I took a full day off from Con politics on the media today

[malaise]

Watched cricket, tennis and the food network - I've really had more than enough of his shit and their deference to this asshole is unbearable. I mean how can they continue to pretend that one rational, truthful or meaningful sentence will be uttered.

[Sherman A1]

1. Recommend that as a policy everyday

works for me very well.

[virgogal]

8. I do it everyday too----haven't watched cable news in about a year--get all my news here,

with News Feeds on my Ipad.and Boston Globe 0nline.

[sharedvalues]

21. Cable news is killing the country.

CNN/MSNBC damage the country in different ways than Fox— bothsidesism and amplifying conservative views for drama and ratings, vs pure propaganda designed by Ailes and the Murdochs.

Fox is evil, and the others are merely bad.

But the best thing to do is just not watch cable news.

[doc03]

2. I watch very little national news, I have just ODed

on that orange sob.

[malaise]

11. He's turning everyone off

I'm exhausted - can't take the non-stop helicopter press shout outs - they are insane and inane.

[MontanaMama]

3. I do not watch/listen to a minute of it

on the weekends anymore. The weekend pundits are especially awful. Today I sat on the shores of Wild Horse Island in the middle of Flathead Lake. My guys were out fishing the big water and the waves were a little much for me. I was happy to comb the shores for driftwood and heart rocks and sink my toes into the deep moss that grows on the north side of the island. I saw eagles, mule deer, big horned sheep and a Pygmy nuthatch. It was all perfect.

I’m sure MF45 will do something quite awful tomorrow. Count on it.

[malaise]

9. Nice

Very nice.

[Harker]

17. I miss pygmy nuthatches.

Two of them in particular.

[MontanaMama]

32. Really?

This was only the second one I’ve ever seen. What a teeny tiny wonder they are. I was mesmerized.

[Harker]

35. Yes.

We lived in a cabin in CO, up at about 7500 ft. We often had ten or so at our feeder and water bowl.

Beaky (injured or deformed beak) and Igor (big crusted scab over one eye) both would take peanuts by hand.

I also miss Mountain Chickadees and Magpies out here in PA.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. I started doing this months ago.

It was the only way to save my sanity and keep my blood pressure in check. I skip Saturday completely. And at least one day during the week.

He owns the news cycle anymore. Every pathetic utterance from him is cause celebre for the M$M. He is constantly in our faces, our ears and tormenting us from the telly screen.

How I long for the days when MY president (Barack Obama) didn't need to make a spectacle of himself or make himself the center of attention every day, craving the spotlight, desperate for the adoration at rallies of sycophants drooling over him.

[malaise]

6. The attention seeking is overbearing -

detestable to be kind - but it's the lies and the incoherent psychobabble that vexes my entire being.
And yet I still want to know what's going on but will find out without this moron wasting my time and energy.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

12. That's just the thing, isn't it ?

You WANT to be informed, but having to wade through "news" about trumpie dominates everything. I scream at the telly, "Just give me the bloody news, mate." but all I get is more trumpie.

When the shoot-out in Philly happened last week, I desperately wanted to know what was happening (I have family there.), but they kept splicing to what trumpie was thinking (like he ever does that) about in his latest brain fart. His drivel on mental health being a "yuge" problem . . . Yet, he was the one who stopped legislation from preventing people with mental illness from obtaining firearms. So, if mental health is THE problem, then HE is squarely responsible for this.

There is no escaping him.

It's completely understandable that Xanax is now one of the most commonly prescribed meds in the country. A person can only take so much.

[malaise]

13. Love this post

It speaks volumes - the Con won't make me take Xanax or any of the rest of them - I'm a baby aspirin a day lady.

[Scarsdale]

29. Me, too.

I told the clerk at Walgreens "My doctor must think I am in my second childhood. He told me to take one St. Joseph's Aspirin for Children daily"

[malaise]

34. That, my cofee, my morning walk

and stretching exercises.

[spanone]

5. Me too.....it's a good thing.

Can't wait till this fucker is gone and we can wake up and go about our lives like normal citizens..

[malaise]

7. I want to see him and his spawn utterly humiliated

and disgraced. That would be compensation for all of us.

[Scarsdale]

30. Don;t hold your breath for that.

It seems impossible for them to know when they are being overbearing. They are like their useless father, immune to any criticism.

[elleng]

10. I don't listen to it on weekends,

and only listen weekdays from 7p.m., PBS Nightly News; life is too short to do it otherwise.

[monmouth4]

14. Rarely do I watch news anymore, DU has the latest and Pioneer Woman was wonderful with the burnoff

of the old grass. I learn more on her show than the news, for sure.

[Midnightwalk]

15. Welcome

Ask yourself tomorrow if you missed anything.

Over a year myself and don’t miss it.

Spent the afternoon watching kids and trrnagers playing mariachi. And drinking some.

Wonderful seeing young musicians playing sonwell together. Harder than many realize.

And all the families watching their kids with oride and having fun.

Beats anything on cable. Glad you enjoyed your day.

[Midnightwalk]

16. Welcome !!!

Ask yourself tomorrow if you missed anything.

Over a year myself and don’t miss it.

Spent the afternoon watching kids and teenagers playing mariachi. And drinking some.

Wonderful seeing young musicians playing so well together. Harder than many realize.

And all the families watching their kids with pride and having fun.

Beats anything on cable. Glad you enjoyed your day.

[malaise]

36. LOL

and thanks

[erronis]

18. Good for you, malaise. And really good for you. But I wonder if "they" hope that we all tune out

and don't pay attention anymore.

[malaise]

19. That is a worry

I almost mentioned this because it may be what the Con and his kakistocracy want but remember that M$Greedia loves two things - ratings and profits

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I'm surprised you lasted this long!

(but then I know you still try to fit the tennis in there somewhere!)

[Scruffy1]

22. Cable news free for over 20 years.

Spent the day reading and surfing the internet.

[SharonClark]

23. Always makes me feel better to take a few days off.

Walked the dog, mowed the lawn, planning my next vacay, cooked a Sunday roast. There is life outside of politics.

[CDerekGo]

24. I've decided

Besides the day, I'm taking the entire rest of next week off. I need time away from the orange a**hole. There's only so much of this monster I can take any longer. He's destroying everything. It's almost systematic, and what he cannot do, he's set Jarvanka, and all of his 'apoointed' Cabinet to do his bidding.

I realize that Impeachment cannot occur overnight, but Jezuz H Christ, it cannot happen quickly enough

[Heartstrings]

25. My tv is usually off during the day.

If there's a baseball or football game on, it'll be on in the background.

I prefer my news (in this chaotic, not normal time) in measured doses from Stephen Colbert. He puts things in humorous perspective.

[panader0]

26. And you walk daily right? How far? Level road or hills?

I like my morning walk, the coolest part of my day, see the occasional coyote
that hasn't gone to bed yet. I see something new often.
The coffee is brewing. I get home before Jeannie wakes.

[malaise]

33. We walk 5.2K four days a week - there is one hill

on the track - and then we exercise for another 30 minutes - heading there in another hour

[guillaumeb]

27. I went to game day with some friends.

And after dinner, we went for a family walk.

[Marie Marie]

28. I've started to tune into the news only when I am up to it.

And you know what, the bad news continues whether I watch it or not. Doesn't matter, every day is another disaster. Good for you for taking some time to do things you enjoy.

[dweller]

31. one tires

and jesus wept ...
find some peace and solace where and when you can


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