Trump thread # 100 “Cannot you see that I, too, have a tall and beautiful person?”

[TheClaws]

Roman Emperor Nero wrote the above in a manual titled ‘Care of the Hair’. Nero was tyrannical, vain and cruel, and thought little of the lives of others. He also liked to erect buildings and carve his name into them. if only we could learn well from the past.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3104707--Uneasy-lies-the-head-that-wears-the-crown-as-it-should-be-Trump-thread-continued

Now that would make nice baubles, little rats with Trumps team for faces.

I think that would be very unkind to rats who are incredibly intelligent animals.

They are. I did think briefly about adopting one of the rats our cat bought in. But I decided that a)that was cruel and b) it did seem very bitey. So they get returned to where they came from. I do wonder whether it is the same rat being returned to us!

What I can't understand - have never been able to understand - is why everyone is emailing everyone else?

Good question. Hugely complacent unless they thought their words were somehow, magically protected.

Everyone emails in our organisation, either because people are always out & meetings and inpossible to track down or because they’re awful & email removes the need for face-to-face interaction. In the Trump administration, I’d say its the latter.

Out at meetings. Impossible...

But emails are so insecure. Why don't they create whatsapp groups or similar instead?

Of course emails are fine for general non-dodgy communication or anything you don't mind everyone seeing, but surely most people know you don't email something you wouldn't be happy for the world to see? You do your dodgy or potentially embarrassing stuff over a secure, encrypted medium or face to face.

Of course I am assuming at least basic level intelligence from Trump's team here and they haven't shown much evidence of that so far.

Of course I am assuming at least basic level intelligence from Trump's team here and they haven't shown much evidence of that so far.

Yes, Bigly - I missed it on the last thread, but am assuming that appropriate comment was made on it about Senator Kennedy's questioning of one of Trump's latest judicial nominees..

How could they possibly have thought that emails could be hacked and ever become a problem?
Nobody knew...

Ouch.

Yes indeed, OYBBK. But they're not just 'insecure'. They're effectively public documents. Yet people generally don't seem to realise that.

Possibly because they thought beckler would protect them? (speculatively of course)

As Deep Throat said of the Nixon crew: "these aren't very bright guys".

You said it.

They still don't realise what they're dealing with.

It all seems to move so fast but also at glacial speed! Thanks to all who keep this thread going. It is quite remarkable.

Yes, to that bluesky.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/16/matthew-peterson-judges-robes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Here is that questioning. (Don't click unless you are strong of stomach this afternoon.)

Ooops, sorry, didn't my link to the questioning work, cozie?

It did indeed, Ouais. Regard it as 'not being able to keep a good clip down'.

It is indeed a most amazing clip, cozie! Almost unbelievable.

PS - and, to my shame, I didn't immediately see it there.

This is very disturbing and is giving me the shivers, not in a good way.

Caroline O.‏ @RVAwonk

My latest --> War on truth: The Trump administration’s list of forbidden words is worse than you thought
#CDC7words (#ItsMoreThan7Words) (#ItsNotJustTheCDC)
The Orwellian directive includes more prohibited words than initially reported — and it extends beyond the CDC.

Blimey. That embedded link to KAC's words etc is also worth reading. Looks as if Jared failed on that one also.