Strange Brew

No, Democrats can't control the weather

It’s weird that Republicans don’t believe in man-made Climate Change but do believe Democrats can create hurricanes. Hey, maybe at the very least, they’ll start to understand the difference between climate and weather.

The only humans who can create hurricanes are in the German heavy metal band The Scorpions.

President Biden has been warning residents in Hurricane Milton’s path to listen to the advice of local officials. He’s being kind in not mentioning all the bullshit coming from lying Republicans like Donald Trump, who’s claimed FEMA isn’t trying to help people and funds have been stolen from the organization to give to illegal immigrants. Another lie Trump has made is that Hurricane survivors are only being given $750.

But even President Biden couldn’t contain himself in describing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lie as “stupid.”

MTG is claiming the federal government is creating hurricanes to hit red states. She doubled down on X/Twitter, posting, “Well some of them are listed on NOAA, as well as most of the ways weather can be modified, because they are required to report it to the Secretary of Commerce by the Weather Modification Act of 1972. The NOAA government website has a library catalog of 1,026 entries of weather modifications, but that’s not all of them.”

How would they do that? Would they create it in one of Bill Gates’ Peach Tree dishes?

She also posted, “If your home or business or property is damaged or a loved one is killed by their weather modifications shouldn’t you be eligible for compensation? After all, did they ask you if you agreed to our weather being modified?”

No, nobody has asked for our weather to be modified by the government but I’m asking now for a member of the government, a member of the House of Representatives to stop lying and resign.

MTG then posted a link to Gateway Pundit, a far-right website known for spreading conspiracy theories, that said: "Marjorie Taylor Greene was right. Yes, scientists do control the weather." No, they don’t, not even with Jewish Space Lasers.

Dammit, that’s a cartoon.

Rep. Carlos Giménez of Florida, a Republican, replied to MTG on XTwitter, “Humans cannot create or control hurricanes. Anyone who thinks they can needs to have their head examined.”

President Biden said in televised remarks from the White House, “Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congresswoman from Georgia, is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather, we’re controlling the weather. It’s beyond ridiculous. It’s so stupid. It’s got to stop.”

Ooh, you just got called out, MTG.

In a briefing on Wednesday, Biden said Greene's conspiracy theory was among the "reckless, irresponsible, and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies" over the last few weeks. He said it's undermining rescues in the wake of Hurricane Helene and he accused Donald Trump of leading "the onslaught of lies."

Biden said, “Assertions have been made that property is being confiscated. That’s simply not true," he said. "They’re saying people impacted by these storms will receive $750 in cash and no more. That’s simply not true. They’re saying the money is needed for this crisis is being diverted to migrants. What a ridiculous thing to say — it’s not true."

The lies and conspiracy theories have become such a problem that FEMA felt the need to debunk them on its website.

In other news, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has refused calls from Vice President Kamala Harris, not out of any partisan political hatred but because his knowledge of science has him afraid she’ll give him Black girl cooties over the phone.

Also, scientists have stopped working on ways to create hurricanes to study whether Marjorie Taylor Greene was somehow transported by time-traveling aliens from the Cro-Magnon era into today’s society. Somewhere, a cave is missing its Neanderthal.

Creative note: I wasn’t even thinking of Halloween when I first started fleshing out this idea. Also, Laura, one of my proofers, told me I misspelled “Agnus,” but since she told me after I sent the cartoon to my clients, Agnus the Witch is going to remain Agnus.

COVID note: The cartoonist convention in Montreal turned out to be a super spreader and I don’t know how I missed out on catching it because I made out with so many people in attendance. Seriously though, I tested yesterday and I came up negative. If you were there and somehow missed all the messages, go get tested. Also, if you’ve been around a political cartoonist, go get tested. You never know what you might catch from a cartoonist.

Next time you’re in Canada and ordering poutine, tell them to add extra fries, gravy, and cheese curds, but hold the Covid.

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