Two Parts: Colbert on Ford and Kavanaugh
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This is kinda stunning. Kavanaugh is a liar who refused to answer many questions.
Link: https://t.co/yosmvrBdEg
— Brooke Jarvis (@brookejarvis) September 28, 2018
re: #1 MsJ
This is kinda stunning. Kavanaugh is a liar who refused to answer many questions.
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As I’ve said, they’ve failed to establish his credibility. Just because Lindsay & the others like him doesn’t make him credible.
Tell me this is going to get better
Tell me this Good ol’ boys network will be broken someday.
Tell me what Dr. Ford did was worth it.
Tell me the Republicans aren’t going to fuck this country for generations.
Tell me there’s still good in America.
Tell me this battle can be won.
This may have been mentioned before, but Kavanaugh’s partisan rant of an opening statement yesterday is just another example of Republican privilege.
Imagine if Hillary Clinton had gone into her 11 hour marathon Benghazi meeting and started out with a partisan rant about Republicans using their investigations to ‘search and destroy’ etc.
Even if every word she said in that rant was true, she would have been crucified in the mainstream media. Most likely that would also have been a mortal wound to her presidential run in 2016, since she wouldn’t have even survived the primaries.
It’s just amazing the different standards to which Democrats and Republicans are held, especially when amplified by the similarly different standards applied to men and women.
Erick son of Erick can’t believe we don’t like in real life Mad Men.
That really gets your goat, doesn’t it Erick? Those harpies just won’t shut up and let men get their rewards for being at the right place and coming from a good family…and who cares if some drunk slut got what she was asking for? That shouldn’t ruin his life, right?!
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) September 28, 2018
To Dems who can’t believe what they’re watching, remember: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the population & answers to a subset of voters that is considerably whiter, redder and more rural than the nation as a whole. That’s the reality of our times.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 27, 2018
This is Mark Judge’s … Tell me his refusal to testify is about his “privacy.” pic.twitter.com/6BdgmGXUFp
— BDkins🌊 (@BDkinss) September 28, 2018
DEVELOPING: Senate Judiciary Cmte. Republicans, along with key Sens. Collins and Murkowski are meeting with Senate Majority Leader McConnell in his office to discuss next steps after Sen. Flake’s decision; Sen. Kennedy says they will be releasing a statement.
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) September 28, 2018
re: #5 Scottish Dragon
Erick son of Erick can’t believe we don’t like in real life Mad Men.
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You mean activism against abusers? Sign me up. And Erick what the fuck do you have lurking?
Neither Sen. Jeff Flake nor Sen. Lisa Murkowski can make an FBI investigation happen. Only the White House can do that.
The question we should be asking is: What happens when the WH refuses to call for an FBI investigation and Mitch McConnell moves ahead with a floor vote?— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) September 28, 2018
re: #8 lawhawk
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Do we get the option of asking the FBI to keep everything confidential? I didn’t know that! https://t.co/1DReSCeT8v
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 28, 2018
The perjury happened yesterday. https://t.co/W3IVXIy1dU
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 28, 2018
re: #6 Single-handed sailor
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That’s something the Framers never intended because they didn’t consider culturally diversity and that we would have some states that grew so big and others that are in fact smaller than what the largest state was in 1787, Look it up, more people in Virginia in 1787 than there are in Wyoming now.. I also think the House should grow too. We have less House members than the House of Commons yet we have 5 times as many people. It would also help third parties grow.
— darth™ (@darth) September 28, 2018
— darth™ (@darth) September 28, 2018
This infrastructure week has been chock full of goodness and energy.
MORE: No. 2 Senate Republican Cornyn says Senate will vote to consider motion to proceed on Supreme Court nomination vote on Saturday pic.twitter.com/e7Lxo2iG5B
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 28, 2018
I’m telling you the GOP will confirm Kavanugh tomorrow afternoon/evening when no ones watching.
re: #17 Scottish Dragon
This infrastructure week has been chock full of goodness and energy.
I can say, without irony, that this tweet most definitely aged well:
Next week has been exhausting.
— Jordon Nardino (@jnardino) September 24, 2018
Many people are saying this has been the greatest, most tremendous Infrastructure Week in the history of the world.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m telling you the GOP will confirm Kavanugh tomorrow afternoon/evening when no ones watching.
Republicans can put a rapist on SCOTUS on a party line vote.
Fine. But this has better be a 100% party line vote. Any (D) Senator that votes yes on Kavanaugh is dead to me forever, even if ‘it doesn’t matter because the Republicans have the votes anyway’.
Kavanaugh has lost the Jesuits. https://t.co/VrahtKHH8R
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 28, 2018
The two brave women who confronted Jeff Flake deserve huge credit for helping delay the Republicans’ power grab. But let’s not forget, we wouldn’t be here at all if it weren’t for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. She’s undoubtedly the hero of this week.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
I’m ready for the next bolide impact event or Yellowstone phreatic eruption…whichever comes first. At this rate it will around 9:00 PM eastern time tonight…
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) September 28, 2018
re: #26 HappyWarrior
They’re all
heroesheroines.
Reminder: This suddenly looms larger now.
Mark Judge’s college girlfriend is prepared to talk to the FBI, according to her lawyer:https://t.co/Tm0coSd6MC— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 28, 2018
Without Rasor, Swetnick’s claims strike many people as crazy. With Rasor, you have a witness who says Judge described doing exactly what Swetnick alleges. https://t.co/rYyLm8Rgal
— Will Saletan (@saletan) September 28, 2018
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
Tell me this is going to get better
Tell me this Good ol’ boys network will be broken someday.
Tell me what Dr. Ford did was worth it.
Tell me the Republicans aren’t going to fuck this country for generations.
Tell me there’s still good in America.
Tell me this battle can be won.
My husband teaches AP Government and Economics. Every year he gives his kids a test to see where they fall on the political spectrum. For the past 10 years he’s had maybe 2-3 conservatives per class. All of the rest of the kids test center left or left.
The Parkland kids are not anomalies. They have a platform other kids don’t and they are using it to speak for an entire generation.
Damn right it’s going to get better.
Now what happens when a week goes by, Mark Judge denies everything to the FBI, and the GOP rams through Kavanaugh’s confirmation anyway?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #29 makeitstop
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Good points though I don’t think Swetnick sounded crazy at all since all that was at stake. Judge’s ex though is a big factor here though. I can’t disagere with that.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Whatever happened, happened 40 years ago.” -Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA).
“i killed a guy. it was 40 years ago”
no one ever came forward
ive led an exemplary life
i coach girls basketball
-asshat
re: #32 Charles Johnson
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Then they’ve tarnished the reputation of SCOTUS. My question is what if the FBI investigation prompts the Montgomery County PD to dig in more and they eventually get enough for an arrest warrant for Kav.
re: #34 dangerman
“i killed a guy. it was 40 years ago”
no one ever came forward
ive led an exemplary life
i coach girls basketball-asshat
As you’ve said DM, evading doesn’t speak to you as a good person. I always think about those old Nazis they would find and still do granted not as much since they keep dying off but I think about the people who defend them and say “Well they’re old men, let them live out their final days in peace.” Their victims never got that. The men and women whose portraits I saw plastered on the halls of Auschwitz never got to be old. To quote my favorite poet, they never got to comb gray hair.
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m telling you the GOP will confirm Kavanugh tomorrow afternoon/evening when no ones watching.
that would require those few senators who are calling for the fbi to take a week to vote yes
and i wouldnt be surprised by anything
Hey ho ho, the fbi gonna get that bro.
Throw him in the slammer
Smash him off the court
And that little thing like the
Liscense to practice
Is gonna go by-by.
Prairiefire, 9/28/18
Susan Collins’s website has crashed. Her phone lines are busy and her mailboxes are full. All of them. Keep up the pressure. #mepolitics
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) September 28, 2018
Kavanaugh the past 35 years has lived the good life: The best schools, top job on the Starr team, close adviser to a Presidential Campaign and later a President, and presently a federal judge. When has he faced accountability for this? If he did this, Maryland law suggests he does need to be punished for this. I don’t know for how long but our law says you don’t get to come out of hiding after murdering someone and say “Hey, I did it but I’ve been a great guy since then!” I can’t help but to think of the one Patti Hearst kidnapper who lived that after her SLA involvement. This isn’t like hide and seek where you emerge from hiding after the game is long over and everyone’s impressed you hid so long without anyone finding you. This is evading justice.
re: #39 dangerman
yes
order doesnt matter
numbers do
I give Ford one extra point for being willing to sit in front of the Judiciary with only her lawyer at her side.
re: #43 Belafon
I give Ford one extra point for being willing to sit in front of the Judiciary with only her lawyer at her side.
That took so much courage. Plus she had to be in the same room as Ted Cruz for more than a hour. Sorry, sorry stupid joke.
re: #41 makeitstop
“I never heard anything, nothing ever came through my website.”
re: #40 prairiefire
Hey ho ho, the fbi gonna get that bro.
Throw him in the slammer
Smash him off the court
And that little thing like the
Liscense to practice
Is gonna go by-by.Prairiefire, 9/28/18
Need to replace by-by with something that rhymes with court.
Gosh, what is this feeling, happiness?
re: #39 dangerman
yes
order doesnt matter
numbers do
Prominence doesn’t matter much, either. If a victim confides in her or his mother for the first time, things get better. Bit by bit at each opportunity in which one is comfortable.
Unfortunately, I’ve already seen more than a few people having the vapors about the “incivility” of these survivors.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
“limited to current credible”
JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. says it will request Trump admin. to instruct FBI to conduct a supplemental FBI background investigation on Kavanaugh nomination “limited to current credible allegations against the nominee and must be completed no later than one week from today.” pic.twitter.com/i02MkrEv2J
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 28, 2018
re: #50 goddamnedfrank
“limited to current credible”
That’s what I thought. Ford’s accusations, nothing for the other two women.
We saw the true Brett Kavanaugh yesterday: unhinged, erratic, combative, self-pitying. It’s a long shot, but I suppose it’s even possible he’ll withdraw himself.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #53 makeitstop
That’s what I thought. Ford’s accusations, nothing for the other two women.
We will see…and will know real quick if Avenatti’s client is not included or Judge’s former girlfriend. hard for the FBI to refuse interviews from people demanding to present evidence.
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m telling you the GOP will confirm Kavanugh tomorrow afternoon/evening when no ones watching.
At this point, I seriously doubt it.
re: #53 makeitstop
That’s what I thought. Ford’s accusations, nothing for the other two women.
And no exploration of Mark Judge’s girlfriend’s contention that he told her about once participating in a gang rape, even though Judge is Kavanaugh’s only potential alibi in the Ford assault.
re: #53 makeitstop
That’s what I thought. Ford’s accusations, nothing for the other two [or however many] women.
A week is a long time, in some people’s minds.
re: #30 BlueGrl21
My husband teaches AP Government and Economics. Every year he gives his kids a test to see where they fall on the political spectrum. For the past 10 years he’s had maybe 2-3 conservatives. All of the rest of the kids test center left or left.
The Parkland kids are not anomalies. They have a platform other kids don’t and they are using it to speak for an entire generation.
Damn right it’s going to get better.
parkland is a shame in so many ways and i know you all know this
a lot of kids died. the survivors are forever changed
had this not happened, they wouldnt be the activists they are - certainly not yet
just as you dont hear about kids in some other school somewhere because nothing happened there
they would still be just ‘kids’
this was thrust upon them.
remember when they were cowering in classrooms *recording* the sound of gunfire and their friends dying in the halls.
devastatingly. publicly. everybody knows who they are
a perverse ‘right place, right time’ they picked it up and are running with it
parkland feels like a watershed moment
——-
yesterday was not a watershed moment.
it could be a grain of sand in an oyster moment - or some other dumb metaphor
this awakening is not thrust upon anyone
it’s not public. (mostly) no one knows who you are.
i hate to keep using the word ‘victim’s or even ‘women’
you know who you are. *You* have to rise up. en masse and mutually supportive. loud. not dismissable.
we’re not gonna take it any more
too many to ignore
I’d like to commission a baroque painting. pic.twitter.com/ZFQrKfVTe6
— Dan Bobkoff (@danbobkoff) September 28, 2018
re: #49 prairiefire
Happy Hesitation Friday, lizards!
wait… is it really friday?
cause every day feels like…
re: #32 Charles Johnson
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We don’t know what is going to happen. A few hours ago, I was about 95% sure Kavanaugh was going to be confirmed tomorrow.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) September 28, 2018
re: #61 goddamnedfrank
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We were saying a lot of nasty things about Flake this morning. He redeemed himself, somewhat. But most of the credit should go to Dr. Ford and the other survivors who spoke up.
Jeff Flake will now find out what it’s like to be under a massive pile-on of hateful Trump cult members.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
Another break: Did you know that Frank Lloyd Wright tried his hand at designing cars?
Just got back in. I see a chyron with something about FBI investigation on MSNBC.
What happened???
Did Flake toss a wrench in the machine?
I ask that based on hearing he didn’t make a statement and was walking out when I was leaving.
posting this again from downstairs:
you know there was that meeting early in the process between mcgahn and kav: “so we’re thinking of…. is there anything we need to know…..”
presumably kav said no, they accepted it and moved on
mcgahn should have at least verified the “no” - if we assume Kav said that
why? because this all came out so quickly and easily and isnt done yet
it’s proof that they all got it wrong
if kav said “no”, mcgahn should have known
or Kav said “yes but it was so long ago”
and they all thought it would stay buried
if kav said “yes”, mcgahn did know
new cover pic.twitter.com/hyjH6YUS0Q
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) September 28, 2018
You know, it’s a nice day out today. Means nothing obviously about this but it gives me hope in its own way. It was raining all week. Maybe we can get this bastard yet.
— Will Piereson (@JWP1022) September 28, 2018
Rest in power Tara Faris, the Iraqi Instagram star gunned down on the street this morning in Baghdad
Rest in power Qandeel Baloch, and all the women murdered for daring to enjoy their beauty, and to live as they chose https://t.co/Rqs11onEDr— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) September 27, 2018
re: #66 makeitstop
Another break: Did you know that Frank Lloyd Wright tried his hand at designing cars?
Homer Simpson did it better.
re: #75 KGxvi
Homer Simpson did it better.
Interesting story, though. That man sure loved his automobiles.
re: #66 makeitstop
Another break: Did you know that Frank Lloyd Wright tried his hand at designing cars?
I know that Buckminster Fuller did…
Idiot libertarian
Awww man that must have been so hard for you babe. Being a victim to big, bad meany words on the internet is tough. Thoughts and prayers
— Whitney (@ksstormgal06) September 27, 2018
re: #50 goddamnedfrank
“limited to current credible”
RWNJ on Twitter probably going apeshite right about now.
I’m the last person in the world who would congratulate Jeff Flake. Actually, I despise him tbh.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #68 HappyWarrior
Hopefully that only emboldens him to stay true.
Depends. The abuse he gets publicly may be bracing, but it’s the arm-twisting that’s going to be done by the Big Money Guys that is going to carry the day.
The Kochs, the Mercers, Friess, Adelson, et alles - they want their judge.
Kavanaugh has made it very plain that he is a rage-filled political operative, the judicial equivalent of Rush Limbaugh on the bench. For all of Scalia’s intemperateness (and he was an asshole of the first water), he at least was smart.
Kavanaugh is just a hack.
re: #81 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Depends. The abuse he gets publicly may be bracing, but it’s the arm-twisting that’s going to be done by the Big Money Guys that is going to carry the day.
The Kochs, the Mercers, Friess, Adelson, et alles - they want their judge.
Kavanaugh has made it very plain that he is a rage-filled political operative, the judicial equivalent of Rush Limbaugh on the bench. For all of Scalia’s intemperateness (and he was an asshole of the first water), he at least was smart.
Kavanaugh is just a hack.
Yep.
If Kav doesn’t get confirmed, I’m pretty sure he’s gonna go on a gun-rage rampage, based on how he sounded yesterday.
The GOP wants a “limited” investigation that only looks at “credible allegations.”
How the fuck can any real investigation be “limited?”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
Just a guess but it looks like the White House’s internal polling on Kavanaugh’s performance vs Ford’s was absolutely devastating. I don’t see this about face on the FBI investigation happening otherwise.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2018
If I were red in the face, crying and screaming about beer and lifting weights, I wouldn’t even be let into the Supreme Court building as a tourist
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) September 28, 2018
re: #50 goddamnedfrank
“limited to current credible”
On the downside, it means we have another week of this.
re: #66 makeitstop
Another break: Did you know that Frank Lloyd Wright tried his hand at designing cars?
He should have stuck to architecture.
Sorry, but FLW’s Lincoln is one ugly-ass set-o-wheels.
Raymond Loewy’s was yards better (but then Ray knew what he was about with cars)
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Or McConnell doesn’t have 50 votes to confirm (assuming VP would cast 51st vote).
re: #80 Charles Johnson
It’s always best to praise people for their doing something right; otherwise, given the abuse they will receive, they may decide it’s not worthwhile. Flake may have been a jerk to date, but it doesn’t hurt to encourage him and other Republicans to do what is moral and maybe eventually they will truly adopt policies that will be good for our nation.
re: #89 Sir John Barron
Or McConnell doesn’t have 50 votes to confirm (assuming VP would cast 51st vote).
I thought all the GOPers (Profile In Courage Jeff Flake as well) had stated they were cool with Judge McRapeface yesterday?
(and of course, Senator Principles Joe Manchin)
re: #65 Charles Johnson
Jeff Flake is appearing at some shindig or another in Boston to give a speech on Monday at 11:30, (but the event begins at 10 am). Here are the details:
Emerson Colonial Theater
106 Boylston St
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
He’s also giving a speech in New Hampshire Monday evening.
MANCHESTER, NH - U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) will return to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics for his talk, “After the Deluge: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle,” on October 1 at 6 p.m.
Flake, y’see, has presidential aspirations. Protesters should thoroughly disabuse him of same.
Well, I guess I have to dig through the thread….no lizard help.
re: #89 Sir John Barron
Or McConnell doesn’t have 50 votes to confirm (assuming VP would cast 51st vote).
There was speculation around mid-week that he didn’t have the votes.
Feels like that was about three weeks ago.
re: #93 ObserverArt
Well, I guess I have to dig through the thread….no lizard help.
What did you ask?
re: #91 Jay C
I thought all the GOPers (Profile In Courage Jeff Flake as well) had stated they were cool with Judge McRapeface yesterday?
(and of course, Senator Principles Joe Manchin)
Oh I don’t know, I was assuming Collins, Flake and Murkowski were on the fence.
re: #94 makeitstop
There was speculation around mid-week that he didn’t have the votes.
Feels like that was about three weeks ago.
Wednesday was like three weeks ago, so yeah.
re: #91 Jay C
I thought all the GOPers (Profile In Courage Jeff Flake as well) had stated they were cool with Judge McRapeface yesterday?
(and of course, Senator Principles Joe Manchin)
Manchin and Murkowski are on board with Flake’s FBI investigation angle (Collins is MIA, apparently). Suggestion seems to be if the investigation isn’t allowed to happen, they’ll vote no, that’s a majority against.
re: #93 ObserverArt
Well, I guess I have to dig through the thread….no lizard help.
Lotsa drama. The whole morning was pretty insane, and it ended with Flake huddling with Coons, then an ante room full of senators, and then Flake saying he wanted an FBI investigation.
re: #95 Belafon
Yes, he did. He said he wouldn’t vote unless there was a limited, week long investigation into Ford’s accusations. That caused Murkowski and Manchin to follow.
We asked Flake why he pushed for delay. “There were a lot of people on the phone in email and text and walking around the capitol. It’s been remarkable the number of people who saw Dr Ford and were emboldened to come out and say what happened to them including close friends.”
— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) September 28, 2018
The senators are hearing stories from women they know.
re: #90 Hecuba’s daughter
It’s always best to praise people for their doing something right; otherwise, given the abuse they will receive, they may decide it’s not worthwhile. Flake may have been a jerk to date, but it doesn’t hurt to encourage him and other Republicans to do what is moral and maybe eventually they will truly adopt policies that will be good for our nation.
I wouldn’t tell anyone else NOT to praise Flake for this action, weak as it is.
But me… I’m done with all these Republicans, and especially the ones who try to pose as “reasonable” and say things that sound like they’re denouncing Trump, then go back to work and vote in favor of every one of Trump’s policies. These people are literally destroying much of what’s good about the US.
re: #98 KGxvi
Manchin and Murkowski are on board with Flake’s FBI investigation angle (Collins is MIA, apparently). Suggestion seems to be if the investigation isn’t allowed to happen, they’ll vote no, that’s a majority against.
Collins ‘approves.’
I support this sensible agreement. pic.twitter.com/5QtenWGGqb
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) September 28, 2018
re: #100 Belafon
Yes, he did. He said he wouldn’t vote unless there was a limited, week long investigation into Ford’s accusations. That caused Murkowski and Manchin to follow.
BUT THE FBI CANT INVESTIGATE STUFF LIKE THIS THEY DONT EVEN MAKE CONCLUSIONS AND HOW COME NO FBI INVESTIGATION OF CROOKED HITLERY?
Who’s raging more right now Trump or Kavanaugh?
re: #52 makeitstop
I feel like it’s been Friday for a week now.
It’s been Friday for two fucking years.
re: #104 Sir John Barron
BUT THE FBI CANT INVESTIGATE STUFF LIKE THIS THEY DONT EVEN MAKE CONCLUSIONS AND HOW COME NO FBI INVESTIGATION OF CROOKED HITLERY?
You also missed “AND THEY ALREADY INVESTIGATED THIS” because they think the FBI talks to everyone you ever knew in one of these investigations.
re: #105 HappyWarrior
Who’s raging more right now Trump or Kavanaugh?
Kav is crying in his beer. Trump s already thinking of cutting him loose.
re: #108 makeitstop
Kav is crying in his beer. Trump s already thinking of cutting him loose.
I like beer, do you!
re: #55 Scottish Dragon
We will see…and will know real quick if Avenatti’s client is not included or Judge’s former girlfriend. hard for the FBI to refuse interviews from people demanding to present evidence.
Your comment triggered me to wonder if the FBI might not relish the idea of investigating Kavanaugh due to how their agency has been treated by The Donny.
If you know what I mean.
re: #109 HappyWarrior
I like beer, do you!
Yes! What a ding dong. He sounds like such an idiot. Look out for that snowball, bro!
re: #108 makeitstop
Kav is crying in his beer. Trump s already thinking of cutting him loose.
What’s the odds on Kavanuagh withdrawing? Either of his own accord or because Trump throws him under the bus?
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
What’s the odds on Kavanuagh withdrawing? Either of his own accord or because Trump throws him under the bus?
Getting higher every darn minute.
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
What’s the odds on Kavanuagh withdrawing? Either of his own accord or because Trump throws him under the bus?
FWIW I would guess ‘no’, he won’t withdraw, especially if he’s convinced the investigation will be ‘limited’.
I made the mistake of making today my bi-weekly facebook check. A law school colleague who started off as a DA had a post about Ford and Kavanaugh, about how society doesn’t always treat people the same, used an example from her early career when a group of young white guys got probation for a string of burglaries and the next case was a similarly aged black guy who got prison for basically the same crime. There was then some talk about Kavanaugh’s rant and how it wouldn’t be acceptable for a non-white, non-male person. Another law school colleague chimed in to say how he disagreed with her premise and that Kavanaugh was justified in acting the way he did “if he was innocent.” Friend number two is a straight white guy, and sees nothing wrong in Kavanaugh acting like a loon and still getting on the Supreme Court.
re: #28 makeitstop
now, now. no such thing as heroines anymore. also, no actresses, or lionesses. Lionesses are now Woke Cats.
re: #96 Sir John Barron
Oh I don’t know, I was assuming Collins, Flake and Murkowski were on the fence.
OK: I thought that particular clown-posse had got tired of scraping their crotches on the fence rails, and had lined up behind Commissar Mitch to confirm Kavanaugh (though with expressions of “concern”, of course). If I’m proved wrong, I won’t feel too bad. Promise!
ALSO: I see the notice says the SJC has “requested the Administration” to conduct a further investigation - what if Trump tells them to go pound sand?
re: #116 KGxvi
I made the mistake of making today my bi-weekly facebook check. A law school colleague who started off as a DA had a post about Ford and Kavanaugh, about how society doesn’t always treat people the same, used an example from her early career when a group of young white guys got probation for a string of burglaries and the next case was a similarly aged black guy who got prison for basically the same crime. There was then some talk about Kavanaugh’s rant and how it wouldn’t be acceptable for a non-white, non-male person. Another law school colleague chimed in to say how he disagreed with her premise and that Kavanaugh was justified in acting the way he did “if he was innocent.” Friend number two is a straight white guy, and sees nothing wrong in Kavanaugh acting like a loon and still getting on the Supreme Court.
“Would you hire the guy if he did that during a job interview?”
re: #116 KGxvi
I made the mistake of making today my bi-weekly facebook check
Never make that mistake.
Today is never the right day for FB. Or Twitter.
I need a shower after reading this: Man who claims he slept with 6,000 women dies during sex
A legendary Italian playboy has died at age 63 while having sex with a 23-year-old tourist.
Maurizio Zanfanti, dubbed the Romeo of Rimini, claimed to have slept with more than 6,000 women after becoming famous as a nightclub promoter in the beach-side city in the 1970s.
He was entertaining a tourist from Romania in the back of a car Tuesday night when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
The shocked woman called paramedics, but Zanfanti could not be revived.
re: #119 Belafon
“Would you hire the guy if he did that during a job interview?”
That’s the question I’ve asked too.
A week gives everybody a chance to cool down.
Oh good grief what am I saying?
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
What’s the odds on Kavanuagh withdrawing? Either of his own accord or because Trump throws him under the bus?
I hate to keep going back to Avenatti, but that may be the beer that blacks him out, so to speak.
re: #95 Belafon
What did you ask?
What happened???
I’m getting a feel for it as I dig. Still not to the actual details…I hope I discover a vid of the deed.
I hope everyone realizes the coming weekend is just going to be another whole week.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #120 Sir John Barron
Never make that mistake.
Today is never the right day for FB. Or Twitter.
I know. I think I mostly check at this point to make sure I haven’t been hacked. Or to occasionally go on and delete photos and other info.
re: #126 Charles Johnson
I hope everyone realizes the coming weekend is just going to be another whole week.
I’m gonna need a couple of days to rest up. Maybe between 9:00 and midnight tonight.
re: #102 Charles Johnson
I wouldn’t tell anyone else NOT to praise Flake for this action, weak as it is.
But me… I’m done with all these Republicans, and especially the ones who try to pose as “reasonable” and say things that sound like they’re denouncing Trump, then go back to work and vote in favor of every one of Trump’s policies. These people are literally destroying much of what’s good about the US.
I’d be in the “Thanks, Jeff…but go fuck yourself” camp.
They should have stopped Trump back in the debate stage. Terrible politics.
re: #119 Belafon
“Would you hire the guy if he did that during a job interview?”
There were at least three or four answers/comments/quips that I saw/heard that if a client made during a deposition, I’d have fired them by the end of the day. So, yeah, there’s no way I’d hire someone who acted like that.
re: #128 makeitstop
I’m gonna need a couple of days to rest up. Maybe between 9:00 and midnight tonight.
I’m taking a couple weeks off by going to the beach tomorrow for the day.
I bet Grassley is taking the potential for a week delay really, really well.
/
re: #129 ObserverArt
I’d be in the “Thanks, Jeff…but go fuck yourself” camp.
They should have stopped Trump back in the debate stage. Terrible politics.
They lost as soon as the crowd cheered when he didn’t raise his hand saying he’d support whoever the nominee was in the first debate.
FBI gets the green light.
Statement from President @realDonaldTrump:
“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) September 28, 2018
re: #123 Sir John Barron
A week gives everybody a chance to cool down.
Oh good grief what am I saying?
I’m always searching for a sign that a benevolent Creator exists. A very acceptable such sign would be if sometime in the next few days one of Kavanaugh’s former “you have to look like a model” female law clerks were to accuse him of attempting to force her into sodomy at a suite in the Watergate, escaping from which she immediately called her best friend and her shrink to report the event.
re: #133 KGxvi
They lost as soon as the crowd cheered when he didn’t raise his hand saying he’d support whoever the nominee was in the first debate.
That’s the thing about him isn’t it? He expects absolute loyalty to him but does not show loyalty to anyone else. Look at Sessions. He was the first Senator to back him which was really a risky move on Sessions part in a way, not praising Sessions at all mind you but I think you catch my drift. Meanwhile Sessions has been treated like he betrayed him because of the recusal. I mean Sessions might be a bigot but he’s certainly not as stupid as Trump is in that he knows that if he had refused to step aside, it would be bad for him too.
re: #110 ObserverArt
Your comment triggered me to wonder if the FBI might not relish the idea of investigating Kavanaugh due to how their agency has been treated by The Donny.
If you know what I mean.
yes please
re: #89 Sir John Barron
Or McConnell doesn’t have 50 votes to confirm (assuming VP would cast 51st vote).
If Flake, Collins and Murkowski all said they were voting No tomorrow without an investigation, that would be what forced McConnell’s hand.
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
What’s the odds on Kavanuagh withdrawing? Either of his own accord or because Trump throws him under the bus?
Scenario: Michael Avenatti creates a big stink over the weekend regarding his witness. That causes much of America to call the Republicans and tell them to skip that limited shit…open up an investigation to anyone with a realistic accusation that steps forward by the end of the afternoon on Monday.
By Tuesday morning Kavanaugh screams No Más!!!
Imma dreamer…
re: #134 makeitstop
FBI gets the green light.
Somebody keep an eye on Ragey Kav so he doesn’t buy a bunch of guns.
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
What’s the odds on Kavanuagh withdrawing? Either of his own accord or because Trump throws him under the bus?
all that crying for nothing!
i thought i was done!
how dare they!
LOL from the Wire
Whatever they do, Bunk cant administers the lie detector test. https://t.co/Phli6t5zlR
— Phil D (@phild322) September 28, 2018
This is a pretty interesting development. Shows again how he lied.
re: #109 HappyWarrior
I like beer, do you!
dark / stout yup
had my first dragon’s milk the other night
nice stuff
re: #142 dangerman
all that crying for nothing!
i thought i was done!
how dare they!
All that raging and ranting yesterday and he still has to cool his heels for another week.
re: #145 dangerman
dark / stout yup
had my first dragon’s milk the other night
nice stuff
You know in a little way, this kinda got me thinking about my own drinking. I’ve actually been drinking less lately for dietary reasons but I too have acted like an ass when I drink to excess. So, thanks Kavanaugh?
re: #136 HappyWarrior
That’s the thing about him isn’t it? He expects absolute loyalty to him but does not show loyalty to anyone else. Look at Sessions. He was the first Senator to back him which was really a risky move on Sessions part in a way, not praising Sessions at all mind you but I think you catch my drift. Meanwhile Sessions has been treated like he betrayed him because of the recusal. I mean Sessions might be a bigot but he’s certainly not as stupid as Trump is in that he knows that if he had refused to step aside, it would be bad for him too.
It’s not even a question of loyalty. I’ve no problem with a candidate saying they wouldn’t support a nominee if they believed that person wasn’t qualified or had some disqualifying position/characteristic. It’s just that he showed himself to be an asshole in that moment and the party loyalists who where in the crowd cheered. It was Trump’s party from that moment on.
re: #134 makeitstop
FBI gets the green light.
Wow, the Clintons must have gotten to the head man himself.
re: #148 KGxvi
It’s not even a question of loyalty. I’ve no problem with a candidate saying they wouldn’t support a nominee if they believed that person wasn’t qualified or had some disqualifying position/characteristic. It’s just that he showed himself to be an asshole in that moment and the party loyalists who where in the crowd cheered. It was Trump’s party from that moment on.
Oh what I’m getting that loyalty is always a one way street with Donald.
re: #121 makeitstop
I need a shower after reading this: Man who claims he slept with 6,000 women dies during sex
I’m sure that is exactly how he wanted to go.
re: #149 Sir John Barron
Wow, the Clintons must have gotten to the head man himself.
It was obviously Trump’s Doppelganger Dennis Turmp that made the decision.
re: #150 HappyWarrior
Oh what I’m getting that loyalty is always a one way street with Donald.
That’s also true, no doubt about it. But it’s like peeling an onion when you’re trying to figure out all his bad traits.
Beer Guy issues a statement.
Statement from Brett Kavanaugh: “I’ve been interviewed by the FBI, I’ve done a number of “background” calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the Senators and their counsel asked me. (I) will continue to cooperate.”
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) September 28, 2018
Except you didn’t answer every question yesterday, Skippy. Not even close.
re: #152 HappyWarrior
It was obviously Trump’s Doppelganger Dennis Turmp that made the decision.
Special Assistant to the President, John Barron
Fact check: true.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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It really is pathetic because she was a child when that happened with her Uncle and regardless if you think it was covered up or not, she had nothing to do with that.
I saw clips of Kavanaugh.
Cody Jarrett was more rational!
re: #143 gocart mozart
LOL from the Wire
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If I was Judge’s lawyer, I’d tell him to categorically refuse to talk to the FBI, and if the Committee issued a subpoena, I’d instruct him to plead the Fifth.
And in other news…
BREAKING: Democratic Senators and House members’ suit against Trump over alleged emoluments clause violations clears key hurdle. Judge says lawmakers have standing to sue. Doc; https://t.co/jwh9TN2Meh
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 28, 2018
re: #160 makeitstop
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The symbolism of that sunny day is looking up.
re: #159 Big Beautiful Door
If I was Judge’s lawyer, I’d tell him to categorically refuse to talk to the FBI, and if the Committee issued a subpoena, I’d instruct him to plead the Fifth.
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
re: #147 HappyWarrior
You know in a little way, this kinda got me thinking about my own drinking. I’ve actually been drinking less lately for dietary reasons but I too have acted like an ass when I drink to excess. So, thanks Kavanaugh?
whatever works
i look at every potential drink as how many miles i’ll need to run it off
re: #162 makeitstop
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
Did the FBI talk to Judge during the security clearance interview for Kavanaugh? If so, what did they ask?
re: #163 dangerman
whatever works
i look at every potential drink as how many miles i’ll need to run it off
Yeah my brother’s been telling me that it’s just extra calories I don’t need and beers wipe out all the hard work.
NEW: A federal judge in DC has ruled that 200 Dem members of Congress have standing to sue @realDonaldTrump for allegedly violating the “Emoluments Clause” of the Constitution, b/c he’s still doing business w/ foreign govts. Story coming…
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 28, 2018
re: #154 makeitstop
Beer Guy issues a statement.
Except you didn’t answer every question yesterday, Skippy. Not even close.
He sounds humbled already.
//
re: #162 makeitstop
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
You can assert the Fifth when talking to Congress, or to criminal investigators, or in litigation/trial settings. Basically any time a government official is asking you questions that may result in you providing legally admissible evidence of criminal acts on your part.
re: #154 makeitstop
Beer Guy issues a statement.
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Except you didn’t answer every question yesterday, Skippy. Not even close.
You didn’t answer every question. Stop lying.
re: #133 makeitstop
FBI gets the green light.
“Hey, what does around comes around you know, I’m a real religious guy, a great guy, but I’m just gonna go get some guns OK.”
re: #162 makeitstop
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
There is no statute of limitations in Maryland for rape. Just because charges haven’t been filed doesn’t mean you can’t refuse to incriminate yourself.
re: #169 KGxvi
You can assert the Fifth when talking to Congress, or to criminal investigators, or in litigation/trial settings. Basically any time a government official is asking you questions that may result in you providing legally admissible evidence of criminal acts on your part.
Did not know that. I’m glad you lawyer guys hang out here. :)
BTW here’s the Twitter account of Maria Gallagher, the woman who confronted Flake this morning. She’s pretty funny.
re: #170 HappyWarrior
You didn’t answer every question. Stop lying.
“I answered every question and even talked smack to the Dem senators I was so great, so truthful.”
I think Mark Judge is the key: will he take the 5th, will he ask for immunity, will he flee?
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 28, 2018
That’s the smart play: I was a drunk… blackouts … It’s all a haze … I don’t remember anything. Unless he cracks under pressure which he might.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 28, 2018
re: #175 gocart mozart
HE ALREADY GAVE A SWORN STATEMENT!
re: #162 makeitstop
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
Judge still faces criminal legal jeopardy due to there being no statute of limitations on sexual assault in Maryland. He absolutely can plead the Fifth.
NEWS: Facebook’s Guy Rosen just confirmed that the breach would have allowed hackers to access not only your Facebook account, but your accounts on other sites where you used Facebook as your login.
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) September 28, 2018
Good thing I never trusted Facebook enough to sign in with them anywhere. https://t.co/tHU3RNdQB1
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #178 Charles Johnson
I’m beginning to think that Facebook is becoming one of those “benevolent monopolies” like Standard Oil that needs to be broken up for its own (and the public’s) good.
re: #87 Sir John Barron
On the downside, it means we have another week of this.
Yeah, but we would have had a week of some other shit just as bad. It is the times we live in.
re: #177 goddamnedfrank
Judge still faces criminal legal jeopardy due to there being no statute of limitations on sexual assault in Maryland. He absolutely can plead the Fifth.
I suppose Judge is very very nervous right now as he should be.
re: #180 BlueSpotinAL
Yeah, but we would have had a week of some other shit just as bad. It is the times we live in.
Every week is Infrastructure Week. Only worse.
I have been on the road today, popping in and out of meetings and catching up with the news an hour at a time.
I have never been so confused in my life.
I think Kavanaugh will not survive the investigation.
His prior interactions with the FBI were professional background checks with no specific issues to deal with. This time it’s getting into real law enforcement territory, and the Kavanaugh we saw yesterday is most unlikely to get through a professional interrogation without incriminating himself.
re: #179 KGxvi
I’m beginning to think that Facebook is becoming one of those “benevolent monopolies” like Standard Oil that needs to be broken up for its own (and the public’s) good.
Not sure how you would go about breaking up Facebook. Would you prohibit people from joining it and make them use other social media companies, because there are already quite a few of them; Facebook is just the biggest.
re: #177 goddamnedfrank
Judge still faces criminal legal jeopardy due to there being no statute of limitations on sexual assault in Maryland. He absolutely can plead the Fifth.
Also I’m pretty sure there’s no rule stating that once the statute of limitations expires that people can be forced to testify about past crimes they’ve gotten away with. At least I’ve never seen or heard of it happening. And even with a firm statute of limitations in play, cases like this involving two or more co-assailants would still be open to conspiracy charges if the last overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy occurred within the conspiracy statute’s own timeframe.
re: #183 ipsos
I have been on the road today, popping in and out of meetings and catching up with the news an hour at a time.
I have never been so confused in my life.
And with that, good night, Lizards.
re: #183 ipsos
I have been on the road today, popping in and out of meetings and catching up with the news an hour at a time.
I have never been so confused in my life.
The tl;dr version is very simple — a shit show marginally worse than the average shit show in this era of Trump.
re: #185 Big Beautiful Door
Not sure how you would go about breaking up Facebook. Would you prohibit people from joining it and make them use other social media companies, because there are already quite a few of them; Facebook is just the biggest.
Don’t they own Instagram now? Maybe that and whatever other social media thingies they own or run they’d have to let go of.
re: #160 makeitstop
And in other news…
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I hear what sounds like jack hammers chipping away…chipping away…chipping away…
…crack and a chunk falls off.
Facebook is suffering from a case of broken tokens.
re: #184 EPR-radar
I think Kavanaugh will not survive the investigation.
His prior interactions with the FBI were professional background checks with no specific issues to deal with. This time it’s getting into real law enforcement territory, and the Kavanaugh we saw yesterday is most unlikely to get through a professional interrogation without incriminating himself.
I’m not making any predictions. Anything could happen from an inconclusive investigation which leads to confirmation, or him withdrawing, or a damning report which causes the WH to withdraw his name. All I’m sure of is that McConnell won’t put it to a vote if he doesn’t have 50 locked down.
re: #165 HappyWarrior
Yeah my brother’s been telling me that it’s just extra calories I don’t need and beers wipe out all the hard work.
well in the end a calorie is a calorie (more or less)
so …moderation
or else be prepared to gain a pound or do the extra workout
re: #185 Big Beautiful Door
Not sure how you would go about breaking up Facebook. Would you prohibit people from joining it and make them use other social media companies, because there are already quite a few of them; Facebook is just the biggest.
You can spin off Instagram and Whatsapp as separate companies, for one.
re: #174 Sir John Barron
“I answered every question and even talked smack to the Dem senators I was so great, so truthful.”
“and therefore i should be wearing the robes right now!”
“they’ve already been altered, right?”
re: #162 makeitstop
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
It would be stoooopid.
A nominee for a judge pleading the fifth should* be a killer.
Shutting up and not saying anything after yesterday’s display of how he wants to tell everyone how good a man he is and he needs to get his name back…would also be stoooopid.
Brett Kavanaugh has two choices: take the FBI grilling with many other witnessed weighing in or refuse the nomination.
*nothing is for sure these days.
re: #195 dangerman
“and therefore i should be wearing the robes right now!”
“they’ve already been altered, right?”
“OK, the FBI investigation is really just cover, right, nobody’s gonna question me, right, I mean this is just for show and I can go be SCOTUS next week right?”
re: #196 ObserverArt
It would be stoooopid.
A nominee for a judge pleading the fifth should* be a killer.
Shutting up and not saying anything after yesterday’s display of how he wants to tell everyone how good a man he is and he needs to get his name back…would also be stoooopid.
Brett Kavanaugh has two choices: take the FBI grilling with many other witness weighing in or refuse the nomination.
*nothing is for sure these days.
Kavanaugh will crack under real questioning. Yesterday’s hearing made that very clear.
re: #197 Sir John Barron
“OK, the FBI investigation is really just cover, right, nobody’s gonna question me, right, I mean this is just for show and I can go be SCOTUS next week right?”
its sad that we can do this
it’s sad that we have to do this
re: #196 ObserverArt
It would be stoooopid.
A nominee for a judge pleading the fifth should* be a killer.
Shutting up and not saying anything after yesterday’s display of how he wants to tell everyone how good a man he is and he needs to get his name back…would also be stoooopid.
Brett Kavanaugh has two choices: take the FBI grilling with many other witness weighing in or refuse the nomination.
*nothing is for sure these days.
I think the discussion is about Mark Judge, not Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh refusing to speak to the FBI would probably be grounds not only to reject his nomination but to open an impeachment inquiry regarding his current seat on the bench. Mark Judge is a witness and possible co-conspirator, and has every right to assert a Fifth Amendment right in this situation. How a senator then uses that information in their vote for or against Kavanaugh is between them and whichever deity they claim to believe in.
What a real investigation would entail is interviewing everybody from back then, not just “accuser” (however many that will be) and Kavanaugh. You cannot tell somebody is lying by facial expressions, or apparent sincerity. You catch them by getting them to say things that are at variance with known facts or statements by others.
publix rotisserie chicken (lemon pepper)
glazed carrots and onions
leftover salad fixings
(i gave blood today. not much creative energy left. i’m fading pretty fast here)
re: #202 dangerman
publix rotisserie chicken (lemon pepper)
glazed carrots and onions
leftover salad fixings(i gave blood today. not much creative energy left. i’m fading pretty fast here)
You gave blood, you’re entitled to cookies.
Just saw Trump commenting on the latest. He characterized Kavanaugh’s testimony yesterday as “incredible.” Of course he has no idea what the word means in context.
Evening Lizardim from the cold, clear, and beautiful wild north country. I heard about the complete charlie foxtrot that was the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Ugh… I need more to drink. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid September night?
Brett Kavanaugh may need to drink two beers tonight, and carefully note them on his calendar.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
re: #207 Charles Johnson
For his family’s sake, I hope he doesn’t drink this weekend.
re: #208 Belafon
For his family’s sake, I hope he doesn’t drink this weekend.
Considering that he’s obviously an alcoholic, he shouldn’t even be drinking a single beer.
BREAKING: @JeffFlake is potentially pressing charges against two sexual assault survivors and UltraViolet members who confronted him on his way into the hearing earlier today.
This is shameful and cowardly. We will fight these potential charges. https://t.co/AndmnaWeAA pic.twitter.com/ayWBsuS5dn— UltraViolet (@UltraViolet) September 28, 2018
What? https://t.co/b2mfMkzmuy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
I am so
This was the first time I went public that I was a rape survivor to anyone but my husband and a couple of very close friends. I did not hesitate. I did not think of how many coworkers are on Facebook with me. I have over 500 people attached to me on Facebook. I posted my story online to all of them.
Because it wasn’t my fault and people need to know it’s personal. It’s their friend, colleague, relative. I talked about why I never told and why I never pressed charges. I told it all.
The outpouring of support has been so gratifying to see. But it wasn’t support I wanted. It was for someone to DO SOMETHING. Don’t just shake your head at the tragedy of it all, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. And that was visceral, that need for someone, anyone, to make it stop.
I feel like I have worked through something and I am too tired to reflect on it and find wisdom. I just want to feel normal again. That’s all.
re: #205 whitebeach
Just saw Trump commenting on the latest. He characterized Kavanaugh’s testimony yesterday as “incredible.” Of course he has no idea what the word means in context.
My god. Trump has apparently said something true (even if it is only a pun). Alert the press.
re: #211 BlueGrl21
I had another friend who was a rape victim who went public two weeks ago, when the Kavanaugh kerfuffle first started. It takes incredible strength to do something like that, and it’s a powerful testimony that I hope reaches some people.
Source for this is the US Capitol Police, and after that confrontation they definitely would have been there. But it doesn’t necessarily mean Flake threatened them - the capitol cop might have just said it because that’s what they do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
Remember when Howard Dean was ruled disqualified to be President because he got excited and yelled yeeargh in a slightly weird way?
Mark Kavanaugh went on a bizarre 45 minute screaming rage rant where he cried about liberal conspiracies, how much he likes beer & lifting weights.— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2018
“God and Man at Georgetown Prep” by Mark Judge. Anyone ever read this? Link
re: #214 Charles Johnson
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Could also be that someone on Flake’s staff was pissed off about the shitty optics and wanted the Cap Police to flex a bit.
Democrats and women are keeping the nomination in question.
Three weeks ago everyone thought Kavanaugh would be on the court by now.
What a trip.
Thanks to all that fight. Hopefully this gives us a taste of how much interest will be generated in the November elections.
Let’s go back to May of 2009https://t.co/2n5q4qQpF0
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2018
Is Mitch talking to himself now?
WTF?
He’s on my TV stream and rattling on about how great a candidate his bestie Brett is.
Ahh screw him, time to get guitars tuned up for a Friday night jam.
FoxNews is talking about Rosenstein……
Am I the only one that is thinking Kavanaugh is a sacrificial lamb. With him being such a shitty person, and the Republicans knowing about Dr. Ford, they threw him to the wolves anyway, and when he doesn’t get the job (pleeeeease????), they’ll offer up someone even worse than him morally and judicially that doesn’t have any allegations against him/her to make it seem like they are totally awesome?
They win if Kavanaugh gets the nomination, and they win when they offer up someone that doesn’t appear to be as shitty a person.
re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus
Not sure that I understand your point. Republicans could have put up someone without Kavanaugh’s sexual baggage and gotten him through by now. Look at what happened with Gorsuch who is as rightwing as they come but had no problem getting confirmed.
Jesus, what a raging fuckfester.
What a photo. Especially the aide in the back. pic.twitter.com/QACCJlwPTf
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) September 27, 2018
Oh my god. This is every woman’s nightmare. This is a terrifying image. https://t.co/mIgEN2ALhj
— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) September 27, 2018
Every woman’s nightmare is being trapped in the back of a sinking car, gasping for air, I’d imagine. Did you ever ask your uncle about it? https://t.co/fgvsWj8jxd
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 28, 2018
re: #25 Charles Johnson
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Definitely. What heroes!!! Flake looked like he was going to cry.
These two heroes, who confronted @JeffFlake this morning, just changed the course of the Kavanaugh process. We❤️you so much, @AnaMariaArchil2 and Maria Gallagher. #StopKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/Hd4gxLWcCE
— Make the Road Action (@MaketheRoadAct) September 28, 2018
Thank you Ana Maria and Maria! Thank you for confronting Jeff Flake, demanding he look at you, shaming him for his cowardice and enabling of a sexual assaulted. I salute you 💜✊🏽❤️ https://t.co/7Z4Es6T0Ws
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) September 28, 2018
re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus
Am I the only one that is thinking Kavanaugh is a sacrificial lamb. With him being such a shitty person, and the Republicans knowing about Dr. Ford, they threw him to the wolves anyway, and when he doesn’t get the job (pleeeeease????), they’ll offer up someone even worse than him morally and judicially that doesn’t have any allegations against him/her to make it seem like they are totally awesome?
They win if Kavanaugh gets the nomination, and they win when they offer up someone that doesn’t appear to be as shitty a person.
I’ve thought but I just don’t see it..
re: #226 goddamnedfrank
Do we need to remind Ben of the intern and Republican Rep Joe Scarborough? He’s such an ugly person.
Flashback: When Justice Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Obama, the conservative media complained that she was too hot-tempered pic.twitter.com/bkMPek4bMt
— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 28, 2018
re: #230 Patricia Kayden
Do we need to remind Ben of the intern and Republican Rep Joe Scarborough? He’s such an ugly person.
It’s not even that. It’s that Maria was a thirteen year old girl when Chappaquiddick happened and even if you do believe Senator Kennedy committed a crime that night, she had nothing to do with that and a cover up.
re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus
Am I the only one that is thinking Kavanaugh is a sacrificial lamb. With him being such a shitty person, and the Republicans knowing about Dr. Ford, they threw him to the wolves anyway, and when he doesn’t get the job (pleeeeease????), they’ll offer up someone even worse than him morally and judicially that doesn’t have any allegations against him/her to make it seem like they are totally awesome?
They win if Kavanaugh gets the nomination, and they win when they offer up someone that doesn’t appear to be as shitty a person.
Nah. The only real thought behind picking Kavanaugh was that he was the only one on the list with such an expansive written view of executive power and immunity. That’s why Trump desperately wants him and the GOP is in lockstep with Trump, there is no deeper strategy at play.
Also the ones who are worse on abortion like Amy Coney Barrett also make it harder for Murkowski and Collins to confirm, though the fact that she’s a woman might make that bitter pill easier for them to swallow.
re: #231 gocart mozart
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Well I was alerted to a bunch of conservatives crying about O’Rourke’s cursing off the cuff who totally forgot that they love when Trump called NFL players SOBs.
re: #215 goddamnedfrank
Legs Benedict
@goddamnedfrank
Remember when Howard Dean was ruled disqualified to be President because he got excited and yelled yeeargh in a slightly weird way?Mark Kavanaugh went on a bizarre 45 minute screaming rage rant where he cried about liberal conspiracies, how much he likes beer & lifting weights.
5:04 PM - Sep 28, 2018
1. Dean is a Democrat. Although the media played it up, the issue was that Dean came in third in the Iowa caucuses, which probably indicated that he wasn’t going to win it anyway. I don’t think the yell actually led to future losses; it was just the late night comedians who had a field day.
2. In the age of Trump, for Republican candidates, no behavior is so vile that it turns off the Republican base. Kavanaugh let loose his inner Trump — lying and browbeating the opposition. It worked for Trump.
re: #233 goddamnedfrank
Nah. The only real thought behind picking Kavanaugh was that he was the only one on the list with such an expansive written view of executive power and immunity. That’s why Trump desperately wants him and the GOP is in lockstep with Trump, there is no deeper strategy at play.
Also the ones who are worse on abortion like Amy Coney Barrett also make it harder for Murkowski and Collins to confirm, though the fact that she’s a woman might make that bitter pill easier for them to swallow.
That was my thought as well. Kavanaugh is the guy on executive power. And you’re right, if it was Barrett, it might be a little harder to push COllins or Murkowski. She’d probably and I’m sad to say one of Manchin, Heidencamp, or Donnelly too. Ultimately, I think our best hope is a Kennedy type candidate, one who is pretty good on individual issues but shitty on corporate ones.
re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus
Am I the only one that is thinking Kavanaugh is a sacrificial lamb. With him being such a shitty person, and the Republicans knowing about Dr. Ford, they threw him to the wolves anyway, and when he doesn’t get the job (pleeeeease????), they’ll offer up someone even worse than him morally and judicially that doesn’t have any allegations against him/her to make it seem like they are totally awesome?
They win if Kavanaugh gets the nomination, and they win when they offer up someone that doesn’t appear to be as shitty a person.
re: #225 Patricia Kayden
Not sure that I understand your point. Republicans could have put up someone without Kavanaugh’s sexual baggage and gotten him through by now. Look at what happened with Gorsuch who is as rightwing as they come but had no problem getting confirmed.
re: #229 HappyWarrior
I’ve thought but I just don’t see it..
I’m with PK and HW…Grassley and McConnell were and are still going balls to the wall for Kavanaugh; hell, even after Ford’s poignant testimony and Kavanaugh’s fucking tantrum yesterday, the word was Grassley and McConnell were still going to ram the vote though over the weekend, presumably to take the wind out of Avenatti’s sails.
More details on Mike Coffman’s loss of major GOP support heading into the heat of the race. https://t.co/Ybe6V1BCoQ
— The Colorado Sun (@ColoradoSun) September 28, 2018
Coffman being abandoned by GOP six weeks out is very big deal….indication the suburbs might burn GOP down in Nov https://t.co/NxdDY6tKKc
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 28, 2018
re: #234 HappyWarrior
Well I was alerted to a bunch of conservatives crying about O’Rourke’s cursing off the cuff who totally forgot that they love when Trump called NFL players SOBs.
Tromp dropped for bombs on the campaign trail. There are videos on YouTube.
Shithole countries.
The guy swears as much as I do.
re: #237 TedStriker
I’m with PK and HW…Grassley and McConnell were and are still going balls to the wall for Kavanaugh; hell, even after Ford’s poignant testimony and Kavanaugh’s fucking tantrum yesterday, the word was Grassley and McConnell were still going to ram the vote though over the weekend, presumably to take the wind out of Avenatti’s sails.
Right, for a time, I thought he might be because the social conservatives were a little untrusting of him when Trump first made the pick but they’ve gone all in with him and Trump and McConnell definitely like him for their own reasons. Trump because of the exec power stuff and McConnell because they know he’s at heart a good little GOP foot soldier. That’s why W is trying to get support for him too behind the scenes. In a way, I’m almost glad he did that because we forget that W was awful too and he’s the one who brought Kavanaugh into the Exec branch.
re: #239 MsJ
Tromp dropped for bombs on the campaign trail. There are videos on YouTube.
Shithole countries.
The guy swears as much as I do.
Yeah no fucking kidding. Swear intended. Crying about Beto’s swearing and still being a Trumper? I never cared that Trump cursed. I cared that he acts like an undignified idiot. Who the fuck has a presidential stump speech that has a rant about Rosie O’Donnell and her weight? Only Trump would do that.
This is Dipshit Destupid’s idea
In FL, a text campaign that the GOP campaign is not denying they are behind is casting the Dem candidate as anti-Semetic.https://t.co/j9QzvhYK0p pic.twitter.com/5oC6qhf7wd
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 28, 2018
re: #238 MsJ
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re: #242 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #224 GlutenFreeJesus
Am I the only one that is thinking Kavanaugh is a sacrificial lamb. With him being such a shitty person, and the Republicans knowing about Dr. Ford, they threw him to the wolves anyway, and when he doesn’t get the job (pleeeeease????), they’ll offer up someone even worse than him morally and judicially that doesn’t have any allegations against him/her to make it seem like they are totally awesome?
They win if Kavanaugh gets the nomination, and they win when they offer up someone that doesn’t appear to be as shitty a person.
I dunno. They looked pretty all in on Kav yesterday. Grassley and Drama Queen Graham especially.
If that was a feint, it should be eligible for an Emmy.
I think they were all in, due to Kav’s views on the president being above the law, and pressure from Evangelicals who really, really want him on that court.
re: #245 makeitstop
I dunno. They looked pretty all in on Kav yesterday. Grassley and Drama Queen Graham especially.
If that was a feint, it should be eligible for an Emmy.
I think they were all in, due to Kav’s views on the president being above the law, and pressure from Evangelicals who really, really want him on that court.
Hatch, too. There were a lot of screaming, hysterical Republican men in that room yesterday.
re: #236 HappyWarrior
That was my thought as well. Kavanaugh is the guy on executive power. And you’re right, if it was Barrett, it might be a little harder to push COllins or Murkowski. She’d probably and I’m sad to say one of Manchin, Heidencamp, or Donnelly too. Ultimately, I think our best hope is a Kennedy type candidate, one who is pretty good on individual issues but shitty on corporate ones.
Our best hope is probably either that Merkley’s lawsuit stops the confirmation process (super unlikely) or that someone at the National Archives leaks unequivocal proof that Kavanaugh perjured himself and the Trump Administration tried to hide it. Then the midterms put Democrats in firm majorities in both chambers (pretty unlikely) and buoyed by a massive string of strong conspiracy indictments and a report recommending impeachment from Mueller’s team (hard to judge likeliness of this) they have the political capital to hold the seat open through 2020.
Absent all those holes in the swiss cheese lining up sooner or later Trump is absolutely going to fill that seat with an abject monster.
Getting tired of tv news heads throwing out “our tribal politics” as an explanation of why things are so fucked up when its obvious that a lot of people would like to find out the truth and a few are highly motivated to keep it hidden.
re: #246 MsJ
Hatch, too. There were a lot of screaming, hysterical Republican men in that room yesterday.
They’re still all in, I’m just convinced that the polling was terrible and they’re hoping to put some distance between that horrid public spectacle and the final vote.
re: #225 Patricia Kayden
Not sure that I understand your point. Republicans could have put up someone without Kavanaugh’s sexual baggage and gotten him through by now. Look at what happened with Gorsuch who is as rightwing as they come but had no problem getting confirmed.
Very true. But I think they were just testing the waters with Gorsuch. They want an all-out clone of Trump (or even worse) in the SC. Kavanaugh is just there to wear us down. Well. Attempt to wear us down.
Unlike Brett Kavanaugh, I won’t be drinking beer tonight, although I always liked beer and I still like beer. Do you like beer?
I’m gonna need something a lot stronger than beer.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
Kavanaugh gets a little perspective…
… fred guttenberg, the parkland father who sought a handshake with kavanaugh, tweets to the judge: “your life and family are not ruined. try having a child murdered by a weapon that you refer to as ‘common use.’” https://t.co/Db0Je1l07R pic.twitter.com/u2MqJEZydT
— fake nick ramsey (@nick_ramsey) September 28, 2018
Cat Internally Debates Whether Or Not To Rip Head Off Smaller Creature It Just Met https://t.co/15e1iKd2TQ pic.twitter.com/rm5HPyamut
— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 28, 2018
On the other hand, he’s being haunted by ghost cats, so I can understand why he’d be a little stressed.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2018
Trump administration continues finding new ways to be shitty for the sake of being shitty.
Also: “Currently accredited same-sex domestic partners of UN officials who wish to maintain their G-4 visa must be ready to submit proof of marriage by 31 December 2018. After 12/31, they will be expected to leave the US within 30 days” if they can’t show proof of marriage
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) September 28, 2018
re: #258 TedStriker
Not like he gives a fuck though.
True. Zero humility.
If we’re lucky, he’ll catch some in a week or so.
re: #261 makeitstop
True. Zero humility.
If we’re lucky, he’ll catch some in a week or so.
It’d be nice if he ended up losing his DC Circuit seat too over this.
Pride goeth before a fall…
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
About the internal polling: Yep.
Abso-goddam-lutely right on this one. They’re seeing the numbers coming in from suburban WHITE WOMEN - the ones that they can’t quite figure out how to cleanse from the voter polls or trick into not voting without affecting their own base of knuckle-dragging dipshit white men. Those numbers are showing that not only are the white women not buying the GOP lies, they are infuriated enough to actually get off their asses and vote democratic in November.
Even in deep-red districts, this kind of a wave of pissed-off white women could flip a few seats. In “Leans Republican” seats, you’re looking at a goddam landslide. In Senate seats, if the white women show up as passionate as these numbers reflect, Texas is gone, Arizona is gone, Nevada is gone.
And that’s even without the carry-on effects on black, latino, gay and college-educated (the democratic coalition).
All the GOP will have left is stupid old rural white men. That’s enough to carry the Dakotas and the Deep South, but not much else.
LOL!
Delaying the Kavanaugh vote by a week means one more week for polls to come in, and the polling trend isn’t great:https://t.co/kxParqjCwF pic.twitter.com/8ITt15py1J
— Micah Cohen (@micahcohen) September 28, 2018
This visualization is … unfortunate. https://t.co/B7zmfZHeVY
— Lizzie O’Leary (@lizzieohreally) September 28, 2018
re: #266 goddamnedfrank
Looking a little … limp, there.
Weird, our game was Kick McConnell in the Neck Flap.
— Fats Durston (@FatsDurston) September 28, 2018
And in other other news…
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a new trial in a lawsuit accusing Led Zeppelin of copying an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem “Stairway to Heaven.”
A federal court jury in Los Angeles two years ago found Led Zeppelin did not copy the famous riff from the song “Taurus” by the band Spirit. But the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the lower court judge provided erroneous jury instructions. It sent the case back to the court for another trial.
A phone message left with an attorney for Led Zeppelin, Peter Anderson, was not immediately returned.
A trustee for the estate of late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe filed the law suit against Led Zeppelin in 2015.
Jurors returned their verdict for Led Zeppelin after a five-day trial at which band members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant testified.
Randy California’s family gets another shot.
The work of Elton John and David Furnish’s foundation, @ejaf, is making a difference around the world, and I’m looking forward to working together to create an AIDS-free future. Elton & David, thanks for your continued leadership on this & for the meeting today. pic.twitter.com/NW2PNFnleD
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 28, 2018
The Donald will be jealous.
re: #265 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
About the internal polling: Yep.
Abso-goddam-lutely right on this one. They’re seeing the numbers coming in from suburban WHITE WOMEN - the ones that they can’t quite figure out how to cleanse from the voter polls or trick into not voting without affecting their own base of knuckle-dragging dipshit white men. Those numbers are showing that not only are the white women not buying the GOP lies, they are infuriated enough to actually get off their asses and vote democratic in November.
Even in deep-red districts, this kind of a wave of pissed-off white women could flip a few seats. In “Leans Republican” seats, you’re looking at a goddam landslide. In Senate seats, if the white women show up as passionate as these numbers reflect, Texas is gone, Arizona is gone, Nevada is gone.
And that’s even without the carry-on effects on black, latino, gay and college-educated (the democratic coalition).
All the GOP will have left is stupid old rural white men. That’s enough to carry the Dakotas and the Deep South, but not much else.
This is the nightmare scenario for the GOP, since every GOP gerrymandered house district in the nation is in jeopardy if the GOP takes a big hit in its support from white women — precisely because of the gerrymandering.
re: #260 goddamnedfrank
Trump administration continues finding new ways to be shitty for the sake of being shitty.
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In other voting news, I sent in my absentee ballot request form yesterday. My county clerk is efficient, and I should have the ballot within a week, I think.
Bibi’s newest prop fiasco:
His story that Iran is spreading its nuclear material around:
FULL TEXT: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2018 UN General Assembly speech https://t.co/TbdAmEBAE2
The prop is:
People are taking selfies in front of the carpet cleaning center in #Turquzabad which @netanyahu claimed is a ‘secret atomic warehouse’! pic.twitter.com/neeQz7qzZN
— Seyed Yasser Jebraily (@YJebraily) September 28, 2018
Trump & Abe at Trump Tower this week pic.twitter.com/bimUWjvXhh
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) September 28, 2018
How embarrassing that he takes foreign leaders to that Liberace nightmare of a garish place. He has no idea how these foreign leaders must laugh their asses off after visiting that condo. That he “shows it off” to them is telling about how naive @realDonaldTrump truly is. https://t.co/3OxzJt9IAX
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) September 28, 2018
re: #278 MsJ
Jeebus, that gaudy dump would make a Persian blush.
re: #263 Blind Frog Belly White
Gotcha covered, boss.
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re: #280 Ace Rothstein
Jeebus, that gaudy dump would make a Persian blush.
One of my daydreams is to have so much money that I can buy that suite off Trump, and rip out all the faux-gold shit, have it professionally decorated and furnished, and have it end up on some magazine cover for winning an award.
I’ve seen photos of the digs the former Ukrainian president left behind. They were equally as garish.
re: #252 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
On a scale of 1 to Everclear, how bad is it?
My week? Nickelback.
re: #278 MsJ
Keep in mind that’s a “Presidential Home” and will probably wind up as a National Historic Site…..someday.
Not sure how accurate this information is, but it’s believable.
Alcoholism stunts your emotional growth so if you start drinking alcoholically as a teenager you stay a teenager emotionally until you deal with it. Explains a lot about Brett Kavanaugh. From his combative behavior yesterday to his unusual bond with teenage girls basketball teams
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) September 28, 2018
re: #284 Sea Mexican!
My week? Nickelback.
You and I have two very different ideas of Everclear, but your point is well taken.
Mitch Landrieu on the Jeff Flake confrontation today: “That looks rough if you’re a senator. If you’re a mayor it happens nine times while you’re buying milk.” pic.twitter.com/I7TLoU8sxX
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 28, 2018
The Internet has created a new nickname for Kava-no: Boof. I guess to parallel Biff.
Will Boof get confirmed?
— Treason Memes (@treasonstickers) September 28, 2018
re: #286 Cheechako
Keep in mind that’s a “Presidential Home” and will probably wind up as a National Historic Site…..someday.
It will be the only one that people will pay NOT to have to visit.
re: #289 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
You and I have two very different ideas of Everclear, but your point is well taken.
Ah! Gotcha! I thought you meant the band.
Then, do you have something stronger than Everclear? Moonshine season is still way off.
re: #286 Cheechako
Keep in mind that’s a “Presidential Home” and will probably wind up as a National Historic Site…..someday.
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮
re: #288 wheat-dogg
His alcoholism may or may not be the root cause, but Kavanaugh’s behavior at that hearing was profoundly juvenile.
Add that to the semi-infinite list of objective reasons this piece of shit shouldn’t be on SCOTUS.
Edited to add: Kavanaugh really did never grow up. The list of questions he wanted to subject Clinton to is exactly what a sniggering middle-school boy would come up with.
re: #286 Cheechako
Keep in mind that’s a “Presidential Home” and will probably wind up as a National Historic Site…..someday.
We will need a new designation: National Hysterical Site.
re: #286 Cheechako
Keep in mind that’s a “Presidential Home” and will probably wind up as a National Historic Site…..someday.
Hopefully this will be a US version of whatever historical markers they have in the balkans to Vlad Tepes, with placards worded accordingly.
re: #285 Ace Rothstein
That’s a shitty week.
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I’m imagining the Trump Presidential Library; Playboys, his own books, & maybe a few TV guides.
re: #300 HappyWarrior
I’m imagining the Trump Presidential Library; Playboys, his own books, & maybe a few TV guides.
A vast wasteland, tastelessly decorated.
Deep in a 500-page analysis, the Trump administration made a startling assumption: The planet will warm a disastrous 7 degrees F by 2100. So rolling back climate U.S. regulations would hardly make a difference. w/@eilperin @chriscmooney https://t.co/p0GsU2gEVz
— Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) September 28, 2018
re: #283 wheat-dogg
One of my daydreams is to have so much money that I can buy that suite off Trump, and rip out all the faux-gold shit, have it professionally decorated and furnished, and have it end up on some magazine cover for winning an award.
I’ve seen photos of the digs the former Ukrainian president left behind. They were equally as garish.
You’d have to spend a fortune disinfecting it first.
The Diamond & Silk movie comes out Oct. 15 — and will only be in theaters for one night. https://t.co/23RQnlC2Mt pic.twitter.com/m8imkLZaJ6
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 28, 2018
I’ve been waiting for the sequel to Idiocracy and this is what they give me?
— Anthony Pingitore (@TPingitore) September 28, 2018
Cool site for Neil Young fans (and also the Neil-curious) - an online archive of Neil’s Broken Arrow magazine, all 33 years of it. Searchable and downloadable.
re: #298 EPR-radar
Edited to add: Kavanaugh really did never grow up. The list of questions he wanted to subject Clinton to is exactly what a sniggering middle-school boy would come up with.
He is clearly a Toys-R-Us kid. Maybe that’s why he’s getting so bent out of shape now.
re: #305 Single-handed sailor
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re: #293 Sea Mexican!
Ah! Gotcha! I thought you meant the band.
Then, do you have something stronger than Everclear? Moonshine season is still way off.
Everclear is 190 proof (95% ethanol). Stronger stuff would be lab-grade ethanol. I’ll pass, thanks. (Or pass out, take your pick.)
re: #306 makeitstop
Cool site for Neil Young fans (and also the Neil-curious) - an online archive of Neil’s Broken Arrow magazine, all 33 years of it. Searchable and downloadable.
Oh cool. My Dad is a huge Neil fan. Thx man.
re: #310 HappyWarrior
Oh cool. My Dad is a huge Neil fan. Thx man.
He’ll enjoy that. I was browsing the 80s issues earlier. There’s a lot there.
And it’s interesting to see the mag go from a mimeographed newsletter to a four-color proper magazine.
The Ohio vice squad that arrested Stormy Daniels at a Columbus strip club this summer is now under federal investigation https://t.co/FAdUgEDpww
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 28, 2018
I’ll bet it’s those damn liberals in the FBI that are behind this.
On my way out of the Senate today I ran into @TedCruz. He looked at me in silence for 15 seconds after I told him my story of assault. He told me “substance matters.” I told him the substance of my argument was #BelieveSurvivors and to #BeAHero and vote no on Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/FCVpqzGaXA
— Jess Morales Rocketto (@JessLivMo) September 28, 2018
re: #313 gocart mozart
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The difference between him and Beto could not be more obvious. It’s not mere ideology.
What the current corrupt crew of cocksuckers and creeps can’t comprehend is their callous criminal confirmation of Kavanaugh clearly cancels civility among caring citizens and comes with consequences.
Comments?— Christopher Titus (@TitusNation) September 28, 2018
I still can’t imagine voting a candidate through committee and THEN demanding an FBI investigation.
Flake’s stunt today was so much mendacious, ass covering nonsense.— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 29, 2018
re: #315 gocart mozart
[What the current corrupt crew of cocksuckers and creeps can’t comprehend is their callous criminal confirmation of Kavanaugh clearly cancels civility among caring citizens and comes with consequences.
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Kavanaugh could not be contacted concerning comments.
re: #309 wheat-dogg
Everclear is 190 proof (95% ethanol). Stronger stuff would be lab-grade ethanol. I’ll pass, thanks. (Or pass out, take your pick.)
Long ago (fuck, why do all my stories start with that?) I had a girlfriend in New Orleans who was a doctoral candidate in chemistry at Tulane. She was also a drinker. She brought home jugs of lab-grade ethanol and made things like screwdrivers using Tang instead of OJ. Unlike with our esteemed nominee for SCOTUS, I have many nights from that period that I don’t recall.
There’s bad craziness, and BAD CRAZINESS. This is BAD CRAZINESS.
#metoo is just a rebrand of Democrats using sexual assault allegations to justify the lynching of men.
Democrats are still the same party. They’ve just gotten better at hiding it.#KavanaughHearings #ConfirmKavanaughNow— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 28, 2018
Attention black America:
The last time a mob of white liberals demanded that we believe women without due process, our ancestors were hung from trees.
Under no circumstances should we allow this radical feminism to persist. #ConfirmKavanaughNow #StopModernLynchings— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 28, 2018
“JUST BELIEVE HER WORD WITH NO EVIDENCE!” said the angry Democrats who subsequently lynched Emmett Till.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 28, 2018
I hate this fucker as much as Cruz.
GOP Congressman Shares Vile Meme About #ChristineBlaseyFord. “Rep. Steve King’s Facebook page shared a meme disparaging the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett #Kavanaugh of sexual assault” https://t.co/KdybsX3a4m
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) September 29, 2018
What the current corrupt crew of cocksuckers and creeps can’t comprehend is their callous criminal confirmation of Kavanaugh clearly cancels civility among caring citizens and comes with consequences.
Comments?— Christopher Titus (@TitusNation) September 28, 2018
re: #319 thecommodore
There’s bad craziness, and BAD CRAZINESS. This is BAD CRAZINESS.
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You do realize Candice you idiot that MeToo is why Franken and Schneidermann are no longer in office. Maybe actually think before you tweet.
King needs to go. Ryan would never censure him tho.
re: #4 EPR-radar
This may have been mentioned before, but Kavanaugh’s partisan rant of an opening statement yesterday is just another example of Republican privilege.
Imagine if Hillary Clinton had gone into her 11 hour marathon Benghazi meeting and started out with a partisan rant about Republicans using their investigations to ‘search and destroy’ etc.
Even if every word she said in that rant was true, she would have been crucified in the mainstream media. Most likely that would also have been a mortal wound to her presidential run in 2016, since she wouldn’t have even survived the primaries.
It’s just amazing the different standards to which Democrats and Republicans are held, especially when amplified by the similarly different standards applied to men and women.
Only a white man could have said this without being pilloried by the media.
re: #324 HappyWarrior
That’s the problem, she did.
re: #328 Single-handed sailor
That’s the problem, she did.
I’ve never seen any evidence that Owens or her pals Ben Shapiro or Charlie Kirk actually think before they excrete on Twitter.
I’m sure Kanye approves. Everyone else, not so much.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 29, 2018
re: #330 MsJ
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White segregationists in the Deep South weren’t liberals. And it’s a job interview. Just delete your account and stop acting like a moron for once. Btw Kamala Harris and Cory Booker and Mazie Hirono aren’t white. Meanwhile the Brett Kavanaugh fan club is whiter than bread.
It’s funny how she uses so called identity politics when it suits her agenda.
Also talk to the Central Park Five who your hero wanted executed after they were cleared about lynching:
Well, I’m surprised by this. And by that I mean not at all.
House Intel GOP Withholds Rohrabacher Russia Probe Transcripts https://t.co/6CyT5hQAb4 via @thedailybeast
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) September 29, 2018
re: #319 thecommodore
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Right, Candace: the rednecks who murdered Emmett Till were “liberals”…
* Till’s death was more of a private “murder” than the traditional big-public-celebration “lynching”, but who’s counting…?
Idle OT:
Incredible photo of Brest harbor, circa 1860. The Industrial Revolution in full steam, so to speak, with momentous changes just ahead. Note crane, dredging machine and auxiliary funnels on wooden sailing ships that otherwise look like their predecessors of an earlier century..
Photo from Alexandru Ioniță
re: #334 MsJ
Well, I’m surprised by this. And by that I mean not at all.
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To quote a very wise man, “Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!”
re: #335 Jay C
Right, Candace: the rednecks who murdered Emmett Till were “liberals”…
* Till’s death was more of a private “murder” than the traditional big-public-celebration “lynching”, but who’s counting…?
She’s incredibly stupid but then again her BFF is Charlie Kirk.
re: #331 HappyWarrior
…. Btw Kamala Harris and Cory Booker and Mazie Hirono aren’t white. Meanwhile the Brett Kavanaugh fan club is whiter than bread.
The fan club, the schools, the parties, the pals… Everything around Bront Cravenaw is white. Nina Totenberg was wrong when she said race was not involved in this case, the way it was for Anita Hill. It’s not the same way, but when everybody is one race, race is involved.
re: #338 HappyWarrior
She’s incredibly stupid but then again her BFF is Charlie Kirk.
Because they make each other look smart by comparison?
Low bar to hurdle, I know.
re: #340 Jay C
Because they make each other look smart by comparison?
Low bar to hurdle, I know.
It’s amazing that such mediocre intellects are what passes for young RW pundits these days. I mean Buckley was an asshole and not as clever as he thought but he wasn’t that dense.
This is what happens when you drop out of College in favor of Prager U. pic.twitter.com/HmYfjyVvfg
— Carpen Dayum (@bry_khem) September 28, 2018
I mean I seriously think they really believe the parties have always been what they are now. As a former history major that kind of poor scholarship grates me.
re: #309 wheat-dogg
Everclear is 190 proof (95% ethanol). Stronger stuff would be lab-grade ethanol. I’ll pass, thanks. (Or pass out, take your pick.)
Sounds about good for me.
Today was so insane that I didn’t even know Trump had signed the bill averting a government shutdown until, like, now
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 28, 2018
we are at WAR motherfuckers and it will end with me making jewelry out of your fucking bones pic.twitter.com/KbAofMYEOR
— Danielle Ingrid Anais Tcholakian (@danielleiat) September 29, 2018
re: #345 Sea Mexican!
Sounds about good for me.
The 190 proof version is banned from sale in some states. All I can get is the 151 proof (75.5% alcohol by volume). I get it when I’m in a deep funk and really, really need to forget something (or everything…) It’s basically like a super-strong vodka, but I know some people who don’t like the flavor, or lack thereof.
Tucker guest just called the questioning of Brett Kavanaugh “the worst kind of hate speech” — Tucker called it “race hatred” pic.twitter.com/oS1XZylznW
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) September 29, 2018
Gee, I would have thought the hate speech that lead to mass murder in Europe in the 30-40s, Rwanda in the 90s and Myanmar in the last year was the worst kind of hate speech!
re: #348 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The 190 proof version is banned from sale in some states. All I can get is the 151 proof (75.5% alcohol by volume). I get it when I’m in a deep funk and really, really need to forget something (or everything…) It’s basically like a super-strong vodka, but I know some people who don’t like the flavor, or lack thereof.
I hate the (lack of) flavor in the vodka. I’m still willing to give it a try tonight.
It’s the culmination of what we all knew was going to happen.
re: #350 Sea Mexican!
I hate the (lack of) flavor in the vodka. I’m still willing to give it a try tonight.
It’s the culmination of what we all knew was going to happen.
Don’t hurt yourself. The label says it’s dangerous to drink straight, and they’re not lying.
re: #347 Charles Johnson
The end of white male political hegemony in the US cannot possibly come soon enough.
re: #353 HappyWarrior
Leahy is an old white man as is Senator Blumenthal.
The white male hegemony in US politics is evil. That says nothing about any individual person.
re: #198 EPR-radar
Kavanaugh will crack under real questioning. Yesterday’s hearing made that very clear.
It certainly looks that way - and the woman who has been treated so badly by Kavanaugh has been calm collected and 100% honest
The women on Chris Hayes are saying the same thing. And I will note for the 2nd time - Chris has woman after woman on his show - no men coming on very seriously discussing how women think, act, behave.
re: #354 EPR-radar
The white male hegemony in US politics is evil. That says nothing about any individual person.
It is but claiming this is a race war is horse shit. It’s a war on brats like Kavanuagh who happen to be white and get away with shit.
@chrislhayes The right wing base doesn’t really believe Kavanaugh is being falsely accused. They know he did these things and either don’t care, or are supporting him anyway to own the libs.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2018
Breaking out this bottle of “Oddka” with a picture of Nikola Tesla it that I’ve had in the freezer for several years. It might suck. Cover me, I’m goin’ in.
re: #350 Sea Mexican!
I hate the (lack of) flavor in the vodka. I’m still willing to give it a try tonight.
It’s the culmination of what we all knew was going to happen.
Try Monopolowa. Polish potato vodka made in Austria (family escaped the Russkies).
Vodka with a taste and character. Stick it in the freezer and pour it neat. Lovely stuff. Cheap, too. No headaches.
re: #159 Big Beautiful Door
If I was Judge’s lawyer, I’d tell him to categorically refuse to talk to the FBI, and if the Committee issued a subpoena, I’d instruct him to plead the Fifth.
I’m assuming that would sink Kavanaugh. If Judge pleads the fifth while he’s getting asked about a gang rape with kavanaugh, that would seem to be really, really bad.
re: #350 Sea Mexican!
To expand a little:
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re: #162 makeitstop
But there are no criminal charges. Pleading the Fifth would be meaningless, wouldn’t it?
in maryland, no statute of limitations on rape or attempted rape, apparently.
re: #351 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Don’t hurt yourself. The label says it’s dangerous to drink straight, and they’re not lying.
For all my bravado, I’m not a heavy drinker. I barely get past rum and whiskey.
re: #345 Sea Mexican!
Sounds about good for me.
I made home-made Limoncello with it last month.
I still had the bottle I bought to make home-made lacquer wood finish a few years ago… It worked perfectly well. :D
honestly, yes
honestly, yes pic.twitter.com/2tzbPRJFZs
— Danielle Ingrid Anais Tcholakian (@danielleiat) September 29, 2018
re: #359 austin_blue
Try Monopolowa. Polish potato vodka made in Austria (family escaped the Russkies).
Vodka with a taste and character. Stick it in the freezer and pour it neat. Lovely stuff. Cheap, too. No headaches.
Thank you!
Will be on the lookout for it.
re: #364 Pawn of the Oppressor
I made home-made Limoncello with it last month.
I still had the bottle I bought to make home-made lacquer wood finish a few years ago… It worked perfectly well. :D
I’m starting to play with infusions. Especially now that Christmas season is coming, it can be a real lifesaver.
re: #358 Charles Johnson
Breaking out this bottle of “Oddka” with a picture of Nikola Tesla it that I’ve had in the freezer for several years. It might suck. Cover me, I’m goin’ in.
Fire in the hole, boss.
we are at WAR motherfuckers and it will end with me making jewelry out of your fucking bones
we are at WAR motherfuckers and it will end with me making jewelry out of your fucking bones pic.twitter.com/KbAofMYEOR
— Danielle Ingrid Anais Tcholakian (@danielleiat) September 29, 2018
re: #200 KGxvi
I think the discussion is about Mark Judge, not Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh refusing to speak to the FBI would probably be grounds not only to reject his nomination but to open an impeachment inquiry regarding his current seat on the bench. Mark Judge is a witness and possible co-conspirator, and has every right to assert a Fifth Amendment right in this situation. How a senator then uses that information in their vote for or against Kavanaugh is between them and whichever deity they claim to believe in.
for lindsay, that’s brian boitano.
re: #336 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Idle OT:
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Photo from Alexandru Ioniță
WOW.
I like going to Google Earth and finding where old photos were taken. Looks like about here, judging by the round medieval-looking towers in the background:
re: #351 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Don’t hurt yourself. The label says it’s dangerous to drink straight, and they’re not lying.
Literally the only time you should use that stuff straight is if you’re disinfecting a wound.
re: #365 Big Beautiful Door
I’m a middle-aged white man, and I approve this message.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) September 29, 2018
re: #372 goddamnedfrank
Literally the only time you should use that stuff straight is if you’re disinfecting a wound.
I’m somewhat ashamed to say that I have actually taken a couple of shots of the 151-proof stuff (separated by several months, I might add). It’s foolhardy and definitely not recommended. And for the love of FSM, definitely don’t do anything more than a shot or you WILL end up with permanent damage.
re: #358 Charles Johnson
Breaking out this bottle of “Oddka” with a picture of Nikola Tesla it that I’ve had in the freezer for several years. It might suck. Cover me, I’m goin’ in.
Now my brain is racing to create a list of people I’d be surprised to see depicted on a liquor bottle, and what message they’d convey about the contents.
But there has to be a separate list for serial killers, because otherwise they just dominate the ranks. I mean, put Ed Gein on the outside of anything….
I’ve had a few lost weekends but I’ve never been blackout drunk. Where’s the fun in getting so drunk you can’t be embarrassed?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2018
Like, the idea of Franz Kafka on a bottle liquor fills me with hesitation but also curiosity.
re: #377 The Ghost of a Flea
Like, the idea of Franz Kafka on a bottle liquor fills me with hesitation but also curiosity.
Somehow I feel like that one would somehow involve absinthe.
re: #266 goddamnedfrank
LOL!
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well, that pretty much sums up kavanaugh’s lifelong rage right there.
Tucker is really mad that mediocre people like him will no longer be able to get by simply because they’re white, connected, & rich.
re: #378 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Somehow I feel like that one would somehow involve absinthe.
Or laudanum.
Ben Garrison’s cartoons are very illuminating at times like these. pic.twitter.com/26gmtc56vb
— Dustin (@dustin1986) September 29, 2018
Here’s the thing:
I did some stupid stuff in college.
I did some things I’m not proud of.
Nothing close to rape or sexual assault mind you.
And yes, there were a few times I was so drunk I don’t remember much.
But I fully acknowledge and accept responsibility for these mistakes.
And I know how to deliver a calm and measured response to inquiries about them.
Kavanagh…didn’t even try. Didn’t even fucking pretend. If I treated my boss the way Kavanagh treated the dems in that hearing I’d be pink slipped on Monday.
I am so tired of special sets of rules that protect assholes like this.
I just can’t accept I have to become an asshole to really get anywhere in life.
Confirm Brett Kavanaugh https://t.co/4p6050jkg2
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan) September 28, 2018
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a TRUE defender of women’s rights against religious tyranny!
(some exceptions may apply) https://t.co/vRBjLAkAH3— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 29, 2018
re: #378 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Somehow I feel like that one would somehow involve absinthe.
It would be appropriate, since Prague became a destination for absinthe drinking back when it was illegal.
On the other hand, it’s not great absinthe.
I really hate that things like this exist.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2018
re: #383 Eclectic Cyborg
I have skeletons in my closet. It would go badly for me if I were to run for public office. But I know that, I own it, and if I WERE to run, I would be up-front about it. Probably even lead with that to get the skeleton out of the closet. But of course, that would result in me being painted as a monster, whereas if I just blustered and bluffed and lied and shouted my way through it, I’d be a right-wing hero. Like, what the fuck.
re: #388 HappyWarrior
I can’t believe I ever defended her.
Let the record show that once upon a time, I thought Sarah Palin was smart.
re: #381 TedStriker
Doesn’t laudanum have to invoke Coleridge?
re: #384 Ace-o-aces
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The politics of “search and destroy” that he happily took to like a pig in slop when he was working out of Ken Starr’s office.
re: #386 Charles Johnson
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His cartoons are so stupid and meant to get the rage babies angry over bs. An activist? Really? It’s not a crime to be one, A and B, her political views have nothing to do with this.
re: #391 Targetpractice
The politics of “search and destroy” that he happily took to like a pig in slop when he was working out of Ken Starr’s office.
Rules are different for him.
Big Twitter purge today. The latest account suspension: @thomaswictor, a popular right-wing kook and tweetstormer who was suspended after claiming Alyssa Milano planned to assassinate Kavanaugh at the hearing.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 29, 2018
Hey now. Twitter should have taken into account that he’s being haunted by ghost cats who may have access to his account. https://t.co/Ne4mwUm1L3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2018
re: #374 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The one time I got so drunk I blacked out and woke up in the bathroom involved 151. We first did flaming Dr Peppers, and they said that after I stopped remembering, we passed the 151 back and forth. I hurt for a week I have only gotten buzzed once since then.
re: #395 Belafon
The one time I got so drunk I blacked out and woke up in the bathroom involved 151. We first did flaming Dr Peppers, and they said that after I stopped remembering, we passed the 151 back and forth. I hurt for a week I have only gotten buzzed once since then.
I have gotten blackout drunk more than a few times… Only once have I gotten physically ill while drunk. That was the bottom of a bottle of 151 and a serious episode of depression that I really should have handled better.
re: #389 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Let the record show that once upon a time, I thought Sarah Palin was smart.
Like I thought she was judgmental af about Muslims and ignored Christianity’s faults but I felt her bad experience gave her some legitimacy but just as I don’t feel extreme hostility towards Catholics is merited over Catholicism’s failings, Muslims don’t deserve the same. She’s a bigot.
re: #384 Ace-o-aces
Man, I’m so old, I remember when Hirsan Ali was supposedly a “good one”.
re: #389 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Let the record show that once upon a time, I thought Sarah Palin was smart.
Ouch.
re: #400 TedStriker
Man, I’m so old, I remember when Hirsan Ali was supposedly a “good one”.
My opinion of her went down when she started promoting Wilders.
Hey, this Oddka is [cough] smooth.
[cough]— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2018
re: #404 Charles Johnson
Smooth as jet fuel, right?
If Kavanagh gets confirmed, he’s gonna take his frustrations out on all of us.
re: #407 Eclectic Cyborg
If Kavanagh gets confirmed, he’s gonna take his frustrations out on all of us.
He’s going to make Scalia’s behavior as a Justice look like Mr. Rodgers.
re: #400 TedStriker
Man, I’m so old, I remember when Hirsan Ali was supposedly a “good one”.
She’s been neo-con hack for a long time.
re: #404 Charles Johnson
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If you start breathing fire, STOP. This is NOT NORMAL. Even for a lizard.
re: #410 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
If you start breathing fire, STOP. This is NOT NORMAL. Even for a lizard.
Well, unless that’s your job…
re: #407 Eclectic Cyborg
If Kavanagh gets confirmed, he’s gonna take his frustrations out on all of us.
It will be interesting if he starts pissing Robert’s off.
re: #410 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
If you start breathing fire, STOP. This is NOT NORMAL. Even for a lizard.
But what if it’s atomic fire? Would that be normal…for Gojira?
re: #413 Targetpractice
But what if it’s atomic fire? Would that be normal…for Gojira?
Yeah, but the boss always seemed to be a little more chill than Gojira. But, I suppose I haven’t really seen him provoked up until recently.
re: #412 Belafon
It will be interesting if he starts pissing Robert’s off.
Roberts will be perfectly positioned in the middle of the Court. He will decide who will write almost every decision, and the Constitution will mean whatever he decides it means.
re: #376 Charles Johnson
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I never understood why there is a celebration of blackouts (think “Last Friday Night” by Katy Perry or “The Hangover” movies. It’s weird to me.
But, I also wanted to point out that there are a number of components to blackout drunk (and genetics play a part), so it’s not as simple as “drink enough and you will be blackout drunk”. I’ve been drunk enough that I was stumbling kissing every single person at a party, threw up multiple times in my dorm, and was still drunk at my 9 AM physics class, but I never stopped forming memories.
And some people can have two drinks in rapid succession on an empty stomach and immediately blackout.
re: #415 Big Beautiful Door
Roberts will be perfectly positioned in the middle of the Court. He will decide who will write almost every decision, and the Constitution will mean whatever he decides it means.
Sounds like Burger at the end.
re: #386 Charles Johnson
Nazis had Leni Riefenstahl, Repuglicans have Ben Garrison.
How the mighty are fallen.
Garrison’s style really does remind me of the late unlamented Jack Chick, except that Chick was probably more talented.
re: #419 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Garrison’s style really does remind me of the late unlamented Jack Chick, except that Chick was probably more talented.
There’s like no signs of humor or intelligence in BG’s work. Just being a partisan cheerleader.
re: #420 HappyWarrior
There’s like no signs of humor or intelligence in BG’s work. Just being a partisan cheerleader.
I am THIS CLOSE || to making a Facebook post condemning people who blindly vote Republican because God, Guns, Abortion. I already know I’m probably written out of the will, so my field of fucks is just about empty.
re: #420 HappyWarrior
There’s like no signs of humor or intelligence in BG’s work. Just being a partisan cheerleader.
Chick was a pretty humorless bastard himself. All of his tracts dealt with the wages of sin, with a double scoop of sanctimony on top.
This was a job interview and he proved that his temperament was not up to the task.
Volatility like that had no place around students. The liability to the school would be insane.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 29, 2018
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 29, 2018
re: #422 makeitstop
Chick was a pretty humorless bastard himself. All of his tracts dealt with the wages of sin, with a double scoop of sanctimony on top.
Oh, dear God. Some of the Chick tracts I read were so over-the-top, they made even teenage wingnut dumbass me cringe. Nowadays? I don’t even know if I could finish one without setting it on fire.
There was no press photo op when Pres Trump had dinner Sunday in his Trump Tower residence with Japanese PM Abe, but WH Photographer Shealah Craighead snapped this and made it one of her Photos of the Week. pic.twitter.com/rapQ1JcxsX
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 28, 2018
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2018
re: #424 Ace-o-aces
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re: #421 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I am THIS CLOSE || to making a Facebook post condemning people who blindly vote Republican because God, Guns, Abortion. I already know I’m probably written out of the will, so my field of fucks is just about empty.
I’m trying to in my own way get my conservative friends and family to respond. I made a post today pointing out the absurdity of Kavanuagh invoking Bork given Garland and how if any of us acted that way in our interviews, we’d be laughed at. I actually seriously want to see their logical reasoning but I swear nearly all them just argue via meme or easily debunked info.
re: #424 Ace-o-aces
What makes you think it hasn’t happened since then? It’s just his word that there aren’t more women out there in the intervening years.
re: #424 Ace-o-aces
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Yes and you don’t belong in the Senate or any office if you believe that.
re: #396 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I have gotten blackout drunk more than a few times… Only once have I gotten physically ill while drunk. That was the bottom of a bottle of 151 and a serious episode of depression that I really should have handled better.
I’m such a lightweight. I had a couple of mixed drinks one night in undergrad, and spent the rest of the night puking up everything I’d ever eaten in my entire life, with serious attempts at including my shoes in the process.
That was unpleasant enough that I was an absolute teetotaler for the rest of college and grad school, and a glass or two of wine is still my hard limit.
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— ＣＹＢＥＲＥＶＥＲＹＷＯＲＤ＋ (@CyberEveryword) September 29, 2018
re: #426 Charles Johnson
Note the disapproval of the archangels.
re: #431 EPR-radar
After that night where I nearly killed myself (I vomited while blackout and could have choked on it), I vowed never to get that drunk again. I have been true to that promise, though I have gotten a little more drunk than I should a few times more than I should.
re: #407 Eclectic Cyborg
If Kavanagh gets confirmed, he’s gonna take his frustrations out on all of us.
It won’t change his rulings in the least. He’ll just be more sexually aroused as he perpetrates his evils.
re: #351 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Don’t hurt yourself. The label says it’s dangerous to drink straight, and they’re not lying.
I have smelled lab grade ethanol. And also pure co2. You don’t want to do either.
re: #406 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Hey, you know me. I used to be a wingnut. Before she opened her big fat yap, I actually thought she was a good VP pick.
Me three. Briefly.
Me four (also briefly).
I enjoyed her schtick during the election. Then after the election, it didn’t stop…
BREAKING: Republicans just defeated our motion to subpoena Mark Judge, the individual Dr. Blasey Ford places in the room during her assault. They have no interest in the facts or the truth.
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) September 28, 2018
re: #389 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Let the record show that once upon a time, I thought Sarah Palin was smart.
I saw the light during W’s first term. So my views on Palin have never changed since the first day my life was diminished by learning of her existence and views.
re: #439 Pawn of the Oppressor
Me four (also briefly).
I enjoyed her schtick during the election. Then after the election, it didn’t stop…
I was willing to see what she was all about because McCain didn’t go conventional but I was unimpressed though I gladly and would again defend the stupid Sullivan Trigg is really Bristol’s bs since my own grand aunt whom had Downs like Trigg was a child of an older mom but she showed herself early to me to not only lacking intelligence but lacking decency & character.
re: #441 EPR-radar
I saw the light during W’s first term. So my views on Palin have never changed since the first day my life was diminished by learning of her existence and views.
That is good for you. For me, it was the first Obama election cycle that did it for me, or the end of Dubya’s second term. I saw the light around the same time Charles did.
re: #426 Charles Johnson
Trump has the decorating tastes of a Persian drug lord.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 29, 2018
There wasn’t anything for me as I’ve always been more liberal than not but late 06 through early 08, I genuinely tried to understand conservatives and had some success until Obama unhinged them. But I guess what brought me home for good and here to Lgf was the TP’s movement’s Rise
re: #429 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
What makes you think it hasn’t happened since then? It’s just his word that there aren’t more women out there in the intervening years.
The dipshits yesterday repeated the idea a few times that you don’t just stop. Which is true, you grow up and learn to be discrete about it. You start using money and influence to buy sex when it’s offered, and to cover up for yourself when it’s not. The Brock Turners of yesterday become the Donald Trump’s of the future, rich white assholes who can buy women and then buy their silence.
re: #445 Cheechako
Iron pyrite looks better than that.
en.wikipedia.org
“Awoo” pic.twitter.com/5SoZJkCLjR
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) September 29, 2018
re: #426 Charles Johnson
Abe’s maternal grandfather was part of Tojo’s cabinet during the war. Abe’s paternal side are a long line of leading politicians.
I doubt Abe was that impressed.
re: #444 Ace-o-aces
If God exists and loves us, he could prove it by continually poofing grossly overfed pigeons into existence in Trump’s Tacky-Mahal to crap all over everything, especially The Hair when the Trump-Toad is in residence.
re: #385 The Ghost of a Flea
It would be appropriate, since Prague became a destination for absinthe drinking back when it was illegal.
On the other hand, it’s not great absinthe.
Jade liqueurs makes fine absinthe. Made by the world expert, Ted Breaux.
Hurricane Rosa will continue to weaken, but will likely make landfall over northern Mexico early next week as a Tropical Storm. Heavy rainfall and flooding will become likely early to mid next week over the Desert Southwest, possibly into the Rockies.
— NWS (@NWS) September 29, 2018
We might get a good soaking sometime early next week. But it’s going to play hell on all the fresh burn scars.
re: #457 teleskiguy
We might get our first rain in months. The trees around here are really suffering.
The models have long differed on Rosa. The GFS model first predicted the storm almost 10 days ago and had it coming into Northern Baja, which now looks likely.
And you there in Colorado should prepare for another former hurricane come by shortly afterwards, as a couple of models show the currently developing storm in the East Pacific to come into Baja a few days after Rosa.
This Pulp Fiction-Brett Kavanaugh mashup is a perfect end to a horrible week https://t.co/oHCduK4vyN via @Verge
— Tananarive Due (@TananariveDue) September 29, 2018
Arizona prosecutor who questioned Christine Ford says she wouldn’t prosecute Brett Kavanaugh https://t.co/FQjrvhE6zX via @azcentral
— YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜 (@yvonnewingett) September 29, 2018
Let’s say this again: BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT ISN’T THE STANDARD HERE. It’s a job interview, not a criminal trial.
The actual standard is: do you feel comfortable with the applicant for a job that he can keep for the rest of his life? https://t.co/oNSg0zuAkJ— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 29, 2018
re: #452 freetoken
Abe’s maternal grandfather was part of Tojo’s cabinet during the war. Abe’s paternal side are a long line of leading politicians.
I doubt Abe was that impressed.
Japan has been dependent on the US for military support since the end of WWII. Abe has not a clue what to do with the idiot in the WH - he just can’t afford to antagonize him.
May the US one day recover from the harm this president* has caused at home & around the world.
re: #461 jaunte
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We’ve had other nominees drop out because of much smaller things. It’s not a trial ffs.
re: #463 HappyWarrior
We’ve had other nominees drop out because of much smaller things. It’s not a trial ffs.
Don’t you get it? All white men were on trial, even those of us here. //
re: #464 Belafon
Don’t you get it? All white men were on trial, even those of us here. //
Driving out to the country this evening, I was listening to a local Houston talk show and that was exactly the point a conservative woman caller hammered on: Kavanaugh was being persecuted “just because he was a white man.”
You know and this is what pisses me off. If any Dem nominee had a fraction of what Kavanuagh has, that individual would be done.
I guess she got the dogwhistle of Matt Schlapp’s pictorial tweet.
re: #466 jaunte
Driving out to the country this evening, I was listening to a local Houston talk show and that was exactly the point a conservative woman caller hammered on: Kavanaugh was being persecuted “just because he was a white man.”
But I thought this was Clarence Thomas redux. // Conservatives sure do hate identity politics.//
re: #468 jaunte
I guess she got the dogwhistle of Matt Shlapp’s pictorial tweet.
Yep. How dare that blah lady, bkah man, & Asian lady question him!
re: #468 jaunte
I guess she got the dogwhistle of Matt Schlapp’s pictorial tweet.
One of those white women for whom racism “trumps” sexism.
re: #471 Interesting Times
One of those white women for whom racism “trumps” sexism.
Ann Coulter, Tomi Lahren, Laura Ingraham
Jeff Flake is getting death threats over Kavanaugh hearing https://t.co/8O4hW1Cagj via @nypost
— 🇺🇸🌊JoeInWV 🌊🇺🇸 (@wvjoe911) September 28, 2018
re: #461 jaunte
It’s really crazy that Mitchell is okay with being used as a shield by a bunch of disingenuous men, allowed to cross examine Ford and then tossed aside the second she started asking Kavanaugh probing questions about his damning July 1st calendar entry. There was NO equal process.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 29, 2018
re: #473 MsJ
Jeff Flake is getting death threats over Kavanaugh hearing
but of course he is - this is what trump supporters do when anyone dares to go against the RWNJ trend.
Flake also has at no charge - the best security the US has to offer.
“Old white men” are relentlessly being racially and generationally profiled by the “tolerant” Left. Leftist media outlets & politicians almost universally profiled and stigmatized Republican Senators. Looks like racial profiling is back in style…if you are a Leftist.
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) September 29, 2018
WAAAH!!!
re: #477 fern01
Our brains appear to be in the same gear
I’m hoping this makes him say fuck Kavanuagh, he’s not worth this.
re: #478 jaunte
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WAAAH!!!
You are the biggest racist coward in Congress. Leave DC and go fornicate with your animal constituents.
I’d like to commission a baroque painting. pic.twitter.com/ZFQrKfVTe6
— Dan Bobkoff (@danbobkoff) September 28, 2018
re: #305 Single-handed sailor
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— Ayn Rand Sucks! (@josephebacon) September 29, 2018
If Kavanaugh was smart he would withdraw his nomination
A lot can happen bet an FBI investigation questioning witnesses, looking into locations mentioned and the media continuing to search for answers. He is taking a gamble where he might lose everything and Trump won’t back him— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) September 28, 2018
re: #371 Pawn of the Oppressor
WOW.
I like going to Google Earth and finding where old photos were taken. Looks like about here, judging by the round medieval-looking towers in the background:
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I love doing that, too! That’s how I travel!
re: #478 jaunte
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WAAAH!!!
Oh, I’m so sorry. This white guy, and this white guy’s dad, thinks that white guys like you need to go away. I’m so sorry that your only asset won’t get you any awards, but you don’t like participation trophies, or so I hear.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) September 29, 2018
re: #483 makeitstop
One thing we learned from Brett’s performance yesterday: he isn’t smart enough to be a judge.
re: #480 HappyWarrior
We do not want animal-King crossbreeds roaming Iowa. I’ve met a number of good people there.
So what, exactly, did Sen. Flake get in return for forcing a delay to accommodate an FBI update of Kavanaugh’s background file?
— Brit Hume (@brithume) September 28, 2018
As a @FoxNews employee, Brit is unacquainted with the idea of someone doing a thing that is morally correct without compensation. https://t.co/PwdL5o7CmD
— Thanks For Sharing Jerk (@Thx4SharingJerk) September 29, 2018
re: #461 jaunte
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Better question to ask Mrs. Mitchell: “Would you put a witness who acted as Kavanaugh did yesterday anywhere near the jury?”
The answer is no, because he was the textbook definition of a hostile witness: hostile, aggressive, evasive, and willfully lying about things that would be easy to check.
Steve King doesn’t like being called out for being the most repulsive Republican in Congress. Sorry Steve, it’s not because you’re white, it’s because you’re an asshole who should be censured.
re: #481 jaunte
There are some great ones in the replies.
re: #488 jaunte
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Waaah. Hey Brit tell us more about your daughter’s friendship with Mark Judge.
re: #481 jaunte
American Baroque pic.twitter.com/qBSjulq7q9
— Andrew Long (@andrewlong166) September 28, 2018
re: #491 Belafon
Closer… pic.twitter.com/6m4vm7t68G
— Marcus “We are the REAL Progressive Moderates” (@BUDDHA_DRAGON1) September 28, 2018
Would be different if Kavanaugh had told Fox: “Yeah we drank too much, were disrespectful to girls, and very crude at times, but I grew up.” Instead he presented his teenage self as the Archangel Gabriel. At minimum he’s an appalling phony. Maybe much worse.
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) September 25, 2018
He’s both dishonest AND a dumbass.
So is this ten or twenty Mueller investigations worth?
The F-35, the U.S. military’s most expensive fighter jet, crashed for the first time on Friday, just hours after a U.S.-flown F-35 carried out its first ever combat strike in Afghanistan. https://t.co/rc8KpJ4sq8
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 28, 2018
Of course, this isn’t remotely the first time it’s crashed, just the first on operations.
Lre: #496 jaunte
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He’s both dishonest AND a dumbass.
Correct. And then he tried to act like boofing was farting, that devils triengle was a drinking game, & Renata alumnus just meant they like her.
re: #498 HappyWarrior
If he hasn’t learned by his age how to honestly answer questions about being immature in high school, his brain is still undeveloped.
An off-duty Border Patrol agent was reportedly ordered to pay $220,000 in restitution on Friday after he accidentally started a 47,000-acre wildfire at he and his wife’s gender reveal party https://t.co/RZgLN32l7d
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 29, 2018
Let me guess, Tannerite.
*Checks article*
Yep, Tannerite.
Using a high powered rifle to set off an explosive just to publicly announce that your fetus definitely specifically has a penis OR a vagina. The perfect shitwitted mash-up of militant cis-hetero and gun nut cultures. https://t.co/5PSaqcYgG1— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 29, 2018
re: #485 Belafon
Hey Everyone!
Can you guess where Steve King is in this picture? pic.twitter.com/pkrsYm6n2n— Ayn Rand Sucks! (@josephebacon) September 29, 2018
re: #498 HappyWarrior
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Correct. And then he tried to act like boofing was farting, that devils triengle was a drinking game, & Renata alumnus just meant they like her.
And he rhymed “Renate” with “late”, “date”, and “hesitate”. That ought to be disqualifying right there.
Can’t help but notice that these weird ass “gender reveal parties” only became a thing after trans folks started demanding society stop treating them like shit.
— Legs Benedict (@goddamnedfrank) September 29, 2018
re: #497 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So is this ten or twenty Mueller investigations worth?
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Of course, this isn’t remotely the first time it’s crashed, just the first on operations.
No, it’s the first time a F-35 has crashed. It wasn’t part of any operation, it crashed in South Carolina. The first combat operational use occurred in Afghanistan, completely unrelated to the crash
re: #504 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And he rhymed “Renate” with “late”, “date”, and “hesitate”. That ought to be disqualifying right there.
Hey, maybe he confused “Renate” with this!
re: #504 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And he rhymed “Renate” with “late”, “date”, and “hesitate”. That ought to be disqualifying right there.
Did he write that poem or one of his douche bros?
re: #506 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
No, it’s the first time a F-35 has crashed. It wasn’t part of any operation, it crashed in South Carolina. The first combat operational use occurred in Afghanistan, completely unrelated to the crash
The beginning of the articles seems to have been written to be confusing on that point.
re: #508 HappyWarrior
Did he write that poem or one of his douche bros?
The world now knows that Steven Miller writes the absolutely worst monologues of all time!
re: #509 Belafon
The beginning of the articles seems to have been written to be confusing on that point.
Several prototypes crashed, didn’t they?
re: #478 jaunte
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— Rebel Scum (@rebelscum5) September 29, 2018
Make sure you click on the picture.
re: #497 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So is this ten or twenty Mueller investigations worth?
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Of course, this isn’t remotely the first time it’s crashed, just the first on operations.
I still expect it to be the ‘Ensign Eliminator” and the “Gutlass Cutlass” of the 21st century. That’s it’s best possible role.
re: #506 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
No, it’s the first time a F-35 has crashed. It wasn’t part of any operation, it crashed in South Carolina. The first combat operational use occurred in Afghanistan, completely unrelated to the crash
It crashed about a half hour up the road from where I work, right around lunchtime. Weather was mostly clear and calm, a pretty quiet, nice Friday, nothing stressful going on. My guess is mechanical failure shortly after takeoff (probably something to do with that cockamamie lift fan system). My boss was in Beaufort around that time, I don’t know if he saw anything. I’m on a 4-9s-and-a-4 schedule this week and was already back across the border in civilization (Georgia) when I heard the news.
I love things with wings, but the F-35 is The Plane That Should Not Be. I can’t like them or give a shit about them, really… Big freaking waste of expertise and $ as far as I’m concerned. I’m glad the pilot got out, and that no rich white people were harmed in the making of this crater.
re: #482 Joe Bacon 🌹
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October 15th is a Monday. Who the hell releases a movie on a MONDAY??
re: #518 Eclectic Cyborg
October 15th is a Monday. Who the hell releases a movie on a MONDAY??
Someone who doesn’t want you to actually see it.
re: #517 Pawn of the Oppressor
It crashed about a half hour up the road from where I work, right around lunchtime. Weather was mostly clear and calm, a pretty quiet, nice Friday, nothing stressful going on. My guess is mechanical failure shortly after takeoff. My boss was in Beaufort around that time, I don’t know if he saw anything.
I love things with wings, but the F-35 is The Plane That Should Not Be. I can’t like them or give a shit about them, really… Big freaking waste of expertise and $ as far as I’m concerned. I’m glad the pilot got out, and that no rich white people were harmed in the making of this crater.
Really no plane since…the F-15 maybe…has been flyable at all without computer assistance, but they’re really carrying that to an extreme with ever more complex, ever more failure-prone flight control systems. It’ll bite them on the ass someday.
I’m curious if you could just make modern versions of planes like the F-14 and F-16, leaving modern vague but I think you all know what I’m talking about.
And he was a Never-Trumper who praised Gorsuch:
Ford accusation aside, what gives me pause about Kavanaugh’s credibility are his:
-Repeated misrepresentations of witness statements.
-Refusal to acknowledge his heavy drinking despite indications of it.
-Unlikely portrayal of “Renate Alumni.”
-Calendar entry on 1 July 1982.— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) September 28, 2018
re: #523 Interesting Times
And he was a Never-Trumper who praised Gorsuch:
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McMullin is conservative but he’s got principles and a code. It’s too bad he didn’t run for Chaffetz or Hstch’s seat. He’s genuine unlike David French.
Cool. I’m blocked by Falwell, Jr.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) September 29, 2018
re: #518 Eclectic Cyborg
October 15th is a Monday. Who the hell releases a movie on a MONDAY??
Two whacked out Wingnut Welfare Queens!
In other F-35B news today, off the southern US east coast. British F-35Bs execute first landings and takeoffs aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
WATCH: Great story from @ @DavidLarter with some seriously awesome video he shot. You want your sound up for these shots. https://t.co/dpscHIYLqH pic.twitter.com/SXpSnppHGW
— Jeff Martin (@JeffMartinDC) September 28, 2018
re: #525 gocart mozart
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The spectacle of Evangelicals busting a gut to get a Papist!!! on the Supreme Court is positively surreal. Who needs drugs when hallucinatory experiences like this happen every day?
re: #528 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
In other F-35B news today, off the southern US east coast. British F-35Bs execute first landings and takeoffs aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
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What’s the flap behind the cockpit?
re: #529 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The spectacle of Evangelicals busting a gut to get a Papist!!! on the Supreme Court is positively surreal. Who needs drugs when hallucinatory experiences like this happen every day?
Well they hate the same people. They may want him for the court but they’re not going to say he’s going to heaven or let him meet their daughters
re: #529 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The spectacle of Evangelicals busting a gut to get a Papist!!! on the Supreme Court is positively surreal. Who needs drugs when hallucinatory experiences like this happen every day?
My thoughts, too. Would have been strange bedfellows, back in the day. Not now. Unless it was a Catholic like Pope Francis.
re: #533 William Lewis
So, I now have a feline overlord. Her name is that of wisdom - Sophia or Sophie. I am caring for her long term. She was brought her last Sunday morning and only tonight decided I was trustworthy enough to come down from on top of the cupboard.
Before:
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Awww! Cute cat!
re: #362 steve_davis
I had thought , like you that the charge was a felony without a statute of limitations. However, the WashPost had an article on that today.
I believe that I owe AnyMouse an apology. He was correct on this and I was not.
Why Maryland police aren’t investigating the Kavanaugh allegations
“The most serious allegation that authorities could pursue, given the sworn testimony provided by Ford, would be attempted rape. But that was considered a misdemeanor in Maryland in 1982, and that would be the relevant legal standard.”
Also
“Among the other challenges: Kavanaugh’s age at the time. Any investigation and prosecution might have to be done under the rules of juvenile proceedings.”
re: #530 Belafon
What’s the flap behind the cockpit?
I think it’s a cover for the intakes of the lift fans, which need to be faired over in level flight.
re: #530 Belafon
What’s the flap behind the cockpit?
Air intake for liftfan. The other doors opened behind it are for extra clean air intake to the main engine
re: #527 HappyWarrior
I wish I could remember what I said to piss him off
I’ve just been staring at this for a while. pic.twitter.com/2sU2KRPfFK
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) September 29, 2018
Love these big Bob Fosse production numbers https://t.co/Bbqs5BiSNJ
— Yasphalt Jungle (@Yastreblyansky) September 29, 2018
re: #524 HappyWarrior
McMullin is conservative but he’s got principles and a code. It’s too bad he didn’t run for Chaffetz or Hstch’s seat. He’s genuine unlike David French.
I respect the guy….. He understands compromise an hasn’t been “poisoned” by ideology. Not that I can see at least.
re: #371 Pawn of the Oppressor
WOW.
I like going to Google Earth and finding where old photos were taken. Looks like about here, judging by the round medieval-looking towers in the background:
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The concrete structures to the right of your blivit are Nazi U-boat refueling/rearming slips built during WWII. Up to twenty feet of reinforced concrete on the roofs. Many an allied airman died attacking those sub-pens.
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