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Kingofalldems

(38,456 posts) Wed Dec 7, 2016, 02:43 PM Dec 2016

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"It's beginning to look like Seven Days in May."-

When does Ecomcon begin?

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/806535435526737920

Said one person close to the Trump transition.

Would not put it past them. Flynn wouldn't participate? I bet he would.

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"It's beginning to look like Seven Days in May."- (Original Post) Kingofalldems Dec 2016 OP

Hey, it's also looking like Night of Camp David. malthaussen Dec 2016 #1

It seems to me like a sequel to Dr Strangelove. lpbk2713 Dec 2016 #2

Okay here's the pitch ThoughtCriminal Dec 2016 #3

WTF is "Seven Days in May"? taught_me_patience Dec 2016 #4

Consider it an opportunity for self- OldHippieChick Dec 2016 #5

Here you go: Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #6

malthaussen

(17,194 posts)

1. Hey, it's also looking like Night of Camp David.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:10 PM

Dec 2016

Pretty astute novels for the mid-60s. I've always loved how the protagonist in NOCD began to suspect the President was insane because he proposed wiretaps on all phones in America. How long does it take for insanity to become policy? About one generation.

-- Mal

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)

2. It seems to me like a sequel to Dr Strangelove.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:18 PM

Dec 2016

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Detested Trump.

Everything he is doing is on that surreal level.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)

3. Okay here's the pitch

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:45 PM

Dec 2016

"Idiocracy" meets "Seven Days in May"...

taught_me_patience

(5,477 posts)

4. WTF is "Seven Days in May"?

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 04:37 PM

Dec 2016

It doesn't work when hardly anybody knows what you're talking about.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)

5. Consider it an opportunity for self-

Reply to taught_me_patience (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 04:49 PM

Dec 2016

improvement. It's a great book. Many of us have read it as opposed to "hardly anybody".

Kingofalldems

(38,456 posts)

6. Here you go:

Reply to taught_me_patience (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:11 PM

Dec 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May

'hardly anybody'?

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