And this, admittedly a bit more than 140 or 280 characters. https://www.salon.com/2019/03/13/don-trump-jr-mocks-hollywood-cheating-scam-invites-renewed-scrutiny-on-his-own-college-admission/
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 4:41 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > File this under, There Is A Tweet For Everything > > https://twitter.com/felicityhuffman/status/768888270772064256?s=21 > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 11:46 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:40 AM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> David Mamet (friend of Huffman and Macy) has commented to the effect >>> that he sees no difference between bribing universities by donating a >>> building, and bribing third parties to perpetrate fraud on said >>> universities. David Mamet is a moron. >>> >> >> There is a difference, just as there is a difference between somebody >> scoring drugs from a dealer on the street vs somebody scoring drugs from a >> doctor in a lab coat. To paraphrase the late Spenser/Jesse Stone author >> Robert B Parker, police aren’t in the right and wrong business, they are in >> the legal and illegal business. Giving money directly to a school to >> influence its admissions policies is legal, but it is also just as wrong as >> the indirect methods used by the people who were charged yesterday. >> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:34 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Another target is a wealthy winery operator here in Napa Valley (though >>>> it looks like he lives in the City). Looks like most of these parents are >>>> general entitled wealthy people (though I have always enjoyed Huffman’s >>>> work, but pissed media is tagging her with Housewives label instead of >>>> Sports Night, which obviously has priority). >>>> >>>> I checked in with my late 20s daughter and her BF, both Ivy grads who >>>> were not smart enough to choose wealthy parents to buy their way in, to >>>> find out what they and their friends thought. As I suspected, they lacked >>>> the extreme moralized indignation that we have seen from so many of the >>>> upper middle class (but not actually upper class) media types have been >>>> indulging in. They and their friends mostly shaking their heads, but see >>>> this as a minor example of the much more pervasive practice of children of >>>> the elite classes getting into Ivy League level schools though legacy, >>>> donations and influence rather than ability or hard work. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 7:58 AM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Also note: If there were more celebrities ensnared by this operation, >>>>> we'd have heard about them by now. So, mostly wealthy, but not Hollywood, >>>>> people. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 10:37 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> He just said "Hollywood," as if that meant everything. Besides, I >>>>>> thought Lori Laughlin was a Republican--or am I getting her mixed up with >>>>>> Candace Cameron Bure, since they were both on the same show? >>>>>> >>>>>> Besides, seems to me that the Tim Allen show that the Trumpies love >>>>>> so much is filmed in Hollywood, not in Atlanta or at Pat Robertson's >>>>>> place >>>>>> in Virginia Beach. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mark Jeffries >>>>>> Saints Spotlight Editor >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 4:50 AM 'bermuda999' via TVorNotTV < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 1:58:41 PM UTC-4, Doug Fields wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Children of the rich can get preferential treatment in admissions >>>>>>>> to upper-echelon schools if the parents grease the wheels with a little >>>>>>>> financial "donation"? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm shocked. Shocked, I say! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Doug Fields >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tampa, FL >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And thankfully it didn't take long for the President's oldest son Jr >>>>>>> to chime in, brimming with his usual amount of self-awareness >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. 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