The bubble

[smokingboot]

All rather nice. The meal had to be ballast of course, because however hard they try to pair food and drink, champagne's not a dining wine. Comparing various Mumms and Perrier-Jouets, blanc de blancs, rose wines, cordon somethings, for sure had a thoroughly pleasant time.

But that's not the real world.

The real world is this: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/2135332523226457/?hc_ref=ARRo6ctPwQvAa0E4LnUS6zX1MYTmOckRABgFXwJYlYDgPZSBl2iAfk3Q34e8VcvkTps

FFS. No good can be at the source of this and no good can come of it.
In fact, what does do good? How does one help?

Champagne and movies and festivals; behind them all this knowledge that something is very wrong, and I have not got the faintest idea of how to improve any of it. All I can imagine is putting some cash towards charities working to get the kids and parents back together/ stop the separation in the first place.

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[mallorys_camera]

Seriously, there's nothing you can do.

The only thing that's going to get these people out of power is if the U.S. stock market precipitously tanks.

In the Trump base's mind, Trump = prosperity. If that prosperity goes away, they won't have a reason to support him anymore.

[smokingboot]

You may well be right. I fear you are.

I think you have yourselves a proper tyrant there, madness and all, with accompanying bullies, zealots and leeches... whether he's a Henry VIII or a Nero remains to be seen. Either he is a malign being, or he is so ill that his sickness has shortfused his decision making capacity. There's nothing a single foreigner can do to stop him, but this misery at the border is so horrible I just want to help. But I don't know of any charities working on the issue... Guess I just have to keep looking.

[mallorys_camera]

And I see that you found one.

I gave a tiny amount. (Elderly pensioner on fixed income here!)

Trump is not an isolated phenomenon from what I can see. There are plenty of Trumps throughout Europe.

We are at the very beginning of a massive population shift brought about by climate change (though not everyone is connecting those dots yet.) It's going to get a lot worse before equilibrium is recalibrated. Could be another "Dark Age."

[smokingboot]

Generosity is more than numbers. It is a thing of the heart. If I try to convey my feelings on your gift, I will embarrass us both by bumbling around like a mawkish idiot. Sometimes it's better if I stick to simple words.

Thank you so much Patrizia X