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Credentialism has run amok among the Left-Dem set. They all love the initials after their last name and the status their credentials convoke upon them, in their minds. But what such people miss is that we have a higher expectation of such people. They SHOULD be better at what they do, but often today are not. I remember a casual conversation that started in a Cambridge MA restaurant on a Tuesday night, not crowded.

My waiter asked what I was reading, and it was a great book on China, The 100 Year Marathon. Turns out he was a PhD candidate in international studies and focused on China. I could see his demeanor change and he became smug and arrogant. So we began discussing China - he was pretty ignorant of their history. He was utterly ignorant of Mao's predations on his own people to a degree I found shocking. I'd read numerous books on China at this point, including a biography of Mao by his personal physician who'd finally escaped China. He knew nothing of Mao's systematic personal rapve of thousands of young Chinese girls who were delivered to him every night, and gave them all syphilis.

Instead he had the glowing fake history of China that is taught by the Chinese. They supposedly have no history of imperialism, lol - what about Tibet and Mongolia etc. He had no answers. He claimed they were peaceful, I cited Mao lauding his efforts in the Korean war, bragging how they had taken 100 blows to land only one, but it was the most important one. Mao was very willing to use force to get his way inside and outside of China. It went on and on, he didn't really know anything more than the propaganda one hears. He didn't understand the extent of their IP theft, their active subversion campaigns here and how corrupt their economic system was.

I was shocked. I just read books and sure, I'm kinda smart. But I expected him to be much deeper and better sourced etc. But he wasn't. He was pretty ignorant of many aspects of China. I expected he could successfully deflect some of my comments and criticisms but he couldn't. It was very weird. He got frustrated and stopped at a certain point. I came away with even more doubts about what the "Ivy league" was actually producing. Don't get me wrong the guy was 'smart' but in the way elitists are these days.

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You ever see the movie "The Great Imposter" with Tony Curtis? Based on a prolific credential-fraudster. This sort of thing is just so normal. It's unfortunate, and dangerous, and costly, and, sadly, ever so normal. If you looked into everyone those ivory tower walls would come tumbling down.

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Mar 14Liked by Christopher Brunet

My other comment was deleted. You should have asked her how she even got the job of CEO of Gracemed. Gracemed is full of toxicity and hostility. It’s the worst place to go, this lady literally was fine with killing employees so she could benefit.

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Narcissism. I hope she repents but she probably won’t. She’s entitled to her position. Like Gay.

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affirmative action hire

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Same profile, different day. The history of Africa or lack there of is easily explained by the empty efforts of her children.

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Back in my younger days, I asked a recruiter what I should put on my resume to apply for a certain job. The job required a degree, which at that time I did not have, but I did have the experience required. She told me to "lie" on my resume and list a fake degree. She said I could buy a fake degree if I felt I needed one to produce. She said they never check those things. I didn't take her advice thankfully. Years later, I have a Masters and I agree with the author. Every person who lies or fakes a degree, cheapens mine and many others. I don't care if she was the greatest CEO in human history, she lied, cheapened our work we did to obtain our degrees, and she should be fired and black listed until she earns a true doctorate.

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Another grifter

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When compared to the great civilizations of the Eurasian landmass that constitute almost all of man's progress, I'll stand by my statement

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I imagine people of her caliber were actively sought out as DEI hires and placed in unmerited positions in the C suite just to be sure they'd have a group of people who they KNEW would obey since they have no education or morals/ethics that would prevent them from saying anything for their own profit. I imagine this went on for most of the 2 decades leading up to the pandemic since from 2000-2010 the fed gov moved all production to china and subsidized shipping all that was produced back to America. One would only find this out if one had ordered something from china, got free shipping, then found issue with what was received and went to try and ship it Back to China, at which point the shipping fees were more than the cost of the thing bought in the first place making it a better choice to throw it in the trash and eat the loss.

I am grateful that people are now no longer taking "executives" at their word, since their word has frequently been proven to be lies for bias or profit. Its past time to hold meritless people accountable for their obedience and enabling of the national size Scamdemic foisted on the USA. Good Job!

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Another great story. Are there cases (successful or not) where organizations fire and then sue offenders for fraud and try to recoup wages and for repetitional damages?

Additionally, you'd think there'd be a strong market incentive for LinkedIn (or other 3rd parties) to offer "verified" status publicly. I'd be curious to know if there is some regulatory reason this market need is not already dominated by LinkedIn.

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This is a widespread problem. Thank you for exposing this thanks to the X.

Off topic, but I have been listening to Chris Rufo on Rogan and it sucks how he refers to you as "another reporter." (In fairness I have not driven enough hours to get through the whole interview.) Keep up the good work.

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Unbelievable shamelessness. Thank god for your tenacity

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She could have a EdD with a thesis as worthless as Dr Jill’s.

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Hahahahahahaha. Can she read?

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If you read Peter Schweitzer's book you will understand the vengeance that China seeks on the West. They addicted our soldiers in Korean war and Vietnam war to drugs. They have been poisoning us for years. They strictly follow the theories of Tsu Sun, it it the guide for their military tactics. "use another's knife" is the incredible theory behind poisoning our kids. They now control everything in Mexico--even the trains that bring drugs into KC

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