Train Derailment -- March 5, 2015, Galena, Illinois

Link here. 

Local responders say eight cars derailed this afternoon about three miles south of Galena.

Galena City Administrator Mark Moran said Galena fire crews responded to reports of a derailment early this afternoon.

"The report that came back to me from them is that eight tanker cars had left the track," he said. "Two of those were still upright, the other six were not. They observied at least one of those tankers smoking." 

"I did confirm that the train crew was safely removed from the scene without injury," he said. 

BNSF has released two statements regarding the derailment, but has not confirmed reports of burning crude oil at the crash site. A company spokesman did not respond to questions about the type of tanker cars and oil being transported.

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Speaking Of Trainwrecks

The ObamaCare case is now being written by the Supreme Court.

ObamaCare will survive, 5 - 4 or 6 - 3, and even possibly more lopsided.

The clue at The Washington Post:

Boiled down, it says that when a law is ambiguous, judges should defer to the agency designated to implement it so long as the agency’s decision is reasonable.

This will be the "out" the Chief Justice needs. He wanted a "united" court and it looks like he's working hard to build that consensus.

And that's why these guys get paid the big bucks.