DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Forget LA to SF: California Democrats Can’t Even Build A 2.25 Mile Rail System. “I’m skipping over all the various physical defects (including electric arcing) the system has experienced. Third rail electric systems have only been around since the late 19th century, so you’d think this would be a solved problem by now.”

That’s the best I could do for an excerpt, since it’s a long post with one unbelievable failure stacked up on another.