Suicide is Painless?

[Dill]

(01-27-2017, 08:56 PM)xxlt Wrote: OK, I have tried to imagine what is going on from every angle...

But I just heard on the BBC a "journalist" say something about taking Trump "literally" but not "seriously" or vice-versa.

Through the rabbit hole...

There is an argument that says the only rational response to the irrational is to check out...

Madeleine Albright said the other day that she was ready to register as Muslim in response the the threat of trucks rounding up Muslims... a "joke" I have made more than once...  but really, WTF? Dude, where is my country?

Fascism has more than a toe-hold here - is suicide the only rational response?

If you don't know MASH you won't get this, but really...

The counter reaction is forming. Trump's actions are producing it.

People who have ignored politics and were too lazy to vote are getting their wake up call.

The Trump voters who didn't like Trump but thought he might bring jobs back are peeling away as it becomes clear that Trump doesn't know what he is doing and can't really "negotiate" trade deals with world leaders. They realize their vote for jobs only turned over their Medicare and Social Security to Ryan and the "establishment" Republican budget cutters.

The hard line Trumpsters come on talk shows and insist they have proof five million illegals voted for Hillary, and Trump has their back.
The military and intelligence services are agog at the Commander in chief's inability to vet internet information--the guy who could send them into battle.

Even a segment of the Fox News audience is beginning to grasp the folly of "anyone but Hillary."  Right wing radio becomes ever shriller in defense of Trump's lies, as Fox begins to divide over how to cover an incompetent president with a dysfunctional personality.

Really no reason to be depressed about all this, XXLT.  If you are not in foreign service or the military overseas, and if you don't live on the border with Mexico, and you are not covered by Obamacare, then grab a beer, sit back, and watch as over the next few months millions of angry Americans demand their country back.

Trump will not serve 4 years.