I couldn't sleep last night. Awake from 2 am until 4 am.

[mnhtnbb]

Worried about missile attacks on the west coast and Hurricane Irma hitting the east coast. Devastation on both coasts with
an incompetent, incapable, ignorant, bullying, traitorous con man occupying the White House. Fuck. We are so fucked.
I have very bad feelings about Trump and the use of nuclear weapons. The only thing that I can see preventing him
from firing off nukes is a military coup. And how fucked will we be if that happens? I said to my husband last night
that maybe one of the reasons Kelly took the job was to get close enough to prevent Trump from firing off nukes.

How is everybody else feeling this morning?

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Feeling about the same. Sadly. Plus the DACA thing has me so saddened.

[mnhtnbb]

4. Yes, the DACA thing is so cruel.

I'd rather deport the entire Trump family to the gulags.

[CurtEastPoint]

10. Those young people have ONLY KNOWN this country. Cruel, indeed. And I concur. To the Gulag for T

[riversedge]

2. I have awoke about 4 am last 2 nights. Fretful sleep. Think my

mind is twirling around lots of Trump vile comments and concerned about 2 friends and their families-both DACA recipients.

[MoonRiver]

3. I've been in a state of shock since 11/9.

But I think the POS loves his pasty white fat arse far too much to do anything that will cause a nuclear war.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Me, too, since the election.

I really only began to feel somewhat hopeful that Trump would be removed from office before he could start WW III when the Mueller investigation got going. I truly believe Mueller will nail him.
It makes me wonder whether Trump is one of those abusive kind of guys who will destroy himself and everyone else rather
than see those who are rejecting him attain happiness without him.

He's a seriously sick fu*ker.

[MoonRiver]

13. I agree he's completely unpredictable and lives for revenge.

Still, my instinct, maybe delusion, says his narcissism will actually keep us safe, despite his best efforts to create chaos.

[Scarsdale]

17. Equally to blame for this

unmitigated disaster (tRump) is the enabling gop. This is the second unqualified person they have installed in the WH. This one even worse than Dubya. Proves to me that the presidency is not too "special" in the gop minds, any idiot can handle the job. The total disarray we are presently in can be laid at the feet of the despicable gop, and their greed. They took Russian money, now they can not cover their tracks.

[MoonRiver]

22. Agree 100%

sadly.

[More_Cowbell]

5. Isn't it sad that we worry more

than the idiot who controls our fates?

[handmade34]

6. still angry (since 11/08/16)

but mostly frustrated this morning because I am having a difficult time making the roof trusses for my new Chicken Coop

...taking a break to see if I can get answers online about proper roofs

we do what we can

"...the greatest peril of misplaced worry, Seneca cautions, is that in keeping us constantly tensed against an imagined catastrophe, it prevents us from fully living..."

wish I could take Seneca's advice... Trump is all too real

[roscoeroscoe]

20. What's the hold up?

Nm

[handmade34]

36. angles n/t

[roscoeroscoe]

51. Understood

Joist angles are a pain.

[tavernier]

7. Stop!

Worrying is the absolutely least productive thing anyone can do, and it saps energy and health besides. Instead, sit down and write lots of paper and ink letters to all of your congress critters and reps, stating all of your concerns and demanding action. Every senator I've heard speak on this says that actual physical mail is the most effective tool. And after ten letters, your conscience will experience a big sigh of relief for you will have actually done something fruitful, and sleep will come.

[Plucketeer]

35. My Rep is Congressdunce

Devin "The Sleaze" Nunes. T'would be cheaper for me to just send him a roll of toilet paper. He'll do with it what he does with my letters.

[mchill]

40. My Congressman LaMalfa

in Northern California, has his staff hang up on people that don't like his policies. Whatever Trump wants, he wants. He is disgusting. Nunes, well he's bought and paid for.

[Plucketeer]

46. When Nunes first went to DC

I was writing him quite a bit - showering him with criticisms about his "representation" and his aims for his corporate owners. After one angry volley back and forth, one reply to me asked if I really wanted to keep hearing from him with regards to my observations. I told them they should just send me a roll of toilet paper - it would serve me better than their letters in reply.

[justhanginon]

9. The best thing to help everyone sleep better would be to deport

trump and keep the Dreamers who contribute more to society now and in the future than trump ever did or will. That is based on the premise that we could find a country dumb enough to take him and his whole corrupt family. Perhaps North Korea. He could screw them over in a matter of weeks and we would kill two birds with one stone.

[Scarsdale]

19. Yes, but

Could N Korea handle egos this big? They have their hands full with their own "dear leader" The tRump family demands to be treated like royalty, and N. Koreans might not like it. President Two Scoops HAS to be impeached soon, to avoid bankrupting the entire country.

[Blue_Adept]

11. I slept great

I can't change the course of a hurricane and can just prepare as best as possible.

I can't change what's going on in North Korea and simply have to let that go to the hands of those that can, which are few and far between considering how long this has been going on.

I had a pleasant evening with family. I read a few pages of a fascinating book before bed, and I woke up and walked a few miles to clear my mind, center myself, and get my day underway with.

[marlakay]

50. I just bought the Power of Now by Tolle

I was getting too caught up in the past and future.

I think we all need to stay in the present and breathe deeply.

[Ilsa]

12. Franklin Graham said everything would be great if we elected that idiot.

Of course, we didn't elect him, he was installed.

But things aren't great just because the damn stock market is up.

[Scarsdale]

21. Franklin Graham

is as big a fraud as Joel Osteen. Just as much of a christian, too. With his private jet, plus other perks, they make religion a scam. Most normal people see it, but they have enough deluded, uneducated people who follow them, giving $$$ that it really keeps them in style. Graham admires tRump, with his gutter level morals?

[Ilsa]

31. FG was "on the road to perdition," as they used to say,

in his youth. I think he figured out that even with Daddy's financial help, he would just be another worker bee like the rest of us. So suddenly he got "born again" so he could pick up his father's mantle and turn his Christian enterprise into a prosperity christian enterprise.

I think Billy Graham, at least for many years, had a sincere calling. He helped a lot of people get through rough times, like addiction, before addiction was properly labelled a disease and started being treated as one. I think BG helped a lot of people change their behaviors so they would be better spouses, employees, parents, citizens. Yes, he made money off of it too, but nothing like what his kids have cranked up. Sure, he was a bigot and not a perfect person. I just can't hold him in the same category as his greedy, grifting children, including the daughter.

[mchill]

38. My mother followed Billy Graham

And she would not have if she thought he was a Capitalist Christian. Something happened to the son.

[n2doc]

14. Similar

I live on the Georgia Coast, so Irma is giving me nightmares.

I am not so worried about Trump and Nukes. Nuclear war is really bad for the economy, among other things, and I don't see the Oligarchs allowing it.

[patricia92243]

16. I live in the "spine" of Florida. I've heard one report that said Irma could go up the

spine.

I knew we would have hurricanes when we moved to Florida, but now that we are actually faced with it, I'm scared stiff.

[patricia92243]

15. I've wondered if Kelly is there to keep Trump from using nuclear by at least

telling other generals or the congress about it before it happens.

[catbyte]

18. Sorry I can't talk you down; I'm right on the ledge with you. I saw a t-shirt advertised on facebook

It's a black t-shirt with a white silhouette of a plane heading towards the Twin Towers superimposed with Twitler's profile. It says 9/11 11/9 the Two Worst Mornings of the 21st Century.

And how.

[mnhtnbb]

23. Wow. That is a spot on t shirt.

[Cryptoad]

24. You know that there are those

who believe the future already exist and you can't change it since Free Will does not exist. This may something for you to explore!

[TNNurse]

25. I have not slept well in months.

Family in the military in Japan, family on the west coast of US and Canada.

Never thought I would want a military coup but unfortunately that sounds safer than Trump and his petty and ignorant self.

[samnsara]

26. i woke up at 3 am worrying about the DACA kids...

..The GOP may think they can work around trump just so they keep their majority but AMERICA CANT! This man has to go.

[Ilsa]

33. He's going after immigrants, their kids now.

And has people believing our nation would be better off without immigrants, except the ones he lets in to clean his bathrooms, build his buildings, and pick his grapes.

I wonder who he will turn on next?

[MontanaMama]

55. Women?

Disabled? LBGTQ? Poor? No one is safe...he has the support of a weak, ineffective rubber stamp Congress. I haven't slept well since the election. I've never been so sad and afraid for my country and her people. I move between outrage and heartbreak almost daily. As the days go by, however, I am finding it easier to speak out without the fear of nasty deplorable retribution. Fuck those people. They bought and paid for this disease they have unleashed on us.

[haveahart]

27. We allow FOX and other RW media to escape blame for what is happening now. They knew and still know

the truths about all that is out there, yet they continue to support, perpetrate, and feed lies, innuendo, and misinformation to the masses who support them and all other RW miscreants.

There needs to be activism against the false, fake, and fascist arm of the media that continues to endanger the lives of millions the existence of the imperfect but striving democracy that has sustained us thus far. We need to bombard their outlets with the truths we know, we need rail against their propaganda all over social media. We need to garner banners and signs against their outlets as they do against the media that Trump hates. We need to begin in churches and synagogues and mosques everywhere we are present to call out the bigots, the religious pretenders, the false doctrines and the lying cheating greedy men and women who lead these organizations and defame the very religions they claim to represent. In other words, we need to begin to speak to them where they are, no on Internet boards alone but right where they live, work, and worship. They will never hear some truths otherwise. And yes, I know we will never be able to win all of them over, but it just might make a 1 or 2 % voting difference in primaries and national elections. It's time to take our fight to the market places, the bathrooms, the gangbangers, the social movements that are self-centered and single-eyed in their focus and get them understand they are in the boat with us against the fascist state. We need to remind them or inform them in some instances that we are indeed, STRONGER TOGETHER.

[Siwsan]

28. Last night was the first night I slept for more than 3 or 4 hours

And I think that's just because I got to do some Facetiming with my little Grandniece. Watching her run and laugh, blowing me kisses and saying 'I love you!' melted away a whole lot of stress. Well, temporarily.

Today I am right back to verging on alternating anxiety and panic attacks.

[Snake Plissken]

29. Turn off the TV, turn off the internet, go out and enjoy life

Stop being a slave to Trump's evil soul sucking shitshow

[mnhtnbb]

30. Great advice.

I am hosting the Summer seasonal photo contest on DU and encouraging members to submit photos. My photography hobby keeps me grounded to the beauty all around us. Unfortunately, I have been limited since knee replacement surgery in July and not able to get out easily to enjoy my hobby.

[PatrickforO]

32. About the same.

There is nothing good about Trump. Nothing.

He's opened the door to allowing Nazis and Klan to march down our streets heavily armed.
His executive orders are....

Well, enough.

I feel the same as you.

But we're taking our granddaughter to a petting zoo and mini train ride today.

Still under the shadow of Trump, though.

[spike jones]

34. Its The End Of The World As We Know It

And I Feel Fine. Look for D Trump in this.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=its+the+end+of+the+world+as+we+know+it&qpvt=its+the+end+of+the+world+as+we+know+it&view=detail&mid=C23CCB391EC826EA3A01C23CCB391EC826EA3A01&FORM=VRDGAR

[onetexan]

37. Don't worry, i slept just fine. The generals will protect us from the idiot.

[mnhtnbb]

41. See, I'm hoping that Kelly

is close enough to be able to stop Trump when it comes to stupid military action. But I don't really know how much Kelly's judgment
can be trusted, either.

[still_one]

39. As for the "missile attacks on the west coast", in my view that has the least probability of

occurring.

I am on the West coast, but the only way I could see NK actually attempting to use a nuclear weapon is if they were attacked preemptively. NK is well aware if they made such a preemptive attack, they would cease to exist.

The countries that would be at greatest risk would be South Korea, Japan, and other countries in that region. NK would need to simultaneously launch massive multiple attacks on a whole host of countries, and it is doubtful they have that capability. On the other hand, the only thing the U.S. and its allies would need to focus their efforts on is just NK.

While a risk exists that something accidental might occur that could trigger something, I think a bigger risk exists that the trump administration might do a pre-emptive attack on NK, though I do believe Mattis and Kelly would do what they need to do to prevent that.

We have been here before. The Cuban Missile Crisis, was far worse than what this is.

China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and the U.S. also have nuclear capability. Why would you be more worried about NK than those other countries? It isn't in any country's interest to use nuclear weapons.

[mnhtnbb]

44. Why would I be more worried about NK than the other countries that possess nuclear weapons?

Are you serious?

A picture is always worth a thousand words, as they say.

[still_one]

53. Kelly and mattis are not going to let trump do a pre-emotive attack, and NK is not going to commit

suicide

[aeromanKC]

42. Sleep sound here

This shit has to happen for people to wake up and realize the GOP are pure evil. No way Dems win back the House especially considering the gerrymandered districts without all hell breaking loose. One step back so we can go two steps forward we are in the one step back process now.

[lunatica]

43. I always believed that cooler heads and grownups ran our country

That our country would stop anything truly bad, like someone using nuclear weapons to destroy someone else. I really did think that when enough leaders and their subordinates worked together that it would be for mutual benefit of survival because each has to survive in order for all to survive nuclear wars. I believed in the United Nations as a bastion of rationality in a volatile world because it's populated by people from that world. That cooler heads would prevail.

That belief is faltering now. It never occurred to me that all it takes is two crazy leaders to overrule the rest of the entire world. I am profoundly worried now.

I have never felt as helpless as I do now and it's because my country is changing into a rogue nation. In spite of me and of most of the nations population. A mere quarter of the populations is now calling the shots. The worst of our citizens if you ask me. Trump is doing their bidding just to keep their support.

I truly hope Trump's generals are the cooler heads this world needs right now.

[riverbendviewgal]

45. I slept fairly well

I did not do my usual evening. I read a book i found on my shelf earlier in the day. THE law of Attraction. Then meditated for 20 minutes. Listened to spa music before going to sleep. I took my magnesium and lite aspirin. Slept ok. Felt bone aches from the rainy weather. Rubbed A535 on me. Slept until 9.
I did an old Japanese relaxation before sleeping on my hand for worry.
Worrying is like being on a rocking chair. You don't go anywhere.
Wednesday night is a full moon. Changes coming for those who see mindfulness. I think it is true that we must change inward to be able to change our surroundings, I have fretted over Trump and the Republicans for so long. Meditation Does help. I am not stopping my observations of the world events but being aware of what is happening. Last night was the best I slept in a long time. No TV news or Internet.

Seeking inner peace helps one make better decisions.
I have been grieving for my sons and husband and the world for a long time. Finding peace within is wonderful.

[Calculating]

47. I slept fine

The stuff going on isn't my problem, my fault, and I cannot do anything about it anyway. Why let it ruin my sleep? If the world ends tomorrow with nukes raining down oh well, it was a fun ride. One of the theories of meditation is that you shouldn't mentally agonize over things you have no control over.

[mnhtnbb]

48. My husband has been a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)

for years. It's the US affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War--winners of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.
http://www.psr.org/

He has been to the UN to lobby members on the topic. He's been to DC to lobby representatives on the topic and is thinking about making
another trip to DC in November for the same purpose.

So "the stuff" that's going on gets talked about at our house and my husband takes seriously the idea that he might--just might--be able to
do something that will help prevent nuclear war. I tend to be rather cynical about it--certainly with someone like Trump in the White House--
but it doesn't mean I don't hope that my husband's activities and those of his colleagues in the group will have some positive effect.

Can one person make a difference? Apparently, you think not. I'm not sure I agree.

[jalan48]

49. Shock Doctrine effect.

[marlakay]

52. I highly recommend The Power of Now by Tolle

I just bought the book because of my anxieties not about Trump but in the middle of a crazy move and couldn't stop thinking about future worries.

It really helps to stay focused on just this minute today.

[cilla4progress]

58. Thanks for the rec, Marlakay,

and hey!

I have this book on my shelf..and A New Earth, also by Tolle, which appears to have gone missing, however.

I read one of the two when they came out. I think Oprah was big on Tolle.

I will read this and seek some solace in it.

My critters - 3 horses and a very old dog - keep me grounded. Also living close to nature.

[PasadenaTrudy]

54. I slept great

Got my a/c fixed so it was nice and cool. I've given up worrying over things I can't control. It's bad for my health.

[CountAllVotes]

56. well ...

I feel like shit. I could barely move when I woke up and took 2 pain pills to hoist myself out bed.

Too sick to give a damn I suppose.

[mnhtnbb]

59. Hope you feel better soon.

I am still taking a pain pill every night trying to sleep at least 4 hours since my knee replacement surgery in mid-July.

I had finally started being able to get more than 4 hours of sleep at a time about a week ago; last night I was right
back to waking up less than 4 hours asleep and I know it was worrying about nuclear war and natural disasters with
an incompetent, ignorant a$$hole in the White House-- not my knee--that kept me awake for two hours.

[CountAllVotes]

60. Thanks

Pills kicked in & had some coffee.

I can move again!

[nancy1942]

57. Pretty much the same as you.

[tblue37]

61. Kelly and McMaster have an agreement to always have one of them

nearby, to prevent Trump from causing a catastrophe.

[Warpy]

62. There was some interesting info on the BBC yesterday

that's gone now. For one thing, the bomb looked like the first one that worked properly. Bully for them. However, the resulting 4.1 quake in the same place indicates there was a lot of tunnel collapse, meaning monitoring stations in S. Korea and Japan and offshore can get an idea of what their program is really like. Other blasts were well sealed within deep mountain tunnels and this one allowed material to escape. At the very least, they lost part of their testing facility and will need to rebuild.

Likely their program is costing the people of Korea even more than the Soviet program did in contaminated materials and horribly shortened lives. The US program was bad enough. Theirs was worse.

I doubt Donny will get to play with the button unless NK lobs a warhead and it actually connects with somebody.

[Demtexan]

63. I was forward to retiring to my little farm soon.

Not even two years to go.

Still might get there.

Just take it day by day.

I told everybody last holiday season to enjoy it.

The next one might not be so good.