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We're Gonna Need A Bigger Pic Of The Moment (Original Post) EarlG Jun 2024 OP
Priceless! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2024 #1
No. He's not okay. 1WorldHope Jun 2024 #2
Neither is America. Marcus IM Jun 2024 #6
Neiher are the pople who vote for him. Jakes Progress Jun 2024 #86
Even a shark True Dough Jun 2024 #3
I salute you! leftieNanner Jun 2024 #4
I'd have hidden all sharp instruments, any cords/cables/ropes/shoestrings, alcohol, Probatim Jun 2024 #14
Which would leave you one option leftieNanner Jun 2024 #17
Electrocution by boat. Pinback Jun 2024 #27
ROFL Prairie Gates Jun 2024 #46
🏆 Think. Again. Jun 2024 #53
Further proof we're funnier, nicer, more educated, and better looking than our conservative counterparts. Probatim Jun 2024 #56
One bite of Donald and that shark is going to wish TBF Jun 2024 #5
You win the thread malaise Jun 2024 #25
You'll get a kick out of this underpants Jun 2024 #33
There's a reason nobody ever asked that question intrepidity Jun 2024 #7
BUT he has that "connection to MIT." vanlassie Jun 2024 #82
Of course, the guy at the boat company called him "Sir"! PatSeg Jun 2024 #8
Everyone calls him "sir." BobTheSubgenius Jun 2024 #16
Yeah, in his dreams! PatSeg Jun 2024 #18
In his dreams, it's "Mein Feuhrer." lastlib Jun 2024 #36
Yep, an all powerful entity PatSeg Jun 2024 #50
I presume that a Dung beetle feels the same way. Dave Bowman Jun 2024 #91
Hey now! PatSeg Jun 2024 #92
Ah, yes that's so true. Dave Bowman Jun 2024 #93
Actually, I did a search PatSeg Jun 2024 #94
Yikes!!! I had forgotten "tippy-top" generals. niyad Jun 2024 #85
That's Trump's tell VMA131Marine Jun 2024 #99
That's it! Red State Prisoner Jun 2024 #35
Yes, you're right PatSeg Jun 2024 #61
Like the little girl who littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #107
Oh, she is adorable! PatSeg Jun 2024 #113
I can't agree. Never, ever, ever, ever use brilliant in the same sentence with trump. brush Jun 2024 #67
He loves the sound of his own voice. central scrutinizer Jun 2024 #77
With tears in his eyes...n/t hibbing Jun 2024 #38
Yes, of course! PatSeg Jun 2024 #62
traitortrump was trying to find a boat owner, again ... Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #41
Oh my god, I'd forgotten that! PatSeg Jun 2024 #63
If it ain't a Sir Story, he ain't tellin' it Prairie Gates Jun 2024 #47
It cracks me up every time he says it PatSeg Jun 2024 #66
Someone needs to do an animated enactment of this story. Tommy Carcetti Jun 2024 #9
One of your best, EarlG Wild blueberry Jun 2024 #10
None of my friends talk this way. mwb970 Jun 2024 #11
I don't feel one bit sorry for any of them. Deuxcents Jun 2024 #15
Not one iota of symoathy do I have for these cultists Actually, I am annoyed niyad Jun 2024 #87
OMG BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 #12
Where's Walter Sobchak when you need him? Initech Jun 2024 #13
There's an easy solution. chouchou Jun 2024 #19
I wish we still had DUzy's !!! FirstLight Jun 2024 #39
Or, knowing Donnie, he'd eat the other 1/2 the meat and strand everybody out there. :) chouchou Jun 2024 #49
... FirstLight Jun 2024 #52
Lunatic Hekate Jun 2024 #20
It sounds like *rump has realized that he's the Marlin Uncle Joe Jun 2024 #21
Whenever I get my leg bitten off by a shark, Qutzupalotl Jun 2024 #22
And the shark says to Trump speak easy Jun 2024 #79
C'mon heart disease! SpankMe Jun 2024 #23
I guess that's our best hope, GopherGal Jun 2024 #68
We do not need heart disease. We need a terminal cardiac event. NOW!!! niyad Jun 2024 #88
A stroke would do nicely also FakeNoose Jun 2024 #95
Yes, that also. Either, or. . anything that would get him GONE!!! niyad Jun 2024 #97
Shark Shock! Kid Berwyn Jun 2024 #24
Would the shark not be electrocuted too? underpants Jun 2024 #31
Nobody has ever asked that question before!!!! Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #43
Sir, it's such an incredible question, sir! Think. Again. Jun 2024 #55
They feed off electricity. Kid Berwyn Jun 2024 #59
No. ECL213 Jun 2024 #60
I saw someone post that earlier underpants Jun 2024 #73
darn, late to the game again... ECL213 Jun 2024 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author Hiawatha Pete Jun 2024 #26
Brings new meaning to the words... littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #28
"Sir, you have jumped me." Tactical Peek Jun 2024 #104
Did the sharks have freaking laser beams attached to their heads? Ray Bruns Jun 2024 #29
Did he ask this mythical person TWO questions he'd never been asked before? underpants Jun 2024 #30
My head hurts. niyad Jun 2024 #32
Adjusting his meds is not going to fix this. Several qualified observers have said he's going over the edge as we watch Ford_Prefect Jun 2024 #34
Read transcrips of him while in office. Woodwizard Jun 2024 #54
His current condition is much worse. This is far beyond where he was while in office. Ford_Prefect Jun 2024 #71
From your lips to Gods ears! Woodwizard Jun 2024 #76
I remember years ago I read a transcript of an interview he'd done captain queeg Jun 2024 #101
We need a meme to go viral about man v. bear and electrocution v shark! FirstLight Jun 2024 #37
Good Lord...... Upthevibe Jun 2024 #40
Quite apart from the insanity of the battery vs shark nonsense, how bloody niyad Jun 2024 #42
Convicted felon 34&52-to-go short-circuited brain made it all up... Justice matters. Jun 2024 #51
This boat builder... heckles65 Jun 2024 #44
John Barron. Think. Again. Jun 2024 #57
Imagine how stupid one has to be if that sounds presidential? NoMoreRepugs Jun 2024 #45
Madman mountain grammy Jun 2024 #48
More moronic crap. A boat being too heavy that it sinks? WTF? brush Jun 2024 #58
The Boat Wouldn't Have That Problem If It Wasn't Loaded Down With Trump's Fat Ass nt smb Jun 2024 #100
I seem to remember Stormy Daniels saying that she spent time watching television with him during "Shark Week." colorado_ufo Jun 2024 #64
Damn. I hadn't seen any of that before the MIT reference. CrispyQ Jun 2024 #65
Can't you see them circlin', Donnie...? regnaD kciN Jun 2024 #69
Sharks, wow. Jump in the water, me'boys. JoseBalow Jun 2024 #70
I'm beginning to love TSF. He needs to keep this up. ffr Jun 2024 #72
He never went to a boat manufacturer. maxsolomon Jun 2024 #74
This is far worse than the "choose your death: shark or battery" crap muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #78
I was wondering wtf this meant... ShazzieB Jun 2024 #80
and one day me boys onethatcares Jun 2024 #81
So has anyone verified that he actually spoke to anyone at a "boat company"? oldsoftie Jun 2024 #83
He's a pathologically compulsive liar. Trying to verify anything he says is a wild goose chase littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #108
But lies like this SHOULD be exposed. He cant go anywhere secretly. oldsoftie Jun 2024 #111
He's terrifed of the ocean Owens Jun 2024 #84
Wait until he finds out boats can use wind power Johonny Jun 2024 #89
Yeah, but worse than sharks or electrocution is AdamGG Jun 2024 #105
feckin insane YoshidaYui Jun 2024 #90
But yachts can run on VGNonly Jun 2024 #96
...and there are folks who believe he's the smartest man in the room. EarthFirst Jun 2024 #98
Look up "Electric Boat Motor" on Amazon PurgedVoter Jun 2024 #102
Tell us more, sir! Tell us more!!! Blue Owl Jun 2024 #103
I can't even Skittles Jun 2024 #106
Thanks for this, EarlG. Can we please bring back the DUzys? littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #109
AI is fun! JoseBalow Jun 2024 #110
This Crazy Story, and Trump's Rants about the Windmills, Are All Designed to Do One Thing: panfluteman Jun 2024 #112
I call them DownriverDem Jun 2024 #114

Jakes Progress

(11,213 posts)
86. Neiher are the pople who vote for him.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 03:25 PM
Jun 2024

He does these stupid things and gets rich. They do the stupid thing (think tfg is okay) and the country goes to hell.

Trump isn't the problem. It's the nasty people who vote for him. There are a lot of people who are as demented and selfish and stupid as trump. But no one is voting for them for president.

Probatim

(3,234 posts)
14. I'd have hidden all sharp instruments, any cords/cables/ropes/shoestrings, alcohol,
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 10:50 AM
Jun 2024

flammable liquids, and heavy equipment before I started that translation. And I'd have asked friends and family to keep those away from me for several weeks.

Probatim

(3,234 posts)
56. Further proof we're funnier, nicer, more educated, and better looking than our conservative counterparts.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:28 PM
Jun 2024

underpants

(195,460 posts)
33. You'll get a kick out of this
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:29 AM
Jun 2024

Marine experts respond to Trump's electric boat remarks

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19025978

Regarding whether he would prefer to be in a boat with the above candidate or in the water with a shark, Dr. Shiffman replied "I choose the shark. Every time." Dr. Thaler concurs.

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
8. Of course, the guy at the boat company called him "Sir"!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 10:35 AM
Jun 2024

So why was Trump going to a "boat company"? He doesn't seem like a boat guy. Oh wait, maybe he made the whole thing up!

lastlib

(27,754 posts)
36. In his dreams, it's "Mein Feuhrer."
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:34 AM
Jun 2024

(Or maybe "Dear Leader". Or "Your Holiness".........)

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
50. Yep, an all powerful entity
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:18 PM
Jun 2024

Who can do whatever he wants and vanquish all his enemies without question. He loves revenge almost as much as he loves money.

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
92. Hey now!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 05:15 PM
Jun 2024

Dung beetles serve a very useful purpose and are much better looking. As far as I know, they don't hold a grudge either!

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
94. Actually, I did a search
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 05:30 PM
Jun 2024

And dung beetles are rather fascinating. Can't say that about whats-his-face.

Red State Prisoner

(144 posts)
35. That's it!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:33 AM
Jun 2024

Last edited Wed Jun 12, 2024, 06:43 AM - Edit history (1)

It's not the incoherent rambling of an individual with deteriorating cognitive abilities(though there are plenty of examples that sure seem to indicate it's an issue), it's that he makes shit up on the fly without having any real knowledge of the "issue" at hand. It's all of these anecdotal bullshit stories of him wowing the experts with his intuitive understanding of all things. He starts off with a made-up story of some un-named business or person struggling with the "tyranny" of government mandates, or, if we're being honest, long-term goals. He then asks a question of such profundity, that these individuals, companies, and/or experts are left speechless by his absolute brilliance. Finally, the story closes with them either praising his inexplicable knowledge of a highly technical or scientific topic, or standing astounded by his brilliant, never-before-thought-of question. It's a cut and paste formula that he tries to fill with whatever boogie man he wants to focus on at that moment.

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
61. Yes, you're right
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:32 PM
Jun 2024

And we've seen him do it so many times that it is predictable. He doesn't have the vocabulary, expertise, or creativity to keep doing this over and over again. Meanwhile, no one challenges him.

He reminds me of a young child making up a story on the fly. If you don't interrupt them, they go to truly unbelievable places with their lie, often unable to stop themselves.

littlemissmartypants

(32,584 posts)
107. Like the little girl who
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 03:55 AM
Jun 2024

When caught with her mom's lipstick all over her face says...

It's her "yip tick" and she got it at Home Depot.

Same energy just not clever or cute.



 

brush

(61,033 posts)
67. I can't agree. Never, ever, ever, ever use brilliant in the same sentence with trump.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:40 PM
Jun 2024

Felon, convict, criminal, crook, rapist...all and more derogatory terms are ok, but brilliant — never.

central scrutinizer

(12,650 posts)
77. He loves the sound of his own voice.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 02:11 PM
Jun 2024

Doesn’t matter if it’s just word salad, as long as he is bellowing it drowns out everyone else. Unless you are praising him, he doesn’t care to hear what you say.

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
62. Yes, of course!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:34 PM
Jun 2024

I almost went back to add "with tears in his eyes"! I'm surprised Trump left that out.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
41. traitortrump was trying to find a boat owner, again ...
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:56 AM
Jun 2024


( Children's book compiled by the staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whose_Boat_Is_This_Boat%3F

PatSeg

(52,490 posts)
66. It cracks me up every time he says it
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:39 PM
Jun 2024

He must think he is a great storyteller, but he is actually an unintentional comedian, a parody of himself.

mwb970

(12,103 posts)
11. None of my friends talk this way.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 10:45 AM
Jun 2024

I feel sorry for the poor saps broiling in the heat so they can listen to gibberish.

niyad

(130,321 posts)
87. Not one iota of symoathy do I have for these cultists Actually, I am annoyed
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 03:30 PM
Jun 2024

that none of them had a terminal case of heat exhaustion.

And yes, I am a nasty-tempered, unsympathetic, unfotgiving BITCH. Why do you ask?

chouchou

(2,907 posts)
19. There's an easy solution.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:04 AM
Jun 2024

Buy a lot of cheap meat. Train the sharks to pull the boat out to 70 miles. Give the sharks 1/2 of the meat, when you get out there.
Bribe the sharks, with the other 1/2 of the meat, to pull you back to shore.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
39. I wish we still had DUzy's !!!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:39 AM
Jun 2024


Of course with Donnie, they'd never get the second half, if we're lucky, they'd eat him!

Uncle Joe

(64,485 posts)
21. It sounds like *rump has realized that he's the Marlin
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:08 AM
Jun 2024

in the "Old Man and the Sea" with the sharks coming after his ass.

He's speaking code to his upper echelon Republican supporters not to abandon him; aka "rats abandoning a sinking ship."

In short, *rump is a fearful, wounded animal.

That's my two cents of analysis anyway.

Thanks for the thread EarlG.





Qutzupalotl

(15,731 posts)
22. Whenever I get my leg bitten off by a shark,
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:08 AM
Jun 2024

my first instinct is always to ask, “Do you know who I AM?!”

GopherGal

(2,835 posts)
68. I guess that's our best hope,
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:40 PM
Jun 2024

since the time-traveling vigilante assassins seem to be off in another timeline pursuing baby Hitler.
Or maybe Roy Cohn if they're trying to get a timeline two-fer.

Kid Berwyn

(23,553 posts)
24. Shark Shock!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:10 AM
Jun 2024

It's like the 3-Body Problem when one of the bodies has no brain and not much else, apart from lard.

underpants

(195,460 posts)
73. I saw someone post that earlier
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 01:16 PM
Jun 2024

I’d forgotten about that movie. It was bad but not as bad as Jaws 3 in 3D.

ECL213

(435 posts)
75. darn, late to the game again...
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 01:54 PM
Jun 2024

Yeah, 3 was horrible. I think the shark was trying to get revenge on Brody's son at a Marine Park or some such nonsense. I only saw it once in the theater as a kid.

Response to EarlG (Original post)

underpants

(195,460 posts)
30. Did he ask this mythical person TWO questions he'd never been asked before?
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:24 AM
Jun 2024

Or is the part in the middle him totally blanking out?


So I said, 'Let me ask you a question.'
And he said, 'Nobody ever asked this question.' And it must because of MIT, my relationship to MIT. Very smart.

Later

And I said, "So there's a shark 10 yards away from the boat. 10 yards. Or here, do I get electrocuted, if the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking. Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted, or do I jump over by the shark
and not get electrocuted?*
Because I will tell you, he didn't know the answer. He said,
'You know, nobody's ever asked me that question.'

Ford_Prefect

(8,529 posts)
34. Adjusting his meds is not going to fix this. Several qualified observers have said he's going over the edge as we watch
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:29 AM
Jun 2024

Seriously, someone is going to demand that he be evaluated for competency to stand trial, never mind be candidate. Can you imagine the blowback and hoop-la among the faithful and the yet to be indicted when a judge requires such an evaluation?

His family members ought to be doing this but I don't see how any of them are able, functional themselves, or interested in confronting him. That leaves the coterie of fanatics, manipulators, "lawyers", and hangers-on who orbit the Orange Menace.

Meanwhile the entire RW Co-ordinated Campaign is rushing down the Autocracy Road as fast as they can, taking the true believers, the GOP national, state and local campaigns, and the MSM with them.

IMO it will take another major medical issue to intervene in this. He's already showing serious signs of serious fatigue and long term stress. No one knows what his real health is, although many have speculated. Which kind of makes who he picks for Vice another issue altogether.

Woodwizard

(1,280 posts)
54. Read transcrips of him while in office.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:25 PM
Jun 2024

They are just as unintelligible, he just cant make a cohesive sentence nothing new. His fans just come for the show and griping they are not listening in depth.

Ford_Prefect

(8,529 posts)
71. His current condition is much worse. This is far beyond where he was while in office.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 01:06 PM
Jun 2024

It is anything but gradual at this point.

I was a caregiver for my Mother and my Mother-in-Law who both went this way. He's sliding into a serious decline of function, not merely the word-salad shit he pushed out 4 years ago. For anyone who's cared for someone going through this kind of cognitive decline the evidence practically screams at you.

The only reason he's not in care right now is that the people propping him up can't say NO to him. They have too much invested in him being a radical chaos agent to recognize how dangerous this is for him, and everyone else.

As horrible a creature as he is, he is also genuinely leaving this world, and heading farther out of orbit.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
101. I remember years ago I read a transcript of an interview he'd done
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 09:11 PM
Jun 2024

The point of the article that posted the full interview was that the media always cherry picks a few sentences and reports something that kind of sorta made sense. But if you read the entire interview it was gibberish.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
37. We need a meme to go viral about man v. bear and electrocution v shark!
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:36 AM
Jun 2024


I'll take electrocution for $500, Bob!

Geez, as Bugs Bunny said... "What a Maroon!"

niyad

(130,321 posts)
42. Quite apart from the insanity of the battery vs shark nonsense, how bloody
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 11:58 AM
Jun 2024

likely is it that a company sells HUNDREDS of these expensive boats every couple of months?

Justice matters.

(9,546 posts)
51. Convicted felon 34&52-to-go short-circuited brain made it all up...
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:18 PM
Jun 2024

And his (let's hope "only" about sixty million voters this time) believe he's a know-all genius, includint greedy MSM.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
58. More moronic crap. A boat being too heavy that it sinks? WTF?
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:29 PM
Jun 2024

Aircraft carriers are way heavier than any boat and they float just fine.

This MFer was once president and is that ignorant.

smb

(3,598 posts)
100. The Boat Wouldn't Have That Problem If It Wasn't Loaded Down With Trump's Fat Ass nt
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 08:33 PM
Jun 2024

colorado_ufo

(6,204 posts)
64. I seem to remember Stormy Daniels saying that she spent time watching television with him during "Shark Week."
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:36 PM
Jun 2024

He was fascinated by them, and seemed a little frightened.

Dogs and sharks.

CrispyQ

(40,784 posts)
65. Damn. I hadn't seen any of that before the MIT reference.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:39 PM
Jun 2024

If he's a babbling idiot now what will he be in another 4.5 months?

regnaD kciN

(27,533 posts)
69. Can't you see them circlin', Donnie...?
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 12:44 PM
Jun 2024

…Can’t you see them swimmin’ around?
You got fins to the left, fins to the right,
And you’re the bigly felon in town.

ffr

(23,335 posts)
72. I'm beginning to love TSF. He needs to keep this up.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 01:09 PM
Jun 2024

To show the QOP what pathetic fucking losers they are for going down, trailer hitch and all, to the bottom of the ocean.

Let this mark the end of the republican cabal and the end to minority rule!

Americans just need to come out in November to make it official.

maxsolomon

(38,359 posts)
74. He never went to a boat manufacturer.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 01:16 PM
Jun 2024

He's a lying huckster but that's what his marks want to hear.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,788 posts)
78. This is far worse than the "choose your death: shark or battery" crap
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 02:14 PM
Jun 2024

I mean, that was profoundly stupid, but everyone can see it's meaningless nonsense - someone who likes the sound of his own voice and thinks others do too (sadly true with the crowd he gets). But this "go out 70 miles and you go at 2 knots" bullshit? He was trying to get people to believe that.

"I said 'how long does it take?'" Well, durrr, it would take 35 hours to get out there, if they're nautical miles, and if it were remotely true. "Many". For fuck's sake, this is Baldrick-level stuff:



But that shows what the "relationship to MIT" is worth. Fuck all. Just like his relationship to the truth is fuck all.

ShazzieB

(22,319 posts)
80. I was wondering wtf this meant...
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 02:49 PM
Jun 2024
...they use the mercury engines and different engines in the back...


I read that, and thought what the hell is a mercury engine? With, Trump, you never know, but I thought he might be talking about some kind of imaginary technology that he had pulled out of the murky recesses of his posterior. So I decided to Google before commenting, and I found out that Mercury is actually the name of a company that makes outboard motors for boats: https://www.mercurymarine.com/us/en

It's just a small thing, but it cracks me up. It's like every random word or snippet of info that he hears gets churned up and becomes an ingredient in the word salad that comes tumbling out of his mouth.

onethatcares

(16,968 posts)
81. and one day me boys
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 02:49 PM
Jun 2024

the sharks are gonna be driving trucks up hill. don't ever let sharks drive up hill me boys.

Ya know that if your uncle said something like that at the table you'd be calling the guys in the white coats.

Just to show I care I wrote pRicksnott an email and asked him how he felt about electric boats and sharks...I'm still waiting for an answer

Afterall,,, the v p has to be on the same page

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
83. So has anyone verified that he actually spoke to anyone at a "boat company"?
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 03:15 PM
Jun 2024

I get tired of hearing these stories and no one seems to follow up to FIND the people.

littlemissmartypants

(32,584 posts)
108. He's a pathologically compulsive liar. Trying to verify anything he says is a wild goose chase
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 04:18 AM
Jun 2024

At worst and a colossal waste of time at best. I think that's why many in the media don't even bother trying to fact check him.

It's exhausting just watching him much less trying to listen to him and try to make sense of it all.

I've heard his type of language behavior described as "full of form but void of content."

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
111. But lies like this SHOULD be exposed. He cant go anywhere secretly.
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 05:15 AM
Jun 2024

He has secret service protection & an entourage. When was he last in SC? It should be easy. leaving it alone makes people think it happened. He needs to be exposed EVERY time.

Owens

(589 posts)
84. He's terrifed of the ocean
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 03:16 PM
Jun 2024

Why would he go to a boat manufacturer/seller if he fears boats and the ocean? This story he tells is BS. Surprised he didn't say the guy had tears in his eyes......

EarthFirst

(4,006 posts)
98. ...and there are folks who believe he's the smartest man in the room.
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 06:19 PM
Jun 2024

Including himself.

FFS.

PurgedVoter

(2,685 posts)
102. Look up "Electric Boat Motor" on Amazon
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 09:21 PM
Jun 2024

Seriously, if you fish, the odds are good you are familiar with the boat motors that can let you tool around on a lake for hours powered by a charged up car battery. At full speed you can empty a good battery in a couple of hours, but if you use more controlled speeds, you can pretty much use it to drive a small boat around all day.

For that matter you can google solar powered yachts and get some pretty cool results. If I had the money and if my wife hadn't seen any of the North Sea fishing videos, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ybvVgAAfFUQ I would love to live on one of these. https://silent-yachts.com/

littlemissmartypants

(32,584 posts)
109. Thanks for this, EarlG. Can we please bring back the DUzys?
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 04:24 AM
Jun 2024

It would be fun if they had their own place where they could be regularly collected and celebrated.

Pretty please with a cherry on top?

panfluteman

(2,191 posts)
112. This Crazy Story, and Trump's Rants about the Windmills, Are All Designed to Do One Thing:
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:37 AM
Jun 2024

Attack clean, renewable energy and keep the fossil fuel companies / polluters / climate wreckers in power.

DownriverDem

(6,983 posts)
114. I call them
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 09:14 AM
Jun 2024

luddites. They are like the folks who didn't want cars and wanted to keep their horses.

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