Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 31, 2025

"Was he grave, sombre, the consoler-in-chief? Are you kidding – this is Trump. Hours after the Washington plane crash, the president’s desire to politicise tragedy was breathtaking in its audacity."

~ David Smith

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/trump-washington-dc-plane-crash

Was he grave, sombre, the consoler-in-chief? Are you kidding – this is Trump

Hours after the Washington plane crash, the president’s desire to politicise tragedy was breathtaking in its audacity

The Guardian
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 31, 2025

"Aviation safety sits at the pinnacle of what we think of as the 'good' provided by government. Trump is already taking a sledgehammer to that framework with his false public denunciations and emphasis on assigning quick and baseless blame."

~ David Kurtz

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-worst-nightmare-for-doj-is-already

The Worst Nightmare For DOJ Is Already Coming True

INSIDE: Pam Bondi ... Elon Musk ... SBF

Morning Memo
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 31, 2025

"This administration’s response to the crash has been consistently sickening, but not at all unexpected.

This is what America voted for."

~ Jim Swift

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-plane-crash-response-is-as-749

Trump’s Plane Crash Response Is as Cheap as You’d Expect

Plus: South Africa Had a Trump. They Handled Him Better.

The Bulwark
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 31, 2025

"Trump's comments desecrated the lives, memories, and bodies of the victims that have yet to be buried. And they insulted hundreds of millions of Americans who are not 'white male Christians,' including women, people with disabilities, and Black and Hispanic Americans."

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 31, 2025

"Never before in the history of the nation has a president made such an explicit appeal to racism during a time of tragedy."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-new-low

A new low.

January 31, 2025

Today's Edition Newsletter
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 31, 2025

"Let’s make a couple [of] things clear:

First, only people who are inferior garbage blame things on “DEI.” Only people who aren’t good enough at their jobs or at life to garner respect without coercion blame things on 'DEI.'”

~ Evan Hurst

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity
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https://evanhurst.substack.com/p/trump-and-hegseth-scream-dei-to-hide

Trump And Hegseth Scream 'DEI!' To Hide What Total Losers They Really Are

Also, people who scream 'DEI!' are just screaming the 'N'-word and anti-LGBT slurs.

The Moral High Ground
WIST Quotations moves again!Sep 3, 2024

A quotation from Barrie, James:

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I had been gone a fortnight when the telegram was put into my hands. I had got a letter from my sister, a few hours before, saying that all was well at home. The telegram said in five words that she had died suddenly the previous night. There was no mention of my mother, and I was three days’ journey from home.
The news I got on reach…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/barrie-james/71996/

#quote #quotes #quotation #badnews #death #passingthebuck #family

Margaret Ogilvy, ch. 10 "Art Thou Afraid His Power Shall Fail?" (1896) - Barrie, James | WIST Quotations

I had been gone a fortnight when the telegram was put into my hands. I had got a letter from my sister, a few hours before, saying that all was well at home. The telegram said in five words that she had died suddenly the previous night. There was no…

WIST
WIST Quotations moves again!Aug 27, 2024

A quotation from Smith, Sydney:

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Benevolence is a natural instinct of the human mind. When A sees B in grievous distress, his conscience always urges him to entreat C to help him.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/smith-sydney/71700/

#quote #quotes #quotation #benevolence #charity #compassion #conscience #humannature #irresponsibility #passingthebuck

(Attributed) - Smith, Sydney | WIST Quotations

Benevolence is a natural instinct of the human mind. When A sees B in grievous distress, his conscience always urges him to entreat C to help him. In Hesketh Pearson, The Smith of Smiths, ch. 10 (1934).

WIST
WIST Quotations moves again!Sep 28, 2023

A quotation from Truman, Harry S:

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The buck stops here.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/truman-harry-s/63445/

#quote #quotes #quotation #accountability #deciding #decision #decisionmaking #passingthebuck #responsibility

(Misattributed) - Truman, Harry S | WIST Quotations

The buck stops here. Not a quote from Truman, but popularized by him through a sign he kept on his White House desk, displaying the message It had been sent to him from the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma in late 1945. On the reverse side it reads, "I'm…

WIST
Show threadWalter MentethNov 11, 2022

A concern is that this bias in approach to providing a ‘Golden thread' will only add further unforeseen consequences compounding problems -if there is not also single individual knowledgeable champions with authority having consistent direct engagement through a construction project. UK #procurement needs serious review, & the answer isn’t in a computer, but with people & their interrelationships. @george_morgan
#passingthebuck #GoldenThread #slicingdicing #procurement #Grenfell

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