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Trump 100 Thread and We're Way Down the Rabbit Hole.

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lionheart · 11/04/2020 11:18

It is Easter, after all.

Old thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3820737-Acquitted-but-still-impeached-Trump-thread-99?pg=10

Trump 100 Thread and We're Way Down the Rabbit Hole.
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borntobequiet · 11/04/2020 11:27

Thank you lionheart!
I’m not knowledgeable enough to post much on these threads but have learned so much, thanks all regular (and occasional) posters.

lionheart · 11/04/2020 11:41
Smile

I've learnt so much too, about the US but also about how democracies can be dismantled and how quickly this can happen.

The Trump presidency is a daily illustration of this process and a warning to us all.

I'm curious to see how many of the 2000 will attend this event on Sunday and whether the calculations on the numbers will be done in a Trump manner.

thehill.com/homenews/news/492277-louisiana-church-expecting-2000-at-easter-service-despite-coronavirus-satan-and

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Lweji · 11/04/2020 12:09

Grin and Sad lion

Meanwhile, The Doctor (Fauci) speaks.

Looking forward to SNL on their return.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 11/04/2020 12:19

Thread 100 Sad
And in times gone by, there was I thinking Trump's first 100 days would be the end of him.
Thanks lion
We shall overcome!
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&ved=2ahUKEwjG367Yn-DoAhWQY8AKHTxTCq8QtwIwB3oECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1osKWCDXl40%26autoplay%3D1&usg=AOvVaw3s-7eNcysh0X7_SovHLRt3

Roussette · 11/04/2020 14:58

Thanks Lion

WOW! 100 threads. This needs a celebration. I am personally going to drink Gin or Wine tonight or both Smile

TheNorthWestPawsage · 11/04/2020 14:59

Ditto WineWineCake

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/04/2020 15:16

The toast should be "Confusion to the enemy!"

lionheart · 11/04/2020 15:18

For sure we need Gin Gin Gin and plenty of it.

100 threads is quite something--I did notice that the academic who wrote a paper about these threads yonks ago has a book coming out.

Should be an interesting read.

books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/The-Politicization-of-Mumsnet/?k=9781839094712&pl=1&loc=uk

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lionheart · 11/04/2020 15:25

That's a great toast Asking.

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/04/2020 15:36

It is, isn't it. Lois McMaster Bujold uses it in several of her books in the Vorkosigan series.

lionheart · 11/04/2020 15:59

I don't know that series but I have read Paladin of Souls.

Love a good toast or a decent curse. Smile

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AcrossthePond55 · 11/04/2020 17:15

Just checking in and giving a tip of the hat to lion for the new thread.

It's just more and more insanity, isn't it? I'd like to say it's hard to believe we've gotten to thread 100, but honestly, it's not. By now we'd have all exploded if we didn't have here to vent.

Gov Newsom is sticking to our 'crisis point' as mid-May and saying we have a long way to go before restrictions get lifted. Scrotus is starting an 'Open the Country Taskforce'. The object of which will, I'm sure, be to gather random facts and conspiracy theories and stitch them together to justify ending lockdowns before it is safe to do so.

I'll stick with Gavin, thank you very much.

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-launch-opening-our-country-task-force-global-deaths-pass-n1181796

TheSparklyPussycat · 11/04/2020 17:51

Tangentially: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%27s_a_Health_unto_His_Majesty

TheSparklyPussycat · 11/04/2020 17:52

And thanks for the new thread BrewBrew

Roussette · 11/04/2020 18:45

Thanks to the link to that book Lion. Interesting!

BoreOfWhabylon · 11/04/2020 19:48

Thank you Lion

I do hope we won't have another 100 Trump threads.

Lweji · 11/04/2020 20:10

I hadn't noticed it was 100 already!

That's 99000 posts already!
The most posts ever about any President in the Universe.
Trump should be proud!

lionheart · 11/04/2020 21:13

We certainly live in 'interesting times'. Smile

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Lweji · 11/04/2020 21:45

Will GOP be turning?

TheClaws · 12/04/2020 02:45

Thanks for no. 100, lion! Hard to believe, but I’m glad we’ve had the fortitude to make it this far.

lionheart · 12/04/2020 03:01

I doubt it Lweji. They are in too deep and there have been so many turning points. But this is such uncharted territory nothing is certain.

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 12/04/2020 10:14

It's horrible to think that the USA now has one-fifth of cv19 deaths worldwide, in a population a quarter the size of those of India and China. It is really shocking that Trump's inertia and folly has caused this to happen.

Lweji · 12/04/2020 11:11

Are Trump's briefings harming him?
I hope so, because they're not helping anyone else.

lionheart · 12/04/2020 12:22

I hope so too.

It's one thing bumbling on in his usual way about whatever thought half-materialises in his head but quite another to be doing this at a time of crisis when so many lives are at stake.

His Twitter feed with its boasts about ratings is equally damning.

Unless you are the kind of person who thinks the virus is a hoax you would have to wonder what kind of President you have and where his common decency is located.

Answer: Nowhere.

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