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tavernier

(14,573 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:35 AM 22 hrs ago

Uh-oh, I think the D.C. vandals have been to Mara-Lago as well!

Thick blankets of smelly sargassum seaweed are currently washing ashore on Palm Beach County beaches. Tourists and locals can barely tolerate the stench, choosing to stay away from the beach areas.

Poor Rump. Those Antifa criminals are everywhere!!

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Uh-oh, I think the D.C. vandals have been to Mara-Lago as well! (Original Post) tavernier 22 hrs ago OP
It's the Antifa Mafia! greatauntoftriplets 22 hrs ago #1
Obama and Biden have hired boats tavernier 21 hrs ago #4
I hope not. greatauntoftriplets 21 hrs ago #5
The boats are from Cuba and Soros is paying for them, right? rzemanfl 21 hrs ago #6
It's Alg Qaeda lame54 18 hrs ago #25
Another good one! greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #31
No! It's "Amphibfa" maxrandb 17 hrs ago #29
That's good! greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #30
Odd... everywhere he goes there's reeking scum.... Blue Owl 22 hrs ago #2
Too good❗️ La Urraca 20 hrs ago #14
;-{) THIS Goonch 22 hrs ago #3
I fear it's Algaezeera the_liberal_grandpa 21 hrs ago #7
Another good one 😂 La Urraca 20 hrs ago #15
OMG! calimary 19 hrs ago #21
All seaweed is a form of algae. Sargassum seaweed is a species of macroalgae. Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #8
Algae-Qaeda strikes again! Mysterian 21 hrs ago #9
ALGAEFA! Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #37
It's washing up on Gulf beaches of Red States, too. Trump should pay them $300 billion to stop it. surfered 21 hrs ago #10
We've been having problems for years malaise 18 hrs ago #26
You're in luck. Along with Saharan Dust! LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #34
Paging Pat Robertson Pinback 21 hrs ago #11
Good ole John Hagee  progressoid 20 hrs ago #13
But when tornadoes hit Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, et al. Pinback 20 hrs ago #16
The Lord moves in mysterious ways. progressoid 20 hrs ago #17
We can thank El Nino for this, I believe FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #12
True MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #23
It's not nice to fool mother nature. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #28
OMG...did someone go into the ocean and slash the floor with big knives? Totally Tunsie 19 hrs ago #18
You misspelled Merde-a-Lardo OMGWTF 19 hrs ago #19
More apt a name than ever! RockCreek 18 hrs ago #27
When everything you touch turns to a sewer, and you smell like that... Initech 19 hrs ago #20
Like a bad aftershave. calimary 19 hrs ago #22
I didn't know aftershave was still a thing! Initech 18 hrs ago #24
Sargassum has become the Iran War of seaweeds: peppertree 10 hrs ago #32
Mar-a-lago attack by Auntie Far Wonder Why 9 hrs ago #33
Keep away from this stuff -- it may be releasing DEADLY H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas !! eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #35
Yikes! I just read that article. calimary 6 hrs ago #36
Sadly, it took some shocking deaths for people to realize the nature and scope of the problem. eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #38
Thanks for that! tavernier 1 hr ago #39

tavernier

(14,573 posts)
4. Obama and Biden have hired boats
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:01 AM
21 hrs ago

to dump the weeds on his beach.

Will they never stop the madness???

maxrandb

(17,553 posts)
29. No! It's "Amphibfa"
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
17 hrs ago

Saw someone dressed like a frog with an "I Am Amphibfa" t-shirt at the reflecting pool.

I am still laughing

calimary

(91,427 posts)
21. OMG!
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:32 PM
19 hrs ago

BEST comment - and that’s quite an accomplishment when this Trump disaster just dishes ‘em out with shovels.

No. Not shovels. Earth-movers. Maybe with truckloads of dynamite.

Ocelot II

(131,779 posts)
8. All seaweed is a form of algae. Sargassum seaweed is a species of macroalgae.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:25 AM
21 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargassum. The big brother of the reflecting pool's algae.

surfered

(15,014 posts)
10. It's washing up on Gulf beaches of Red States, too. Trump should pay them $300 billion to stop it.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:36 AM
21 hrs ago

malaise

(299,517 posts)
26. We've been having problems for years
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:15 PM
18 hrs ago

in the Caribbean as well. Sometimes we just can’t go in the water

Pinback

(13,712 posts)
11. Paging Pat Robertson
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:39 AM
21 hrs ago

or Rick Warren (or whoever the current leading messianic televangelist grifter is). This all has to be some kind of divine signal, right?

Pinback

(13,712 posts)
16. But when tornadoes hit Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, et al.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:16 AM
20 hrs ago

it’s the Lord “testing their faith” or some such bullshit. Anything but a scientific explanation.

progressoid

(53,549 posts)
17. The Lord moves in mysterious ways.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:29 AM
20 hrs ago

It's best not to question it too much. Just put your donation in the plate.

FakeNoose

(42,966 posts)
12. We can thank El Nino for this, I believe
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:49 AM
20 hrs ago

There's no political agenda, this stuff happens courtesy of Mother Nature.

Totally Tunsie

(12,228 posts)
18. OMG...did someone go into the ocean and slash the floor with big knives?
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:50 AM
19 hrs ago

Chump better drain the ocean and call in his pool guy to lay a new lining! Damn vandals. They're why chump can't have nice things.

Initech

(109,602 posts)
20. When everything you touch turns to a sewer, and you smell like that...
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:54 AM
19 hrs ago

It's understandable that it follows you everywhere!

calimary

(91,427 posts)
22. Like a bad aftershave.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:37 PM
19 hrs ago

Or maybe what happens after serving a stewpot full of beans.

peppertree

(23,576 posts)
32. Sargassum has become the Iran War of seaweeds:
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:13 PM
10 hrs ago

It's good for distracting from Cheeto's own stench.

eppur_se_muova

(42,899 posts)
35. Keep away from this stuff -- it may be releasing DEADLY H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas !!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:45 AM
7 hrs ago

A number of people, a horse, and a number of wild boars have died or been hospitalized in a part of France where huge blooms of seaweed had washed ashore and begun to rot. The Guardian published a very extensive, in-depth article on the situation: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

Lots more articles online: https://www.google.com/search?q=hydrogen+sulfide+from+rotting+seaweed+claims+lives&udm=14

Above concentrations of 50ppm*, H2S has a way of "numbing" the sense of smell, which makes it possible for people to fail to notice how intense the smell is, after an initial exposure. H2S has an offensive, rotten egg smell (rotting eggs produce H2S) which is detectable at very low, non-hazardous levels (as low as 0.05 ppm*), but after a while, it just isn't repulsive enough to keep people away, and they can breathe in a substantial dose without being aware of it, until they wake up in the ambulance or hospital -- IF they're lucky.

* marks info from the Guardian article, which is very informative, but which can't be copied !! Please see the article https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

calimary

(91,427 posts)
36. Yikes! I just read that article.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:40 AM
6 hrs ago

Very long but also very chilling! Efforts are being made to get a handle on the seaweed problem and understand how it actually can kill. And how urgently AND intensely it has to be confronted.

I guess it’s one of those “better the devil you know” things…

eppur_se_muova

(42,899 posts)
38. Sadly, it took some shocking deaths for people to realize the nature and scope of the problem.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:46 AM
5 hrs ago

Apparently, there were warning signs due to wild animal deaths but people didn't investigate them thoroughly enough.

tavernier

(14,573 posts)
39. Thanks for that!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:35 AM
1 hr ago

Our high school football team trains on their field, which is right next to the ocean. I will show this article to the principal so he is aware of the dangers.

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