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Ferrets are Cool

(21,104 posts) Fri Jan 12, 2018, 11:07 PM Jan 2018

I keep hearing the word "distractions".

I do not believe any of these stories are deliberate "distractions". IMO, they are the implosion of a mountain of ineptitude.

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I keep hearing the word "distractions". (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 OP

I agree with you. herding cats Jan 2018 #1

That's right, saying its intentional is giving them too much credit. The_Casual_Observer Jan 2018 #2

Not deliberate, just fortuitous. And theres a lot more junk. Hoyt Jan 2018 #3

YOU ARE CORRECT Skittles Jan 2018 #4

herding cats

(19,558 posts)

1. I agree with you.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Fri Jan 12, 2018, 11:23 PM

Jan 2018

If anything they prove a pattern which lead to the investigation. They thought the rules didn’t apply to them. They thought they were above the law, ethics and common decency.