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This is beyond my understanding. They are actually paying to stop society from advancing.
by r0b05 2mo ago
This is beyond my understanding. They are actually paying to stop society from advancing.
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- TrackerFF 2mo agoTrump holds a grudge against wind turbines, for no other reason than that they "ruined" the view at a golf course / club he owns in Scotland. He tried to get them removed, but lost that case in court. That's mostly it. Another factor would be Trump getting donations from the oil & gas industry.
- doublerabbit 2mo agoWhen I have drive past the course, I always have the urge to pee. One day I'll get out and take a piss on the green.
- lern_too_spel 2mo agoPool some money together to build a coal power plant next to Mar-a-Lago.
- fnordsensei 2mo agoTo be fair, this seems consistent with what they normally do, and arguably consistent with what their voters want.
- kuu 2mo agoBecause the money they are spending and the money they will be making comes and ends in different pockets.
- jfengel 2mo agoAs Republican commentator Bill Buckley put it, "A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop." The rest of the quote is actually about how it's meant to give people time to think, but it has clearly become an autonomic action.
- MisterBastahrd 2mo agoWelcome to American conservatism.
- Tadpole9181 2mo agoAnd because I love the game of explaining direct costs: every single taxpayer just paid $10 for this. Of course, since our government is flat broke, it's going to be more from interest on the debt.
- sebnukem2 2mo agoThe epitome of conservatism.