It's too hot for high drama, but nonetheless we persist (Trump cont.)

[illegitimateMortificadospawn]

I'm all out of inspiration here. The grind is getting us all down, interspersed with terrorist attacks, but we shall overcome. In the meantime, there's gin and camaraderie.

Previous thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2952694

The GA 6 loss doesn't get me down. It was closer than anyone would have thought possible a year ago.

Marathon, not a sprint. And it will keep us on our toes for 2018. No complacency allowed!!

Persistence will pay off.

It got me down for a short time - but not permanently. (But then I wasn't keen on Ossoff.)

Persistence is necessary - it will pay off as you said.

From that article about bots:

"In every country, it said, civil society groups struggled to protect themselves against misinformation campaigns. And in authoritarian countries, it added, social media was one of the key ways the authorities had tried to retain control during political crises.
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"Computational propaganda has been particularly prevalent in Ukraine, the research suggests.
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"The typical way this worked, it explained, was that a message would be placed in an online news outlet or blog's article...These would then be spread on social media via automated accounts and potentially picked up in turn by 'opinion leaders', with large followings of their own. With enough attention, the message would ultimately be picked up by mainstream media, including TV channels."

Social media but also, I think, a degree of personal lassitude? After all, most people still have electricity and enough food, youngsters are still getting married etc etc. People think to themselves 'Oh well, the sky isn't falling......we're OK.'

And spare a thought for Kim Jeong Suk. Last night's result means that she doesn't have to head for the bunker. Yet.

Sorry, what did I miss? Kim Jeong Suk?

The current First Lady of South Korea.

Because he'd have had to start a war to distract everyone from the "breaking of the dam"? I'm too hot and bothered to even begin to parse subtleties so could be entirely mistaken!

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Lawks-a-mussy, Pain. Such cynicism!

Stamped through me like a stick of rock!

Wikipedia says it's Kim Jung-sook

You also have Kim Jong-suk (totally different!) who was Lil'Kim's grandmother (so, North Korea).

Kim Jeong-suk doesn't seem to exist (in English)

You can understand my confusion.

Yes indeed I can, Lweji. (She keeps a low profile which doesn't help you.)

Here is something cheery from Georgia and it is not Sally Yates :

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/georgia-prisoners-save-guards-life-passes-out-stop-breathing-polk-county-jail-a7799761.html

Here you all are! I lost you for a while there!

The Anthony Bourdain of treason.

Democrats don't know how to scare people.

Thanks, Lweji.

I see by the way that Senator Preet Bharara has also been keeping a low profile.

Tillerson and Mattis to host rare news conference today. An Examiner piece.

North Korea on the table

This cannot be good news...

US gun laws: Colorado to arm teachers in classrooms
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40353408

I can remember reading that this would happen if Trump prevailed:

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-20/-i-need-more-mexicans-a-kansas-farmer-s-message-to-trump?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-businessweek&utm_content=businessweek&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Indeed. There will be fewer products on supermarket shelves.

Colorado to arm teachers in classrooms

I'd be considering home schooling.

Unfortunately, Lweji, many homes are weaponised also. Americans have this odd 'thing' about guns.

Place marking. A little late but I've been working bigly. No golfing.

I'm supposed to be but persistence is distracting ...

Where's your DBro at the moment, catgirl?