Trump (cont): Nothing to see here, nope not a Russian in sight

[CaveMum]

Sorry for the rubbish title but I couldn't see a new thread!

Oh God how horrible! I've been off the grid today and hadn't heard about Syria.

Those poor poor people.

Yes just awfulness compounded with tragedy in Syria.
Across, well done for getting out there. What was the mood of the crowd?

N Korea 'missile launch fails'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39612095

Wasn't Obama who pursued a strategy of sabotaging NK missiles?
Could this be a consequence of it?

OTOH, I suspect heads will roll. More literally than figuratively.

The Tax Marches

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39610443

Saffron the mood of the crowd where I was was really positive and enthusiastic. There were no counter-protesters, unlike at the march in Berkeley CA!

As with the Women's March in January, speakers urged us to get involved and stay involved.

From Lweji's link:

The White House cited "grave national security risks and privacy concerns" as the reason for its decision

Really? Tell me more...

Snl from yesterday (Spicey's back!):

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNgkwTusM4

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_RvfzFv3c6Y

Stephen King @StephenKing

Come on, chickenshit, if you're man enough to drop a mega-bomb on Afghanistan, you should be man enough to release your tax returns.

Vanity fair article:

www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/jared-kushner-steve-bannon-white-house-civil-war

Sean Spicer‏ @PressSec

Statement by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on North Korea Missile Test

www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1153281/statement-by-secretary-of-defense-jim-mattis-on-north-korea-missile-test/

You have to admire Mattis' eloquence and deep analysis.

Does an apparently failed missile test count as a test? Was the threat only for nuclear tests? Does anyone know if the missile carried a nuclear warhead?

Because of another thread, I came across this Republican pearl.

"Republican senator Scott Wagner told constituents in Pennsylvania “I haven’t been in a science class in a long time” – at which point any sensible politician would have stopped talking – “but the Earth moves closer to the sun every year, you know, the rotation of the Earth.”

Adding to his alarming heliocentric model, Wagner said, “We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off?"

New Scientist

www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431211-000-feedback/

And people vote for these swine.

Lweji - that's just frightening.

And their president validates this crap.

I've read the NK missile didn't have a nuclear warhead.

Happy Easter everyone. I hope you are all enjoying chocolate for breakfast

I wonder how the white house Easter egg roll will go..

Well, we are still here at the moment, so Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone

Happy Easter, all- yes, chocolate for breakfast in this house

The good thing about Korea is that it's on the other side of the world.

Having said that, the Spanish nuclear power station near the Portuguese border may explode or leak before there's any actual nuclear war.

I think Lil'l Kim may be mad but is very good at self preservation. He'll also know a bit more about military history than Trump. He won't want to piss off the US too much. Fingers crossed.

Happy Easter to you too, Kitten.

I will admit I'm surprised how quiet it has been this weekend. I thought this was going to be crunch time in a lot of ways - perhaps it has, behind the scenes?

Anyways - I guess I'm grateful as I don't want WW3 breaking out anytime soon. But am also slightly disappointed as I want him out of office and the more dick moves he makes, the likelier he is to be removed. Argh - talk about an impossible situation

Happy Easter everyone. :)

The Don is presumably busy with family and egg hunting. He is calmer when he has company. He may not even have noticed the failed missile test.
I imagine that the WH staff and Mattis have succeeded in keeping it from him, at least until the news die out.

Happy Easter to all. And thanks for all the info, just catching up!

Has someone thrown away the trumper's phone, he is remarkably quiet!

Happy Easter everyone

Lweji I am just at the sheer, terrifying ignorance.

Hope Twitler doesn't get to hear the batshit theory about so many hot bodies causing global warming - he'd probably think the answer is to MOAB the shit out of some highly-populated areas. #Environmentally aware. #Bigly.