I never met someone from NM to discuss MN. Honest. Trump thread cont

[amispartacus]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2864604-FAKE-news-LIES-fake-lies-We-need-the-Trump-Oracle?msgid=67323987

Someone else in the US shot and told 'to get back to your own country'

www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/sikh-man-shot-170305052756400.html

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/kent-shooting-victim-says-he-was-told-go-back-to-your-own-country/

The victim was a Sikh man.

Singh said Puget Sound-area Sikh men in particular have reported a rise in verbal abuse and uncomfortable encounters recently, “a kind of prejudice, a kind of xenophobia that is nothing that we’ve seen in the recent past.”

To Singh, the number of incidents targeting members of the religion, which has its roots in the Punjab region of South Asia, recalls the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.

“But at that time, it felt like the [presidential] administration was actively working to allay those fears,” he said. “Now, it’s a very different dimension.”

I overheard a caller on a UK station banging on about 'prove what Russia is doing, all FAKE NEWS, Trump is right Bla bla bla'.

It was quite gobsmaking really. Such a thick, incoherent little man who seems to think that he now has 'a voice' and some sort of power. How do these thickoes think that they actually have 'they truth'? Because someone tells them without any evidence? No facts, proof or actual sense? It's like a weird religion.

Is anyone noticing that both Trump's 'supporters' are going into overdrive alongside May's ones here?

Trump is on the defensive over Russia.

May could be in more shit over corrupt election expenses, and is ramming brexit through at break neck speed, and sending out 'prepare to leave' letters to EU citizens who have lived in Britain for decades. Racist and anti semitic attacks risen since Brexit too and Jewish Brits are taking up offer of German citizenship at record levels.

Looks like it's make or break time for both to them at them moment.

I saw a report of that attack on a Sikh earlier, Ami, but hadn't clocked that it happened in Seattle - which is the most liberal and laid back of US cities, to my mind. Somehow that makes it so much worse, if you see what I mean?

Seattle? Well there are some yeehaw areas there too.

I wouldn't have put money on an attack there though.

I've noticed a tiny shift from Fox too. They must realise they're in deep trouble. Trump fans are being weaned off them to Breitbart. Those against Trump are dug in deeper than ever against them. They risk losing their audience and power, which is probably why Murdoch's started talking about "fake news" issues.

Cussing, agree, but I think Murdoch has his limit. He isn't an idiot and he doesn't support idiots. He will retract his support from Trump if his behaviour continues so openly erratic, and he certainly will if he becomes subject to investigation, I would think.

Here I am doing my bit on the NHS march yesterday (kids lurking behind me). Organisers estimated that 250,000 attended. All very peaceful and a lot of people with Trump banners.

MrsHooly bigly demonstration, thanks!

Great stuff, thank you, MsHoolie!

2 Rogue POTUS Staff tweets:

Rogue POTUS Staff @RoguePOTUSStaff 7 hrs

POTUS has done more damage to self in the 48 w/ his temper than has compromising news. No POTUS can survive scandal by alienating his staff.

Rogue POTUS Staff‏ @RoguePOTUSStaff 8h8 hours ago

Today has been the biggest failure of POTUS' term so far. Worst thing is, he doesn't even understand why. He's treading on very thin ice.

Great work MrsHoolies! (and kids)

Sorry, need Tweet clarification here, please, TheClaws - does "the 48" mean in the past 48 hours or something completely different?

Yes, it means the past 48 hours Dumdedum (as far as I could gather).

Dum

I'll defer to the US posters here but I assumed that they just meant 'the US'. ( '48' or, backaways, 'The Lower 48' is a term used to describe the coterminous US.)

Ah. I have a different view to others.

Still.

I'm sure we can all agree that he blew it? BIGLY.

You could be right Cozie. I guessed from the context.

This SNL summary made me wonder about something.
If Arne was sacked/resigned for low ratings, what should happen to a President with the lowest ever starting ratings?

Several ouch moments, not least of all to the current bumbling and ineffective Johnny American type of current DNC leadership.

cozie - yep, I think "the Lower 48" was at the back of my mind when I queried it!
Either way, I hope he has blown it so bigly that he is soon gone. And that Pence gets ousted for his private email server.. And that in a strange Dallas like turn, Obama returns for a third Presidential term as if we'd all been in the shower for a collective nightmare

was Melissa McCarthy on last night?
I luff her.

(also, genuine question, what is a "nudge" question?)

No Melissa. Just Forrest Sessions. Run Sessions, run.

Look for his legless best friend (I think that's what inspired the sketch).

Anyway, it's a question that is phrased in such a way that it leads the person to reply in a certain way.
Such as:
Would you rather spend more money on killing children abroad or on educating children in our country?

Mail On Sunday is also carrying the story that Trump went ballistic after Sessions recusal. Apparently he told Bannon and Priebus that they were not to travel to MaraLago aboard Air Force One with him as originally planned. They said they would stay at the White House instead.

So his keepers were absent when the twitterstorm occurred.

Bannon then flew to Florida on Saturday

Aaaah, lightbulb moment re nudge questions, thank you, Lweji!

The recent attacks on Sikhs reminded me of this clip, from almost a year ago, about how Sikhs are not Muslim.

In there they say they don't want to throw another religion under the bus and keep telling people "I'm not Muslim", as if acknowledging that Muslims are dangerous. Which is fine and commendable. But I wonder how long they'll feel the same if they start being shot at.

"@ungaggedEPA
Pushing #EPA duties solely to the states will not work. One state's oversight = another's disaster. Who will be accountable? Think about it."

Oh, Dump's Admin will just blame it on Obama or say it's all FAKE LIES.

twitter.com/ungaggedEPA/status/837841338066403328

There's a "silver lining", though".

IggieDaddy replies:

@ungaggedEPA Obvious that red state trump lovers will suffer the most harm. C'est la vie.