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According to WaPo, the ACLU

barefooted — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:49:37 +0000

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According to WaPo, the ACLU is raking in the donations - a silver lining?

I hadn't read it, thanks for

artappraiser — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:17:53 +0000

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I hadn't read it, thanks for recommending it, quite thought provoking

Yes ideological fervor turns people off to the point they would vote against their own interests

Wish he would have thrown Kafka in there, know he fits somehow

Agree that the women's march was effective. Why? because not ideological and not violent, just "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore" for many different reasons? Also populist! populism vs. populism would work in this situation.The demagogue(s) at a loss which populi to pander to. Hence, Trump just wants so badly for everyone to confirm his inaugural crowd was HUGE, it not only hurts his ego but confuses him that it wasn't and that the women's marches were. Seems to me like: any relatively spontaneous bottom-up reaction (i.e., TWitter theme going viral) will hit hard and anything too planned and ideological would be counter-productive.

I also want to say I have this instinctive feeling that lower governments calmly and cooly saying: 'this or that is not right, it's not lawful" is the best way to react. They shouldn't ridicule him--that should be the job of pop culture-- but rather just act like the grownups in charge. Not angry or vituperative either. Perhaps it's most important that they are the ones who do not "feed the troll" than the media.

I read that while hopping

barefooted — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 19:34:02 +0000

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I read that while hopping around there this morning. Orwell's "1984" and Trump's America is also quite good ... consider the question often asked, "Why do people vote against their own interests?" Perhaps this:

The demagogue they regard only with disdain; his critics are an ancient object of hatred and contempt. If forced to choose, they will always choose the demagogue before the demonstrators. If there’s one thing we really do know from social science, it’s that people are far more determined to see their ancient enemies made miserable than themselves made happier.

Off topic: This strikes me as

artappraiser — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:36:16 +0000

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Off topic: This strikes me as a wonderful comment to send to all masters of the universe considering a trophy wife. It's not always an either/or situation but still one should think: obedient golddigger vs. true devotion?

Back on topic, maybe: this June 2016 article on Trump's Scottish immigrant mom is at the top of the "most popular" list at The New Yorker right now.

Among the interesting points: She took more than one transatlantic trip before settling in New York, in the thirties. On at least two ship manifests and in the 1930 census, her occupation is listed as “maid” or “domestic.” and In his 1997 book, “The Art of the Comeback,” Trump praised his mother—and indirectly criticized other women in his life. “Part of the problem I’ve had with women has been in having to compare them to my incredible mother, Mary Trump,” Trump wrote. “My mother is smart as hell.” Trump named a room after his mother at Mar-a-Lago.and “Looking back, I realize now that I got some of my sense of showmanship from my mother,” Trump wrote in his 1987 book, “The Art of the Deal.”

Will she be as faithful as

NCD — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:12:19 +0000

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Will she be as faithful as Nancy when he winds up like Ronnie in his latter days?

Picture posted on the

artappraiser — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 17:53:54 +0000

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Picture posted on the #stoppresidentbannon Twitter feed:

Good piece, Kuntzman did a

artappraiser — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:32:44 +0000

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Good piece, Kuntzman did a good job. I believe these quotes are the way this issue has to be addressed if it is to do any good: rhetoric from political opponents is easily dismissed; it's the water of the very swamp the President says he wants to drain and Let me be clear: This is not an attack on Trump's policies.

Edit to add: here's artappraiser practicing psychology without a license, just mho: his disorder explains this viral video of Melania at the inauguration.

See More and More Shrinks say

NCD — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:45:56 +0000

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See More and More Shrinks say Trump Exhibits Traits of Mental Illness.

Try to convince me that if 10 demonstrators, or 10 of the airport detainees, were last seen taken away handcuffed by 'agents with unknown badges' in a black van, and their bodies were later found in the East river, that Trump supporters, Comey's FBI or Republican leadership would not still back this administration 100%.

"It's not a Muslim ban,"

EmmaZahn — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:49:38 +0000

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"It's not a Muslim ban," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he signed several executive orders."It's working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over," he added.

In case anyone else wondered if the point of the ban might just be to provoke civil unrest and even possibly a terrorist response, the above quote is not reassuring.

Enough with the mobs already. So far we still have checks and balances and another election in a few months.

"Lions tremble in their dens

NCD — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 04:41:39 +0000

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"Lions tremble in their dens when Trump signs an executive order".

Trump is not out to attack problems,

Trump is out to attack people.