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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"It feels like the US is experiencing 1918, 1929 and 1968 all at once,
and a time for the president to calm the nation with an empathic, unifying speech and plan for reconciliation. But we have Donald Trump, who has never seemed less suited to a moment than he does right now."
Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn:
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Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)It wouldn't surprise me.
All part of making America great AGAIN, I guess.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,824 posts)"Hold my adderall and watch this!"
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)malaise
(268,717 posts)Celerity
(43,132 posts)gibraltar72
(7,499 posts)I think we all can agree this mix tape of 1918 1928 and 1968 really really blows.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)Bubonic plague, Civil War, Hitler, Kent St., Watergate
2020 to History: Hold my beer.
Hugin
(33,059 posts)Although, he said it was due to start in 2012.
Either, it took this long to spin up or President Obama's calming influence delayed it.
Chart from: http://www.mondovista.com/timewavex.html
UpInArms
(51,280 posts)He is a disgusting pig (and that truly is an insult to pigs) ...
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Captain Zero
(6,787 posts)nt
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)I guess it could be worse.....
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...just sayin'...
Initech
(100,042 posts)kskiska
(27,045 posts)Nothing but smoke and helicopters overhead. I had new eyeglasses waiting for pickup in Hollywood but couldn't get near the place, which was closed anyway. I remember the looters, the Koreans with guns protecting their businesses, and Reginald Denny getting pulled out of his truck and beaten.
Initech
(100,042 posts)I must have seen at least 15 cop cars on the way there, many helicopters circling downtown LA. There were also a ton of cops at the Citadel, which is a giant outlet mall south of LA. So yeah there's some serious shit going on right now.