Scandalgate: Difference between revisions

* "Sharpiegate" 0.1 (Oct 2002): On Monday Night Football in Seattle, Terrell Owens pulled out a 'Sharpie' marker, autographed the ball and handed it to his financial adviser. This started a trend. Ball boys asking for autographs during the game?! <s>Cats and dogs living together?</s> Nov 1, 2017 [//twitter.com/RichEisenShow/status/925474984272601088 Rich Eisen Show] reveals to those still interested "where exactly did @terrellowens really get the infamous @Sharpie from and who has the football he signed in Seattle that day in 2002".

* "Sharpiegate" 0.2 (Jun 2010): [[Kristen Stewart]] had a little accident with a marker [//web.archive.org/web/20100627031538/http%3A//www.eonline.com/uberblog/lyons_den/b187572_kristen_stewart_i_got_big_blue_mark_on.html five minutes after she arrived] at the [[The Twilight Saga|Eclipse]] premiere, leaving a big blue mark. Some celebrity chasers and [[Fandom Nickname|Twihards]] are upset. Kristen isn't. That's about it.

* "Sharpiegate" 0.3 (Nov 2013): Monroe County has a minor trouble at an election: sharpie markers provided at polling places tend to bleed through the two-sided ballots. Monroe County Election Commissioner [//www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/11/05/election-day-decision-time-for-local-voters/3437671/ says] it doesn't cause any hiccups in voting machines because scanner only reads the boxes, which don't coincide.

* "Sharpiegate" 0.4 (Jan 2017): [[Donald Trump]] tweets a photo of himself writing his inaugural address. 2 Twitter activists post it with "#SharpieGate". Nobody noticed, but [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].

* "Sharpiegate" 1.0 (Sep 2019): [//www.americanoversight.org/how-sharpiegate-turned-a-simple-misunderstanding-into-a-media-frenzy-and-headache-for-noaa-employees Once upon a time], [[Donald Trump]] tweeted about hurricane Dorian danger for Alabama. NWS Birmingham tweeted about lack of hurricane danger for Alabama. NOAA tweeted about inherent uncertainty in predictions of the next week's weather. Trump doodled a worse-case scenario on a hurricane map as an illustration. With a sharpie. [[And That's Terrible]], just like everything Trump ever did, at least according to his detractors. Because drawing on a map handout, per 3 versions most common on Twitter, either: desecrates Science™, bullies bureaucrats, or is a clear sign of insanity. According to emails within NOAA, some didn't even know the map was doodled upon by an outside party, and many of those who did weren't aware it was his, just "someone in WH"; mostly, they were annoyed by the whole thing. Then a Coast Guard rear admiral issued a statement that this was a reference to some of the predictions included in a briefing. Which gave new material to those willing to run in circles — more than one prediction of the next week's already anomalous weather is unthinkable, so this clearly means Trump bullied the admiral, too. Meanwhile, Alabama receives a warning from NWS Birmingham that they expect showers and storms, but "not associated with Dorian", and indeed gets some of those (not the full strength hurricane, however). Then again, a search suggests dangerous storms are not rare in Alabama either way.

** …All of which led nowhere, except lots of low-effort snowclone jokes (draw something ridiculous on a photo) on Twitter, and Trump's campaign people making fun of the press by advertising for "the official Trump marker", which is unlike all other markers.

* "Sharpiegate" 2.0 (Sep 2019): Trump signed a section of border fence. [[And That's Terrible]].

* "Fartgate": in November 2019 Eric Swalwell's speech was intruded upon (but not quite interrupted) by a characteristic sound… on live TV. And then it turns out the fart jokes are "#bifartisan".