It’s called skytyping Skywriting - Wikipedia and it’s the typical modern way to do skywriting. It’s effectively a dot-matrix printer in the sky.
The old single-plane method drawing out individual letters has been obsolete for decades. Not to say it’s never done, but it’s sure not the way commercial advertising skywriting is done.
Such skytyping was (is?) nothing unusual in Los Angeles. When I was growing up there you could see it most weekends year round.
Skytyping in action:
View from one of the planes:
Why of course? Nasty attention getting nonsense is what blows up the Trump bubble. Eventually he’ll lose a primary, and reach a point where attention-getting backfires. But reminding GOP primary voters about how scurrilous Trump has been in attacking Hilary Clinton isn’t going to hurt him this month, and probably not next month either.
This month, I think the skytyping helps Trump.
A recent message from Sue Minter, a Democratic candidate for Governor of Vermont:
*You may have heard by now that Donald Trump is coming to [Burlington,] Vermont [on Thursday]. Vermont and Trump are not two words that flow together naturally, and I am puzzled why he thinks his intolerant, divisive rhetoric will find a receptive audience in our state.
It has been encouraging that all my fellow candidates for Governor have denounced Trump. It is my hope that all of us can come together not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Vermonters, to back up our words with some concrete deeds to send a message to Mr. Trump that in order for America to continue being great, we all need to stand together and lead by example.
I encourage all of you to devote either your time, money or both next Thursday, the day that Trump has chosen to speak in Vermont, to a cause that you stand for. A cause that helps bring us together, not tear us apart. A cause that represents compassion, kindness and love, not disrespect, bigotry and hate.
There are so many Vermonters engaged in activities that symbolize these Vermont values. Take Megan and Seth Frenzen who are currently in Greece devoting their time and medical skills to the thousands of Syrian refugees. Or the trio of South Burlington high school students who have spent the last month gathering blankets, winter coats and other supplies to ship to the refugees. It is these efforts and the values they reflect that make us proud to be American.
Let’s hope that when Donald Trump gets back on his custom-outfitted, $100 million jet and taxis down our airport runway, he will know that he has been in Vermont, he will have a better understanding of how we lead our lives, and that Vermonters understand the real reasons why we live in our great state and nation. *
So women are disgusting when they breastfeed or pump their milk. What an ass.
Ugh, that really chaps my hide because that’s an issue I am personally passionate about.
Skytypers are well-known to be a bunch of liberals whose opinions therefore don’t count.
Nah, they’re nuthin’ but paid shills of that despicable definitely not Great campaign run by Rubio.
Trump has released his first TV ad (Washington Post article with ad). It’s pretty much what you’d expect of Trump. It starts with a grainy photo of Obama and Hillary Clinton, which is replaced with photos of the San Bernardino attackers. The scary-sounding narrator says:
He comes right out and vows to take ISIS’ oil. On one hand, I guess I’m happy that he’s honest about his goals. On the other, don’t we usually at least pretend that we want to return natural resources to the control of legitimate governments? I don’t recall Bush and Cheney stating openly that we planned to knock off Saddam Hussein and take Iraq’s oil. I mean, just saying right out, “we’re going to remove you and take your resources” seems … atypical.
Weren’t we going to bill the Iraqis for their invasion? The thanks of a grateful nation, minus a couple hundred thousand…
So the neocons claimed, and the peaceniks protested. But it never happened, which Trump has lamented for months if not years.
It is a pretty tame commercial. The irony is that his opponents could have sponsored the same ad to attack him. I, too, am pleased he is not hiding his goals and calling out the administration.
Trump wants their oil because he believes the U.S. must profit with any foreign engagement. So if he is president, he will openly take natural resources from whatever country is invaded. He also said that oil is what funds ISIS, so they must be crippled there.
“The Bush oil invasion” is a conspiracy theory. Not sure why people don’t get called out on it as Conservatives are called out on every opinion they have as being a conspiracy.
I’m sure that will help loads with rallying allies to the cause.
Not really. In the long run, keeping oil flowing to keep prices low is why we are so wrapped up in Middle Eastern affairs.
As if ISIS has oil in the first place. They’re taking it all from Iraq. Wonder how the Iraqis will feel when Trump claims it as war booty.
Trumps ad uses video from Morocco to depict illegal immigrants streaming across the Mexican border:
Wogs is wogs. Details like continent of origin or of destination don’t much matter. Or at least so Trump’s supporters would say.
Reminds me of how the Russians stole factories and heavy machinery from the Eastern European countries they occupied. Aha, Trump is really a commie. And you are backing a Commie.
Calling that “commie” is a stretch. It is just what conquerers have done throughout history.
They didn’t actually do it for some reason, but it is hardly a conspiracy theory. Bush Administration officials promised at the time the war began that they would in fact use Iraqi oil revenues to pay for reconstruction of the country:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/03/14/86715/rove-iraq-oil/
See here.