Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 19:16     Subject: Breaking: Acosta resigning
Great graphic here showing the astonishingly high turnover at the White House.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/16/us/politics/all-the-major-firings-and-resignations-in-trump-administration.html?auth=login-email

Trump always says he likes to be the (most superlative) at everything, so he can rightfully crow that his administration has the HIGHEST turnover rate of any administration.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 18:01     Subject: Breaking: Acosta resigning
Anonymous wrote:Good riddance but he'll probably be replaced with some Cindy Yang type.


What is that supposed to mean?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 17:56     Subject: Re:Breaking: Acosta resigning
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
This can’t be good. Apparently Acosta is being replaced by Patrick Pizzella to become acting labor secretary. Pizzella is a former partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He’s seen by associates on Capitol Hill as a hard charging advocate for industry interests and someone who is more inclined than the cautious Acosta to rapidly reverse Obama-era policies that favored workers and unions. Get rid of one swamp creature and another slithers in.


Bloomberg had a lot of reporting about how frustrated the Trump administration was with Acosta and this was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him.


"the perfect opportunity"?? How about it was the right thing to do given he broke the law as a federal prosecutor and given that lots of people were clamoring for him to go?


Since when has Trump ever done the right thing to do?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 17:37     Subject: Breaking: Acosta resigning
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
What would you do if someone with influence in your circle and to whom you had been introduced at social events, had such rumors circulating about him?

It's one thing to be able to think clearly in front of a screen about people we don't know, and quite another to decide based on hearsay and possibly suppressed accusations to cut ties with acquaintances or friends. It's what we should ALL do! But it's little harder when you've met and talked with someone (assuming they're friendly and don't give off creepy vibes).

To makes matters worse, add in the fact that clearly this evil man was doing his best to ingratiate himself and be charming with everyone, to fend off potential scrutiny. He also did his best to collect evidence against certain acquaintances by making them co-perpetrators in his crimes. He probably helpfully loaned money to his friends, and did favors for many people.

This is what power is all about, and that's why powerful people can get away with torture, rape and murder.

Perhaps we could make and implement laws that punish more harshly the enablers of such crimes - the man had employees and friends who knew. What if these people knew they could face 20 years in prison for helping him?

You want to punish his employees more harshly? Like his pimp Ghislaine Maxwell or like his housekeepers? Because I don’t think that people like his housekeepers should really bear the brunt of this.


I'm surprised the media haven't picked up on the fact that one of his employees, a male with a Hispanic name, died under suspicious circumstances during the investigation. It's in the articles linked in the FBI Vault investigation. And Ghislane Maxwell's father, Robert, was rumored to be a spy, possibly for Israel. I wonder if she inherited his trade.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 17:25     Subject: Re:Breaking: Acosta resigning
Anonymous wrote:
This can’t be good. Apparently Acosta is being replaced by Patrick Pizzella to become acting labor secretary. Pizzella is a former partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He’s seen by associates on Capitol Hill as a hard charging advocate for industry interests and someone who is more inclined than the cautious Acosta to rapidly reverse Obama-era policies that favored workers and unions. Get rid of one swamp creature and another slithers in.


Bloomberg had a lot of reporting about how frustrated the Trump administration was with Acosta and this was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him.


"the perfect opportunity"?? How about it was the right thing to do given he broke the law as a federal prosecutor and given that lots of people were clamoring for him to go?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 15:28     Subject: Re:Breaking: Acosta resigning
Anonymous wrote:This can’t be good. Apparently Acosta is being replaced by Patrick Pizzella to become acting labor secretary. Pizzella is a former partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He’s seen by associates on Capitol Hill as a hard charging advocate for industry interests and someone who is more inclined than the cautious Acosta to rapidly reverse Obama-era policies that favored workers and unions. Get rid of one swamp creature and another slithers in.


Bloomberg had a lot of reporting about how frustrated the Trump administration was with Acosta and this was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 15:25     Subject: Breaking: Acosta resigning
Anonymous wrote:
What would you do if someone with influence in your circle and to whom you had been introduced at social events, had such rumors circulating about him?

It's one thing to be able to think clearly in front of a screen about people we don't know, and quite another to decide based on hearsay and possibly suppressed accusations to cut ties with acquaintances or friends. It's what we should ALL do! But it's little harder when you've met and talked with someone (assuming they're friendly and don't give off creepy vibes).

To makes matters worse, add in the fact that clearly this evil man was doing his best to ingratiate himself and be charming with everyone, to fend off potential scrutiny. He also did his best to collect evidence against certain acquaintances by making them co-perpetrators in his crimes. He probably helpfully loaned money to his friends, and did favors for many people.

This is what power is all about, and that's why powerful people can get away with torture, rape and murder.

Perhaps we could make and implement laws that punish more harshly the enablers of such crimes - the man had employees and friends who knew. What if these people knew they could face 20 years in prison for helping him?

You want to punish his employees more harshly? Like his pimp Ghislaine Maxwell or like his housekeepers? Because I don’t think that people like his housekeepers should really bear the brunt of this.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2019 14:59     Subject: Breaking: Acosta resigning

What would you do if someone with influence in your circle and to whom you had been introduced at social events, had such rumors circulating about him?

It's one thing to be able to think clearly in front of a screen about people we don't know, and quite another to decide based on hearsay and possibly suppressed accusations to cut ties with acquaintances or friends. It's what we should ALL do! But it's little harder when you've met and talked with someone (assuming they're friendly and don't give off creepy vibes).

To makes matters worse, add in the fact that clearly this evil man was doing his best to ingratiate himself and be charming with everyone, to fend off potential scrutiny. He also did his best to collect evidence against certain acquaintances by making them co-perpetrators in his crimes. He probably helpfully loaned money to his friends, and did favors for many people.

This is what power is all about, and that's why powerful people can get away with torture, rape and murder.

Perhaps we could make and implement laws that punish more harshly the enablers of such crimes - the man had employees and friends who knew. What if these people knew they could face 20 years in prison for helping him?