"Railroads have been the target of terrorists in the past. Just on Friday, the FBI released a bulletin that said devices that terrorists could use to derail trains were being stolen from facilities across the country. According to ABC News, sources said nine derailers, or equipment that are used to intentionally derail cars for safety reasons, were recently stolen from rail yards. What made these thefts unusual, the bulletin said, was the derailers served little purpose to those who worked outside the rail industry. The bulletin did not name a specific threat and did not indicate whether the thefts were directly related to terrorism." - Was The Amtrak Train Crash Terrorism? Authorities Say No, But There Have Been Intentional Derailments In The Past | "Between 2012 and this year, there were 4,065 derailments listed on the FRA's website, with causes ranging from human and equipment failure to debris on the tracks, floods and snow. Rails frequently are broken, cars improperly loaded and unbalanced, vandalism occurs and signals sometimes fail or are ignored." - Why Do Amtrak Trains Derail? | "Amtrak derailments have been increasing in recent years, according to the Federal Railroad Administration’s office of safety analysis. There were two in 2012, three in 2013, six in 2014, and there have been nine already this year so far. An Amtrak train derailed in North Carolina in March. An Amtrak train derailed in Massachusetts last June. An Amtrak train derailed in South Carolina the year before that. Philadelphia rail crash": Why do Amtrak trains derail with such frequency? | Obama’s "instincts are to govern from the left, treat Members of Congress as peasants who must bow before his superior wisdom, and then assail the motives and character of his opponents... The larger lesson is that polarization and division are never appealing qualities in a President, and eventually the ill-will and mistrust these tactics foment backfire on a leader." - Obama’s Trade Backfire - WSJ
Obama’s "instincts are to govern from the left, treat Members of Congress as peasants who must bow before his superior wisdom, and then assail the motives and character of his opponents... The larger lesson is that polarization and division are never appealing qualities in a President, and eventually the ill-will and mistrust these tactics foment backfire on a leader. " Obama’s Trade Backfire - WSJ ____________________________________ "Railroads have been the target of terrorists in the past. Just on Friday, the FBI released a bulletin that said devices that terrorists could use to derail trains were being stolen from facilities across the country. According to ABC News, sources said nine derailers, or equipment that are used to intentionally derail cars for safety reasons, were recently stolen from rail yards. What made these thefts unusual, the bulletin said, was the derailers served little purpose to those who worked outside the rail in...