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(Vanity Fair)   In a move that would have been appropriate at any time in the past 200 years, Biden officially declares Florida a disaster. Stay safe, Florida Farkers   (vanityfair.com) divider line
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Private_Citizen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:31:55 PM  
73 votes:
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Biden is a better man than I, because I would NOT be able to resist rubbing DeSantis' nose in his hypocrisy.
 
Karma Chameleon
2022-09-29 12:30:06 PM  
28 votes:
Ship them a box of bootstraps and prayers
 
FormlessOne [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:37:12 PM  
27 votes:

Private_Citizen: Biden is a better man than I, because I would NOT be able to resist rubbing DeSantis' nose in his hypocrisy.


As Biden has stated directly more than once, he's the president, even for the folks who don't like him. Trump never understood that, because he simply can't grasp doing something that doesn't somehow benefit himself.
 
Fear the Clam
2022-09-29 12:28:05 PM  
25 votes:
Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.
 
IRestoreFurniture
2022-09-29 12:31:15 PM  
23 votes:
Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.
 
rudemix [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:31:11 PM  
21 votes:
Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.
 
kbronsito
2022-09-29 12:36:54 PM  
18 votes:
Before we spend federal funds to help them, shouldn't we balance the budget?
 
FormlessOne [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:38:22 PM  
17 votes:

rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.


I'm waiting for the "DeSantis uses FEMA aid money to send migrants to Long Island" article, personally.
 
SolderGlob [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:39:07 PM  
16 votes:

rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.


He'll scream about socialism and communism while he's in line to cash the checks Biden gives him.
 
think_balance [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:38:56 PM  
15 votes:
Heard a press conference with DeSantis a day or two before Ian hit. He said:

"We're prepared to share all information with the White House if they're interested."

Like the Biden administration is really so petty as not to be interested in helping out people who are in middle of a natural disaster.
 
KingBiefWhistle [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:43:12 PM  
13 votes:

iron_city_ap: Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.

DeSantis is getting his $ in exchange for virtually nothing. There is no hand to bite. "Thanks for the $, suckers".

Biden should have required a 180 day moratorium on migrant construction workers as a condition. He failed. Ron won this public perception battle easily, as much as I hate to admit it.


Yeah that's some sociopath shiat, you don't start putting conditions on getting out to save lives and provide relief
 
HerptheDerp
2022-09-29 12:32:01 PM  
11 votes:
I really like the idea that some other farker suggest about making DeSantize bend the knee and kiss the ring publicly.

Will never happen, but it would be amusing.
 
sinner4ever
2022-09-29 12:34:27 PM  
10 votes:
Do we have paper towels incoming and a couple of guys from Whitefish Montana coming in to build the power system?
 
whidbey
2022-09-29 12:37:46 PM  
10 votes:
Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.
 
HerptheDerp
2022-09-29 12:45:38 PM  
10 votes:

SolderGlob: rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.

He'll scream about socialism and communism while he's in line to cash the checks Biden gives him.


Just like everyone else that pulls the R lever.

It's all "fark this socialism!" until they get sent the check, same as it ever was. Socialize the risk, privatize the profit.
 
whidbey
2022-09-29 12:47:10 PM  
10 votes:

Hinged: whidbey: Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.


Does anybody like you?


The truth isn't a popularity contest.

Sorry that facts upset you.
 
jso2897
2022-09-29 1:37:48 PM  
10 votes:

Hinged: whidbey: Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.


Does anybody like you?


A whole lot more than like you.
 
clovercat
2022-09-29 12:31:50 PM  
9 votes:
They also had a hurricane.
 
theToadMan [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 1:06:55 PM  
9 votes:

cryinoutloud: Florida would be one of the best states for a great rewilding project.  Lots of biological diversity, still, a lush climate that will quickly overgrow our damage, and now the demolition is off to a good start.  It could be one of the great wildlife refuges of the world, with all that coast and all that area to expand.

All right, Floridians, it's time to give back, like you're always talking about, but never do, because you're way too arrogant for that.  Florida is being handed back to nature.  The Villages--yeah, get the fark out of there.


They may have no choice but to rewild Florida. There is only 2 or 3 insurers left that will actually insure a home in Florida. They will most likely be bankrupt after this.
Next step is banks refusing mortgages if homes cannot be insured.
 
Alley Rat [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:36:35 PM  
7 votes:

Private_Citizen: [Fark user image 850x380]
Biden is a better man than I, because I would NOT be able to resist rubbing DeSantis' nose in his hypocrisy.


Aid for me, not for thee liberal moochers
(even though NJ and NY give more than they get back)
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2022-09-29 12:39:11 PM  
7 votes:
Florida would be one of the best states for a great rewilding project.  Lots of biological diversity, still, a lush climate that will quickly overgrow our damage, and now the demolition is off to a good start.  It could be one of the great wildlife refuges of the world, with all that coast and all that area to expand.

All right, Floridians, it's time to give back, like you're always talking about, but never do, because you're way too arrogant for that.  Florida is being handed back to nature.  The Villages--yeah, get the fark out of there.
 
Ishkur [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:40:06 PM  
7 votes:

rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.


Word is Biden personally called every elected official in the state yesterday. Not a single one returned his call, except for one: The lone Democrat.
 
aimtastic [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 1:03:21 PM  
7 votes:
I hope each individual affected by Hurricane Ian receives the same help and compassion that they've shown to others in similar situations.
 
Unsung_Hero
2022-09-29 2:17:17 PM  
7 votes:

asciibaron: Unsung_Hero: Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.

yes the entirety of a state can be covered with your brush strokes.  it's time for you to grow up.


Elections have consequences.
 
Befuddled
2022-09-29 3:29:00 PM  
7 votes:

Hinged: I can asure you of one thing, though.

NOBODY freezes to death in Texas.


https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/01/04/246-texans-died-february-freeze-and-power-loss-officials-say/9080688002/
State officials have determined that 246 people died for reasons related to the freeze and power grid failure last February that left many Texans without heat and electricity for days, though outside experts have said the victim count is probably much higher.
...
Hypothermia and frostbite accounted for 65% of the deaths state officials counted.
 
Somaticasual [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:29:24 PM  
6 votes:
"We're doing everything we can to make it comfortable until a comically-large state-sized trenching machine can be found"

//good luck with desantis, cuba!
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:49:46 PM  
6 votes:

maxandgrinch: It's good that one of the original bastions of investigative and breaking news was on hand to report this to us.  Thank you Vanity Fair


Vanity Fair and Teen Vouge are where real journalism lives.

No joke.
 
Lumbar Puncture
2022-09-29 1:00:01 PM  
6 votes:
Reminder that many home insurance companies went bankrupt or left Florida in recent years and because DeSantis was too busy with political stunts that they had to call a special session to deal with it...which wont take effect until next year.

If you're looking to buy property a bunch of foreclosures there are probably going to be available soon.
 
Unsung_Hero
2022-09-29 1:36:10 PM  
6 votes:

IRestoreFurniture: Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.


Game theory and plenty of observation show 'tit for tat' is a good strategy.

Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.  You're just enabling them, giving them a better chance to fark you over in the future.

Maybe some sort of middle ground is possible - tying aid to a contract return the favor or never receive aid again - and if so would be a good idea.

Rewarding bad behavior reinforces it.
 
pc_gator [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 1:53:10 PM  
6 votes:

GardenWeasel: [Fark user image 597x356]


DeathSantis can't wait for more of that Government money to send Texas emigrants to other states.
 
backhand.slap.of.reason
2022-09-29 12:38:45 PM  
5 votes:
DeSantis will get more from Biden than any Democrat ever would.  Democrats kiss the hands that slap them.
 
Private_Citizen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 1:41:05 PM  
5 votes:

jso2897: Hinged: whidbey: Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.


Does anybody like you?

A whole lot more than like you.


Yep. Hngd is a 3 week old account, and I've already marked it in maga orange.
 
SolderGlob [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:32:56 PM  
4 votes:

IRestoreFurniture: Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.


Especially to people that don't deserve morality.
 
maxandgrinch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:34:04 PM  
4 votes:
It's good that one of the original bastions of investigative and breaking news was on hand to report this to us.  Thank you Vanity Fair
 
Hinged
2022-09-29 12:39:18 PM  
4 votes:

whidbey: Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.



Does anybody like you?
 
chasd00
2022-09-29 12:43:44 PM  
4 votes:

Ishkur: rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.

Word is Biden personally called every elected official in the state yesterday. Not a single one returned his call, except for one: The lone Democrat.


lol every elected official? that would be a neat trick.
 
Ishkur [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:59:43 PM  
4 votes:

chasd00: Ishkur: rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.

Word is Biden personally called every elected official in the state yesterday. Not a single one returned his call, except for one: The lone Democrat.

lol every elected official? that would be a neat trick.


If they're not returning his calls he could get through all 30 of them in like 5 minutes.

During a disaster or any serious national tragedy, 95% of the President's time is spent calling people. That's all he does. He doesn't organize the Weeners/help/safety/relief efforts, he doesn't arrange logistics and time schedules -- he's got people and departments and agencies to do all that.

His job is to call local leaders and assure them.

It's actually one of the few things Biden is probably the best in the world at, because nobody knows how to deal with grief and trauma better than him.
 
Private_Citizen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 1:11:11 PM  
4 votes:

dylanthomas: jclaggett: dylanthomas: So as it turns out Ron sent those migrants to Mass for their own safety, what a nice guy.

The ones from Texas? Yeah, getting out of Texas is a good thing.

Whoops.  The move was so on brand for Deathsantis I forgot it was actually TX.


It's both. The ones sent to Massachusettes were sent by DeSantis. He and a Abbott are in a race to see who can be the most loathsome human.
 
LiveDemo
2022-09-29 1:25:24 PM  
4 votes:

Hinged: whidbey: Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.


Does anybody like you?


I love Whidbey.
 
asciibaron
2022-09-29 1:38:08 PM  
4 votes:

Unsung_Hero: Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.


yes the entirety of a state can be covered with your brush strokes.  it's time for you to grow up.
 
Kris_Romm
2022-09-29 1:44:38 PM  
4 votes:

Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.


Prediction: a day, maybe two at most before he does.
 
Gonz
2022-09-29 1:57:37 PM  
4 votes:

asciibaron: yes the entirety of a state can be covered with your brush strokes.  it's time for you to grow up.


Google "site:www.fark.com texas power". I'd sure hate for some Floridian who was calling for everyone in San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso to freeze to death to suddenly need a little assistance. Or any thread about hurricane relief in New Orleans, for that matter.

They live in Florida. The state is barely above sea level. Can't even dig out a basement without a lot of engineering. If people suffer and die? GOOD. Serves 'em right.
 
Befuddled
2022-09-29 3:02:18 PM  
4 votes:
If as a result of global warming it becomes the norm that a hurricane like Ian hits Florida every year, does it make sense to allow people (meaning we collectively pay for them) to rebuild there? To me it doesn't.
 
Gonz
2022-09-29 3:15:27 PM  
4 votes:

whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.


No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

GENE'S BOOGIE WOOGIE (LIVE) - GENE TAYLOR
Youtube 7qiw8cBscCg
 
misanthropic1
2022-09-29 3:29:23 PM  
4 votes:

Hinged: Gonz: whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.

No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qiw8cBscCg]

I'm a Texan.

I've been here since the 70's.

It can get cool here.  That's true.


I can asure you of one thing, though.

NOBODY freezes to death in Texas.


Are you stupid, or a liar?  From those pinkos at Fox "News": https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/great-texas-freeze-killed-nearly-3-times-more-people-than-hurricane-harvey
 
mrshowrules [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 4:01:16 PM  
4 votes:

Gonz: whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.

No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qiw8cBscCg]


imageproxy.ifunny.coView Full Size
 
Tymast
2022-09-29 12:36:07 PM  
3 votes:
fake hurricane, it is all cgi and lego
 
OdradekRex [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:42:47 PM  
3 votes:
Chanel 2 on Ft. Meyers is livestreaming helicopter video now - Ft. Meyers is properly Farked.  Looks like the gulf coast after Katrina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XObsOutMlh8
 
IRestoreFurniture
2022-09-29 12:45:07 PM  
3 votes:

KingBiefWhistle: iron_city_ap: Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.

DeSantis is getting his $ in exchange for virtually nothing. There is no hand to bite. "Thanks for the $, suckers".

Biden should have required a 180 day moratorium on migrant construction workers as a condition. He failed. Ron won this public perception battle easily, as much as I hate to admit it.

Yeah that's some sociopath shiat, you don't start putting conditions on getting out to save lives and provide relief


No, you don't. Give them what they need. But you can wish that they gain some humility, considering their previous antics.
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:45:48 PM  
3 votes:

OdradekRex: Chanel 2 on Ft. Meyers is livestreaming helicopter video now - Ft. Meyers is properly Farked.  Looks like the gulf coast after Katrina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XObsOutMlh8


I keep waiting for the choppers to point the camera more towards Sanibel but just seeing the causeway collapsed and erroded makes me think that maybe I dont want to see it.
 
FormlessOne [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:46:10 PM  
3 votes:

KingBiefWhistle: iron_city_ap: Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.

DeSantis is getting his $ in exchange for virtually nothing. There is no hand to bite. "Thanks for the $, suckers".

Biden should have required a 180 day moratorium on migrant construction workers as a condition. He failed. Ron won this public perception battle easily, as much as I hate to admit it.

Yeah that's some sociopath shiat, you don't start putting conditions on getting out to save lives and provide relief


This. That's something Trump would (and did) do. First responders don't do quid pro quo.
 
EyeballKid
2022-09-29 12:50:19 PM  
3 votes:
Thanks for reminding me to donate to Martha's Vineyard refugee aid.
 
clovercat
2022-09-29 1:02:24 PM  
3 votes:

whidbey: Hinged: whidbey: Probably the biggest reason NOT to elect Republicans to power:

Natural Disasters.


Does anybody like you?

The truth isn't a popularity contest.

Sorry that facts upset you.


Whidbey will always hang out but he never once paid for drugs.
 
misanthropic1
2022-09-29 1:35:59 PM  
3 votes:

Lumbar Puncture: Reminder that many home insurance companies went bankrupt or left Florida in recent years and because DeSantis was too busy with political stunts that they had to call a special session to deal with it...which wont take effect until next year.

If you're looking to buy property a bunch of foreclosures there are probably going to be available soon.


"Don't buy real estate in Florida."  Isn't just my go-to doom-n-gloom climate change quip; it's also good advice.
 
ctighe2353
2022-09-29 1:40:20 PM  
3 votes:

theToadMan: cryinoutloud: Florida would be one of the best states for a great rewilding project.  Lots of biological diversity, still, a lush climate that will quickly overgrow our damage, and now the demolition is off to a good start.  It could be one of the great wildlife refuges of the world, with all that coast and all that area to expand.

All right, Floridians, it's time to give back, like you're always talking about, but never do, because you're way too arrogant for that.  Florida is being handed back to nature.  The Villages--yeah, get the fark out of there.

They may have no choice but to rewild Florida. There is only 2 or 3 insurers left that will actually insure a home in Florida. They will most likely be bankrupt after this.
Next step is banks refusing mortgages if homes cannot be insured.


As far as I know you cannot get a morgage without insurance.  What company would do that?  You cant even get a car loan without insurance.
If insurers move out of Florida it will have to be subsidized by the government.....  you know socialism.
 
whidbey
2022-09-29 2:21:37 PM  
3 votes:

Pork1: whidbey: Pork1: [Fark user image 320x240] [View Full Size image _x_]

Do Texas.

[Fark user image 320x240] [View Full Size image _x_]


I love it when Fark delivers. :)
 
SplittingAces
2022-09-29 3:31:52 PM  
3 votes:

Hinged: Gonz: whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.

No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qiw8cBscCg]

I'm a Texan.

I've been here since the 70's.

It can get cool here.  That's true.


I can asure you of one thing, though.

NOBODY freezes to death in Texas.


I see you've been properly corrected, so let me just add...

Fark user imageView Full Size
 
Gonz
2022-09-29 3:33:57 PM  
3 votes:

Hinged: NOBODY freezes to death in Texas.


Did you miss February of last year? 

How Did Gene Taylor, Boogie Woogie Piano Player Die ?
Youtube REQoUTNqpY0
 
Harry Wagstaff
2022-09-29 5:18:36 PM  
3 votes:

mrshowrules: Gonz: mrshowrules: Like I said, possibly 1 or 2 trolls, nobody celebrating specific deaths of anyone including your friend.  Why didn't you direct your ire to that the asshole in that thread instead of painting Farkers with a broad brush?

"Oh, no, we didn't mean an actual person who died. We just meant the concept of people in a geographic region dying. See, that's funny."

Why do I paint with a broad brush? Because no one else in the community thought they needed to bother to speak up. And when people tell you who they really are, don't argue with them.

Well I've seen Farkers called out for precisely that type of heartlessness.  However, they are frequently they are automatically or manually ignored as trolls.  Why not direct your anger to the people that actually caused your friend's death?


It's possible to both be angry at the people that wrote the policies and those that celebrated the deaths, it's not an either/or thing.
 
Gaythiest Elitist [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:34:32 PM  
2 votes:
There's no socialism necessary. I'm sure rugged individualism and Jesus will take care of everything.
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2022-09-29 12:35:07 PM  
2 votes:
Whose boat is this?
 
Stud Gerbil
2022-09-29 12:46:17 PM  
2 votes:

backhand.slap.of.reason: DeSantis will get more from Biden than any Democrat ever would.  Democrats kiss the hands that slap them.


That's true.   Bill Clinton was always looking for the person who despised him the most and would do anything to make that person like him, and everyone knew it.   I'm not sure if that's a character flaw or w/e, but it's a darn sight better than what the GOP players are about.
 
pc_gator [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 12:47:56 PM  
2 votes:
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Greetings from Windy Fort Lauderdale
 
whidbey
2022-09-29 12:56:24 PM  
2 votes:

maxandgrinch: It's good that one of the original bastions of investigative and breaking news was on hand to report this to us.  Thank you Vanity Fair


Maybe the "real" media needs to get its shiat together and start being journalists instead of being Democrat Bashers.
 
Commander Lysdexic
2022-09-29 1:03:25 PM  
2 votes:

HerptheDerp: I really like the idea that some other farker suggest about making DeSantize bend the knee and kiss the ring publicly.

Will never happen, but it would be amusing.


Difficulty: He would refuse, since he doesn't give a shiat about Floridans.
 
BeatrixK
2022-09-29 1:03:37 PM  
2 votes:
I am almost positive Ian is gay:  it's like he picked the widest swath of red Florida he could and went 'Gaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy' all over it.

Those red voters will probably appreciate how hard it is to absentee vote...or how drop boxes would come in handy.

At least they will have a flood of socialism to help them out!
 
goodluckwiththat [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 1:11:09 PM  
2 votes:

Hinged: Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.


That sums up this website perfectly.


bite me once, shame on you.
bite me twice go fark yourself DeSantis
//still can't get over the lack of shame.  shortly after shipping Venezuelan asylum seekers to Massachusetts, he has the nerve to request federal assistance.
///uncle Joe is truly the adult in the room.  if it were me, I would provide the federal aid only on the condition that Ron DeSantis give up US citizenship and move to Venezuela.
 
AtomPeepers
2022-09-29 1:14:30 PM  
2 votes:
No power and down one cell tower last night so it's been interesting. Out walking the dog surveying the area and see why there's no power... huge tree down right into the works!

High speed Internet went too because it was all on that one pole coming into the subdivision that was murdered...

We weren't even hit that hard by the storm I'm shocked by all the wind damage and that we still don't have electricity. It's the longest outage I've seen, but hurricane...
 
chasd00
2022-09-29 1:15:04 PM  
2 votes:

Ishkur: chasd00: Ishkur: rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.

Word is Biden personally called every elected official in the state yesterday. Not a single one returned his call, except for one: The lone Democrat.

lol every elected official? that would be a neat trick.

If they're not returning his calls he could get through all 30 of them in like 5 minutes.

During a disaster or any serious national tragedy, 95% of the President's time is spent calling people. That's all he does. He doesn't organize the Weeners/help/safety/relief efforts, he doesn't arrange logistics and time schedules -- he's got people and departments and agencies to do all that.

His job is to call local leaders and assure them.

It's actually one of the few things Biden is probably the best in the world at, because nobody knows how to deal with grief and trauma better than him.


"every elected official" would include every sherif among many many other people.
 
WTFDYW [BareFark]
2022-09-29 1:17:16 PM  
2 votes:

iron_city_ap: Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.

DeSantis is getting his $ in exchange for virtually nothing. There is no hand to bite. "Thanks for the $, suckers".

Biden should have required a 180 day moratorium on migrant construction workers as a condition. He failed. Ron won this public perception battle easily, as much as I hate to admit it.


Lol bullshiat
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 1:25:50 PM  
2 votes:
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OdradekRex [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 1:38:21 PM  
2 votes:

Unsung_Hero: IRestoreFurniture: Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.

Game theory and plenty of observation show 'tit for tat' is a good strategy.

Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.  You're just enabling them, giving them a better chance to fark you over in the future.

Maybe some sort of middle ground is possible - tying aid to a contract return the favor or never receive aid again - and if so would be a good idea.

Rewarding bad behavior reinforces it.


They just might want to think about prohibiting new construction in areas that flooded out.  This is going to happen again. Money to move, not to rebuild.
 
Marshmallow Jones
2022-09-29 1:41:54 PM  
2 votes:

Private_Citizen: [Fark user image image 850x380]
Biden is a better man than I, because I would NOT be able to resist rubbing DeSantis' nose in his hypocrisy.


That's why Biden's the Pres and you're a dopey nobody on the internet.  Funny how that works.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 1:42:55 PM  
2 votes:
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SolderGlob [OhFark]
2022-09-29 1:54:36 PM  
2 votes:

Unsung_Hero: IRestoreFurniture: Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.

Game theory and plenty of observation show 'tit for tat' is a good strategy.

Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.  You're just enabling them, giving them a better chance to fark you over in the future.

Maybe some sort of middle ground is possible - tying aid to a contract return the favor or never receive aid again - and if so would be a good idea.

Rewarding bad behavior reinforces it.


Some people will never learn...
 
Pork1 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 2:07:08 PM  
2 votes:
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whidbey
2022-09-29 3:59:24 PM  
2 votes:

Hinged: Gonz: whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.

No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qiw8cBscCg]

I'm a Texan.

I've been here since the 70's.

It can get cool here.  That's true.


I can asure you of one thing, though.

NOBODY freezes to death in Texas.


Don't you get tired of playing this deplorable character?
 
mrshowrules [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 4:23:40 PM  
2 votes:

Lumbar Puncture: Well that should be easy to prove.


I was posting in some of those threads.  I don't discount the possibility of 1 or 2 trolls saying horrible shiat.  I imagine some people posting that Texans reap what you sow when you elect someone like Abbott but I certainly don't recall Farkers celebrating the death of anyone.
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 5:02:29 PM  
2 votes:

Gonz: whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.

No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

[YouTube video: GENE'S BOOGIE WOOGIE (LIVE) - GENE TAYLOR]


That farking sucks, man. Sorry.
 
mrshowrules [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 5:04:43 PM  
2 votes:

Gonz: mrshowrules: Like I said, possibly 1 or 2 trolls, nobody celebrating specific deaths of anyone including your friend.  Why didn't you direct your ire to that the asshole in that thread instead of painting Farkers with a broad brush?

"Oh, no, we didn't mean an actual person who died. We just meant the concept of people in a geographic region dying. See, that's funny."

Why do I paint with a broad brush? Because no one else in the community thought they needed to bother to speak up. And when people tell you who they really are, don't argue with them.


Well I've seen Farkers called out for precisely that type of heartlessness.  However, they are frequently they are automatically or manually ignored as trolls.  Why not direct your anger to the people that actually caused your friend's death?
 
Gonz
2022-09-29 5:36:04 PM  
2 votes:

mrshowrules: Why not direct your anger to the people that actually caused your friend's death?


Oh I did. I do. I fought then as hard as I could, and then I rage-quit Texas and moved my family to Virginia for the safety of our LGBTQ daughter.

But that doesn't mean I can't also call out people who go from "that didn't happen, but in yellow" to "non-story, overzealous staffer" in the course of a single thread. And it's not personal, I've enjoyed and agreed with your commentary over the years. This is just one area where the regulars tend to get a little tunnel vision if it doesn't personally affect them.

I'mma shut up now.
 
IRestoreFurniture
2022-09-29 12:35:06 PM  
1 vote:

maxandgrinch: It's good that one of the original bastions of investigative and breaking news was on hand to report this to us.  Thank you Vanity Fair


I have a subscription.


Just for the free cologne samples.


No, but really, it's a good read sometimes.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 12:37:58 PM  
1 vote:
Ft. Myers looks pretty farked up.
 
iron_city_ap
2022-09-29 12:39:57 PM  
1 vote:

Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.


DeSantis is getting his $ in exchange for virtually nothing. There is no hand to bite. "Thanks for the $, suckers".

Biden should have required a 180 day moratorium on migrant construction workers as a condition. He failed. Ron won this public perception battle easily, as much as I hate to admit it.
 
jclaggett
2022-09-29 12:43:11 PM  
1 vote:

Ishkur: rudemix: Hopefully DeSantis acts like a grownup in this one moment and extends his hand towards Biden for the good of the people in his state. And then, like they did to that amorphous mass of flab from Jersey when he worked with Obama, his party can castigate, excoriate, and excommunicate him before he follows up on his greater than zero chance to be president.

Word is Biden personally called every elected official in the state yesterday. Not a single one returned his call, except for one: The lone Democrat.


Lol, and she's actually been in the process of sueing him...well, the administration itself. But yeah.
 
dylanthomas
2022-09-29 12:50:48 PM  
1 vote:
So as it turns out Ron sent those migrants to Mass for their own safety, what a nice guy.
 
menschenfresser
2022-09-29 1:02:12 PM  
1 vote:
Instead, shouldn't we be expressing grave concern about "excessive, wasteful spending" and saying any assistance is socialism/communism/Marxism/tyranny, and deny it to them because we believe in self-sufficiency and personal responsibility?
 
jclaggett
2022-09-29 1:28:46 PM  
1 vote:

dylanthomas: jclaggett: dylanthomas: So as it turns out Ron sent those migrants to Mass for their own safety, what a nice guy.

The ones from Texas? Yeah, getting out of Texas is a good thing.

Whoops.  The move was so on brand for Deathsantis I forgot it was actually TX.


I mean, Ronnie D did the deed. But they were moved from TX.
 
WTFDYW [BareFark]
2022-09-29 1:28:57 PM  
1 vote:

KingBiefWhistle: iron_city_ap: Fear the Clam: Go on, DeSantis. Bite that hand.

DeSantis is getting his $ in exchange for virtually nothing. There is no hand to bite. "Thanks for the $, suckers".

Biden should have required a 180 day moratorium on migrant construction workers as a condition. He failed. Ron won this public perception battle easily, as much as I hate to admit it.

Yeah that's some sociopath shiat, you don't start putting conditions on getting out to save lives and provide relief


THIS^^^
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 1:39:02 PM  
1 vote:

OdradekRex: Unsung_Hero: IRestoreFurniture: Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.

Game theory and plenty of observation show 'tit for tat' is a good strategy.

Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.  You're just enabling them, giving them a better chance to fark you over in the future.

Maybe some sort of middle ground is possible - tying aid to a contract return the favor or never receive aid again - and if so would be a good idea.

Rewarding bad behavior reinforces it.

They just might want to think about prohibiting new construction in areas that flooded out.  This is going to happen again. Money to move, not to rebuild.


We thought the insurance market in Florida was really bad before. Just wait...
 
ctighe2353
2022-09-29 1:44:40 PM  
1 vote:

OdradekRex: Unsung_Hero: IRestoreFurniture: Well, I'm glad they're going to learn their lesson about what living in a society is a d what is and isn't socialism....wait wait I can't even finish that with a straight face.


The state that did everything in their power to purposely increase the pandemic for America is now asking for help from the people they farked over.

Sometimes it's hard to be moral.

Game theory and plenty of observation show 'tit for tat' is a good strategy.

Continually helping people who have proven they will gladly watch you suffer and die is not a good social behaviour.  You're just enabling them, giving them a better chance to fark you over in the future.

Maybe some sort of middle ground is possible - tying aid to a contract return the favor or never receive aid again - and if so would be a good idea.

Rewarding bad behavior reinforces it.

They just might want to think about prohibiting new construction in areas that flooded out.  This is going to happen again. Money to move, not to rebuild.


Like new Orleans does everything they flood?  No you build walls, high walls, these people love walls.  And when that wall fails it will be complete and almost instant destruction.
 
whidbey
2022-09-29 2:00:18 PM  
1 vote:

Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.


It's a troll.

Block it.
 
whidbey
2022-09-29 2:12:15 PM  
1 vote:

Pork1: [Fark user image 320x240] [View Full Size image _x_]


Do Texas.
 
Pork1 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 2:15:45 PM  
1 vote:

whidbey: Pork1: [Fark user image 320x240] [View Full Size image _x_]

Do Texas.


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Lumbar Puncture
2022-09-29 4:16:37 PM  
1 vote:

Gonz: And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it


Well that should be easy to prove.

I mean I believe that people said that Texas got the politicians people wanted, who made those choices that lead to people freezing to death, and as far as anyone can tell will still continue to re-elect those same folks and don't appear to hold those responsible accountable for the deaths that not just happened, but were avoidable. I don't think anyone said 'well I hope Gene dies, he has it coming' but I didn't read all the comments at the time.

It would be kinda ghoulish to take your ire of a friend dying and to use their death to waggle your finger at some internet randos instead of, I don't know, the people who made the decisions that lead to your friends death and did fark all afterwards about preventing it from happening again.

But hey everyone grieves different.
 
misanthropic1
2022-09-29 4:27:50 PM  
1 vote:
Has anyone here seen a map of Texas Gerrymandering?  The premise that elected leaders in the US reflect the will of the people is laughable.
 
Gonz
2022-09-29 4:53:51 PM  
1 vote:

mrshowrules: Like I said, possibly 1 or 2 trolls, nobody celebrating specific deaths of anyone including your friend.  Why didn't you direct your ire to that the asshole in that thread instead of painting Farkers with a broad brush?


"Oh, no, we didn't mean an actual person who died. We just meant the concept of people in a geographic region dying. See, that's funny."

Why do I paint with a broad brush? Because no one else in the community thought they needed to bother to speak up. And when people tell you who they really are, don't argue with them.
 
mrshowrules [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-29 5:20:59 PM  
1 vote:

Harry Wagstaff: mrshowrules: Gonz: mrshowrules: Like I said, possibly 1 or 2 trolls, nobody celebrating specific deaths of anyone including your friend.  Why didn't you direct your ire to that the asshole in that thread instead of painting Farkers with a broad brush?

"Oh, no, we didn't mean an actual person who died. We just meant the concept of people in a geographic region dying. See, that's funny."

Why do I paint with a broad brush? Because no one else in the community thought they needed to bother to speak up. And when people tell you who they really are, don't argue with them.

Well I've seen Farkers called out for precisely that type of heartlessness.  However, they are frequently they are automatically or manually ignored as trolls.  Why not direct your anger to the people that actually caused your friend's death?

It's possible to both be angry at the people that wrote the policies and those that celebrated the deaths, it's not an either/or thing.


Maybe that thread would have been the more appropriate thread to call that shiat out in.  He might have had some allies.  Certainly, if anyone is celebrating the now 17 deaths in Florida, I will join him/her in calling them out as assholes.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 5:24:01 PM  
1 vote:

Gonz: whidbey: Gonz: I don't believe what I just wrote, by the way. It was just cathartic to lash out. Because a lot of people on this site were definitely calling for death in February 2021.

It's a troll.

Block it.

No, I think it's important to remind people that ghouls on this site celebrated the death of my friend Gene. See, Gene was a musician- he played boogie-woogie piano, and he was good at it. For some reason that could only be traced to personal politics, he lived in the live music capital of North America. And at some point during those 4 days when we were living like it was 1870, Gene froze to death in a cheap Austin apartment that didn't have a fireplace, insulation appropriate for harsh winter weather, or electricity.

And a large number of posters here were completely OK with that, because of Texas' state-level politics. Said he deserved it. So, yeah, I'm still bitter. Anyway, here's Gene.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qiw8cBscCg]


My very progressive, and very gay daughter lives in Austin with her wife. I very much understand you.
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2022-09-29 5:27:37 PM  
1 vote:

dylanthomas: So as it turns out Ron sent those migrants to Mass for their own safety, what a nice guy.


On Monday I literally told my aunt that she and her husband should go to the nearest state government office and present themselves as Venezuelan refugees as the fastest way out of Florida.

// She said she'd have to drive to Texas for that to work.
 
listerine69
2022-09-29 9:40:10 PM  
1 vote:
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