Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/06/a-train-engineer-in-california.html
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In other words, Moreno was driven to potential mass destruction by his dogged belief in a conspiracy theory, much like PizzaGate and the MAGA Bomber.
Are we winning yet? Asking for 350 million Americans.
No Deep State conspiracy, because it wasn’t revealed, yet. /s
OK, a government takeover . . . of what? A government takeover of. . . the government?
Something to do with Soros and Clinton, presumably. And gay frogs. Wake up!
Current republican thought expressed as a trolley problem:
I had no idea an engineer could intentionally derail a train.
#1 cause of industrial incidents is operator error.
Is it too soon to take odds on Trump’s next pardon?
Can doctors come up a cure for the large spread cases of brain worms?
There are these alien brain slugs which eat the worms.
Sure you say that now.
Try explaining to them the same people who are wanting facial recognition technology to be widely used are the same people advocating everyone wear masks. Maybe they can sit back and relax? everything is “under control” SMDH.
He didn’t exactly derail it, he drove it off the track by not stopping at the end of the track. Instead he sped up and smashed the barrier.
How the locomotive was supposed to have travelled all the way to the ship after that I have no idea.
Obligatory train crash scene from Silver Streak
followed by the obligatory Gene Wilder disguise scene
Righteousness?
He didn’t seem so murderous back in the day!