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@Damnedolecowboy Done. May God send his angels to guard and protect your daughter. May He support you with a piece that only comes from Him

I have never done this. I most likely won't ever again. My youngest daughter-in- law is on life support in the hospital. Im not asking for money. I've more than enough. All I'm asking for are prayers. Because I believe that God is real, and he hears our prayers.

@Katiegreenradio @AandGShow May God hold you in the hollow of His hand. May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings beside your nursery door.

A love I never knew existed. Donovan Jay 🥹🩵 @AandGShow

@zillaah707 @DillowTalk2 My calico was the best cat ever! She ruined my for other cats! Soooo sweet

She is still not sure about the boys but she definitely likes me. Sweet Cheese 🥹❤️

@zillaah707 Soooo glad!

Picked up Cheese today. The meowment of truth went off without even a hiss. The boys are enamored with her and she doesn’t seem to mind them🥹🥰😂

@TaraBull Yesterday I paid $22 for a burrito bowl with double meat!

Chipotle CEO promises: "No team member will say NO if you ask for more food" Me testing their policy:

@MMalagies Thank you! I lost my mom and my son within the last few months! I needed to hear this 🙏🏻

can I pray for your Mother’s Day? (Sunday, May 10)

@KerryHolmekb Hideous, not flattering at all!

Some wear luxury… others define it. 🔥 Michelle Obama doesn’t just wear style — she is style. Who do you think had the most class as First Lady? 🤔👇

@moorehn What did this cost?

Obsessed with this hair colorist in Louisiana who looks and talks like a sassy mechanic

I am the Director of Strategic Planning at the California High-Speed Rail Authority. I have held this position for seventeen years. In that time I have written four business plans, overseen six revisions, and authored eleven methodology updates. The train has not moved. There is a hard hat on the shelf behind my desk. It was given to me at the Fresno groundbreaking ceremony in 2015. It is still in the cellophane. I use it as a bookend for the business plan binders. There are four binders. They are substantial. The hat holds them upright. In 2008, California voters approved Proposition 1A. San Francisco to Los Angeles. Two hours and forty minutes. Fifty-five dollars per ticket. Ninety-five million annual riders by 2030. Total cost: $33.5 billion. Fifty-three percent said yes. The current cost estimate is $231 billion. I am sometimes asked to provide context for that figure. The state housing shortage is 2.5 million units. At the California median home price, $231 billion would produce 577,000 of them. The average public school teacher in California earns $95,000. $231 billion is every one of their salaries for eight years. The state has a documented wildfire suppression staffing gap. $231 billion would fund 6,400 additional fire crews for a century. I include these comparisons for context. They are not relevant to my work. We have built 119 miles of infrastructure. Columns. Viaducts. Grade separations. You can see them from Highway 99 between Madera and Bakersfield. They stand in rows across land that used to grow things. No track runs on them. No train has touched them. Some of them have graffiti now. I have seen the photographs in the quarterly progress reports. I have not visited. There was an almond grower outside Hanford. She is in our files as Parcel 417, Hanford East. The Authority acquired twelve acres of her property through eminent domain in 2016 for right-of-way clearance. The trees were removed. The soil was graded flat. The right-of-way has been clear for nine years. Nothing has been built on Parcel 417. Her file notes that she attended three public comment hearings between 2014 and 2016. I do not know what she said at those hearings. I know what we said. We called the acquisition "a critical milestone in the project's advancement." I wrote those words for the 2016 Annual Report. They were well-received. Her contact information has been flagged in the Phase 2 preliminary assessment, in case additional right-of-way is required. Phase 2 does not yet exist. Her contact information does. The original completion date was 2020. The current target is 2032. The route has been revised from San Francisco-to-Los Angeles to Merced-to-Bakersfield. One hundred seventy-one miles. I refer to this as Phase 1. The French national rail company, SNCF, joined the project as a consulting partner in 2010. They left in 2011. They used the phrase "political dysfunction," which is diplomatic language for a country that built the Eiffel Tower in two years telling you it cannot build your train. SNCF then went to Morocco and built a high-speed rail line from Tangier to Casablanca. Two hundred miles. Operational by 2018. Seven years. We are in year eighteen. I included the SNCF departure in the 2022 business plan as a "comparative international case study." The lesson I drew was that Morocco has simpler permitting requirements. This is accurate. I did not draw other lessons. The $9.95 billion bond that voters approved costs the state $647 million per year for thirty years. Roughly $20 billion in total repayment. The bond is being serviced on schedule. $647 million leaves the state treasury every year and arrives in accounts associated with a train that does not carry passengers. It has done this since 2010. The bond repayment is the most functional transit system we have built. It moves $647 million a year. On time. Every time. In 2019, Governor Newsom said the project "would cost too much and, respectfully, take too long." He then continued funding it. I appreciated the word "respectfully." It acknowledged the problem without producing an obligation to solve it. My team delivered the 2020 business plan revision the following quarter. It was well-received. The Governor also supported legislation to shield certain cost details from public disclosure. That same year, thousands of pages were removed from the Authority's website. I was not involved in that decision. I was involved in the pages. Last Friday, a television host told the Governor on camera that the project now costs $231 billion. The Governor said, "No, it's not. It's not." The $231 billion figure is from the 2026 draft business plan. Page 47. I wrote page 47. The Governor then said we had gotten the project "back on track." I noted the phrasing. A rail project that has not yet laid operational track is not, in a strict sense, on one. I did not raise this. The ridership projection has been revised from 95 million annual riders by 2030 to 36 million by 2060. I updated that figure personally during the 2024 planning cycle. The ticket price has been revised from $55 to $105. Both figures describe a service that does not yet exist. The State Auditor published a report. The title is: "Flawed Decision Making and Poor Contract Management Have Contributed to Billions in Cost Overruns and Delays in the System's Construction." That is twenty words. We have 119 miles of columns that carry nothing. I read the report carefully. It was thorough. We incorporated its findings into the next business plan revision. The board was scheduled to vote on the latest business plan on April 29th. The vote was delayed. Additional review was requested. I support additional review. My pension vests in 2034. The project's current completion target is 2032. If the train is finished on schedule, my position becomes unnecessary two years before my pension matures. The completion date is determined by the business plan. I write the business plan. The plan says the project should continue. It has always said this. I have never written one that recommended otherwise.

@HC_Hound @Matt_Pinner My first car!!!

@Matt_Pinner Obviously, it is a 1970 Chevrolet Vega, with a powerful 2.3L 4 cylinder engine.

Does anyone know what kind of car this is? 😳

@Notwokenow Zero waste???? Nope! You’re ruining ALL of your clothes! But I doubt this is real

There is something deeply wrong with this woman. And I’m not just talking about the smell.

@BrandonDonkey2 😱

My dad is having prostate surgery today. He's had a catheter for months. Yesterday it came apart. Since he's having surgery today, he didn't go to the ER, he fixed it with a hose clamp. He brought a hex head screwdriver to the hospital in case the doctors didn't have one.

@Wundermut @BrandonDonkey2 @TexitDarling I always pay for Chevron gas because that’s what my dad did. He was told it was the best gas for the engine. After asking Chatgpt, it said that Costco gas was comparable. Fingers crossed I’m going to try Costco.

@BrandonDonkey2 @TexitDarling Not that it will help much, but stay away from Chevron. You're definitely paying for that better quality gas

It cost $85 for 16 gallons of premium gas to fill my car up. Damn. 😱

@TexitDarling At least you’re not in California!!!!!!

@militantpizza @gofishh77 In Ca that pizza would cost at least $50!

@gofishh77 In 2026, yes that's a deal. I delivered one single large 14inch pizza that was 34 dollars after the 7 toppings they added just last night

Is this a deal? $39 Texas Roadhouse has this deal for 4 burgers, side of large fries, a large salad and a bunch of rolls. This looks like a good deal to me.

@Brown_World7 D

What are the chances you'd vote for Gavin Newsom for President in 2028? Α. 100% B. 50% C. 25% D. 0%

@mcucolo57 CA

If you're voting RED this Nov! drop your state below and let's see where the RED wave is strongest! 💥👊💥

@RedWaveCrewHP NO!

A question sparking GLOBAL debate: Do you believe the pope is the EARTHLY representative of Jesus Christ? Faith, tradition, and personal belief all shape this view. SHARE YOUR OPINION below-YES or NO-and join the DISCUSSION.

@BrandonDonkey2 @Lutra_Gaming I’ve never seen it, however, two days ago having lunch with a friend, he recommended it highly. I’m pretty sure my phone is listening to me and all my conversations.

@Lutra_Gaming Does watching it 50 times count?

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