slugsrbad wrote:How isn't the first step of oppo research and self-vetting not looking at old yearbooks? Ralph Northam's page in his medical school yearbook has a picture with blackface and a klan member in it. Like how does someone have something like that in their past and get all the way to Governor of Virginia without it being exposed or answered for?

That's just bad. On what planet does someone in Med School in 1984 allow that to happen? You can't plead youthful indiscretion--it's med school, not high school, and you can't really say things were different back then. They weren't that different.

Also good job by the yearbook editor too

Tough week for Ralph Northam

pacino wrote:

thephan wrote:Foxxcon is back on to build an LCD fab in Rancine, WI. This after Trump called the company (imagine any company getting that kind of attention). So now we are back on the clock until Foxxcon makes it next move. I am sure that this is just a version of the famous Crazy Ivan maneuver.

Wisconsin RS were blaming Tony Every; now I guess they get to give extra credit to Trump.

It's all so absurd.

There was an This American Life epsiode on this that blew my mind

jerseyhoya wrote:Tough week for Ralph Northam

Bad politician and apparently bad human

TenuredVulture wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:How isn't the first step of oppo research and self-vetting not looking at old yearbooks? Ralph Northam's page in his medical school yearbook has a picture with blackface and a klan member in it. Like how does someone have something like that in their past and get all the way to Governor of Virginia without it being exposed or answered for?

That's just bad. On what planet does someone in Med School in 1984 allow that to happen? You can't plead youthful indiscretion--it's med school, not high school, and you can't really say things were different back then. They weren't that different.

Maybe he was a racist

pacino wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:How isn't the first step of oppo research and self-vetting not looking at old yearbooks? Ralph Northam's page in his medical school yearbook has a picture with blackface and a klan member in it. Like how does someone have something like that in their past and get all the way to Governor of Virginia without it being exposed or answered for?

That's just bad. On what planet does someone in Med School in 1984 allow that to happen? You can't plead youthful indiscretion--it's med school, not high school, and you can't really say things were different back then. They weren't that different.

Maybe he was a racist

whoa whoa whoa! Hold on now.

That's called good old boy. I'll tell you what had that surfaced during the election, Corey Stewart would have gotten even less votes.

pacino wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:How isn't the first step of oppo research and self-vetting not looking at old yearbooks? Ralph Northam's page in his medical school yearbook has a picture with blackface and a klan member in it. Like how does someone have something like that in their past and get all the way to Governor of Virginia without it being exposed or answered for?

That's just bad. On what planet does someone in Med School in 1984 allow that to happen? You can't plead youthful indiscretion--it's med school, not high school, and you can't really say things were different back then. They weren't that different.

Maybe he was a racist

Was? Or is?

Again, sure, he's in Virginia. But it's also med school, where presumably people have at least figured out certain things should not be in the year book.

This isn't hard. Shoot this piece of shit in the back of the head in the next 48 hours so it's not even a story by Monday,

Feel like a standard of "you can’t be governor of any state if there is a picture of you in blackface or a KKK outfit” ultimately is met plus for the Ds

I hate MSNBC, but this is entertaining.

"Mr. President, do you prefer McDonald's or Wendy's?"

"I like them all"

The one carefully thought out, diplomatic thing he's ever said and it's about his fast food preferences.

Terry McAuliffe calling for Northam's resignation is brutal. Just let the man fall on his sword tomorrow.

Which is worse black face or a KKK outfit?

Wish the Republican party would also demand that their elected racists would resign but alas

joboggi wrote:Which is worse black face or a KKK outfit?

definitely the latter.

Has anyone been following the Mariner East Pipeline stuff in Chester and Delaware counties?

It is pretty wild. Sunoco basically is horrible. The new ME2 is set to start up construction again this coming week. It appears some of the easements Sunoco had with property owners may have expired, yet it doesn't seem to be stopping them.

Sunoco has been pumping the gas through the old ME1 line that was designed for oil. Seems to be some serious safety concerns with that yet the state agencies say they can't do anything. Gov. Wolf could stop it but he has completely ignored the questions and pleas of the communities.

Yeah it really is horrible. The thing with the sinkhole in someone’s back yard a week or so ago was pretty nuts. They hired an armed constable from out of the area to “guard it” but didn’t alert local authorities, then when a plain clothes local cop came by to see what was happening the hired gun flashed a badge and identified himself as a constable and created a tense situation. Just the latest in intimidation from these goons.

After apologizing for being in the picture yesterday Northam is telling Virginia Dems he isn't in the picture and isn't resigning.

A public relations tour de force from the governor.

I don't know anything really about medicine, but I know a little about politics. And when I see how dumb doctors who enter politics are, it's enough to make just take my chances and simply avoid the doctor.