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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#289201: Sep 4th 2019 at 10:09:51 AM

Yeah, that's why I'm not on board with the joking about hurricanes. It helps that I live and work overseas in Taiwan which is often hit by typhoons.

Edited by M84 on Sep 5th 2019 at 1:10:16 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#289202: Sep 4th 2019 at 10:33:05 AM

I'd rather the properties just taken down after their leases have been purchased, or forcibly taken, somehow. Or rename the properties as things like Obama, Salad, and Pocahontas.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#289203: Sep 4th 2019 at 10:45:44 AM

The main reason I'd want the properties to go to new ownership is because Trump is a cheapskate who doesn't spend nearly enough on necessities like fire safety and sanitation. Trump Tower is basically an overpriced tacky deathtrap full of rats.

Edited by M84 on Sep 5th 2019 at 1:46:43 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#289204: Sep 4th 2019 at 10:57:05 AM

Personally though, I would really like a small localized storm, riiiight over the top of all of Trump's properties, which would last until Trump is gone from the presidency. Alas, I understand that's not realistically possible and has it's own implications on the surroundings.
I think you want a tornado rather than a storm.

Edited by MarqFJA on Sep 4th 2019 at 8:57:43 PM

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#289205: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:09:28 AM

A tornado is a kind of storm, or at least a component/effect of a storm. Just saying.

Edited by Fighteer on Sep 4th 2019 at 2:09:43 PM

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#289206: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:19:47 AM

A tornado is a storm that while destructive will eventually calm down after awhile,but a Hurricane is a full on tantrum

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#289207: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:30:45 AM

In Captain Obvious news, the HHS determined that children who were separated from their parents by Trump's inhumane zero tolerance policy "experienced more severe mental trauma than children who were not separated". Also, Water is Wet.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#289208: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:31:41 AM

But at least this way we have clear and empirical evidence for those in power, and their defenders, to utterly ignore.

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#289209: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:34:36 AM

<draws in breath> Maybe they were a little bit hasty in drawing that entirely obvious conclusion with rock hard evidence. We need another study to make sure! tongue

Edited by Euodiachloris on Sep 4th 2019 at 7:35:57 PM

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#289210: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:36:46 AM

Everyone's favorite example of the Lowest Common Denominator (Marianne Williamson) Tweeted and quickly deleted a message that said hurricane Dorian could be deterred by the "power of the mind".

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/politics/marianne-williamson-hurricane-dorian-tweet-trnd/index.html

If she could actually offer weather domination mind powers, she'd have my vote easily.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#289211: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:37:18 AM

Here’s a rare news item that surprised me enough to make me post from work:

San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes resolution designating the NRA as a domestic terrorist group

So that’s a thing. Holy shit.

Edited by TheWanderer on Sep 4th 2019 at 2:38:29 PM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#289212: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:40:41 AM

[up][up]Williamson is a garbage human being.

Seriously, how does one fuck up offering sympathy for disaster victims? That's on Trump's level of idiocy.

Edited by M84 on Sep 5th 2019 at 2:42:34 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#289213: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:49:23 AM

[up]x2 Well, holy shit.

I mean, about time, but holy shit.

Who had the balls/ovaries? 'Cause my hat's off to them!

[up]These nutjobs always seem sprout out of the mildew during times of strife.

We're getting our own versions of the Children of God and Jonestown a few years down the line. Williamson might even be the leader of one, in fact, Jim Jones got this close to the position of mayor in San Francisco.

Edited by HailMuffins on Sep 4th 2019 at 3:53:17 PM

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#289214: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:53:22 AM

Marianne Williamson can say whatever spew she wants, but what I wonder is how many people are actually supporting her right now.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#289215: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:55:09 AM

Any amount is too many.

I pity them, really.

archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#289216: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:56:36 AM

I’d be more interested to see what “examining business connections” with the NRA looks like. Calling them domestic terrorists is nice, but it’s basically a press statement. It’s not like they’re listed anywhere now.

I mean, why was the city of San Francisco doing business with the NRA in the first place?

Edited by archonspeaks on Sep 4th 2019 at 12:00:15 PM

They should have sent a poet.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#289217: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:02:11 PM

Calling them terrorists is giving them a status they don't deserve,white nationalists is fine let's stick that to them,I know it's the same thing eh

Edited by Ultimatum on Sep 4th 2019 at 7:10:11 PM

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#289218: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:40:04 PM

I'm fine with labeling them terrorists. They encourage radicalized extreme right-wing violence in order to terrify the public into accepting their political agenda.

What else would you call that?

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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#289219: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:45:23 PM

Marianne Williamson can say whatever spew she wants, but what I wonder is how many people are actually supporting her right now.

IIRC she's 1-2% in the polls.

So almost no one, just a few idiots.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#289220: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:54:17 PM

Yeah, despite some attempts to boost her most Democrats are not buying what she's selling. Not really surprising, really. Regarding the beloved Gabbard, she has been complaining that the system to settle which polls count towards a debate appearance isn't "transparent" despite them being public for literally months.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#289221: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:58:41 PM

Truly a Republican in Democrat clothing.

i'm tired, my friend
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#289222: Sep 4th 2019 at 1:03:04 PM

> What else would you call that?

As I said I'm fine with calling them White nationalists,but calling them terrorists feels inaccurate,especially since we know actual terrorists groups do far worst

Edited by Ultimatum on Sep 4th 2019 at 8:03:37 AM

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#289223: Sep 4th 2019 at 1:05:14 PM

We have nearly daily spree shootings. We are not in a position to be judgmental about the occasional Middle East bombing.

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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#289224: Sep 4th 2019 at 1:08:05 PM

Yes, but they aren't organizing those shootings.

Opposing regulation that could stop gun violence or even terrorism doesn't make one a terrorist.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#289225: Sep 4th 2019 at 1:09:16 PM

[up][up][up]

Eh, I wouldn't quite describe Gabbard like that - she's actually wanting to withdraw troops from warzones, for one, which most of the chickenhawks in the GOP are gung-ho for.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"

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