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maaku7 t1_j97d5kl wrote
Reply to comment by brettsolem in Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake - agent by MetalPawn100
There is significant transit need for a high speed rail connection between Los Angeles and San Francisco. That is what voters agreed to.
Of course, lobbyists got in the way and what actually happened was an unfinished Sacramento <-> Bakersfield line that nobody will use.
maaku7 t1_j92ihsl wrote
Reply to comment by DrDankDankDank in Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake - agent by MetalPawn100
Out here in California we're an effective one-party Democratic state, and we've spent $100 billion on a high speed rail project without anything to show for it, due to corruption. It is absolutely a both sides thing.
maaku7 t1_j9084wz wrote
Reply to comment by gwizone in Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation | Archaeology by JesseBricks
Time Team was responsible for something crazy like 25% or 50% of British archeology while it was under production. It being cancelled was actually quite a blow to British archeology.
maaku7 t1_j907s7l wrote
Reply to comment by weaponizeddonut in Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation | Archaeology by JesseBricks
They never will. I guarantee you it has been grave robbed and they’ll keep it undug to prevent knowledge of that fact.
maaku7 t1_j7ewbr6 wrote
Reply to comment by YouTee in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn
New Mexico is not on the west coast ;)
But yeah those are good additions to the list. I've seen the Pueblo buildings and they're impressive.
Of course if you go further south, there are tons of stone buildings and pyramids in Mexico and Guatemala.
maaku7 t1_j7eu7py wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn
You can get up to about 250 years old on the west coast, e.g. the California missions. There is literally nothing older than that since AFAIK no indigenous buildings have survived that long.
At least not in California. I wonder if the PNW has some longhouses or something.
maaku7 t1_j6lvep1 wrote
Reply to comment by SereneFrost72 in Other person's car insurance may not cover my car repair, even though they backed into my parked car? by SereneFrost72
If the other person is at fault your deductible shouldn't enter into this.
maaku7 t1_ja0wc1r wrote
Reply to comment by KnudsonRegime in Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form of record keeping. by Rifletree
It's the origin of the word menstrual.