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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Feb 2, 2017, 02:39 AM Feb 2017

I wonder what our allied state of Australia is talking about?

http://www.smh.com.au

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I wonder what our allied state of Australia is talking about? (Original Post) SHRED Feb 2017 OP

"Mad King"...I like it ...real classy. TrekLuver Feb 2017 #1

based on its front page that paper seems like the national enquirer australian version nt msongs Feb 2017 #2

Wrong canetoad Feb 2017 #6

Pick a country ... Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #3

Retweeted! yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #9

They are saying Trump is a "useless bludgin bastard". Doreen Feb 2017 #4

I've been calling him Mad King Donald for months at DU, but to see that in a foreign press is.... Hekate Feb 2017 #5

I don't pretend to know what they're saying. NanceGreggs Feb 2017 #7

Yeah, it would be embarrassing had he truly been elected Warpy Feb 2017 #10

friend and friend of friend posts, from Aus: elleng Feb 2017 #8

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)

1. "Mad King"...I like it ...real classy.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 02:42 AM

Feb 2017

msongs

(67,361 posts)

2. based on its front page that paper seems like the national enquirer australian version nt

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 02:46 AM

Feb 2017

canetoad

(17,136 posts)

6. Wrong

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 03:03 AM

Feb 2017

Fairfax media, owners of the SMH, The Age and others is well respected, left leaning and as far from the National Enquirer as possible.

Denzil_DC

(7,222 posts)

3. Pick a country ...

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 02:50 AM

Feb 2017

Link to tweet

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)

9. Retweeted!

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 04:18 AM

Feb 2017

K&R

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

4. They are saying Trump is a "useless bludgin bastard".

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 02:57 AM

Feb 2017

Hekate

(90,556 posts)

5. I've been calling him Mad King Donald for months at DU, but to see that in a foreign press is....

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 03:00 AM

Feb 2017

...so embarrassing for us as a nation.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)

7. I don't pretend to know what they're saying.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 03:20 AM

Feb 2017

But I'm pretty sure "can you believe this dumb fuck was ever elected" figures prominently in the conversation.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)

10. Yeah, it would be embarrassing had he truly been elected

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 04:48 AM

Feb 2017

but he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million. At least, that's what I'm telling my friends from Oz and every other place he decides to insult.

elleng

(130,732 posts)

8. friend and friend of friend posts, from Aus:

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 03:43 AM

Feb 2017

" What angers me Deb is why it takes SOOOOO long to - for lack of a better word - process asylum seekers??? It defies logic
It'd be more humane to put them in a gated community and process them than shove them on an island and treat them like they are

Deb With you 100%. It's like we're deliberately causing them to become unhinged. Great way to sow the seeds of terrorism."

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