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Nepotism in COVID-19 response - BostonCard - 04-26-2020
https://nypost.com/2020/04/26/de-blasio-appoints-wife-head-of-coronavirus-racial-inequality-task-force/
Another reason to criticize DeBlasio. Seriously, there was no one better than his wife?
BC
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - burger - 04-26-2020
(04-26-2020, 12:28 PM)BostonCard Wrote: https://nypost.com/2020/04/26/de-blasio-appoints-wife-head-of-coronavirus-racial-inequality-task-force/
Another reason to criticize DeBlasio. Seriously, there was no one better than his wife?
BC
This article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/seattles-leaders-let-scientists-take-the-lead-new-yorks-did-not has plenty more reasons to criticize DiBlasio. Their failures on testing were unconscionable.
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - oregontim - 04-26-2020
And that's not the only, and certainly not the worst, nepotism at the higher levels of governmental response to the pandemic. Right? I'm not defending De Blasio in any way, definitely not trying whataboutism ... just saying that a discussion of nepotism should include the role of Jared Kushner in the federal response.
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - BostonCard - 04-26-2020
(04-26-2020, 01:46 PM)oregontim Wrote: And that's not the only, and certainly not the worst, nepotism at the higher levels of governmental response to the pandemic. Right? I'm not defending De Blasio in any way, definitely not trying whataboutism ... just saying that a discussion of nepotism should include the role of Jared Kushner in the federal response.
A cynical reader might have interpreted my post as a veiled attack on nepotism at a presidential level, but I really do believe that this is something that we ought to all agree about, and that it is an impediment to good governance across all levels of government, regardless of party and ideology.
That our presidential administration is incompetent and corrupt does not give a pass to it at other levels, and the problems in New York City speak for themselves, as has been shown in the article in another thread contrasting the local response in Seattle versus New York.
BC
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - Mick - 04-26-2020
(04-26-2020, 02:14 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(04-26-2020, 01:46 PM)oregontim Wrote: And that's not the only, and certainly not the worst, nepotism at the higher levels of governmental response to the pandemic. Right? I'm not defending De Blasio in any way, definitely not trying whataboutism ... just saying that a discussion of nepotism should include the role of Jared Kushner in the federal response.
A cynical reader might have interpreted my post as a veiled attack on nepotism at a presidential level, but I really do believe that this is something that we ought to all agree about, and that it is an impediment to good governance across all levels of government, regardless of party and ideology.
That our presidential administration is incompetent and corrupt does not give a pass to it at other levels, and the problems in New York City speak for themselves, as has been shown in the article in another thread contrasting the local response in Seattle versus New York.
BC
Nepotism not good. Makes me wonder what will happen when Kim Jong Un passes. Supposedly, he's near death, third-generation leader of that country and just 36 years old. Will it pass to his sister, Kim Yo-Jong? And continue the worker's paradise that is North Korea?
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - BostonCard - 04-26-2020
(04-26-2020, 02:29 PM)Mick Wrote:(04-26-2020, 02:14 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(04-26-2020, 01:46 PM)oregontim Wrote: And that's not the only, and certainly not the worst, nepotism at the higher levels of governmental response to the pandemic. Right? I'm not defending De Blasio in any way, definitely not trying whataboutism ... just saying that a discussion of nepotism should include the role of Jared Kushner in the federal response.
A cynical reader might have interpreted my post as a veiled attack on nepotism at a presidential level, but I really do believe that this is something that we ought to all agree about, and that it is an impediment to good governance across all levels of government, regardless of party and ideology.
That our presidential administration is incompetent and corrupt does not give a pass to it at other levels, and the problems in New York City speak for themselves, as has been shown in the article in another thread contrasting the local response in Seattle versus New York.
BC
Nepotism not good. Makes me wonder what will happen when Kim Jong Un passes. Supposedly, he's near death, third-generation leader of that country and just 36 years old. Will it pass to his sister, Kim Yo-Jong? And continue the worker's paradise that is North Korea?
Well, we know it won't go to his brother. I believe he was offed with VX by a couple women hired by the North Korean security service, no doubt on Supreme Leader's orders.
BC
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - Farm93 - 04-26-2020
(04-26-2020, 02:29 PM)Mick Wrote: Nepotism not good. Makes me wonder what will happen when Kim Jong Un passes. Supposedly, he's near death, third-generation leader of that country and just 36 years old. Will it pass to his sister, Kim Yo-Jong? And continue the worker's paradise that is North Korea?As you might imagine there are a number of South Korean sites that speculate on this topic with a bit more urgency than we might see in the USA.
I think most believe either his sister, Kim Yo-Jong, would be in charge OR she would be the regent for one of Kim Jong Un's children.
Even if Kim Jong Un survives this recent medical incident he is basically a dead man walking.
He is obese. He clearly has several medical issues. He is a heavy smoker. And to top it off would anyone in the country dare tell him to lose weight, exercise or stop smoking?
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - dabigv13 - 04-26-2020
I wonder why the still alive brother Kim Jong Chul hasn't gotten pub for a possible succession. He was once the likely heir apparent, but now apparently is not involved in politics, and plays guitar in a band. Sounds like a comedy film a la Death of Stalin.
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - Goose - 04-26-2020
(04-26-2020, 05:41 PM)dabigv13 Wrote: I wonder why the still alive brother Kim Jong Chul hasn't gotten pub for a possible succession. He was once the likely heir apparent, but now apparently is not involved in politics, and plays guitar in a band. Sounds like a comedy film a la Death of Stalin.
For what it is worth.
Quote:"However, Kenji Fujimoto, Kim Jong-il's personal sushi chef, wrote in his memoir, I Was Kim Jong-il's Cook, that Kim Jong-il thought Jong-chul was "no good because he is like a little girl". Fujimoto believed Kim Jong-il favoured his youngest son, Kim Jong-un.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-chul#cite_note-5
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - g1313 - 04-27-2020
South Korea (who you would imagine is the most motivated in the world to be monitoring this) is claiming the rumors are false: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/world/asia/kim-jong-un-health.html
I don't follow the situation to know what possible motivation they might have to say this officially if was not true.
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - Mick - 04-27-2020
(04-27-2020, 07:31 PM)g1313 Wrote: South Korea (who you would imagine is the most motivated in the world to be monitoring this) is claiming the rumors are false: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/world/asia/kim-jong-un-health.html
I don't follow the situation to know what possible motivation they might have to say this officially if was not true.
Maybe Kim Jong-Un is at a fat farm. Canyon Ranch, perhaps, under an assumed name. If you call, ask for "Seth Rogen."
RE: Nepotism in COVID-19 response - 2006alum - 04-27-2020
Technically speaking, this thread is in violation of the Terry Rule since it long ceased to have anything to do with COVID-19. But happy to suspend enforcement as long as the tenor stays cordial and agreeable...
It only took a tinpot dictator who's a threat to international peace to bring us all together!