[ExI] president says video is fake

[Keith Henson]

I have not looked into the business of a high-speed rail link between the
Bay Area and LA. But even without having considered it, the cost problem is
obvious to anyone who has gone over the Grapevine.

A tunnel through that range of mountains certainly could be done, but the
cost would be astronomical. And it is not obvious that it would last, given
the tectonic forces that push up that range to this day.

Anyway, by the time someone built a railroad, humans may have abandoned
physical travel and either use something like Zoom or go by fiber and rent
a body at their destination.

Keith


On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 9:20 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
> *Subject:* president says video is fake
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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
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> *>…*  AI experts, can you tell if this is a deep fake?
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> Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/reels/DWkeQypEgI7/>
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> The local news agency considers it true.  Transcript includes Newsom’s
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> Resurfaced 2014 video shows Newsom calling high-speed rail dream unlikely
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> <https://katv.com/news/nation-world/resurfaced-2014-video-shows-newsom-calling-high-speed-rail-dream-unlikely-in-our-lifetime?ref=smdp.com&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email>
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> Also in there is Newsom’s prognostication that the high speed rail project
> is not going to materialize in our lifetime.  Newsom is several years my
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