Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[Lods]

Much to early  to determine any medium to long term influences. We need to wait a good 12 months. Trumpania is still in its death throes and there will be the violent wiggle for a little while yet.
In the meantime we all need to be very quiet. America is very tired and needs a little sleep. 

[Baggers]

Much to early  to determine any medium to long term influences. We need to wait a good 12 months. Trumpania is still in its death throes and there will be the violent wiggle for a little while yet.
In the meantime we all need to be very quiet. America is very tired and needs a little sleep. 

Yep, and maybe keep a casual eye not so much on the Republicans but news on the Orange One's lawsuits throughout 2021.

[Mav]

Well, Trump did promise that Americans would become tired of all the winning. And tired they are.

[PaulP]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...-influence

[Baggers]

Well, Trump did promise that Americans would become tired of all the winning. And tired they are.

I wonder if the Orange One and Charlie Sheen have ever discussed a speaking tour where they both talk on winning (and tiger blood)?  ;D

[Mav]

They’d be sympatico when it comes to their attitudes to women, that’s for sure. They’d get on like a house on fire until they realised there’s only room enough for 1 narcissistic personality on any stage. But don’t go posting that kind of stuff on the internet or Charlie Sheen will catch wind of it and start a Presidential run. Already the Rock is testing out the waters. At least if Charlie makes it to the top we’ll get to see strippers out the front of White House briefings, I guess.

[LP]

At least if Charlie makes it to the top we’ll get to see strippers out the front of White House briefings, ............

Rumours are over-use of drugs have left him unable to strike up an interest even if he hired an army of them.

Trump might at least be able to act, but the rumours around him are that the girls might not even notice, it seems they struggle to find the key under the mat!

[Mav]

Given FoxNews, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the right-wing propaganda machine was critical to Trump’s rise, enabling him to use it as a firehose of disinformation and lies, it’s worth questioning whether SkyNews can corrupt Australia’s political process:
Is Sky News shifting Australian politics to the right? Not yet, but there is cause for alarm, the Conversation.

[LP]

Given FoxNews, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the right-wing propaganda machine was critical to Trump’s rise, enabling to use it as a firehose of disinformation and lies, it’s worth questioning whether SkyNews can corrupt Australia’s political process:
Is Sky News shifting Australian politics to the right? Not yet, but there is cause for alarm, the Conversation.

Unlike the USA where pay TV and cable is saturated, hardly anybody who isn't somehow heavily invested in it watches Sky News in Australia!

Political types do, but it's a closed loop feedback system, which is perhaps why they seem so heavily disconnected from the public leaving them at a loss to understand the average person!

Also The Conversation article lacks context when discussing the Youtube numbers, there is no clarification on where those viewers were from, just counts of the number of times a story was viewed and even so the numbers are piddling. But it still probably qualifies as a canary.

[PaulP]

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-ameri...576c1.html

Nice. Now that the loony interlude is over, it's back to business as usual. Despite his advanced years, it's comforting to know that Joe hasn't forgotten the official Pentagon definition of peace time : " a state of permanent pre hostility."