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I love the hilarious premise of Trump discovering the Criterion Collection. Unfortunately, Wookie said he would IP ban me if I do any more fake Trump tweets.

Besides rivers flowing into oceans, what other natural phenomenon would Trump rail against?

08-06-2018 , 03:02 PM

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iron81

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Don't have to worry about sea level rise if you stop the rivers.

08-06-2018 , 03:03 PM

#113078

stinkubus

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That's the closest anyone has ever come to telling these people the truth (their communities will never be revitalized), and Obama was pilloried for it.

08-06-2018 , 03:05 PM

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bobman0330

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TrollyWantACracker

I love the hilarious premise of Trump discovering the Criterion Collection. Unfortunately, Wookie said he would IP ban me if I do any more fake Trump tweets.

BOOO. Fake Trump tweets >> real Trump tweets

08-06-2018 , 03:14 PM

#113080

realDonaldTrump

WITCH HUNT!

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( twitter | raw text )

08-06-2018 , 03:14 PM

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weeeez

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Anyone have any idea of the logic behind the rivers stuff?
someone pointed out environmental deregulation,another one a screening of chinatown

What would be the purpose to divert the rivers to the ocean?

08-06-2018 , 03:20 PM

#113082

TrollyWantACracker

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How stupid are we, folks? How stupid are we? Our rivers are moving to international waters and we get nothing. Its all salty in there! DUMB!

08-06-2018 , 03:22 PM

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simplicitus

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I converted to single space after periods at like 32. It's never too late! (I am, however, a militant about the Oxford comma and think whatever publishing cabal started replacing footnotes with endnotes should be hunted down, prosecuted, and made to repent.)

08-06-2018 , 03:22 PM

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Johnny Truant

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Think of California with plenty of water! Nice!

If he signs an EO against rivers flowing to the sea he will **** up a lot of love songs.

08-06-2018 , 03:33 PM

#113085

biggerboat

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We're going to be tough on rivers.

Build the Dam!

And make California pay for it.

08-06-2018 , 03:35 PM

#113086

well named

poorly undertitled

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TrollyWantACracker

I love the hilarious premise of Trump discovering the Criterion Collection. Unfortunately, Wookie said he would IP ban me if I do any more fake Trump tweets.

Typical leftist mods

08-06-2018 , 03:36 PM

#113087

phillydilly

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the water to ocean thing reminded me of something i meant to post a while ago
(i dont think i ever did, my apologies if i did and forgot)

the entire less regulation thing is infuriating. there are probably some unnecessary regulations, but they also serve a ****ing purpose.

this is a long article on Arizona water aquifiers, its pretty good, but a long read. its kind of infuriating that regulation could have prevented this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/m...f-arizona.html

08-06-2018 , 03:38 PM

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TrollyWantACracker

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Obama wanted to send the Colorado River right to Mexico. Not any more folks!

08-06-2018 , 03:42 PM

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iron81

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The only reason Mexico gets any Colorado River water is because of a treaty with the US. The Colorado is the one river that was actually stopped in the manner Trump suggests.

08-06-2018 , 03:43 PM

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microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeez

Anyone have any idea of the logic behind the rivers stuff?
someone pointed out environmental deregulation,another one a screening of chinatown

What would be the purpose to divert the rivers to the ocean?

Farmers in Cali and Republicans and Trumpkins generally want to build dams and allocate all the water for farming and environmentalists oppose some of this. "Congress Created Dustbowl" and "Is Growing Food a Waste of Water?" signs have been up in central California most of my long life. Now some of them add "Make California Great Again".

The idea that this water would go into fire hydrants in the middle of nowhere is some derpy reaction to the news and the talk about climate change.

08-06-2018 , 03:49 PM

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ScreaminAsian

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https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...31138653880321

08-06-2018 , 03:51 PM

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zikzak

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Originally Posted by microbet

I double space after periods just like everyone else my age.

Do you get off the couch and walk across the room to change the TV channel too?

08-06-2018 , 03:53 PM

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Dominic

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this is too funny

08-06-2018 , 03:54 PM

#113094

Dominic

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...31138653880321

so wait, now Rand Paul is a Russian spy?

This is like Stupid Manchurian Candidate.

08-06-2018 , 03:56 PM

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Namath12

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No treason. You're the treason

08-06-2018 , 03:58 PM

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synth_floyd

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Despite an otherwise robust national economy, the analysis shows that a striking number of Trump counties are losing jobs. The AP found that 35.4 percent of Trump counties have shed jobs in the past year, compared with just 19.2 percent of Clinton counties.

So when will Democrats make the argument to rednecks that Republicans have been trying to make to black people? "They take you for granted and they've only been keeping you down so you should vote for us."

08-06-2018 , 03:58 PM

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goofyballer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iron81

The only reason Mexico gets any Colorado River water is because of a treaty with the US. The Colorado is the one river that was actually stopped in the manner Trump suggests.

...and because of those treaty obligations, we've had to spend a ton of money treating the water because what we send Mexico is too salty. I'm trying to find more detail but, for one example, apparently we spent $250 million on a desalination plant in Yuma that doesn't even run? So that's cool.