(see * bottom of post)
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Reality: If Trump wont let ethics office do normal vetting of nominees, reporters will be winning Pulitzers for 4 yrs exposing their secrets
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 7, 2017
Next day:
I fear that the reason Trump's nominees arent filing typical disclosures w/ ethics office is a competence issue, not trying to hide things.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 8, 2017
Part of ethics office is ensurng nominee isnt in something that, as public official, wuld be illegal. Protects THEM. Once in office, 2 late.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 8, 2017
You know that old folk curse, “May you live in interesting times?”
* schrodingers_cat: The movie has been panned by critics but I love its title track, especially the panchakshara* stotra, the female voice in Sanskrit interspersed with a rapid fire, rap-like (in Hindi) description of Shiva.
Panchakshara == 5 letters (na ma shi va) nam = name shiva
Manyakitty
So do we think he’s given up, too?
hilts
The Sunlight Foundation has a good roundup of Trumpenstein’s conflicts of interest
https://sunlightfoundation.com/tracking-trumps-conflicts-of-interest
BGinCHI
I think we’re underestimating Both Sides Do It here. The media are in the legitimation biz.
Mnemosyne
@Manyakitty:
I think it’s more that he’s become afraid that the Trumpistas are going to destroy us out of sheer incompetence and ignorance instead of malice.
That scares me, too. At least if it was malice, it would mean someone had a plan.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@BGinCHI: the NPR dink whose name escapes me on the morning show asked Tim Kaine today if Republican X (Cruz?) didn’t have a point in saying that it’s a dangerous world, and it’s not a good idea to postpone these national security appointments? Tone and phrasing were incredibly tendentious. I think Tillerson and Mattis are the ones being the most cooperative with the ethics people, but Cruz (if it was him) was including Sessions as part of “national security”
Anne Laurie
@Manyakitty:
I think he’s putting down a marker on his Pulitzer, myself!
Adam L Silverman
@Mnemosyne: Who is “he” in this context?
Sandia Blanca
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I believe that was Steve Inskeep, and you are right that he was really pushing the Nice Polite Republicans line of questioning. To their credit, however, NPR has actually been bringing some Democrats on to discuss politics, lately–we haven’t heard much of that from them in at least a decade.
schrodingers_cat
I like this version, better, since it doesn’t have too many of the ridiculous stunts, plus its the official version.
Mnemosyne
@Adam L Silverman:
Eichenwald. I’m assuming that’s who Manyakitty meant, too.
NotMax
@schrodinger’s_cat
Keep forgetting to ask if you’ve ever seen The Pink Mirror (Gulabi Aaina)? Seem to recall it was banned in India and remains so.
Anne Laurie
@schrodingers_cat: Okay, but I thought the ‘ridiculous’ hair-raising stunts went better with the quesiton of journalists pursuing the truth under Trump!
Adam L Silverman
@Mnemosyne: Okay, that’s what I thought, but I wasn’t sure. I get the impression Eichenwald is going to continue doing his reporting.
schrodingers_cat
@NotMax: Nope. Never heard of it either.
schrodingers_cat
@Anne Laurie: Sure, why not.
NotMax
@schrodinger’s_cat
Wikipedia must have a page. (On hold music.)
Ah, yes, and it confirms my recollection.
Miss Bianca
@schrodingers_cat: I dunno, I kind of like the ridiculous stunts. Is that guy supposed to *be* Shiva?
schrodingers_cat
@NotMax: It does, I read it, low budget film with no name actors. Not that there is anything wrong with it. My renewed interest in Hindi/Indian movies is less than a year old. So I totally missed many of the movies of the mid nineties to mid teens.
schrodingers_cat
@Miss Bianca: No, he is supposed to be some mountaineer person, or something.
Mnemosyne
@Adam L Silverman:
I do, too, but I’m assuming that he has his holy shit, I can’t believe this is happening moments just like the rest of us.
NotMax
@schrodinger’s_cat
Well whaddaya know, YouTube has the trailer.
schrodingers_cat
@NotMax: Thanks, I will take a look.
Paul in KY
Excellent CGI in that video, looks really real. Thanks for showing it.
debbie
@Mnemosyne:
I don’t think pointing to incompetence (and I read it as the incompetence of the transition team) is a sign of weakening resolve. Does it really matter whether they’re hiding stuff intentionally or through incompetence? Either way, they’re not sharing like they should.
manyakitty
@Mnemosyne: Good point, I guess. Criminally incompetent is a thing.
manyakitty
@Anne Laurie: Let’s hope so! He and David Farhenthold should share one, as far as I’m concerned.
manyakitty
@Mnemosyne: Yes, I was commenting on his tweets in the post.
artem1s
you know, like getting and sending EMAILS!