Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

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

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.


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Sunday October 22 2017, @02:39PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday October 22 2017, @02:39PM (#585952) Journal

    There must also be another form of godwin for a person who swallows propaganda hook, line, and sinker.

    Assertion #1: There are "hundreds of years of 'I want to wipe you off the earth!'" feelings between arabs and the world's population of Jews. In fact, the Palestinians were the only ones who took in Jews fleeing the holocaust after Britain, America, and all other countries turned them down. As thanks, the Zionists then turned around and dispossessed the Palestinians. That's pretty much ground zero for the hostility that exists now between the two parties.

    Assertion #2: "a small country in the middle of hostility (middle east) - that is simply trying to survive the constant threat of being attacked." You mean the small country in the middle east that is the only one with nuclear weapons and which invades its neighbors at will, without international retaliation a la the Gulf War? The small country that is running a slo-mo ethnic cleansing campaign of the West Bank? Yeah, poor, poor, poor Israel!

    "I'm beyond words, on this one. speechless"

    That does rather happen when one is confronted with incontrovertible facts.

    "the way some people's minds work - wow, just wow."

    I'm more frequently dismayed at how some people's minds don't work. They don't receive information critically, accept any warm, fuzzy cognitive blanket they're given without question.

    As for walls, the comparison I draw between Israel's and Trump's is that they are a physical manifestation of bigotry. The walls, and the bigotry, must be torn down.

    --
    Washington DC delenda est.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +2  
       Informative=2, Total=2
    Extra 'Informative' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   4