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Prototypes for Trump's Wall, Including Israeli Model, Take Shape on Border

posted by mrpg on Saturday October 21 2017, @09:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-the-fauna? dept.

realDonaldTrump writes in with notice of progress on prototypes of his proposed wall:

The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall took shape Thursday at a construction site in San Diego.

The prototypes, including one built by Israeli defense firm Elta, form a tightly packed row of imposing concrete and metal panels, including one with sharp metal edges on top.

[...] The models, which cost the government up to $500,000 each, were spaced 30 feet (9.1 meters) apart. Slopes, thickness and curves vary. One has two shades of blue with white trim. The others are gray, tan or brown — in sync with the desert.

Bidding guidelines call for the prototypes to stand between 18 and 30 feet (5.5 and 9.1 meters) high and be able to withstand at least an hour of punishment from a sledgehammer, pickaxe, torch, chisel or battery-operated tools.

Features also should prevent the use of climbing aids such as grappling hooks, and the segments must be "aesthetically pleasing" when viewed from the US side.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 21 2017, @11:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 21 2017, @11:29PM (#585818)

    Because Democrats raise holy hell when anyone tries to verify someone is eligible to vote before they do. Why is that, do you think?

    I don't know. What I do know, however, is that the FBI enters people's ID and drivers license photos into a facial recognition database, thereby increasing their ability to conduct unconstitutional mass surveillance on the populace. If I could trust the government to do a single thing without abusing my rights either now or at some point in the future, that would be nice.

    Don't get me wrong. The Republicans are absolutely in the pockets of big business and only too happy to sell out the American public. The Democrats are far, far worse though. Republicans only take opportunities from people; Democrats take hope.

    They both take away hope, since politics is a soul-crushing game of authoritarianism and corruption. Neither party supports the Constitution. Even though they claim to, most gun rights advocates don't even support the 2nd amendment, since they support gun control as soon as they deem a weapon to be 'too dangerous' (like with fully-automatic and explosive weapons). Obviously gun control advocates don't care about the 2nd amendment. Very, very few politicians in either party seem to support the fourth amendment. Nearly all of them support limitations on freedom of speech that do not exist in the first amendment (some combination of obscenity, free speech zones, protest permits, hate speech, etc.).

    I am not convinced that democrats are far, far worse. They are almost equally abysmal.

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