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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:26 AM Nov 2016

I've been overseas since the Election..

While it was great tropical weather, the only thing folks wanted to talk about was the US election, and why we elected Von FuckFace..
Now that I'm back, and DU is back, it will be my main source of news...

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catbyte

(34,403 posts)
1. I haven't changed my tv from the classical music channel since 11/8
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:32 AM
Nov 2016

I hear people saying that the media is treating this like it's normal, and I can't accept that. So here I will stay.

catbyte

(34,403 posts)
3. I'm afraid I'll see an ad with VonFuckface's mug on it, which is why I keep it on the music channel.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:39 AM
Nov 2016

I'm afraid some Franklin Mint ad will come on shilling Trump Inauguration Commemoration Coins or some bullshit like that, and I'm just not there yet. Or ever. You're braver than I am.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
10. I am wending my way through a book on the subject of
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:39 PM
Nov 2016

white porcelain. I kid you not. It is totally cleansing my brain. It is about whiteness, and about the about the process of creating the finest form of this thousand-year-old invention, made from the earth. It's also a travelogue, as he visits the "white hills" regions of China, Germany, and England, and a quirky history. I would normally not consider myself a candidate for such a book, but it seemed perfect for escaping these times. Plus, I was a huge admirer of the author, Edmund de Waal, who wrote "The Hare with Amber Eyes."

The book:


The author's own white porcelain work


I am also playing a lot of solitaire and doing crosswords and sudokus.

bdamomma

(63,875 posts)
4. because the election was stolen
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:48 AM
Nov 2016

do repigs or now should we call them the white supremacist party ever win legitimately? the answer is NO.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
8. Everyone I talked to Overseas mentioned this...
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:06 PM
Nov 2016

Did not seem right to them, something fishy and underhand had taken place...

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
5. Haven't voluntarily watched one second of "news" since election theft 2016.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:53 AM
Nov 2016

Hubby has started watching again, so I sometimes have to hear the media morons as I pass through a room with the t.v. on. I get the REAL NEWS from DU and BBC.

a kennedy

(29,673 posts)
13. I can't either, and haven't watched a single national news station since the election.....
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:05 PM
Nov 2016

I can't, I'm afraid I'd throw something at my tv. I only watch local news. I'm doing a lot of games on my iPad, and watch all the Christmas movies on hallmark channel., I've seen them at least twice. Also the weather channel is nice this time of year. I'm still sick......wake up almost everyday worrying about tRump and his presidency...... I sincerely hope I make it through this nightmare, oh and thank you DU, you're the only bright spot in my terribly dark place right now.

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