"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Trump threads continued [title edited by MNHQ]

[lionheart]

I'm paying attention.

There's a secutiry alert at the WH!

The Don is not there, though

German police have seized around 5,000 ecstasy tablets shaped like the head of US President Donald

Odd branding as there's very little uplifting or euphoria-inducing about Trump.

Be fair, bad. You don't know what's really in them. Many street drugs are a bit ..........odd.

Well, that's a fair point - the promise of good things to come, but shit in reality.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/22/1691013/-Leaks-show-Unite-the-Right-attendees-discussing-hitting-protesters-with-cars-before-Charlottesville

So going back to my post this morning about statistics/polling...
...22 million nazi sympathisers just going about their business in the US

9% in new ABC/WaPo poll call it acceptable to hold white supremacist views, equivalent to about 22 million people abcn.ws/2wBdcDC
twitter.com/abcpolitics/status/900038640402915328

What's the figure for those who believe we're ruled by lizard aliens in people suits. 12 million?

Must be at least that many Cozie and some are members of both groups I suspect

Ah Yes. 12 million it is. An old Guardian article on the topic.

Lizard aliens

Would be nice if it was 22 or even just 12 million.

Thousands set to protest President Trump as he arrives in Phoenix for campaign-style rally
www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-protesters-20170822-story,amp.html

Although, I should add, belief in the Grassy Knoll theory is entirely rational and well-founded.

I'm pleased but a little apprehensive, NorthWest. I hope all goes well.

Just read the aliens article.

Around 66 million Americans believe that aliens landed at Roswell, New Mexico; around 22 million people believe that the government faked the moon landing; and around 160 million believe that there is a conspiracy surrounding the assassination of former US president John F Kennedy.

I give up!

Oh ye gods. Hes holding another rally in Phoenix.

See you at 7:00 P.M. tonight Phoenix, Arizona! #MAGA🇺🇸
Tickets: t.co/2kUQfKqbsx t.co/1w3LVkpESE

Yes. That's the one that's referenced in NorthWest's link upthread.

It'll be interesting to see how many people show up for the rally. Probably about the same proportion of attendees:protesters as that nazi rally in Boston.

Oh so she did. Sorry . I checked twitter before I read the thread properly.

I always look at the crowd behind him (set dressing) but that is partly because I can't stand to watch him.

I checked twitter before I read the thread properly.

You know this thread knows all, sees all.

Goodness, Herald. The more references the merrier.

I'd like to offer an all encompassing apology for the multiple times
I'm sure I've posted something someone else has posted then!

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Read @Billbrowder on Putin - and the Western enablers who help his cronies steal from ordinary Russians: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/74483-four-questions-for-bill-browder.html

I have had wine. Holy Fuck, please make it stop. I just keep remembering when the world was normal. It's so depressing to think that it's very hard for one person to do a huge amount of good on their own but one evil unhinged lunatic like Hitler or Stalin or Saddam or Polpott can release untold devastation.
I just want to cry. This really isn't funny anymore. I do try really hard to be a good person but what's the point when some narcissistic psychopath can just come along and fuck it all up?
I am really scared for my children

You're strong, MrsHoolies. Persist!

Ach MsHoolie - just think of all those strong, upstanding folk who turned up to counter-protest in Boston - or Charlottesville, or the day after the inauguration. There are more of us than you think, people who will persist. It is not hopeless. Social media and the web may allow hate and shite to be shared more readily and make it apparent to right-thinking folk, but it also provides the means for people to organise and fight back.

Interesting. A CNN Money piece.

Trump rejects call for help from coal industry