Hurricane Dorian Archives

It Was Trump Himself Who Altered Hurricane Map

September 11, 2019 Buck Banks

“No one else writes like that on a map with a black Sharpie.”

— Washington Post: “It was Trump who used a black Sharpie to mark up an official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map, which he displayed during an Oval Office briefing on Wednesday, according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.”

A Sap’s Map Flap

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Buck Banks

Trump came off like a doddering old sap
When he created his Hurricane Dorian flap.
Trump used a Sharpie
To include Alabammy
On his very special National Weather Service map.

Williamson Suggests the Power of Mind could Steer Hurricane Dorian

September 5, 2019 Buck Banks

“The Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas … may all be in our prayers now. Millions of us seeing Dorian turn away from land is not a wacky idea; it is a creative use of the power of the mind. Two minutes of prayer, visualization, meditation for those in the way of the storm.”

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It Was Trump Himself Who Altered Hurricane Map

“No one else writes like that on a map with a black Sharpie.”

A Sap’s Map Flap

Williamson Suggests the Power of Mind could Steer Hurricane Dorian

“The Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas … may all be in our prayers now. Millions of us seeing Dorian turn away from land is not a wacky idea; it is a creative use of the power of the mind. Two minutes of prayer, visualization, meditation for those in the way of the storm.”

— A tweet, since deleted, by Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson, reported by the Washington Post.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%