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angrychair

(12,211 posts) Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:18 PM Sunday

Let's Nuke it!

Instead of fighting over a 21 mile bottleneck forever, we cut a new channel through friendly territory. A dozen thermonuclear detentions and you've got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal, deeper than the Suez, and safe from Iranian attacks. - Written by Newt Gingrich on Twitter

I cannot even express how completely insane this is and how it makes absolutely no sense at all.
I mean are these these the radiation free nukes I have heard nothing about? Do nuclear devices only explode in straight, predictable lines now?

I mean I'm absolutely not an expert, not a civil engineer but this seems like a very bad idea.

Reference:

Not great
— Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) 2026-03-15T22:17:00.201Z

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Highlight:

Let's Nuke it! (Original Post) angrychair Sunday OP

But how will we stop the hurricanes if we use all the nukes for this? Renew Deal Sunday #1

Bonus! Aussie105 Sunday #2

It was originally committed on angrychair Sunday #5

Dr Gingrich forgot to mention an important benefit: Free radiation treatment for cancer patients in the area. dalton99a Sunday #3

And that's when the asteroids come for us OC375 Sunday #4

Turns out that everything we have said and thought about these racist malaise Sunday #6

Horseshoes, hand grenades and thermonuclear detonations. Xavier Breath Sunday #7

Why is... 2naSalit Sunday #8

Very bad idea?... lame54 Sunday #9

Someone is feeling irrelevant and needing some attention. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sunday #10

We tested doing that in the 60s Jerry2144 Sunday #11

This is just Project Plowshare resurrected from the 50's NickB79 Sunday #12

Project Plowshare SonOfNebanaube Monday #13

Planet-brain Gingrich read a satirical post, and thought it was a real suggestion muriel_volestrangler Monday #14

Renew Deal

(85,039 posts)

1. But how will we stop the hurricanes if we use all the nukes for this?

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:20 PM

Sunday

Aussie105

(7,861 posts)

2. Bonus!

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:23 PM

Sunday

All the ships and the products that come down that new channel will glow in the dark!

Did Newt actually say that?

If he did, is he having a Senior Moment?

He is 82, which may put him in the Donald Trump Twilight Zone.

angrychair

(12,211 posts)

5. It was originally committed on

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:32 PM

Sunday

By someone else and then by Molly. I don't have a Twitter account anymore so I am not sure about that. No major news services are carrying it but I posted it because Molly Jong-Fast responded to it so assuming it's legit.

dalton99a

(93,940 posts)

3. Dr Gingrich forgot to mention an important benefit: Free radiation treatment for cancer patients in the area.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:26 PM

Sunday

100% free, and fast. Kills everything

OC375

(841 posts)

4. And that's when the asteroids come for us

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:31 PM

Sunday

malaise

(295,534 posts)

6. Turns out that everything we have said and thought about these racist

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:42 PM

Sunday

monsters who have not one shred of decency, humanity or willingness to adhere to the rule of law at home or international law underestimated the actual depth of their levels of depravity.
But they all love their Jebus. What utter farce.

Xavier Breath

(6,633 posts)

7. Horseshoes, hand grenades and thermonuclear detonations.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:52 PM

Sunday

2naSalit

(102,264 posts)

8. Why is...

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:59 PM

Sunday

That rat bastard still wasting good air?

lame54

(39,654 posts)

9. Very bad idea?...

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:04 PM

Sunday

That's Trump's wheelhouse

Fiendish Thingy

(23,006 posts)

10. Someone is feeling irrelevant and needing some attention. Nt

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:18 PM

Sunday

Jerry2144

(3,261 posts)

11. We tested doing that in the 60s

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:35 PM

Sunday

Sedan Crater in Nevada was to create a new harbor in milliseconds. Another test did a series of shots to dig a channel. They work. The dirt got moved. Radiation levels would be next to nothing once it floods with water. Just don’t eat the seafood there. And don’t build beachfront property and live there

NickB79

(20,316 posts)

12. This is just Project Plowshare resurrected from the 50's

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:39 PM

Sunday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare

It was insane then, and insane now.

SonOfNebanaube

(109 posts)

13. Project Plowshare

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 12:12 AM

Monday

Still a bad idea.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,097 posts)

14. Planet-brain Gingrich read a satirical post, and thought it was a real suggestion

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 12:18 PM

Monday

Readers added some potentially sobering context:

**This proposal originates from a satirical article published the same day, presented as a humorous open letter with a disclaimer that its views “do not necessarily represent those of anyone with brain cells.” No such nuclear-excavated canal exists.** chinatalk.media/p/its-time

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/newt-gingrich-and-the-party-of-ideas

There are some hilarious follow-ups to Newt's tweet - this is my favourite:

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