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"Walter Banks" <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote in message 
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> On 24/03/2016 8:21 AM, Quadibloc wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 9:56:19 PM UTC-6, The New Other Guy
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, why WOULDN'T vandalism on a University campus be panic
>>> worthy??
>>
>> And here I thought there were chalk outlines around the bodies of
>> protesters lying own, so that people panicked later thinking an
>> atomic bomb had dropped on the University and they didn't notice.
>>
>> But I _can_ almost understand people who need emergency counselling
>> upon learning that there are people who want Donald Trump to become
>> President in 2016 walking among them. He is obviously not a good
>> choice, and I'm not sure where I can move to, from Canada, should he
>> be elected President, as interstellar travel is not yet an available
>> option.
>
> When a Trump presidency started to become a real possibility I thought a
> little bit about what would happen if it actually become true.

Too radical by far.

He has a
> lot of experience dealing with diverse people

But none with dealing with any politicians.

and the US congress might
> just be shaken up enough to lose some of the obstructionist tactics.

Only if he wants to do what they want to see done.

Yes, it is certainly possible that he might well want to
drastically slash all the non military stuff that government
currently does and even scrap obamacare completely etc.

> A lot of people thought what a disaster that Little Ronnie Ray Gun would
> be during his primaries. All in all he did work out reasonably well.

But that is very unlikely to happen with Mexico and moslems particularly 
this time. 

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  Re: Trigger warnings Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-03-23 23:26 -0400
    Re: Trigger warnings The New Other Guy <Newsgnus@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 20:56 -0700
      Re: Trigger warnings "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 07:08 -0400
      Re: Trigger warnings Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-03-24 05:21 -0700
        Re: Trigger warnings Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-03-24 09:32 -0500
          Re: Trigger warnings Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-03-24 13:10 -0400
          Re: Trigger warnings Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-03-24 17:05 -0700
        Re: Trigger warnings Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-03-24 13:17 -0400
          Re: Trigger warnings Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-03-24 17:58 +0000
            Re: Trigger warnings Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-03-24 14:36 -0400
              Re: Trigger warnings "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-03-24 14:52 -0500
          Re: Trigger warnings "hanja" <hanja228@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 05:24 +1100
            Re: Trigger warnings "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-03-24 14:10 -0600
              Re: Trigger warnings Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-03-24 14:26 -0500
              Re: Trigger warnings "hanja" <hanja228@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 07:21 +1100
      Re: Trigger warnings Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-03-24 11:58 -0400
        Re: Trigger warnings Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-03-24 17:53 -0700
    Re: Trigger warnings "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 07:06 -0400

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