{"id":6904,"date":"2019-09-17T20:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T03:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6904"},"modified":"2019-09-17T20:43:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T03:43:57","slug":"hurricane-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6904","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Trump administration recently added another level to its already towering pile of preposterous bullshit it has spewed upon the American electorate in the last three years. Apparently, now meteorologists have to check with our dear leader before making any weather forecasts. Yes, America&#8217;s CEO\/Dictator Donald Trump&#8217;s ego is so weak and fragile that telling him he&#8217;s wrong on weather forecasts could get you fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all started when<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Hurricane Dorian approached the Bahamas and was threatening Florida and the southeastern United States (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/sharpiegate-and-donald-trumps-perpetual-cone-of-uncertainty\" target=\"_blank\"> Hurricane Dorian approached the Bahamas and was threatening Florida and the southeastern United States<\/a>. Trump tweeted that  people in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas should be aware but he also included Alabama. Now when Dorian was passing by Puerto Rico, spaghetti plots suggested that maybe Alabama would get hit. But as the cyclone approached the Bahamas days later, it became evident from the <em>updated<\/em> forecast models that Alabama was in little to no danger. The models had <em>changed<\/em>. This is when Trump sent out his infamous tweet. The National Weather Service in Alabama tweeted a correction to Trump&#8217;s tweet stating that Alabamans need not worry because they were not threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now a normal, sane human being would just say, &#8220;Oops. My bad.&#8221; and get on with life. Not Trump. No, the orange haired, megalomaniac man child in the White House who in his warped conservative mind is never wrong and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"claims to be the 'chosen one'  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/21\/i-am-the-chosen-one-trump-proclaims-as-he-defends-china-trade-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">claims to be the &#8216;chosen one&#8217; <\/a>doubled down and presented a weather chart a few day later that had <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"obviously been altered by a sharpie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/president-trump-dorian-map-sharpie\/\" target=\"_blank\">obviously been altered by a sharpie<\/a> to include Alabama in the forecast&#8217;s cone of uncertainty. This touched off <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sharpiegate (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alabama_controversy\" target=\"_blank\">Sharpiegate<\/a> which unfortunately has taken center stage over the death and destruction that occurred in the Bahamas due to Hurricane Dorian.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make matters worse, an unsigned notice from admin people in NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) popped up last week saying they were wrong to contradict the President. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Apparently, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross threatened that heads would roll if the meteorologists didn't apologize to dear leader (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2019\/9\/10\/20857766\/wilbur-ross-threat-fire-noaa-officials-trump-tweet-sharpiegate-scandal\" target=\"_blank\">Apparently, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross threatened that heads would roll if the meteorologists didn&#8217;t apologize to dear leader<\/a>. Of course, meteorologists, scientists and thinking intelligent humans are not accepting this at all and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"calls for Ross's resignation have been inundating the White House (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-49642658\" target=\"_blank\">calls for Ross&#8217;s resignation have been inundating the White House<\/a> like storm surge from a hurricane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then, just because he&#8217;s the biggest asshole on the planet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-bahamas-hurricane-dorian-survivors_n_5d76aad9e4b0752102312348\">Trump forbade a ship full of storm survivors from the Bahamas to dock in Florida<\/a> because. . .  you know . . . there might be &#8216;very bad people&#8217; trying to sneak in with the refugees. What a dick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point is that Donald Trump is so unstable that he shouldn&#8217;t be counted on for anything, even compassion for his fellow human beings. Think about it. <strong>Meteorologists have to make sure their forecasts don&#8217;t offend or contradict the President? Hurricane victims who just lost everything  can&#8217;t even seek refuge within the United States? Are you kidding???!!!<\/strong> <strong>His incompetence isn&#8217;t funny anymore, it&#8217;s frightening. <\/strong> He&#8217;s a danger to this country and the planet. He is subverting democracy right under our noses. World events, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"like the recent Saudi Arabia attacks (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/saudi-oil-attack-iranian-base\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">like the recent Saudi Arabia attacks<\/a>, are happening now that need a calm cool head, not an idiot who thinks he&#8217;s the &#8216;chosen one&#8217;, denies climate change yet somehow can control the weather and will never admit he&#8217;s wrong even when you shove the facts in his face. <strong>Democrats, grow a spine and do your job! IMPEACH THIS JOKER &#8211;  NOW!!! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumpweathermanhurricanecommander.jpg\" alt=\"American CEO\/Dictator, stable genius, bestest weatherman ever, hurricane commander and the self proclaimed 'chosen one', Donald Trump, gets tough with a menacing tropical cyclone when it changes course and doesn't follow his commands.\" class=\"wp-image-6903\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumpweathermanhurricanecommander.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumpweathermanhurricanecommander-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>American CEO\/Dictator, stable genius, bestest weatherman ever, hurricane commander and the self proclaimed &#8216;chosen one&#8217;, Donald Trump, gets tough with a menacing tropical cyclone when it changes course and doesn&#8217;t follow his commands.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration recently added another level to its already towering pile of preposterous bullshit it has spewed upon the American electorate in the last three years. Apparently, now meteorologists have to check with our dear leader before making any weather forecasts. 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