"Flooding the Zone"

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

That is not how plagarism works.

You cite your sources and also, give attribution.

A checker of the opening post show it is only 38% original.

You are not in charge of how it is done.

Open the links and the cites are there.

Have you been to college and done graduate work?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

idiocracy on a good day

 

[Darkwind]

You are not in charge of how it is done.

Open the links and the cites are there.

Have you been to college and done graduate work?

The whole fucking world is in charge of how it is done, clown.

I do have college and graduate work under My belt.

So, STFU.

 

[Darkwind]

Factually inaccurate.

"falsely accused sexual abuser."

Yet he paid for the woman's silence.

For the exact reason that is happening right now.

False accusation. Even the police didn't believe her.

And it is factually accurate. He is fully qualified to do the job. More so than many past Secdefs.

 

[Seymour Flops]

nominating an entire slate of problematic candidates that burdens the Senate’s capacity for proper vetting.

I happen to be one of those nerdy people who have watched Senate Confirmation hearings for the last four years. The Dem-controlled Senate frequently called several nominees for one four hour hearing, making proper vetting an impossibility.

With Republicans in charge, Democrats will get an opportunity to ask copious amounts of questions of Trump nominees. If they obfuscate, refuse to answer, outright lie, and constantly try to change a Senators question into one they are not afraid to answer, I will call them on it, something not one Democrat on here did when Biden nominees did those things.

 

[berg80]

He is fully qualified to do the job.

Make the case.

 

[ColonelAngus]

ZOMG he cant have an administration that he wants! What a tyrant!

The left is now doing this:

If Trump nominates a supporter, he is paying back a loyalist.

If he does not nominate a supporter, he is STABBING THEM IN THE BACK. (This was Joy Reid’s spin this week.)

You gotta love how consistently inconsistent these assholes are.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

The whole fucking world is in charge of how it is done, clown.

I do have college and graduate work under My belt.

So, STFU.

Then you know how the citing is done above. So you just sit down, put the Dunce Cap on, and tape your mouth shut.

 

[Lesh]

ZOMG he cant have an administration that he wants! What a tyrant!

If he nominated inmates from an asylum … would that be ok? I mean if it’s what he wants right?

How about a slate of pole dancers??

 

[berg80]

The same is true of Trump: unqualified, unfit, and hostile to the mission of his office.

Not to mention an enemy of the state.

 

[berg80]

I happen to be one of those nerdy people who have watched Senate Confirmation hearings for the last four years. The Dem-controlled Senate frequently called several nominees for one four hour hearing, making proper vetting an impossibility.

Horseshit. They all underwent an extensive FBI background check prior to the confirmation hearing. That's what protocol calls for. No prez has ever tried to circumvent that process until the orange enemy of the state did.

 

[gtopa1]

The High Price Of Kakistocracy

As we inch toward the holidays and the news slows, I wanted to step back and offer a bit more context on the slew of absurdist Trump nominations. The sheer number of unqualified miscreants that Trump has chosen to cast for his second season is overwhelming to the mind and to the mechanisms in place to screen out the worst and dimmest.

“The volume of controversial nominees will force senators to prioritize their battles, allowing some to advance simply due to limited time and attention,” law professor Alan Z. Rozenshtein writes at Lawfare.

I highly recommend Rozenshtein’s piece. It places Trump’s approach to nominations in a broader historical and political context. Here’s a sampling:

Trump’s nominations represent an unprecedented triple assault on constitutional appointment norms: First, many are unqualified or hostile to their agencies’ missions. Second, rather than making a few controversial picks, Trump has flooded the zone, nominating an entire slate of problematic candidates that burdens the Senate’s capacity for proper vetting. And third, Trump has signaled willingness to circumvent the confirmation process through legally dubious tactics such as forced Senate adjournment. Together, these moves threaten to transform the appointments process from a constitutional safeguard into a vehicle for installing loyalists regardless of competence.
Trump Casts The Worst And Dimmest For Season 2

The term "kakistocracy" (rule by the worst) emerged from obscurity during the first Trump administration. The word, which was previously used to describe troubled foreign governments, gained mainstream usage as critics pointed to controversial appointments such as Tom Price at the Department of Health and Human Services and Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency—officials whose qualifications and conduct drew widespread criticism.

With President-elect Donald Trump's imminent return to power, "kakistocracy" is back in public conversation. As the Economist noted by making it “word of the year,” Google searches for the term spiked in November: first after Trump's victory, then after he nominated controversial officials for cabinet positions, including Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services, and again when Gaetz withdrew his nomination amid criticism. And Trump's recent nomination of Kash Patel to lead the FBI has only intensified concerns about an impending kakistocracy.
The Constitution of Kakistocracy

I had been thinking about writing a post with that title for a while. Due to the number of outrages already piling up. Once I saw the linked article I decided to go ahead. The corruption involving Musk's Tesla car company being advantaged by ending accident reporting for self driving cars, the rampant crypto conflicts of interest following trump's foray in to the crypto biz, the onslaught of unqualified cabinet nominees, the attempts to intimidate the media and political opponents, being some of the more obvious examples.

It brings back memories of the chaos and corruption of trump 1.0. Cabinet nominees being forced to resign for legal and ethical violations. trump firing IG's who were investigating the admin. The refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas. The broken promise, and lies, about the wall. The obstruction of Mueller's investigation. Mike Flynn and Comey being fired within weeks of the inauguration. The lies about the inauguration itself. Many more incidents trumples have stuffed down their memory holes.

Whether by accident or design it can be disorienting. How do you fully examine the background of unqualified cabinet nominees when there are so many of them? How do you stop the cronyism regarding Musk when there's so much regarding crypto? But it must be done. Now it not the time to falter. Now is the time for vigilance.

You LOST, LOSER!!! You get to say NOTHING!!!

Greg

 

[berg80]

You LOST, LOSER!!! You get to say NOTHING!!!

Greg

Fuck off, Greg. Apparently, all the noise you folks have been making about 1st A rights was just phony indignation.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Berg80 is right: same is true of Trump: unqualified, unfit, enemy of the state, and hostile to the mission of his office.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Horseshit. They all underwent an extensive FBI background check prior to the confirmation hearing. That's what protocol calls for. No prez has ever tried to circumvent that process until the orange enemy of the state did.

Why would the FBI be the gold standard of determining who is acceptable and who is not? Why do you put so much faith in the federal Bureau of investigation? Tell me how they have earned your trust.

 

[TNHarley]

If he nominated inmates from an asylum … would that be ok? I mean if it’s what he wants right?

How about a slate of pole dancers??

Be real. Holy shit

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

... because they are the FBI, and all you are is Seymour Flops.

 

[Seymour Flops]

... because they are the FBI, and all you are is Seymour Flops.

So you’re a cultist. Got it.

 

[Lesh]

Be real. Holy shit

Trump’s nominees so far have been only marginally better than that

 

[TNHarley]

Trump’s nominees so far have been only marginally better than that

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