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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Trump seems to overestimate the effects of a nuclear explosion, I see. Now one could use wind farms on the sea to alter the behaviour of a tropical cyclone but that's a different thing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman"Claims that wind turbines causes cancer yet perfectly okay with spreading radioactive fallout down over the coasts of the United States from nuking the hurricanes which is blowing towards land..."
Or this one...
"Demands that US moves its business away from China yet does nothing about the majority of his brand-products which are made in China and shipped to the States from there..."
"The list of Trump's hypocrisy: To be continued..."
Edited by TitanJump on Aug 26th 2019 at 5:20:25 PM
Think about all the fallout from the bomb that would get carried by the hurricane winds for thousands of miles. Enjoy your cancer rain.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Little to none, and it would likely fall into the ocean before long. There just isn’t enough material to irradiate in the eye of a hurricane.
Fallout is exclusively a function of material being exposed to the blast, specifically being sucked up into the smoke cloud. Nuclear bombs set off high enough don’t generate any fallout at all.
Edited by archonspeaks on Aug 26th 2019 at 8:45:02 AM
They should have sent a poet.What about the potential radioactive rainfall then?
Radioactive water is also a serious problem...
Also, the hurricane frequency is ten per year.
So Trump and his administration would be fine with firing off ten nukes every year if he had his way with this?
Edited by TitanJump on Aug 26th 2019 at 5:48:58 PM
If it's over the middle of the ocean, the effects of any fallout would be diluted.
A more pertinent issue, aside from how useless it would be and the ramifications of launching nukes at all, would be the fact that we'd be firing nukes into international waters. Pretty much every other nation on Earth would be giving the USA hell for it. And rightly so.
Edited by M84 on Aug 26th 2019 at 11:51:25 PM
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There simply wouldn’t be enough material.
Clouds can scavenge some of the radioactive byproducts left behind by a high-altitude burst, but there’s very little of it. In an active rainstorm like a hurricane it would be cycled out pretty quickly, and the ocean would soak it all up.
Of course, the potential dangers aren’t the reason this idea is dumb as hell.
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“Nuclear fallout” is just irradiated material kicked up by the explosion that then falls back to earth. The higher up the bomb is set off the less fallout there is, because there’s less material near the explosion.
I’ll also point out that nuclear bombs don’t contaminate areas for centuries like Chernobyl. Radiation after a nuclear explosion is gone in a few months, maybe even less depending on the design of the bomb.
Edited by archonspeaks on Aug 26th 2019 at 8:59:35 AM
They should have sent a poet.
Speaking of dumb ideas...
Just spotted this...
Apparently, a Chinese company has been hired by Trump's 2020 Campaign to make flags for them...in the middle of Trump's demand for "US, MOVE YOU BUSINESS OUT OF CHINA!"
Is it too little to just facepalm over this?
Edited by TitanJump on Aug 26th 2019 at 6:03:54 PM
Politifact covered this a while ago.
Yes, Trump re-election banners are being made in China, but it doesn't appear his campaign is paying
Yes, flags are being made in China. But it doesn't seem like the Trump campaign were the ones who ordered them.
Edited by M84 on Aug 27th 2019 at 12:07:19 AM
Disgusted, but not surprisedThe worst part would be listening to Republicans afterwards.
"Yep, I voted for Trump and he turned the last hurricane into a cancer hurricane. My town's a radioactive wasteland now. But it's still better than Democrats!"
Edited by TobiasDrake on Aug 26th 2019 at 10:08:22 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.About that...
Considering what the GOP have..."mutated"...into, does it still have a future "P.T"(Post Trump) and if not, what should it be replaced with in your opinion?
Personally?
I really don't want to imagine what the US will look like with four more years of this...this...(filtering in process)..."man"... and his supposed "leadership", while also left unpunished, and still in charge of whatever this "party" has become as of now.
Edited by TitanJump on Aug 26th 2019 at 7:27:46 PM
Representative Sean Duffy (R-WI) is retiring, citing personal issues (he has a child on the way, and doctors detected heart issues).
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/politics/sean-duffy-resign/index.html
Yes, the Republicans still have a future post-Trump. Trump is not going to be the death of the party, because after he's gone, Republican voters will still exist.
Remember when we won the Civil War and all the Confederates did not spontaneously explode in a shower of freedom, but instead continued existing and voting in elections and having a political influence on the country? Getting rid of Trump is going to be exactly like that.
Politics doesn't generally have "Close Curtain" moments, where the plot is over, the villain is defeated forever, and the world lives happily ever after. It's an ongoing uphill struggle that will continue long after we're dead.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Aug 26th 2019 at 11:34:08 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Remember when we won the Civil War and all the Confederates did not spontaneously explode in a shower of freedom, but instead continued existing and voting in elections and having a political influence on the country? Getting rid of Trump is going to be exactly like that.
Politics doesn't generally have "Close Curtain" moments, where the plot is over, the villain is defeated forever, and the world lives happily ever after. It's an ongoing uphill struggle that will continue long after we're dead.
This ignores the fact that many of their voters will not exist, demographically the Republicans and Republican policies are highly unpopular the younger you get.
Does that mean that they're doomed to defeat and we should assume victory?
Of course not, but I really don't think any kind of certainty about their post-Trump future is warranted. Positive or negative.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
x4 Isn't there an distinction between "GOP" and "True Republicans"?
Considering how GOP have basically abandoned all of the republican doctrines while under Trump and a majority of true conservative republicans have basically abandoned the party the longer it defiled its original purpose under Trump's directives, wouldn't it be more likely for these "True Republicans" to tear the current "GOP" down and form a new republican party that's loyal to the original doctrines instead?
Edited by TitanJump on Aug 26th 2019 at 7:44:35 PM
Considering how GOP have basically abandoned all of the republican doctrines while under Trump and a majority of true conservative republicans have basically abandoned the party the longer it defiled its original purpose under Trump's directives, wouldn't it be more likely for these "True Republicans" to tear the current "GOP" down and form a new republican party that's loyal to the original doctrines instead?
This won't happen for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the only difference between Trumpism and Republican orthodoxy is 1) lies he made while campaigning that he immediately walked back on, and 2) expressing prejudice explicitly instead of utilizing dogwhistles. The only substantive difference with Republican orthodoxy and Trump's governance is his rejection of free trade, which itself is just an extension of their longstanding xenophobia and skepticism of international systems. So if anything, Trump is the only one who has abandoned anything. Economically, and socially, Republicans have been getting exactly what they want.
Secondly, even if "True Republicans" were substantively different from Trump it wouldn't matter much because they don't really exist in any major way. All Republicans that exist have either been driven out of the party or have bent the knee, there will be no Mythical Nice Conservatives to ride over the horizon because fundamentally American Conservativism, isn't nice.
So no, the only realistic "nice conservative party" would be if the Republican Party collapsed and the Democratic Party split leading to moderate Dems forming a new conservative party.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 26th 2019 at 10:52:17 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang![]()
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Still, Trump is only a symptom of some of the dark undercurrents in US politics. Racism and anti-intellectualism aren’t just going to go away. As we’ve seen with the alt-right these things are alive and well, and will continue to be alive and well post-Trump.
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Nuclear EMPs don’t work like they do in the movies. The effect is negligible for atmospheric bursts, and most electronics are unaffected.
Edited by archonspeaks on Aug 26th 2019 at 10:52:03 AM
They should have sent a poet.

Like I said, willful ignorance.
Disgusted, but not surprised