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lionheart · 18/08/2017 23:43

I'm paying attention.

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CaveMum · 21/08/2017 04:19

Interesting video on statues commemorating the Civil War here: twitter.com/el4jc/status/899183423327219712

MsHooliesCardigan · 21/08/2017 06:12

There is a part of me that can't stop myself from feeling sorry for him. That feeling disappears every time he opens his mouth but I just wonder what has happened to him to make him so monumentally fucked up. I know he had a brother who drank himself to death because he couldn't cope with their father's perfectionism but he has 3 other siblings who sound relatively normal - I think one of his sisters was a judge. I find it grimly fascinating how someone who, by all accounts, has had a very privileged upbringing, can be so full of hate. Why is he so angry? It just doesn't make any sense.

Roussette · 21/08/2017 06:48

Interesting MrsHoolies I also find it interesting. I only knew of one sister alive who was a judge and is the spit of the mother. There's two brothers too. I wonder what they think of Donald.
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Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!

Amazing he has to tell everyone he's worked hard. Working hard for him probably means reading more than one sheet of paper. And still bleating on about Fake news

Roussette · 21/08/2017 07:27

Interesting....

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orlantina · 21/08/2017 08:31

How not to react as US President to news about a ship collision

Amy Siskind
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Trump's response to five sailors injured, 10 missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with a merchant ship:
"That's too bad."
Yes for real.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 21/08/2017 08:40

Tea Pain
Tea Pain @TeaPainUSA
Our ships never collided until we elected a President that loves sharin' classified information with the Russians. Coincidence? #TrumpResign

[ www.newscientist.com/article/2143499-ships-fooled-in-gps-spoofing-attack-suggest-russian-cyberweapon/amp/ ]

honeysucklejasmine · 21/08/2017 08:50

How on earth do ships as state of the art as the US Navy keep colliding?

Fekko · 21/08/2017 08:59

Rousette 😮. I dont even thing (award winning actress) Meryl Streep could pull that performance off!

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lionheart · 21/08/2017 09:36

That New Scentist piece is quite scary.

I think paid attendees were a part of the campaign too, Certainly, the people chosen to stand behind him were not exactly representative of the whole audience.

Or else, somewhere, there is a wrangler whose job was to seek non-white people and offer them the 'best' seats. Like dressing a set, I suppose.

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lionheart · 21/08/2017 09:41

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So has anyone else noticed that the path of the eclipse is 98% Trumplandia...?

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Lweji · 21/08/2017 09:43

I'm also Shock regarding the GPS spoofing.

I thought the GPS data for US defence was encrypted, though. If US navy ships are colliding because of it, then it is even scarier.

Lweji · 21/08/2017 09:45

I only knew of one sister alive who was a judge and is the spit of the mother. There's two brothers too. I wonder what they think of Donald.

They never showed up during the campaign or elsewhere alongside Trump. Conclude what you want.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 21/08/2017 09:45

The reason that I'd wager he had paid attendees throughout is because he's so insistently accused others of paying their supporters.

And we all know what a fan he is of projecting.

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TheNorthWestPawsage · 21/08/2017 09:58

From twitter:
Hey do you guys remember when Donald Trump hired actors to show up at his candidacy announcement
then got sued because he didn't pay them?
twitter.com/jules_su/status/899327631224713217

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TheNorthWestPawsage · 21/08/2017 10:03
Sad 1979 solar eclipse news report ended with wish for peace in 2017

www.ajc.com/news/1979-solar-eclipse-news-report-ended-with-wish-for-peace-2017/nxnKtJgPc17P6caSBYz3NJ/amp.html

Lweji · 21/08/2017 10:07

From a twitter comment:

"When a clown is elected, expect a circus"

Not quite true, as Brazilians did elect a clown to the Senate and he took it seriously. But that's because he wasn't a clown, he worked as a clown.
Whereas Trump IS a clown working as a real estate developer.

Lweji · 21/08/2017 10:12

"Trump's conclusion that Iran had violated the nuclear deal before being presented with evidence was "disconcerting.""

Not really new. It's similar to what was done with Iraq.
It suits many interests to keep Iran as an enemy of the US, including guess who? He likes bare-chested horse riding.

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lionheart · 21/08/2017 10:17

I do not like that image....Smile

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lionheart · 21/08/2017 10:19

But this ...

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lionheart · 21/08/2017 10:25

NYT

www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/rinat-akhmetshin-russia-trump-meeting.html?_r=0

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 21/08/2017 11:40

uk.businessinsider.com/marseille-france-incident-dead-2017-8

Lweji · 21/08/2017 12:00

They're not treating is as a (ISIS related) terrorism incident, apparently.

But it's like the rise of the nut jobs. Suddenly they think it's a good idea to drive cars into people.

LukeCagesWife · 21/08/2017 12:07

I've not read up so sorry if anyone has posted this but:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump Trump has changed his twitter profile pic. I guess it is supposed to looking sinister but for me ihis expression evokes Hector style mean mugging (Breaking Bad reference)!

I had to check the cabinet, I don't recognise many Smile. I think it will be the perfect pic for Trump the Movie.

I also realised that the US ship in trouble is called the John McCain. I assume the McCain that has gained both praise and condemnation from Scrotus recently.

Trump is making me believe that there is a higher being training as a satirist/comedian because every situation is both perfect and unbelievable.