How old is too old? Give me some good news!
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Unless something has changed since the last time I looked into this, the cut off is 45.
Crap, I won’t be safe until 2018.
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You’re still a kid, 'Kidd! It’s sad when the good news is: I’m too old. 
But as lloydcogliandro said to me up-thread, I’m not too old to fight for my rights – and for what’s right.
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What, they take the commodes with him?
(I couldn’t resist; Thomas Crapper died today in 1910)
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I swear when I read this, I thought it meant that the island of South Georgia was trolling the new administration’s poor grasp of geography…
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I don’t follow re: your first sentence.
wapo quoted people
cnn quoted ‘someone’
you’ve linked two further unrelated articles, I’m not at all sure what for. Rather than focusing on the uncertainty or doubt, perhaps you could illuminate your whole point explicitly, because it’s not come across to me. I believe you’re implying something, but I don’t know what.
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My original point was only that different mainstream news outlets reported the story completely differently. You replied that one of the outlets reported on “what those who resigned had said”. But it did not appear that either article used any quotes from those directly involved. I only posted the Kennedy articles to point out that there is reason for friction between him and Trump.
It is pretty disappointing that one needs to read the story from multiple sources to come anywhere near to the actual truth. From what I can tell, It is normal and expected that political appointees, such as those we are discussing, submit their resignations at the end of the administration. In this case, Kennedy, who is believed to be a strong Clinton supporter, was allowed to resign, along with some of his close staff. Wherever Kennedy’s loyalties lie, the republicans seem to believe that he was Clinton’s “fixer”. Whether you agree with the republicans or not, understanding what they think is helpful in understanding their actions.
A halfway decent write-up about his history, written before the election is here-http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/28/the-bureaucrat-at-the-center-of-hillarys-scandals/
When I was a child, I noticed that the local newspaper consistently got my times wrong while reporting on swim meets that I raced in. Looking further, I discovered that in every single instance where I personally could verify the newspaper (for example, by counting the number of participants in a parade) the newspaper was always, one hundred percent of the time, wrong. It was like they weren’t even trying.
Many decades later, nothing has changed in this regard as far as I can tell. But - as you’ve noted - if you get multiple sources, you can eventually triangulate in on something like the truth. The difficult trick seems to be remembering to check things one is predisposed to believe are true, and not just the things that seem “off”. It’s really tedious, though, and most people don’t bother.
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I don’t know if this is something that has always been going on, or if I am just more aware of it. As your comment suggests, it is probably the latter. I have noticed that when some issue is covered where I have thorough firsthand knowledge, there are always huge flaws to be found, and sometimes what appear to be deliberate omissions and exaggerations. I would rather read verifiable truth that contradicts my worldview than fluff that confirms it. But as you say, it does get really tedious.
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This looks like good news
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Yates, an Obama appointee who is serving until Trump attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions is confirmed,
Sadly, probably temporary good news.
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