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First a plague and now this...maybe there IS a God! (Original Post) nolabear Jul 2020 OP
Well, Mother Nature definitely is not a fan. hlthe2b Jul 2020 #1
more like dweller Jul 2020 #9
lol snap! Cha Jul 2020 #80
Reminds me of the seas parting torius Jul 2020 #2
It is God punishing Trump and his Evangelical supporters for their deal with the Devil! Dustlawyer Jul 2020 #21
Tell Pat that God isn't pissed because people are in love. CaptYossarian Jul 2020 #68
That's just what I thought!!! Karadeniz Jul 2020 #32
Oh! I think there is! leftieNanner Jul 2020 #3
Imagine a solid wall and not made of those cheap-ass metal slats, which Drump first said were shit. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #25
It's all a racket with these grifters malaise Jul 2020 #30
It was great to see the contractors there, watching their mighty wall get it's ass licked. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #40
Epic Fail! His signature project, the Great Border Wall, procon Jul 2020 #4
Billions of dollars of taxpayer money pissed away meadowlander Jul 2020 #8
I say, if we get control of congress, the first thing we should do Volaris Jul 2020 #17
The first thing we do is get rid of Trump!!!!! The rest takes care of itself. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #41
Yes, our taxpayer money needs to be Scarsdale Jul 2020 #82
'What an ungodly mess they left behind' Volaris Jul 2020 #83
Wasn't this a no bid contract? procon Jul 2020 #22
It took a woman to bring that wall down! sheshe2 Jul 2020 #5
The butterflies are free! peacebuzzard Jul 2020 #6
Feels like another Lincoln Project video on the way... (n/t) JPbelgium Jul 2020 #7
Glorious Blue Owl Jul 2020 #10
A new Lincoln Project ad coming up with this footage GeorgiaPeanut Jul 2020 #11
i guess the pope was right--God doesn't like walls SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #12
... Major Nikon Jul 2020 #13
That reminds me, I miss the show "Cool Kids". Crowman2009 Jul 2020 #20
This keeps up and I might warmfeet Jul 2020 #14
Our tax dollars (but it's still sweet)! Auggie Jul 2020 #15
didn't Mexico pay for it? robleb Jul 2020 #37
I love the lull in the video and then the remaining part comes down!! chowder66 Jul 2020 #16
This made my day catchnrelease Jul 2020 #18
They should have called it Hurricane Machete. Crowman2009 Jul 2020 #19
FYI I went back to the original source of the video because people doubted it. nolabear Jul 2020 #23
Great- A billion dollar repair job for a company that will just be incorporated this Tuesday! NBachers Jul 2020 #24
Gaia wants to join the fun...lets's see the DHS Goons fuck with Her! Tommymac Jul 2020 #26
This whole day just got better! JohnnyLib2 Jul 2020 #27
Reminds me of the old song FuzzyRabbit Jul 2020 #28
Or the Allen Sherman update: Buns_of_Fire Jul 2020 #52
What a shame. yardwork Jul 2020 #29
Hurricanes do not do stupid and take it from this Texan cat 1 is NOTHING!!!! efhmc Jul 2020 #31
That's what I was thinking TexasBushwhacker Jul 2020 #65
That made my day. KnR trof Jul 2020 #33
Bravo! iluvtennis Jul 2020 #34
And Trump's wall came a-tumbling down... MineralMan Jul 2020 #35
No Big Loss robleb Jul 2020 #36
I would Rebl2 Jul 2020 #38
Bwahahhaa I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #39
Love it! nt WhiskeyWulf Jul 2020 #42
What a lovely way to end the day. sarge43 Jul 2020 #43
There is a God and She's didn't like Trump's wall. TomSlick Jul 2020 #44
I got so much joy out of seeing this video. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #45
Someone just posted this in my Neighbor group under "For free or for sale: fierywoman Jul 2020 #46
Oh Lord. ismnotwasm Jul 2020 #47
Almost made me a believer! LOL mdbl Jul 2020 #48
Holy Hannah. That is beautiful. Hekate Jul 2020 #49
The only thing I question: It does not look like the Lower Rio Grande Valley LeftInTX Jul 2020 #50
I think it's real. The hashtag #TrumpCantKeepItUp is trending. nolabear Jul 2020 #71
the California fail was in January and it only fell onto some trees, this seems different Kali Jul 2020 #74
OK eucalyptus...CA LeftInTX Jul 2020 #75
its all funny where ever it is Kali Jul 2020 #76
It is... LeftInTX Jul 2020 #77
beautiful llashram Jul 2020 #51
Built to Crony Code. dchill Jul 2020 #53
Yeah! sure why not Jul 2020 #54
What "great again" beautiful, powerful campaign add footage! Go, Lincoln Project! ancianita Jul 2020 #55
Footage like this Jetheels Jul 2020 #56
Looks like the powers that be did not like that eyesore messing up their artwork. appleannie1 Jul 2020 #57
It was the wont of the immortal gods... WheelWalker Jul 2020 #58
Yes!!!!! nt LAS14 Jul 2020 #59
Magnificent. Niagara Jul 2020 #60
You can be assured that Mike Huckabee would be quite vociferous Mr. Ected Jul 2020 #61
This is one of the best things I've seen... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #62
Lets hope. like the wall, his presidential run fails just as spectacularly yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #63
"Tweet not available". Could you post another source or picture? oldsoftie Jul 2020 #64
I got the same message. intheflow Jul 2020 #67
Try this. It's already incorporated into a video. nolabear Jul 2020 #72
Thank you!!! oldsoftie Jul 2020 #81
Humpty Trumpty Traildogbob Jul 2020 #66
This Tweet is unavailable. House of Roberts Jul 2020 #69
MeidasTouch nabbed it for an ad nolabear Jul 2020 #73
Ugh...not the best ad LeftInTX Jul 2020 #79
Thanks for the response House of Roberts Jul 2020 #84
Oh, I'm sorry. TTTT, I don't know. I have an account. nolabear Jul 2020 #85
BTW, the video has been discredited. House of Roberts Jul 2020 #86
There is justice after all! nt pazzyanne Jul 2020 #70
Now THAT is symbolic. KPN Jul 2020 #78
Darn several news sources are debunking this (AP and WaPo) LeftInTX Jul 2020 #87

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
21. It is God punishing Trump and his Evangelical supporters for their deal with the Devil!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:20 PM
Jul 2020

Take that Pat Robertson!

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
68. Tell Pat that God isn't pissed because people are in love.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:43 PM
Jul 2020

It's because people hate each other for no reason.

leftieNanner

(15,115 posts)
3. Oh! I think there is!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:39 PM
Jul 2020

And She is PISSED!

So you hire totally unqualified "contractors", give them millions of OUR dollars, ask them to build a wall with no specs.

What could possibly go wrong.

TheBlackAdder

(28,205 posts)
25. Imagine a solid wall and not made of those cheap-ass metal slats, which Drump first said were shit.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:25 PM
Jul 2020

.

Without the openings, they all probably would have blown over, completely.

.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Epic Fail! His signature project, the Great Border Wall,
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jul 2020

is the picture of his entire presidency. It's the perfect example of Trump's lifelong incompetence.

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
8. Billions of dollars of taxpayer money pissed away
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:55 PM
Jul 2020

on a structure defeated by wind.

Does Trump care? Probably not. It's already served it's actual purchase - funneling trunkloads of public money into the hands of private contractors and donors. If it gets blown over, so much the better. He can throw more money at them to put it back up again.

In that sense, he's very competent - at the thing he's actually doing as opposed to the thing he says he's doing.

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
17. I say, if we get control of congress, the first thing we should do
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:10 PM
Jul 2020

Is figure out to the thin cent, how much his presidency has cost the treasury. Then IMMEDIATELY jack up the tax rate on the top 1 percent so that every single one of those thin cents is recovered in the next fiscal year.

The republican donor class enabled this worthless grifter to loot the treasury; I say we punish THEM for this bad decision to such an extent that they never even consider doing something like this again.

This can be in addition to indicting this entire cabinet for federal crimes...because yeah, I fucking well WANT my pound of flesh this time.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
82. Yes, our taxpayer money needs to be
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 08:40 AM
Jul 2020

given back, at their expense. They seem to be hell bent on draining the treasury at this point, all to cover for tRump's mistakes and neglect. The $1,200 checks are chicken feed compared to how much this grifting family and administration has cost the people of this country. The gop has proved once again they STINK at leading this country. Now we need the democratic politicians to repair the unmitigated disaster they are leaving behind. Total failures the entire group. We all knew tRump was useless even before Putin put him into the WH, surely the gop knew? What an ungodly mess they will leave behind.

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
83. 'What an ungodly mess they left behind'
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 08:44 AM
Jul 2020

This needs to be the response EVERY TIME they decide to complain about so much as the lunch menu for the next 10 years.

procon

(15,805 posts)
22. Wasn't this a no bid contract?
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:22 PM
Jul 2020

Makes you wonder if there was any engineering studies to test the architectural soundness of this debacle.

Having built a couple of solid fences in my day, they need a support footing beneath the actual wall the anchor the structure to the bedrock for strength. As tall as that monstrosity is, the footing would have been very deeply embedded.

Was the wall even permitted? Maybe they skipped local building codes for the construction so they cut the costs of installing any footing below grade. That appears quite likely since the wall couldn't even withstand desert winds.

peacebuzzard

(5,174 posts)
6. The butterflies are free!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:44 PM
Jul 2020

A portion of this wall was supposed to run through a protected butterfly habitat. I hope this wall gets nixed and defunded. Butterflies were not the only wild species impacted by this sad story of the wall.
God is good.

chowder66

(9,070 posts)
16. I love the lull in the video and then the remaining part comes down!!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:09 PM
Jul 2020

I will be watching this daily for mental health reasons.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)
23. FYI I went back to the original source of the video because people doubted it.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:23 PM
Jul 2020

You know, accusations of it being faked, etc. The person who tweeted it has a long series of dreadful things going on in Mexico because of the hurricane. This is one among many.

This one I’ll take. 😃

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
26. Gaia wants to join the fun...lets's see the DHS Goons fuck with Her!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:26 PM
Jul 2020

Defacing Federal Property...but I don't think tear gas and rubber bullets are going to faze Her in the slightest.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,967 posts)
28. Reminds me of the old song
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:29 PM
Jul 2020

"Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho;
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho,
and the walls came tumbling down."

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)
52. Or the Allen Sherman update:
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:41 PM
Jul 2020
Yasha got a bottle of Geritol, Geritol, Geritol
Yasha got a bottle of of Geritol, and he knocked a hole in the wall
That's all
No wall

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)
65. That's what I was thinking
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:25 PM
Jul 2020

You would have thought it could handle a Cat 1 wind. They aren't uncommon along the Gulf Coast.

Rebl2

(13,520 posts)
38. I would
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:04 PM
Jul 2020

say that was poorly constructed. They probably don’t have building codes there or inspections either.

fierywoman

(7,684 posts)
46. Someone just posted this in my Neighbor group under "For free or for sale:
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:34 PM
Jul 2020

free scrap metal.. Pickup @ southern border."

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
50. The only thing I question: It does not look like the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:38 PM
Jul 2020

This looks more like West Texas.

Someone commented that it looked like El Paso or New Mexico

Someone also commented it was California. Part of their wall blew away in a storm.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)
71. I think it's real. The hashtag #TrumpCantKeepItUp is trending.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:10 AM
Jul 2020

So far I don’t see a legit challenge, and as I posted upthread the account that originally posted it is full of hurricane damage posts. So maybe...

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
75. OK eucalyptus...CA
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 02:22 AM
Jul 2020

But this scene where the fence is being blown away looks like sagebrush..LOL They don't have sagebrush in the rio grande valley.

They have some in Laredo...

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)
58. It was the wont of the immortal gods...
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:59 PM
Jul 2020

sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.

Julius Caesar

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
61. You can be assured that Mike Huckabee would be quite vociferous
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:05 PM
Jul 2020

If these events took place under Obama's watch.

Note the lack of evangelical interest.

Hey....didn't Jared Kushner own a building with a 666 address?

*crickets*

oldsoftie

(12,553 posts)
64. "Tweet not available". Could you post another source or picture?
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jul 2020

Or maybe its photoshopped & twitter removed it

Traildogbob

(8,746 posts)
66. Humpty Trumpty
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:30 PM
Jul 2020

Gonna fall off the broken wall? And all the Kings men can’t put him together again. That fat ass is not gonna cushion his fucking fall. I can’t wait to see who all gets crushed under his fat ass slamming into the ground from his fall. Hoping Toad man Barr, Meadows, Kelly Anne, Kayleigh and all his boot lickers get trapped up Under that pig. They all need to end up just like him. This is only a taste of the storm coming.

House of Roberts

(5,175 posts)
69. This Tweet is unavailable.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 11:10 PM
Jul 2020

Join Twitter to get the full story with all the live commentary.

Is this just for people who are signed in to Twitter?

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
79. Ugh...not the best ad
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 02:31 AM
Jul 2020

All they had to do was have him brag and then show the entire clip. No music needed or anything.

House of Roberts

(5,175 posts)
84. Thanks for the response
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:16 AM
Jul 2020

but it didn't answer my question, which was 'do you have to be signed in to Twitter to see the tweet?'

House of Roberts

(5,175 posts)
86. BTW, the video has been discredited.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jul 2020

Wasn't shot during the hurricane, which passed through South Texas in the dark, and shows workers in hard hats in the foreground.

I think the tweet was deleted, but because I don't have Twitter or Falsebook, I never know when I can't see something because of restrictions or deletion, unless the site specifies.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
87. Darn several news sources are debunking this (AP and WaPo)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 06:57 PM
Jul 2020

It happened in June 2020 in Demings, New Mexico. Apparently, a freak storm occurred while constructing the fence. That is why the hard hat guys are there. The fence had not been secured yet.

Here's how it looks in Brownsville. See how it's swampy? The clip is desert. Not all of Texas is a desert!


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/hurricane-hanna-border-wall

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