President Trump MAY know how to develop real
estate. That skill set however, is still very
much debatable. He certainly has many business failures to stack up against his successes. If, after the current investigations are
concluded, we find that Don-John is financially solvent and hasn’t accepted
financial backing and/or un-secured loans from Russian sources, we must conclude he does know real
estate. In any case, all will agree that
President Trump does know how to promote himself. He is, after all, a constant source of
covfefe.
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| The Fly, Movie, 1986, starring Jeff Goldblum "Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid |
For those in the know, it was determined that COVFEFE was
the nuclear launch code on May 31, 2017.
The fact that it was mistakenly tweeted in a late night anti-press storm,
brought to light a flaw in our system. By
presidential order, it has now been changed to the more secure PASSWORD. This is more secure because it has eight
letters and not a mere seven. The WH staff
floated the simple and more descriptive BOOM, but saner minds prevailed. (These saner minds were found within a group of folks on a White House tour.)
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| Visions of mushroom clouds danced in their heads |
Speaking of nuclear holocaust, we do have a severe liability
in terms of, how shall I politely put this, the president’s gross ineptitude in
all matters requiring a mind capable of grasping anything of a complex nature. A word of warning is in order here. The following information may cause: horror, night sweats, an inability to breathe, paranoia,
redundancy, redundancy, a touch of rigor, rectal-cranial inversion, toe-jam
football, and excessive belly button lint.
Proceed with caution.
First, a brief bit of background is necessary with regard to
the Department of Energy. The DOE has a
budget of $30 billion, employs 110,000 workers, and it was created in 1977, after and in
response to the Arab Oil Embargo, by Jimmy Carter. Prior to this period it was the Atomic Energy Commission and several other groups. It is responsible for managing our nuclear
arsenal, engineering weapon systems, nuclear waste disposal, nuclear risk assessment, the nation's electrical grid, alternative energy programs, and for the design, testing, and
production of all nuclear weapons. Admittedly, all small stuff and not of much consequence. While
it has numerous other energy related tasks, we are mostly concerned here with
the nuclear side of its responsibilities.
When Rick Perry was campaigning for the presidency, he
famously mentioned that he wanted to eliminate 3 federal departments. When pressured he remembered Commerce and
Education but forgot the third. He later
said he had forgotten the DOE. He didn’t
know what they did exactly but he claimed that they didn’t “do anything worth
doing.” Don-John, in his infinite wisdom,
placed Rick Perry in charge of the DOE.
As scary as it may sound, President Trump had no idea what the Energy
Department did either. They both probably
thought the Department of Energy monitored the manufacture of Red Bull, but they weren’t quite
sure. Neither knew the DOE was involved
in all things nuclear.
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| The DOE does not monitor the manufacture of Red Bull Energy Drinks |
Most incoming presidents make changes in department
personnel but they generally want to know the current players, what they have
been doing, and want to make arrangements for a smooth transition. The DOE had prepared, at President Obama’s
direction, a set of five-inch thick information binders, they cleared office space for around 30
staffers, and opened up 30 parking spaces.
They awaited Trump’s transition team.
Days and weeks passed with not a peep from the Trump folks.
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| Rick Perry's face when he was told he would be heading the DOE |
The DOE is responsible for nuclear safety. Everything from spent fuel rods to nuclear munitions falls
within their purview. In the history of
the department, there have been atomic (hydrogen) bombs that have been accidently dropped
within our borders. One of the bombs had
managed to trip three of four safety mechanisms.
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| Big Boy, not the burger |
Goldsboro, North Carolina was one safety "click" away
from a detonation 250 times more powerful than Hiroshima. Major COVFEFE! This happened in 1961 but was recently
declassified. We won’t hear about any
other such incidents until they too, are old news.
Clerical errors (nasty decimal point in the wrong place) have been responsible for the shipment of plutonium by FedEx that should have been
under armed guard. Inorganic kitty
litter is used in barrels to store radioactive waste in salt caverns. Due to an error, someone used organic kitty litter,
which caused the barrels to leak. The caverns were off limits for additional storage for three
years and caused a massive backlog. These problems are now the
responsibility of a globetrotting ex-governor who doesn’t have a clue about
this agency and has no interest in learning anything about it.
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| Drums of nuclear waste safely(?) stored Chinese label translation: "Run like Hell" |
Chinese and Russian espionage are everyday concerns of the
DOE due to the nature of their business.
Activities of North Korea are analyzed by the DOE. The bureaucrats popping in and out of the
department facilities don’t seem to have a clue.
Alternative energy program research has been funded by
congress through the department. It has made
several successful advances. These
programs are not of much use to the ex-governor of an oil state. His priorities seem to be elsewhere.
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| Solar Farm Rick Perry's comment, "They can grow solar?" |
This nation seems to rely heavily upon electricity for its
quality of life. The safety of the
electrical grid is another DOE responsibility.
In 2013, a sniper took out 17 transformers and cut specific communications
lines. These transformers and
communications lines just so happened to service Apple and Google. Our dams and hydroelectric plants are also
vulnerable to attack.
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| 2013 Sniper knocked out 17 transformers |
We have been making plutonium in Hanover, Washington, in the
eastern part of that state since the Manhattan Project of the 1940’s. Now, over 9,000 residents of the area are
involved in cleaning up the mess they made.
$3 billion is spent annually on the clean-up. Trump easily won the votes of these people
and now he wants to slash the DOE budget and put these people out of work. When Trump heard of the Manhattan Project, he
became excited. Then, when he found out
it had nothing to do with New York real estate, he lost interest. The plutonium waste products are already in
Hanford’s groundwater and a large mass of radioactive sludge is now headed
for the Columbia River.
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| Restricted Area, Enter and Glow at your own risk |
In this new Don-John make your money now and let the future
worry about itself era, there is an active policy of don’t ask, don’t tell. The term "willful ignorance" has been found to
be most descriptive. Repeat the mantra after me, the
market will sort it all out. Don’t
worry, be happy. What could possibly go wrong?
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid....
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| The New National Hat |
Note: Much of the information above came from an excellent Vanity Fair article by Michael Lewis titled,
WHY THE SCARIEST NUCLEAR THREAT MAY BE COMING FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
Read more here:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis
