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Rollo

(2,559 posts)
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 09:38 PM Dec 2017

What's in your Trump presidency survival kit?

I'm looking for suggestions of what to gather in order to weather the disaster that is the Trump presidency.

Of course I'd rather that he gets booted out of office or resigns, but in the event that he lasts a full four years, how can one minimize the damage he does to one's self, and one's friends and family?

Any thoughts?

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What's in your Trump presidency survival kit? (Original Post) Rollo Dec 2017 OP
Cyanide tablets (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2017 #1
A gun and a Bible. dchill Dec 2017 #2
Looking at an opportunity takes me overseas for the next few years HipChick Dec 2017 #3
Liquor shenmue Dec 2017 #4
Weed. Lots of weed. And poptarts. kydo Dec 2017 #5
Thanks for the chuckle on the poptarts! eom Frustratedlady Dec 2017 #7
Airplane tickets. jeffreyi Dec 2017 #6
Jefferson Airplane albums DBoon Dec 2017 #14
I've already taken at least a few steps... Rollo Dec 2017 #8
Some states/municipalities are accepting 2018 property tax payments crazycatlady Dec 2017 #21
Booze, lots of booze Kilgore Dec 2017 #9
LOL on the weed, pop tarts, guns, airplane tickets, booze, even cyanide capsules... Rollo Dec 2017 #10
Pills... duforsure Dec 2017 #11
TV Remote control, to change channel as soon as his face appears onscreen, or No Vested Interest Dec 2017 #12
The remote control mute button is a godsend! Rollo Dec 2017 #25
Wine and chocolate mcar Dec 2017 #13
Staying healthy so I can live long enough to piss on Drumpf's grave. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #15
Passport. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #16
Fresh Water and Oxygen Wiseman32218 Dec 2017 #17
Most of the above posted in replies #1-16. BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #18
I have absolutely no idea RandomAccess Dec 2017 #19
+1. I'm not sure about that "can't much longer," though. Hortensis Dec 2017 #27
knitting needles and pink yarn crazycatlady Dec 2017 #20
Beyond the Earplugs and the Vomit Bag... C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #22
Captain Morgan. murielm99 Dec 2017 #23
been listening to 80's hair music for some reason. nt miyazaki Dec 2017 #24
Which bands/singers? True Dough Dec 2017 #26
All of that plus White Lion. miyazaki Dec 2017 #31
Literally, tuck away more of the food and water we consume anyway. Hortensis Dec 2017 #28
A noose. arthritisR_US Dec 2017 #29
I have a two room cottage at a forgotten beach in robert p. arthur Dec 2017 #30

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
8. I've already taken at least a few steps...
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 10:00 PM
Dec 2017

1) I paid the second half of my 2017 property tax (due Feb 1) last week. This way I can deduct it from my taxes for the 2017 year. I can itemize under the existing tax structure, but I do not expect to be able to itemize deductions for tax year 2018, because the combination of regular property tax, state income tax, and mortgage interest will not be enough to exceed the $12,000 standard deduction with the new tax structure. So by paying that property tax now, I get to deduct it from this year's taxes, instead of not at all.

2) I plan to make some last minute charitable donations as well, for the 2017 tax year, since they also must be itemized and I probably will not be able to deduct them for 2018.

3) I don't have much left on my mortgage (about 18 months) so I may wind up accelerating paying it off while I have the funds. Who knows what will happen to the economy under Trump? The house of cards could collapse, and being free and clear in home ownership removes a big variable.

4) I was thinking of retiring in early 2018, but I'm now thinking that will be early 2019. That gives me another year to pay off the house, and get 8% more from Social Security as well. The downside is my planned retirement fitness binge will also be put off, although nobody is really preventing me from doing what I can now in that department.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
21. Some states/municipalities are accepting 2018 property tax payments
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:46 PM
Dec 2017

My parents paid their 2018 taxes today so they could write them off on their 2017 taxes.

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
10. LOL on the weed, pop tarts, guns, airplane tickets, booze, even cyanide capsules...
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 10:06 PM
Dec 2017

One of my retirement thoughts is to get into home brewing, maybe even wine making. I have the space for it here.

I will however pass, for now, on the suicide pacts.

My cousin lives in an neighboring city, is retired, and has been doing some international travel assisted by home swapping. Of course I'd have to clean up my act here for that to work, but it's a possibility that could get me out of the country, off and on.

I already have a bible or two. Might look into Buddhism at this point.

No Vested Interest

(5,167 posts)
12. TV Remote control, to change channel as soon as his face appears onscreen, or
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 10:32 PM
Dec 2017

better still, when the announcer indicates that he will be the subject of the next discussion.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
19. I have absolutely no idea
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:39 PM
Dec 2017

Our greatest need is to preserve democratic institutions -- AND, speaking of "democratic," this time big D Democrat) fix our very broken, very hacked and hackable and corrupted voting system. We CAN'T rely on getting out more votes than we need to overcome all the voter suppression and outright vote theft for much longer.

Beyond that, buying a politician -- or several -- might work.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
27. +1. I'm not sure about that "can't much longer," though.
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:15 AM
Dec 2017

The demographic progression is on our side. And most laws and courts are also.

Btw, let's put repairing those last on the list of must-be-dones also.

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)
22. Beyond the Earplugs and the Vomit Bag...
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:47 AM
Dec 2017

Generous donations to liberal causes and candidates.
Protest signs. Petitions. Big marches.
Local organizing. Nurture local candidates. GOTV !!!
Buy liberal brands. Boycott conservative ones.
Examine media choices... especially ISPs, Cable and Social Media
Short sales of rightwing stocks.
Constant vigilance. Smack down the Trump idiots.
Have fun doing all the above!!!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
28. Literally, tuck away more of the food and water we consume anyway.
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:21 AM
Dec 2017

Just in case our just-in-time food delivery system breaks down/is taken down at some point and whole regions turn into Puerto Rico.

Btw, this presidency is also busily dismantling infrastructure that identifies and stops epidemic disease overseas and has crippled our ability to fight its spread here. This in an era when most experts feel the next big pandemic disease is a matter of which and when, not if.

30. I have a two room cottage at a forgotten beach in
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 07:10 AM
Dec 2017

I have a two room cottage at a forgotten beach in Virginia to which my wife and I can retreat if we have to. I bought it for a dollar years ago and have been extensively improving it for years for just such an emergency. We will probably sell our three other houses that have mortgages and wind up with enough to build a large bedroom on the back of the cottage and put aside some cash that we'll add to our savings so that we might survive when Trump steals our Social Security checks. I have accumulated four old cars that I will not sell because I know I won't be able to afford a new one for years. I have an old boat and the know-how to find clams, fish, and run trot lines for crabs, as well as a love for sea food, and we have enough land for a sizable garden. Heating the cottage is easy and cheap and utilty costs are small. If we can avoid medical bills we should be alright unless Trump sends a goon squad to wipe us out. I make small amounts selling books and plays I have written and my wife makes money at a part-time job within commuting distance. There's a small library only twenty miles away and a community center and theater. Also, we have friends close by and little taste for luxuries.

The hope, of course, is that both Trump and his Republicans will go down sooner than later. We will try to help destroy them politically as a calling and hobby. I will never forgive the Republican party for what it has done. It is a criminal organization and doesn't care how many of us it has to kill or ideals it has to destroy to satisfy its greed and lust for power. Knowing that this tax bill, if not repealed, has the potential to wipe out the social safety net, destroy the economy, and murder tens of millions of Americans in just a few years, they voted for it, cheered, and clapped one another on the back.

The monster of the month-- the corrupt and vile Orin Hatch. May he burn in hell forever.

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