects announced elsewhere in the United States, including in Chicago, were never completed. And Nashville’s limestone bedrock and temperate weather offer challenges for the company, especially compared with Las Vegas’s dry climate.

“Tough place to tunnel in Nashville,” acknowledged Steve Davis, the company’s president. “If we were optimizing our easiest places to tunnel, it would not be here.” He said the city’s growth and tourist attractions made it a desirable place to build.

Local residents expressed concerns about the possible environmental consequences of the project at a special meeting on Thursday, called to approve the use of a state parking lot by the Boring Company as a starting point for construction.

“This project has not had the time to do due diligence,” said Rev. Emily Haynes, a pastor at a nondenominational church in Nashville, who warned that the project was on “a very dangerous ecological and socially risky path.”

Nashville leaders accused state officials of prioritizing tourists over residents in order to help Mr. Musk, whose businesses have already profited from his former close relationship with President Trump and other Republican leaders.

Similar concerns have been voiced over the construction of a supercomputer facility in Memphis for xAI, Mr. Musk’s artificial intelligence business, where residents of the predominantly Black neighborhoods nearby have raised worries about increased air pollution and other disruptions.

Executives at xAI have said that the facility complies with environmental laws, and Mr. Musk and the company recently pledged to help renovate four nearby schools.

Some speakers pointedly said that the unanimous outcome of the hourlong hearing in Nashville on Thursday seemed preordained. With the permission of state officials, the parking lot in question had already been cordoned off by the Boring Company.

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10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

Construction on what is being billed as the Music City Loop is expected to begin in the coming days. Officials hope it would reduce the downtown-to-airport commute, typically at least 15 minutes in regular traffic, to as few as eight minutes. The loop would be used by Tesla cars owned and operated by the Boring Company.

This is remarkable. 

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Seeing the pics of the diner food….in fairness, if we denizens of the Steel Shank food thread got together and opened a joint serving the shit we slap together, it would look similar. But would be better.

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12 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Construction on what is being billed as the Music City Loop is expected to begin in the coming days. Officials hope it would reduce the downtown-to-airport commute, typically at least 15 minutes in regular traffic, to as few as eight minutes. The loop would be used by Tesla cars owned and operated by the Boring Company.

Sounds awesome. You can save a whole 7 minutes on the airport commute, which is totally worth the 30 minutes it will take you to get in your car, drive to the tunnel station, walk to the terminal, pay for a ride, and wait for a car to pick you up.

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21 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Sounds awesome. You can save a whole 7 minutes on the airport commute, which is totally worth the 30 minutes it will take you to get in your car, drive to the tunnel station, walk to the terminal, pay for a ride, and wait for a car to pick you up.

Some Americans would rather build tunnels for more cars than build a rail line or create better bus infrastructure 

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4 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Some Americans would rather build tunnels for more cars than build a rail line or create better bus infrastructure 

SOME? More like most. They just don't get it.

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33 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Some Americans would rather build tunnels for more cars than build a rail line or create better bus infrastructure 

Public transit? Like for poor people?

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Let's all hope Elmo's gotten bored with Texas, and Austin in particular. Sorry, Tennessee. You're in his sights now.

As an aside, it's really funny how similar the parallels between Austin & Texas and Nashville & Tennessee are, including becoming the next "it" city & state.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/nashville-tunnel-musk.html

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, already faces backlash over his company’s giant supercomputer project in Memphis. Now, another project under his business empire has angered residents in Tennessee’s capital, where state officials cleared the way on Thursday for a 10-mile tunnel to be dug under Nashville.

The project by the Boring Company, Mr. Musk’s private tunneling venture, would connect downtown Nashville and the city’s airport. Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, and other state leaders announced it this week, with little input from local lawmakers and residents, who raised objections to its fast-tracked approval.

Mr. Musk’s tunnel, built for vehicles sold by one of his other companies, Tesla, is the latest point of tension between the Republican leaders who dominate state government and a majority of residents and officials in the largely liberal city.

“It is shameful and it is disrespectful that you all have made this decision without us,” State Senator Charlane Oliver, who represents part of Nashville, said at a hearing of a state commission that unanimously approved the use of state land for the project.

Construction on what is being billed as the Music City Loop is expected to begin in the coming days. Officials hope it would reduce the downtown-to-airport commute, typically at least 15 minutes in regular traffic, to as few as eight minutes. The loop would be used by Tesla cars owned and operated by the Boring Company.

Mr. Lee, speaking at an airport hotel, hailed the plans as something that “might just be the coolest announcement since I’ve been here.”

Notably missing: Mayor Freddie O’Connell, a transit wonk who won voter approval of an infrastructure plan in November. “We have a number of operational questions to understand the potential impact,” Mr. O’Connell said in a statement.

At least one lawmaker who represents part of Nashville, State Representative Justin Jones, a Democrat, wasn’t invited to the Monday event and was barred from the announcement.

The loop would be the second such project built by the Boring Company in the United States, after a series of tunnels in Las Vegas. The first mile and a half of the multi-million-dollar loop, approved in 2019, opened to customers in 2021. A combination of private and public funds has been used to continue building out tunnels and stations.

Mr. Lee and others emphasized that construction on the Nashville tunnel would be privately funded by the Boring Company and would not receive tax breaks. They did not say how much it would cost to build, maintain or use.

Some proposed Boring Company projects announced elsewhere in the United States, including in Chicago, were never completed. And Nashville’s limestone bedrock and temperate weather offer challenges for the company, especially compared with Las Vegas’s dry climate.

“Tough place to tunnel in Nashville,” acknowledged Steve Davis, the company’s president. “If we were optimizing our easiest places to tunnel, it would not be here.” He said the city’s growth and tourist attractions made it a desirable place to build.

Local residents expressed concerns about the possible environmental consequences of the project at a special meeting on Thursday, called to approve the use of a state parking lot by the Boring Company as a starting point for construction.

“This project has not had the time to do due diligence,” said Rev. Emily Haynes, a pastor at a nondenominational church in Nashville, who warned that the project was on “a very dangerous ecological and socially risky path.”

Nashville leaders accused state officials of prioritizing tourists over residents in order to help Mr. Musk, whose businesses have already profited from his former close relationship with President Trump and other Republican leaders.

Similar concerns have been voiced over the construction of a supercomputer facility in Memphis for xAI, Mr. Musk’s artificial intelligence business, where residents of the predominantly Black neighborhoods nearby have raised worries about increased air pollution and other disruptions.

Executives at xAI have said that the facility complies with environmental laws, and Mr. Musk and the company recently pledged to help renovate four nearby schools.

Some speakers pointedly said that the unanimous outcome of the hourlong hearing in Nashville on Thursday seemed preordained. With the permission of state officials, the parking lot in question had already been cordoned off by the Boring Company.

 

Austin-Nashville - isn't Oracle making this move?

This tunnel idea - so fucking dumb. For so many reasons. But to barely shave 7 minutes off the transit time? waste of time and money. Just looking at the map, unless they are going to do a comprehensive subway/transit system, this just seems dumb. Then again, if it means giving money to other rich guys I'm sure lawmakers are lining up for it.

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16 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm not positing some new theory, but in what way are modern women "weak" and subject to being assimilated by another tribe?  Do they not have the capability of acquiring the same weapons men can acquire, and using them with the same skill?  We aren't slugging it out with fists, swords, and knives in close combat any more.  I'd much rather piss off some rando on MoPac than my wife.

The first time my oldest daughter picked up a .22 rifle when she was 9 years old, she shot a bullseye group about a half inch across at 30 yards with open sights and about 10 minutes of instruction.  I promise you don't want to try to out shoot her even today. Sure you'd beat her in a fist fight, but she's too smart to engage you there.  You'd never see it coming.

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A hilarious explanation for why the Tesla Diner's matcha iced tea looks so disgusting (note: there is no explanation for the hideous wagyu chili):

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2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

@BurntEyes  How bad is the commute to the airport? 

So if you look at the route from the airport to downtown and/or midtown (Vanderbilt area) you cross I24, I 440, I65. I created a map from BNA to W Nashville to help clarify.

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I40 is similar to I35 in that those are to 2 most traveled Interstates in the US for heavy (trucking) traffic. 

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I65 going north south is also an extremely busy Interstate to Birmingham to the south and Louisville to the north. 

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I24 is traffic for north and south bound traffic for Atlanta. I would say there is an accident or car stopped between 7-9 then 3-7 about 20-30% of the time I go through (state workers get off at 3 pm so the traffic hours are longer than most cities in the afternoon). 

The civil engineer that designed the Interstate loops around Nashville clearly failed fluid dynamics. 

I used to have a place in Hermitage just east of the airport. I ALWAYS budgeted 30 minutes to get downtown. 

Nashville, like Austin is a massive tourist city.  #1 Bachelorette party place in the US (or was yay!!), with an NFL AND NHL team downtown. I DON'T MEAN CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN. Then there are the Country Music Award and all sorts of similar stuff to big Austin festivals. 

This under ground train would be a pretty similar trip, with MORE traffic congestion issues than Bergstrom to downtown Austin than BNA to downtown Nashville. The worst, like Austin is big weekends on Thursday/Friday then Sunday/Monday. 

Now, tunneling in TN is.... um.. tricky. A train is absolutely useful and helpful. 

 

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16 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

So if you look at the route from the airport to downtown and/or midtown (Vanderbilt area) you cross I24, I 440, I65. I created a map from BNA to W Nashville to help clarify.

Screenshot_20250801_110529_Maps.thumb.jpg.e14d3fcc01f59224950022e8b76fbdad.jpg

I40 is similar to I35 in that those are to 2 most traveled Interstates in the US for heavy (trucking) traffic. 

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The Play Dance Bar, eh?

 

Posted
1 hour ago, Captain Ron said:

 

Austin-Nashville - isn't Oracle making this move?

This tunnel idea - so fucking dumb. For so many reasons. But to barely shave 7 minutes off the transit time? waste of time and money. Just looking at the map, unless they are going to do a comprehensive subway/transit system, this just seems dumb. Then again, if it means giving money to other rich guys I'm sure lawmakers are lining up for it.

Oracle is building an entire "area" downtown and moving their HQ to Nashville. Amazon is already in downtown so are a lot of large companies. 

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Stiffing contractors, hiring hookers, sexual harassment, white supremacy...Elmo has a lot in common with someone but I can't quite recall who

 

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