In the dim corner, we have Trump! In the dictator corner, we have Kim! Or is that mixed up?

[TheClaws]

....aand we're expecting a dirty, unfair fight.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3015872-Trump-yes-we-have-no-Steve-Bannon

Shockingly, I read somewhere that Boris Johnson was one of the first western political figures to say anything about the genocide.

I am somewhat comforted to hear Johnson is doing something useful. The lack of international action on this is dismal. I heard on the radio that former Nobel peace prize winners had been speaking out, 3 so far although Desmond Tutu is the only name I can remember.

Indeed, Pain. Desmond Tutu weighed in a few days ago, too, as a fellow Peace Prize laureate to Suu Kyi.

Malala was another: www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/desmond-tutu-malala-aung-san-suu-kyi-burma-rohingya-muslims-bangladesh-a7935536.html%3famp

It's too depressing at the moment. You know those days where you feel like you might have temporarily run out of fight? That's today.

I know how you feel, OYBBK. However, persist we must. Just keeping our hand in/better informed will help us know what to do when the rallying call for action comes. In the meantime,

OYBBK I know what you mean.

You deserve a rest after all that sterling work keeping people informed on the hurricanes.

I don't think anyone's depending on MN for essential practical planning though - more emotional support - so take a break and practise a bit of self-care?

^ important kit for self-care

Apologies if this has already been posted/referenced:

www.cnbc.com/2017/09/11/steve-bannon-firing-james-comey-was-the-biggest-mistake-in-modern-political-history.html

Bannon is making some odd moves at the minute. Supportive of Trump, yet also combative. His Breitbart buddies also don't quite know what to make of him - IMO they'd follow him before Trump though, so if Bannon is placing himself for some kind of right-wing political leadership role, he has a good number of supporters all ready to go. I don't want to say coup - that sounds impossible - but so did Trump winning office, and who got him there? Bannon.

oybbk

Just like they say on the planes, you have to put your own oxygen mask on first if you're to be of any use to yourself, let alone anyone else!

Claws

Bannon?

I don't think so.

Thank you for the emergency kit :) I do a lot for the cause in real life in very practical active ways. I'm someone who has to take real action when I see the need, I'm having to take a break from it for sanities sake. I find that very hard. But its got the point where I don't have a choice.

The positive side is that I have more time for my weather forecasting at present (beware the gales tonight!)

Yes to self-care in whatever form it takes .

Do you think Bannon has some sort of multiple personality disorder?

You'll be fine, OYBBK. You're just having an (almost inevitable) low spot.

Lionheart I'll take all 4!

Apols if already posted

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
May God Forever Bless the United States of America. #NeverForget911

mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/907311779331690496/video/1

Jesse Lehrich
Jesse Lehrich @JesseLehrich
unreal. now a 'tribute video' that's entirely shots of Trump.

no first responders, no memorial, nothing.

I think Bannon probably has too much iced tea.

I'm trying not to think about it, but I was always concerned that Trump wasn't stable enough to be trusted with access to nuclear weapons. Let's hope his advisers stop him if starts to become 'trigger happy'. He was very quick to bomb Syria a few months ago.

and just cos you are all lovely here and I'd like you not to blow away

link to Autumn gale thread with warnings for tonight.

Iced tea, Cozie, yes, that's it! Perhaps a little too many mint juleps.

Oh god, just seen there's about to be a Daily Mail TV (as far as I can make out, just in America). Just the thing that's needed to calm things down.

OK chaps! Here's something to show that there's resistance in all sorts of places...
(Sadly I don't know who took the photo because I'd like to visit the establishment )

I am certainly mixed up--have just been misposting Trumpery on the weather thread.

Still, storm's a coming whichever way you look at it.

She has no such excuse for her confusion.

www.rightwingwatch.org/post/ann-coulter-says-college-students-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-vote/

Teehee.

Craig Mazin‏Verified account @clmazin 13 Apr 2016

Ted Cruz thinks people don't have a right to "stimulate their genitals." I was his college roommate. This would be a new belief of his.

lion

Adam Khan @Khanoisseur
Oh the irony–Ted Cruz sponsored bill allowing telecoms to sell your web browsing history without your consent