Then you should visit Colstrip, Montana or similar coal towns. The propaganda works very well when it's taught from before birth and everyone goes along even if they don't agree!
See, I understand that. What I dont understand is why every other non-coal town trump supporter didn’t immediately understand that this was a stupid as fuck grift immediately after hearing it.
The propaganda works well when it the smog goes into the air and comes down as a natural occurrence beyond our control, especially when it disproportionately affects those eastward in the Jetstream. You know, the north/mid Atlantic coastal elites (just don't mention Appalachian Pennsylvania)
This was such a comical read! It's like reading a joke made into a serious article:
President Donald Trump has added another shiny award to his cabinet of trophies that have just been invented
"I'm thrilled to welcome to the White House the men and women who light our cities, and you know, you do things that people don't even understand, so much, you do so much. You heat our homes, fuel our factories and turn natural resources into American riches and dreams. Our amazing coal miners.”
“I ended the war on coal,”
It is not the first time Trump has been the “inaugural recipient” of an award presented by those looking to curry his favor.
a bronze statue of a coal miner on the top and was engraved with “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”
Infantino also handed Trump “a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go,”
Meanwhile China is positioning itself as a leader in the energy sectors of the future.
It's depressing to watch these displays, but even more depressing in the knowledge that our nation's power is (as usual) being squandered to make a demented old man feel like a big boy and for keeping a handful of billionaires marginally richer with money they'll never actually live to spend anyway.
Unfortunately one of the advantages of dictatures is that it move fast in one direction.
The main problem being if the leader is intelligent enough to chose the right direction, which they rarely do.
On the other hand, democracies moves slowly, but the damages done by bad leaders are often counterbalanced by the good made by better leaders.
Someone should offer to present him with "America's most talented child molester" award. At this point he'll probably be dumb enough to accept it, and brag about it
This reminds me of how I just flew through India, saw pro-coal ads crediting Modi in the airport, and then walked out into all-winter smog that smells like burning hydrocarbons.
He should get a medal saying "cleverest and bestest person of the entire universe". Hold that thought. Wondering what the stupidest thing is, which people could bring him pride in accepting
I could pay for naming a star in the past. I wonder if that grift still exists. Imagine what an oil company could get away with if they gave him a certificate showing that a star is named after him.
Not enough propaganda. They should call it 'Beautiful, Clean, Greenest of the Green, Climate Protecting, Bird Saving, Woke Antifa Tears Inducing, All-American, Beef Loving, Lungs Restoring Coal'.
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tonytins@pawb.social · 119 pts · 194d
This guy has one hell of a trophy obsession.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 110 pts · 194d
They're all participation trophies, as he can't win anything of real value.
FIFA peace price of "at least you tried". Renewable energy price of "didn't understand the task, but cried when he didn't get a medal".
He's such a weird snowflake
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 194d
Apparently the participation trophies are fine when they're the ones getting them.
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 194d
He's the one kid at your birthday party who's upset they're not getting attention too.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 13 pts · 194d
And then starts to destroy your stuff because he never learned to cope with frustration.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 92 pts · 194d
Its just so fucking stupid on its face. How anyone thought calling it “clean coal” was anything besides dumb as fuck is beyond me.
LowtierComputer@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 194d
Then you should visit Colstrip, Montana or similar coal towns. The propaganda works very well when it's taught from before birth and everyone goes along even if they don't agree!
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 25 pts · 194d
See, I understand that. What I dont understand is why every other non-coal town trump supporter didn’t immediately understand that this was a stupid as fuck grift immediately after hearing it.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 15 pts · 194d
You simply can't criticize your own team.
And that attitude has metastacized into something even worse in the last decade or so.
LowtierComputer@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 194d
Cognitive dissonance and cultism.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 194d
Its just really frustrating at how easy it is. Like really fucking disheartening.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d
3-4 decades of crippling public education can do that
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 194d
Yeah but I live in Alberta, and I don’t feel like a lot of the things I see have much to do with what I learned in public education. Maybe I’m wrong.
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 193d
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org · 5 pts · 194d
Can you explain for everybody who doesn't want to fly into the USA to visit a coal town in Montana what one will see there?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 194d
No, I think you should visit.
TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 7 pts · 194d
You're fooling no one, American coal board tourism tsar, or whatever the crazy fuck.
LowtierComputer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d
Sure. Give me till after work and I'll write up my memory and some experiences.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d
The propaganda works well when it the smog goes into the air and comes down as a natural occurrence beyond our control, especially when it disproportionately affects those eastward in the Jetstream. You know, the north/mid Atlantic coastal elites (just don't mention Appalachian Pennsylvania)
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 64 pts · 194d
He sure does like his minors
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 194d
Eyooooo!
DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org · 57 pts · 194d
When is he starting to wear those nice, shiny medals like the North Korean generals are wearing?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 194d
Nobody managed to fill up both pants legs? Pathetic!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 194d
6 of those are for basket weaving
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 194d
The pants ones are probably from DLC, that's why most don't have them.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 194d
Can't wait for the Food That Is Not Rice update
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 194d
Oh he's going to manage to fill up both pant legs…
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d
...and the Goose Step to march like the f'n Russians and Nazis.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 194d
This was such a comical read! It's like reading a joke made into a serious article:
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 194d
So he won a made-up award about a made-up technology. Sounds about right.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 38 pts · 194d
At this point I'm convinced they're inventing shiny stuff to keep the drooling senior happy until it's time to replace him.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 194d
Agree! It basically says so in the first sentence of the article!
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 194d
Meanwhile China is positioning itself as a leader in the energy sectors of the future.
It's depressing to watch these displays, but even more depressing in the knowledge that our nation's power is (as usual) being squandered to make a demented old man feel like a big boy and for keeping a handful of billionaires marginally richer with money they'll never actually live to spend anyway.
Dremor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 194d
Unfortunately one of the advantages of dictatures is that it move fast in one direction. The main problem being if the leader is intelligent enough to chose the right direction, which they rarely do.
On the other hand, democracies moves slowly, but the damages done by bad leaders are often counterbalanced by the good made by better leaders.
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
Also dictators rarely focus moving on one direction
Gaddafi for example did good with education and healthcare, but he also many bad things.
Dremor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
You are right. But I didn't mean that as "doing one thing well", but rather "focussing on a long term objective".
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 194d
At this rate, he's a shoe-in for the Never Poopies in His Pants During Meetings Award of 5-Star Excellence.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 194d
Fascism is a parody of itself.
KiloGex@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 194d
What a fucking child.
zabadoh@ani.social · 19 pts · 194d
So ‘Undisputed Champion of Utter Fraud’ then.
Red_October@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 194d
That would be one of the few awards he actually deserves.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 194d
The child rapist has had about 7 decades of practicing fraud to win that award.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 194d
He can put it on the mantle next to Melania's FIFA Oscar for Best performance by a whore in a documentary.
HejMedDig@feddit.dk · 17 pts · 194d
Someone should offer to present him with "America's most talented child molester" award. At this point he'll probably be dumb enough to accept it, and brag about it
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 194d
Clean Coal is an oxymoron, like compassionate republican or good cop
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 194d
He'll also soon get an award from the foundation that promotes measles and meningitis.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 194d
Nurgle foundation
XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 194d
This reminds me of how I just flew through India, saw pro-coal ads crediting Modi in the airport, and then walked out into all-winter smog that smells like burning hydrocarbons.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 194d
It should be "of beautiful black coal"
Makes for a better acronym
TheFermentalist@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 194d
BCC - Brainless Cucked Cunt
FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 194d
Watched Inglorious Basterds for the first time the other night
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 194d
What a pathetic fucking circlejerk.
Bwaz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 194d
Clean coal makes as much sense as healthy disease
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 194d
Rooster326@programming.dev · 11 pts · 194d
I'm just here so I don't get fired energy
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 194d
Donald "Mercury Poisoning" Trump.
Most the mercury in fish comes from fossil fuel burning and mining. Coal is both.
djmikeale@feddit.dk · 9 pts · 194d
He should get a medal saying "cleverest and bestest person of the entire universe". Hold that thought. Wondering what the stupidest thing is, which people could bring him pride in accepting
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 193d
Participation trophy ass snowflakes
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 194d
I could pay for naming a star in the past. I wonder if that grift still exists. Imagine what an oil company could get away with if they gave him a certificate showing that a star is named after him.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 193d
another participation prize for the draft dodging shitbag
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 194d
This is like giving him a participation medal, which is something he and his moronic followers are vehemently against.
notannpc@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 194d
I wonder what the bribees gets in exchange for this made up trophy that means nothing.
Mihies@programming.dev · 7 pts · 194d
Read the news. Extended life for coal power plants, upgrades, department of war signing contracts for buying coal energy etc.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 194d
Department of ’war’ has stepped up its war on the planet
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 6 pts · 194d
Not enough propaganda. They should call it 'Beautiful, Clean, Greenest of the Green, Climate Protecting, Bird Saving, Woke Antifa Tears Inducing, All-American, Beef Loving, Lungs Restoring Coal'.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 194d
... and then RFK mandates it in kids breakfast cereal. "Now fortified with kleen koal! Part of this complete breakfast".
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 194d
The gas lobbyist will turn it up a notch to destroy their energy competitor, coal. Did Krasnov do anything for the black lung victims? I thought not.
msage@programming.dev · 5 pts · 194d
I read that as 'beautiful clean coat' and wondered why would he accept a trophy for a dog.
Then I remembered that he's a little bitch. TACO.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 194d
Last time I saw you, you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
biofaust@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 194d
How I wish they would have called it Beautiful Bleached Coal!
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d
Next week, the Tampax® Prize For Bigly Human Rights.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 194d
🤢
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 193d
"Clean Coal"
Nagrom@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 193d
oxy-MORON
Eddbopkins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 193d
Trophy's are for losers who don't understand the game.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 194d
Made up awards for a "strong man"....
genuineparts@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 193d
Should have called it Big Blue Coal. Because BBC is something Trump deserves.