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LuckyCharms

(17,426 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:35 PM Oct 2018

Just one of the things I hate about this administration.

I like to stay on top of things. I like to know what is going on in the world.

There is no peace with Trump and his cronies.

You can't go to the bathroom, you can't step away for lunch, you can't do some work, you can't take a nap...without some horrible, heinous and unbelievable news breaking.

I fear that if I turn my phone off for a few hours, or step away from the computer, I'll miss the nuclear war alert.

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Just one of the things I hate about this administration. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Oct 2018 OP

Relax. You'll hear the same bad news over and over again. In_The_Wind Oct 2018 #1

Because he knows he's got a captive national audience dalton99a Oct 2018 #2

Yup. I was out all morning, no TV or internet, The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #3

I have a "FOX LATE BREAKING NEWS ALERT" for you ... JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #4

Try switching to BBC World News if you're feeling like you want information. violetpastille Oct 2018 #5

Its OK to take a break tulipsandroses Oct 2018 #6

I do very much the same! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2018 #7

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Relax. You'll hear the same bad news over and over again.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:39 PM

Oct 2018

I've been watching movies or playing solitaire.

dalton99a

(81,488 posts)

2. Because he knows he's got a captive national audience

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:40 PM

Oct 2018

and there are TV camera crews ready to record his every flatulence

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)

3. Yup. I was out all morning, no TV or internet,

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:41 PM

Oct 2018

came home to find out Trump had hosted a manic episode by Kanye West, complete with F-bombs, in the Oval Office on live national TV. The inmates really are running the asylum.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

4. I have a "FOX LATE BREAKING NEWS ALERT" for you ...

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:41 PM

Oct 2018

... it's Thursday.

Not all breaking news is actually breaking news.

Relax, take a nap. The world will be here when you wake. Or it won't.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)

5. Try switching to BBC World News if you're feeling like you want information.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:44 PM

Oct 2018

Refreshingly, they talk about Trump only when absolutely necessary. And it's not absolutely necessary very often.

Double points for showing his awful face only if it's absolutely necessary.

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)

6. Its OK to take a break

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:49 PM

Oct 2018

I've been slowly cutting back on my news watching- I watched Harlem Nights, followed by Eddie Murphy's Raw 2 nights ago. What a rip roaring time I had for a night home alone instead of being glued to MSNBC, DU and news feeds. And when I logged on again, the same bad news was being played on a loop again. What I missed earlier, was being played again. I was glad I took the time to get some comedic relief.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)

7. I do very much the same!

Reply to tulipsandroses (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 03:35 PM

Oct 2018

And I'm feeling a lot less stressed!

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