Now meteorologists have to fear for their lives

[HikerGuy83]

Red states are becoming dumber and dumber as times goes by, and yet, they get to decide our elections. It's amazing. Get rid of the fucking electoral college for christs sake. Imagine if mayoral elections were decided by neighborhoods in certain towns and not by the popular vote.

I can respect someone who can post such ignorance of our founding principles and try to still sound sane.

It takes a lot of courage to look so obviously stupid.

 

[eagle1462010]

Red states are becoming dumber and dumber as times goes by, and yet, they get to decide our elections. It's amazing. Get rid of the fucking electoral college for christs sake. Imagine if mayoral elections were decided by neighborhoods in certain towns and not by the popular vote.

You want absolute power....huh...commie

 

[krichton]

What worries me is the fact that the notion of the "alternate universe" is legitimate. It used to be differences of opinion, which is fine and healthy, and I had agreements and disagreements with both ends.

But now they're (1) literally operating in their own reality of conspiracy theories and fantasy, and (2) convinced they're "at war" with "evil".

Competing realities. Literally. I've observed this for eight years now, and I still can't figure out how we're supposed to improve anything in this condition. And we're surely not.

As long as Trump and Trumpism is around, we'll continue to see the normalization of crazy, pathological lying and buffoonery in the oval office and in the republican party. That's why it has to end after this November, for the good of the country.

 

[krichton]

I can respect someone who can post such ignorance of our founding principles and try to still sound sane.

It takes a lot of courage to look so obviously stupid.

The electoral college is not a founding principle of the constitution. In fact, it's not even mentioned once in the constitution. The constitution isn't some stone tablet of laws and rules that can never be amended. Only an obvious dummy like yourself would probably think so.

 

[krichton]

You want absolute power....huh...commie

The electoral college is only used in presidential elections. Does it absence from every other election in this country where the popular vote decides who wins, equate to one party wanting to seize power? How exactly does that logic work? This is the dumbest statement I've read so far today, but I only just got here. You'll no doubt be outdone after I've been on here for a few more minutes

 

[HikerGuy83]

The electoral college is not a founding principle of the constitution. In fact, it's not even mentioned once in the constitution. The constitution isn't some stone tablet of laws and rules that can never be amended. Only an obvious dummy like yourself would probably think so.

I don't recall mentioning the Constitution.

I do recall saying founding principles.

 

[krichton]

I can respect someone who can post such ignorance of our founding principles and try to still sound sane.

It takes a lot of courage to look so obviously stupid.

I don't recall mentioning the Constitution.

I do recall saying founding principles.

Looks like you said, "founding principles" to me, which no doubt implies our constitutional principles. And you were replying to my post about eliminating the electoral college. Who looks stupid now?

 

[eagle1462010]

Why the Electoral College is vital, not outdated - Washington Examiner

 

[Mac1958]

As long as Trump and Trumpism is around, we'll continue to see the normalization of crazy, pathological lying and buffoonery in the oval office and in the republican party. That's why it has to end after this November, for the good of the country.

As bad as tolerating buffoonery is, it goes beyond that. They celebrate it. They reward it.

They love the word "fight". What they don't understand is that "fighting" doesn't need to be based on Neanderthal aggression. A person can fight using their intelligence.

But at that level, at his level, at their level, it's just rage and volume.

 

[JWBooth]

Now meteorologists have to fear for their lives​

That this silly lie ever took root is fascinating.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Who looks stupid now?

Uh...you.

 

[imawhosure]

This is just getting worse. This is a madness, a group pathology. How bad will this get, especially when it's being pushed by "leaders"?

Katie Nickolaou, a Michigan-based meteorologist, said that she and her colleagues have borne the brunt of much of these conspiracies, having received messages claiming there are category 6 hurricanes (there aren’t), that meteorologists or the government are creating and directing hurricanes (they aren’t) and even that scientists should be killed and radar equipment be demolished.

“I’ve never seen a storm garner so much misinformation, we have just been putting out fires of wrong information everywhere,” Nickolaou said.

“I have had a bunch of people saying I created and steered the hurricane, there are people assuming we control the weather. I have had to point out that a hurricane has the energy of 10,000 nuclear bombs and we can’t hope to control that. But it’s taken a turn to more violent rhetoric, especially with people saying those who created Milton should be killed.”

One post aimed at Nickolaou said: “Stop the breathing of those that made them and their affiliates.” She responded: “Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes. I can’t believe I just had to type that.”

“People have called me a plethora of curse words, people telling me to shut up and sit down, people who think it’s OK to take out Doppler radar because they think it is controlling the weather,” Nickolaou said. “It is eating up a lot of work and free time to deal with all of this. It’s very tiring.”

‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans

www.theguardian.com

As Kamala Harris and the rest of the democrats convince the world that humanity is to blame for the weather, Mac tries to distance himself from it by blaming the GOP for this insane way of thinking?

Hilarious.

/----/ Here's a lie for you.
Burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests and farming livestock are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth's temperature. This adds enormous amounts of greenhouse gases to those naturally occurring in the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Causes of climate change - European Commission​

Don't any of you find it fascinating that Macadoozythepoliticalfloozy would whine or want to converse about this nonsense, instead of about the people who have been killed, raped, robbed, by his new best friends?!?!?!?!

This is what is called (and Macadoozythepoliticalfloozy knows this) a total misdirection on his part; but then what do you think we should expect? His PADAWANS known as Isaac, (im2aracistjustwontadmit it) or his other pal, dragonchick and her/his sidekick, golfinggatorthephony.

All of these people INSISTED that Jose Biden was sharp as a tack, and LAMBASTED you as a MAGA conspiracy theorist while laughing, until they threw Jose under the bus, lol.

Are you going to buy ANYTHING these Leftists, the media, or Democratic politicians have to say? They went from lunch bucket Joe to Mamala, lol. You can not make this up............and they actually believe thinking individuals, are actually going to believe them,
hehehehehehehe.

If you DO believe their absurd nonsense, then may I suggest, you hire Macadoozythepoliticalfloozy as your financial advisor. Why not! You are both in La-La Land, so why not pretend in real life too-)

 

[krichton]

Uh...you.

Awesome rebuttal after being called out

 

[HikerGuy83]

Awesome rebuttal after being called out

You asked.

Did you mean to ask or were you trying to be clever ?

 

[eagle1462010]

 

[para bellum]

The electoral college is not a founding principle of the constitution. In fact, it's not even mentioned once in the constitution. The constitution isn't some stone tablet of laws and rules that can never be amended. Only an obvious dummy like yourself would probably think so.

Of course it's in the Constitution, FFS. Article II Section 1.

Section 1​

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted.

<etc>

That is the electoral college. Yes, you can amend the Constitution- good luck getting 38 States to vote to disenfranchise themselves...

 

[FA_Q2]

The speed with which we've lowered our standards is just breathtaking and is still difficult to process. It's like a capitulation.

It's the old Hemingway quote: "You go bankrupt slowly, then all at once".

Where is the bottom is the real question. The standard for what truth is has become so low that I am not sure there is a bottom. I used to think it would take longer to kill this nation but I am no longer so sure...