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Old 11th May 2022, 08:16 AM   #1
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China has a hurricane gun

Breaking wind! Er, news! According to one of his staffers, Donald Trump thought that China had developed a hurricane gun to create storms and direct them at the U.S.A. Story here.
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Old 11th May 2022, 08:32 AM   #2
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In the interest of saving you a click: MSN reports that Rolling Stone reports that an unnamed ex staffer claims that Trump asked about this and was "totally super serious, I swear".
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Old 11th May 2022, 08:34 AM   #3
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China's Hurricane Gun and HAARP can fight it out between each other.
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Old 11th May 2022, 09:23 AM   #4
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Given that when the Spanish 'discovered' the Hurricane season/cycle in the Americas they thought it was the work of the Devil.
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Old 11th May 2022, 11:28 AM   #5
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The Chinese are working with the Australians to make rain, and cause the sea levels to rise, and hold the world hostage to their master plan...whatever that is...wake up, sheeple!
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Old 11th May 2022, 11:51 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Axxman300 View Post
The Chinese are working with the Australians to make rain, and cause the sea levels to rise, and hold the world hostage to their master plan...whatever that is...wake up, sheeple!
Is that you Dr. Fu Manchu?
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Old 11th May 2022, 11:55 AM   #7
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I can just see the staffer explaining it to President Trump:

*staffer stirs chocolate mild rapidly in clear glass*

"Now sir, if instead of this spoon stirring the yummy beverage into a hurricane, we pick up this AR-15..."
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Old 11th May 2022, 12:12 PM   #8
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Luckily his magic sharpie was able to divert the hurricanes to wherever he wanted them to go!
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Old 11th May 2022, 01:53 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
In the interest of saving you a click: MSN reports that Rolling Stone reports that an unnamed ex staffer claims that Trump asked about this and was "totally super serious, I swear".
Trump wanted to buy Greenland from Denmark; he said that the USA captured all the British airfields during the American Revolutionary War, he wanted American Cops to gun down BLM protestors, and he wanted the US military to fire Patriot missiles at Mexican drug labs (which is doubly stupid, because Patriots are surface to-air missiles not surface-to-surface missiles)

Based upon the above mess of sheer stupid, why do you think its unreasonable that he might think China has a Hurricane gun?
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Old 11th May 2022, 02:39 PM   #10
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China made, you say? So who the hell is going to make the knockoff clones?

I'd kind of like one to piss off my neighbors when they play country music.
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Old 11th May 2022, 02:47 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by smartcooky View Post
Trump wanted to buy Greenland from Denmark; he said that the USA captured all the British airfields during the American Revolutionary War, he wanted American Cops to gun down BLM protestors, and he wanted the US military to fire Patriot missiles at Mexican drug labs (which is doubly stupid, because Patriots are surface to-air missiles not surface-to-surface missiles)

Based upon the above mess of sheer stupid, why do you think its unreasonable that he might think China has a Hurricane gun?
I report. MSN baits clicks by stealing Rolling Stone's headline. Spectator thinks this is a good enough source. You decide.
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Old 11th May 2022, 03:33 PM   #12
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If a hurricane gun creates and directs hurricanes, what does an elephant gun do?
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Old 11th May 2022, 04:15 PM   #13
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I wish the ******* had invented a better vaccine. We wouldn't have our supply chain issues if they'd put more energy into making a vaccine that doesn't suck. Morons. Who gives a **** about hurricanes?
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Old 11th May 2022, 08:49 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
I report. MSN baits clicks by stealing Rolling Stone's headline. Spectator thinks this is a good enough source. You decide.
Given Trump's well understood propensity to lie and to say stupid stuff (often both at the same time), I can easily find what MSN/Rolling Stone have said/reported/linked to be believable...

Just to clarify, "finding something believable" is not the same as "actually believing that something"
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Originally Posted by Axxman300 View Post
The Chinese are working with the Australians to make rain, and cause the sea levels to rise, and hold the world hostage to their master plan...whatever that is...wake up, sheeple!
Damn, Master Sifu! He's onto us, cobber!
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Old 11th May 2022, 09:02 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
I report. MSN baits clicks by stealing Rolling Stone's headline. Spectator thinks this is a good enough source. You decide.
I did, right about then.
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Old 11th May 2022, 09:24 PM   #17
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If a hurricane gun creates and directs hurricanes, what does an elephant gun do?
Shoots large caliber rounds designed to take down big game. The biggest game.

Now tell us what machine guns do.
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Old 11th May 2022, 09:36 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by smartcooky View Post
Trump wanted to buy Greenland from Denmark; he said that the USA captured all the British airfields during the American Revolutionary War, he wanted American Cops to gun down BLM protestors, and he wanted the US military to fire Patriot missiles at Mexican drug labs (which is doubly stupid, because Patriots are surface to-air missiles not surface-to-surface missiles)

Based upon the above mess of sheer stupid, why do you think its unreasonable that he might think China has a Hurricane gun?

Don't forget that Trump wanted to nuke those hurricanes!
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Old 11th May 2022, 09:46 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by smartcooky View Post
Given Trump's well understood propensity to lie and to say stupid stuff (often both at the same time), I can easily find what MSN/Rolling Stone have said/reported/linked to be believable...

Just to clarify, "finding something believable" is not the same as "actually believing that something"
Of course you find it believable. That's the whole point: Rolling Stone is monetizing confirmation bias. And MSN is monetizing monetizing confirmation bias.

And don't get me wrong: I think it's totally okay to find unsubstantiated gossip believable. My purpose in saving you a click was to bring the fact that it's unsubstantiated gossip up front where it belongs. And to get you past the completely unnecessary involvement of MSN in the reporting of it.
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Originally Posted by Hlafordlaes View Post
I concur!

Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
Of course you find it believable. That's the whole point: Rolling Stone is monetizing confirmation bias. And MSN is monetizing monetizing confirmation bias.

And don't get me wrong: I think it's totally okay to find unsubstantiated gossip believable. My purpose in saving you a click was to bring the fact that it's unsubstantiated gossip up front where it belongs. And to get you past the completely unnecessary involvement of MSN in the reporting of it.
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Don't forget that Trump wanted to nuke those hurricanes!
It's a common misconception, as your source points out.
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Don't forget that Trump wanted to nuke those hurricanes!
Save a step, just nuke the Sharpie.
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Chinese must have made a deal with the Weather Wizard to make the gun.
Someone tell The Flash.
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If a hurricane gun creates and directs hurricanes, what does an elephant gun do?
Register Republicans.
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
In the interest of saving you a click: MSN reports that Rolling Stone reports that an unnamed ex staffer claims that Trump asked about this and was "totally super serious, I swear".
More the shame for him that it rings even remotely true.
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More the shame for him that it rings even remotely true.
Awww...don't keep reminding him the poster that he at one point stood firmly in support of a joke.
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The Chinese are working with the Australians to make rain, and cause the sea levels to rise, and hold the world hostage to their master plan...whatever that is...wake up, sheeple!
Glub glub, mate!
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Glub glub, mate!
Doesn't Australia need rain? Except in Sydney where I'm told the city is suffering for a layer of slime, fungus and moss.
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Breaking wind! Er, news! According to one of his staffers, Donald Trump thought that China had developed a hurricane gun to create storms and direct them at the U.S.A. Story here.
Maybe Trump wanted to take a hurricane gun to the NRA convention or the Shot Show?

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