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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,359 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:05 PM Sep 2020

Travis sheriff's office releases official information about boat parade

SwearOnWhateverOrWhoeverHat Retweeted

BREAKING: Travis sheriff's office releases official information about
@realDonaldTrump
boat parade:
- 5 boats sank, 2 towed, 3 still submerged.
- Most boats that took on water were towed before sinking.
- Weather was calm. Large boats generated waves.
- No evidence of foul play.


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Travis sheriff's office releases official information about boat parade (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 OP
Antifa Submarines don't leave "evidence of foul play" A HERETIC I AM Sep 2020 #1
It's those invisible stealth submarines Roland99 Sep 2020 #2
Stealth Soup Submarines! leftieNanner Sep 2020 #7
..... Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #12
IOW: Immature children without adult supervision hurting themselves. PSPS Sep 2020 #3
As usual, the rich don't give a damn who they hurt. Mariana Sep 2020 #11
Antifa's executive board owns those large boats, didn't you know... Eyeball_Kid Sep 2020 #4
Good mercuryblues Sep 2020 #5
Were any guns injured? Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #6
those small soup can torpedoes... brilliant! lapfog_1 Sep 2020 #8
Thanks! I was waiting for some hard news. Not to say.... LAS14 Sep 2020 #9
So, the Texas sheriff is a covert Antifa member aiding the cover-up...? regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #10
On the serious side. flamin lib Sep 2020 #13
Thre are sure to be plenty of videos posted on the internet csziggy Sep 2020 #15
Only the shadow knows for sure denem Sep 2020 #14
cosplaying reagan's "rising tide" n/t Cerridwen Sep 2020 #16

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
11. As usual, the rich don't give a damn who they hurt.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:21 PM
Sep 2020

I bet not one of those "large boats" that "generated waves" took on water or sank.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,430 posts)
4. Antifa's executive board owns those large boats, didn't you know...
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:11 PM
Sep 2020

... and they had those artificial wave generators on all of their hulls.

lapfog_1

(29,194 posts)
8. those small soup can torpedoes... brilliant!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:15 PM
Sep 2020

hats off to the Antifa submarine warfare platoon... aka the ASWP.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
10. So, the Texas sheriff is a covert Antifa member aiding the cover-up...?
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 08:20 PM
Sep 2020
Must be one of them Messican illegals...

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
13. On the serious side.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 11:33 PM
Sep 2020

Texas law says that any damage caused by wake is the responsibility of the person generating the wake. I hope the insurance companies demand that the boat owners generating the wakes be found and prosecuted as well as providing restitution to the owners who lost their boats.

This was a fortunate outcome, nobody drowned. That doesn't always happen. I have been involved in rescues of people left in the water as their boats sank due to some asshole leaving a July 4th event at full throttle. Nobody drown in that event either.

I don't know about where you live but in Texas there is no licensing to operate and no required training. All it takes to be a captain is a check that doesn't bounce. Think about that. A vessel that weighs 10-15,000 pounds with 400 horse power and no required training.

Okay, rant over.

Back to the funny as hell Dumbkirk meme.

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
15. Thre are sure to be plenty of videos posted on the internet
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 12:17 AM
Sep 2020

Both from people who were 'celebrating' the event and those who have been making fun of it. I hope the insurance companies dredge every one of those videos and use them against the participants.

I can also see the insurance companies denying the claims if the owners whose boats sank had been operating them in an unsafe fashion or had been drinking while driving them.

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