In 30 years, when this country is a wasteland...

[Dave Starsky]

A radioactive, sun-scorched desert...

There will be people crawling on scabbed hands and knees through the shattered concrete and twisted, rusted steel of the ruins. They will be searching feebly for the last few remaining cans of tomato soup, Spam, and the last few gallons of gasoline in what used to be the continental United States.

And through cracked, bleeding lips, these people will be muttering repeatedly... very softly...

"lock her up... lock her up..."

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. "but, but her emails!"

It is racism, pure and simple. That and deep hatred of women.

I wish there was a way to save the country as a free, decent democracy, dont see how with who is around.

[Dave Starsky]

3. It's truly become an actual religious cult, with Trump as saviour.

I'm going to have to reread "A Canticle for Liebowitz" again, because I seem to recall that's more or less what that book was about.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Rump, putin, mcconnell and the other KGB assets know if they lose in Nov shit will get real

so they cant allow that.

I think Malcolm Nance's idea is the best way for them to go, hack a few dem leaning elections, flip votes from R to D and leave a trail making it look like D party did it.

Rump will then call all elections invalid and declare martial law.

[murielm99]

11. I reread that recently.

Try the Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents, by Octavia Butler, since you are reading dystopian fiction. I think these are even more relevant. Just wait until you get to the part about the President whose motto was "Make America Great Again." Then, recall how many years before trump this was written!

The science fiction reading group at my local library read these two books. Most of the participants could not get through both books, because they hit too close to real life these days.

[lpbk2713]

2. "I wish the teevees still worked."

"So we could keep up with Faux Snooze."

[Dave Starsky]

7. "I need..." (cough cough) "I... need..."

"A... reverse mortgage. Someone get me... a reverse mortgage. Tom Selleck... help me!" (cough cough)

[roamer65]

4. Maybe on the west coast.

In a moderate to large nuclear exchange, everyone west of the Mississippi River has about 5-6 maximum weeks to live.

The radioactivity blowing in from the west and the targeted Midwest missile silos ensures it.

The radioactivity kills off the cells of your GI tract and I don’t think I need to say anymore about it. It’s a pretty gruesome way to die.

[kimbutgar]

5. I keep thinking it will be a more like a soylent green situation

And a bit of waterworld.

[CentralMass]

6. A 5 minute recap.

[Dave Starsky]

9. At least most of the people in the Mad Max movies...

At least TRIED not to be idiots. At least 20 percent of this country really thinks that stupidity and ignorance are virtues.

[RKP5637]

8. The clock is ticking down and the hourglass about run out, but far too many humans are

too stupid/clueless to get what's going on and those on the take want more, more and more. And WTF do we get from the WH. Endless moronic tweets even a child would be ashamed to admit too.

[Angry Dragon]

12. no hope