Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 27

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Captain_Swoop said:
GOPLeader
has sent a letter about recalling Liz Cheney

"Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it’s clear that we need to make a change. As such, you should anticipate a vote on recalling the Conference Chair this Wednesday.”

Contents of letter in link.

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I liked his line about “When I ran my first business, I quickly learned that as a leader, you need to be the first to work, the last to leave, and the last to be paid.”

Hey, McCarthy, go say that to President Chucklehead and see how quickly you get labeled a loser.
 
Ladewig said:
The GOP has had a “blame the victim” plank in their political platform for many decades.

I think many of us will live to see some right-winger say “well, why were those kids in Michigan drinking tap water anyway? Just another example of poor choices.”
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With special emphasis on the "poor," of course.
 
Is "Sure I stole that car, but can't we all just move forward and stop dwelling on the past?" a valid legal defense? Asking for a friend.

I know this is kind of a tradition in American politics when it comes to presidents, but it really needs to be re-examined, imo.
 
Aridas said:
That actually makes me a little bit more interesting in visiting Martha's Vineyard, honestly. Not his lying blather, of course, but that I think that an off shore wind farm would make an ocean view much more interesting.
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We live on a plateau in E TN just west of Knoxville. Beautiful mountains in several directions. Just north of Oliver Springs, near Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is a mountain ridge adorned with windmills. From the air, they’re quite majestic. The still photo below loses the dynamic aspect of the blades slowly turning, but you may get the idea.

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Ladewig said:
And please, sir, learn the difference between landscape and seascape, otherwise many people will think you are not very bright and might even laugh at you.
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To say nothing of the difference between a windmill and a wind turbine.
 
dmaker said:
He did the windmill one again today:

" Congratulations to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for the privilege they will have in looking at massive windmills that have been approved by the Biden Administration and are being built, in China of course, as part of an extraordinarily large wind farm. Wind is an incredibly expensive form of energy that kills birds, affects the sea, ruins the landscape, and creates disasters for navigation. Liberals love it, but they can’t explain why. In any event, Martha’s Vineyard, an absolutely wonderful place, will never be the same. Good Luck!"
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And AGAIN, Donny's pudgy little thumbs came nowhere near that text. It sounds like someone took dictation over breakfast, then edited it into a grammatically correct paragraph without heed for the content.
 
dmaker said:
He did the windmill one again today:

" Congratulations to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for the privilege they will have in looking at massive windmills..."
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Nothing says "I care about the middle class/I care about the little guy" like complaining about the scenery rich people have to look at.

"I just lost my health insurance, and the roads near me are full of potholes, but at least millionaires living in Martha's vinyards can look at the ocean without seeing windmills."
 
Segnosaur said:
Nothing says "I care about the middle class/I care about the little guy" like complaining about the scenery rich people have to look at.

"I just lost my health insurance, and the roads near me are full of potholes, but at least millionaires living in Martha's vinyards can look at the ocean without seeing windmills."
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Except that many Trump supporters hate alternative power sources and want all solar and wind power to die a horrible death and instead keep to "traditional" power sources of coal, oil and gas.

These are the same people who will pay more to buy incandescent lightbulbs which are far more inefficient, drive gas guzzlers and refuse to insulate their houses properly.

President Trump is appealing directly to that group.
 
Segnosaur said:
Nothing says "I care about the middle class/I care about the little guy" like complaining about the scenery rich people have to look at.

"I just lost my health insurance, and the roads near me are full of potholes, but at least millionaires living in Martha's vinyards can look at the ocean without seeing windmills."
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I don't think they'll even be able to see them at 12 miles minimum.
 
The Don said:
Nothing says "I care about the middle class/I care about the little guy" like complaining about the scenery rich people have to look at.

"I just lost my health insurance, and the roads near me are full of potholes, but at least millionaires living in Martha's vinyards can look at the ocean without seeing windmills."
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Except that many Trump supporters hate alternative power sources and want all solar and wind power to die a horrible death and instead keep to "traditional" power sources of coal, oil and gas.

These are the same people who will pay more to buy incandescent lightbulbs which are far more inefficient, drive gas guzzlers and refuse to insulate their houses properly.

President Trump is appealing directly to that group.
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Oh, I agree... Trump is trying to appeal to the people who are both scientifically illiterate, and who are willing to harm themselves to prove a point.

But, it seems like complaining about the view from "Martha's Vinyards" would seem a bit... counter productive. Sure, lie about costs, ignore the problems with coal/oil. (The MAGAchud could follow along with that.) But you would think complaining about how it harms rich people would actually harm his argument, since Trump and the republicans seem to make a big deal about "the elite".
 
dmaker said:
He did the windmill one again today:

"... and are being built, in China of course, ..."
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Oh, if only we'd had a president who spent his entire term complaining about US jobs lost to China, who could have pushed to create a US based windmill industry that would have created thousands of good-paying jobs while also sticking it to China.

Alas, such a person has never been elected.....
 
Armitage72 said:
At least he didn't claim that their noise causes cancer this time.
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As if we need the reminder, this article has a transcript of some of his inane blathering about them too:

"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I’ve studied it better than anybody I know. It’s very expensive."
"They’re noisy. They kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go. Take a look. A bird graveyard. Go under a windmill someday. You’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen ever in your life. You know, in California, they were killing the bald eagle. If you shoot a bald eagle, they want to put you in jail for 10 years. A windmill will kill many bald eagles. It’s true."
 
slyjoe said:
I don't think they'll even be able to see them at 12 miles minimum.
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On a clear day they will. If you've never seen them in person, those things are enormous. It's wonderful to see megastructures like them rising up from over the horizon, like we're living in a science fiction movie.
 
Segnosaur said:
But, it seems like complaining about the view from "Martha's Vinyards" would seem a bit... counter productive. Sure, lie about costs, ignore the problems with coal/oil. (The MAGAchud could follow along with that.) But you would think complaining about how it harms rich people would actually harm his argument, since Trump and the republicans seem to make a big deal about "the elite".
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Yet the base still lap it up.
How many of them are opposed to tax increases on wages of $400,000?
 
Beelzebuddy said:
On a clear day they will. If you've never seen them in person, those things are enormous. It's wonderful to see megastructures like them rising up from over the horizon, like we're living in a science fiction movie.
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A good rule of thumb is that, on a flat horizon, the distance at which you can see a tall structure in miles before it's below the horizon is the square root of its height in feet plus a couple of miles to account for your own eye height.

You can see the top of something 100ft tall about 12 miles away.

The top of something 300 ft tall would be visible roughly 19-20 miles away.
 
TofuFighter said:
As if we need the reminder, this article has a transcript of some of his inane blathering about them too:

"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I’ve studied it better than anybody I know. It’s very expensive."
"They’re noisy. They kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go. Take a look. A bird graveyard. Go under a windmill someday. You’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen ever in your life. You know, in California, they were killing the bald eagle. If you shoot a bald eagle, they want to put you in jail for 10 years. A windmill will kill many bald eagles. It’s true."
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Thanks for reminding me how much I _don't_ miss hearing that idiot talk.
 
The Don said:
A good rule of thumb is that, on a flat horizon, the distance at which you can see a tall structure in miles before it's below the horizon is the square root of its height in feet plus a couple of miles to account for your own eye height.

You can see the top of something 100ft tall about 12 miles away.

The top of something 300 ft tall would be visible roughly 19-20 miles away.
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According to Wikipedia, the largest offshore turbines are over 700 ft tall.
 
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