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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat a complete and total piece of shit.
My god, what a shit show.
On edit: now its the medias fault. Im done. I cant endure anything else.
dchill
(38,433 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,701 posts)As they watch FAUX NEWS to get the misinformation.
Wait until Trump's base, along with the rest of us, fall sick to this virus. It is not like we can paint Lamb's blood on our doors and pray it passes us over.
liberalmuse
(18,671 posts)So that gets an automatic thumbs up, even though I'm not watching the presser.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)liberalmuse
(18,671 posts)But I cannot watch that man speak. It is revolting.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)Im trying to focus on my work. Im feeling very panicked today.
liberalmuse
(18,671 posts)Do what you feel you need to do to get through this. I don't encourage hoarding at all, but make sure you have enough basic necessities to get you through a few weeks. TP is going to be the least of our worries if this is going to get as bad as even the conservative predictions.
Take deep breaths now and then (good for your mental health and your lungs, too!) and focus on what you can do right now. Oddly, when I focus on the moment, I feel at peace, because truthfully, "now" is all there is. The past is done with, the future is something we tend to worry needlessly about, and the only thing we can do to influence the future is what we do right now. Times may be very rough, but if you change the things within your power to change, and find within yourself acceptance for what you can't change (the ol' AA mantra), that is all you can do. Oddly, if you try and bring yourself into this very moment, you will find there is a very intuitive part of your being that knows exactly how to prepare for what is coming, and hoarding TP likely won't be one of those things.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)Im not leaving the house. I have to go to Walmart tomorrow to pick up an order of groceries. I do not have to go inside. They will put it in the back of my car. Theyre out of tp everywhere in this place.
liberalmuse
(18,671 posts)They're out of TP here, too, though our corner market has single rolls and they are limiting 1 per person. I will go there if I need some, though I have a bidet, but it is not one of those high end ones that air dries you. I wish you and your husband all the best. It's scary knowing someone you love is high risk. You are not alone. Be safe!
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)duforsure
(11,884 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)I'm away from a TV, so like others have no idea what you're talking about.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)Blah blah blah
PatSeg
(47,239 posts)Each press conference gets worse and worse. This time he insulted China, almost all of the journalists in the room, major newspapers, and the media in general. But on the bright side, he is doing a great job!
RKP5637
(67,084 posts)onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)BKDem
(1,733 posts)onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)mindem
(1,580 posts)is still a turd.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)barbtries
(28,756 posts)trump and his "task force" have long since convinced me their word is shit.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)This is as fucked as it could possibly be.
barbtries
(28,756 posts)we are on our own, except for each other.
0rganism
(23,920 posts)twice daily
barbtries
(28,756 posts)i'm sure they're not nearly as satisfying but he has no choice but to do this just to stay alive.
0rganism
(23,920 posts)probably effective, too. people are starving for someone simply to look like a leader in this crisis, to behave in a leader-like way for all to see, regardless of how incompetent and disgusting that someone actually is.
we underestimate his pressers' impact at our collective peril
barbtries
(28,756 posts)it's like a wave at the beach. you can't stop it. The media could be much, much better, but his cult, republicans, dumbed down Americans, they could also be much better. they could pay attention and separate truth from lies.
does he look like a leader when he does these scenes? sad.
0rganism
(23,920 posts)he's kind of like the leader-by-default. so then...
> does he look like a leader when he does these scenes?
he looks "like a leader" because no one really knows what a leader looks like -- they come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, mannerisms and ideologies. does he look like a leader? maybe.
so he gets a lot of that ol' benefit of the doubt during the presser when he should only be getting doubt. having the majority of content populated with boring people actually reporting on crisis-related work activities only adds to his apparent credibility.
it's a very dangerous conjob, baiting support from desperate Americans while playing fast and loose with their lives and livelihoods.
barbtries
(28,756 posts)trump's presidency, republicans' abdication of their jobs and abandonment of their oaths, now this pandemic are all circumstances i never really expected to encounter in my lifetime.
coronavirus, i suppose, was going to happen and it was going to be bad. but to have it happen with this person in office and right-wing propaganda taking hold to the extent that it has, i'm at a loss for words. hard to see how it could get worse but as long as trump is in the WH and republicans have power, I'm sure they'll find a way.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)He needs the attention.
spanone
(135,781 posts)Ohiogal
(31,895 posts)about a mile down the road from me with two Trump signs in the yard with some kind of a plastic gadget attached to each one ... I assume they are alarms of some kind ...so you cant steal one without creating a loud racket. I give them a loud raspberry when I drive by, it lets me blow off a little steam, at least.
How anyone can still support this complete ass clown poor me POS just sickens me.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)Other world kind of stupidity.
Ohiogal
(31,895 posts)Dr Vegas
(456 posts)"Everybody Knows"
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows