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Very strong feeling of major

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:26:49 +0000

In reply to Trump: Harvey a Big Win, Congratulations due Later

Very strong feeling of major game change on live teevee as regards Houston from the oval office right now!

Melania (the mom Melania, not the model) clearly came to the rescue of her man, it's like so clear to me that she got in there, probably overnight, and lectured him about how to behave during a disaster (like a nice, caring guy, this is not a campaign, doh) because she actually gets it! Despite the Blahniks gaffe, it's clear she gets it.

On the right, he's got her standing next to him at the desk, looking very somber and sad and worried and wearing black, and Pence the prayerful carer standing next to her. And Salvation Army and Baptist charity people to the left. And he thanked her and asked her to speak and said she didn't know he was going to make her speak) and then asked Pence to say a word. And every word Trump said was kind and caring. Shocking actually! A Trump we often don't see, a different character! Even his voice was lowered, no yelling, trying to sound tender. Mixed extemporaneous remarks from notes on his desk. I would not be surprised if those notes came from Melania. Don't know how long kinder gentler Trump will last, of course, maybe just an hour, but I've got to say I truly was shocked.

Edit to add: Melania spoke like a single sentence and it didn't hit me as memorable, what hit me, now thinking about it: this is a Princess Diana persona, how sincere it is I can't tell.

Captive or captivated, not

artappraiser — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:19:32 +0000

In reply to What a crowd, what a turnout!

Captive or captivated, not much diff. America = spectacular, that's the thing! Best disaster evah! Yuge rainfall blows Xi's numbers away, just lost a bunch of huts and some pigs, we got the big big numbers, lost classier stuff, replace with even classier stuff, it's gonna be great and Mexico is gonna pay. (If that fails, there's always Deutsche Bank.)

What a crowd, what a turnout!

NCD — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:16:05 +0000

In reply to no shelter from the storm,

What a crowd, what a turnout! Don't congratulate me until later! @realDonaldTrump

no shelter from the storm,

artappraiser — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:28:44 +0000

In reply to Trump: Harvey a Big Win, Congratulations due Later

no shelter from the storm, would like to see Melania make it to the flooded ladies' room from these bleachers in her stiletto blahniks to find toilets submerged (and no, they don't have a bidet either):

Caption: Storm evacuees sat on bleachers at the Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur, Tex., on Wednesday, after floodwaters inundated the facility overnight. Credit Beulah Johnson, via Associated Press

from

Port Arthur Faces Harvey Flooding Disaster: ‘Our Whole City Is Underwater’

@ NYTimes.com, Aug. 30

How about just taking all these folks on Air Force One back to White House? I suspect that's what President Andy Jackson would do if he was in charge today! FAKE POPULISM! should be the new cri de coeur?

Not enough near enogh rescues

artappraiser — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:22:57 +0000

In reply to Trump: Harvey a Big Win, Congratulations due Later

Not near enough rescuers, soon to be no potable water. See @ NYTimes.com

Mapping the Devastation of Harvey In Houston

UPDATED 11 PM ET, AUG. 28

Pounding rains and rapidly rising floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey inundated the city of Houston, a metropolitan area of 6.6 million. The storm made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has dropped record levels of rain on the city.

Thousands of rescues have been requested [....]

Especially note:

Water plants not functioning

Mayor Sylvester Turner said the city’s Northeast Water Purification Plant was completely submerged as of 6 p.m. Sunday and that the Southeast Water Purification Plant was operating at five percent production.