"'After the HFPA finished its investigation, according to Fraser, the organization contacted him again and proposed issuing a joint statement, which said, "Although it was concluded that Mr. Berk inappropriately touched Mr. Fraser, the evidence supports that it was intended to be taken as a joke and not as a sexual advance." The organization also apologized to Fraser in the proposed statement and suggested a forward-looking resolution: "All parties consider this matter to be concluded."'" Not so much. (Grokked from Annalee Flower Horne)
"Representatives of the federal school safety commission formed by President Donald Trump after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, faced criticism Wednesday for not focusing on the role that guns play in school violence… At the commission's first full-day public listening session, held at the Department of Education, several participants -- including some students -- criticized the agency for not turning its attention to guns after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that it was not within the commission's scope."
"In Bon Homme County, a sheriff's deputy lost his job just after winning the race for sheriff in Tuesday's primary election… Sheriff's Deputy Mark Maggs was sent a letter by election opponent and current Sheriff Lenny Gramkow saying he was terminated moments after the race was called." Yeah, that's kinda dick move there and probably done for the wrong reasons. I can, however, see some reasons why it is a necessary move (legal liability for instance, some election laws could be construed this way). (Grokked from Matt Staggs)
So, how go the trade wars? "President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5 billion in large installation projects, along with thousands of jobs, the developers told Reuters… That’s more than double the about $1 billion in new spending plans announced by firms building or expanding U.S. solar panel factories to take advantage of the tax on imports." Actually it's costing us 2.5 times the economic development it spurred (although, it's not certain that +$1b wouldn't have been added anyway). Checks notes. Yep, right on schedule. (Grokked from Vincent O'Connor)
Along the lines of what I said yesterday about the NFL and Trump. "It is a very easy and very lazy and fundamentally worthless way of valuing loyalty, and as such it is very useful to the people who tend to line up behind Trump and figures like him—the little authoritarians who see or want to see themselves as sitting naturally atop an important hierarchy, who very deeply believe themselves to be owed things that they don’t really feel like they owe anyone else, and who also do not appreciate being smarted-off to by their lessers." You can't appease narcissistic autocrat. (Grokked from Jer)
"For instance, CNN reports that during a 'testy' conversation about the recent steel and aluminum tariffs the United States imposed on Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interrogated Donald Trump about how he could possibly consider his country, one of America’s most stalwart allies, a national security threat. Trump jokingly responded by asking, 'Didn’t you guys burn down the White House?' This was supposed to be a reference to the War of 1812, and would have been a pretty good retort—except that it was actually the British who torched Washington. Oh well."
"Hupp (who "resigned")… worked as the director of scheduling and advance, has been entangled in many of the scandals dogging EPA Administrator Pruitt. In March, she was one of two aides who received hefty salary bumps, even after the White House refused Pruitt’s request for raises. And as The Washington Post reported on Monday, she recently testified to the House Oversight Committee that she regularly spent her days doing personal tasks for Pruitt…" I think the wrong person resigned, but also glad to get a sycophant appointee out as well. I also love how "Official began drafting her resignation…" Yep, that's how most resignations are handled, someone else writes it for you. Finally, the right may be wondering why the rest of the world focuses on what Trump says at his stump speeches, here's an example. "'When reached by phone, Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesperson, would not comment. He said: "You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash."'" To a reporter, for asking about a story, as the spokesperson. Seriously, dude, you should have skid marks on your ass from when they threw you out the doors for that. (Grokked from Tobias Buckell)
"Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins delivered a powerful response to the defending Super Bowl champions' being disinvited to the White House without saying a word."
There are some plants that, when they detect a threat, will furl their leaves and attempt to look as small as possible. "Around this time, CNBC received a tip that Fotiadis had worked on several Trump projects in Eurasia. Curious about his professional relationship with Trump, CNBC reached out to Fotiadis on April 11 for comment about this work… Fotiadis did not respond to a call or an email. But eight hours later, he announced on Twitter that he was closing his firm, John Fotiadis Architect, or JFA, after 10 years in business. A few days later, Fotiadis closed the Twitter account he had used to announce he was closing down his firm… By the end of the week, all the content from Fotiadis' professional website, including his portfolio, had been removed, leaving only a note saying he planned to join a New Jersey-based engineering company." (Grokked from Vincent O'Connor)
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