minigubben's lemmy
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to say Democrats can "control the weather"

www.newsweek.com

external-link
message-square
49
link
fedilink
1
external-link

Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to say Democrats can "control the weather"

www.newsweek.com

Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
message-square
49
link
fedilink
The Georgia Republican appeared to suggest that Hurricane Helene was linked to the 2024 election.
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    So the Democrats control the weather, but humans burning fossil fuels does nothing to the climate

    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      Hilarious that people who don’t believe in climate change also believe that the weather can be controlled and targeted at specific communities. And by “hilarious” I mean “makes me want to start hitchhiking to Uruguay”.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        I thought about that only to realize that the people Uruguay are probably equally as bad and I’m stuck here on this rock with billions of them until someone gives me a ride.

  • Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

  • Media Bias Fact Checker@lemmy.worldB
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago
    Newsweek - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)

    Information for Newsweek:

    MBFC: Right-Center - Credibility: High - Factual Reporting: Mostly Factual - United States of America
    Wikipedia about this source

    Search topics on Ground.News

    https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-control-weather-1963686

    Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

  • Spitzspot@lemmings.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Weather control claims are firmly in the weird category.

    • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      “We can change the weather”

      Also

      “Climate change isn’t real”

      Pick a fucking lane lady.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        She seems the type to think all the lanes belong to her and fuck you, get out of her way!

      • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        wEaThEr IsNt cLiMaTe!1!

        • screaming in digital@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 years ago

          if we could actually get them to say this we would be making headway.

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        Careful, since weather and climate are the same to them, they’ll say the democrats are intentionally heating up the climate so they have an excuse to take away their beloved coal rolling trucks.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      well. there are some weather control technologies that actually exist. Like seeding rain for crops. it’s fairly common in most places these days.

      but there’s no way to precipitate a hurricane or stop one.

      • Zexks@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        And this is the problem with the way she worded it and everyone blowing it off as just weird instead of straight up fucking stupid.

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 years ago

          well she didn’t mean any of the rain precipitators. She meant, they actively controlled hurricanes. It’s both weird and fucking stupid.

          Actually. I wonder what would happen if you took a microwave array, of appropriately huge power, and directed it at the hurricane’s flanks, you know. to heat up the water on that side. maybe make some wind. I bet you could steer it “some”…

          (Mexico, if you’re reading this, I absolutely won’t try this, if you send me your best street taco recipe.)

      • Baggins@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        We could try nuking it.

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 years ago

          “About 3 minutes and ding its done!”

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    If they could, Helene would have erased Mar-a-Lago from the map.

    • Weirdfish@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      While I enjoy the humor, the fact is they’d have aimed it away from landfall.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        I mean, if you could control the weather, why not make a Mar-a-Lago sized hurricane?

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 years ago

          I’d rather drop that “mini moon” that’s in temporary earth orbit for a bit here. It’s only 33ft and would probably burn up in atmosphere…but I’m sure we could figure out a way to get a just-large-enough chunk to survive hitting The Swamp ™️

          • Billiam@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            2 years ago

            Look bud, we only control the weather, not “near-earth objects”!

            • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              0
              ·
              2 years ago

              Plus, that 'roid is just doing his thing vibin with the cosmos. He doesn’t need to be bothered with our shit.

  • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Huh. I guess it’s not the Jews this time.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      US Postal Service, actually. How do you think they can promise “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”

      (Yes, that noise you’re hearing in the background is my manic cackle idly daydreaming about conspiracy theorists running with this.)

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      Pretty sure it was a certain subset of democrats she was talking about

    • hOrni@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      Who do You think she meant by “they”?

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      I mean… what do you think the space lasers are for since they are not being used for Peace™ right now.

      /s because it’s sadly necessary

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Was this during their attempt to take over Central City and destroy The Flash? Do they also have a freeze gun, spin like a top, and jump into mirrors?

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    This idea has been floating around the right for a while. I think it’s a way to explain the effects of climate change while blaming the libs.

  • JTskulk@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    If this is true, we gotta talk Biden into running again. I don’t care if he can’t talk or stay awake, I’ll definitely vote for the weathermancer every time!

    • AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      The Weathermancer™️.

      • bradinutah@thelemmy.club
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        From Stormy Delaware comes Cloudy Joe and his Lightning Lasers.

  • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    They really think we live in Red Alert 2

  • Drunemeton@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Appears!? She literally tweeted, “Yes they can control the weather.”

    • Ech@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      I read that as in “shows up to say”.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 years ago

        No, that’s the Korporate News Kushion for Konservatives

    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      It’s that neutral “both sides” media bullshit- just like you can’t call someone “school shooter”, it’s “alleged school shooter” until the court ruling come down the pipe six months later.

      Is this better? Idk.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Very charitable to assume her “they” meant The Democrats and not The Jews.

    Or maybe that weird ass HAARP conspiracy from awhile back.

  • NABDad@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Democrats see a mentally ill person standing on the corner ranting and raving and shouting insane gibberish, and they think it’s sad and we should help that poor person.

    Republicans see the same thing and think we should elect that poor person.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Tbf, the USAF had the tech in the 90s to do this.

    Openly stated in the AF 2025 documents

    Weather as force multiplier. Owning the weather in 2025.

    https://ia601605.us.archive.org/35/items/WeatherAsAForceMultiplier/WeatherAsAForceMultiplier.pdf

    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      That’s… that’s one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever read, because every page is completely realistic.

      Like… holy shit

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has sparked a backlash after appearing to suggest that Democrats "can control the weather.

    Her tweet was “Democrats control the weather.”

    She’s not suggesting anything.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 years ago

      Wait, instead of blaming the weather on God’s wrath for the gays, they’re just straight up blaming Democrats now? Have they lost their faith or did they never have it in the first place?

politics @lemmy.world

politics@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !politics@lemmy.world

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to “Mom! He’s bugging me!” and “I’m not touching you!” Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That’s all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News

• World News

• Business News

• Political Discussion

• Ask Politics

• Military News

• Global Politics

• Moderate Politics

• Progressive Politics

• UK Politics

• Canadian Politics

• Australian Politics

• New Zealand Politics

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 22 users / day
  • 22 users / week
  • 22 users / month
  • 951 users / 6 months
  • 0 local subscribers
  • 30.4K subscribers
  • 19.9K Posts
  • 460K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • outrageousmatter@lemmy.world
  • aidan@lemmy.world
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.world
  • Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world
  • JuBe@lemmy.world
  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org