As a DC9 union painter with 30+ years in coatings, I’m looking at the failure not a conspiracy theory.
When a coating is lifting off in large sheets like this, that points to an adhesion failure: improper surface preparation, contamination left behind, the wrong coating system, poor recoat timing, or water introduced before the system fully cured.
A quality two-part epoxy system can perform well but the product is only as good as the prep and application. The substrate has to be properly profiled/cleaned, the specified primer or first coat applied correctly, recoat windows followed, and the full system allowed to cure before being put back into service.
That is not “vandals.” That is a coating failure that deserves a real independent inspection and an explanation of exactly what system was specified and how it was applied.
#Coatings #Epoxy #SurfacePreparation #PaintFailure #UnionPainter #QualityControl #Accountability #ReflectingPool
#Properpreperation #Elonmusk
#DonaldTrump #Donaldtrumpjr
@krassenstein@EdKrassen@eddsmitty@LucasSa56947288@adammocklerr@harryjsisson@acnewsitics@Acyn@Bakari_Sellers
As a DC9 union painter with 30+ years in coatings, I’m looking at the failure not a conspiracy theory.
When a coating is lifting off in large sheets like this, that points to an adhesion failure: improper surface preparation, contamination left behind, the wrong coating system, poor recoat timing, or water introduced before the system fully cured.
A quality two-part epoxy system can perform well but the product is only as good as the prep and application. The substrate has to be properly profiled/cleaned, the specified primer or first coat applied correctly, recoat windows followed, and the full system allowed to cure before being put back into service.
That is not “vandals.” That is a coating failure that deserves a real independent inspection and an explanation of exactly what system was specified and how it was applied.
#Coatings #Epoxy #SurfacePreparation #PaintFailure #UnionPainter #QualityControl #Accountability #ReflectingPool
#Properpreperation #Elonmusk
#DonaldTrump #Donaldtrumpjr
@krassenstein@EdKrassen@eddsmitty@LucasSa56947288@adammocklerr@harryjsisson@acnewsitics@Acyn@Bakari_Sellers
@Real_Ames Ruining a national monument with taxpayer dollars for your own fulfillment is criminal. This guy is simply documenting what a mess it truly is.
President Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are already in Switzerland and ready to negotiate, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on Saturday.
WHY THEM???
This should be on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Trump’s DOJ just shut down a federal investigation into a coal company owned by Sen. Jim Justice, one of his closest allies, after it racked up tens of thousands of alleged violations for dumping dangerous chemicals into our waterways. A veteran federal prosecutor with 24 years on the job said he had never seen anything like it.
The man who killed the case was Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal defense lawyer and current Acting Attorney General. This is the same guy who just gave Trump, his family, and his companies permanent immunity from IRS audits. Now Trump wants the Senate to make Blanche’s appointment permanent too.
Equal justice under law was never supposed to come with exceptions for the President’s friends.
The pattern isn’t subtle: protect Trump’s friends, prosecute his critics, and get rewarded with more power. That is corruption, plain and simple. Todd Blanche must not be confirmed.
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A brand new bridge between Detroit and Canada is finished and ready to open. It would speed up traffic for millions of trucks, cut delays for American businesses, and help the auto industry that employs people in every state. There is just one problem.
Donald Trump won’t let it open.
Here is why.
The family that owns the old bridge stands to lose business when the new one opens. So in January, they gave one million dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC.
Weeks later they met with Trump’s Commerce Secretary.
He called Trump.
Hours after that, Trump announced he would block the new bridge. The opening was set for June 12. It got canceled the day before. The bridge sits there finished and empty.
Now here is the part that should make every taxpayer angry.
Canada paid for the entire bridge.
Every dollar. And the United States already owns half of it for free. Trump is holding up a bridge we got for nothing, to protect a donor who wrote him a check, while picking a fight with our closest ally and biggest trading partner.
This is corruption in plain sight.
A billionaire pays, and the President delivers. American workers and businesses pay the price.
Open the bridge. A government should work for the people, not for whoever writes the biggest check.
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@Milajoy It cost approximately $400 million to retrofit and prepare the Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8 for President Trump's use.
I believe that IS OUR MONEY. AND....
When Trump leaves office, the plane will be displayed at a museum.
ANOTHER WASTE OF OUR MONEY.
@DougWahl1 Donald Trump did not host Joe Biden or attend his 2021 inauguration. Every single president for over 150 years—dating back to 1869—had maintained the tradition of welcoming their successor to the White House before witnessing them take the oath of office.
On the night the Titanic sank, a 21-year-old college student watched his father die.
Hours later, doctors told him both of his legs would have to be amputated.
Instead, he got up and started walking.
His name was Richard Norris Williams.
And surviving the Titanic was only the beginning of his story.
In April 1912, Richard and his father, Charles Duane Williams, boarded the Titanic as first-class passengers in Cherbourg, France.
They were traveling to America so Richard could continue his studies at Harvard.
When the ship struck the iceberg on April 14, father and son made their way to the deck together.
Then disaster struck again.
As the Titanic sank, one of its massive funnels collapsed.
The falling structure hit Charles Williams and killed him instantly.
Richard was standing beside him.
He narrowly escaped the same fate.
Moments later, he was in the freezing North Atlantic.
The water temperature was around 28°F (-2°C).
Most people survived only minutes.
Richard spent roughly six hours in the water or clinging to one of the partially submerged collapsible lifeboats before rescue arrived.
When the RMS Carpathia finally picked up survivors at dawn, his condition was severe.
His legs were frozen from the knees down.
The ship's doctor examined him and delivered a grim verdict:
Both legs would need to be amputated.
In 1912, severe frostbite often meant gangrene, infection, and death.
Amputation was considered the safest option.
Richard refused.
He reportedly told doctors that he was going to need his legs.
Then he got out of bed.
Against medical advice, he began walking the deck of the Carpathia every two hours.
Day and night.
Step after painful step.
For four days.
By the time the ship reached New York, his condition had improved enough that amputation was no longer necessary.
He walked off the ship on his own.
Most people would consider that the defining story of a lifetime.
For Richard Williams, it wasn't.
A few months later, he enrolled at Harvard.
Then he returned to tennis.
In 1914, he won the U.S. National Championship, the tournament that would later become the U.S. Open.
In 1916, he won it again.
Over the following years, he became one of the best tennis players in the world, winning multiple major doubles titles and representing the United States internationally.
Then came World War I.
Williams served in the U.S. Army and distinguished himself in combat.
France awarded him both the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor for his service.
After the war, he returned to tennis once again.
At the 1924 Paris Olympics, he badly sprained his ankle during the mixed doubles tournament and considered withdrawing.
His partner, Hazel Wightman, refused to let him quit.
Williams played much of the tournament barely able to move.
Together, they won Olympic gold.
Over the years, he became a Davis Cup captain, a respected figure in American tennis, and eventually a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Yet people who knew him rarely heard him talk about any of it.
Not the Titanic.
Not the championships.
Not the war.
Not the medals.
Not the Olympic gold.
In fact, he disliked attention so much that later in life he had approximately 160 tennis trophies melted down into a single silver serving tray.
He used it to serve drinks to guests in his Pennsylvania home.
Most visitors had no idea what it was.
Or what it represented.
A Titanic survivor.
A two-time national champion.
A decorated war veteran.
An Olympic gold medalist.
A Hall of Famer.
All hidden inside an ordinary tray sitting quietly on a side table.
Richard Norris Williams died in 1968 at the age of 77.
If you had met him, he probably wouldn't have told you any of this.
And that may be the most remarkable thing about him.
@JvshR6@ClepperDerek@krassenstein Security&Logistics:While the UFC paid for event-specific construction, supplemental security,such as the Secret Service,Nat'l Guard&Metropolitan Police cost millions of $.The WH states this money came from pre-existing federal funds allocated for 250th anniv events.
@ClepperDerek@krassenstein How much did it cost US for Biden to do that in the White House lawn? Do a little math. How damaged was the White House lawn when it was over? He is using OUR DOLLARS for his own entertainment and ego building.