Hilarious Video: Bad Lip Reading Remixes the First Presidential Debate
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Hey Charles,
This is the 2nd time this has happened.
In the last thread, the page errors out and reloads numerous times until you see the following (screenshot). It didn’t happen until last time I opened the page and I had been commenting throughout.
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That’s a pic from the prior time this happened on.
I’m not sure if it’s the number of comments or an ad (even though I’m a paid subscriber) that’s causing the issue.
I’m on an iPhone 6s, latest iOS, tons of storage, and thought I’d mention it. I meant to do it before and spaced it.
FYI.
Alt-right dudes: Climate change due to human activity is impossible!
Also alt-right dudes: Obama and the US government can make hurricanes.— CyberthreatEnby (@CanadiEnby) October 6, 2016
Storm surge
Jesus pic.twitter.com/HOGAMS7til
— 👻 ac.hussle (@trillac_) October 7, 2016
You can now buy “Icky Trump” shirts thanks to The White Stripes https://t.co/ztovKrOy8t via @HuffPostEnt
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) October 7, 2016
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Who on earth is driving there? Good god. I hope they’re ok.
re: #5 MsJ
Who on earth is driving there? Good god. I hope they’re ok.
I reckon those were parked cars. Now known as leaky boats with wheels.
re: #4 Kragar
Every time I read a HuffPo article, this cracks me up.
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
re: #6 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I reckon those were parked cars. Now known as leaky boats with wheels.
They were moving before the first surge. There was a third car that got away, at least out of the frame. I don’t think they were parked.
Definitely a larger storm now. I’d wager surge will end up the biggest story with #Matthew, especially from Cape Canaveral north. pic.twitter.com/HszCyeGryV
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) October 7, 2016
re: #8 MsJ
They were moving before the first surge. There was a third car that got away, at least out of the frame. I don’t think they were parked.
I missed that. :-(
re: #11 Stanley Sea
HuffPo has been doing that for months.
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
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The folks in those cars are going to die. Holy shit.
re: #13 Big Beautiful Door
The folks in those cars are going to die. Holy shit.
That was my exact same thought.
re: #1 MsJ
Hey Charles,
This is the 2nd time this has happened.
In the last thread, the page errors out and reloads numerous times until you see the following (screenshot). It didn’t happen until last time I opened the page and I had been commenting throughout.
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That’s a pic from the prior time this happened on.
I’m not sure if it’s the number of comments or an ad (even though I’m a paid subscriber) that’s causing the issue.
I’m on an iPhone 6s, latest iOS, tons of storage, and thought I’d mention it. I meant to do it before and spaced it.
FYI.
It’s almost certainly the fact that you’re on an iPhone and there are hundreds of comments in that thread. Even a fully loaded iPhone doesn’t deal with large web pages very well.
I recommend using the Spy mode on an iPhone instead - it uses much less memory and you can still follow and post comments.
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Doesn’t appear to be the US, though.
re: #18 Ziggy_TARDIS
I think NHC is being DDOSed.
I can reach the site fine.
Latest update at 00:00 EDT:
HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142016
1200 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016
…12 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE…
…MATTHEW CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS
During the past hour, a wind gust of 55 mph (89 km/h) was reported
at Stuart, Florida, and a gust of 54 mph (87 km/h) has occurred at
Vero Beach, Florida.
SUMMARY OF 1200 AM EDT…0400 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————————————-
LOCATION…27.3N 79.4W
ABOUT 60 MI…100 KM ESE OF FT. PIERCE FLORIDA
ABOUT 105 MI…170 KM SE OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…130 MPH…210 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 13 MPH…20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…939 MB…27.73 INCHES
$$
Forecaster Stewart
re: #15 Charles Johnson
It’s almost certainly the fact that you’re on an iPhone and there are hundreds of comments in that thread. Even a fully loaded iPhone doesn’t deal with large web pages very well.
I recommend using the Spy mode on an iPhone instead - it uses much less memory and you can still follow and post comments.
I’ve never been able to reply to anyone in Spy mode on my phone. Maybe I just don’t know how to do it.
re: #20 Anymouse
I’ve been trying and unable to.
Of course, if it is a DDOS, I think we all know who is responsible.
re: #19 Stanley Sea
Where is that from?
I hope they all safe. #PrayForBusan pic.twitter.com/8GOOQTZYU6
— { ⓜⓞⓒⓗⓐ } (@_awaaaaa) October 5, 2016
Did a little sleuthing. The video is from South Korea during Typhoon Chaba, not the east coast of Florida.
re: #21 MsJ
I’ve never been able to reply to anyone in Spy mode on my phone. Maybe I just don’t know how to do it.
To get into Spy mode for a comment thread, click the magnifying glass icon either from the front page, or from an article page. When you do this you’ll see only the comments for that thread, and there will be a comment posting form at the top of the page. I use Spy mode all the time on my iPhone to post and read comments.
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I want to say Cuba.
Because, it appears they are driving on our side of the road, but it is different in road markings.
re: #23 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’ve been trying and unable to.
Of course, if it is a DDOS, I think we all know who is responsible.
Well, I don’t know about a DDOS per se as I am having no trouble reaching the National Hurricane Center.
Around the world though people are interested in what is going on right now in the Bahamas and Florida; if there were an overload of traffic to the NHC I would more likely ascribe it to tens of millions of people around the world trying to get information at the same time.
re: #26 Ziggy_TARDIS
Actually, I am hilariously Wrong.
Busan, South Korea, in the aftermath of Typhoon Chaba.
re: #27 Anymouse
I have a low enough opinion of Russia that I could imagine them DDOSing the site in order to impede the dissemination of information and getting people killed.
re: #29 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’d imagine it’ll be kind of hard to get information on the internet with no power. You’re being paranoid.
re: #24 teleskiguy
Not much black volcanic rock in Florida.
re: #24 teleskiguy
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Did a little sleuthing. The video is from South Korea during Typhoon Chaba, not the east coast of Florida.
Well THANK DOG it wasn’t Mar A Lago.
re: #29 Ziggy_TARDIS
I have a low enough opinion of Russia that I could imagine them DDOSing the site in order to impede the dissemination of information and getting people killed.
Well, there are other ways of disseminating information anyway (television, radio, Twitter, Facebook, &c).
It’s still working fine for me:
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WTNT44 KNHC 070257
TCDAT4
HURRICANE MATTHEW DISCUSSION NUMBER 36
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142016
1100 PM EDT THU OCT 06 2016
The satellite appearance of Matthew has improved during the past
several hours, with an eye embedded within a more circular central
dense overcast and an increase in the outer banding. Reports from
a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft and coastal radar data show the
presence of centric eyewalls with diameters of about 8 and 60 n mi
respectively. The NOAA aircraft earlier reported a minimum pressure
of 937 mb, and an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter just reported
estimated surface winds of 109 kt from the SFMR and a pressure of
939 mb. Based on these data, the initial intensity is 115 kt.
The initial motion is 325/11 kt. For the next 24-48 hours, Matthew
should move around the western end of the subtropical ridge, with
the motion gradually turning northward and then northeastward.
During this time, the center of the guidance envelope and the
various consensus models have shifted a little to the east. However,
the ECMWF, GFS, and UKMET continue to suggest the possibility of the
hurricane making landfall in Florida and then moving near the coasts
of Georgia and South Carolina. This part of the forecast is nudged
a little to the east and lies between the model consensus and the
previous forecast. After 48 hours, a mid- to upper-level ridge is
forecast to build north and west of Matthew, and the track guidance
forecasts a southeasterly to southerly motion in response. While
there is still a large spread, the GFS, ECMWF, and UKMET are in
better agreement that Matthew should move south between the ridge
and Hurricane Nicole to the east. This part of the forecast follows
this guidance and lies between the GFS and ECMWF.
During the next 12-24 hours, Matthew will likely weaken a little as
it undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle. After that time, it is
expected to encounter strong southwesterly vertical shear, and later
in the forecast period dry air is likely to entrain into the
cyclone. This combination should cause steady weakening, and
Matthew is forecast to drop below hurricane strength by 72 hours.
The new intensity forecast is in best agreement with the SHIPS
model.
re: #29 Ziggy_TARDIS
I have a low enough opinion of Russia that I could imagine them DDOSing the site in order to impede the dissemination of information and getting people killed.
And I have a low enough opinion of conservatives that I could imagine them DDOSing the site because they don’t believe in GloBULL Warming and don’t want to hear about events such as this S.o.a.B. Matthew becoming a much more frequent event as a result of their denial…
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re: #24 teleskiguy
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Did a little sleuthing. The video is from South Korea during Typhoon Chaba, not the east coast of Florida.
OK. Chaba is the storm that just hit the Korean peninsula this week.
re: #34 Teukka
And I have a low enough opinion of conservatives that I could imagine them DDOSing the site because they don’t believe in GloBULL Warming and don’t want to hear about events such as this S.o.a.B. Matthew becoming a much more frequent event being results of their denial…
See Matt Drudge’s previous posts on that.
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re: #37 teleskiguy
No, you can’t. Don’t ever insinuate that again.
Agreed. Consider that an inappropriate remark, which I will remove. [Your quotation of my inappropriate remark remains though, so there is still a record of my poor statement.]
re: #25 Charles Johnson
To get into Spy mode for a comment thread, click the magnifying glass icon either from the front page, or from an article page. When you do this you’ll see only the comments for that thread, and there will be a comment posting form at the top of the page. I use Spy mode all the time on my iPhone to post and read comments.
Oh yeah! I was in Spy for the site. I see it all now. Thanks!
Young Turks hipster douche writes hilariously naive rant, film at 11:
To Stop The Bleeding, Donald Trump Must Shock America https://t.co/pwVijZIInv (By @JordanChariton) pic.twitter.com/uo1ao2IwUp
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 6, 2016
NWS Administrative Message on website connectivity issues: https://t.co/0s8d62XeGF pic.twitter.com/l0W4z18KLw
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) October 7, 2016
re: #36 Anymouse
See Matt Drudge’s previous posts on that.
Wingnuts. Can’t shoot ‘em. Can’t educate them.
Yeah. Only way they will learn is to have the results of their denial stare them unblinkingly in the face.
Only problem is that when the fecal matter has impacted the rotary air distribution apparatus sufficiently for that rare event to occur it will already have racked up a significant human cost.
It will take a Herculean effort from me not to go “Toldyaso.” or “You shat in your own bed. Fucking sleep in it!”
“For the hundredth time, he was nowhere near Dealey Plaza at the time, now do you need a ride to the polls or not?” pic.twitter.com/pi0AhCw3I1
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 7, 2016
re: #40 Lidane
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Yeeeeeah, won’t happen. Trump’s ego is so massive it has its own gravitational pull. There’s no way in Hell he will humble himself on Sunday and apologize for a damned thing. Why? Because his supporters would scream “CUCK!!!” in a red-hot minute and that would be the end of his campaign.
My son just called, told me to look at Jacksonville radar. It looks like the first major slamdunk of a spiral band is about to sweep across Duval County in an hour or so:
— JayfromBrooklyn (@TBCJay) October 6, 2016
re: #40 Lidane
I think he will shock America, but not in a way to help his chances recover.
NHS still trying to warn NE Florida of the dangers of Hurricane Matthew:
The BBC is covering Hurricane Matthew with live updates.
Summary
At least 283 people have been killed in Haiti and four in the Dominican Republic
Matthew, a Category Four hurricane, could make landfall in Florida within hours
Florida Governor Rick Scott warned it’s a “monster” that could be deadly
Flooding could be severe in coastal areas of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
North Carolina could also be affected as the storm moves north in days ahead
@GlynnCounty Curfew hours established starting at midnight. pic.twitter.com/qMuyzMwJiI
— Georgia EM&HS (@GeorgiaEMA) October 7, 2016
A South Carolina town is distributing the form below, asking those who refuse to evacuate to list their next-of-kin:
South Carolina coastal town distributes ominous forms to hurricane holdouts https://t.co/Lp2pUtpTVd pic.twitter.com/ADSHQYeMVb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 7, 2016
Fall pron!
Wow. @aspensnowmass was beautiful this morning. Great photo of the Hunter Creek Valley from my pal @triplegs.
re: #3 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Mother Nature is a child abuser.
More fall pron!
I love to get up to the mountains to see the first snow. It holds so much promise and excitement for the winter ahead. Who else feels me? #bigmtndreams
Well, g’night folks. My sliced-and-diced elbow from surgery needs a rest, and the drugs are making typing difficult. Time to shuffle off to bed.
Hopefully my son is in a good enough place to ride out Hurricane Matthew in Jacksonville - I suspect my worry will interfere with my sleep.
There it is. I wanted to share with the Lizards Lindsey Vonn’s ensemble last night on Colbert.
Had so much fun on the @colbertlateshow last night. Thanks for making me laugh as always Stephen! …And thanks for actually knowing the disciplines in my sport 🙌🏻#strongisthenewbeautiful
re: #43 teleskiguy
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Courtesy of Fark:
“Is this the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline? Yeah, it’s Ted again. I… Wait, aren’t you guys supposed to be trying to talk me out of it?”
Aright, here’s the ad. Sorry if the quality sucks but I had to record it off the TV with my Nikon and I don’t normally fuck with video.
FYI I uploaded that HRC ad that I was talking about earlier to Youtube. It’s a modern version of the ’64 Daisy Spot. https://t.co/IhBGbZvJjg
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2016
The Pound fell again today. It’s almost at par with the Euro.
£1.00 = $1.24 USD.
£1.00 = €1.11.
OUCH.
C’mon America, pull this off without getting hurt!
The bud @lorengriswold dropping in. FTW. He’s down in South America in search of big descents right now. Best of luck homes. #FreeheelLife #SpreadTelemark
re: #60 MsJ
As a reference point, when I was in London some years back, it was £1.00 = $1.64 USD.
Someone is not happy with me.
I don’t know if you all can see the tweet that began this exchange. I can’t now, because she blocked me.
She was complaining that Royal Caribbean intended to set sail for the Bahamas, despite the storm, and wondered why Waffle House had closed their shops despite the storm.
Well, ships float better than Waffle Houses. :-P https://t.co/q6mL199rH6
— wheat-dogg (@liguy743) October 7, 2016
She blocked me. I haz a sad.
@liguy743 If you don’t know what the problem is, stay out of the argument. Thanks.
— tara (@jkacaptain) October 7, 2016
She’s apparently out several thousand dollars for her cruise. That was her last tweet to me before the block.
Jeez. Some people got no sense of humor.
False beliefs about probability and the universe abound:
A Trump loss would ‘upset the verdict of history’: Allan Lichtman
[…]
However, I also noted that Donald Trump is such a dangerously precedent-breaking candidate that he could upset the verdict of history and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
[…]
It takes a lot of hubris for Lichtman to state that his “13 keys” are the “verdict of history.”
Drumpfskind’s loss will illustrate that Lichtman’s 13 keys are just another example of correlation not being causation.
re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
She’s very angry right now, her vacation on a huge floating hotel was ruined.
Please bear with us as our team preps for the storm. We promise to respond to tweets about Hurricane Matthew as soon as we can. Thank you.
— Royal Caribbean (@RoyalCaribbean) October 5, 2016
I’d be happy to bear with you if you’d REFUND MY MONEY BECAUSE ALL FLIGHTS TO MIAMI ARE CANCELLED. #RIPOFF #UNFAIR https://t.co/rvmBI9QYZx
— tara (@jkacaptain) October 7, 2016
re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Thought I’d chime in, too.
@jkacaptain @WaffleHouse @RoyalCaribbean You know the US Navy does that too, right? Ships are safer away from land.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 7, 2016
Trump on his plane, says only “hurricanes, natural disasters” would stop him from participating in Pres debates: https://t.co/aREl8ZrBAz
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 5, 2016
re: #24 teleskiguy
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Did a little sleuthing. The video is from South Korea during Typhoon Chaba, not the east coast of Florida.
God—fuck the internet sometimes!
re: #69 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
God—fuck the internet sometimes!
Vigilance is key. Something I’ve learned reading LGF for over a decade.
re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Someone is not happy with me.
I don’t know if you all can see the tweet that began this exchange. I can’t now, because she blocked me.
She was complaining that Royal Caribbean intended to set sail for the Bahamas, despite the storm, and wondered why Waffle House had closed their shops despite the storm.
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She’s apparently out several thousand dollars for her cruise. That was her last tweet to me before the block.
Jeez. Some people got no sense of humor.
Perhaps she’s never heard of the Waffle House Index.
Honestly, I gotta wonder about people who get their panties all in a knot when a natural disaster forces a business to cancel or delay their plans. It’s all about meeeee!
What do you mean an earthquake/typhoon/hurricane destroyed your hotel? I had plans for that week! I demand my money back now!!
Your ship ran aground in Miami? So fucking what? Move that damn ship back to the water so I can take my cruise as planned — now!
re: #72 Targetpractice
Perhaps she’s never heard of the Waffle House Index.
Funny thing is, I think she jumped into a thread about it, doing the same thing she bitched at me for doing.
4chan last estimated to be worth $8million. Chuck lives in his in-law’s basement. You do the math. @Green_Footballs @Cernovich @hiroyuki_ni
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) October 7, 2016
re: #71 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I’m sympathetic to her plight, but jeez lady it’s a major weather disaster. Royal Caribbean are not gods of the sea, for pete’s sake. They need to protect their ships.
She could have gotten insurance that would have covered the whole kit and kaboodle of costs.
I get her pain and anger but ignorance doesn’t help (or garner much sympathy from me).
re: #73 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Honestly, I gotta wonder about people who get their panties all in a knot when a natural disaster forces a business to cancel or delay their plans. It’s all about meeeee!
What do you mean an earthquake/typhoon/hurricane destroyed your hotel? I had plans for that week! I demand my money back now!!
Your ship ran aground in Miami? So fucking what? Move that damn ship back to the water so I can take my cruise as planned — now!
Seriously, let’s say she’s there un FL now. Does one really want to be in a ship at sea in a hurricane?
I’m putting up a huge NOPE.
re: #77 MsJ
Especially in today’s top heavy, unstable cruise ships.
No way in hell. I wouldn’t go on an ocean cruise ship under any circumstance.
re: #76 MsJ
She could have gotten insurance that would have covered the whole kit and kaboodle of costs.
I get her pain and anger but ignorance doesn’t help (or garner much sympathy from me).
Seriously. If I were dropping several grand on a cruise + airfare + hotel, I’d buy trip insurance. Shit happens.
re: #77 MsJ
Seriously, let’s say she’s there un FL now. Does one really want to be in a ship at sea in a hurricane?
I’m putting up a huge NOPE.
Did that on the USS America. Even on a thousand foot long sihp riding in the centre of a hurricane, not fun.
While I can walk on bulkheads whilst eating a sandwich, a large portion of the crew spent much of the time hurling into whatever they could find.
That was unfun.
Looking at the questions at the Open Debates site, for this weekend’s show, it looks like guns ‘n social security are going to be the major topics.
We must be a very insecure people if our major cries are “don’t take away our guns” and “don’t take away our social security checks.”
re: #77 MsJ
If this woman is in Florida, she’s in Miami, which will experience some rather unpleasant blustery weather tomorrow, not near as bad as what the space coast will see. And she doesn’t see that. At. All. It’s all ME ME ME.
Instant gratification. Maybe that’ll be how technology destroys us.
re: #80 Anymouse
Did that on the USS America. Even on a thousand foot long sihp riding in the centre of a hurricane, not fun.
While I can walk on bulkheads whilst eating a sandwich, a large portion of the crew spent much of the time hurling into whatever they could find.
That was unfun.
I’m not prone to motion sickness, but I’ve never been in a boat or ship in rough waters. Not sure if I should add that to my bucket list.
re: #82 teleskiguy
If this woman is in Florida, she’s in Miami, which will experience some rather unpleasant blustery weather tomorrow, not near as bad as what the space coast will see. And she doesn’t see that. At. All. It’s all ME ME ME.
Instant gratification. Maybe that’ll be how technology destroys us.
I don’t think she’s in FL. That’s the problem, she can’t get to FL and the cruise is going on come hell or high water (no pun intended). Which is why she’s out the cruise costs…she can’t get there for the “fun”.
The town meeting participants will be uncommitted voters selected by the Gallup Organization.
For anyone to be “uncommitted” at this stage they have to be low-information voters or just wheeled out of a coma-room at the local hospital.
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I’m not prone to motion sickness, but I’ve never been in a boat or ship in rough waters. Not sure if I should add that to my bucket list.
My ex was on the USS JFK aircraft carrier and I went on a family cruise from VA to FL in calm seas and spent the time puking my guts up.
re: #85 freetoken
For anyone to be “uncommitted” at this stage they have to be low-information voters or just wheeled out of a coma-room at the local hospital.
Or liars.
re: #85 freetoken
For anyone to be “uncommitted” at this stage they have to be low-information voters or just wheeled out of a coma-room at the local hospital.
There’s a third possibility: They’re full of shit and have already made up their minds.
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I’m not prone to motion sickness, but I’ve never been in a boat or ship in rough waters. Not sure if I should add that to my bucket list.
The better your sense of balance is the more likely you’ll get seasick. Those of us with hardly any vestibular balance, who depend on visual cues and feedback from our ankle muscles to stay upright are golden. No conflict with what our inner ear is telling us, which is basically nothing.
Let me quote the whole paragraph:
The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which half of the questions will be posed directly by citizen participants and the other half will be posed by the moderator based on topics of broad public interest as reflected in social media and other sources. The candidates will have two minutes to respond and there will be an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate further discussion. The town meeting participants will be uncommitted voters selected by the Gallup Organization.
So the organizers don’t claim that the questions will come from that Open Debates site.
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I’m not prone to motion sickness, but I’ve never been in a boat or ship in rough waters. Not sure if I should add that to my bucket list.
Oh, it is not to be missed. An aircraft carrier in heavy weather takes several seconds to roll from one side to the other. Add to that you are inside and cannot see the moving horizon, and your stomach goes all sideways because gravity pulls you one way then the other over several seconds or even a minute, but the bulkheads and overhead and deck all look like they are not moving.
On a small boat like a rowboat, you can see the horizon and the water and your brain can connect with what is happening.
re: #89 Targetpractice
Yes, dishonesty is the other option.
They might not even telling themselves the truth, much less to Gallup.
re: #87 MsJ
My ex was on the USS JFK aircraft carrier and I went on a family cruise from VA to FL in calm seas and spent the time puking my guts up.
Hey! I was on the JFK too. Moreover, when it was decommissioned, my son was part of the ship breaking crew.
Most of my cruises were done on the JFK.
re: #92 Dr. Lexus
Hey @GroovyBruce, your skull and eyeballs are being blamed for #HurricaneMatthew. This libel will not stand, man! pic.twitter.com/hx8HVvkkN4
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 7, 2016
re: #79 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Seriously. If I were dropping several grand on a cruise + airfare + hotel, I’d buy trip insurance. Shit happens.
That’s what we do.
It’s on my to do list to get taken care of for February’s trip this week. It’s maybe $150 for $3000 worth of coverage - well worth it for the peace of mind. Also covers emergency medical evacuation if necessary, depending on the policy and the country.
re: #90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The better your sense of balance is the more likely you’ll get seasick. Those of us with hardly any vestibular balance, who depend on visual cues and feedback from our ankle muscles to stay upright are golden. No conflict with what our inner ear is telling us, which is basically nothing.
My sense of balance is decent, but still I usually don’t get motion sickness, even in turbulent air or rocking stuffy trains. My boating experience has been limited to ferry rides and canoes.
re: #98 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
My sense of balance is decent, but still I usually don’t get motion sickness, even in turbulent air or rocking stuffy trains. My boating experience has been limited to ferry rides and canoes.
I discovered on our last cruise that I do, in fact, get seasick.
Better to know, so I can prepare for the future. (Mostly felt it when crossing the Gulf Stream. Fresh air, laying down, and the chewable meds all helped.)
re: #93 Anymouse
Oh, it is not to be missed. An aircraft carrier in heavy weather takes several seconds to roll from one side to the other. Add to that you are inside and cannot see the moving horizon, and your stomach goes all sideways because gravity pulls you one way then the other over several seconds or even a minute, but the bulkheads and overhead and deck all look like they are not moving.
On a small boat like a rowboat, you can see the horizon and the water and your brain can connect with what is happening.
OK. Yeah, I’ll pass on that.
Well, I said I was off to bed. This time I really mean it. G’night y’all. If you’re in the Southeast, stay safe from the storm. Otherwise, just stay safe.
re: #84 MsJ
I don’t think she’s in FL. That’s the problem, she can’t get to FL and the cruise is going on come hell or high water (no pun intended). Which is why she’s out the cruise costs…she can’t get there for the “fun”.
Going down in an airplane crash would be a lot less fun, IMO.
re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Someone is not happy with me.
I don’t know if you all can see the tweet that began this exchange. I can’t now, because she blocked me.
She was complaining that Royal Caribbean intended to set sail for the Bahamas, despite the storm, and wondered why Waffle House had closed their shops despite the storm.
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She’s apparently out several thousand dollars for her cruise. That was her last tweet to me before the block.
Jeez. Some people got no sense of humor.
Some people also probably got no travel insurance
re: #98 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
My sense of balance is decent, but still I usually don’t get motion sickness, even in turbulent air or rocking stuffy trains. My boating experience has been limited to ferry rides and canoes.
I ralph just thinking about it. 😳
re: #102 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Going down in an airplane crash would be a lot less fun, IMO.
Yeah, the whole damned concept from bouncing in an airplane 30k feet in the air to bouncing in 20’ waves at sea…NOPE.
I was on a flight that was so bad I thought for sure we were going to crash. From Detroit to Chicago we diverted to Kalamazoo for 6 hours for the storm to pass. I’ve never been so terrified in my life. The plane sounded like it was going to break into pieces.
I wouldn’t think of flying in that again. NOPE. keep my money. I’ll hang onto my life.
I’ve ridden fishing boats, canoes, rafts, tubes, speedboats, jetskis, and ferries. I’m also an expert telemark skier. Motion sickness is a total non-factor with me. I have a highly trained cerebellum.
re: #105 MsJ
Yeah, the whole damned concept from bouncing in an airplane 30k feet in the air to bouncing in 20’ waves at sea…NOPE.
I was on a flight that was so bad I thought for sure we were going to crash. From Detroit to Chicago we diverted to Kalamazoo for 6 hours for the storm to pass. I’ve never been so terrified in my life. The plane sounded like it was going to break into pieces.
I wouldn’t think of flying in that again. NOPE. keep my money. I’ll hang onto my life.
In all my flying experiences, I’ve had only two really bad turbulence incidents. One was years ago somewhere in the USA. The other was on a flight from China to the States with a friend who had never flown ever. I stayed calm, the crew stayed calm, so she stayed calm, too. Happened right during meal service time, so the crew couldn’t even strap into their jumpseats. They had to stay with the carts by crouching down and hanging on.
Planes are designed to cope with turbulence, and flight crews are trained for it. I don’t worry about it.
Trumpistas are worried that the RNC is sabotaging their hero’s chances of winning, so they’ve started a GOTV campaign hashtagged #MAGA3X — register three voters for Trump.
A bit late for that, I thinks.
So Trumpers are doing a voter registration push when the election is a month away? pic.twitter.com/t2VZooRmBl
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 7, 2016
re: #106 teleskiguy
I’ve ridden fishing boats, canoes, rafts, tubes, speedboats, jetskis, and ferries. I’m also an expert telemark skier. Motion sickness is a total non-factor with me. I have a highly trained cerebellum.
I can stand the motion at sea, but after a few weeks of that it’s the return to land that gets me sick. I swear the ground moves all over the place. I bounce off the walls in a shower stall and come very close to puking when I first get back on land.
Still alive in Northern Florida.
Cheap camera and lights from across the river @ the container & fuel port are preventing me from getting any usable pics of current St. Johns river levels, which is similar to what was seen in the afternoon.
littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #113 Targetpractice
It’s a cunning plan.
Our chief weapon is surprise … surprise and fear. Our two chief weapons are surprise, fear and …
re: #113 Targetpractice
“How long do I have to register?”
“5!”
“5 what?
“4… 3…” @random__name— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 7, 2016
It’s impossible to survey, but I would like to know—through telepathy, maybe—out of the crowds at a Clinton rally and a Trump rally, what percentage of each are registered. Or know how to register. Or know you have to register…Trump’s own fucking kids didn’t know!
I strongly suspect that, once the dust settles, we’re gonna find out that just like Sanders, Trump’s total lack of focus on registration and GOTV because he thought his rallies were enough leads to hilariously lop-sided turnout.
re: #117 Targetpractice
I strongly suspect that, once the dust settles, we’re gonna find out that just like Sanders, Trump’s total lack of focus on registration and GOTV because he thought his rallies were enough leads to hilariously lop-sided turnout.
And he’ll blame in on a rigged election, voter fraud, etc.
re: #117 Targetpractice
I strongly suspect that, once the dust settles, we’re gonna find out that just like Sanders, Trump’s total lack of focus on registration and GOTV because he thought his rallies were enough leads to hilariously lop-sided turnout.
WE will find that out, THEY will find out that buses full of zombie illegal immigrants used hacked voting machines to vote multiple times at dozens of different precincts (did I get all the conspiracies in one? I think I missed some…)
re: #117 Targetpractice
I strongly suspect that, once the dust settles, we’re gonna find out that just like Sanders, Trump’s total lack of focus on registration and GOTV because he thought his rallies were enough leads to hilariously lop-sided turnout.
I think it’ll be worse, because of the difference in the proportional delegate count of the Dem primary system vs the all-or-nothing (except for NE & ME) nature of the Electoral College. Sanders ended up with a much greater percentage of delegates than his share of the popular vote would entitle him to, superdelegates notwithstanding. The EC percentage gap between Hillary and Trump OTOH will probably be around twice the popular vote difference.
Hurts libertarians pic.twitter.com/FXV4zIES31
— Joel Sax (@EmperorNorton) October 7, 2016
HAHAHAHAHA!
Trump literally had to be cut out of a sweater…because he didn’t want to muss his hair. https://t.co/5jM65w2fty pic.twitter.com/fD6DPfJD8N
— Literally Trump (@literally_trump) October 6, 2016
re: #122 goddamnedfrank
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Makes me wish someone could rig up a wind machine to fool with his hairdo. He’d lose his cool in no time.
The man is vain.
When you’ve lost Max Lucado …
Pastor denounces Trump: We wouldn’t accept behavior like his of a Middle School Student Council candidate https://t.co/ZYi7ZKmfkW
— Randy Prine (@randyprine) October 6, 2016
Khajit has wares, if you have coin. pic.twitter.com/rn35KvwF9k
— Nova ⍟ (@omgnova) October 5, 2016
Old news, but Mark Cuban just tweeted this link about FinCen’s rebuke of TrumpTaj Mahal and the $10M penalty the feds levied on it for failing to observe Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations.
Makes me wonder if Trump’s associations with Russian businessmen might have some connection here. There’s also his long acquaintances with mobsters in NY and NJ.
Just askin’ questions, y’know.
Some commercial flying nostalgia: Cathay Pacific flies its last Boeing 747 route. Along with many other airlines worldwide, Cathay is replacing its 747s with more fuel efficient and quieter models.
I think I flew in my last 747 last year, flying United from Shanghai to Chicago. It had been 30 years since I had last been in one.
#BREAKING 2016 #NobelPrize #Peace is awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
— ABC News (@abcnews) October 7, 2016
I’m so tired of the New York Times’ weaksauce bullshit.
The muslim ban is still there on the Trump campaign website, and when Trump says “criminal aliens” he means ALL undocumented immigrants.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2016
I give you guys credit for the tax return story, but that shit was gift wrapped & mailed to you. You seem to suck at your jobs otherwise.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2016
107mph wind gusts at Cape Canaveral right now.
Cape Canaveral Wind Report: 77 MPH, gusting to 107 MPH at 6:20 A.M. #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/dKjB5mGwak
— JenniferSchackWLWT (@JSchackWLWT) October 7, 2016
Local @DukeEnergy crews prepare to assist with #HurricaneMatthew restoration efforts https://t.co/VIgmg6fKHZ @MeganMooreWKRC pic.twitter.com/XGttZJYr9x
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) October 7, 2016
Part of the group MrBWS is with, heading out this morning.
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Part of the group MrBWS is with, heading out this morning.
more:
@DukeEnergy crews are heading out soon to help out in FL. #hurricanematthew Tune in to my FB live here —> https://t.co/7AD1BUlCky @Local12 pic.twitter.com/CViZbllPQr
— Megan Moore (@MeganMooreWKRC) October 7, 2016
@DukeEnergy crews are heading out soon to help out in FL. #hurricanematthew
MrBWS isn’t a Duke employee, but works for a Duke contractor.
County by County #HurricaneMatthew coverage - #Volusia and #Flagler pic.twitter.com/CwfrlqkVMP
— WFTV Eyewitness News (@WFTV) October 7, 2016
My sister in Ormond Beach is still has power but says the wind is fierce.
Off they go! @DukeEnergy on their way to help out with outages from #HurricaneMatthew @Local12 pic.twitter.com/hSxdX9iLGP
— Megan Moore (@MeganMooreWKRC) October 7, 2016
Off they go! @DukeEnergy on their way to help out with outages from #HurricaneMatthew @Local12
Now *I* start to worry.
;)
re: #80 Anymouse
During WWII, the USN’s TF 38 sailed into a typhoon - bad data and Bull Halsey’s bad decision.
Several ships capsized. Multiple light carriers were damaged, their open bow design with gun tubs for AA protection meant that waves were able to damage the bow deck. After that experience, future US carriers were redesigned or upgraded to enclosed - hurricane - bows.
Halsey had a second encounter with a different typhoon with similar results - damage to multiple ships and loss of planes on several carriers. He was able to ultimately retire as a fleet admiral after the war. Nimitz intervened on his behalf.
The Hurricane hunters took off early this morning to investigate Hurricane Matthew once more to collect data that… https://t.co/lZw5KXN06d
— 403rd Wing (@403PA) October 7, 2016
Very turbulent flight as @NOAA Hurricane Hunters fly directly into the eye of Hurricane Matthew. https://t.co/MVNJdE3FzX pic.twitter.com/ZqkZU1yZcD
— ABC News (@ABC) October 7, 2016
Sister’s power is out now.
Transformer outside the house just exploded.
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is it macabre to wonder where Juno Beach is when I look at these maps?
re: #143 Ming5000
Is it macabre to wonder where Juno Beach is when I look at these maps?
Palm Beach County.
Their early work was a little too “new wave” for my taste. pic.twitter.com/NLGY4dMaQZ
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2016
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh, it looks like Palm Beach County lucked out. Relatively.
re: #146 Ming5000
Oh, it looks like Palm Beach County lucked out. Relatively.
#HurricaneMatthew is pounding Palm Beach right now. Flooding and debris flying everywhere
— Vanilla Ice (@vanillaice) October 7, 2016
That was his last tweet.
how do i nominate this headline for the mark twain humor award pic.twitter.com/2hnTr47ZDv
— Ali V. (@alivingiano) October 6, 2016
The worst political billboards of the season. Johnson / Weld, marginally better than flinging yourself into a wood chipper, I guess. pic.twitter.com/6fjxsSliO8
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2016
sigh
#BREAKING: People who refused to evacuate are now calling for help now as Hurricane Matthew’s western eyewall brushes past Cape Canaveral.
— WESH 2 News (@WESH) October 7, 2016
Other families have said things like “We’re scared. We wish we hadn’t stayed,” according to Brevard County Emergency Mgmt per @AP. #Matthew
— WESH 2 News (@WESH) October 7, 2016
re: #124 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
When you’ve lost Max Lucado …
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Tribblehead may have lost Lucado but there are still thousands of Religious Right Pulpit Pimps and Priests kissing Trump’s ass 24/7.
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Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The weather here is fine, but it’s the opposite over in Florida, where Matthew has been churning along the coast for hours, and it’s going to continue pounding the coast throughout the day.
A lot of people who chose to stay in their homes during the storm will be having second thoughts as they watch the storm surge and winds batter their homes and neighborhoods. There’s a reason that local, county, and state officials warned for people to evacuate to higher ground inland. It’s no joke, and the more people remain, the more it stresses local emergency responders who have to go and rescue these folks when the situation becomes dire (if they can even get to these folks in time).
As a bunch of reporters note, after Hurricane Andrew, Florida instituted new stronger building codes. But that doesn’t mean all structures are hurricane-ready. Buildings and structures built before the revised building codes were instituted are far more vulnerable. They lack tie-downs/hurricane straps that are meant to keep the roof in place when threatened by hurricane force winds. They lack the kind of structural protections unless they’ve been retrofitted.
Andrew hit south of Miami; this storm is hitting well to the north and up into Georgia and South Carolina.
Storm surge remains the big threat, with wind and flooding rains become the secondary and tertiary threats. Any of them can result in deadly conditions.
Meanwhile, the death toll in Haiti continues climbing. It’s over 300 at this point.
re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That was his last tweet.
We may get lucky and find out that Vanilla Ice meets Vanilla Christ…
Trump twits can’t even get their slurs straight.
Trumplings are calling debate moderator Quijano a “wetback.” She’s Filipina, you ignorant troglodytes. Can’t even get your invectives right.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 7, 2016
Mind you, I found her performance as a debate moderator wanting. She quickly lost control of the debate, and couldn’t get either Pence or Kaine to address the questions posed. Kaine interrrupted her more, but Pence ignored all attempts by anyone to answer any direct questions - questions that go to his relationship with Trump, reality, or facts.
#HurricaneMatthew Here is the 8 am EDT update from @NHC_Atlantic. We continue to bring you the latest here and on https://t.co/4HvPwrpJtR pic.twitter.com/h3RJHMbMmQ
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 7, 2016
Hurricane #Matthew Intermediate advisory 37A issued. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) October 7, 2016
Sis has the generator up and running now.
Trump lacks discipline to practice once for debate. Opted out 1/2 way through N.H. session. No attention span. He will fail again Sunday.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) October 7, 2016
Ron White used to say (about hurricanes):
It’s not that the wind blows, it’s what the wind blows.
Too many people forget that.
Looks like the seagulls are still in the eye:
Inside #Matthew’s eye, there are a group of birds that have nowhere else to go! Imagine being stuck in the eye? pic.twitter.com/lQNTaZX4Pl
— Dan Amarante (@DanAmarante) October 7, 2016
re: #152 lawhawk
As a bunch of reporters note, after Hurricane Andrew, Florida instituted new stronger building codes. But that doesn’t mean all structures are hurricane-ready. Buildings and structures built before the revised building codes were instituted are far more vulnerable. They lack tie-downs/hurricane straps that are meant to keep the roof in place when threatened by hurricane force winds. They lack the kind of structural protections unless they’ve been retrofitted.
I remember This Old House years ago when they renovated an older house in Hawaii. The roof was kind of a reverse-mansard design—shallower pitch on the bottom and steeper on top, like a Pizza Hut. Apparently this is to kill lift. The outside walls were just plywood, nailed to the outside of the floor plate. “How does that even hold the roof up?” “Holding the roof up isn’t the prime consideration around here—it’s holding it down.”
Dim Jim never quits being dim.
NOAA: We Are Not Lying about Hurricane Matthew, We Are NOT Politicized Agency! …(Like FBI, IRS, Commerce, etc.) https://t.co/p0gzFqHCC4
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) October 7, 2016
re: #160 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Dim Jim never quits being dim.
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Dim Jim never quits being dim.
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And infowars is breathlessly warning about BLM preparing a massive looting operation.
these people… *spit*
re: #160 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
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And what did the Department of Commerce do to piss him off?
re: #160 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
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re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
And infowars is breathlessly warning about BLM preparing a massive looting operation.
these people… *spit*
Well, sure. Why else would the feds advise people to evacuate their homes? //
There are even more blue/bluish states than before!
Hillary’s odds of winning are looking better and better. 32 days of work left… pic.twitter.com/Dj5HWt66G6
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) October 7, 2016
Just watched hurricane Matthew blow up my power line pic.twitter.com/JZZbiZDE32
— Amy DeLoach (@amyddeloach) October 7, 2016
Merritt Island:
Just watched hurricane Matthew blow up my power line
The NOAA and NHC are warning about the worst case scenarios, where if the storm wobbles just slightly to the west, the coast gets the brunt of the strongest winds (which are in the NE quadrant of hurricanes. This is basic stuff really.
As much as the models predict the storm course and help predict storm intensity, the storm is a natural system that can wobble and move in micro terms (out to sea by a few miles) - even as the model does well in the trend (the coast-hugging).
Emergency prep has to take the worst case scenario into consideration. It’s what they do. Preserving and protecting lives and all that.
But these asshats think that this is politicized. If the NHC got the track wrong and it slammed ashore and pulled a Shep Smith track - we’d be talking about catastrophic damage up and down the Florida coast, they’d be the first demanding heads that they got the track wrong and seeking Obama’s impeachment.
Reality is that the NHC does a difficult job of tracking storms well. It takes the data available to it and provides good guidance for govt officials to make their preparations and informing the public about the nature of the threat.
If people stayed in their homes all along the coast, and this storm’s track wobbled west just a bit, we’d be talking mass casualties. Thankfully thus far, we’re not hearing that is the case.
But the storm still has another day of slamming the FL, GA, and SC coast before turning out to sea.
Politicizing natural disasters? Think these guys have Obama mixed up with GWB, whose politicized decisions in choosing an unqualified person to head FEMA had dire consequences. That’s even as the NHC warned of catastrophic damage likelihood.
Then again, we’re talking about a GOP that thinks that Obama was in charge during Katrina too.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Damn, that looks like in The Money Pit, where they apparently thought wires are like primacord inside the wall. Once the circuit’s broken, how does it keep sparking like that?
re: #170 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Damn, that looks like in The Money Pit, where they apparently thought wires are like primacord inside the wall. Once the circuit’s broken, how does it keep sparking like that?
Circuit wasn’t broken yet. Sometimes it goes on for a while. That’s why the rule is to assume that all downed power lines are still live.
re: #170 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Damn, that looks like in The Money Pit, where they apparently thought wires are like primacord inside the wall. Once the circuit’s broken, how does it keep sparking like that?
I’m guessing the two adjacent power lines are hitting each other, making those sparks. One is hot and the other neutral, so we’re seeing short circuits.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Circuit wasn’t broken yet. Sometimes it goes on for a while. That’s why the rule is to assume that all downed power lines are still live.
Also, maybe it’s just me, but if I see that happening outside my house I’m running to switch off the main breaker in my house.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Circuit wasn’t broken yet. Sometimes it goes on for a while. That’s why the rule is to assume that all downed power lines are still live.
Yup. And power lines often carry more voltage than the wires in your house.
The world’s oldest cat, who is 31, looks exactly how I expect the world’s oldest cat to look. Sick of your shit af. pic.twitter.com/84vcNRqF8p
— Not Your Boohnan (@AhnethAhra) October 6, 2016
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
Also, maybe it’s just me, but if I see that happening outside my house I’m running to switch off the main breaker in my house.
Always a wise move in a storm.
re: #176 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Always a wise move in a storm.
A tornado hit about 5 miles away a few years ago. I didn’t get to the breaker in time and the power surge traveled down the line and set my electric stove on fire.
Lessons learned.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
A tornado hit about 5 miles away a few years ago. I didn’t get to the breaker in time and the power surge traveled down the line and set my electric stove on fire.
Lessons learned.
Years ago, a storm sent a power surge into my house, and made the magic smoke leave my TV set.
3D views of Hurricane #Matthew show the storm as it weakened to Category 3 status last night. Latest on Matthew: https://t.co/gQriX31yPH pic.twitter.com/LzQwOt4GYM
— NASA (@NASA) October 7, 2016
3D views of Hurricane #Matthew show the storm as it weakened to Category 3 status last night.
re: #167 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
There are even more blue/bluish states than before!
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If Hillary wins every state in any shade of blue on that map, plus that one EV in Nebraska, that’s 359-179. FWIW, that’s my prediction, barring some disaster.
It’s not impossible Johnson might pull enough votes to deny Trump a small state or two—I’ve got my eye on Montana or South Dakota….
Of course, this 538 map is based on a 6.2% lead for Clinton. If that turns out to be over 3% pessimistic—like last time—all bets are off.
So… This mornings challenge to you lizardim… Which huffpost arkle did this gem appear in?
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re: #178 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Years ago, a storm sent a power surge into my house, and made the magic smoke leave my TV set.
I had to replace a hard drive a couple years ago after the power flashed on and off about 20 times in a 15 seconds.
Thankfully, it was still under warranty through Western Digital and they shipped one to me prior to me sending the one that was failing SMART checks to them (made shipping it to them easier since I had the anti-static bag and box from the new one).
Sis says at least four trees just fell in her yard and most likely took her car with them…
Cuteness!
It’s #WorldSmileDay 😊 Hope this gives you a smile 💗 I wish you a fabulous Friday pic.twitter.com/0kn2jHJrCc
— Marie (@pintsize73) October 7, 2016
re: #186 Semper Fi
Jeffrey, you put frosting on your meatloaf??
The mashed potatoes look kind of runny. Frosted meat loaf.
and…Gary Richrath solo! Since I’m from downstate east central Illinois, my friends are apt to FB post REO’s “Riding the Storm Out” whenever there’s a cataclysmic meteorological event. We all kinda made fun of REO in later years, forgetting how great they could be.
ETA: the core of REO was from the Champaign-Urbana area, that’s why the FB friends post REO.
re: #181 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If Hillary wins every state in any shade of blue on that map, plus that one EV in Nebraska, that’s 359-179. FWIW, that’s my prediction, barring some disaster.
It’s not impossible Johnson might pull enough votes to deny Trump a small state or two—I’ve got my eye on Montana or South Dakota….
Of course, this 538 map is based on a 6.2% lead for Clinton. If that turns out to be over 3% pessimistic—like last time—all bets are off.
And a debate coming up. Is Sunday’s debate a 90-minute one? That might be a bit much for low-energy Trump, who has tiny hands, and has problems with mics.
So, FL Gov Scott’s presser is underway:
Key takeaway thus far - 600k without power.
Oh, and news reports suggesting that price gouging is being spotted in Florida at some gas stations and hotels/motels.
Meanwhile, video from Cuba shows widespread damage and devastation on par with the damage seen thus far from Haiti.
re: #189 Sir John Barron
And a debate coming up. Is Sunday’s debate a 90-minute one? That might be a bit much for low-energy Trump, who has tiny hands, and has problems with mics.
One-on-one interaction with a live audience is going to be a disaster for him, whereas that’s absolutely Hillary’s best thing. I expect a total meltdown.
“Those poor customers.”
Court documents shed light into just how horrible the MyFord Touch & SYNC system was: https://t.co/FwwVvyJjdJ— Michael Martinez (@MikeMartinez_DN) October 7, 2016
re: #57 teleskiguy
There it is. I wanted to share with the Lizards Lindsey Vonn’s ensemble last night on Colbert.
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re: #192 The Vicious Babushka
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Never used Ford’s system, but I love how Chevrolet’s won’t work with an Android phone over USB.
Just got this message from a close friend. UK in 2016. How long before I’m berated for being the grandson of a refugee who fled the Nazis? pic.twitter.com/IH87rukwya
— Edward Anderson (@edanderson101) October 7, 2016
I have friends who have been asked by their colleagues when they are leaving because ‘we voted for you to go’. https://t.co/WJVIGBxgw9
— (‾⌣‾) (@LeithMotive) October 7, 2016
sigh…
re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I really thought the Brits were better than this. Jesus.
NEW: Trump this morning says US govt is allowing illegal immigrants into country “so they can go and vote.”
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 7, 2016
re: #191 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
One-on-one interaction with a live audience is going to be a disaster for him, whereas that’s absolutely Hillary’s best thing. I expect a total meltdown.
Half expecting he’ll just walk off the stage half way through. He and his bots will complain the questions were mean, the moderator unfair, the mics screwed up, etc.
Still alive in Jacksonville.
Pleasantly full from a hearty breakfast of cheesy eggs, bacon, biscuits & fries (last meal? LOL)
Caught a break this AM, rain wasn’t to bad for the beast’s walk.
Positive is that after walking the dogs in the rain for the past two days is that their fur is now quite clean from all the toweling down.
Water on the St. John is about a foot lower than yesterday afternoon ( littlegreenfootballs.com ) , but getting some up-river wave action.
View is SW, L-upriver, R- ~15 miles to Atlantic
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
NEW: Trump this morning says US govt is allowing illegal immigrants into country “so they can go and vote.”
citation needed, please, Mr. Trump.
re: #192 The Vicious Babushka
I have a 2013 Fiesta. It’s old enough the screen is two color and is just an advanced radio with phone interaction and voice commands. I’d give it a B, but I haven’t attempted to use every feature. I do like being able to call via voice commands.
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re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Dear @realDonaldTrump Citation Needed@reidepstein pic.twitter.com/nnwKzlUIEj
— Franklin (@franklinftw) October 7, 2016
re: #199 Sir John Barron
Half expecting he’ll just walk off the stage half way through. He and his bots will complain the questions were mean, the moderator unfair, the mics screwed up, etc.
Plus, for all the crap about “Sick Hillary”, can he stand up without leaning against a podium for any length of time? If so, I’ve never seen it. Getting off the stage with the proles is not going to go well for him.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
I really thought the Brits were better than this. Jesus.
I’m sure most are. But a young English person I met recently (whose grandparents fled the Nazis from Poland) said things are uncomfortable and that even some of her friends are casually calling refugees “rape-u-gees.”
re: #202 Belafon
I have a 2013 Fiesta. It’s old enough the screen is two color and is just an advanced radio with phone interaction and voice commands. I’d give it a B, but I haven’t attempted to use every feature. I do like being able to call via voice commands.
That’s what Ford gets for going first. //
That’s not a MyTouch, that’s just the standard SYNC screen for pairing your phone and playback devices.
I’m pretty happy with the MyTouch in my vehicle, my only complaint is that the USB port sometimes drops the MP3 player.
re: #191 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
One-on-one interaction with a live audience is going to be a disaster for him, whereas that’s absolutely Hillary’s best thing. I expect a total meltdown.
Mmmmm… maybe. Is it Anderson Cooper choosing the questions? Or Cory Lewandowski?
re: #207 sagehen
Mmmmm… maybe. Is it Anderson Cooper choosing the questions? Or Cory Lewandowski?
The audience is supposedly “undecided voters”, you know—morons. Half of the questions are supposed to be spontaneous.
re: #190 lawhawk
Scott came across as very mechanical, as usual. (Maybe they can fix that on the next model) Didn’t watch the previous presser from NC, but listened while I cooked breakfast. NC Gov was much better, made you want to listen. Scott droned on, had to fight myself from tuning him out.
re: #205 Barefoot Grin
I’m sure most are. But a young English person I met recently (whose grandparents fled the Nazis from Poland) said things are uncomfortable and that even some of her friends are casually calling refugees “rape-u-gees.”
Yeah my cousin lives over there. Fucking Farrage as well as the BNP fanning the flames of hate.
re: #208 Birth Control Works
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“For the hundredth time, he was nowhere near Dealey Plaza at the time, now do you need a ride to the polls or not?” pic.twitter.com/pi0AhCw3I1
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 7, 2016
In case you haven’t seen it - the Daily Show sends a reporter to Chinatown in response to that idiotic Fox News piece O’Reilly did.
It’s deservedly brutal.
re: #93 Anymouse
Oh, it is not to be missed. An aircraft carrier in heavy weather takes several seconds to roll from one side to the other. Add to that you are inside and cannot see the moving horizon, and your stomach goes all sideways because gravity pulls you one way then the other over several seconds or even a minute, but the bulkheads and overhead and deck all look like they are not moving.
On a small boat like a rowboat, you can see the horizon and the water and your brain can connect with what is happening.
I can barely stand flying unless I can sit next to a window and see the ground. I’d be toast on a cruize ship.
re: #211 HappyWarrior
Yeah my cousin lives over there. Fucking Farrage as well as the BNP fanning the flames of hate.
Yep. Makes me think of an interview this morning on NPR. Steve Inskeep went to a church in an impoverished area of Cincinnati to talk about the political landscape. The African American minister said that he couldn’t countenance a Trump victory, but regardless of who wins “an evil is being born in this country.” I think he summed up a broader trend that extends across Europe.
re: #209 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The audience is supposedly “undecided voters”, you know—morons. Half of the questions are supposed to be spontaneous.
They’re not “spontaneous”. There’s a handout at each seat for people to write what their question would be, and somebody associated with the debate producers picks through them and tells the moderators who to call on.
re: #217 sagehen
They’re not “spontaneous”. There’s a handout at each seat for people to write what their question would be, and somebody associated with the debate producers picks through them and tells the moderators who to call on.
Now, if they would then combust….
re: #216 Barefoot Grin
Yep. Makes me think of an interview this morning on NPR. Steve Inskeep went to a church in an impoverished area of Cincinnati to talk about the political landscape. The African American minister said that he couldn’t countenance a Trump victory, but regardless of who wins “an evil is being born in this country.” I think he summed up a broader trend that extends across Europe.
What’s really scary to me as a millenial is how much this stuff is rising among people in my generation. We unfortunately have just as many hateful assholes as our parents and grandparents generation.
re: #216 Barefoot Grin
Yep. Makes me think of an interview this morning on NPR. Steve Inskeep went to a church in an impoverished area of Cincinnati to talk about the political landscape. The African American minister said that he couldn’t countenance a Trump victory, but regardless of who wins “an evil is being born in this country.” I think he summed up a broader trend that extends across Europe.
It’s the return of ethnocentric nationalism, which was pretty much discredited as an ideology after World War Two. Like any ideology, it never really went away, it just went underground. Sooner or later, such intellectual sewage inevitably bubbles up to the surface.
re: #211 HappyWarrior
Yeah my cousin lives over there. Fucking Farrage as well as the BNP fanning the flames of hate.
Oy.
Only a failed Brexit can save Ukip now
Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless had defected, with the former particularly believing Ukip had to head in a different direction and essentially rebrand to deliver Brexit success. Stymying the dogmatic rhetoric that characterised the party was regarded as key to neutralising the negativity of the leave campaign.
Meanwhile down in Thanet, Farage and his advisers had a contrasting approach. With a slightly more alt-right flavour, and no doubt with their own calculated reasons to do so, a very different type of messaging and relationship with the media was being pursued.
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With the central uniting factor, the heart of the party, now ripped out, Ukip paradoxically has to rely on Brexit failing in order to maintain relevance. Its greatest risk now is that in trying to save itself, it actually has to feed off the idea that Brexit won’t be delivered, potentially hampering the progress of the very cause it was founded to deliver.
Trump’s brought out the white nationalists in force. They’re now bold enough to run ads on behalf of Trump.
White nationalist PAC that funded robocalls for Trump is back w/new radio ad in swing states https://t.co/P5a5ygsGkL pic.twitter.com/UzUgKcmdPn
— Allegra Kirkland (@allegrakirkland) October 7, 2016
Yeah, Trump is indeed deplorable. And bigoted. Just like his two sons.
And I still wonder if either Eric or Donny Jr is actually the one behind Donald’s bigoted twitter feed, since they share common writing habits - namely quote tweeting instead of using the actual RT feature.
re: #221 MsJ
Oy.
I have to agree. Brexit was UKIP’s raison d’etre, and now that’s gone. They simply have nothing to campaign on, so they can either surreptitiously work to see that Brexit actually fails, or they’ll have to find another cause to glom on to for the party to continue to exist.
Victims of their own success, such as it were.
donald hasn’t tweeted anything since the VP debate.
All the tweets since then are via the iPhone, which is campaign staff. He is the tweets via android.
re: #214 makeitstop
In case you haven’t seen it - the Daily Show sends a reporter to Chinatown in response to that idiotic Fox News piece O’Reilly did.
It’s deservedly brutal.
That was the best 5 minutes I’ve spent on the internet in a few months. Well worth the view.
re: #221 MsJ
Oy.
Yeah yikes. My cousin already voted absentee for Clinton. She’s been telling us about Trump’s hijinks in Scotland for years where her in laws live.
Ok, how do I get rid of the freakin’ artboard in PS Creative Cloud and go back to the regular workspace. I’ve been thru the tutorial and google searches and can’t seem to find it.
re: #211 HappyWarrior
26% of doctors in the UK are foreign nationals - that’s hardly going to improve health services, when they all start leaving.
And @FLGovScott was just pressed on why he would not extend early voting, his response was “I’m focused on a storm” : pic.twitter.com/G4M4scdWb5
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 7, 2016
re: #215 stpaulbear
I can barely stand flying unless I can sit next to a window and see the ground. I’d be toast on a cruize ship.
I’m the same way. If I’m in an aisle seat and someone closes the window shade, I’m practically hyperventilating until I get off.
we kinda already figured this out, donald…
Trump said he makes decisions “with very little knowledge other than the knowledge I [already] had.” https://t.co/CZkmhabLqE
— Steven Ginsberg (@stevenjay) October 7, 2016
re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth
we kinda already figured this out, donald…
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not all evangelicals are for trump. electoral-vote.com
It’s a pretty effective reminder that it really isn’t the Christian religion that leads to the choice of Donald Trump. It’s pure politics, even when we’re led to believe otherwise
SMOTI retweeted the FoxNews “research” tweet:
Your “research” leaves out context- like the last 8 years have been nonstop GOP obstructionism @FoxNewsResearch @gatewaypundit @billclinton
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 7, 2016
re: #219 HappyWarrior
What’s really scary to me as a millenial is how much this stuff is rising among people in my generation. We unfortunately have just as many hateful assholes as our parents and grandparents generation.
I worry, too. I’m in regular contact with millennials. Most of them seem very progressive on things like SSM, transgender issues, and even race. But I’m aware that out of ten, probably 3 or 4 are quietly seething about something like the men’s rights agenda (sic) or the small trickle of refugees arriving here, etc. Nearly all of them are stressed out over tuition, loans, and the perception that they are entitled to make over $60K upon graduation.
heh
History in the making: Trump has thus far earned zero major newspaper endorsement https://t.co/zqCWkyzuHA pic.twitter.com/xZ477G6k26
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 7, 2016
re: #223 Dr Lizardo
I have to agree. Brexit was UKIP’s raison d’etre, and now that’s gone. They simply have nothing to campaign on, so they can either surreptitiously work to see that Brexit actually fails, or they’ll have to find another cause to glom on to for the party to continue to exist.
Victims of their own success, such as it were.
And the pound is down another penny today.
This is what Trump touted in MS a few months ago…shooting ourselves in the face.
A truly great speech from @NicolaSturgeon
“We are home to all those who have chosen to live here.”#WeAreScotland
https://t.co/9KfhIl7wne— James Melville (@JamesMelville) October 7, 2016
re: #237 Barefoot Grin
I worry, too. I’m in regular contact with millennials. Most of them seem very progressive on things like SSM, transgender issues, and even race. But I’m aware that out of ten, probably 3 or 4 are quietly seething about something like the men’s rights agenda (sic) or the small trickle of refugees arriving here, etc. Nearly all of them are stressed out over tuition, loans, and the perception that they are entitled to make over $60K upon graduation.
Yep.
re: #220 Dr Lizardo
It’s the return of ethnocentric nationalism, which was pretty much discredited as an ideology after World War Two. Like any ideology, it never really went away, it just went underground. Sooner or later, such intellectual sewage inevitably bubbles up to the surface.
Yes, I was wondering. You and Wendell are uniquely able to witness this as it has been emerging over the last couple of decades and now beginning to blossom. But as you say, the Balkan wars should remind that it never goes away.
re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth
we kinda already figured this out, donald…
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re: #139 lawhawk
During WWII, the USN’s TF 38 sailed into a typhoon - bad data and Bull Halsey’s bad decision.
Several ships capsized. Multiple light carriers were damaged, their open bow design with gun tubs for AA protection meant that waves were able to damage the bow deck. After that experience, future US carriers were redesigned or upgraded to enclosed - hurricane - bows.
Halsey had a second encounter with a different typhoon with similar results - damage to multiple ships and loss of planes on several carriers. He was able to ultimately retire as a fleet admiral after the war. Nimitz intervened on his behalf.
My dad barely talked about his time in the Navy during WW2, but one of his stories was about the idiotic decision to sail through a Typhoon. His ship was knocked fully onto it’s side but somehow another wave caught the ship and set it upright again.
Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to nearly 500 in Haiti: report https://t.co/aEWY7JRRCi pic.twitter.com/Cx20KjC0nE
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 7, 2016
BREAKING: John Kerry says Russia and Syria should face a war crimes investigation for attacks on Syrian civilians. https://t.co/MHO37mNuiN
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 7, 2016
re: #245 stpaulbear
As the great fictional Marko Ramius once stated… Halsey acted stupidly.
His stupidity cost men their lives. Instead of seeking shelter at Ulithi Atoll, they steamed right into harm’s way - the heart of the storm.
OFFS!
Christian Times publishes falsified evidence of alleged electoral fraud plot
Seriously, as they say, read the whole thing. Via PZ’s place this morning.
hurricane side effects:
Tornado Warning for Nassau County in FL until 11:00am EDT.
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) October 7, 2016
Tornado Warning for Camden County in GA until 11:00am EDT.
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) October 7, 2016
re: #249 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
OFFS!
Christian Times publishes falsified evidence of alleged electoral fraud plot
Seriously, as they say, read the whole thing. Via PZ’s place this morning.
DAFUQ?
VIDEO: Asked by voter about jobs, Trump veers off into ramble about his sweat and size of his rallies: https://t.co/1yx926BeHy
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 7, 2016
The most amazing thing to me in this video is that when he finally answers the question he promises to create low-wage/low-skill jobs. https://t.co/FfG7ReLHtx
— Betsey Stevenson (@BetseyStevenson) October 7, 2016
re: #253 HappyWarrior
He seems to be losing it.
Assumes facts not in evidence - that he ever “had it”.
@eclecticbrotha was mixing it up with a Trumpista troll for 13 hours. I storified it. (My first ever!)
re: #254 lawhawk
Assumes facts not in evidence - that he ever “had it”.
still partly convinced he never wanted this, announced for prez on a lark, never imagined he get the nomination. Obviously not prepared for when he did.
re: #257 Sir John Barron
still partly convinced he never wanted this, announced for prez on a lark, never imagined he get the nomination. Obviously not prepared for when he did.
He may have done it to spite the RNC muckymucks who were willing to take his money, but not treat him with the necessary deference due The Donald. Little did he know he’d end up with people expecting him to do real work.
Keith’s #17 in a series
NEW: Did you know @realDonaldTrump has convinced himself he won the 1st debate? What this means for Sunday’s 2nd one pic.twitter.com/pRj9KO7dUe
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 7, 2016
re: #257 Sir John Barron
still partly convinced he never wanted this, announced for prez on a lark, never imagined he get the nomination. Obviously not prepared for when he did.
I believe that too. And I also believe he was so pissed off at the WH Correspondent’s dinner when he got totally “roasted”, so he decided to run and fuck everyone’s shit up as revenge.
Unsourced attribution, but figures given the way other GOPers don’t want anything to do with him:
Word 2day from inside @realDonaldTrump campaign: Even some of his senior advisors wont vote 4 him cause they think he’s unhinged and unfit.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2016
They’re more concerned with preserving the GOP brand at this point and minimizing damage done by Trump’s blunt style that identifies everything the GOP stands for in stark terms. The damage control by the GOP is about trying to ignore the substance on which they agree and try to make people think the GOP doesn’t truly stand for the principles that Trump speaks about.
Reality is that Trump and the GOP are mirror images of each other (and their core voters). They believe this stuff. They want this stuff. Trump’s just a whole lot more explicit in what the GOP wants to do. That makes GOP efforts to win elections tougher.
The people around Trump are trying to preserve their job opportunities going forward with other campaigns in the future.
re: #263 lawhawk
And he could sue anyone that said anything attributable because they’ve all signed NDA.
re: #263 lawhawk
Unsourced attribution, but figures given the way other GOPers don’t want anything to do with him:
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They’re more concerned with preserving the GOP brand at this point and minimizing damage done by Trump’s blunt style that identifies everything the GOP stands for in stark terms. The damage control by the GOP is about trying to ignore the substance on which they agree and try to make people think the GOP doesn’t truly stand for the principles that Trump speaks about.
Reality is that Trump and the GOP are mirror images of each other (and their core voters). They believe this stuff. They want this stuff. Trump’s just a whole lot more explicit in what the GOP wants to do. That makes GOP efforts to win elections tougher.
The people around Trump are trying to preserve their job opportunities going forward with other campaigns in the future.
That’s exactly what a lot of it is. Trump has exposed the Trump for the ugly and bigoted party it really is and for years the GOP has had a a wink and nudge approach to this that Trump ruined by being out in the open about it and made it even worse by winning the primary. They’re going to attempt to run away from Trump as if he never was nominated after November, they can’t get away with that. If they’re going to keep on blabbing about Ronald Reagan nearly 30 years after he left office, they need to get stuck with the Trump taint too.
re: #262 GlutenFreeJesus
I believe that too. And I also believe he was so pissed off at the WH Correspondent’s dinner when he got totally “roasted”, so he decided to run and fuck everyone’s shit up as revenge.
I do wonder how close the race would be if Trump had never entered the race and Hillary was running against, say, Jeb Bush or Little Marco.
Would it be closer because they could appeal to a larger demographic or about the same because RWNJs would lamenting that they weren’t truuuuuue conservatives?
re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #266 Timothy Watson
I do wonder how close the race would be if Trump had never entered the race and Hillary was running against, say, Jeb Bush or Little Marco.
Would it be closer because they could appeal to a larger demographic or about the same because RWNJs would lamenting that they weren’t truuuuuue conservatives?
That’s a good point. I honestly don’t know. However, I think Clinton would be able to hit them both on their records. It would be closer though no doubt.
Spotted in Daytona Beach. 50 yards in land, Atlantic Ave. SHARK?!?! pic.twitter.com/CBi5NzMjad
— Dom Romano (@wrekoniz3) October 7, 2016
re: #261 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
nevermind that clinton didnt get to the senate until 6 years after trump pulled whatever he pulled
re: #271 dangerman
It’s that old theory that anything Trump did wrong should be Clinton’s fault even if she wasn’t even born/in office/etc. when the event occurred.
Trump should have been prevented from using the tax law then in existence by Clinton who wasn’t in office even though Trump sought even greater benefits by appearing before Congress in testimony that sought some of the tax benefit he claimed.
re: #271 dangerman
Trump is counting on his fans not to know that, or care. They think Obama was president when the WTC fell. They probably think Hillary’s been in government since she was 9.
re: #273 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Trump is counting on his fans not to know that, or care. They think Obama was president when the WTC fell. They probably think Hillary’s been in government since she was 9.
Was that before or after she attacked that poor kid for the bunnies?
re: #190 lawhawk
So, FL Gov Scott’s presser is underway:
Key takeaway thus far - 600k without power.
Oh, and news reports suggesting that
price gougingrobust free market mechanisms are being spotted in Florida at some gas stations and hotels/motels.Meanwhile, video from Cuba shows widespread damage and devastation on par with the damage seen thus far from Haiti.
re: #268 HappyWarrior
That’s a good point. I honestly don’t know. However, I think Clinton would be able to hit them both on their records. It would be closer though no doubt.
I suspect Hillary would be trailing Jeb or Kasich or Rubio, although perhaps not by much. I don’t know about Cruz. But they would have been completely different campaigns. And as I’ve theorized before, Trump drags everyone down with him, so I don’t think Hillary would be being perceived or treated as badly by the press and opponents as we’re seeing if someone other than Trump was the GOP nominee.
Btw that whole “Trump said illegals are coming here to vote thing” was pretty much him laying groundwork to explain his defeat.
Nothing on TV but TV reporters standing out in the hurricane, saying anyone foolish enough to remain in its path is doomed-TV: SMART stuff!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 7, 2016
Nothing on TV but Profession Christians™ standing out for ignoring Jesus, saying judgy things, like everyone else is foolish and doomed. https://t.co/T22yw2mgXo
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) October 7, 2016
Weather Channel live @ Daytona Beach, large chucks of facade and whatnot being ripped off of the hotel crew is observing from
re: #282 FormerDirtDart
Weather Channel live @ Daytona Beach, large chucks of facade and whatnot being ripped off of the hotel crew is observing from
Is Drudge down there reporting on what a false flag the whole hurricane business is?
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re: #283 Sir John Barron
Is Drudge down there reporting on what a false flag the whole hurricane business is?
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Hopefully his condo gets taken out and he’s the only stupid enough to be in the building.
One thing I’ve noticed with Matthew evacuations, this time most of the shelters are pet-friendly, so people who otherwise would refuse to leave their cats/dogs behind were more likely to go. Saw a tweet from one emergency manager assuring someone that yes, they could bring their parrot to the shelter with them.
re: #283 Sir John Barron
Is Drudge down there reporting on what a false flag the whole hurricane business is?
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Doesn’t Drudge live in the Miami area? I thought he did.
re: #191 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
One-on-one interaction with a live audience is going to be a disaster for him, whereas that’s absolutely Hillary’s best thing. I expect a total meltdown.
If he melts down from anything the audience does that will be the complete knockout punch. America does not want to see a politician get angry or real smarmy with a regular person in a town hall setting.
Getting angry and smarmy with another politician is labeled as “politic.” His supporters will eat up anything he does with Clinton, but even they might not be too keen on him trashing someone from the audience asking a question.
But this is Trump…he has real poor feel for people and situations. Not good temperament!
re: #287 ObserverArt
If he melts down from anything the audience does that will be the complete knockout punch. America does not want to see a politician get angry or real smarmy with a regular person in a town hall setting.
Getting angry and smarmy with another politician is labeled as “politic.” His supporters will eat up anything he does with Clinton, but even they might not be too keen on him trashing someone from the audience asking a question.
But this is Trump…he has real poor feel for people and situations. Not good temperament!
his true supporters will rage on anyone who challenges their hero or makes him look bad. LIBERAL PLANT!!!!! HOW COME THERE WEREN’T ANY CONSERVATIVE QUESTIONERS?????
speaking of pet friendly:
Even pigs are seeking shelter. #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/6yEgocKYQt
— Logan Sherrill (@LoganFox46) October 7, 2016
re: #286 Dr Lizardo
Doesn’t Drudge live in the Miami area? I thought he did.
He was in a condo in Miami, not sure if he still is.
re: #291 Timothy Watson
He was in a condo in Miami, not sure if he still is.
That’s what I thought; that was years ago, though.
WATCH: Fox panel gloats that Hurricane Matthew will make it harder for Dem voters to register https://t.co/MmhhoiykjC pic.twitter.com/Hy3w0O2ZY4
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 7, 2016
FL voter-registration forms submitted by party:
DEM = 488,000
GOP = 60,000
—@politico: https://t.co/jHWhPHtE92 pic.twitter.com/KEKtBIJg0C— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 7, 2016
re: #248 lawhawk
As the great fictional Marko Ramius once stated… Halsey acted stupidly.
His stupidity cost men their lives. Instead of seeking shelter at Ulithi Atoll, they steamed right into harm’s way - the heart of the storm.
I think the reference was to Halsey’s decision to leave the Philipine landing beaches unguarded while he sailed north to attack the Japanese decoy force.
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s amusing to me that they think it only affects Dem voters, The Dems have had a registration drive going for a while, It’s the Repubs that haven’t had much of a ground game going on.
re: #296 Tigger2
It’s amusing to me that they think it only affects Dem voters, The Dems have had a registration drive going for a while, It’s the Repubs that haven’t had much of a ground game going on.
Somehow, Voter Registration and Participation is seen as a net-loss game by the GOP of late. What does that say about their party?
re: #258 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
He may have done it to spite the RNC muckymucks who were willing to take his money, but not treat him with the necessary deference due The Donald. Little did he know he’d end up with people expecting him to do real work.
Sort of like Arnold Schwarzenegger in California? Arnold had bankrolled the CA GOP for years, but kept getting the brushoff from the Party bigwigs when it came to running for office, because they saw him as way too “liberal” for them. Then, when that idiotic recall election gave him the chance, he jumped in and won - mainly on celebrity/name-recognition.
Though one has to wonder if the analogy goes farther: Schwarzenegger proved a surprisingly effective executive (mainly by not pushing the troglodytic RW bigoted social agenda most CA Republicans favored*), but it helped the Party very little: they stuck with a regressive and ideologically rigid platform - with the result that the CA GOP is now an near-impotent minority in State politics. For which Californians seem to be grateful.
I’m not sure the parallels can be extended to a national level, though, but it’s an interesting comparison anyway.
At a meeting with Border Patrol officials, Trump agrees w/ official: “They’re letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote.” pic.twitter.com/DOD0zIqgqm
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 7, 2016
re: #297 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Somehow, Voter Registration and Participation is seen as a net-loss game by the GOP of late. What does that say about their party?
They know they can’t win if a lot of people vote.
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
One thing I’ve noticed with Matthew evacuations, this time most of the shelters are pet-friendly, so people who otherwise would refuse to leave their cats/dogs behind were more likely to go. Saw a tweet from one emergency manager assuring someone that yes, they could bring their parrot to the shelter with them.
they tend to learn from experience and adapt for the next time
realistically, if you’re trying to encourage people to move to safety, and that means a shelter, you have to do *some* things to accommodate them over and above coffee a blanket and a sandwich
re: #245 stpaulbear
My dad barely talked about his time in the Navy during WW2, but one of his stories was about the idiotic decision to sail through a Typhoon. His ship was knocked fully onto it’s side but somehow another wave caught the ship and set it upright again.
If you are still logged in…what ship was that?
I had an uncle that was aboard the USS Alabama and ran into a typhoon and did some nasty rolls and took some damage form the storm. I think that was in late 1944.
I still remember, my father had a what I would call a yearbook that has pictures of the crew and stuff they were involved in and it had pictures of them in the storm.
I think the same storm caused the fleet to lose several destroyers.
re: #256 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
@eclecticbrotha was mixing it up with a Trumpista troll for 13 hours. I storified it. (My first ever!)
@eclecticbrotha is the first and perhaps only person I asked to follow me. (He was threatening to block people for some offense, and I said, ‘First you’d have to follow me.’)
Nice Storify.
11:30 AM Update:
National Hurricane Center forecasting a potential for storm surge of three feet. So, I got another ten feet or so to play with…
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s one of the phenomena the polling models are not properly representing.
re: #304 wrenchwench
@eclecticbrotha is the first and perhaps only person I asked to follow me. (He was threatening to block people for some offense, and I said, ‘First you’d have to follow me.’)
Nice Storify.
I follow him (obviously) and noted he and this so-called atheist freethinker clown were exchanging barb after barb. I had to go back to early morning to find the tweet that set the whole thing going.
Thanks!
re: #296 Tigger2
It’s amusing to me that they think it only affects Dem voters, The Dems have had a registration drive going for a while, It’s the Repubs that haven’t had
much of aANY ground game going on.
FTFY
re: #307 dangerman
“make them citizens”
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I thought government unions were the evil. And a complete quack manages to be elected Vice President of one?
Sister reporting back again from Ormond Beach. She says it’s ugly there and a tree went through the cantina.
re: #296 Tigger2
It’s amusing to me that they think it only affects Dem voters, The Dems have had a registration drive going for a while, It’s the Repubs that haven’t had much of a ground game going on.
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Update from south by dog carolina.
Now under Hurricane Warning and Flash Flood warning—sirens going off about every 10 minutes, but none of the local tv stations have broken away from idiotic shows.
Muggy as crap outside, but thus far, no rain. Expecting 8-12” (yikes) and 25-50 mph winds—but they’re saying it won’t likely hit till late tonight/tomorrow.
Just hope I don’t lose power today, as I have a ton of work to do that requires phone and my landline is digital cable, so no power/no phone, and my cell phone has been losing charge pretty quickly (have a new phone, but haven’t set it up yet and don’t want to risk screwing it up.)
On the plus side, my two most sane neighbors are staying; we have plenty of food, alcohol and ice, so as long as the the roofs don’t blow off, I think we’re good.
re: #282 FormerDirtDart
Weather Channel live @ Daytona Beach, large chucks of facade and whatnot being ripped off of the hotel crew is observing from
Significant hotel damage here in Daytona Beach - large parts of hotel coming off @weatherchannel #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/JskkbyW2FN
— Alexandra Wilson (@TWCAlexWilson) October 7, 2016
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
One thing I’ve noticed with Matthew evacuations, this time most of the shelters are pet-friendly, so people who otherwise would refuse to leave their cats/dogs behind were more likely to go. Saw a tweet from one emergency manager assuring someone that yes, they could bring their parrot to the shelter with them.
That’s been one of the reasons that so many people in prior storms refused to leave their homes despite being flood zones - they didn’t want to leave their pets to an uncertain future.
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
One thing I’ve noticed with Matthew evacuations, this time most of the shelters are pet-friendly, so people who otherwise would refuse to leave their cats/dogs behind were more likely to go. Saw a tweet from one emergency manager assuring someone that yes, they could bring their parrot to the shelter with them.
There is a federal requirement for that which was passed after Katrina IIRC.
re: #316 BeachDem
MrBWS might be headed your way. They left Cincinnati this morning and are spending the night in Greensboro NC; will find out in the morning where they’ll be sent.
Sunday’s town hall thing will catch me once again teaching, so I’ll only be able to catch glimpses of the festivities live. If Trump’s behavior at his New Hampshire town hall is any indication, Sunday’s event should be comedy gold.
re: #319 Timothy Watson
For anyone interested:
H.R. 3858 (109th): Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency.
(If nothing else, that Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness minor at least paid for itself in trivia knowledge.)
We are checking out a report of an “active clown situation” in Arlington. No lie.
— Tom Roussey (@tomrousseyABC7) October 7, 2016
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
We are checking out a report of an “active clown situation” in Arlington. No lie.
Passive clowns are even more insidious…
@realDonaldTrump
How come the Nabisco Corp. gets to use the word “Cracker” but Trump Corp. can’t use the n-word? Why the double standard.— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) October 7, 2016
Obamacare was built to fail —> https://t.co/mq7itTmOyG
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 7, 2016
Maybe if you’d committed to FIXING THINGS instead of breaking government … Ah fuck it, you can’t reason with a fanatic. https://t.co/F4QtLzdhGc
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 7, 2016
re: #313 Timothy Watson
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But still that affects both sides. I can’t see the Republicans having anymore luck at what you said.
re: #253 HappyWarrior
He seems to be losing it.
Pressure!
I posted earlier this week he was going to come unglued. He is taking tons of hits from his past, getting killed in the current polling from his last debate and the PRESSURE is on.
He is now dealing in a world that he is not accustomed. He got away with crazy crap in his businesses because he could control his image. Now, he is out of that kind of control.
He is totally in the public eye and everyone can take their shots. He has never faced this much scrutiny at one time and now he knows he absolutely needs to perform straight…and cut the bullshit.
I don’t think he can do it.
Trump, who is in no way racist, still insists the Central Park Five were guilt even tho they were exonerated by DNA https://t.co/lUD2acS4r7
— Adam Servianski (@AdamSerwer) October 7, 2016
Pence likewise refused to commute/reduce/pardon sentence on guy who was exonerated of a crime he didn’t commit. Because reasons.
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
What the hell is Trump doing in Arlington??
While Americans debate who should stay and who should go, and whether we should stay in NATO, China is busy catching us with our pants down.
Now, you can’t tell me that the USA can’t manage to build a railroad between two friendly countries.
re: #327 gocart mozart
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gee don is it the title that gets ya?, cause there were an awful lot of shows with all white casts representing all white kinds of lives
re: #330 ObserverArt
We’ll see on Sunday night if he can hold it together. If he loses control, Trump will be toast. It’s the seventh inning, Clinton’s ahead by 5, and Trump hasn’t even scored yet.
I just asked my sister if she still has a house. She said it’s still standing, so far. The storm is still pretty wicked there.
re: #334 dangerman
gee don is it the title that gets ya?, cause there were an awful lot of shows with all white casts representing all white kinds of lives
They could retcon Ozzie and Harriet and call it Whiteish.
the baptisms at this place are wild pic.twitter.com/82eR8ZOfmA
— Cool Eric (@OBiiieeee) October 6, 2016
Time to call it a night. See everyone later.
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sister reporting back again from Ormond Beach. She says it’s ugly there and a tree went through the cantina.
Stepdad in Palm Beach Gardens says the wind is now about 30 mph, he had leaks at his fireplace & kitchen.
re: #333 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Only the filthy Liburls believe in trains. Besides, you have to wonder how many kickbacks/bribes went on with their Chinese partners to get this through.
Funny thing-throughout the Ayn Rand corpus, all of the travel was on trains. Go figure…..
re: #337 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
They could retcon Ozzie and Harriet and call it Whiteish.
i learned a new word!
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
I just asked my sister if she still has a house. She said it’s still standing, so far. The storm is still pretty wicked there.
keeping a good thought here
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
One thing I’ve noticed with Matthew evacuations, this time most of the shelters are pet-friendly, so people who otherwise would refuse to leave their cats/dogs behind were more likely to go. Saw a tweet from one emergency manager assuring someone that yes, they could bring their parrot to the shelter with them.
Son of a family friend lives down near Port Canaveral somewhere. Mom didn’t think he’d evacuated since he has 7 cats and 3 dogs.
…yeah.
I don’t know if this got mentioned: still waking up. Hat tip to Gus.
Trump tells CNN he still considers Central Park 5 guilty: “They admitted they were guilty. police in original investigation say they were”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 7, 2016
re: #340 Stanley Sea
Stepdad in Palm Beach Gardens says the wind is now about 30 mph, he had leaks at his fireplace & kitchen.
central broward is down to about 20mph
did a run this morning
everybody did shutter up
no trees down
virtually no branches down
got about an inch of rain, no standing water
two or three isolated generators - no generalized power out
coupla trump signs. either they didnt get blown away or they were the first thing replanted this am
we’ve had worse no-notice thunderstorms
i’m not complaining
Happy #Friday pic.twitter.com/3hE1hczseO
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) October 7, 2016
re: #348 FormerDirtDart
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You have not been advised to evacuate?
Sunrise on the east coast doesn’t look as gentle as it is here.
Pro-Trump trolls found out a Newsweek reporter had epilepsy, and sent him videos designed to trigger seizures https://t.co/VpNltHbElg
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) October 7, 2016
re: #345 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I don’t know if this got mentioned: still waking up. Hat tip to Gus.
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Well, hell, if the police say so who are we to argue?
“All suspects are guilty—period! Otherwise, they wouldn’t be suspects, would they?”
re: #348 FormerDirtDart
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Not to mention the Imperial forces staged on the opposite bank.
re: #347 Teukka
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fortran?
assembler?
algol-w?
first, requisition a box of 5000 punch cards….
re: #354 darthstar
I reference the Star Wars fan film “Troops” in one comment, and darthstar sees Imperial walkers in the next one 16 seconds later. :)
re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth
One thing I’ve noticed with Matthew evacuations, this time most of the shelters are pet-friendly, so people who otherwise would refuse to leave their cats/dogs behind were more likely to go. Saw a tweet from one emergency manager assuring someone that yes, they could bring their parrot to the shelter with them.
Because pets are a primary reason for evacuation refuseniks to refuse. They had to do it to get people moving.
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
MrBWS might be headed your way. They left Cincinnati this morning and are spending the night in Greensboro NC; will find out in the morning where they’ll be sent.
They’re working through Duke, right? I’m with Santee-Cooper. They’re usually pretty good—we shall see…
re: #350 Stanley Sea
You have not been advised to evacuate?
Oh yeah, my apartment is in one of the evacuation zones. But, if I walk out my door, climb the steps to the second floor landing and walk across the sidewalk to my car I’m out of any listed evacuation zone.
I estimate my back porch is about at least 15 feet above normal river levels.
re: #345 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I don’t know if this got mentioned: still waking up. Hat tip to Gus.
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re: #358 Stanley Sea
Weird photo
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freakishly long legs, even if she’s wearing like 6 inch heels
re: #334 dangerman
gee don is it the title that gets ya?, cause there were an awful lot of shows with all white casts representing all white kinds of lives
And he probably would go (more) crazy if he knew about “Fresh off the Boat.”
re: #335 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
We’ll see on Sunday night if he can hold it together. If he loses control, Trump will be toast. It’s the seventh inning, Clinton’s ahead by 5, and Trump hasn’t even scored yet.
sounds about right
#HurricaneMatthew update: Death toll in Haiti rises to 842, officials say https://t.co/ueM57qLmso
re: #321 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Sunday’s town hall thing will catch me once again teaching, so I’ll only be able to catch glimpses of the festivities live. If Trump’s behavior at his New Hampshire town hall is any indication, Sunday’s event should be comedy gold.
It’s gonna be a rude surprise when Sean Hannity or Howie Carr aren’t his questioners.
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I miss having the Weather Channel. Verizon dumped them for a more low budget operation called Accuweather. Yeah, TWC had a lot of bling and flair, but I kinda liked it.
re: #303 ObserverArt
If you are still logged in…what ship was that?
I had an uncle that was aboard the USS Alabama and ran into a typhoon and did some nasty rolls and took some damage form the storm. I think that was in late 1944.
I still remember, my father had a what I would call a yearbook that has pictures of the crew and stuff they were involved in and it had pictures of them in the storm.
I think the same storm caused the fleet to lose several destroyers.
I’ll have to confess that I don’t know what ship my dad was on. I know he was the head chef on the ship he was on. I remember him talking about what happened when knives weren’t locked down properly, and I’ve seen a picture of him on shore leave. Those, and the ship almost going over, are really the only things I can remember my dad talking about. My dad and I had a pretty horrible speaking relationship. No fights, just small talk or silence. Now that he’s gone and I’m old I regret how it went.
This morning’s dog-assisted mental health break:
I put this donut pillow on my dog 20 minutes ago and he loves it and won’t let me take it off pic.twitter.com/b00WeRWcPL
— BRiELLE (@briellewestwood) October 5, 2016
re: #356 dangerman
COBOL:
OPEN I-O FORTRESS, RESCUE.
MOVE “PRINCESS’ TO FORTRESS-KEY.
READ FORTRESS WITH LOCK.
MOVE FORTRESS-REC TO RESCUE-REC.
WRITE FORTRESS-REC.
DELETE FORTRESS.
CLOSE FORTRESS, RESCUE.
STOP RUN.
re: #360 BeachDem
They’re working through Duke, right? I’m with Santee-Cooper. They’re usually pretty good—we shall see…
One of my other sisters works in Greensboro, so she’s going to try to connect up with him for dinner when she gets off work.
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Greg Abbott (Gov, TCOT), tweeted something about “crushing voter fraud”. Texas supposedly has some “major” voter fraud initiative, like they’re deploying the Texas Rangers against a drug cartel.
Given death threats and assault on me, my family forced to discuss if I would keep writing bout Trump. They say yes. https://t.co/GuweMx9tDz
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2016
re: #373 Sir John Barron
They’re going to clear the skies of chemtrails for us at the same time.
Hurricane Matthew could damage some of Florida’s most expensive properties, including Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club https://t.co/DwyOVwwPRd pic.twitter.com/QMbuHyyPDW
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 7, 2016
The RNC calls September’s 156K in new jobs “disappointing.” It is nearly eight times the average 20K under George W. Bush.
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) October 7, 2016
Looks like Matthew decided at the last minute to spare much of Florida.
re: #303 ObserverArt
If you are still logged in…what ship was that?
I had an uncle that was aboard the USS Alabama and ran into a typhoon and did some nasty rolls and took some damage form the storm. I think that was in late 1944.
I still remember, my father had a what I would call a yearbook that has pictures of the crew and stuff they were involved in and it had pictures of them in the storm.
I think the same storm caused the fleet to lose several destroyers.
re: #245 stpaulbear
re: #139 lawhawk
During WWII, the USN’s TF 38 sailed into a typhoon - bad data and Bull Halsey’s bad decision.
Several ships capsized. Multiple light carriers were damaged, their open bow design with gun tubs for AA protection meant that waves were able to damage the bow deck. After that experience, future US carriers were redesigned or upgraded to enclosed - hurricane - bows.
Halsey had a second encounter with a different typhoon with similar results - damage to multiple ships and loss of planes on several carriers. He was able to ultimately retire as a fleet admiral after the war. Nimitz intervened on his behalf.
3 destroyers, over 100 aircraft, and 790 men were lost.
Radar image of the eye structure:
As far as I can tell, this is one of the very first radar images of a large tropical storm.
A Court of Inquiry found that Admiral Halsey had committed “an error of judgement” in sailing the fleet directly into the storm, but did not recommend any sanctions. Later, in July 1945, Halsey ran the fleet into yet another typhoon, resulting in 6 fatalities and another 76 planes lost, but no ship losses. Another Court of Inquiry recommended that Halsey be relieved of command, but Admiral Nimitz rejected that recommendation.
Let’s not forget that today is the 10th anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for exposing the crimes of the Kremlin.
re: #378 Ziggy_TARDIS
Looks like Matthew decided at the last minute to spare much of Florida.
If by spare you mean still about 1 million without power at the peak of the storm.
The storm wobbled a bit further east, which spared the coast from the worst of the surge and wind so far.
Family was inside this apartment when tree came right down on top of it— woman says she will never try to ride out storm again. #wftv pic.twitter.com/Xfv7Fl6jcX
— Karla Ray (@KRayWFTV) October 7, 2016
re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just got this message from a close friend. UK in 2016. How long before I’m berated for being the grandson of a refugee who fled the Nazis? pic.twitter.com
— Edward Anderson (@edanderson101) October 7, 2016
sigh…
Of course, we get the same thing in the USA from Rep. Steve King (R-IA) who wants to deport the grandchildren of “illegal immigrants” (that would include all ethnic Polish families like mine that fled the Nazis since Slavs were prohibited from entering the USA at the time).
Haven’t heard from my son in Jacksonville this morning; Skype shows him off-line. Either he turned off Skype or he’s lost power. He does not have a landline so he cannot telephone me. I was on Skype ninety minutes with him last night.
re: #381 lawhawk
If by spare you mean still about 1 million without power at the peak of the storm.
The storm wobbled a bit further east, which spared the coast from the worst of the surge and wind so far.
And it hasn’t left Florida yet
re: #381 lawhawk
Considering what could of happened, this is still a much better result.
Exceptional work by @BMcNoldy https://t.co/Frfc2c5UEf on long-loop radar gifs of #Matthew raking the FL coast. pic.twitter.com/Z5CpUp1f0C
— Matthew Garcia (@MGhydro) October 7, 2016
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is it safe to assume that most of the deplorables have never seen a tonic-clonic seizure up close and personal?
re: #388 Teukka
Is it safe to assume that most of the deplorables have never seen a tonic-clonic seizure up close and personal?
They just don’t care.
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
Domestic terrorism by email. What a time to be alive.
re: #389 Backwoods_Sleuth
They just don’t care.
Which I would say is indicative of something seriously amiss in their psyches.
re: #388 Teukka
Is it safe to assume that most of the deplorables have never seen a tonic-clonic seizure up close and personal?
I guess they just assume that a guy just flaps his arms around like Trump did in that video
re: #392 wrenchwench
To a degree previously unimaginable.
Not when you know how some mental conditions and ideologies cause empathy to be totally absent.
re: #387 Dr Lizardo
This happened at Havel International Airport in Prague a few days ago - a crosswind landing that almost went horribly wrong. The first attempt was aborted.
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Pucker time.
in that “pilot voice”…
ladies and gentlemen, please dont open the overhead bins, we’re going around…
re: #394 Teukka
Not when you know how some mental conditions and ideologies cause empathy to be totally absent.
But so widespread in a population?
re: #393 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I guess they just assume that a guy just flaps his arms around like Trump did in that video
It’s worse than that. You need to keep your check on the victims posture so (s)he doesn’t end up in a position which compromizes the airways, keep them from slamming their head and other limbs into a hard floor too hard, check that the airways remain clear, all the while keeping an eye on the clock so you know how long the seizure has lasted.
And in applicable cases be prepared to administer seizure-stopping medications and be prepared for well-meaning bystanders believing you are an insane criminal.
Strange idea of “fun” “flapping” these deplorabes have…
re: #395 dangerman
in that “pilot voice”…
ladies and gentlemen, please dont open the overhead bins, we’re going around…
In the “Pilots Voice’.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
re: #387 Dr Lizardo
This happened at Havel International Airport in Prague a few days ago - a crosswind landing that almost went horribly wrong. The first attempt was aborted.
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Pucker time.
The kind of pucker which leaves the pilots seat in a state of needing to be reupholstered o.o
re: #379 Shiplord Kirel
This morning I found a YouTube about the incident. The interviews with sailors are pretty riveting, but it’s a History Channel program called Wrath of God: Halsey’s Typhoons - Peril on the Sea, so the overall perspective of the program has a lot of bullshit.
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
He was assaulted? The fuck?
re: #401 Eclectic Cyborg
He was assaulted? The fuck?
A couple of weeks later, after my article about how Trump’s business interests would create a conflict of unprecedented proportions, I received a tweet from someone with the twitter handle “Mike’s Deplorable AF.”
…
In his tweet, which has since been deleted, Mike made mention of my seizures and included a small video. It contained images of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character that has been identified by the Anti-Defamation League as a hate symbol. I was carrying my iPad, looking at the still image on the video and, without thinking, touched the PLAY button.The video was some sort of strobe light, with flashing circles and images of Pepe flying toward the screen. It’s what’s called epileptogenic—something that triggers seizures. Fortunately, since I was standing, I simply dropped my iPad to the ground the second I realized what Mike had done. It landed face down on the bathroom floor.
re: #395 dangerman
in that “pilot voice”…
ladies and gentlemen, please dont open the overhead bins, we’re going around…
Or as Denis Leary once said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, ‘cause we’re going down.”
re: #256 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
@eclecticbrotha was mixing it up with a Trumpista troll for 13 hours. I storified it. (My first ever!)
Not sure I understand what was happening here on this storify thing. I must be too old for Twitter.
re: #391 Teukka
Which I would say is indicative of something seriously amiss in their psyches.
Over and above being “Trump supporters”??
re: #405 Jay C
Over and above being “Trump supporters”??
Being a Trump supporter would be a symptom…
Trump campaign is canceling hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising in Fla, NC, OH, possibly other states, per two buying sources.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 7, 2016
Every time @realDonaldTrump says something (like he’ll spend $140M on ads into Nov), fact-checking reveals no such thing @maggieNYT
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 7, 2016
re: #407 lawhawk
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A particularly dim-witted Colobus monkey could run a better campaign. If that is indeed the case, who in their right mind cancels political advertising in the last few weeks prior to a Presidential election? The only possibility I can see is that the Trump campaign figures it’s not worth spending the $$$ in states they’re likely to lose, and that tells me that there must be some kind of internal polling that shows this.
SCOOP: Russian officials lodge formal complaint with UN asking them to stop trashing Trump https://t.co/n2r9S0AMz2
— Lisa Lerer (@llerer) October 7, 2016
@chrislhayes Someone should check Trumps pockets.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) October 7, 2016
re: #408 Dr Lizardo
A particularly dim-witted Colobus monkey could run a better campaign. If that is indeed the case, who in their right mind cancels political advertising in the last few weeks prior to a Presidential election? The only possibility I can see is that the Trump campaign figures it’s not worth spending the $$$ in states they’re likely to lose, and that tells me that there must be some kind of internal polling that shows this.
And Ohio is one of the closer races according to public polls.
re: #411 Timothy Watson
And Ohio is one of the closer races according to public polls.
Indeed it is. Is Trump figuring he’d rather not shell out the money and keep it instead? And if the Trump campaign indeed raised $18 million and then cancels major ad buys, does that mean that Trump just enriched himself to the tune of $18 million?
5th cut for this studio mashup. #Zonkey
Umphrey’s McGee: “Sad Clint Eastwood” https://t.co/gd9zyTQFVB via @YouTube— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) October 7, 2016
re: #345 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Trump tells CNN he still considers Central Park 5 guilty: “They admitted they were guilty. police in original investigation say they were”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 7, 2016
PROOF that Trump can’t learn, doesn’t listen and would be a complete disaster for US. #NeverEverTrump #DangerousTrump https://t.co/jqzNe9QO04
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Flights end for day. No flights Saturday. Future updates, resumed operations will depend on weather. Details: https://t.co/rvOzw0GVJk
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re: #408 Dr Lizardo
A particularly dim-witted Colobus monkey could run a better campaign. If that is indeed the case, who in their right mind cancels political advertising in the last few weeks prior to a Presidential election? The only possibility I can see is that the Trump campaign figures it’s not worth spending the $$$ in states they’re likely to lose, and that tells me that there must be some kind of internal polling that shows this.
If the Trump campaign is indeed writing off Ohio, Florida and No. Carolina 30 days out from the election, isn’t this basically admitting that the whole thing is a lost cause? Especially as OH has been, AFAICT, pretty much, at best/worst a toss-up in polling (?). How many more/other “battleground” states are there for Trump to concentrate on? IN? MO? WI? This does indeed smell of scam - even though (IIRC - correction will be graciously accepted) unspent campaign funds are supposed to be refunded/applied to outstanding debts…
re: #416 Backwoods_Sleuth
I flew to Charleston once. Nice airport - easy to get in/out. Commercial airport shares space with a USAF base, so they were flying C-17s in/out at the time. Pretty impressive watching those planes landing/taking off.
re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
“We’re the only ones allowed to interfere in the US election.”
re: #417 Jay C
If the Trump campaign is indeed writing off Ohio, Florida and No. Carolina 30 days out from the election, isn’t this basically admitting that the whole thing is a lost cause? Especially as OH has been, AFAICT, pretty much, at best/worst a toss-up in polling (?). How many more/other “battleground” states are there for Trump to concentrate on? IN? MO? WI? This does indeed smell of scam - even though (IIRC - correction will be graciously accepted) unspent campaign funds are supposed to be refunded/applied to outstanding debts…
Yes, pretty much. That leads to my speculation as to whether the Trump campaign has some kind of internal polling that points in the direction of a debacle.
And yes, it reeks of a typical Trumpian scam, though like you, I thought unspent campaign funds were to be refunded or used to pay off any outstanding debts.
— Veronica de Souza (@HeyVeronica) October 7, 2016
re: #420 Dr Lizardo
Yes, pretty much. That leads to my speculation as to whether the Trump campaign has some kind of internal polling that points in the direction of a debacle.
And yes, it reeks of a typical Trumpian scam, though like you, I thought unspent campaign funds were to be refunded or used to pay off any outstanding debts.
If the funds came from the RNC (or were anticipated to come from the RNC), Reince may feel it’s better spent shoring up Senate candidates in close races.
re: #411 Timothy Watson
They are all generally listed as close races by public polls and all are must wins for Trump. It makes little sense to pull adds regardless of what the internal polls are showing unless the goal is to focus you efforts on pulling one additional state from Hillary and hoping those come through for you.
That assumes you’re playing to win. If you are fairly certain you’re going to lose, and the main goal is grifting, it makes perfect sense to pull adds and divert those funds to activities that do more to line your own pockets.
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— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 7, 2016
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— Climate Reality (@ClimateReality) October 7, 2016
re: #419 Belafon
Russia needs to pay a painful price for this.
If you come for the King, you best not miss.
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— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 6, 2016
LOL
Stork hunkers down in zoo bathroom during Hurricane Matthew https://t.co/AOe51rxNa5 pic.twitter.com/XwBw2YoEDN
— AJC (@ajc) October 7, 2016
Delusions of grandeur in ‘Tehrangeles’:
Across the street the owner at the Tochal Market, Todd Khodadadi, is also concerned about the economy.
“Because I’m Republican, I am supporting Donald Trump. The major reason I’m supporting him is the economy. I believe if he became the president we can have better economic choices for all of us in the United States,” said Khodadadi.m
re: #422 sagehen
If the funds came from the RNC (or were anticipated to come from the RNC), Reince may feel it’s better spent shoring up Senate candidates in close races.
Except Rubio is only up +5.5 in Florida and the race in NC is too close to call. Pulling presidential adds there risks negatively impacting down ticket races in those states.
re: #430 electrotek
Delusions of grandeur in ‘Tehrangeles’:
Also:
But Bijan Khalili, the publisher of the weekly newspaper Iran Shahr said Trump is attractive to some Iranian Americans.
“Some of the Iranians really like the way that he talks being harder against the Islamic Republic because of matters of human rights,” said Khalili.
Trump and human rights never go together, are some of these people on hashish?
re: #430 electrotek
A large number of Iranian Americans were/are supporters of the Shah.
Trump is not to different in behavior from the Pahlavi family, so I could see how many would support him.
re: #432 electrotek
Also:
Trump and human rights never go together, are some of these people on hashish?
Meth
re: #422 sagehen
If the funds came from the RNC (or were anticipated to come from the RNC), Reince may feel it’s better spent shoring up Senate candidates in close races.
Good point.
re: #434 I Would Prefer Not To
Former Shah supporters.
re: #431 Weaselone
Except Rubio is only up +5.5 in Florida and the race in NC is too close to call. Pulling presidential adds there risks negatively impacting down ticket races in those states.
The RNC may be more concerned about trying to save the Senate, but yes, there could well be a negative impact down ticket. Demotivation for GOP voters.
re: #429 Ziggy_TARDIS
and flamingos:
Stork staying safe in a bathroom during #Matthew shades of famous flamingos photo from Andrew https://t.co/fdgQBaHkrO pic.twitter.com/ejkWCovXLW
— Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) October 7, 2016
re: #431 Weaselone
Except Rubio is only up +5.5 in Florida and the race in NC is too close to call. Pulling presidential adds there risks negatively impacting down ticket races in those states.
Nah… pulling presidential ads there makes R senate campaigns a whole lot easier.
re: #426 Ziggy_TARDIS
Russia needs to pay a painful price for this.
If you come for the King, you best not miss.
Yeah, every country in the world needs to laugh at them.
re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
Russian officials lodge formal complaint with UN asking them to stop trashing Trump
They’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
If the DoJ doesn’t open a full investigation on this (once Trump get his ass whupped in the election), something’s wrong.
re: #388 Teukka
Is it safe to assume that most of the deplorables have never seen a tonic-clonic seizure up close and personal?
Fortunately such people don’t send me E-mail. (Or if they do it goes into my “destroy before opening” folder.)
So Trump campaign announces they raised $18 million in 24 hours after the debate and then cancel ads a week later? Something doesn’t add up.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 7, 2016
re: #433 Ziggy_TARDIS
A large number of Iranian Americans were/are supporters of the Shah.
Trump is not to different in behavior from the Pahlavi family, so I could see how many would support him.
Even then, not all of them are the same. Majority of Iranian-Americans are Democrats heh
re: #380 electrotek
Let’s not forget that today is the 10th anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for exposing the crimes of the Kremlin.
She was murdered and she exposed Kremlin’s crimes (and many non-Kremlin crimes). How these two facts relate to each other is still an open question.
We posted my story about Trump deplorables going after reporters. An hour later, hackers tried to take down @Newsweek site again.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2016
re: #397 Teukka
It’s worse than that. You need to keep your check on the victims posture so (s)he doesn’t end up in a position which compromizes the airways, keep them from slamming their head and other limbs into a hard floor too hard, check that the airways remain clear, all the while keeping an eye on the clock so you know how long the seizure has lasted.
And in applicable cases be prepared to administer seizure-stopping medications and be prepared for well-meaning bystanders believing you are an insane criminal.Strange idea of “fun” “flapping” these deplorabes have…
Or strangers calling an ambulance (which insurance will not pay for because a seizure by itself is not considered a valid medical condition, except in certain instances). Had that done for me.
All this wingnuttery about Hillary Clinton “suffering from epilepsy” has been addressed by the Epilepsy Foundation as giving the general public bad information on what a seizure is and what someone should do for it.
It would be nice if Chief Justice John Roberts publicly spoke about his epilepsy, but he prefers not to. (That would go quite a way to dispel the notion you cannot hold high office with epilepsy. President Madison, who also had epilepsy, is not here to speak with us now.)
re: #432 electrotek
re: #433 Ziggy_TARDIS
Sounds like standard emigre politics -a la Miami Cubans. Those emigrants forced out of their countries for political reasons (whatever their economic status) often (usually?) form blocs who will support candidates based mainly on how hard said candidates bash the governments that threw them out.
re: #427 Dave In Austin
olbermann holds back too much
re: #447 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Newsweek posted the story of the deplorables going after reporters. An hour later, hackers tried to take down the site. Whether these are related is still an open question.
re: #444 I Would Prefer Not To
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“a week” is not a fiscal period for a campaign
they easily manipulated the numbers
re: #449 Jay C
Sounds like standard emigre politics -a la Miami Cubans. Those emigrants forced out of their countries for political reasons (whatever their economic status) often (usually?) form blocs who will support candidates based mainly on how hard said candidates bash the governments that threw them out.
That also explains why Greek-Americans were staunch supporters of the Greek army junta in the late 60’s.
re: #417 Jay C
If the Trump campaign is indeed writing off Ohio, Florida and No. Carolina 30 days out from the election, isn’t this basically admitting that the whole thing is a lost cause? Especially as OH has been, AFAICT, pretty much, at best/worst a toss-up in polling (?). How many more/other “battleground” states are there for Trump to concentrate on? IN? MO? WI? This does indeed smell of scam - even though (IIRC - correction will be graciously accepted) unspent campaign funds are supposed to be refunded/applied to outstanding debts…
It’s been said before, but the reason Trump isn’t putting money into advertising is because the money isn’t going to a Trump-owned company. He only wants to spend his campaign money on things that benefit himself.
re: #357 Timothy Watson
I reference the Star Wars fan film “Troops” in one comment, and darthstar sees Imperial walkers in the next one 16 seconds later. :)
Once I was told that those cranes were the inspiration for the Walkers, I could never not see them.
re: #387 Dr Lizardo
This happened at Havel International Airport in Prague a few days ago - a crosswind landing that almost went horribly wrong. The first attempt was aborted.
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Pucker time.
Pucker? Hell, full release time.
re: #418 lawhawk
I flew to Charleston once. Nice airport - easy to get in/out. Commercial airport shares space with a USAF base, so they were flying C-17s in/out at the time. Pretty impressive watching those planes landing/taking off.
They also build 787’s at a Boeing plant on the SE corner of the airfield.
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Like maybe a show called “Great White Hope”?
re: #353 Timothy Watson
Well, hell, if the police say so who are we to argue?
“All suspects are guilty—period! Otherwise, they wouldn’t be suspects, would they?”
Unless suspected of raping a teenager, then innocent until proven guilty.
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