I thought that "breaking news" about DJT going out to dinner was a joke! But no! We really need the ROTFLMAO smiley.

"Trump ditches media - the peoples' eyes and ears - again."


http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/11/trump-goes-out-to-dinner-press-has-hissy-fit.php

Actually, having the President-elect ditching the media for dinner is kinda cool!  More power to him.

Posted this to my FB since I have friends and family who are reeling today...

I want to take a moment and share a thought with and for my friends and family who wake up today in a world that seems upside down and at odds with their beliefs, hopes and aspirations - this too shall pass. I fully expected to wake up exactly where you are, with real fear in my heart for the future of our nation and her people - I have been living this, each and every day, for more than a decade. My beliefs, values and philosophy have been under assault for roughly 12 years - simply because of the party or candidates I support I have, directly and indirectly, been called names I would have never expected, I have been accused of things that are unspeakable, and this is where we the people have to bridge the gap and reject the rhetoric of divisiveness.

I strongly believe that it is not only possible to disagree on policy and still be friends, it is needed. Rejection of a policy position is not rejection of the person who holds it. Disagreement about a belief is not a value judgment of the person who believes it. We must be able on all sides to separate this in order to escape the destructive effects of identity politics and be able to see the good in all Americans regardless of their positions.

I believe that the most important word in the name of our country is united. We are united as a people not because we hold the same exact beliefs or values and march in lock step, but because we are united in a system that provides the most opportunity ever provided, in a system that, when it is functioning, allows for disagreement and course corrections by recognizing the strength that flows from all of us, not any singular group.

I know from personal experience that today is painful but I hope that those who are wondering what this all means can reject the manufactured caricatures and seek to find common ground, since there is far more where we agree then we are being told by a partisan media.

Donald J. Trump was never going to be a 'good' candidate in any traditional mold, and what he has done, and his primary and lasting achievement IMO, regardless of what happens now, is that he has put the flame torch to the keep of the political-media establishment, and has if not permanently at least temporarily put the entire power structure on its' heels and I believe, as I have maintained throughout this election, that THAT is what is most desperately needed for all Americans.

I'll stick this here as it is somewhat along the same line.  We've seen the poll putting Hillary up by 11.

http://truthfeed.com/busted-fake-nbc-poll-showing-hillary-up-by-11-points-was-conducted-by-a-hillary-superpac/28809/

The media does not even hid the bias anymore.  They are now Democrat run state media doing the biding of the Democrats.  The country is screwed at this point.

I just read in "Freakonomics" that it's not money that wins an election, it's appeal.  People think the candidate that gets the most donation support wins, and there may be a correlation, but it's not the cause.  Actually it's the candidate with the most "appeal".  Well, if that is true, I'm hoping Donald has more appeal than Hillary. As despicable as he can be, he is at least entertaining. Hillary comes off as an ice queen.

On the other hand, there are two things that really worry me. First, the groundwork was set for this sex scandal to hurt Donald. It didn't hurt Bill Clinton because that was years ago, before the onset of the current climate of paradoxical Victorianism.  In today's world of filthy sexual content everywhere you look, the idea that actual men want actual sex is now condemned. Young first time voters know no different. Females in the 18 to twenty-something year old category, have actually bought the idea that males should respect a "bubble" around them, never to cop a feel, and men should see women wear the skimpiest most skin tight revealing clothing without so much as having a sexual thought.  Girls today actually think this way. They are beyond clueless.  And young males buy it hook line and sinker. Because young males want young females, and they will believe anything they think the young females want them to. So you have a whole generation of first time voters who are shocked, shocked I tell you!  at the Donald tape.  I'm not sure Trump can survive this. I think a lot of young voters were considering Trump because they're not so naive as to have completely missed how Hillary is now the entrenched corrupt "establishment" and may have gone to Trump for being an outsider. But they're SO brainwashed about sex - they are the generation raised on "pedobear" hysteria - that this tape has leveraged it to the max, I fear that generation is hopelessly lost. I still feel they dislike Clinton but now may go third party instead. Which incidentally, will be Jill Stein because they're just as brainwashed about climate change being the country's biggest problem.

The second thing is I believe the corrupt Democrat party and Hillary and her cronies will do ANYTHING at this point to hold onto power and we have seen nothing yet. They are going to sink so low, I would not be surprised if they get a woman to flat out make up a rape story about Donald.  Or maybe try to get him assassinated.  At the very least there will be massive voter fraud.  Worst case scenario, they'll cook up a reason for Obama to declare martial law and suspend elections.  I don't want to be too tin foil hat conspiracy theory about it, but I just have a feeling about this. The leftists have been on a long journey from outside to inside, climbing the ladder of power in the U.S. and now that they've attained it, they're not going to let their grip slip for anything. 

So I'm feeling pessimistic right now that Trump, or any non-leftist, will ever again preside over our country.

When Reagan said that we are only one generation away from losing all of our freedoms, he was talking about this year.
The rate at which we are being regulated and coerced into surrendering every liberty we have is at a pace that will quickly bring us to the level of government intrusion not seen outside of the old USSR, and it's the progressives, liberals and democrats working hand in glove with people like Soros to bring it about.
There is a tipping point after which revolution becomes the only solution and I firmly believe we are approaching it at warp speed.

To go completely off on a tangent for this forum, today was a spectacular day to fly in southeastern PA.  So... the Quakertown Pilots Association marshaled it's resources and put together a flight of 5 planes to trek to the Sentimental Journey fundraising fly-in breakfast at Lock Haven PA.  Absolutely gorgeous, cool, CAVU and smooth air.  One of those days that once trimmed up the airplane just runs on rails and you can sit back and watch the scenery unfold.  A good turnout of planes and locals.

Overall a most excellent adventure.  We are so blessed to have the opportunity to be pilots.

That is all, y'all can now resume the usual partisan sniping!   

You can make anyone appear idiotic with the right questions and carefully edited footage.  Unfortunately, I am guilty to marginalizing Trump supporters, which I truly shouldn't do.  There are lots of people supporting the reality star and real estate magnate for lots of different reasons.  Some those reasons are utterly deplorable, but the majority truly are not, and the majority of his supporters are making their own political statement for their own reasons.  They should be praised rather than condemned.  They're doing far more to contribute to the public discourse in the US than I.

Oh my.  They have the word "United" in their name.  That is the same word used in the United States, which everyone know IS racist.  Yes, United Airlines must be racist.  American too.  Delta means "difference", which is a racist thing to even think about.  And all the airlines with West in the name are subtle digs at the liberal west coast. 

Yup, the entire airline industry must be racist.