The behavior of the administration reminds me how we've seen them (not) respond to sex criminals in their staff. Michigan State and that "athletic doctor" for example.
They want to ignore (and/or downgrade) the problem and hope it will go away so they don't have to offend anyone or embarrass the U.
3 weeks ago
Here's a link which talks about "Trump's war on Columbia University explained"
It does a reasonably good job at bringing together the various things, including some I hadn't known about.
I hadn't realized the "protesters" were that clueless and about half aren't students. I also hadn't realized to what degree the protesters were causing problems (i.e. crossing lines) and the degree to which the University administration beclowned themselves in front of Congress.
I've seen Zegler's red carpet interview and it's more cringy-woke and dissing-the-original than is normally shown.
To be fair, faict "cringy-woke" was the Disney line at the time. For example none of the finalists for the part of Snow White were White.
I've also seen Zegler openly admit that she's a narcissist (that's since my last post).
Wiki claims that Zegler has supported Palestine since 2021 and that predates her involvement in Snow White by a few months.
That high level producer flying out to talk to Zegler happened. That's amazing when you think about it, apparently a phone call or lesser person wouldn't do (or more likely, didn't work). It's like the CEO flying over to talk to you about your bad behavior.
Narcissists really don't like being told they're wrong, they don't change their behavior, and they don't accept responsibility for their behavior.
I expect Miss Zegler will find it harder to get employment in these expensive shows. Whoever hires her needs to expect her to create lots of personal drama to overshadow the film.
LeeEsq: there is no reason to doubt that Zegler might really believe what she put on social media about Israel or Gal Gadot
Zegler has been accused of being a narcissist and apparently has admitted the same. My ex was too.
Using flame bait to focus attention on herself would be in character. Even (and especially) at the expense of the primary project. People are supposed to be paying attention to her and not her fellow lead actress or even the movie itself.
So she might only believe in "free Palestine" when it's going to create problems and attention. She certainly is not going to listen to other views, either on what's going on in Palestine or even how stunningly inappropriate it is to bring this up on the set or in interviews.
And if she feels she's not the center of attention on her next project she'll find a different way to be toxic.
When we select for people who are thinking emotionally and not dealing with the real world, we're dealing with people who aren't dealing with the real world.
So if you have convinced yourself that Hamas are the good guys, then them torturing (and otherwise being heinous to) their own citizens isn't a thing. It doesn't happen.
You say that like it'd be a good thing. Far as I can tell it's only Trump's political opponents who are upset with him and we just had elections. If the system allows/requires elections every 5 months then the gov is so unstable that there will be serious problems.
We had an election and decided to let the clowns rule for a while. Elections have consequences. I don't like it, but the rules say this is what happens.
Shortly after the debate in June, "Biden declined to undergo a cognitive exam". Presumably he knew he couldn't pass it.
In Feb 2024, the special counsel said his memory "appeared to have significant limitations".
My impression is his staff knew, but if he was replaced odds were they would be too. "The Biden administration has also been criticized for allegedly gaslighting or harassing journalists who asked questions about Biden's health or age"
Team Blue waited until the last second to notice their guy was unable to talk and then replaced him with someone who managed to get zero delegate votes over two election cycles.
They/we shouldn't be picking a VP based on their group membership but rather on their ability to head the ticket.
If you're going to replace your guy, do it earlier.
If you're going to replace your guy, actually replace him. A President Harris would have looked a lot more Presidential and would have removed the conflict of running both for and against Biden. She could have showed herself righting the ship and taking charge.
Of course that assumes she actually had that ability which is unclear.
Getting opsec about the President's followers to prevent them from doing the President's will seems a little risky politically and normally unnecessary.
Law enforcement didn't realize they were going to have to deal with the President enflaming things as opposed to telling everyone to go home.
Team Blue had an openly unfit leader who no one dared point out wore no clothes. Then they replaced him with a women whose big abilities were her race and her gender, and who over two election cycles got zero delegates to secure the nod.
I'm thinking there's room for improvement in there somewhere.
1) Don't pick a VP unless they can head the ticket.
2) If the top guy is unfit, have him actually step down. Harris the President would have been Presidential and wouldn't have been able to run both against and for Joe.
3) Replace your guy earlier.
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The behavior of the administration reminds me how we've seen them (not) respond to sex criminals in their staff. Michigan State and that "athletic doctor" for example.
They want to ignore (and/or downgrade) the problem and hope it will go away so they don't have to offend anyone or embarrass the U.
Here's a link which talks about "Trump's war on Columbia University explained"
It does a reasonably good job at bringing together the various things, including some I hadn't known about.
I hadn't realized the "protesters" were that clueless and about half aren't students. I also hadn't realized to what degree the protesters were causing problems (i.e. crossing lines) and the degree to which the University administration beclowned themselves in front of Congress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9JiRcXob-Q
What a clown show.
I don't see even the slightest connection to George Floyd. All reviews say the movie is a trainwreck.
The only hint of a reprieve is Zegler's singing.
I've seen Zegler's red carpet interview and it's more cringy-woke and dissing-the-original than is normally shown.
To be fair, faict "cringy-woke" was the Disney line at the time. For example none of the finalists for the part of Snow White were White.
I've also seen Zegler openly admit that she's a narcissist (that's since my last post).
Wiki claims that Zegler has supported Palestine since 2021 and that predates her involvement in Snow White by a few months.
That high level producer flying out to talk to Zegler happened. That's amazing when you think about it, apparently a phone call or lesser person wouldn't do (or more likely, didn't work). It's like the CEO flying over to talk to you about your bad behavior.
Narcissists really don't like being told they're wrong, they don't change their behavior, and they don't accept responsibility for their behavior.
I expect Miss Zegler will find it harder to get employment in these expensive shows. Whoever hires her needs to expect her to create lots of personal drama to overshadow the film.
LeeEsq: there is no reason to doubt that Zegler might really believe what she put on social media about Israel or Gal Gadot
Zegler has been accused of being a narcissist and apparently has admitted the same. My ex was too.
Using flame bait to focus attention on herself would be in character. Even (and especially) at the expense of the primary project. People are supposed to be paying attention to her and not her fellow lead actress or even the movie itself.
So she might only believe in "free Palestine" when it's going to create problems and attention. She certainly is not going to listen to other views, either on what's going on in Palestine or even how stunningly inappropriate it is to bring this up on the set or in interviews.
And if she feels she's not the center of attention on her next project she'll find a different way to be toxic.
When we select for people who are thinking emotionally and not dealing with the real world, we're dealing with people who aren't dealing with the real world.
So if you have convinced yourself that Hamas are the good guys, then them torturing (and otherwise being heinous to) their own citizens isn't a thing. It doesn't happen.
You say that like it'd be a good thing. Far as I can tell it's only Trump's political opponents who are upset with him and we just had elections. If the system allows/requires elections every 5 months then the gov is so unstable that there will be serious problems.
We had an election and decided to let the clowns rule for a while. Elections have consequences. I don't like it, but the rules say this is what happens.
David: Except they just hallucinated the ‘he’s living in my house and spending every waking hour with me’
+1. That's insightful.
I've seen youtube videos on the behavior of men/women on these dating apps.
He's an extremely high status male who is young, handsome, (rich?), and not married/in-a-relationship. There is far more demand for that than supply.
Those women are used to dealing with the opposite imbalance and are horrified to find out they're the electronic equiv of groupies.
The answer is most certainly "...does not a victim make".
They're contacting other men. He's contacting other women. This is not a scandal.
Primary challenges drive the Left further to the Left and the Right further to the Right.
A sex scandal without sex. Or even meeting anyone. Or even promising to meet someone and/or date them.
Those women think a group of men should be chasing them but instead they all collectively were chasing the same guy.
Do I have comments in mod? I'd swear I replied to this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_Joe_Biden
Shortly after the debate in June, "Biden declined to undergo a cognitive exam". Presumably he knew he couldn't pass it.
In Feb 2024, the special counsel said his memory "appeared to have significant limitations".
My impression is his staff knew, but if he was replaced odds were they would be too. "The Biden administration has also been criticized for allegedly gaslighting or harassing journalists who asked questions about Biden's health or age"
Team Blue waited until the last second to notice their guy was unable to talk and then replaced him with someone who managed to get zero delegate votes over two election cycles.
They/we shouldn't be picking a VP based on their group membership but rather on their ability to head the ticket.
If you're going to replace your guy, do it earlier.
If you're going to replace your guy, actually replace him. A President Harris would have looked a lot more Presidential and would have removed the conflict of running both for and against Biden. She could have showed herself righting the ship and taking charge.
Of course that assumes she actually had that ability which is unclear.
Getting opsec about the President's followers to prevent them from doing the President's will seems a little risky politically and normally unnecessary.
Law enforcement didn't realize they were going to have to deal with the President enflaming things as opposed to telling everyone to go home.
I'd say 1,2,8 & 10 were the big problems.
RE: No need to change
Team Blue had an openly unfit leader who no one dared point out wore no clothes. Then they replaced him with a women whose big abilities were her race and her gender, and who over two election cycles got zero delegates to secure the nod.
I'm thinking there's room for improvement in there somewhere.
1) Don't pick a VP unless they can head the ticket.
2) If the top guy is unfit, have him actually step down. Harris the President would have been Presidential and wouldn't have been able to run both against and for Joe.
3) Replace your guy earlier.