What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[The Brain]

I don't see bias.

[LaCroix]

Summary of summary: All people have biases. People who go into self-expressive fields (art, music, writing (thus the press), theoretical sciences, etc) tend to be left-leaning.  Those who go into rules-based fields (law enforcement, military, to some extent politics themselves) tend to be right-leaning.  There is a natural tension between these groups, and this is good.

You are correct to note that bias impacts the choice of what to cover as well as how it is covered, and that sensationalism matters.  The degree to which sensationalism matters, though varies quite widely.  The NYT has a pretty stiff policy against sensationalism, for instance, while the tabloids are based on it.

I wouldn't call it "rules-based" fields. what you're probably thinking of is public order-based, not "rules." lawyers in general lean left. the right-leaning ones go to the state's attorney offices

[crazy canuck]

Summary of summary: All people have biases. People who go into self-expressive fields (art, music, writing (thus the press), theoretical sciences, etc) tend to be left-leaning.  Those who go into rules-based fields (law enforcement, military, to some extent politics themselves) tend to be right-leaning.  There is a natural tension between these groups, and this is good.

You are correct to note that bias impacts the choice of what to cover as well as how it is covered, and that sensationalism matters.  The degree to which sensationalism matters, though varies quite widely.  The NYT has a pretty stiff policy against sensationalism, for instance, while the tabloids are based on it.

I wouldn't call it "rules-based" fields. what you're probably thinking of is public order-based, not "rules." lawyers in general lean left. the right-leaning ones go to the state's attorney offices

Most lawyers would feel very uncomfortable in an environment where they had to follow the rules unquestionably.  We spend most of our time doing the exact opposite - questioning laws on behalf of our clients (judicial review and constitutional cases); moving the law in the direction of our client's interests (most forms of civil litigation and human rights laws); and of course criminal defense work where it is all about challenging the system.

[grumbler]

Most lawyers would feel very uncomfortable in an environment where they had to follow the rules unquestionably.  We spend most of our time doing the exact opposite - questioning laws on behalf of our clients (judicial review and constitutional cases); moving the law in the direction of our client's interests (most forms of civil litigation and human rights laws); and of course criminal defense work where it is all about challenging the system.

That's my interpretation of the lawyers I know, as well; they tend to think of themselves as creative.

[Eddie Teach]

Summary of summary: All people have biases. People who go into self-expressive fields (art, music, writing (thus the press), theoretical sciences, etc) tend to be left-leaning.  Those who go into rules-based fields (law enforcement, military, to some extent politics themselves) tend to be right-leaning.  There is a natural tension between these groups, and this is good.

You are correct to note that bias impacts the choice of what to cover as well as how it is covered, and that sensationalism matters.  The degree to which sensationalism matters, though varies quite widely.  The NYT has a pretty stiff policy against sensationalism, for instance, while the tabloids are based on it.

I wouldn't call it "rules-based" fields. what you're probably thinking of is public order-based, not "rules." lawyers in general lean left. the right-leaning ones go to the state's attorney offices

Most lawyers aren't in law enforcement.

[CountDeMoney]

So, no one any clear about what it was about?

Apparently, it's been pieced together that Sweden and immigration issues with Middle Eastern arrivals had been obliquely mentioned the night before FOX News during a discussion on terrorism issues.

So that's how that "Sweden" and "last night" got all mixed in with his 3.4-second attention span. 

[garbon]

So, no one any clear about what it was about?

Apparently, it's been pieced together that Sweden and immigration issues with Middle Eastern arrivals had been obliquely mentioned the night before FOX News during a discussion on terrorism issues.

So that's how that "Sweden" and "last night" got all mixed in with his 3.4-second attention span. 

I heard that Bowling Green might be located in Sweden.

[grumbler]

I heard that Bowling Green might be located in Sweden.

I wish I'd been the one who said that. 

[Berkut]

Its been bouncing around FB.

Apparently Chelsea Clinton even got in on it - some twitter comment from her speculating that they might have caught the BG perps in Sweden.

[katmai]

Its been bouncing around FB.

Apparently Chelsea Clinton even got in on it - some twitter comment from her speculating that they might have caught the BG perps in Sweden.

About time, our long national nightmare is over. 

[Eddie Teach]

I thought the Bowling Green massacre happened every time their athletic teams took the field.

[Admiral Yi]

Read in NYT that 46% favor impeachment, 46% opposed.

[grumbler]

Read in NYT that 46% favor impeachment, 46% opposed.

FAKE NEWS - did not say "Failing NYT!" Sad.

[CountDeMoney]

Trump to Interview 4 Candidates for National Security Adviser
By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN
The Failing New York Time
FEB. 18, 2017

MELBOURNE, Fla. — President Trump will interview four candidates on Sunday to replace his dismissed national security adviser, three of them military veterans, but one of America's most prominent retired generals, whose name had been floated, is not in the running.

A White House spokesman said on Saturday that Mr. Trump would speak with Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, a prominent military strategist; Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., the superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point; and Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general already serving as acting national security adviser.

Mr. Trump, who is spending the weekend in Florida, will also interview John R. Bolton, who served as President George W. Bush's ambassador to the United Nations and has previously been considered for deputy secretary of state. Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, told reporters that "potentially others" might also be considered but that David H. Petraeus, the retired general and former C.I.A. director, was not a candidate.

Let's see...Keith Kellogg, Silver Stars  from Vietnam, already in the job...
Robert Caslen, career war planner with a ribbon board the size of a billboard...
H.R. McMaster, Petreus Yoda and author of the required reading Dereliction of Duty...

and...John Bolton.


My money is on Bolton.

[11B4V]

I think he stays with Kellogg