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James McLaren's avatar

The first rule of Fight Club is no one talks about Fight Club. The first rule of Trump Club is that to get a job in Trump Club, you must be specifically unqualified for that particular job. Clueless drug-addled antivaxxer? Perfect for HHS! Drunken clown whose military leadership experience consists of owning multiple GI Joes as a child? Defense! Guy who doesn't pick up the phone outside office hours? Where better to put him but emergency management?

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Gout Machine's avatar

Looks like the new post is one of those that's locked to those who don't subscribe via Substack but by other means - so I can't non-comment :(

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kmblue187's avatar

Children swept away by floods or blown away by hurricanes? What does Trump care? And forget about FEMA, these whiners should help themselves! Meanwhile, Trump spatters the Oval Office with tasteless gold decorations and builds a ballroom. Priorities, people!

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Hall's avatar

He’s in the files perhaps?

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"M"'s avatar

It wouldn't surprise me - with all those ugly showy rings, showing up at the first disaster site several hours late with his shirt unbuttoned down to his navel

ugh ugh ugh

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. So, Richardson understood his job as to shut it down? And everything expended had to be approved by Noem first? We truly lucked out this storm season.

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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Richardson quitting FEMA is the first time a man has resigned from a job he never actually showed up to. That’s not a career change. That’s a vibe.

The guy didn’t know hurricanes had a season. Didn’t answer his phone during mass-casualty floods. Locked himself out of his own email during a disaster. Jimmy Kimmel would say he wasn’t the head of FEMA. He was a cautionary tale with a badge.

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Queen Méabh's avatar

FEMA is not just about hurricane season. Natural disasters can occur 24/7/365.

St. Louis experienced a devastating tornado on May 16 of this year. The total estimated damage from the EF-3 tornado is $1.6 billion, with over 5,000 buildings damaged or destroyed, including homes, businesses, and churches. There were five fatalities and 38 injuries. The destruction included widespread structural damage, downed trees and power lines, and extensive debris. One of my friends lost half her roof, while another had part of the top floor apartment come crashing down into her apartment, after which rain flooded her apartment (no injuries, thankfully). Many victims are only now getting funds to rebuild. FEMA was noticeably slow in responding and some residents have still not met with representatives from FEMA, 6 months later.

I repeat, FEMA IS NOT JUST ABOUT HURRICANE SEASON, Mr. Richardson! Jeeze Louise, what a idiot!

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

I'm sure people can divert some of that $2K Tariff check for a new roof?

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Queen Méabh's avatar

The story gets worse. My friend in Imperial had State Farm insurance, and they did pay for a new roof (although she had a $2000 deductible), and then they canceled her policy a week later. Now she can't find insurance she can afford.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

...𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 “𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘹” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴.

Oh, come off it. You don't seriously expect the head of an emergency management agency to be available at all hours, do you?

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Look, let's not bicker and quarrel about who drowned who...."

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Erisian's avatar

"David Richardson, the (acting) administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has decided to take a permanent break from the job he was never interested in doing."

🎵Another one bites the dust

Another one bites the dust

And another one gone, and another one gone

Another one bites the dust (yeah)"🎵 Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"

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"Hurricane season ends on 1 December. Since the danger has largely passed, I can now leave for other opportunities.”

Newsflash for Mr Richardson: when you began the job you were clueless that there was such a thing as Hurricane Season, and with the Fulvous Fuckwad being a climate change denier the season will extend to the entire year and the 'canes will be continuing to build in strength:

> "Hurricanes are rated on a scale from one to five, depending on their wind speeds. Category 5 indicates the most intense winds.

But as climate change makes hurricanes more powerful, and those powerful storms become more frequent, some hurricane researchers make the case in a new study that it may be necessary to add a Category 6.

“We found that five storms had exceeded this hypothetical Category 6, and all of them were recent, since 2013,” lead author Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, told CBS News.

The study also observed a significant increase in wind speeds since 1982, noting that it’s likely wind speed records will “continue to be broken as the planet continues to warm.” https://www.pbsnc.org/blogs/science/do-we-need-a-category-6-for-hurricanes/

fnord

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Heat is energy. Add more energy to a system, and it becomes more energetic.

Science Fact

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Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

And a bit less stable.

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Wowdad's avatar

Look, from the plutocrat's perspective some of the little people are always being drowned, or crushed, or burned to death. It's too exhausting to bother with.

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Suzie Greenburg's avatar

Last week the costco truck slid off the road, so no stove delivery.

Today I spent 2.5 hours shoveling my driveway so it was PRISTINE. It had stopped snowing by dawn, and my 1-3 delivery window meant all the roads were clear.

No stove. Called Costoco, who said the warehouse was going to call me in five minutes

Reader, they did not.

Off to teach piano, maybe we'll get the stove next week- they only deliver here on Tuesdays.

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

End complaint.

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Goonemeritus's avatar

Replacing one agency with 50 agencies will save money by the magic of positive thinking.

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Asphalt-Type Person's avatar

"We'll lose money on each one, but we'll make up for it in volume!"

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

If the federal government isn't going to do shit for us, do we still have to give them money?

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Asphalt-Type Person's avatar

Of course!

*Every* Spanish-speaking person on this side of the Atlantic is secretly Tren de Aragua, dontchaknow??? /s

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

Maybe if red states decide to go with just prayers and chem trail bans.

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punkindrublic's avatar

Imagine being so desperately thirsty for attention, hopelessly stupid, and cravenly entitled that your primary goal in life is to bear one of Elno $kum's several dozen genetically superior Nazi superchildren, and when that doesn't pan out, you settle for fucking chinless imbecile Dimwit Jr. instead. Let's hear it for Bettina Anderson!!

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imissthosesparks TYFYATTM's avatar

"But what’s caught the eye of fashion enthusiasts is Bettina Anderson’s quiet emergence as a style icon of the new administration."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaakim/2025/09/22/bettina-andersons-chicest-fashion-moments/

Barf.

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lmurr's avatar

They'll have a Hamburglar fashion-off.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Bwahahaha. Those rubes will believe anything...

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No Quid Bro Code's avatar

Donnie’s spawn: The backup plans

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Goonemeritus's avatar

I knew a nice Jamaican lady who believed God wouldn't have put them on Earth like that if he didn't want to take care of them.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Here's a PBS NOVA about Catastrophe so actually not OT

https://youtu.be/j64mtjMTfIE?si=nvnmIlP53x3F98Qu

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Miss Grundy's avatar

I started the steam cleaning project in the den. Because there were so many boxes, the carpet is clean in those areas that were covered. Unfortunately, the area that wasn't covered were done in by the three cats, who were guests along with their owner, who never cleaned up after them. I don't know if I will be able to get all of the spots out but I hope to, at least, make the spots harder to see.

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