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Why is this not surprising?

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  • C Catseye3
    19 Jan 2021, 13:57

    @mik said in Why is this not surprising?:

    It also builds trust at home, which is even more important.

    If there's trust at home, there's no need for a frankly insulting rule like this one. If trust is lacking, the rule is easily gotten around and is therefore not only silly, but also useless.

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    Jolly
    wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:27 last edited by Jolly
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    @catseye3 said in Why is this not surprising?:

    @mik said in Why is this not surprising?:

    It also builds trust at home, which is even more important.

    If there's trust at home, there's no need for a frankly insulting rule like this one. If trust is lacking, the rule is easily gotten around and is therefore not only silly, but also useless.

    @catseye3 said in Why is this not surprising?:

    @mik said in Why is this not surprising?:

    It also builds trust at home, which is even more important.

    If there's trust at home, there's no need for a frankly insulting rule like this one. If trust is lacking, the rule is easily gotten around and is therefore not only silly, but also useless.

    Got any bona fides to back that statement up?

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • J jon-nyc
      19 Jan 2021, 14:04

      @george-k said in Why is this not surprising?:

      BUT HE WON'T BE SEEN WITH A WOMAN WITHOUT HIS WIFE PRESENT!

      I think this rule is genius because you save so much money not having to take your mistress out. You can just say “look, I can’t take you to dinner, I’ll just come over.” At most you’re out the cost of a bottle of wine and a box of condoms.

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      Jolly
      wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:29 last edited by
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      @jon-nyc said in Why is this not surprising?:

      @george-k said in Why is this not surprising?:

      BUT HE WON'T BE SEEN WITH A WOMAN WITHOUT HIS WIFE PRESENT!

      I think this rule is genius because you save so much money not having to take your mistress out. You can just say “look, I can’t take you to dinner, I’ll just come over.” At most you’re out the cost of a bottle of wine and a box of condoms.

      Projecting much?😄😄

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:31 last edited by
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        It's worth noting that Mike Pence could never get away with this if he had a proper job.

        I was only joking

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          Mik
          wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:51 last edited by
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          Well, he doesn't, hasn't, and is unlikely to have a job where he cannot make this happen so it's irrelevant.

          Rather than slagging the guy in a field where infidelity is legion, maybe we ought to recognize him for the integrity he has clearly shown throughout his career and the past four years.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • M Mik
            19 Jan 2021, 15:51

            Well, he doesn't, hasn't, and is unlikely to have a job where he cannot make this happen so it's irrelevant.

            Rather than slagging the guy in a field where infidelity is legion, maybe we ought to recognize him for the integrity he has clearly shown throughout his career and the past four years.

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            jodi
            wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:55 last edited by jodi
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            @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other? (Not trying to argue, I just sort of assume that infidelity probably occurs at the same rate all over, we just hear about the public figures more)

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            • J jodi
              19 Jan 2021, 15:55

              @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other? (Not trying to argue, I just sort of assume that infidelity probably occurs at the same rate all over, we just hear about the public figures more)

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              George K
              wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:56 last edited by George K
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              @jodi said in Why is this not surprising?:

              @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other?

              Interesting question. Perhaps it could be expanded to “Do you think that infidelity is more common by those in power?”

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:57 last edited by
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                I think opportunities for male infidelity vary with status and power so it’s pretty rampant in politics but at the top of other professions too.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  jodi
                  wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 15:59 last edited by jodi
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                  Sorry, I was editing as you all commented. Surely people are drawn to people with perceived power, and people with power sometimes take advantage. But people also cheat. I don’t know that it’s more likely to happen when there is power involved. It’s sometimes just hormones.

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                    Loki
                    wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 17:35 last edited by
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                    Good for McConnell and McCarthy prioritizing Biden event over Trump send off. Playing ball at least initially.

                    https://www.axios.com/republican-leaders-biden-church-skip-trump-departure-75c20557-3968-4815-8f0c-e6d1ff46704e.html

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                    • M Mik
                      19 Jan 2021, 15:51

                      Well, he doesn't, hasn't, and is unlikely to have a job where he cannot make this happen so it's irrelevant.

                      Rather than slagging the guy in a field where infidelity is legion, maybe we ought to recognize him for the integrity he has clearly shown throughout his career and the past four years.

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 17:40 last edited by
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                      @mik said in Why is this not surprising?:

                      Well, he doesn't, hasn't, and is unlikely to have a job where he cannot make this happen so it's irrelevant.

                      Rather than slagging the guy in a field where infidelity is legion, maybe we ought to recognize him for the integrity he has clearly shown throughout his career and the past four years.

                      This discussion actually started with me praising him.

                      It's that inveterate troll George K you have to thank for the rest of it!

                      I was only joking

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                      • J jon-nyc
                        19 Jan 2021, 14:04

                        @george-k said in Why is this not surprising?:

                        BUT HE WON'T BE SEEN WITH A WOMAN WITHOUT HIS WIFE PRESENT!

                        I think this rule is genius because you save so much money not having to take your mistress out. You can just say “look, I can’t take you to dinner, I’ll just come over.” At most you’re out the cost of a bottle of wine and a box of condoms.

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 17:45 last edited by
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                        @jon-nyc said in Why is this not surprising?:

                        I think this rule is genius because you save so much money not having to take your mistress out. You can just say “look, I can’t take you to dinner, I’ll just come over.” At most you’re out the cost of a bottle of wine and a box of condoms.

                        There's no flies on Mike Pence.

                        I was only joking

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                        • J Jolly
                          19 Jan 2021, 15:27

                          @catseye3 said in Why is this not surprising?:

                          @mik said in Why is this not surprising?:

                          It also builds trust at home, which is even more important.

                          If there's trust at home, there's no need for a frankly insulting rule like this one. If trust is lacking, the rule is easily gotten around and is therefore not only silly, but also useless.

                          @catseye3 said in Why is this not surprising?:

                          @mik said in Why is this not surprising?:

                          It also builds trust at home, which is even more important.

                          If there's trust at home, there's no need for a frankly insulting rule like this one. If trust is lacking, the rule is easily gotten around and is therefore not only silly, but also useless.

                          Got any bona fides to back that statement up?

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                          Catseye3
                          wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 18:12 last edited by
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                          @jolly said in Why is this not surprising?:

                          Got any bona fides to back that statement up?

                          It's an opinion. It doesn't need bona fides.

                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            Axtremus
                            wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 13:55 last edited by
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                            https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-farewell-ceremony-attended-5-white-house-staffers-sean-spicer-first-family-1563063

                            Trump's Farewell Ceremony Attended by 5 White House Staffers, Sean Spicer and First Family

                            Besides the several hundred supporters who gathered to hear Trump speak, the first family and a few current and former administration officials were in attendance.

                            Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle and Tiffany Trump greeted the president before and after his remarks, sitting next to the stage in a reserved section with other Trump family members, including the president's grandchildren.
                            Apart from Tiffany and Donald Trump Jr., the other three also serve as official advisers to the president, which is not typically seen among first families.

                            White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, senior adviser to the president Stephen Miller and Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Kash Patel were the current White House staffers in attendance.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 13:58 last edited by
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                              Spicer said it was the most well-attended presidential farewell address in history.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                              • J jon-nyc
                                21 Jan 2021, 13:58

                                Spicer said it was the most well-attended presidential farewell address in history.

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                                taiwan_girl
                                wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 15:10 last edited by
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                                @jon-nyc said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                Spicer said it was the most well-attended presidential farewell address in history.

                                The most well attended President Trump farewell address in history.

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                                • C Catseye3
                                  19 Jan 2021, 18:12

                                  @jolly said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                  Got any bona fides to back that statement up?

                                  It's an opinion. It doesn't need bona fides.

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 20:57 last edited by
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                                  @catseye3 said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                  @jolly said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                  Got any bona fides to back that statement up?

                                  It's an opinion. It doesn't need bona fides.

                                  I've been married forty years. I don't do it either. Neither does my BIL, who has been married thirty-seven years.

                                  By my cipherin' that's 77 years of connubial bliss.

                                  Now how successful was your marriage under a different set of rules?

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • J jodi
                                    19 Jan 2021, 15:55

                                    @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other? (Not trying to argue, I just sort of assume that infidelity probably occurs at the same rate all over, we just hear about the public figures more)

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 21:00 last edited by
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                                    @jodi said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                    @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other? (Not trying to argue, I just sort of assume that infidelity probably occurs at the same rate all over, we just hear about the public figures more)

                                    Infidelity is rampant in the political realm. Most politicians would screw a snake, if you held it for them.

                                    And the more power you have, the more you get for free.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      xenon
                                      wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 22:42 last edited by xenon
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                                      It's very hard to avoid in certain lines of work. I have one-on-ones with clients, colleagues and potential recruits.

                                      I dunno how I'd replace some of those with group interactions.

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                                      • J Jolly
                                        21 Jan 2021, 21:00

                                        @jodi said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                        @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other? (Not trying to argue, I just sort of assume that infidelity probably occurs at the same rate all over, we just hear about the public figures more)

                                        Infidelity is rampant in the political realm. Most politicians would screw a snake, if you held it for them.

                                        And the more power you have, the more you get for free.

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                                        Aqua Letifer
                                        wrote on 21 Jan 2021, 22:51 last edited by
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                                        @jolly said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                        @jodi said in Why is this not surprising?:

                                        @mik Do you think infidelity is more common in the political realm than in any other? (Not trying to argue, I just sort of assume that infidelity probably occurs at the same rate all over, we just hear about the public figures more)

                                        Infidelity is rampant in the political realm. Most politicians would screw a snake, if you held it for them.

                                        And the more power you have, the more you get for free.

                                        Pence didn't qualify his statement by referring to his position. It's something he does, independent of his work in politics.

                                        And the implied if/then here is more than a little silly. Pence's rule is by no means a healthy marriage requirement.

                                        Please love yourself.

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