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hm, as a European I miss radio news more. not dedicated channels like here, but the mandated news breaks every radio channel needs to broadcast. no one can esca

hm, as a European I miss radio news more. not dedicated channels like here, but the mandated news breaks every radio channel needs to broadcast. no one can escape getting at least a tiny amount of information. it is so easy to be completely oblivious over here in the US. that being said, i don't think it is that bad. trump is an old, white rich guy - what exactly did you think is going in his head? its amazing that he is restraining himself from ranting about "niggers, chinks and wetbacks". you know he talks like that in private, like any other of his profile. that is how he grew up, in a segregated US. black president, gay marriage - all signs that society overall is moving in the right direction, the old guard simply dying off. like that crazy aunt you'll meet at thanksgiving who only rants about "the jews". happy thanksgiving.

krisdol 11y ago
> hm, as a European I miss radio news more. not dedicated channels like here, but the mandated news breaks every radio channel needs to broadcast. Same, however my commute to/from work is luckily listening to the Boston NPR station, where I get a full dose of BBC News in the mornings and a random NPR news show in the afternoon depending on when I leave. I unplugged my cable a long time ago, and I stopped visiting most news websites even longer ago. If it weren't for shares on facebook, I'd never find out about what scandalous thing a politician said to get in the media's eye again. If I could filter facebook to only have text and photo shares from friends, I'd be so much happier with the site. It's interesting what you say about what's going on in his head. Before I graduated school or worked in software, I had a pretty interesting repeating summer job as a QA technician in the nuclear industry. I did a great job and got along great with my boss and coworkers, and often we'd get together over holidays and special occasions. He was an older guy nearing early retirement. On one such get-together, the boss revealed his real opinion about "who caused all this crap shit we're in", being "niggers and spics". Ugh. I was shocked that I was working for a racist, but what shocked me more was just hearing that, period. I couldn't imagine holding an opinion like that at all, let alone having it my entire adult life and believing it worthwhile to share. I have a hard time believing that most politicians are as dumb as the words they say to get on the air, and Trump is a master at constantly being on the air. But, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised by it.

krisdol 11y ago

> hm, as a European I miss radio news more. not dedicated channels like here, but the mandated news breaks every radio channel needs to broadcast. Same, however my commute to/from work is luckily listening to the Boston NPR station, where I get a full dose of BBC News in the mornings and a random NPR news show in the afternoon depending on when I leave. I unplugged my cable a long time ago, and I stopped visiting most news websites even longer ago. If it weren't for shares on facebook, I'd never find out about what scandalous thing a politician said to get in the media's eye again. If I could filter facebook to only have text and photo shares from friends, I'd be so much happier with the site. It's interesting what you say about what's going on in his head. Before I graduated school or worked in software, I had a pretty interesting repeating summer job as a QA technician in the nuclear industry. I did a great job and got along great with my boss and coworkers, and often we'd get together over holidays and special occasions. He was an older guy nearing early retirement. On one such get-together, the boss revealed his real opinion about "who caused all this crap shit we're in", being "niggers and spics". Ugh. I was shocked that I was working for a racist, but what shocked me more was just hearing that, period. I couldn't imagine holding an opinion like that at all, let alone having it my entire adult life and believing it worthwhile to share. I have a hard time believing that most politicians are as dumb as the words they say to get on the air, and Trump is a master at constantly being on the air. But, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised by it.