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posted by martyb on Friday January 26 2018, @05:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the now-we-just-need-a-charity-for-lasers dept.

Donald Trump's 'hatred of sharks' benefits conservation charities

Donald Trump's alleged hatred of sharks has inspired people to financially support international shark charities.

The US president's dislike for the marine animal was revealed last week in an In Touch Weekly interview with adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He reportedly said that he would never give money to shark charities, adding: "I hope all sharks die."

Shark conservation groups have since noted an uptick in donations, one with the message: "Because Trump." Charities such as Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society told MarketWatch they had an outpouring of donations.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Friday January 26 2018, @07:30AM (8 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday January 26 2018, @07:30AM (#628138) Journal

    What? Fox and Fiends was not on, so he had to watch Shark Week? My goodness, I hope he never watches Walking Dead by mistake. Not to say the Donald is impressionable, but the First First Lady did say, "Donald gets confused when so many people talk to him."

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Friday January 26 2018, @08:03AM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday January 26 2018, @08:03AM (#628143) Journal

    I was forced to watch some Fox Noose this week. Wall to wall coverage of the "missing" FBI "secret society" texts. Which ended up recovered yesterday with the secret society remark being a single sarcastic text, and Senator Ron Johnson [cnn.com] at one point saying that he didn't know what his "source" meant.

    As for zombies, don't forget that the CDC has already played around with that. They will probably wait another 4-8 years before trying that stunt again:

    https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombie/index.htm [cdc.gov]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparedness_101:_Zombie_Apocalypse [wikipedia.org]

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @01:06PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @01:06PM (#628243)

      The first rule of the "secret society" is to not talk about the "secret society". That's why we have the "super secret handshake" that people with "tiny" hands can't accomplish.

      • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday January 26 2018, @04:42PM (1 child)

        by Freeman (732) on Friday January 26 2018, @04:42PM (#628319) Journal

        You laugh, but there are secret societies that have used things like a Super Secret handshake to identify other members. The secret / not so secret society of the Masons are just one example of an actual secret society. Scoff all you want at secret societies, but they do exist and have their own agenda. The question is what agenda and why have a secret society, if it's on the up and up.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @10:05PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @10:05PM (#628573)

          Pretty much every street gang has their own secret handshake, some with multiple versions and variations.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @08:17PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @08:17PM (#628482)

      You assume the remark is sarcastic because the alternative is that our government contains corruption. Uh... our government contains corruption.

      I'm betting the truth is somewhere between "sarcastic" and "weird organization with secret rituals". It is most likely a group of people plotting to violate the law together. I doubt there is a uniform or a special handshake or any sort of exotic ritual. It is probably a smallish group of people that has a private group chat and sometimes gathers in somebody's office to coordinate their crime.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @11:27AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @11:27AM (#628213)

    Minor nitpick - his first wife, not his current wife (so not the First Lady)

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @12:46PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @12:46PM (#628236)

      > Minor nitpick - his first wife, not his current wife (so not the First Lady)

      ari didn't say "First Lady", he said "First First Lady".

      Ivana Trump: [go.com] "I don't want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that, because I'm basically first Trump wife. OK? I'm first lady."

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @02:00PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @02:00PM (#628257)

        Aha, you are correct. Sorry ari!