{"id":55290,"date":"2017-05-27T19:25:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55290"},"modified":"2017-05-27T19:27:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:27:22","slug":"will-trump-ever-drain-the-sinkhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55290","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump ever drain the Sinkhole?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; if hell exists &#8212; and we&#8217;re easily persuaded it does &#8212; best believe in paradise, too ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan Alexander<\/strong> of Infocult headed his report, <a href=\"http:\/\/infocult.typepad.com\/infocult\/2017\/05\/earth-opens-campaign-against-trump.html\">Earth opens campaign against Trump<\/a>. Bryan has been following sinkholes around the globe for some time now, and has also been keeping a wary eye on Donald Trump, so the correlation wouldn&#8217;t surprise him, and he leaped to causation, with or without good reason.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look, first, at <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/mar-a-lago-sinkhole-pay-attention-to-signs\">the hole itself<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sinkhole.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sinkhole.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sinkhole-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s black, as though part of the world had been redacted for security reasons. <\/p>\n<p>Sinkoles are <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/science\/news\/sinkholes-why-so-frequent-florida-20130813\">not uncommon in Florida<\/a>, and frequently feast on human habitations:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sinkholes-are-not-uncommon-in-Florida.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sinkholes-are-not-uncommon-in-Florida.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sinkholes-are-not-uncommon-in-Florida-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The City of Palm Beech is calm and carries on:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sinkhole in front of Mar-a-Lago: A 4&#39; x 4&#39; sinkhole has formed on Southern Boulevard directly in front of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xOpmJ8Y2v\">https:\/\/t.co\/5xOpmJ8Y2v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Town of Palm Beach (@townpalmbeach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townpalmbeach\/status\/866663471479275522\">May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>It takes the Washington Post to put the event in truly cross-disiplinary perspective, titling its article on the topic brilliantly:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sinkhole forms in front of Mar-a-Lago; metaphors pour in <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pXmAxgtBTf\">https:\/\/t.co\/pXmAxgtBTf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/866697945286148101\">May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed they did.  Oliver Willis had the best reading of the <strong>Sign<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A sinkhole just opened in front of President Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vlSlzzwBCP\">https:\/\/t.co\/vlSlzzwBCP<\/a> THE ORB DEMANDS SACRIFICE<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Willis (@owillis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owillis\/status\/866688899229392896\">May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The orb in question is the Saudi counterterrorism orb:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What Was That Glowing Orb Trump Touched in Saudi Arabia?, via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\">@nytimes<\/a>. Yeah Kristol  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LcCGx5giCm\">https:\/\/t.co\/LcCGx5giCm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Kalow (@daknycip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daknycip\/status\/867331861927915522\">May 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bothing to do with Saruman, I assure you. But take a look at those eyes..<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingSalman\">@KingSalman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\">@POTUS<\/a> inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RiyadhSummit?src=hash\">#RiyadhSummit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/do6cFL7wBW\">pic.twitter.com\/do6cFL7wBW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saudi Embassy (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiEmbassyUSA\/status\/866354025905754112\">May 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And FWIW, tthe orb&#8217;s direct impact on the pavement in Palm Beach is confirmed by <strong>Chad Fondiller<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The sinkhole began forming seconds after the Orb was touched. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBVio0ejjs\">https:\/\/t.co\/zBVio0ejjs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Fondiller (@ChadFondiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadFondiller\/status\/866673009020547072\">May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Some, like <strong>Conchita Leeflang<\/strong>, read the Sign more mundanely in terms of <strong>Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s own rhetoric:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owillis\">@owillis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trumpnado2016\">@Trumpnado2016<\/a> The Swamp is draining.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conchita Leeflang (@conchitaleef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conchitaleef\/status\/866717948244664320\">May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s clever, but it doesn&#8217;t really explain this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gossipextra.com\/2017\/05\/22\/sinkhole-mar-a-lago-donald-trump-7045-73623\">photo of the sinkhole alt-event<\/a> now, does it?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mar-A-Lago-sinkhole-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mar-A-Lago-sinkhole-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mar-A-Lago-sinkhole-1-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What does that orb have to do with counterterrorism, BTW?<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>This post is brought you by the folks who also brought you: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This tree was hit by lightning in Baldwyn, MS. It burned the inside. From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jkroxie\">@jkroxie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKXNMZrmVi\">pic.twitter.com\/OKXNMZrmVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Spann (@spann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spann\/status\/855933230897405953\">April 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; if hell exists &#8212; and we&#8217;re easily persuaded it does &#8212; best believe in paradise, too ] . Bryan Alexander of Infocult headed his report, Earth opens campaign against Trump. Bryan has been following sinkholes around the globe for some time now, and has also been keeping a wary eye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,1314,673,742,833,786,691,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-cameron","category-donald-trump","category-egypt","category-magic","category-sacrifice","category-saudi-arabia","category-symbolism","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55290"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55319,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55290\/revisions\/55319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}