New From Seth Meyers: GOP Pushes for Bogus Vote on Kavanaugh After Bogus FBI Report [Video]
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Seth takes a closer look at the FBI’s report on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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The dog poison company joke made me laugh so hard I nearly spit.
When the world seems to have lost its mind, this wombat video is the only answer… pic.twitter.com/wHBMFMVBfj
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) September 21, 2018
Kavanaugh: “…I said a few things I should not have said. I hope everyone can understand that I was there as a son, husband and dad. I testified with five people foremost in my mind: my mom, my dad, my wife, and most of all my daughters.” https://t.co/qI7XKijEtH
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 5, 2018
Interesting that it is the strong male figure who needed to apologize for behaving like an emotional child, and the weak woman figure who did not need to make excuses for her behavior.
One was very used to appearing in courts, one had never done it before. Weaker sex, indeed. https://t.co/E5k6HhH0sD— dickens34 (@dickens34) October 5, 2018
If you’re white, you’re not qualified to use the n-word in any context. It’s not ours. It never will be. It wasn’t our blood that spilled for it, our lives destroyed under it, our anguish furthered by it.
There is no reason for us to use it. Ever. So, don’t. Very simple.— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) October 5, 2018
There is that great scene at the end of the @StephenKing’s The Dead Zone where Martin Sheen holds the baby in front of himself to protect himself from being shot? In moments of crisis people tell us who they are. Kavanaugh has no one to blame for his testimony before congress.
— Sasha Stone (@AwardsDaily) October 5, 2018
This cartoon is art therapy:
Hatch.#KavaNOPE pic.twitter.com/GTJJEmZXAB
— Pia Guerra (@PiaGuerra) October 5, 2018
No matter what your definition of Libertarian is (and it’s different for every one you meet) we can all at least agree that they have zero sense of humor.
— Can I cry at MY job interview? (@Ominabeshi) October 4, 2018
The first rule of Libertarian Club is that there is nobody else in the club. https://t.co/7OD6tf6wEK
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 4, 2018
Well, that wasn’t the tweet I wanted to put up. This was the tweet I wanted to put up. I don’t really wish ill on people, but I would not be sad if this guy shuffled off this mortal coil and the world political stage.
“If it’s cancer, it’s cancer.” Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he’s awaiting test results https://t.co/1t6fkY8XNf
— TIME (@TIME) October 5, 2018
“What started the second Civil War?”
“Well, they wanted to destroy us and drink our tears out of mugs made for the purpose.”
“What did we want to do to them?”
“Mostly we wanted them to stop voting against their own interests.”— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 5, 2018
re: #8 Anymouse 🌹
Well, that wasn’t the tweet I wanted to put up. This was the tweet I wanted to put up. I don’t really wish ill on people, but I would not be sad if this guy shuffled off this mortal coil and the world political stage.
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Dick cancer, metastasizing to his testicles and rectum would be appropriate for that travesty of a human being.
Dog’s revenge on assholes.
Tillis says he does believe Dr. Ford experienced something traumatic in her life - but there’s no evidence to suggest it involved Brett Kavanaugh.
— Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) October 4, 2018
It’s just an odd coincidence that she was able to name the boys he hung around with and knew Mark Judge’s 1982 summer job. https://t.co/jxd02tMXHC
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 4, 2018
⚡️ Dutch and British authorities have accused Russian spies of attempting to hack into computers at Britain’s Foreign Office, Porton Down and the chemical weapons watchdoghttps://t.co/iVdW6Q5kSg
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 4, 2018
Hey, just saw this from the previous thread.
re: #304 wheat-dogg
Damn. MAD magazine speaking truth.
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Could I just say I think William Gaines, the founder of Mad Magazine, way back in the olden days, would be incredibly, incredibly proud of that cartoon?
That cartoon deserves an Eisner award, a Harvey, a Reuben, and probably a Pulitzer.
Judge Kavanaugh’s stunning decision to pen an op-ed bluntly confirms he has neither the judgment nor the temperament to be on our highest court. He can’t erase blaming credible sexual assault allegations ‘on the Clintons,’ attacks on senators, and vows of revenge with an op-ed.
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) October 5, 2018
And, more to the point, an op-ed that openly declares: I was accused of losing control over my own worst impulses so I appeared before a Senate committee and completely lost control over my impulses. Please make me a U.S. Supreme Court justice. https://t.co/dvE8Ysx6jt
— David Simon (@AoDespair) October 5, 2018
Lindsey Graham said tonight liberals will jump out of windows if Trump wins a nobel peace prize. https://t.co/zWVdMYzgkw
— 💙Koko ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿💙 (@Kokomothegreat) October 5, 2018
Founder of Wonkette Anna Marie Cox weighs in on Judge Kavanaugh’s op-ed (five tweets):
Nothing says “I’m an independent and impartial jurist” like writing a WSJ op-ed. (Honestly thought this was a parody for a minute.)
— ana marie cox (@anamariecox) October 4, 2018
re: #15 Anymouse 🌹
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That’s as likely as me winning the Miss America contest, Lindsey.
He’s going back to his home planet. pic.twitter.com/vadyuhTaq7
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) October 5, 2018
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Are there any decent Republicans left?
Anyone? Bueller?
I haven’t seen many in my life. (As a pre-teen I got to see Watergate.)
As a reminder, Anna Marie Cox put Wonkette on the map by exposing then Senator Mike DeWine’s sex-for-bribes scandal under W.
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Are there any decent Republicans left?
Anyone? Bueller?
How long have Jacob Javitz and Everett Dirksen been dead?
Florida man arrested for threatening to kill members of congress if Kavanaugh is not confirmed https://t.co/R4XMEVZBwa pic.twitter.com/4FqR63DWj4
— First Coast News (@FCN2go) October 5, 2018
re: #23 jaunte
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There are thousands more just like him. I expected the assassinations not to start until after the election, but the RWNJs seem so invested in this Kavanaugh confirmation, I fully expect all hell to break loose if he loses.
Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. at-large) says she’s never seen anything as evil as the attacks on Kavanaugh.
Well, that’s just not true. pic.twitter.com/0siVPLnDsx
— Denny Dorko (@dennydorko) October 5, 2018
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Are there any decent Republicans left?
Anyone? Bueller?
Possibly in some state government positions but not in Washington DC.
re: #25 Anymouse 🌹
Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. at-large) says she’s never seen anything as evil as the attacks on Kavanaugh.
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They don’t seem to be “attacks” but simple statements of fact. He DID these things, and he must pay for them, the little sniveling coward.
re: #23 jaunte
Florida man arrested for threatening to kill members of congress if Kavanaugh is not confirmed https://t.co/R4XMEVZBwa pic.twitter.com/4FqR63DWj4
— First Coast News (@FCN2go) October 5, 2018
Ahh, a genius of clandestine wetwork, use your own name, announce your plan, and tell the whole world about the secret tunnel where you plan to hide from the feds.
re: #27 teleskiguy
It’s funny that her and her family have a bunch of property and ties to Teton County, and Teton County was the only county in Wyoming to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The skiing there is pretty fuckin’ fun.
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And they got all the damned snow last year.
re: #30 austin_blue
And they got all the damned snow last year.
When I showed up in the middle of March last winter they were already at 400+ inches on the season. Coverage was very good. I had excellent laps in the Alta Chutes and Tower 3 Chutes. Follow the fall line, like a beach ball. And I could do it on slopes that approached 50°, right underneath the fuckin’ lifts! It was glorious.
re: #26 Hecuba’s daughter
Possibly in some state government positions but not in Washington DC.
Our long-time Secretary of State (up to 2012), Sam Reed, was a Republican, but he did everything he could to make voting easier and encourage turnout.
re: #29 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Ahh, a genius of clandestine wetwork, use your own name, announce your plan, and tell the whole world about the secret tunnel where you plan to hide from the feds.
Dumber than a box of hammers.
Democrats continuing to catch up in the early voting requests in Nebraska:
Early Vote Requests for 10/4
Democrats: 1,093
Nonpartisan: 364
Republicans: 1,399
Unknown: 14
Total People: 2,870
Early Vote Requests to date:
Democrats: 20,407
Nonpartisan: 6,439
Republican: 24,041
Unknown: 220
Total People: 51,107
re: #24 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
There are thousands more just like him. I expected the assassinations not to start until after the election, but the RWNJs seem so invested in this Kavanaugh confirmation, I fully expect all hell to break loose if he loses.
I’m ready! I live in a fortress, the Kirel Supreme Global Command Center and Conspiracy Compound. It is in the howling wilderness west of the nethermost suburban fringes of the DFW metroplex. It is surrounded by genetically enhanced killer coyotes, treacherous thigh-high cacti, angry rattlesnakes, giant wingnut-eating feral pigs, and heavily armed weirdos the like of which has not been seen in public since the release of Deliverance. I am thinking about importing a troop of baboons or some Russian wolves to provide additional help with unwelcome visitors.
re: #35 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m ready! I live in a fortress, the Kirel Supreme Global Command Center and Conspiracy Compound. It is in the howling wilderness west of the nethermost suburban fringes of the DFW metroplex. It is surrounded by genetically enhanced killer coyotes, treacherous thigh-high cacti, angry rattlesnakes, giant wingnut-eating feral pigs, and heavily armed weirdos the like of which has not been seen in public since the release of Deliverance. I am thinking about importing a troop of baboons or some Russian wolves to provide additional help with unwelcome visitors.
What? No, frickin’ lasers?
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹
No sharks involved.
Too far from the water. Besides, sharks will not attack wingnuts. Professional courtesy.
re: #32 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Our long-time Secretary of State (up to 2012), Sam Reed, was a Republican, but he did everything he could to make voting easier and encourage turnout.
There was Chuck Hagel who was Obama’s Secretary of Defense; Michael Bloomberg who did win NY mayor as a Republican. Our governor Jim Edgar in the 1990’s was fine and though he went to prison for his crimes as Secretary of State, George Ryan was OK as governor — he started us on the path to eliminating the death penalty in Illinois.
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Are there any decent Republicans left?
Anyone? Bueller?
Depends — do we count people who used to be Republican but changed their registration in the last couple of years?
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
There was Chuck Hagel who was Obama’s Secretary of Defense; Michael Bloomberg who did win NY mayor as a Republican. Our governor Jim Edgar in the 1990’s was fine and though he went to prison for his crimes as Secretary of State, George Ryan was OK as governor — he started us on the path to eliminating the death penalty in Illinois.
But for current officeholders — don’t see any at level of governor or in Washington.
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Are there any decent Republicans left?
Anyone? Bueller?
Republican WOMEN, more than any other group, believed Dr. Ford was mostly lying during her testimony. https://t.co/OTDsOOyH7K pic.twitter.com/4P1mgJxC4l
— Emily A. (@emzorbit) October 4, 2018
.@maxmuncy9 spoke to Tom Verducci after his homer helped propel the @Dodgers to a victory over the #Braves in Game One of the #NLDS. #Postseason #MLBTonight #LADetermined pic.twitter.com/joPKPuYml6
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 5, 2018
Pussy experience. https://t.co/0hzhtX3sm0
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) October 5, 2018
even chad, the most reluctant member of horny Dodgers twitter, heard it. It’s real. #pussyexperience https://t.co/469vH2CN7D
— Amanda Smith (@AmandaRTubbs) October 5, 2018
Salt……..
Warning issued over New Guinea flatworms spotted in Central Florida https://t.co/Rk1DDxAClu pic.twitter.com/mgGLFZHeR2
— First Coast News (@FCN2go) October 5, 2018
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Are there any decent Republicans left?
Anyone? Bueller?
Charlie Baker, he is a republican up by 30 points in MA. You don’t do that by being a douchebag.
Waiting to hear from Q about the hidden meaning behind the piece of toilet paper stuck to the President’s left shoe as he boarded Air Force One.
I’ve got Filipino cheese and corn ice cream and Netflix to kill the time….
Here’s a conversation piece for the Thanksgiving table.
Love thy neighbor 🙄
Share this:
Jesus wasn’t a Christian and he didn’t look like Greg Allman.#ChristianHypocrites #TotsnPears pic.twitter.com/ddq79QIqL1— David Edwards (@david_fuj) October 5, 2018
I really do wonder what mental health issue plagues Jen Rubin.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 5, 2018
It’s unfortunate that Erick is on occasion reasonable or decent, because it makes it that much more unpleasant when his natural subhumanity comes roaring back in like a fucking tsunami. https://t.co/Ee3y2uwOM2
— ImpartialConspiracyVictimHat (@Popehat) October 5, 2018
The guy arrested in Winter Haven, Fla. for threatening to shoot senators and their families if Kavanaugh is not confirmed was the same guy who suggested Trump should hit Hillary Clinton on the head with a hammer during the debates.
I swear, every single day, something comes out of this administration that promises to make my life even more challenging.
John Bolton: Pres. Trump has decided U.S. “will withdraw from the optional protocol and dispute resolution to the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.”
Bolton says the move is in connection with case “brought by the so-called state of Palestine” challenging embassy move. pic.twitter.com/9spQojmQen— ABC News (@ABC) October 3, 2018
Holy crap! Does Bolton know Americans that live overseas need this protocol to gain access to their embassy when arrested by a foreign government?? I had to cite it 1x when the (frmr) Uzbek government arrested me for being an NGO worker in Andijan. This is a horrendous idea! https://t.co/yiyGI1iVnO
— Melissa Hooper (@melhoop10) October 3, 2018
It’s like they don’t even consider how their decisions might affect real-world people living in the real world, where a foreign government might suddenly decide an American is a dangerous foreign agent and locks him or her up for no cause. Basically, they’re hanging expats out to dry.
#NowPlaying Real Estate > Days > Younger Than Yesterday https://t.co/uWXerxJ5Lv
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 3, 2016
Pressure is apparently rising here …
Senators Deb Fischer (R-Nebr) and Joni Earnst (R-Iowa) say they still back Kavanaugh, at least for now. (Omaha World-Herald)
Or, kayfabe, take your pick.
FTC issues alert to Facebook users on how to protect themselves against identity theft after a breach of data at Facebook.
Trump on, I think, how he’ll take care of people with pre-existing conditions: “We’ll get a little more money from China. It’ll be just fine.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 5, 2018
Wow, you can tell he really put a lot of thought into this issue. https://t.co/rk0qZWgUqH
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) October 5, 2018
a weird (maybe?) hypothesis:
Is it possible Squi set her up? Brought her to the house as a party favor for his pals, she had no idea, just boys playing pranks amongst themselves and they see the girl as an object they don’t even think about? Gave her a beer, maybe with something extra in it…
I got to thinking about this after being reminded about one of the subplots in Sixteen Candles, where a guy (the hero!) did something like that to a girl he’d grown bored with… and realizing that if this guy she used to go out with was downstairs, and she’s not sure how she got home…
(which, y’know, doesn’t at all excuse that Kavenaugh and Judge were apparently so drunk they have no memory of the event, or it was so routine they forgot about it ages ago, and that conspiracy rant in his prepared remarks was OMG so not impartial or judicial temperament…)
Amateur hour with nerve gas what the fuck.
The passport number was also issued by the “VIP” Federal Migration service (unit 770-001), which is used in sensitive or high-profile cases (such as, famously, Depardieu, as @OldLentach noted).
So, Petrov and Boshirov are just your normal sports vitamin salesmen, right?— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) September 14, 2018
In a day of phenomenal lapses of tradecraft, this one may take the cake: 305 people, presumably GRU officers/employees, publicly registered their cars to a GRU facility in Moscow. https://t.co/27IrvI9Wtd
— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) October 4, 2018
no matter how bad your day is, at least you’re not the guy who made all the spies register their cars at the spying office https://t.co/fd24I0pmSX
— scarinscafe (@erinscafe) October 5, 2018
GRU knows that it has little or nothing to fear from the US government andthe UK gov is in too much of a shambles over Brexit to do much against them.
Did they name themselves after the bad guy from Despicable Me or vice-versa?
Loggerhead Shrike. The feathered demon!! Probably the deadliest bird alive for its size. My brother had to band some of these birds for a research project. He only banded 1. Then he had to deal with a shredded hand.
— 🦈Dave’s Now Evil🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) October 5, 2018
re: #57 sagehen
a weird (maybe?) hypothesis:
Is it possible Squi set her up? Brought her to the house as a party favor for his pals, she had no idea, just boys playing pranks amongst themselves and they see the girl as an object they don’t even think about? Gave her a beer, maybe with something extra in it…
I got to thinking about this after being reminded about one of the subplots in Sixteen Candles, where a guy (the hero!) did something like that to a girl he’d grown bored with… and realizing that if this guy she used to go out with was downstairs, and she’s not sure how she got home…
(which, y’know, doesn’t at all excuse that Kavenaugh and Judge were apparently so drunk they have no memory of the event, or it was so routine they forgot about it ages ago, and that conspiracy rant in his prepared remarks was OMG so not impartial or judicial temperament…)
Or maybe he’s just a drunk, entitled asshole that took a swing at a 15 year old girl.
Occam’s razor.
I suggested last night that Turkey Neck didn’t have the votes, that his whip info wasn’t solid. I’ll say again that’s the case. Lots of shaky R’s on this. They know he’s a disaster and they could lose both the House AND the Senate in a month. Which would suck for the money behind the R’s. They are perfectly aware what losing the Legislative branch would mean for them. Kavanaugh is a pawn to them. Kicking him to the curb to maintain the current tax laws is a winning strategy for them. There are a million Kavanaughs out there, but control of tax policy is a Really Big Thing to American Oligarchs.
They really don’t care much about abortion, or immigration, or health care policy, or the changing racial demographics of the country because it doesn’t affect them. It really doesn’t affect them at all. They are so far above that level of petty bickering that it’s background noise. They just want to maintain control, so they pump money into organizations and groups who DO care about those issues. And cause chaos.
Take a look tomorrow at new names that show up in the “wavering” category, especially R women Senators who haven’t made the news, those not named Collins and Murkowski. I think this nom is about to fall apart. And it should. He’s poison, at this point. And the fact that the FBI “investigation” didn’t look into his financials is a travesty.
And I’m off to bed. Good night dear Lizards. Sweet scaly dreams.
Southern Charm’s Cameran Eubanks Deletes Flu Shot Photo After Coming Under Fire from Anti-Vaxxers (People)
Cameran Eubanks has deleted a photo of herself getting a flu shot after coming under fire from those who are opposed to vaccinations.
On Thursday, the Southern Charm reality star, 34, posted a picture of her bandage after getting a flu shot vaccine with an Instagram caption encouraging people to get one. However, hours later, the mother of one deleted the post.
“I just deleted a post that I made today about my belief in getting the flu shot. Never did I think it would cause such a fuss. I’m sorry to all I offended who don’t believe in vaccinating themselves and their children,” Eubanks wrote in a statement.
“If you do not vaccinate I do not think you are stupid or wrong. We just disagree. I have always said I will not talk about religion or politics on social media and now I’m adding vaccines too,” the former Real World star concluded her statement.
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Vccination is not a matter of religious belief or political affiliation. It is a matter of health and social/personal responsibility.
Seems like a good time for a reminder that US “businessman” and brother of Sec. of Education Nancy Devos is currently training Chinese soldiers, including in Xinjiang. https://t.co/l0yyAJzCGk
— China Law Translate (@ChinaLawTransl8) October 5, 2018
The eventual plan is to privatize the entire US military and contract it out to Blackwater as ole cost-plus bidder.
Cooperating with Cina would cut overhead costs and personnel expenditures and save taxpayers’ money.
LOL
Announcing your 2018 COACHELLA LINEUP, generated by a neural network trained on thousands of band names: https://t.co/EskuBWOdfy pic.twitter.com/J06jgc3x2R
— Botnik Studios (@botnikstudios) January 23, 2018
re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Vccination is not a matter of religious belief or political affiliation. It is a matter of health and social/personal responsibility.
That makes it a matter of religious belief (to the religious). No vaccines in the Bible.
re: #70 Anymouse 🌹
Lemme amend the above: to Biblical literalists.
Speaking of Nazis……
It’s in our hands. Watch Season 3 of #HighCastle NOW, only on Prime Video. #ResistanceRises pic.twitter.com/G9FVBVHcKV
— The Man in the High Castle (@HighCastleTV) October 5, 2018
re: #61 Dave In Austin
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Lacking a raptor’s talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating.
BREAKING: DRC’s Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad win the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize https://t.co/TjeTzzGZoG pic.twitter.com/zPhKqHNiqh
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) October 5, 2018
The wingnuts are going to be very disappointed Trump didn’t win.
re: #4 teleskiguy
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No one, including Black people, should use that word. There’s nothing cool or affirming about it. It shouldn’t even need to be said.
re: #74 Single-handed sailor
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The wingnuts are going to be very disappointed Trump didn’t win.
I relieved that I don’t need to jump out my window.
re: #75 Patricia Kayden
No one, including Black people, should use that word. There’s nothing cool or affirming about it. It shouldn’t even need to be said.
Never say never, it is all a matter of context.
Having said that, there are very few contexts in which it is not demeaning or offensive.
I can really only think of one: the character N***** Jim from Huckleberry Finn. Some editors tried to “clean it up” by changing his name to “The Slave Jim” but that totally derails a central quote: “I used to be a slave but I will be a n****** for the rest of my life.”
China’s mainland government is increasing its pressure on Hong Kong to conform to Party rules.
Hong Kong refuses visa renewal for foreign press club vice-pres. who chaired independence talk https://t.co/CS9nM5K6HD #exclusive #breaking @fcchk @cpjasia @RSF_eastasia @IFJAsiaPacific @fcchk @FreedomofPress @RSF_inter @HKJA_Official pic.twitter.com/SZeUHXKw2y
— Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) October 5, 2018
🚨🚨🚨 Victor Mallet, the Financial Times’ Asia News Editor, has been refused a visa to work in Hong Kong because he chaired a panel discussion on the city’s independence.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL. This is a much bigger deal than any correspondent getting kicked out of China. https://t.co/DZ1Ffi9OC8— Melissa Chan (@melissakchan) October 5, 2018
This is a big deal, because China promised during the handover that it would respect the laws of Hong Kong: “one country, two systems.” Instead (as anyone who lives in China would expect), they have been steadily eroding the relative independence promised Hong Kong, and making it conform to mainland laws. While HK issues its own visas, it’s clear that Beijing has pressured HK immigration officials to deny this visa on political grounds.
re: #79 wheat-dogg
China’s mainland government is increasing its pressure on Hong Kong to conform to Party rules.
This is a big deal, because China promised during the handover that it would respect the laws of Hong Kong: “one country, two systems.” Instead (as anyone who lives in China would expect), they have been steadily eroding the relative independence promised Hong Kong, and making it conform to mainland laws. While HK issues its own visas, it’s clear that Beijing has pressured HK immigration officials to deny this visa on political grounds.
I pretty much figured that would happen. When the United Kingdom agreed to the handover and China agreed not to meddle for at least fifty years, the United Kingdom pretty much had no leverage left. What’s the UK going to do, go to war with China over treaty violations?
I presume the same sort of thing will happen in Macao, and Portugal won’t be able to do anything either.
re: #74 Single-handed sailor
The wingnuts are going to be very disappointed Trump didn’t win.
Moreover, both worked to end sexual violence as a weapon of war, and are not white.
Will Trump go after them on Twitter? Stay tuned …
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
I pretty much figured that would happen. When the United Kingdom agreed to the handover and China agreed not to meddle for at least fifty years, the United Kingdom pretty much had no leverage left. What’s the UK going to do, go to war with China over treaty violations?
I presume the same sort of thing will happen in Macao, and Portugal won’t be able to do anything either.
Macao has been less problematic than HK, as far as Beijing is concerned. The party’s biggest concern there is clamping down on high-rollers from the mainland using Macao to smuggle their cash out of China proper. Macao has not had the same history of political activism as HK has, and it also has a smaller resident population.
One important thing to know about China is its unreliability when it comes to written contracts, agreements or treaties. China will seemingly agree to stipulations demanded by outsiders, then after some time ignore them. They’re a lot like Trump in that regard. China is only about China, and the Party doesn’t give a crap about anyone else.
re: #12 Single-handed sailor
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RCMP “astonished” to be targeted in a Russian cyberattack.
re: #35 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m ready! I live in a fortress, the Kirel Supreme Global Command Center and Conspiracy Compound. It is in the howling wilderness west of the nethermost suburban fringes of the DFW metroplex. It is surrounded by genetically enhanced killer coyotes, treacherous thigh-high cacti, angry rattlesnakes, giant wingnut-eating feral pigs, and heavily armed weirdos the like of which has not been seen in public since the release of Deliverance. I am thinking about importing a troop of baboons or some Russian wolves to provide additional help with unwelcome visitors.
meanwhile, I hold down the studio fort here in South Carolina. My bed is actually just those creepy vampire groupies from the Val Kilmer Dracula movie, but they have sweet thighs that they use when rolling my cigar for me. Sadly, at my age, I can’t roll my cigar more than once a week, and normally only if I’ve taken the full regimen of multi-vitamins beforehand.
re: #85 steve_davis
meanwhile, I hold down the studio fort here in South Carolina. My bed is actually just those creepy vampire groupies from the Val Kilmer Dracula movie, but they have sweet thighs that they use when rolling my cigar for me. Sadly, at my age, I can’t roll my cigar more than once a week, and normally only if I’ve taken the full regimen of multi-vitamins beforehand.
Meanwhile, I’m in a position to collect tumbleweeds to build a rampart to protect Chez Tumbleweed on the High Plains. I realise that ramparts made of tumbleweeds aren’t quite as strong as those made of, say, virtually anything else, and my house is not nearly as well built as a castle, but hey, maybe a stack of tumbleweeds will be enough to ward off rampaging hordes.
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹
Moreover, both worked to end sexual violence as a weapon of war, and are not white.
Will Trump go after them on Twitter? Stay tuned …
and it is an awful time for soldiers all over the world, they have to worry about being accused of war crimes they did not commit…
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
I pretty much figured that would happen. When the United Kingdom agreed to the handover and China agreed not to meddle for at least fifty years, the United Kingdom pretty much had no leverage left. What’s the UK going to do, go to war with China over treaty violations?
I presume the same sort of thing will happen in Macao, and Portugal won’t be able to do anything either.
as the chinese continually point out, the Brits did basically steal Hong Kong, so they didn’t really have any choice but to hand it back over, eventually.
re: #83 steve_davis
stop using weasel language. The british aren’t accusing the Russians of doing this. They caught them absolutely red-handed in the act. Saying that the British are accusing the Russians of this is like saying the cops are accusing 3 bank robbers caught in the vault of trying to rob the joint.
a) the British government is in a shambles over Brexit
b) the Truth and the ability to act on viable information is in ruins as a result of Fake News, meddling and hacking.
c) the Russians have the goods on Trump and can count on him not intervening.
It says a lot about the beltway that Ben Sasse and Jeff Flake get endless profile in courage coverage, while Heidi Hempkamp takes a truly noteworthy stance and is dismissed because pundits think she’ll lose anyway.
— Susan J. Demas 🏔 (@sjdemas) October 4, 2018
re: #82 wheat-dogg
Macao has been less problematic than HK, as far as Beijing is concerned. The party’s biggest concern there is clamping down on high-rollers from the mainland using Macao to smuggle their cash out of China proper. Macao has not had the same history of political activism as HK has, and it also has a smaller resident population.
One important thing to know about China is its unreliability when it comes to written contracts, agreements or treaties. China will seemingly agree to stipulations demanded by outsiders, then after some time ignore them. They’re a lot like Trump in that regard. China is only about China, and the Party doesn’t give a crap about anyone else.
Kinda knew it was over for Hong Kong when the party started to demand that all candidates be pre-approved and independent booksellers started to disappear (literally in some cases).
Polk County, Fla. Sheriff Grady Judd says the reports of the wingnut in Winter Haven having tunnels under his house are untrue (which was based on the guy’s Facebook post).
That guy is on jail on $500,000 bond. (What? Threatening to kill senators and their families should get you no bond.)
The Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger has the latest details of the case.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹
Polk County, Fla. Sheriff Grady Judd says the reports of the wingnut in Winter Haven having tunnels under his house are untrue (which was based on the guy’s Facebook post).
That guy is on jail on $500,000 bond. (What? Threatening to kill senators and their families should get you no bond.)
The Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger has the latest details of the case.
Defense: this is what liberals made me do! ////
Remove the fucking tree from your eye before you think about anybody else’s issue, son of Erick.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) October 5, 2018
re: #74 Single-handed sailor
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The wingnuts are going to be very disappointed Trump didn’t win.
TRUMP SHOULD HAVE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!!
re: #96 b.d.(sober as a judge)
TRUMP SHOULD HAVE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!!
Maybe if we offer him the Nobel Piece Prize they will be satisfied.
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹
Maybe if we offer him the Nobel Piece Prize they will be satisfied.
Trump will probably make up some new prize to award to himself.
New York State has no statue of limitations on back taxes. It appears the state may seek $400 million from Donald Trump. New York City is still looking into arrears city taxes.
The worst thing that could have happened to Trump, his family, and his business empire seems to be winning the election.
re: #99 Anymouse 🌹
New York State has no statue of limitations on back taxes. It appears the state may seek $400 million from Donald Trump. New York City is still looking into arrears city taxes.
The worst thing that could have happened to Trump, his family, and his business empire seems to be winning the election.
LOL, the Russians aren’t going to save him this time.
re: #99 Anymouse 🌹
New York State has no statue of limitations on back taxes. It appears the state may seek $400 million from Donald Trump. New York City is still looking into arrears city taxes.
The worst thing that could have happened to Trump, his family, and his business empire seems to be winning the election.
I am sure that Justice Kavanaugh will vote in favor of a law that allows the President to pardon himself from back tax bills…
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am sure that Justice Kavanaugh will vote in favor of a law that allows the President to pardon himself from back tax bills…
IT HAPPENED OVER 35 YEARS AGO! HE WAS JUST A KID!!
Political dynasties suddenly not bad:
Donald Trump, Jr. says he isn’t ruling out his own run for office as he campaigns on behalf of his father ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. https://t.co/1bqKcIrfbh
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) October 5, 2018
re: #47 danarchy
Charlie Baker, he is a republican up by 30 points in MA. You don’t do that by being a douchebag.
Baker is more of an illustration about the low bar set for Republican politicians. There’s nothing particularly special about him. He shows up for photo ops, generally doesn’t do egregiously stupid stuff and says something in opposition to Trump from time to time. There’s nothing about him or his job performance that justifies a 30 point lead.
WTF. I just got another Presidential Alert.
Trump starts the day retweeting the fake James Woods account.
Whether you love or hate him, Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency was a once-in-a-century miracle. He was literally the Man Without a Party, yet beat 16 primary competitors and an opponent whose victory was her “manifest destiny.” It was a political feat unequaled in history.
— James Woods 🗺 (@RealJamesWoodss) October 5, 2018
More shade from the dictionary?
Good morning! Today’s #WordOfTheDay is ‘peripeteia’ https://t.co/JxwYrc2v1K pic.twitter.com/a9huw74rcX
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) October 5, 2018
re: #107 Anymouse 🌹
Trump starts the day retweeting the fake James Woods account.
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there are some grains of truth in here: it was (hopefully) a fluke, a man hijacking a political party and manipulating the electoral system to turn a popular vote loss into an electoral college victory.
re: #110 Patricia Kayden
The shitty irony in that cartoon is that Republican women are the group most likely to disbelieve Ford’s testimony.
re: #74 Single-handed sailor
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Here’s hoping they jump out of buildings like Lindsey believed liberals would.
re: #112 Weaselone
The shitty irony in that cartoon is that Republican women are the group most likely to disbelieve Ford’s testimony.
Because the GOP successfuly spun the narrative into a he-said-she-said story instead of a matter of BK’s suitability for office.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because the GOP successfuly spun the narrative into a he-said-she-said story instead of a matter of BK’s suitability for office.
It takes little effort for the GOP to spin. They have an audience willing to lap their BS up. They’ve spent decades poisoning their base, the narrative they put out hardly matters now.
“Honesty is so basic to sitting on the Supreme Court that it seldom gets discussed. This time, it can’t be ignored. Kavanaugh dissembled, evaded or parried just about every question.”@USATODAY editorial board says NO on Kavanaugh, after endorsing Gorsuch https://t.co/2UPyYQhaBP
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) October 5, 2018
re: #115 Weaselone
It takes little effort for the GOP to spin. They have an audience willing to lap their BS up. They’ve spent decades poisoning their base, the narrative they put out hardly matters now.
The poll of Senators in Salon was worded in terms of “belives Ford” vs “believes Kavanaugh”
which is not the point
The question is whether they think that BK is qualified and suitable for a lifetime appointment to a Constitutional body.
Devin Nunes slammed for backing Trump while his family hires undocumented immigrant workers https://t.co/BomCdG7z8f
— Shareblue Media (@Shareblue) October 5, 2018
The Chinese head of Interpol flew to China last month and hasn’t been heard from since. He’s reportedly under investigation in China.
It is not yet clear why Meng is being investigated or exactly where he is being held.
French police said earlier they had launched a search for Meng after being contacted by his wife, news agencies reported.
Interpol said on Friday it was aware of reports of Meng’s “alleged disappearance” and that the issue was a matter for the relevant authorities in France and China.
The organisation’s secretary general, not Meng, was responsible for the day-to-day running of Interpol, it said.
“Interpol’s General Secretariat headquarters will not comment further,” it said.
The official was last seen in France on September 29, police sources said.
Meng was a member of the Communist Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, but he lost that seat in April, according to the SCMP article. So, perhaps he has fallen out of favor with the leadership or gotten caught up in some anti-corruption probe.
Soros! Drink!
This is the first time Trump has said “Soros” on Twitter. (Fox News and Breitbart have been running stories about how Soros has donated to a liberal organization co-run by one of the sexual assault survivors who confronted Jeff Flake.) pic.twitter.com/a4X9bdHTgP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 5, 2018
re: #121 makeitstop
Soros! Drink!
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Also - ‘signs made in the basement from love?’ The hell is that?
re: #121 makeitstop
Soros! Drink!
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Until Soros pays me the Soros bucks I am owed, I can’t afford to drink.
re: #120 wheat-dogg
The Chinese head of Interpol flew to China last month and hasn’t been heard from since. He’s reportedly under investigation in China.
Meng was a member of the Communist Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, but he lost that seat in April, according to the SCMP article. So, perhaps he has fallen out of favor with the leadership or gotten caught up in some anti-corruption probe.
I listened to a fascinating podcast last week (with a lot of speculation, necessarily) that some in the upper echelons like Jiang Zemin are starting to push back against Xi Jingping out of fear that he’s trying to create another Mao-like cult of personality. Seems like there may be some factional housecleaning going on?
Here’s the thing:
Republicans aren’t getting worse. They aren’t becoming more sociopathic and soulless. They’ve always been this way.
What we’re seeing is nothing more than situational ethics applied to a dying party.
It took less awfulness before but the awfulness isn’t new.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 4, 2018
Sometimes you have to enlarge a problem to solve it.
We are shining a light on the moral rot of a shrinking minority of voters and their leaders.
We are just over four weeks away from our time to rise up and roar.
We are the power they fear.
November 6th is our day.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 4, 2018
Russia’s first sex robot brothel opens in Moscow offering dolls with heated privates who’ll ‘talk dirty’ and ‘moan with pleasure’ (Scottish Sun)
THE first robot sex doll brothel in Russia has opened its doors and is offering a range of raunchy models.
The LumiDolls franchise, which already has establishments in Barcelona in Spain and Turin in Italy, has now set up shop in the capital Moscow.
Way creepier than a realdoll. They’re cartoonish. I don’t like living in the 21st century anymore.
“Sorry, we don’t think you’re the right candidate for the job”
“Oh really? But can you *prove it*? Checkmate, employer”— Tim Stone (@tmslft) October 5, 2018
re: #124 Barefoot Grin
I listened to a fascinating podcast last week (with a lot of speculation, necessarily) that some in the upper echelons like Jiang Zemin are starting to push back against Xi Jingping out of fear that he’s trying to create another Mao-like cult of personality. Seems like there may be some factional housecleaning going on?
Yeah, there are factions within the Party, though the public perception is of one big happy Party. Xi seems to lead the more Mao-ist, China First faction, and he’s been using his anti-corruption office to weed out Party members outside that faction. Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao are more moderate and less nationalistic than Xi, and being older are nervous about Xi becoming the next Mao aka dictator for life.
re: #122 makeitstop
Also - ‘signs made in the basement from love?’ The hell is that?
Right…we all know the basement is limited to 400 lb. hackers!
Manchin is not going to announce his vote til he goes to the floor, aide says
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 5, 2018
Nothing like telling the world that your vote depends on the tides.
re: #117 wheat-dogg
It’s another one of the tests. I’m glad I was off tonight, otherwise it would have woke me up…and I would have been…annoyed.
Maria Bartiromo asked Chuck Grassley this morning if he thinks George Soros is paying the elevator protesters. “I have heard so many people believe that. I tend to believe it,” Grassley said. Trump tweeted the accusation about 80 minutes later pic.twitter.com/az8QtMZwma
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) October 5, 2018
re: #132 b.d.(sober as a judge)
Nothing like telling the world that your vote depends on the tides.
If I lived in West Virginia, I would keep bombarding Manchin with two messages: Kavanaugh is a liar, and he will declare the preexisting conditions coverage to be unconstitutional. And then he’ll go after Medicare.
re: #134 jaunte
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Nice to see the chairman of the Judiciary Committee pushing Soros conspiracy theories.
re: #134 jaunte
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So he believes that the earth is flat and the inside of the earth is inhabited by lizard people? Many people believe that also. But they are, you know, fucking batshit crazy.
re: #130 wheat-dogg
Yeah, there are factions within the Party, though the public perception is of one big happy Party. Xi seems to lead the more Mao-ist, China First faction, and he’s been using his anti-corruption office to weed out Party members outside that faction. Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao are more moderate and less nationalistic than Xi, and being older are nervous about Xi becoming the next Mao aka dictator for life.
I’ve always found factionalism within dictatorships fascinating. I don’t know why.
re: #134 jaunte
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Shameless fucks. It stems from the fact that one of them is an activist for a non-profit progressive organization, which she gladly admits. Can’t remember her name, but she was interviewed on Pod Save America this week.
re: #139 Barefoot Grin
Shameless fucks. It stems from the fact that one of them is an activist for a non-profit progressive organization, which she gladly admits. Can’t remember her name, but she was interviewed on Pod Save America this week.
“How dare she work for groups that want to prevent what happened to her!”
The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2018
Funny (actually not so funny) how authoritarians or would-be authoritarians always blame their problems on the Jews—and now in particular on George Soros who has replaced the Rothschilds as the symbol of Jewish finance. https://t.co/Gd21lYnOSz
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 5, 2018
re: #141 jaunte
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Soros has definitely become the new Rothschilds. And I am glad Max who is no liberal can see that.
ABA says it is reopening evaluation of Kavanaugh’s well-qualified rating, which the GOP hailed during confirmation process. It says it is evaluating “temperament” issues pic.twitter.com/ipbrhMgtDW
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 5, 2018
re: #138 HappyWarrior
I’ve always found factionalism within dictatorships fascinating. I don’t know why.
It’s human nature. There is no such thing as a monolithic political system, because within every system there will be differences in philosophy and belief. Some systems may try to force “group-think” but in the end they always fail.
Sen. Feinstein is criticizing Kavanaugh’s committee appearance.
“We saw a man filled with anger and aggression.”
“This behavior revealed a hostility and a belligerence that is unbecoming someone seeking to be elevated to the United States Supreme Court.”— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) October 5, 2018
re: #144 wheat-dogg
It’s human nature. There is no such thing as a monolithic political system, because within every system there will be differences in philosophy and belief. Some systems may try to force “group-think” but in the end they always fail.
Exactly and it happens even within one man dictatorships i.e. Hitler. I think it stems from obviously even as you say in monolithic systems, tehre will be differences of philosophy and belief. But I think it stems from something even more basic than that. Personalities and that too.
re: #106 Sufficient unto the day…
WTF. I just got another Presidential Alert.
Interesting. My iphone was on night mode, and not only did I not get it, but it didn’t show up in my mentions. The other one did.
Chuck Grassley: “It would be a travesty not to confirm the most qualified nominee in our nation’s history.”
…how is he the most qualified? Almost all of his record is hidden.
…and why would it be a travesty? No one is entitled to be on the SCOTUS.— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) October 5, 2018
re: #147 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Interesting. My iphone was on night mode, and not only did I not get it, but it didn’t show up in my mentions. The other one did.
I got the first one but didn’t seem to get the second one either.
re: #148 jaunte
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The most qualified in our nation’s history? Are you fucking kidding me?
Republicans are now overcompensating on their praise of #BrettKavanaugh precisely because he is probably one of the most manifestly unfit SCOTUS nominees in terms of temperament. He showed us who he is.
— FeloniousMonk™ (@Ziggy_Daddy) October 5, 2018
Grassley says voting for Kavanaugh is “voting no to mob rule.”
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) October 5, 2018
Also known as ‘ignoring the voice of the people’ https://t.co/uYhaimMc3b
— This Is Not Normal, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) October 5, 2018
I’m just exhausted and resigned at this point.
The wingnuts are really gonna freak when they find out that Q is Soros.
And no it wouldn’t be a travesty. Your pal Kavanaugh is only here because of his career in aiding right wing causes. He got his current spot not after years serving the people of this country but after years of serving right wing causes. He is dishonest at best and at worst a lying abuser.
re: #153 Citizen K
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I’m just exhausted and resigned at this point.
Pretty rich shit Chuck. You didn’t even Garland a hearing.
re: #148 jaunte
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“I’m the most qualified candidate you’re gonna see.”
“But you’ve put nothing on the paper.”
“HIRE ME OR YOU’RE GONNA REGRET IT!”
“You’ve convinced me. Welcome aboard.”
re: #141 jaunte
Funny (actually not so funny) how authoritarians or would-be authoritarians always blame their problems on the Jews—and now in particular on George Soros who has replaced the Rothschilds as the symbol of Jewish finance.
Also that they always assume that people are getting paid for what they do. (Of course, they’re accustomed to being paid to attend DT’s pep rallies, so there you are.)
re: #153 Citizen K
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I’m just exhausted and resigned at this point.
“Mob rule” is what they term it whenever it’s obvious to everyone outside the party that the only people who want what they’re pushing is the party.
Christ.
Lady I work with… watching the Turtle on her computer says… Kavanaugh deserves to be in the Supreme Court. Blah Blah… I just had to walk away.
Amazing how many conservatives work in education in CO. Makes me want to throw shit.
George Soros? This George Soros? https://t.co/K85g7CQmXC #VoteNoOnKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/dRcKtPKBYw
— Mom,Veteran,Consumer (@Nikluk) October 5, 2018
Want to see some really crazy stuff?
Look at this link if you dare, all that is missing is the Lizard People.
re: #162 b.d.(soros funded)
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Want to see some really crazy stuff?
Look at this link if you dare, all that is missing is the Lizard People.
Well looky here looks like Trump got more money from Soros than I got.
re: #161 CongoJack
Christ.
Lady I work with… watching the Turtle on her computer says… Kavanaugh deserves to be in the Supreme Court. Blah Blah… I just had to walk away.
Amazing how many conservatives work in education in CO. Makes me want to throw shit.
When I taught in public schools in Indiana in the early 90s I learned how far they had already infiltrated school boards very intenttionally as part of a wider plan for local politics.
re: #163 HappyWarrior
Well looky here looks like Trump got more money from Soros than I got.
hahahaha
re: #3 jaunte
“Now, hurry up and confirm me. Me and my judicial temperament are getting angry. What goes around comes around. OK maybe I shouldn’t have said that but you people make me very angry. I am waiting too long more than reasonable. Vote to confirm. Now. I very impartial, but what goes around…I’m just a father and a son and a brother and these things unfair. I will remember. Why Dems no confirm right NOW? SAD!”
It’s been said a lot this week, but bears repeating that the division in Congress may have begun with Gingrich, but McConnell has made its destruction, or the Senate, at least, a mission: accomplished.
lol, this sums it up nicely:
Trump dismisses Kavanaugh protesters with rambling George Soros conspiracy tweet https://t.co/co9uyYXYtD
— The Independent (@Independent) October 5, 2018
When we vote later this morning, we will not only be deciding whether to elevate a stunningly-qualified judge to our highest court. Not anymore. Not after all this. The United States Senate will also be making a statement.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) October 5, 2018
We’re aware. You’re making a statement that women don’t matter. https://t.co/tMGiIZNUxL
— Dante Atkins (@DanteAtkins) October 5, 2018
re: #170 jaunte
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re: #170 jaunte
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A statement that all that matters is power. And that if any woman gets in the way of that power, whether it be a US Senator or a doctor, you will do everything you possibly can to destroy them.
re: #164 Barefoot Grin
What pisses me off…. I listen to progressive talk radio (Stephanie Miller), podcasts (Bob Cesca) and I read Littlegreenfootballs all day. Do I talk politics? No. Do I listen to my audio out loud? No… I use a headset. She is BLARING the shit and talking out her ass how Brett is the most qualified SCOTUS nominee. I just can’t.
I may need an airlift out of here.
re: #141 jaunte
“elevator screamers”, “basement from love”.
Dude is in rare form again today during executive time.
re: #141 jaunte
“…only to make Senators look bad!”
Well, I’m glad our nation’s chief executive never holds hate rallies where he mocks people or tweets out insults to anyone who opposes him on a regular basis.
McConnell just compared the accusers and their attorneys and Democrats to the Keystone Cops
— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) October 5, 2018
I really hate this asshole.
re: #177 jaunte
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McConnell is still the most likable Senator from Kentucky.
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re: #179 b.d.(soros funded)
Who does he live next to?
re: #179 b.d.(soros funded)
McConnell is still the most likable Senator from Kentucky.
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I don’t know. I can’t stand Rand but at least there are rare times where he’s not a GOP hack. But man, Kentucky, we can smell their stench from here in Virginia.
re: #175 Belafon
“And how is he qualified?”
She if a full on Tumper. Cut/paste whatever Fox Noise and the Trumpkin say. She is not the brightest bulb but she fancies herself a worldly woman (who hasn’t left the US).
McConnell compares the Kavanaugh hearings to the McCarthy hearings
When is the witch hunt or the lynch mob invoked? Cornyn?— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) October 5, 2018
re: #182 CongoJack
She if a full on Tumper. Cut/paste whatever Fox Noise and the Trumpkin say. She is not the brightest bulb but she fancies herself a worldly woman (who hasn’t left the US).
I mean on paper he does have the right qualifications having served on a circuit court but he sure as hell doesn’t have the temperament to be a justice. It’s worse than Scalia who I thought was too much of a condescending jerk but not someone who had the potential to lose his temper with attorneys in court.
re: #178 jaunte
Collins is of course a yes.
A yes on the procedural. She’s going to do the big reveal on the confirmation vote this afternoon.
I expect her to vote yes, because that’s how she rolls. But this is the first of two votes.
But folks, we must take heart in knowing that, while we may be watching the SCOTUS bench become a 5-4 far-right majority for the foreseeable future, at least we can rest easy knowing…that Hillary Clinton did not win so she could put moderates on the bench.
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re: #125 HappyWarrior
That’s rich. From the guy who
paidpays actors.
Still doing it - at all his rallies.
re: #189 Targetpractice
But folks, we must take heart in knowing that, while we may be watching the SCOTUS bench become a 5-4 far-right majority for the foreseeable future, at least we can rest easy knowing…that Hillary Clinton did not win so she could put moderates on the bench.
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Agh.
re: #134 jaunte
The trump way - if enough people say it - it must be true
re: #160 Targetpractice
“Mob rule” is what they term it whenever it’s obvious to everyone outside the party that the only people who want what they’re pushing is the party.
Ben Sasse yesterday called it “majoritarianism” (as in, he’s opposed to democracy).
Sen. Susan Collins will vote yes on the procedural vote this morning, but won’t announce her final vote on the nomination until 3pm this afternoon, @DanaBashCNN and @mkraju report
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) October 5, 2018
It’s going to be pretty amazing watch Susan Collins donate almost $2 million to her 2020 opponent live from the Senate.https://t.co/F14TnVltiw https://t.co/JQ9F9Qt4gV
— LOLGOP🔜 (@LOLGOP) October 5, 2018
re: #190 fern01
Still doing it - at all his rallies.
1. Not true, no paid actors.
2. OK, it is true, so what.
3. Totally different from Dem crisis actors and Soros.
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Morning.
Started my morning off calling Rob Portman a bold face liar when I heard him say the FBI turned up no evidence that supports the allegations against Kavanaugh.
Robby is all in on Kavanaugh.
Fuck this shit.
OT: Got an email from Barnes & Noble, with subject line thanking me and all their “loyal customers”.
In the body of the email: some poll that placed them #1 ahead of Amazon in something.
That was it. No coupon.
re: #137 Eventual Carrion
So he believes that the earth is flat and the inside of the earth is inhabited by lizard people? Many people believe that also. But they are, you know, fucking batshit crazy.
Cool. I thot we were only under the Denver Airport. /
re: #196 ObserverArt
Morning.
Started my morning off calling Rob Portman a bold face liar when I heard him say the FNI turned up no evidence that supports the allegations against Kavanaugh.
Robby is all in on Kavanaugh.
Fuck this shit.
RELEASE THE MEMO!!!
Whats the old saying…
May you live in interesting times
I want to live in 2014 again.
I’d love someone to ask Bernie, Stein, or Saradon just how the “revolution” goes forward with a SCOTUS bench stacked against “progressive” policies. Short of a bloody coup, just how do they expect to establish their “utopia” in a manner that can’t just be nickeled and dimed out of existence in the courts?
Lisa Murkowski voted NO on cloture for the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation
— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) October 5, 2018
Maybe talking to those Alaskan survivors yesterday did her some good.
re: #202 Targetpractice
I’d love someone to ask Bernie, Stein, or Saradon just how the “revolution” goes forward with a SCOTUS bench stacked against “progressive” policies. Short of a bloody coup, just how do they expect to establish their “utopia” in a manner that can’t just be nickeled and dimed out of existence in the courts?
Shit that would have been a problem even in a more moderate court. We thought the constant challenges to Obama’s policies were extreme? Yeah they would be doing it non-stop if Bernie, a self described socialist was President.
re: #204 makeitstop
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I think she’s going to be a No but that means we need at least one more GOP Senator doesn’t it if she in fact votes no in confirmation which this implies to me she will.
re: #202 Targetpractice
I’d love someone to ask Bernie, Stein, or Saradon just how the “revolution” goes forward with a SCOTUS bench stacked against “progressive” policies. Short of a bloody coup, just how do they expect to establish their “utopia” in a manner that can’t just be nickeled and dimed out of existence in the courts?
No one has an answer for it, outside of laying the entirety of the blame on the Dems for ‘not fighting hard enough’ or ‘being Republican lite’, etc. And unfortunately….this mindset has seemingly taken such massive purchase. It’s why I’ve given up trying to do outreach, because it seems like Dems are the only ones that seem to take universal blame, whether it’s stalwart GOPers or folks who have been fed the idea that the Dem party needs to be burned down before they could ever dare fight the GOP. No matter what side of the spectrum they’re on, it seems like the only universal is that ‘Dems need to be destroyed’.
It’s why I’ve given up hope on November, regardless of the polls: the ratfucking feels inevitable.
re: #202 Targetpractice
I’d love someone to ask Bernie, Stein, or Saradon just how the “revolution” goes forward with a SCOTUS bench stacked against “progressive” policies. Short of a bloody coup, just how do they expect to establish their “utopia” in a manner that can’t just be nickeled and dimed out of existence in the courts?
The two S-Holes (Stein and Sarandon) still insist Hillary would have us in a couple new wars and she’s put corporate rubber stamps on the courts…
re: #206 HappyWarrior
I think she’s going to be a No but that means we need at least one more GOP Senator doesn’t it if she in fact votes no in confirmation which this implies to me she will.
Steve Daines already announced he will not be there for the vote, as he is not taking off from his daughter’s wedding for that.
re: #206 HappyWarrior
I think she’s going to be a No but that means we need at least one more GOP Senator doesn’t it if she in fact votes no in confirmation which this implies to me she will.
2 more. 50/50 split means Pence can vote to confirm.
So even if Collins and Flake suddenly grow a conscience, Manchin could still vote to confirm and clinch it.
re: #209 Anymouse 🌹
Steve Daines already announced he will not be there for the vote, as he is not taking off from his daughter’s wedding for that.
Right so if we have Murkowski plus all 49 Dem senators united in this, maybe that stops it but Manchin’s worrying me.
re: #210 Targetpractice
2 more. 50/50 split means Pence can vote to confirm.
So even if Collins and Flake suddenly grow a conscience, Manchin could still vote to confirm and clinch it.
But what about Daines from MT who apparently isn’t going to be there for the vote.
re: #209 Anymouse 🌹
Steve Daines already announced he will not be there for the vote, as he is not taking off from his daughter’s wedding for that.
I thought he announced he would get back to vote if required? Sorry I don’t have a link. Read it somewhere.
re: #210 Targetpractice
2 more. 50/50 split means Pence can vote to confirm.
So even if Collins and Flake suddenly grow a conscience, Manchin could still vote to confirm and clinch it.
If Daines doesn’t show for the vote and all other senators are there, there will be an odd number of senators and Mike Pence doesn’t get a vote (unless someone abstains).
That means the senator who votes to put Kavanaugh over the top (if that happens) gets pilloried by the voters.
re: #214 Anymouse 🌹
If Daines doesn’t show for the vote and all other senators are there, there will be an odd number of senators and Mike Pence doesn’t get a vote (unless someone abstains).
That means the senator who votes to put Kavanaugh over the top (if that happens) gets pilloried by the voters.
Right Pence only comes in if there’s a tie. He doesn’t get to be the TIE.
If Manchin votes Yes - will probably give the next senate to the GOP. He will win ZERO GOPers with such a vote but many dems will stay home rather than support him. There is no logic in him voting for this man.
re: #213 fern01
I thought he announced he would get back to vote if required? Sorry I don’t have a link. Read it somewhere.
GOP Sen. Steve Daines will be out Saturday; Kavanaugh vote could be held open overnight (CNN)
I believe they call that “regular order.” /s
re: #217 Anymouse 🌹
GOP Sen. Steve Daines will be out Saturday; Kavanaugh vote could be held open overnight (CNN)
I believe they call that “regular order.” /s
Because of course.
It’s all an inevitability stretched out to prolong the cruelty and as an extra ‘fuck you’ to the people who dared think that they might have a voice or be listened to.
Nope. It’s power for it’s own sake, power for it’s own perpetuation, and it will win every fucking time.
re: #211 HappyWarrior
Right so if we have Murkowski plus all 49 Dem senators united in this, maybe that stops it but Manchin’s worrying me.
Manchin is polling 12 points ahead of his Republican opponent, so I think he’ll vote to confirm.
re: #216 fern01
If Manchin votes Yes - will probably give the next senate to the GOP. He will win ZERO GOPers with such a vote but many dems will stay home rather than support him. There is no logic in him voting for this man.
Even if his constituents don’t believe or even care about Dr. Ford’s allegations. Kavanaugh is a sure bet to vote to repeal ACA. God I hate that we have to rely on Manchin.
re: #216 fern01
If Manchin votes Yes - will probably give the next senate to the GOP. He will win ZERO GOPers with such a vote but many dems will stay home rather than support him. There is no logic in him voting for this man.
If Manchin were the Democratics senator here in Texas, even though we would hate his vote, we’d still vote for him, because he’d still be the one Democratic senator from Texas.
re: #209 Anymouse 🌹
Steve Daines already announced he will not be there for the vote, as he is not taking off from his daughter’s wedding for that.
They’re holding the vote open until Sunday so he can come back and cast his vote.
re: #219 jaunte
Manchin is polling 12 points ahead of his Republican opponent, so I think he’ll vote to confirm.
Yeah unfortunately I think he will take the easy way out here.
re: #219 jaunte
Manchin is polling 12 points ahead of his Republican opponent, so I think he’ll vote to confirm.
I’d think a 12 point lead would give reason to vote no.
Joe Manchin clearly believes voters in West Virginia hate women more than they like having good jobs or a safe environment.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 5, 2018
To be fair, he’s probably right. He should’ve done the right thing regardless, but he’s probably right. https://t.co/7gStqNqpIw
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) October 5, 2018
re: #221 Belafon
If Manchin were the Democratics senator here in Texas, even though we would hate his vote, we’d still vote for him, because he’d still be the one Democratic senator from Texas.
There are many who will still vote for him in WV but I think a Yes vote will seriously supress the dem vote - I sure couldn’t vote for him if he confirms Kavanaugh.
blech
Very proud of the U.S. Senate for voting “YES” to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2018
re: #225 Sir John Barron
Ordinarily, but it’s Manchin.
and moron:
The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2018
Alabama is just as red and Doug Jones’ position in AL is nowhere near as strong and yet Doug is doing the right thing here.
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
and moron:
The ones made in the basement with love get taken by the police at the politicians word.
There are people drinking PBR from red Solo cups outside Mitch McConnell’s house at this early hour. They are chanting “I like beer.”
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 5, 2018
This also is the vote to advance. Had this one failed, they would have just done another vote later.
It was Kavanaugh’s acceptance speech on his nomination that revealed what a toady he was; among his first few lines:
“No President has ever consulted more widely, or talked with more people from more backgrounds, to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination.”
This is not a man who would show any independence on the bench.
I mean I do appreciate when Manchin remembers he’s a Democrat but today I want him to remember he’s a human being too.
re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
It was Kavanaugh’s acceptance speech on his nomination that revealed what a toady he was; among his first few lines:
“No President has ever consulted more widely, or talked with more people from more backgrounds, to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination.”
This is not a man who would show any independence on the bench.
He’s a career GOP man. Everytime the Bush administration was making bad decisions, he was pretty much right there.
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s actually #GoodTrouble
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
Again: this shit would have sunk another president in another time. We have the pettiest fucking manchild of a President gleefully spreading literal conspiracy theories and generally casting aspersions of treason against his enemies in the most open way possible.
And it’s all fucking shrugged off by the next day, and he skates through forever because the media won’t actually stand still long enough to hold him to account, or simply act as his stenographers, and the GOP controls every single fucking lever of power to where it may not even fucking matter how well we do come November because they’ll probably fucking pull an NCGOP and lock us out anyway because they know they’ll pay no fucking actual consequences whatso-fucking-ever.
I’m….god….please, someone talk me off the ledge here. I’m fucking desperate. I want to see some kind of fucking silver lining going forward. I don’t see anything.
re: #231 HappyWarrior
Alabama is just as red and Doug Jones’ position in AL is nowhere near as strong and yet Doug is doing the right thing here.
Doug Jones is not running for reelection this year. That makes a huge difference
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
These are not signs made in the basement from love!
So fucking embarrassing.
re: #244 Hecuba’s daughter
Doug Jones is not running for reelection this year. That makes a huge difference
Okay Heitcamp. It definitely does make a difference I agree. But Manchin has a sizable lead.
I’d note that neither Murkowski nor Heitkamp felt the need to make a big show of agonizing over their decisions or insisting they were the lone senator standing for decency. They just did the right thing. Sasse and Flake should try that.
— Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) October 5, 2018
Drama Kings
A senator should not tend to believe something because far-right-wing propagandists are feeding it to the rubes that they trick into voting for these clowns, and the rubes are repeating it. He’s lying. He knows that the people who actually believe that are morons.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 5, 2018
The past two weeks has been a case study in toxic masculinity on a national scale.
The truth doesn’t matter. Women don’t matter.
Nothing matters other than using the power of men to trample over everything else.— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 5, 2018
Well…Major League Baseball’s schedule for Cleveland and Houston Baseball playoff games sucks bad.
Not one game in prime time. All are scheduled to be started before 4:00 pm.
That really messes with the fans of both teams.
So Fuck New York and Boston…TV media and baseball are catering to them because of big market TV.
Grrrrr….
Really, we’re just back to where we were 2 weeks ago, watching as the Senate GOP gear up to hammer in the last nail on the 20th century. The only difference that the interim seems to have made is the vote may be closer than it would have been 2 weeks ago.
re: #243 Citizen K
See all those people protesting? We couldn’t get that kind of action when Bush was in office. We were never going to change as a country until people started realizing what was happening.
re: #250 ObserverArt
Well…Major League Baseball’s schedule for Cleveland and Houston Baseball playoff games sucks bad.
Not on game in prime time. All are scheduled to be started before 4:00 pm.
That really messes with the fans of both teams.
So Fuck New York and Boston…TV media and baseball are catering to them because of big market TV.
Grrrrr….
I wish the Sox and Yanks could both somehow lose. Go Cleveland though. I want a Cleveland-Milwaukee or Colorado series. Atlanta wouldn’t be bad either since they have a few ex O’s.
re: #246 HappyWarrior
Okay Heitcamp. It definitely does make a difference I agree. But Manchin has a sizable lead.
Leads can vanish overnight. And polls today are totally unreliable. Three weeks before the election internal polls showed Joe Crowley had a 36 point lead over AOC — and then AOC won.
re: #251 Targetpractice
Really, we’re just back to where we were 2 weeks ago, watching as the Senate GOP gear up to hammer in the last nail on the 20th century. The only difference that the interim seems to have made is the vote may be closer than it would have been 2 weeks ago.
Well, it’s not over until it’s over. Baseball teams don’t concede when they’re behind in the seventh inning (using a sports analogy here).
Every second longer this goes on, the possibility continues that something destructive comes out.
re: #253 Belafon
See all those people protesting? We couldn’t get that kind of action when Bush was in office. We were never going to change as a country until people started realizing what was happening.
I’m pretty sure I remember it happening during Bush too. And the same general thing happened: Media downplayed and/or demonized it, and it made not one fucking dent because of that
Unlike the idiot here who thought I was “gloating”, my sentiments towards the US of late have alternated between disgust (as if looking at a toilet backing up) and fury.
I chose to become a US citizen long ago, and I just can’t stand what’s going on. I either shut down and avoid the news (that’s the disgust phase); or I feel anger and even hatred towards those Americans who support this indecent freak show, and those who were idiotic enough to stay home or vote for anyone but Hillary last time (that’s the fury phase).
Going out now; I can’t even stand to talk about it.
re: #255 Hecuba’s daughter
Leads can vanish overnight. And polls today are totally unreliable. Three weeks before the election internal polls showed Joe Crowley had a 36 point lead over AOC — and then AOC won.
I still think he’s being a coward. Nothing will change my mind.
OT, in a sense, but it is one of my responses to those idiot snowflakes that fly the southern swastika around here:
This is a reproduction of the 35 star (post admission of West Virginia) US Cavalry guidon. This would have been flown in the last two years of the war by Union cavalry troops, like those of Gen. Buford at Gettysburg.
This lying alt-President has got to go. @GOP do your jobs and clean up your mess.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 5, 2018
re: #260 William Lewis
OT, in a sense, but it is one of my responses to those idiot snowflakes that fly the southern swastika around here:
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This is a reproduction of the 35 star (post admission of West Virginia) US Cavalry guidon. This would have been flown in the last two years of the war by Union cavalry troops, like those of Gen. Buford at Gettysburg.
Speaking of which, I talked to a researcher who is going to obtain my second great granddad’s enlistment papers and pensions. We know nothing about him before he married second great Nana. Just that he was a German immigrant from Hesse.
re: #235 jaunte
Sounds classy. When’s the next Values Voters Summit?
And of course, the sterling voice of Fucked Odd chimes in to tell us the problem is….once again….”both sides same thing”.
Let’s be blunt, our political parties are waging a “cold” civil war… And as @amyewalter argues so well, each side rationalizes their bad behavior by pointing to the bad behavior of their “opponent”. The incentive structure punishes moderation https://t.co/1falKJY3NK
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) October 5, 2018
And thus the GOP will always get away with everything, because clearly, the Dems must be just as equally guilty so no one needs to pay an actual price…
re: #264 Citizen K
And of course, the sterling voice of Fucked Odd chimes in to tell us the problem is….once again….”both sides same thing”.
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And thus the GOP will always get away with everything, because clearly, the Dems must be just as equally guilty so no one needs to pay an actual price…
One side is fighting to keep a lying abuser of women off SCOTUS, the other is fighting to get him on. BOTH SIDES! //
re: #263 Sir John Barron
Sounds classy. When’s the next Values Voters Summit?
Not until next year fortunately. I’m sure Kavanaugh will be a speaker.
re: #264 Citizen K
And of course, the sterling voice of Fucked Odd chimes in to tell us the problem is….once again….”both sides same thing”.
And thus the GOP will always get away with everything, because clearly, the Dems must be just as equally guilty so no one needs to pay an actual price…
Imagine Todd commenting on the actual Civil War.
re: #267 Belafon
Imagine Todd commenting on the actual Civil War.
“Well you know the rebels are obviously wrong to fire on Fort Sumter but maybe Abraham Lincoln should have listened more to the slave owners during the election.”
Lets be serious. One “side” is well-meaning people who argue in good faith, and the other is Trump’s cult trying to roll back women’s rights and allow Trump to escape justice.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 5, 2018
Oh and that toilet paper video is a fake.
The VEEP treatment needed to happen. So, I made it. Here you go… https://t.co/0rNo4muDQl
— Guillaume Driscoll (@G_Driscoll) October 5, 2018
You can’t both-sides when one side made Donald freaking Trump President in an effort to strip women of their freedom. That shit is so 2015.
re: #238 HappyWarrior
I mean I do appreciate when Manchin remembers he’s a Democrat but today I want him to remember he’s a human being too.
Manchin is Manchin. Period.
I remember the bit about his daughter, Heather Bresch, raising the costs of EpiPens as head of Mylan Pharmaceuticals.
Joe may just be more Republican than we want to admit.
I know I never count on him. If he surprises me, fine, but certainly no one to count on.
re: #272 ObserverArt
Manchin is Manchin. Period.
I remember the bit about his daughter, Heather Bresch , raising the costs of EpiPens as head of Mylan Pharmaceuticals.
Joe may just be more Republican than we want to admit.
I know I never count on him. If he surprises me, fine, but certainly no one to count on.
I honestly hope we can eventually get a comfortable enough Senate majority where we don’t need him.
re: #266 HappyWarrior
Not until next year fortunately. I’m sure Kavanaugh will be a speaker.
If there is not a full panel discussion of Beer is Really Great, it will disappoint me.
/
re: #243 Citizen K
Again: this shit would have sunk another president in another time. We have the pettiest fucking manchild of a President gleefully spreading literal conspiracy theories and generally casting aspersions of treason against his enemies in the most open way possible.
And it’s all fucking shrugged off by the next day, and he skates through forever because the media won’t actually stand still long enough to hold him to account, or simply act as his stenographers, and the GOP controls every single fucking lever of power to where it may not even fucking matter how well we do come November because they’ll probably fucking pull an NCGOP and lock us out anyway because they know they’ll pay no fucking actual consequences whatso-fucking-ever.
I’m….god….please, someone talk me off the ledge here. I’m fucking desperate. I want to see some kind of fucking silver lining going forward. I don’t see anything.
Sorry, but I get the feeling there is no talking you down from any ledge.
You’ve already said you’ve given up on November, so why would you be looking for a silver lining?
re: #274 Sir John Barron
If there is not a full panel discussion of Beer is Really Great, it will disappoint me.
/
Value Voters Summit Supreme IPA.
Not as painful as the next 30 years are going to be with him on the bench. https://t.co/Ogf3sMFwVy
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 5, 2018
I’m hoping if he is as I suspect confirmed that there will be a lot of angry voters at the polls but you know, I want him stopped today even though that may increase the Republican voter enthusiasm.
Doug Jones: “If this did not happen, he should vigorously defend himself. But he went beyond that. He went into partisan attacks, personal attacks on some senators, totally inappropriate - showing a temperament that is unbecoming a judge much less a Supreme Court nominee.” pic.twitter.com/qT8RpdEVHB
— The Hill (@thehill) October 5, 2018
Watched Murkowski entire time. Her demeanor changed a bit after Collins & Flake voted aye - her vote no longer the deciding vote. She looked down for a while, closed her eyes, blinked a bunch, then looked up with resolve. When her name was called she stood and said ‘no’ softly.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) October 5, 2018
re: #279 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And that’s why we’re glad you are here rather than Roy Moore, thank you Senator Jones.
re: #278 HappyWarrior
I’m hoping if he is as I suspect confirmed that there will be a lot of angry voters at the polls but you know, I want him stopped today even though that may increase the Republican voter enthusiasm.
I hope the Russian collusion gets lots of angry voters to the polls.
re: #282 Sir John Barron
I hope the Russian collusion gets lots of angry voters to the polls.
I hope so too. There’s so much to be angry about.
Brett Kavanaugh’s roommate … https://t.co/6uM3oGjV9i
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) October 5, 2018
jeebus
So funny, right @LindseyGrahamSC? The man with nuclear codes is an unhinged half-wit. Freaking hilarious. https://t.co/9QYdijBWCW
— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) October 5, 2018
re: #251 Targetpractice
Really, we’re just back to where we were 2 weeks ago, watching as the Senate GOP gear up to hammer in the last nail on the 20th century. The only difference that the interim seems to have made is the vote may be closer than it would have been 2 weeks ago.
And the two weeks put the Republican’s bad dealing, fake investigations, bitterness, Grahams Hammy Award drama and basically ignoring their own constituents on further display.
They may win this nomination, but what was the cost?
Hopefully it is heavy.
re: #270 The Vicious Babushka
Oh and that toilet paper video is a fake.
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Where did you read it was a fake? That’s what I thought at first, but it appears to be real. I mean, if it’s made it all the way to BBC…
re: #258 Lupin
Unlike the idiot here who thought I was “gloating”, my sentiments towards the US of late have alternated between disgust (as if looking at a toilet backing up) and fury.
I chose to become a US citizen long ago, and I just can’t stand what’s going on. I either shut down and avoid the news (that’s the disgust phase); or I feel anger and even hatred towards those Americans who support this indecent freak show, and those who were idiotic enough to stay home or vote for anyone but Hillary last time (that’s the fury phase).
Going out now; I can’t even stand to talk about it.
Was calling one of our popular members an idiot needed?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when one party refuses to allow confirmation of dozens of judiclal nominations for years, hoping to pack the judiciary when he has the chance.
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the Senate Majority leader breaks with all precedent to hold a Supreme Court seat open for a year to deny the appointment to a President elected by a clear majority of Americans?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when that same Majority Leader breaks with all precedent to eliminate the 60 vote bar for Supreme Court nominations.
What’s the ‘moderate position’ for women when the President announces he will only appoint Supreme Court justices who will vote to take away their bodily autonomy.
What’s the ‘moderate’ position to take when a Supreme Court nominee has given what appears to be demonstrably false testimony?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the same Senators who demanded the production of all the writings of Democratic SCOTUS nominees withhold 97% of the writings of a Republican SCOTUS nominee?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the nominee attacks an entire political party, spins conspiracy theories, and belligerently sneers in the face of Senators?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the President says that angry partisan performance is exactly what he wanted to see?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when a nominee is credibly accused of sexual assault, and the Senate Majority refuses to investigate?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the Senate majority and the White House limit the FBI to a sham investigation that willfully refuses to interview witnesses the alleged victims say can confirm their stories?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when that nominee tells easily debunked lies to that same committee on national television, but gets confirmed anyway?
The ‘moderate position’, Chuck, is for the President to withdraw a nominee who can’t get 60 votes, and instead nominate someone who can. The ‘moderate position’ is to oppose the confirmation of that nominee, not on ideological grounds, but on the question of character.
re: #270 The Vicious Babushka
Oh and that toilet paper video is a fake.
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Pretty sure all that tweeter did was add the “Veep” TV show music and credits to the actual real video of trump and the toilet paper.
re: #286 ObserverArt
And the two weeks put the Republican’s bad dealing, fake investigations, bitterness, Grahams Hammy Award drama and basically ignoring their own constituents on further display.
They may win this nomination, but what was the cost?
Hopefully it is heavy.
What cost could they really pay that would equal putting this turd on the SCOTUS bench for the foreseeable future?
re: #289 Blind Frog Belly White
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when one party refuses to allow confirmation of dozens of judiclal nominations for years, hoping to pack the judiciary when he has the chance.
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the Senate Majority leader breaks with all precedent to hold a Supreme Court seat open for a year to deny the appointment to a President elected by a clear majority of Americans?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when that same Majority Leader breaks with all precedent to eliminate the 60 vote bar for Supreme Court nominations.
What’s the ‘moderate position’ for women when the President announces he will only appoint Supreme Court justices who will vote to take away their bodily autonomy.
What’s the ‘moderate’ position to take when a Supreme Court nominee has given what appears to be demonstrably false testimony?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the same Senators who demanded the production of all the writings of Democratic SCOTUS nominees withhold 97% of the writings of a Republican SCOTUS nominee?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the nominee attacks an entire political party, spins conspiracy theories, and belligerently sneers in the face of Senators?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the President says that angry partisan performance is exactly what he wanted to see?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when a nominee is credibly accused of sexual assault, and the Senate Majority refuses to investigate?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the Senate majority and the White House limit the FBI to a sham investigation that willfully refuses to interview witnesses the alleged victims say can confirm their stories?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when that nominee tells easily debunked lies to that same committee on national television, but gets confirmed anyway?
The ‘moderate position’, Chuck, is for the President to withdraw a nominee who can’t get 60 votes, and instead nominate someone who can. The ‘moderate position’ is to oppose the confirmation of that nominee, not on ideological grounds, but on the question of character.
Not to nitpick because I agree with your point but SCOTUS has always been a simple majority. What was changed was the 60 votes to 50 for cloture. Which is what was done for Gorsuch just last year. Reid did change it for district judges a couple years prior. But I agree with you. Anyhow. What pisses me off are these so called moderate and or people who try to claim they’re above partisan politics because they proclaim not to be biased in favor of the Dems/Repubs. You are a partisan in your own way.
I see today is off to an insufferable start.
re: #291 Targetpractice
What cost could they really pay that would equal putting this turd on the SCOTUS bench for the foreseeable future?
I don’t know the answer to that unfortunately. Maybe they lose Congress for the next six years but they’ll have the Court on their side to agree with any challenges to Dem passed legislation.
I think what really galls me about the Kavanaugh nomination is that we’re counting on three Republicans who, for God knows what reason, are seen as “independent” when it comes to party loyalty, and then constantly march in lockstep with the GOP.
I really don’t see how this ends in anything other than Kavanaugh getting on the SCOTUS.
re: #293 goddamnedfrank
I see today is off to an insufferable start.
We’re all just a bunch of rays of fucking sunshine ‘round here.
//
re: #296 Targetpractice
We’re all just a bunch of rays of fucking sunshine ‘round here.
//
those timely reminders are just in case we might have forgotten…
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If Rick is right, @JeffFlake as a presidential nominee is cooked. Pity.
You can’t signal to half the population that they just have to lie down, shut up, and take it - and then expect them to vote for you to become POTUS. Not anymore.
Trump ruined that for @GOP too.#ETTD https://t.co/pvRuWpUVWw— Lincoln’s Bible (@LincolnsBible) October 5, 2018
indeed
re: #292 HappyWarrior
Not to nitpick because I agree with your point but SCOTUS has always been a simple majority. What was changed was the 60 votes to 50 for cloture. Which is what was done for Gorsuch just last year. Reid did change it for district judges a couple years prior. But I agree with you. Anyhow. What pisses me off are these so called moderate and or people who try to claim they’re above partisan politics because they proclaim not to be biased in favor of the Dems/Repubs. You are a partisan in your own way.
Dude, not being able to get 60 votes for cloture is a fucking 60 vote bar.
re: #289 Blind Frog Belly White
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when one party refuses to allow confirmation of dozens of judiclal nominations for years, hoping to pack the judiciary when he has the chance.
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the Senate Majority leader breaks with all precedent to hold a Supreme Court seat open for a year to deny the appointment to a President elected by a clear majority of Americans?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when that same Majority Leader breaks with all precedent to eliminate the 60 vote bar for Supreme Court nominations.
What’s the ‘moderate position’ for women when the President announces he will only appoint Supreme Court justices who will vote to take away their bodily autonomy.
What’s the ‘moderate’ position to take when a Supreme Court nominee has given what appears to be demonstrably false testimony?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the same Senators who demanded the production of all the writings of Democratic SCOTUS nominees withhold 97% of the writings of a Republican SCOTUS nominee?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the nominee attacks an entire political party, spins conspiracy theories, and belligerently sneers in the face of Senators?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the President says that angry partisan performance is exactly what he wanted to see?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when a nominee is credibly accused of sexual assault, and the Senate Majority refuses to investigate?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when the Senate majority and the White House limit the FBI to a sham investigation that willfully refuses to interview witnesses the alleged victims say can confirm their stories?
What’s the ‘moderate position’ when that nominee tells easily debunked lies to that same committee on national television, but gets confirmed anyway?
The ‘moderate position’, Chuck, is for the President to withdraw a nominee who can’t get 60 votes, and instead nominate someone who can. The ‘moderate position’ is to oppose the confirmation of that nominee, not on ideological grounds, but on the question of character.
The NEW “Moderate Position” will be to increase the size of the court from 9 to 15 and put six women in those new seats.
re: #299 Blind Frog Belly White
Dude, not being able to get 60 votes for cloture is a fucking 60 vote bar.
Yeah you’re right. My bad. But I meant for the literal confirmation itself. One theoretically could vote for the cloture and then against the nomination or vice versa.
re: #291 Targetpractice
What cost could they really pay that would equal putting this turd on the SCOTUS bench for the foreseeable future?
So gaining the house and senate in the future doesn’t count for anything.
Sorry I made the comment. It really doesn’t fit the current mood of some members here.
re: #302 ObserverArt
So gaining the house and senate in the future doesn’t count for anything.
Sorry I made the comment. It really doesn’t fit the current mood of some members here.
I think what he means, what could they lose that would be the equivalent to having control of the court for the foreseeable future. I do see what you mean and I do believe such a backlash not only possible but likely. But I just wonder if it will be enough but we’re in a tough bind etiher way.
re: #302 ObserverArt
So gaining the house and senate in the future doesn’t count for anything.
Sorry I made the comment. It really doesn’t fit the current mood of some members here.
Unless we’re set to win 67 votes in the Senate, no, it really doesn’t. What does winning a majority really mean if any laws and policies passed can be challenged and overturned in the courts?
LOL, of course. The last thing they wanted was to actually confront the reality of their dysfunction.
Still Anonymous: White House hunt for op-ed author fades (from @AP) https://t.co/LUcD5ng2qD
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 5, 2018
You know what pisses me off I think most about this is how history is repeating itself AGAIN. Over 25 years ago, Anita Hill’s allegations were dismissed and fortunately for her she lived in the pre-mass internet world where she wouldn’t have gotten the threats that Dr. Ford got. But it just shows us that we’ve learned nothing in the years since. I’m sure 25-30 years now some other high profile nominee for SCOTUS or some high office will have serious allegations against him and Dr. Ford and Anita Hill will be invoked and the Rs will use Hill/Ford as a reason why their guy should get it because “We can’t believe every allegation blah blah.” It’s not what happens. It’s what happens and it happening again that has us in this madness.
re: #304 Targetpractice
Unless we’re set to win 67 votes in the Senate, no, it really doesn’t. What does winning a majority really mean if any laws and policies passed can be challenged and overturned in the courts?
Exactly. Sorry OA. I want to be half full on this but even if we do get Congress back and the Presidency, they’re going ot be challenging the legality of everything we do and I think a Roberts court with Kavanaugh on it will be happy to end a lot of that. Not only that but a lot of stuff that they were unable to overturn with Kennedy on the court. I want to be wrong but this is a dark day.
re: #305 goddamnedfrank
LOL, of course. The last thing they wanted was to actually confront the reality of their dysfunction.
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Really strengthens the argument that the whole thing was a ploy, a means of trying to assure the party leadership that Trump wasn’t really running anything.
re: #291 Targetpractice
What cost could they really pay that would equal putting this turd on the SCOTUS bench for the foreseeable future?
This.
The GOP got behind Trump to use as a wrecking ball on the government in order to achieve the one party domination Karl Rove was always foaming at the mouth for. They got here in a large part due to a huge chunk of the US electorate being fucking idiots.
Mentioned ad nauseam, but I’m in allegedly liberal NJ, and I’m surrounded by Magic Balance Fairy rocket scientists and straight up MAGAts.
Really failing to see the price the GOP is paying.
re: #301 HappyWarrior
Yeah you’re right. My bad. But I meant for the literal confirmation itself. One theoretically could vote for the cloture and then against the nomination or vice versa.
Which is how the ACA passed. I believe it was Collins that voted for closure, and then voted against the final bill.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
I think what he means, what could they lose that would be the equivalent to having control of the court for the foreseeable future. I do see what you mean and I do believe such a backlash not only possible but likely. But I just wonder if it will be enough but we’re in a tough bind etiher way.
While the demographics favor us taking back the House on a more permanent basis in the future (hence the ferocious gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc), the structure of the Senate will make it tend the other way.
It’s clear that the GOP was willing to trade the Senate for this seat, because they know that Kavanaugh’s average life expectancy at his current age is 27 years, and he’ll probably live longer than that, whereas they might lose the Senate for 2-4 years, but they’ll eventually get it back.
re: #304 Targetpractice
Unless we’re set to win 67 votes in the Senate, no, it really doesn’t. What does winning a majority really mean if any laws and policies passed can be challenged and overturned in the courts?
A strong majority and the will on the nation behind it might stop a lot of those challenges making it to the courts.
And I still think of the future. I might not be around, but for all the youngsters in this country a packed court might be broken up in time once everyone learns from what should be seen as a mistake in time.
re: #307 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Sorry OA. I want to be half full on this but even if we do get Congress back and the Presidency, they’re going ot be challenging the legality of everything we do and I think a Roberts court with Kavanaugh on it will be happy to end a lot of that. Not only that but a lot of stuff that they were unable to overturn with Kennedy on the court. I want to be wrong but this is a dark day.
And we push through anyway. Every challenge has to make its way to the SCOTUS. That takes a while.
I don’t get down, but here’s my line when I do: I ain’t giving up until John Lewis does. And his death does not count as giving up.
re: #311 Blind Frog Belly White
While the demographics favor us taking back the House on a more permanent basis in the future (hence the ferocious gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc), the structure of the Senate will make it tend the other way.
It’s clear that the GOP was willing to trade the Senate for this seat, because they know that Kavanaugh’s average life expectancy at his current age is 27 years, and he’ll probably live longer than that, whereas they might lose the Senate for 2-4 years, but they’ll eventually get it back.
Right. That’s exactly what I think TP was getting at. Man. This sucks.
re: #305 goddamnedfrank
LOL, of course. The last thing they wanted was to actually confront the reality of their dysfunction.
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Because, really, who cares? It was a month ago and no one remembers.
re: #313 Belafon
And we push through anyway. Every challenge has to make its way to the SCOTUS. That takes a while.
I don’t get down, but here’s my line when I do: I ain’t giving up until John Lewis does. And his death does not count as giving up.
Oh by no means was I suggesting throw in the towel. I just see why there’s a glass half empty mindset but we can’t give up.
re: #307 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Sorry OA. I want to be half full on this but even if we do get Congress back and the Presidency, they’re going ot be challenging the legality of everything we do and I think a Roberts court with Kavanaugh on it will be happy to end a lot of that. Not only that but a lot of stuff that they were unable to overturn with Kennedy on the court. I want to be wrong but this is a dark day.
Enjoy the dark day then.
I’m going to go find some light.
re: #317 ObserverArt
Enjoy the dark day then.
I’m going to go find some light.
I am too. Believe me. I’m going canvassing tomorrow for positive leadership but I just want but can’t see even if they lose Congress over this how they will be hurt in the long run.
re: #59 goddamnedfrank
Amateur hour with nerve gas what the fuck.
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— Aric Toler (@AricToler) October 5, 2018
I’m sensing a dark feedback loop happening here. We need dog pictures.
re: #312 ObserverArt
A strong majority and the will on the nation behind it might stop a lot of those challenges making it to the courts.
And I still think of the future. I might not be around, but for all the youngsters in this country a packed court might be broken up in time once everyone learns from what should be seen as a mistake in time.
And angels might fly out of my arse. I’m not saying it’s impossible, I’m just saying the odds of it happening are too small to be seen by the naked eye. The will of the nation is against Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, and yet it is still moving forward. And we don’t get a vote in court cases, that rests with whichever 12 unlucky bastards failed to avoid jury duty and the courts that are being packed by Trump-approved partisans. It’s hard as hell to be optimistic when there’s not much to be optimistic about.
re: #320 Belafon
I’m sensing a dark feedback loop happening here. We need dog pictures.
How about some George Clinton?
re: #320 Belafon
I’m sensing a dark feedback loop happening here. We need dog pictures.
I hear, and I obey…
re: #321 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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Throw two tennis balls in opposite directions, and you’re golden. (did somebody do that in a movie?)
re: #287 Interesting Times
Where did you read it was a fake? That’s what I thought at first, but it appears to be real. I mean, if it’s made it all the way to BBC…
My bad, Snopes says it is real.
NEWS: @JeffFlake tells @GarrettHaake he’s a yes on Kavanaugh unless something big changes his final vote. Says he doesn’t see, at this point, what would
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 5, 2018
Bad guys, in the end, are bad guys. https://t.co/aARV73URzn
— andy lassner (@andylassner) October 5, 2018
re: #320 Belafon
I’m sensing a dark feedback loop happening here. We need dog pictures.
It’s the 24-hour news cycle. If everything isn’t fixed with one vote or one decision, then all is gloom and doom forever. A long chain of special election victories, shrinking Repug enrollment, unprecedented money for Democratic candidates, massive new voter registration and an energized electorate count for nothing.
(Picking apart this post and explanations of why none of that matters in ten, nine, eight…)
re: #327 goddamnedfrank
Fucking coward.
So much for not showing the proper demeanor to be a judge.
Fucking coward.
re: #324 Blind Frog Belly White
I hear, and I obey…
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Is that a greyhound bed? What does he think of the usurper?
#BREAKING: Sen. @JeffFlake says he will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ‘unless something big changes.’
… big? Like if he gets accused of sexual assault and then lies under oath?— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) October 5, 2018
re: #311 Blind Frog Belly White
While the demographics favor us taking back the House on a more permanent basis in the future (hence the ferocious gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc), the structure of the Senate will make it tend the other way.
It’s clear that the GOP was willing to trade the Senate for this seat, because they know that Kavanaugh’s average life expectancy at his current age is 27 years, and he’ll probably live longer than that, whereas they might lose the Senate for 2-4 years, but they’ll eventually get it back.
But at least Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will not be under attack by the House any longer. Of course, we may be totally ungovernable then. The legislature will not be able to accomplish anything. I believe this happened in 19th Century Poland where a single objection in the legislature was sufficient to render any legislation null and void. This does not bode well for the country.
re: #328 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
It’s the 24-hour news cycle. If everything isn’t fixed with one vote or one decision, then all is gloom and doom forever. A long chain of special election victories, shrinking Repug enrollment, unprecedented money for Democratic candidates, massive new voter registration and an energized electorate count for nothing.
(Picking apart this post and explanations of why none of that matters in ten, nine, eight…)
If it lasts more than an election cycle, then perhaps I’ll put some stock in it.
re: #304 Targetpractice
Unless we’re set to win 67 votes in the Senate, no, it really doesn’t. What does winning a majority really mean if any laws and policies passed can be challenged and overturned in the courts?
The Supreme Court can only take X number of cases per year.
There will be good policies struck down, but it won’t be every single thing every single year.
re: #331 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Is that a greyhound bed? What does he think of the usurper?
Not Rango’s primary bed. It’s a medium-sized bed, which a Greyhound can curl up in - and Zeena sometimes did - but not stretch out it.
For DoRango fans, an artsy shot of them fighting over a fake-fur duster….
Being a crying, yelling, entitled, lunatic is disqualifying. This looks like the corruption of the far right to me. Doing whatever they can to enslave American women, because the loonies think women are the property of men.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 5, 2018
“There is absolutely no corroborating evidence for these allegations,” McConnell says.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 5, 2018
There’s Kavanaugh’s calendar. There are witnesses who you refuse to interview. There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.
re: #320 Belafon
I’m sensing a dark feedback loop happening here. We need dog pictures.
Meet Chilly and Griffin. They have perfected the duo snoozle, a maximization of snuggability. Coziness levels approaching epic pupportions. Both 13/10 pic.twitter.com/trgrGHmMzo
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) October 5, 2018
re: #328 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
It’s the 24-hour news cycle. If everything isn’t fixed with one vote or one decision, then all is gloom and doom forever. A long chain of special election victories, shrinking Repug enrollment, unprecedented money for Democratic candidates, massive new voter registration and an energized electorate count for nothing.
(Picking apart this post and explanations of why none of that matters in ten, nine, eight…)
This.
Jesus what a ridiculous unforced error. Dude could have fucking said nothing.
In close #TNSen race, Democrat Phil Bredesen puts out statement just as cloture vote closing that he would be a YES on Kavanaugh pic.twitter.com/R9kiTo58rV
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) October 5, 2018
re: #329 KGxvi
Fucking coward.
So much for not showing the proper demeanor to be a judge.
Fucking coward.
To be a coward, you have to stand out against a bunch of other people who are not cowards.
So comparing Flake to Republicans in general and calling him a coward really doesn’t work.
Comparing him to someone like Heidi Heidtcamp, yup, he’s a coward.
re: #333 Hecuba’s daughter
But at least Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will not be under attack by the House any longer. Of course, we may be totally ungovernable then. The legislature will not be able to accomplish anything. I believe this happened in 19th Century Poland where a single objection in the legislature was sufficient to render any legislation null and void. This does not bode well for the country.
I think things are going to change in the smaller states in the near future. A lot of those states have older populations - the median age, nationally, is about 37. As more of those older people get closer to retirement, there will either have to be an influx of younger people to fill jobs (and if unemployment remains in the 3-8% range, those people may end up having to be from other countries - and the story about Devin Nunes’ family the other day suggests that’s going to complicate shit for a lot of them) or there is a real chance of economic collapse.
Fox headline leads to an article explaining WHY KAVANAUGH SHOULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.
OPINION: Judge Kavanaugh should become Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh – Here’s why https://t.co/0439GPEAWQ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 5, 2018
re: #341 goddamnedfrank
Jesus what a ridiculous unforced error. You could have fucking said nothing.
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re: #335 sagehen
The Supreme Court can only take X number of cases per year.
There will be good policies struck down, but it won’t be every single thing every single year.
Moreover, even an ideologically rigid 5-4 conservative majority doesn’t remain that way.
Capturing the Senate means the Democrats can oppose with a majority any truly awful pick coming out of Trump, and capturing the Presidency in 2020 would mean he would be opposed for two years then out.
Moreover, no one can predict which Supreme Court justices might retire or die; though RBG is elderly, that doesn’t mean she would be the first off the bench. A lot of people were surprised when Antonin Scalia woke up dead one morning (so surprised that wingnuts were convinced it was some liberal plot).
re: #341 goddamnedfrank
Jesus what a ridiculous unforced error. Dude could have fucking said nothing.
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This is why we can’t have nice things.
re: #343 KGxvi
I think things are going to change in the smaller states in the near future. A lot of those states have older populations - the median age, nationally, is about 37. As more of those older people get closer to retirement, there will either have to be an influx of younger people to fill jobs (and if unemployment remains in the 3-8% range, those people may end up having to be from other countries - and the story about Devin Nunes’ family the other day suggests that’s going to complicate shit for a lot of them) or there is a real chance of economic collapse.
Not all though. For example, according to the US Census Bureau, 2017 estimates of Nebraska indicate a quarter of the population is under 18, while a bit over 15% is over 65.
About 7% of the state is immigrants.
I think it just frustrates me that we haven’t had a truly liberal court in over 50 years and that’s not going to change.
re: #342 Anymouse 🌹
To be a coward, you have to stand out against a bunch of other people who are not cowards.
So comparing Flake to Republicans in general and calling him a coward really doesn’t work.
Comparing him to someone like Heidi Heidtcamp, yup, he’s a coward.
I’m just comparing him to his own self-professed standards of having a conscious.
re: #346 Anymouse 🌹
So we’re going to take over the Senate? Good to know.
C’mon google, not cool, not fucking cool…
was just doing a google search for Breyer and they had the “people also searched for” thing and the photo of Ginsburg was a black and white photo from her youth… you only use those when someone is no longer with us.
FUVM Joe Manchin. Thanks to your vote today, the US is semi-officially returning to the days of #BoysWillBeBoys and “If you dressed for it you wanted it”.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) October 5, 2018
re: #349 HappyWarrior
I think it just frustrates me that we haven’t had a truly liberal court in over 50 years and that’s not going to change.
Even so, it’s a court that approved same sex marriage. Which is pretty remarkable when you consider how this issue was politicized in the early ‘oughts.
re: #349 HappyWarrior
I think it just frustrates me that we haven’t had a truly liberal court in over 50 years and that’s not going to change.
We might have had a liberal court if Fortas had not shown himself to be corrupt and in Johnson’s pocket. And actually the pre-Reagan Court was ok on issues, even if a majority of the appointments were Republican. In the old days, Democrat and Republican were not synonymous with liberal and conservative, respectively.
re: #352 Skip Intro
So we’re going to take over the Senate? Good to know.
Well, I don’t know. There is awfully powerful motivation for people to get out and vote.
Democrats have more seats to defend this year and have to take two more than that to gain control of the Senate.
In 2020 those numbers are reversed and Republicans have more seats to defend.
re: #354 Chrysicat
The cloture vote isn’t the one that matters. You can vote for cloture just to get to the final vote, and then vote against (this used to happen all the time, and then our system got broken).
That said, it’s looking like it’s going to be very close, especially if Davies isn’t in town for the final vote.
re: #356 Sir John Barron
Even so, it’s a court that approved same sex marriage. Which is pretty remarkable when you consider how this issue was politicized in the early ‘oughts.
It also rebuffed conservatives twice in regard to Obamacare.
The second of those challenges was of course especially ridiculous and should never have risen to that level, but it was a smackdown nonetheless.
Doug Jones should be smacked like an old metoo woman.
— Fred Shakelton (@FShakelton) October 5, 2018
A typical republican voter https://t.co/bMpUpn9tAD
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) October 5, 2018
re: #358 Anymouse 🌹
Well, I don’t know. There is awfully powerful motivation for people to get out and vote.
Democrats have more seats to defend this year and have to take two more than that to gain control of the Senate.
In 2020 those numbers are reversed and Republicans have more seats to defend.
2020 is a hell of a long way off. Why knows what voting will be like then. We may be back to rich white male land owners.
re: #356 Sir John Barron
Even so, it’s a court that approved same sex marriage. Which is pretty remarkable when you consider how this issue was politicized in the early ‘oughts.
Very true.
re: #362 Skip Intro
The sad part is, I think that’s literally true. The Colorado Senate is all that needs to flip red to get that Article V Convention called, so we may not even be under the 1788 Constitution when 2020 rolls around.
re: #357 Hecuba’s daughter
We might have had a liberal court if Fortas had not shown himself to be corrupt and in Johnson’s pocket. And actually the pre-Reagan Court was ok on issues, even if a majority of the appointments were Republican. In the old days, Democrat and Republican were not synonymous with liberal and conservative, respectively.
I know the history and yeah the Burger Court wasn’t all bad, they actually did Roe and Eisenstadt.
re: #359 KGxvi
The cloture vote isn’t the one that matters. You can vote for cloture just to get to the final vote, and then vote against (this used to happen all the time, and then our system got broken).
That said, it’s looking like it’s going to be very close, especially if Davies isn’t in town for the final vote.
They are saying if necessary they can hold the vote open overnight so he can vote sunday morning, so I don’t think that will change the final calculus.
re: #362 Skip Intro
2020 is a hell of a long way off. Why knows what voting will be like then. We may be back to rich white male land owners.
And the 2020 map, if you’re looking at it like an electoral college map, doesn’t necessarily have a lot of pick up opportunities for Democrats. Depending on how the presidential election shakes out, we’re looking at Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and maybe North Carolina.
You seem to have a problem with decent people. Too alien to an abuser like you who can’t imagine being smart or good?
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 5, 2018
He’s so dumb that he has a recent reply to @AmyMek
Repost because…hell:
Jeff Flake that type of dude that helps you look for the shit that he stole. “THEY DID WHAT?!! Oh man we gonna get to the bottom of this!!”
— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) October 4, 2018
re: #361 gocart mozart
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re: #364 Chrysicat
The sad part is, I think that’s literally true. The Colorado Senate is all that needs to flip red to get that Article V Convention called, so we may not even be under the 1788 Constitution when 2020 rolls around.
A convention would be a disaster. And I seriously doubt that anything would even come out of a convention, and even if something did I doubt it would be ratified.
A more likely result of a convention would be a dissolution of the Union.
re: #356 Sir John Barron
Even so, it’s a court that approved same sex marriage. Which is pretty remarkable when you consider how this issue was politicized in the early ‘oughts.
Kavanaugh replaces Kennedy — this decision will be reversed in 2020 unless the Democrats get control of the Senate this year and prevent the appointment of any additional RW justices.
re: #373 KGxvi
A convention would be a disaster. And I seriously doubt that anything would even come out of a convention, and even if something did I doubt it would be ratified.
A more likely result of a convention would be a dissolution of the Union.
Is it wrong of me to say that if it gets to the point of a convention, and it probably will, I’d welcome said dissolution, just as long as I’m not on the side that has to start living under a defaced St. Andrew’s Cross?
re: #374 Hecuba’s daughter
Kavanaugh replaces Kennedy — this decision will be reversed in 2020 unless the Democrats get control of the Senate this year and prevent the appointment of any additional RW justices.
It’s a lot harder to overturn a case that recognizes a constitutional right than it is to overturn a case that did not recognize a constitutional right. Even the most strident social conservative judge would have to answer questions like: what happens to all the marriages that were legally entered into when between the two decisions? If you’re returning the question to the states, what about full faith and credit that’s protected in the federal constitution?
Then there’s the very real possibility that whatever logic you use in overturning a constitutional right will get used in other cases and once you let that genie out of the bottle, you’re talking about serious long term consequences.
What makes Roe and Casey different is the Court created these funky standards like the undue burden test, which lets states chip away because they can argue that any burden isn’t an undue burden right up to the point of making it illegal - basically it gives them cover to regulate abortion out of existence.
re: #373 KGxvi
A convention would be a disaster. And I seriously doubt that anything would even come out of a convention, and even if something did I doubt it would be ratified.
A more likely result of a convention would be a dissolution of the Union.
If there is no agreement on issues — there is likely no dissolution. However, less than 40% of the population can pass amendments that affect the entire country. The Koch brothers are salivating at destroying this country.
re: #377 Hecuba’s daughter
If there is no agreement on issues — there is likely no dissolution. However, less than 40% of the population can pass amendments that affect the entire country. The Koch brothers are salivating at destroying this country.
I guess we need to outlive them then. While taxes are not a sure thing (especially for the very rich), death is.
Once both Koch Brothers are gone, their empire will be torn apart over heirs fighting over the leftovers.
re: #375 Chrysicat
Is it wrong of me to say that if it gets to the point of a convention, and it probably will, I’d welcome said dissolution, just as long as I’m not on the side that has to start living under a defaced St. Andrew’s Cross?
I live in California, so I sort of go back and forth on it. But there’s no telling what the lines on the map would look like in that scenario.
51 Republicans in the Senate and not a single spine for any of them.
So wait, if we dissolve, does that mean we’re Brits again? Because if it means I get access to the BBC archives, I’m cool with it.
Matty “Bridge Troll” Moroun hiding in his cave
Justin Trudeau, Rick Snyder celebrate Gordie Howe Bridge construction kickoff https://t.co/xrn9bjjsfm
— MLive Detroit (@MLiveDetroit) October 5, 2018
@Sen_JoeManchin left you a voicemail last night. As a constituent of WV who has grown to appreciate this state despite its flaws, your hesitancy regarding Kavanaugh breaks my heart. Voting yes would confirm the worst fears of so many survivors of abuse. Please do better
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) October 5, 2018
re: #380 Eclectic Cyborg
51 Republicans in the Senate and not a single spine for any of them.
Murkowski did vote no on closure.
re: #375 Chrysicat
Is it wrong of me to say that if it gets to the point of a convention, and it probably will, I’d welcome said dissolution, just as long as I’m not on the side that has to start living under a defaced St. Andrew’s Cross?
Dissolution of the union would mean a dozen mini-countries across the continent. And more than likely, all of them would go hard-fascist. It’s not like the red states have all been south of the Mason-Dixon line.
I’d probably be more worried if I lived in a non-fascist state, because I don’t doubt that the pro-fascist states would enthusiastically nuke California, Massachusetts, and anyone else they didn’t like.
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Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
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Views: 428 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
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Views: 600 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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