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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat a beached whale from almost 50 years ago can teach us about Trump's coronavirus response
This thread is hysterical and true.
In November 1970, officials in Oregon, USA decided to blow up a rotting whale carcass. The whole thing went horribly wrong.
Why do we bring this up? Well, this story can teach us 3 things about #coronavirus Downwards arrow
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What a beached whale from almost 50 years ago can teach us about Trump's coronavirus response (Original Post)
NewJeffCT
Apr 2020
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crickets
(25,979 posts)1. Hilarious! Well done.
PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)6. Here is a video that plays complete with music!
Wounded Bear
(58,654 posts)2. An oldie but a goodie...
I can laugh because I wasn't there.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)3. I read this thread this morning
Pretty much sums up our current situation, although with much less humor
2naSalit
(86,609 posts)4. Lessons yet to be learned.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)8. I don't think he can learn
he's all about Trump
jls4561
(1,257 posts)5. So you are saying that when the current rotting (orange) whale carcass is blown up
we should be very careful calculating the amount of dynamite needed?
PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)7. The foul odor of Trump is a stench without compare and
unfortunately removal of Trump will reveal all the more how deep that malfeasance is soaked into our society.
The good news is the same as the bad news in that there is so much to build and repair when Trump is gone.