EMT 09/22/18 Enough already.

I'm just one voter.

But this voter's decision on whether to vote in November will be based on whether the current Republicans in office actually vote on confirming a new SC justice next week.

Stop playing silly games and get your job done.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:00 AM (T4oHT)

2 Yay, insomnia!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:01 AM (W+vEI)

3 Fear of the Left is the biggest motivating factor in the country.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:02 AM (T4oHT)

4 Make that 2 voters.

#enoughisenough

Posted by: LASue at September 22, 2018 06:02 AM (Z48ZB)

5 We have a new leader of the Senate...her name is Dr Ford.

Posted by: tentotwo at September 22, 2018 06:02 AM (yhf6w)

6 Back to my willowed comment.
If you can't sleep is it still rest to just lay still and not expend any energy or just get moving?

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:04 AM (T4oHT)

7 If you can't sleep is it still rest to just lay still and not expend any energy or just get moving?

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:04 AM (T4oHT)

For your muscles, yes.

For your brain, no.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 22, 2018 06:05 AM (VE0m1)

8 Not getting it exactly but no full vote by next Thursday means another week at least until it can happen again. Also meaning Kavanaugh will not make opening day Oct 1.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:07 AM (T4oHT)

9 g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2018 06:07 AM (KCxzN)

10 The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Grassley is an old fool, has zero business being in the senate let alone heading the judiciary committee and now it is he that is making a mockery of the confirmation process.

What a schmuck.

And good morning.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 06:07 AM (kT3/m)

11 Good Morning Morons; today is Saturday, September 22, 2018. On this day in 1823 Joseph Smith supposedly found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried. These 'plates', which none in the public has ever seen, supposedly contained the text of what became the Book of Mormon. I have no problem with the Mormon sect, after all they are Christians, however, I think all this Angel Moroni stuff is a load of hogwash.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:08 AM (mpXpK)

12 Fox's Greg Jarret says Rosencrap should be fired. I agree.

http://tinyurl.com/y7ntajro

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:09 AM (mpXpK)

13 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:09 AM (wldC6)

14 The Trump hate wing, aided by Fox News, says Republicans can't get their message together for the elections because Trump. I say if there is any confusion in the Party it is because of all the RINOs and assholes like these.

http://tinyurl.com/ybqgv48b

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:09 AM (mpXpK)

15 Fox News' Jesse Watters calls communist Whitehouse of Delaware a liar and in public.

http://tinyurl.com/yc3g7x6v

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:09 AM (mpXpK)

16 Was not happy to see another cave by Grassley. Dem Undies are sure it's because the GOP doesn't have the votes now, due to Trump's heartless tweet. Hope that's not the case, but my gosh #enoughISenough.

Posted by: lizabth at September 22, 2018 06:10 AM (RFh5Y)

17 NBC News excuses Rosencrap's lies and misbehavior as 'he was joking'.

http://tinyurl.com/ycxj822w

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:10 AM (mpXpK)

18 A Duke energy dam off the Cape Fear river has been breached by flood waters from Hurricane Florence. NBC news immediately speculates that coal and and coal ash 'may' be flowing in to the river. This line of lying speculation comes with no evidence what-so-ever. Typical NBC. Fake News indeed. I have some news for you liars at NBC, fly ash is not discharged into any river, lake, or other such impondment that has flow to a river. It goes into what is called 'settling ponds' which have to be manually pumped to remove water after the fly ash has been separated out.

http://tinyurl.com/yaeof5of

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:10 AM (mpXpK)

19 Levin says Trump should not fire Resencrap because of the NYT article because it is a setup. I say Resencrap should have been fired long before the NYT article came out. In fact, the entire upper level of the Justice Dept should be fired along with the DOS.

http://tinyurl.com/ybfq2795

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:11 AM (mpXpK)

20 Supposedly Nikki Haley has been excluded from a 'refugee' meeting for her open borders views. I have never seen any 'open borders' views from her when she was gov. In fact, as I remember it she was the opposite. I would like to know where this crap comes from.

http://tinyurl.com/y7h96xt7

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:11 AM (mpXpK)

21 Yet more evidence that gun control does not work. The MD shooter used a legal handgun that she went through all of MD's hoops to purchase. All these gun control laws do is make it harder for honest people to get a gun and drive up the prices through a lot of useless regulatory compliance laws that gun stores have to live with.

http://tinyurl.com/y8gtve45

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:11 AM (mpXpK)

22 Levin last night said dont fall for the trap on the NY Times...they WANT Trump to fire the Rosenpenis before the midterms

Posted by: A dude in MI at September 22, 2018 06:12 AM (OOH1c)

23 Recall the movie Flashdance where Jennifer Beals had to audition for admittance into a noted art school (much like Julliard)? Well schools in NYC like that can no longer hold auditions for entrance because it doesn't support the liberal's golden God of diversity. Thank you NYC voters who elected communist DeBlasio.

http://tinyurl.com/y8gtve45

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:12 AM (mpXpK)

24 Mitch says that we shouldn't worry, Brett Kavanaugh will be justice soon.

Ok.

Only the Republican majority is at stake.

No biggie.

Only the future of the Republican party, Mitch.

I'm so tired of the Democrats scams. Is Mitch?

And that pic on the last thread is a picture of Dr Ford without makeup.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 22, 2018 06:12 AM (LWvdb)

25 Kellyanne Conway wonders why Republicans in the Senate are allowing Democrats to delay the vote on Kavanaugh when they have no intention of voting for him anyway. Me too babe, me too.

http://tinyurl.com/y8jp7z5p

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:12 AM (mpXpK)

26 Heritage blasts the new budget bill for still containing Obama's handouts to manufacturers of the shitty electric 'cars'.

http://tinyurl.com/y7w8wnod

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:12 AM (mpXpK)

27 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2018 06:13 AM (hyuyC)

28
Once again 'settled science' for one of the liberal's favorite programs to take control of local programs though BS regulations turns out to be 'junk science'. The Mooch's school lunch program has been shown now to be BS. Doesn't matter, our county school system eliminated that crap a long time ago.

http://tinyurl.com/yckw4a5o

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:13 AM (mpXpK)

29 Ramirez

http://tinyurl.com/yd5qhfhe

And that's it for today. I will be bowing out around sunrise this morning. I have some long delayed yard work that I must do and I want to get it done before it gets hot.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:13 AM (mpXpK)

30 Thanks, Vic.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:14 AM (wldC6)

31 G'mornin' Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they are gaslighting us 24/365 at September 22, 2018 06:16 AM (58Au8)

32 Vic We Have No Party

Thank you for the news. Much appreciated.

I was talking about those gold tablets with a devout Mormon friend of mine.

He said "You need strong faith to be a good Mormon."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2018 06:16 AM (hyuyC)

33 "The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit."

Kreplach,
Have you trademarked your line yet?

Would sell a lot of t-shirts.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 22, 2018 06:17 AM (LWvdb)

34 32
Vic We Have No Party

Thank you for the news. Much appreciated.

I was talking about those gold tablets with a devout Mormon friend of mine.

He said "You need strong faith to be a good Mormon."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2018 06:16 AM (hyuyC)

I don't know. Since most of their message is straight Christianity I can overlook the rest.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:18 AM (mpXpK)

35 Uhhh...krak, sweetheart. It's Saturday. 5:19 AYEM on Saturday, to be precise. My, you're up (and mad) early.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:18 AM (AzV8L)

36 If anyone says "settled science", then they know nothing of the history of science.

I call them out as a refugee from the process of science, and mis-educated to boot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2018 06:18 AM (hyuyC)

37 And that's it for today. I will be bowing out around sunrise this morning. I have some long delayed yard work that I must do and I want to get it done before it gets hot.

Posted by: Vic

Vic. Thanks for the news this morning.

If you want, come to my house and do yard work. Todays high is 66. Darn near 30 degrees less then it was on Thursday.
Ahhhh. The air con is off, and I'm sleeping under a blanket again

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 06:19 AM (8ikIW)

38 You have to admire the stamina of Grassley, not many 85 yr olds can take the self inflicted pounding this guy is taking. His ass has got to be sore by now!

Posted by: tentotwo at September 22, 2018 06:19 AM (yhf6w)

39 Maryland shooter was diagnosed with a mental illness back in 2016.

Other online reports also cite she was suffering from Gender Dysphoria and in the process of transitioning.

And that she committed suicide after shooting her co-workers.

So a neighbor asked my what the transgenderism had to do with the story.

And I told her that it had as much to do with the story as when a former military member commits a crime, that the prior military service is always mentioned.

Oh, and the roughly 40% suicide rate of those suffering from gender dysphoria.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:20 AM (wldC6)

40 Vic We Have No Party

Culturally, Mormons have a good answer for a society gone crazy. They have strong internal organizations that are set aside from the wider culture.

And their professed values are quite attractive compared with the Left. No, not talking about the multiple wives here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2018 06:21 AM (hyuyC)

41 @33
Have not trademarked it, I really wish I didn't have to use it at all.

What's going on is ridiculous and the GOP is an illigitimate political party as properly understood.

Grassley is 85 fucking years old, you would think he would have zero
fucks to give and be angrier than an old man trying to return soup over
the shiving his "good friend" ChiDi did to him but no, all it took was
some scary words from ChiDi and this Ford liar to rattle him.

What a clusterfuck he's let this confirmation become.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 06:23 AM (kT3/m)

42 Golly, gee... I hate to be a ray of sunshine into what seems to be a general Debbie Downer attitude, but:
What if the Trump Spine is actually transplantable, and Grassley, et al really do have incontrovertible proof?
And, call me Rebecca, but if the NYSlimes calls Rosenstein a traitor, I now can actually believe he's a white hat.

I know... I'll be in my room.

Posted by: MarkY at September 22, 2018 06:23 AM (ZyYLI)

43 Hiya

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2018 06:23 AM (gXrq5)

44 we have got to get rid of the deadwood like Grassley

ok for senator , lousy chairman

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 06:23 AM (+g41/)

45
Always remember, Kavanaugh wrote the Starr Report -- a report which went into much detail (some say perhaps too much detail) of the Clinton sexual tryst with Monica Lewinsky. If there was anyone that the (D)'s were going to drag through the mud it was him.

They've known for years he was on the 'short list' of SC candidates and they've had years to prepare. This is a well prepared operation, despite it being made to appear somewhat last minute.

The Ford woman will never testify under oath because she knows the real truth.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 22, 2018 06:28 AM (LOgQ4)

46 So what did Grassley do that's the most recent "caving"?

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:28 AM (AzV8L)

47 Good morning, coffee time. Happy first day of Fall.

Posted by: Uncle Si at September 22, 2018 06:28 AM (Je5yd)

48 Was there some official cave-in last night? I checked out at 10:30.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2018 06:29 AM (Y9zp1)

49
Good morning kids:

Well, Chuck Grassley is doing the Bugs Bunny "I dare you to cross over this line" crap. Except he's the one that's going to fall off the cliff and not Yosemite Sam.

How anyone can give a written deadline/ultimatum, publicly crow about it and then back away from it - TWICE now - makes one look like an abject fool.

What the fuck are you thinking, schmuck?! Unless the usual gang of anti-Trump cunts in the GOP are giving him tsoris, but why give an ultimatum in the first place and wind up with bukkake on your face?

This is just making what's left of my hair hurt. Honestly, I have got to go and not destroy my weekend with this garbage.

Cunts, the lot of them.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:29 AM (/9p9e)

50 46 So what did Grassley do that's the most recent "caving"?
Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:28 AM (AzV8L)

Supposedly extended the deadline. It's in big red letters up top at Breitbart now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:30 AM (/9p9e)

51 >>What if the Trump Spine is actually transplantable, and Grassley, et al really do have incontrovertible proof?
And, call me Rebecca, but if the NYSlimes calls Rosenstein a traitor, I now can actually believe he's a white hat.

Heh, yeah.
First, Joe DiGenoa made s strange comment about Ford on Laura Ingraham's show - he said to ask PGA players about Ford.

That's it, no details.

As for NYT, who leaked this? Apparently it was leaked to a reporter that Comey favored for leaks. Trump will fire Rosenstein if/when he feels like it, not when Comey, McCabe, Mueller or whoever decides it should be done by stirring up the outrage mob.

*We know that there have been plans in place for over a year to mass protest if Rosenstein is fired - wouldn't the Resistance just love such a distraction/mid-term GoTV event like that right about now?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:32 AM (W+vEI)

52 Grassley most of worriedIthinkwhat the Media and Democrats will be screaming as soon as he ends any chance of Ford testifying.
And she is going to testify, about this ( ) close to betting the house that she will.
She doesn't- vote happens soon
She does - who knows how long and what could happen during that.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:32 AM (T4oHT)

53 @44
He's 85 so he will be gone soon enough.
He's not up till 2020 which would make him 87, but he has not ruled out another run.

Just another sad old man cleaning to power.

What a disgrace.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 06:32 AM (kT3/m)

54 now grassley has little spine, did't even give a time

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 06:32 AM (+g41/)

55 Hey, I'm on a roll.

The Book of Wisdom, Chapter 2 (tell me it does not ring true today)

Reason they offer, yet reason all amiss. Their hearts tell them, So brief our time here, so full of discomfort, and death brings no remedy! Never a man yet made good his title to have come back from the grave! Whence came we, none can tell; and it will be all one hereafter whether we lived or no. What is our breath, but a passing vapour; what is our reason, but a spark that sets the brain whirling? Quench that spark, and our body is turned to ashes; like a spent sigh, our breath is wasted on the air; like the cloud-wrack our life passes away, unsubstantial as the mist yonder sun disperses with its ray, bears down with its heat. Time will surely efface our memory, and none will mark the record of our doings. Only a passing shadow, this life of ours, and from its end there is no returning; the doom is sealed, and there is no acquittal.

Come then (they say), let us enjoy pleasure, while pleasure is ours; youth does not last, and creation is at our call; of rich wine and well spiced take we our fill. Spring shall not cheat us of her blossoming; crown we our heads with roses ere they wither; be every meadow the scene of our wanton mirth. Share we the revels all alike, leave traces everywhere of our joyous passing; no part or lot have we but this.

Helpless innocence shall lie at our mercy; not for us to spare the widow, to respect the venerable head, grown white with years. Might shall be our right, weakness count for proof of worthlessness. Where is he, the just man? We must plot to be rid of him; he will not lend himself to our purposes. Ever he must be thwarting our plans; transgress we the law, he is all reproof, depart we from the traditions of our race, he denounces us. What, would he claim knowledge of divine secrets, give himself out as the son of God? The touchstone, he, of our inmost thoughts; we cannot bear the very sight of him, his life so different from other men's, the path he takes, so far removed from theirs! No better than false coin he counts us, holds aloof from our doings as though they would defile him; envies the just their future happiness, boasts of a divine parentage. Put we his claims, then, to the proof; let experience shew what his lot shall be, and what end awaits him. If to be just is to be God's son indeed, then God will take up his cause, will save him from the power of his enemies. Outrage and torment, let these be the tests we use; let us see that gentleness of his in its true colours, find out what his patience is worth. Sentenced let him be to a shameful death; by his own way of it, he shall find deliverance.

So false the calculations that are blinded by human malice! The secret purposes of God they might not fathom; how should they foresee that holiness is requited, how should they pass true award on a blameless life? God, to be sure, framed man for an immortal destiny, the created image of his own endless being; but, since the devil's envy brought death into the world, they make him their model that take him for their master.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2018 06:33 AM (e7oj4)

56 I have no doubt there are some people investigating Ford , connections, group affiliations, travel locations.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:34 AM (T4oHT)

57 46
So what did Grassley do that's the most recent "caving"?

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:28 AM (AzV8L)

He delayed the vote on Cavanaugh once again

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:36 AM (mpXpK)

58 Why gold? Why not platinum?

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 06:36 AM (3HNOQ)

59 This Rosenstein thing is a trap set up. Democrats want President Trump to fire him, never do what your enemies want.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:37 AM (T4oHT)

60 59
This Rosenstein thing is a trap set up. Democrats want President Trump to fire him, never do what your enemies want.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:37 AM (T4oHT)

Fire him anyway As usual the Demos are FOS.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:39 AM (mpXpK)

61 @54
I'm assuming it's till 10pm Saturday, but to your point, who the fuck knows what Grassley's deadline as all he said he would give her an additional day.

Does the mean EOB East Coast? EOB West Coast? Sundown? 10pm?

The GOP is an ideologically confused, disorganized, undisciplined and illegitimate political party.

And it's these things because it's run by mediocre old men and woman who cling to power because they have nothing of value in their miserable lives and no foundational principles to guide them other the acquisition and maintenance of power.

Fuck them, fuck the lot of them.

Useless pieces of shit.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 06:40 AM (kT3/m)

62 I have to go to work, might not be back until end of pet thread.
Someone say hi to KT for me.
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:40 AM (T4oHT)

63 I'm sorry to ask because I saw it go by a couple of times. But does anyone have a phone number for Grassley's Office? What bullshit

Posted by: NativeNH at September 22, 2018 06:40 AM (dtRY5)

64 59 This Rosenstein thing is a trap set up. Democrats want President Trump to fire him, never do what your enemies want.
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:37 AM (T4oHT)

I think Trump knows this full well. Almost every week he is ripping Sessionszzzz a new one on Twitter or at a rally. And yet, Snoozy McSnoozerson is still snoring away in the DoJ.

Not worried at all. In fact, I think he might use this bait as a means of outflanking Rosenpenis and firing a whole lot of underlings.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:41 AM (/9p9e)

65 Did Grassley postpone anything, or did he just extend the deadline for Ford to provide her written bio and testimony?

Can't they have the vote on Monday if she declines/does not respond by latest deadline?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:41 AM (W+vEI)

66
When you read left wing newspapers which appear to support Trump or Kavanaugh in some fashion your radar should be set to maximum level.

When DiFi was criticized for waiting so long to release the Ford letter -- know that that was part of the strategy. The criticism is just cover smoke.

Rosenstein? Probably an attempt to gin up (D) voter outrage if Trump were to fire him.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (LOgQ4)

67 Trying to get a para from Grassley's website up here but Pixy is pre-menstrual and not co-operating.

In essence it seems to say that they gave Ford's camp an extra twelve house (till 10:00 last night) to respond. There seems to be no indication that she did respond and according to the website the vote is still scheduled for Monday.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (AzV8L)

68 63 I'm sorry to ask because I saw it go by a couple of times. But does anyone have a phone number for Grassley's Office? What bullshit
Posted by: NativeNH at September 22, 2018 06:40 AM (dtRY5)

1-800-ASSRAPE

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (/9p9e)

69 But this voter's decision on whether to vote in November will be based on whether the current Republicans in office actually vote on confirming a new SC justice next week.

krakatoa gets wordy. Shit status: Real

And seconded, in a sense. I'll vote in November regardless. I refuse to concede to these bastids. I'll vote until voting doesn't matter any more. I'll never vote for a Dem, though my voter ID might.

But Grassley is a turd. He's trying to reason with the werewolf, saying "You're not REALLY hungry for flesh -- Here, have a banana."

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (Z4rgH)

70
Somebody got to Grassley. That is why it is unwise to continue to give the democrats time to find the right word or phrase that unnerves the republicans. Keep moving forward, don't give the opposition time to regroup.

Posted by: Waldo Khornbloom at September 22, 2018 06:44 AM (oYD2h)

71 If Trump has a few billion reasons to give up and hasn't, then neither will I.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 06:47 AM (Z4rgH)

72 Nobody "got" to Grassley. The man is absolutely unassailable.

Please, ya'll...could we wait and see what happens on Monday?

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:47 AM (AzV8L)

73 Is all this like Obama's famous red line, cross it and we will, oh never mind.

Posted by: colin at September 22, 2018 06:48 AM (+Gw08)

74 good mornings hodre(sic transit Gloria Gloria) we ate the corgis.

Posted by: saf at September 22, 2018 06:48 AM (5IHGB)

75 Rosenstein is a POS, but The Donald can do well just letting him twist in the wind.

P.S. Grassley, you let us down.

Just retire and let a young buck with actual fire take your seat.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2018 06:48 AM (e7oj4)

76 It felt as if she were undressing and raping me.

With her eyes.

That memory still haunts my sleep to this day.

Yeh...yeh...that's the ticket.

(Is that how this works?)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:49 AM (wldC6)

77 69 But this voter's decision on whether to vote in November will be based on whether the current Republicans in office actually vote on confirming a new SC justice next week.

krakatoa gets wordy. Shit status: Real

And seconded, in a sense. I'll vote in November regardless. I refuse to concede to these bastids. I'll vote until voting doesn't matter any more. I'll never vote for a Dem, though my voter ID might.

But Grassley is a turd. He's trying to reason with the werewolf, saying "You're not REALLY hungry for flesh -- Here, have a banana."
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (Z4rgH)

THIS.

Much as I can understand the sentiment behind not voting in November if Kavanaugh is allowed to be torpedoed by the GOP (yes, it will be solely their fault), the repercussions of letting the Dems take power are unimaginable, even if PDT has two more years.

I think they will not only try to wipe him out but pull out every stop to steal 2020 and then openly overthrow the government and seize permanent power. Or try to.

2020 depending on what happens in November will be for all the marbles.,

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:49 AM (/9p9e)

78 >>Please, ya'll...could we wait and see what happens on Monday?

Yes.

Per the Breitbart article:

If Grassley and his fellow Republicans on the Judiciary Committee stick to their announced plan, the committee will convene for a vote Monday. If, as expected, the Republican majority votes to approve Kavanaugh's confirmation, it will pass to the full Senate, where a vote for cloture, setting up a final full-Senate vote, can be taken Wednesday morning. That final vote could then be taken Thursday, allowing Kavanaugh to take a seat on the Supreme Court in time of the start of the Court's October term.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:50 AM (W+vEI)

79 Thanks JJ but that didn't work, but it did wake up Shep Smith

Posted by: NativeNH at September 22, 2018 06:50 AM (dtRY5)

80 69 But Grassley is a turd. He's trying to reason with the werewolf, saying "You're not REALLY hungry for flesh -- Here, have a banana."
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (Z4rgH)

It's part of that matching pair with the apple from CNN.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:50 AM (/9p9e)

81 I see on Twitter that my esteemed Senator Whitehouse has also jumped on the "SHE'S GETTING BULLIED!!!" bandwagon..in his own writing: "Yeah, bully the victim. Great plan. First, no investigation; now this. Makes me sick."

Posted by: KWDreaming at September 22, 2018 06:50 AM (mWSod)

82 Watching the republicans operate is a lot like watching a drunken high wire walker on a windy day...you just know they are going to fuck up.

Posted by: tentotwo at September 22, 2018 06:51 AM (yhf6w)

83 good morning ...

and good grief, Grassley extended again? man, I was sure I'd this morning it would be a done deal ... why even make a deadline just to show you have no integrity on deadlines?
I think they can still vote Monday, and PERHAPS they really would prefer she testify since they (perhaps) have some ways of revealing she is lying. Or perhaps they KNOW she won't, so by giving her more chances, it just shows she is only pushing a lie.

R's seem to have had the "she needs to be heard" strategy from the start, and are revealing she only wants to be heard in favorable settings, not under oath. This activist's (Soros funded) recovered memory only popped up when (I hear) Kavanaugh made Romeny's list. She doesn't want to answer those hard questions.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 22, 2018 06:51 AM (Cus5s)

84 Speaking of old leaders in the GOP, the Democrat leaders aren't exactly spring chickens.

Posted by: colin at September 22, 2018 06:51 AM (+Gw08)

85 78 Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:50 AM (W+vEI)

Good morning and thanks for that. I have to apologize for my rage-stroke but I blame in part Breitbart for their headline and phrasing.

They are venturing into click-bait territory. Go take a look and tell me if I'm wrong.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:52 AM (/9p9e)

86 Agree 100%

Should I even apply for my absentee ballot? It's easier to masturbate and drink liquor drinks....give me one good reason!

Posted by: DocCreep at September 22, 2018 06:52 AM (+eMzQ)

87 84 Speaking of old leaders in the GOP, the Democrat leaders aren't exactly spring chickens.
Posted by: colin at September 22, 2018 06:51 AM (+Gw0

And yet, look what Feinstein was allowed to wreak on us.

I blame the GOP for allowing this. Then again, they are seemingly fighting back for once, at least in their own Mort Meek sort of way. I hope.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:53 AM (/9p9e)

88 @81
This is the direct result of the GOP never making the Democrats pay a price for their evil and satanic behavior.

This shit will only continue because all it takes for the head ostensible head of the judiciary to roll over is to call him heartless.

WTF????

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 06:54 AM (kT3/m)

89 >>She doesn't want to answer those hard questions.

She took a few years off between HS and college, the Wash Examiner has an article that says she was a regular partier in Dewey Beach, Delaware in the 80's, the weird PGA thing....I think she doesn't want to testify under oath or be questioned by a lawyer for a reason.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:55 AM (W+vEI)

90 Personally, I'm blaming Grassley less for this than I am blaming Flake, Murkowski, Collins, etc. On paper, Republicans control the Senate. In reality, they don't, not as long as the easily-flipped squishes can make themselves the most important people in the room by stamping their feet and demanding to be pandered to. I live in Oregon so my vote is almost assuredly not making a difference, but I vote anyway. If worse comes to worst and we get a floor vote and fall short of 50 because a few "R"s thought twelve chances wasn't enough and we should have given her at least sixteen, that also means that the Democrats were united against him as well, and we'll need the motivation to recapture every single one of those red-state Democrat seats and render the RINOs powerless for next year's renomination and confirmation.

Posted by: Dan K. at September 22, 2018 06:55 AM (XwOKP)

91 Okay...I'll type the damn thing. You need to see this before you go off the deep end.

"Despite the fact that the July 30 letter remains hidden, my committee has been investigating the allegations and has heard from multiple witnesses since Sunday. Ms Katz has discussed Dr. Ford's allegations in numerous media interviews and said on TV Monday morning that Dr. Ford wants to share her account with the Senate Judiciary Committee. It's Friday night and nothing's been agreed to despite our extensive efforts to make testimony possible," Grassley said. "I'm extending the deadline for possible response yet again to 10:00 this evening. I'm providing a notice of a vote to occur Monday in the event that Dr. Ford's attorney's don't respond or Dr. Ford decides not to testify. In the event that we can come to a reasonable resolution, as I've been seeking all week, then I will postpone the committee vote to accommodate her testimony. We cannot continue to delay."

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:55 AM (AzV8L)

92 So have we reached the point where a man's testimony is only worth one quarter of a woman's testimony yet?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:56 AM (wldC6)

93 >>They are venturing into click-bait territory. Go take a look and tell me if I'm wrong.

Yeah - giant red font for the headline, very click-and-rage baity, indeed.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:57 AM (W+vEI)

94 First day of Fall? Vic will argue that Fall began Sept. 1. Yet the meteorologists on TV say it starts today (9:54 pm EDT).

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 06:58 AM (3HNOQ)

95 100% in agreement. Republicans hav caved to Democrats who want to destroy them and the Country. Vote as planned and quit caving to evil.

Posted by: JudyNM at September 22, 2018 06:58 AM (S64y2)

96 78 Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:50 AM (W+vEI)

Then again, if the vote is going ahead no matter what, what is the point in extending the deadline yet again?

I want to be optimistic, but that move does not fill me with strength and confidence. I will try and be calm but that is wearing thin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:58 AM (/9p9e)

97 Or maybe this version...

So have we reached the point where a man's testimony is only worth ~~one quarter~~ three fifths of a woman's testimony yet?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:58 AM (wldC6)

98 Predictions on wether Ford will testify? (Or even talk on camera, for that matter).

Posted by: Serious Cat at September 22, 2018 06:58 AM (ep4p4)

99 A PGA groupie? Is there such a thing?

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (3HNOQ)

100 2 Yay, insomnia!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:01 AM (W+vEI)

Don't watch the Cruz debate, then. I'm bouncing off the walls.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (S+f51)

101
I'm out. Grocery shopping then a little work and hopefully some good daylight to do some painting.

Keep the faith and burn down Grassley phone. The real one, not the 1-800-ASSRAPE line...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (/9p9e)

102 J.J., Breitbart's been massaging the blog for money for quite some time now. I bailed on them when they started including paid content in the news stream. They seemed to think that if they labeled it as such it was okay.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (AzV8L)

103 Angel Moroni - he was hilarious in Johnny Dangerously.

Posted by: The Hoser at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (v3UCk)

104 She is too "emotionally distraught" to testify. It would like being "raped all over again."

Kabukakke.

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 07:00 AM (3HNOQ)

105 5 We have a new leader of the Senate...her name is Dr Ford.
Posted by: tentotwo at September 22, 2018 06:02 AM (yhf6w)

And a new Supreme Court nominee: her lawyer!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:00 AM (S+f51)

106 J.J.

Have fun shopping.

May all your painting be enjoyable.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:00 AM (wldC6)

107 102 J.J., Breitbart's been massaging the blog for money for quite some time now. I bailed on them when they started including paid content in the news stream. They seemed to think that if they labeled it as such it was okay.
Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (AzV8L)

And they are my first go-to site when I aggravate/aggregate the news. I suppose force of habit because of the name. Might have to rethink them.

Sigh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 07:01 AM (/9p9e)

108 Gotta go see ya'll later

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 07:01 AM (mpXpK)

109 So have we reached the point where a man's testimony is only worth one quarter of a woman's testimony yet?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:56 AM (wldC6)

Sort of like the "weighted voting" thing they have in my state. You got more people in your district, you get two votes, you with fewer people get half a vote shit.

Posted by: colin at September 22, 2018 07:01 AM (+Gw08)

110 106 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:00 AM (wldC6)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 07:01 AM (/9p9e)

111 " She is too "emotionally distraught" to testify. It would like being "raped all over again." "

Dr Pinto, you're getting hysterical.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:01 AM (wldC6)

112 Enough of the compassion play with this hack. Even if she does come and tell her "story". The Dems will have another paid hack loaded in the torpedo tube ready to fire and run the clock out.

This kind of nonsense is why when Trump goes, so do i.

Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 07:02 AM (6uV+4)

113 I fear the Republicans are going to "betray" America again. Probably by running out the clock to demoralize the base and then "just not having the Senate votes" after getting their clocks cleaned in November.

Posted by: Eeyore the Whig at September 22, 2018 07:02 AM (VWE5i)

114 J.J., do you look at Doug Ross' site?

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:02 AM (AzV8L)

115 Being quoted by Sefton TWICE -- High praise, indeed.

I should drink moar often.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 07:03 AM (Z4rgH)

116
Oh ick! Just looked at the surface weather map and it's 38 degrees; could drop another degree by daylight.

Posted by: Waldo Khornbloom at September 22, 2018 07:03 AM (oYD2h)

117 I prefer the 3rd chapter of Wisdom.

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 07:05 AM (3HNOQ)

118 6 Back to my willowed comment.
If you can't sleep is it still rest to just lay still and not expend any energy or just get moving?
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2018 06:04 AM (T4oHT)

If you relax, it is rest. If not, then might as well get on the road and accomplish non-rest things.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:05 AM (S+f51)

119 And after he groped me, he raped me.

And then he called me Googlie Eyes!!!

Posted by: Dr Ford Pinto at September 22, 2018 07:06 AM (wldC6)

120 >>Then again, if the vote is going ahead no matter what, what is the point in extending the deadline yet again?

Totally guess: there's no cost *if* it doesn't jeopardize Monday plans. This assumes that he's extending the time for her to decide to testify, but NOT the date she would have to appear.

Also, if he's holding firm on refusing her other demands (i.e. refusing to accommodate that Kav goes first, no lawyer interrogation, etc.) then he's doing a bit of theater to make himself and the Republicans *appear* accommodating knowing full well an additional 24 hours to decide won't matter; she still refuses if she doesn't get her demanded appearance conditions. This may also be theater to placate squishes like Collins and Flake.

Hey, I am probably being way too optimistic here, but...it's all I've got.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 07:06 AM (W+vEI)

121 By the way,did you see that article that says Ford has to have two doors to any bedroom she sleeps in (double exits)? And renovated her home to have an outside door in each room? And somehow this all the fault of young Brett K? Yeah, no.. she has mental issues, most likely of the "chemical imbalance" variety.

Posted by: Serious Cat at September 22, 2018 07:06 AM (ep4p4)

122 The only thing that gives me hope re the Grassley/Ford scheduling fiasco is that elected officials are 100% opposed to any weekend work.

Posted by: Eeyore the Whig at September 22, 2018 07:08 AM (VWE5i)

123 She is crazier than a shithouse rat.

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 07:08 AM (3HNOQ)

124 This is what a slow-motion coup looks like.

There must be repercussions.

*cue Palp's video of Chilean army*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2018 07:08 AM (EZebt)

125 23 Recall the movie Flashdance where Jennifer Beals had to audition for admittance into a noted art school (much like Julliard)?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:12 AM (mpXpK)

Will have that earworm all day long.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:09 AM (S+f51)

126 Lizzy, I keep saying it. Grassley handed 'em another couple of feet of rope.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:09 AM (AzV8L)

127 " By the way,did you see that article that says Ford has to have two doors to any bedroom she sleeps in (double exits)? And renovated her home to have an outside door in each room"

Perhaps she should be accompanied by a male family member any time she leaves the safety of her home. To provide her with a sense of security.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:09 AM (wldC6)

128 Aaaand now doggie needs walkies - off to the beach. Have a good Saturday, horde!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 07:09 AM (W+vEI)

129 D.C. is a garbage town full of garbage people. The fact "our" leaders fear something like the WaPo, which 99 percent of the country doesn't read and most of the one percent who do considers a joke, is pathetic. What is even more pathetic is that if Kavanaugh weren't a pillar of the garbage Establishment, "our" leaders would have kicked him to the curb already.

Cherry morning, it is.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 22, 2018 07:10 AM (TpMXt)

130 Hey, I am probably being way too optimistic here, but...it's all I've got.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 07:06 AM (W+vEI)

I think not. We, in some ways, are just as insulated as the libtards. Believe me, this is NOT playing well in Peoria.

Posted by: MarkY at September 22, 2018 07:10 AM (ZyYLI)

131 90 Personally, I'm blaming Grassley less for this than I am blaming Flake, Murkowski, Collins, etc.

Posted by: Dan K.

And Dan K. hits the nail on the head. The Dems are always united when it fucking matters, while the Rs are always in doubt. That's why RBG gets confirmed 96-3, while Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are 50:50 propositions.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 07:11 AM (Z4rgH)

132
99 A PGA groupie? Is there such a thing?
Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (3HNOQ)

Yes.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at September 22, 2018 07:11 AM (ep4p4)

133 Vanderleun over at American Digest sums it up pretty neatly; I imagine that a lot of us feel this same dilemma:

"To quote Lenin, "Chto delat'? - What is to be done"? We know from eons of hard lessons that evil does not stop until it is stopped by force, by real punishment, by real consequences.

At the same time we are also reminded of the stern dictum by Claire Wolfe, "America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system but too early to shoot the bastards."

I'm gonna vote, and vote R, no matter what, the consequences of giving demonrats more power are too dire to think about.
Besides, we gotta get Tammy Baldwin out of the Senate !

Not to say I'm not disgusted, just not suicidal.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they are gaslighting us 24/365 at September 22, 2018 07:11 AM (58Au8)

134 In this case, democrats would be better to have than Flake and Murkowski.

I'd say hold the vote, let them vote no. And if there are democrats who vote no who are in tough battles, they can kiss their seat goodbye.

Posted by: reality man at September 22, 2018 07:12 AM (7NSrk)

135 "Believe me, this is NOT playing well in Peoria."

I hope you're correct.

But if Peoria news is anything like Baltimore news, most of the residents of Peoria know Jack Shit about this.

Except that he tried to rape her.

Then kill her.

Then feed her body into a wood chipper and feed the remains to the hogs.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:13 AM (wldC6)

136 James Woods Twitter account locked until he removes a tweet he made the other day, he made fun of Dem beta males...so, they locked it because it "of possible election interference rule"...pfffttt...

Posted by: KWDreaming at September 22, 2018 07:13 AM (mWSod)

137 The deadline for her response/acceptance to their invitation to testify Wednesday has been extended to sometime today because their response last night was cray cray.

No skin off our noses. Monday vote is still possible, so is a vote either Wed. or Thurs.

Grassley is letting them expose themselves while he looks to be accommodating.

Posted by: Chuck G at September 22, 2018 07:13 AM (t0Z53)

138 "so, they locked it because it "of possible election interference rule"...pfffttt..."

Perhaps we should consider a rule making TV ad spots illegal.

They could influence elections, you know.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:14 AM (wldC6)

139 Shoot! Sock off.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 22, 2018 07:15 AM (t0Z53)

140 If "Dr" Ford appears on Monday after a weekend at a makeover spa, she should cry and weep, and do all the theater type things to get the public to feel sorry for her, it would do wonders.

Posted by: colin at September 22, 2018 07:15 AM (+Gw08)

141 Chuck G, see my comment at 91.

From that: "I'm providing a notice of a vote to occur Monday in the event that Dr.
Ford's attorney's don't respond or Dr. Ford decides not to testify."

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:17 AM (AzV8L)

142 when a crime is committed, the cops ascertain the time of said crime.

Then they go ad find suspects and ask where they were at time of crime

suspect has airtight alibi, cops move on

Kavanaugh is being denied this basic tool

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 07:17 AM (+g41/)

143 I still think Ford agrees to testify on Wednesday this morning and then pulls another "I can't do it right now, I still feel icky" come Tuesday afternoon.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 22, 2018 07:17 AM (ye3s4)

144 "Kavanaugh is being denied this basic tool"

Well...he's a guy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:18 AM (wldC6)

145 "not as long as the easily-flipped squishes can make themselves the most
important people in the room by stamping their feet and demanding to be
pandered to" DanK

that's the thing, they can hold the Rs hostage, always ready to flip if they don't get their special needs taken care of. Like McCain the "maverick", always willing to sell his vote to the commies. And often it is easier to get reelected by appeasing the other side ... (even if they lose the primary in Makowski's case)

In the end it was all about Trump hate with the big thumbs down, but that was really a thumbs down to Americans that got jacked on the Obamacare soaring premiums. But I think Kavanaugh will go through whether Ford testifies or not.

not sure why Grassley tweeted that he felt he was second trombone, and Schumer is leading.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 22, 2018 07:19 AM (Cus5s)

146 Hell I live in Houston. I am gonna vote 13 times against Beatoff

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 07:19 AM (wU/T1)

147 Is Twitter going to ban any comments containing references to NYT articles, or Time magazine covers?

They might influence elections, you know.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:20 AM (wldC6)

148 134
In this case, democrats would be better to have than Flake and Murkowski.

I'd say hold the vote, let them vote no. And if there are democrats
who vote no who are in tough battles, they can kiss their seat goodbye.

Posted by: reality man at September 22, 2018 07:12 AM (7NSrk)

Well, for those two, it's not a choice between them and a D, at least this year. Flake is already on his way out, so Arizona is clear to vote for the R in that case. Murkowski isn't up for reelection until 2022. And in Maine, Collins may possibly be the best we can get from there just because it's Maine. Arizona and Alaska don't have that excuse.

Posted by: Dan K. at September 22, 2018 07:22 AM (XwOKP)

149 *Waves at Mrs. VIA*

Oh, hello to you too, VIA.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:22 AM (Ei31x)

150 So when Jack said that Twitter would work against Russian influence in our elections, he kinda meant conservative influence?

Since when could we not try to influence our own friggin elections?

Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 22, 2018 07:24 AM (t0Z53)

151 136 James Woods Twitter account locked until he removes a tweet he made the other day, he made fun of Dem beta males...so, they locked it because it "of possible election interference rule"...pfffttt...
Posted by: KWDreaming at September 22, 2018 07:13 AM (mWSod)

I just pulled up his Twitter account:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9lje2oz

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:24 AM (S+f51)

152 Lizzy Susan Collins is behind this latest cave, I heard her on a radio report.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:24 AM (NVmJr)

153 I give you an example of why never to vote Dem. So I am in Louisiana visiting my mom on her Bday! They have a dem gov. They have a $300 M surplus. Cut taxes next year by $300 M? NOPE SPEND IT!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 07:24 AM (wU/T1)

154 136 James Woods Twitter account locked until he removes a tweet he made the other day, he made fun of Dem beta males...so, they locked it because it "of possible election interference rule"...pfffttt...

Posted by: KWDreaming

Except, as his paramour notes, when your account is 'locked' you can't do anything with it. Including deleting an 'offending' tweet. Which they have helpfully hidden, btw.

Fucking with James' twitter account may have been the biggest mistake that Dorsey has made to date.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 07:25 AM (Z4rgH)

155 I just pulled up his Twitter account:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9lje2oz
Posted by: m

You can see it, but he hasn't posted since Thursday. Usually he posts about 6 tweets a day.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:26 AM (8ikIW)

156 James Woods, Twitter

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods

Though it looks like his latest tweet was on the 20th.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:26 AM (S+f51)

157 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:26 AM (9MKXa)

158 It takes a woman to beat a wymynz. Senator Michelle Bachmann would not have caved to that demonic posse. Neither would Sarah Palin. But we can't have nice things.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:27 AM (NVmJr)

159 James Woods, Twitter-locked

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 07:25 AM (Z4rgH)

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:26 AM (8ikIW)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:27 AM (S+f51)

160 Okay, a little help please. I'm looking to buy a tablet. I would use it mainly for traveling so that I don't need to take the laptop along. What is something to look for or avoid?

Thanks

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:28 AM (8ikIW)

161 "I still think Ford agrees to testify on Wednesday this morning and then pulls another "I can't do it right now, I still feel icky" come Tuesday afternoon."

It still amazes me that people rule out that she is a bald-faced liar or has no recollection of anything that may have happened to her.

And then there is pretty much the fact that an attempted rapist continues to rape so I wouldn't be surprised that the D's have 5 more paid activists ready to roll.
Watching the R's continue to try and play the compassionate adults in the room has run it's course.
It was a big mistake to give in to her time demands, especially given her details on her claim are only 1/4 of the way filled in.

Oh, and the bit about her telling her doctor about "an" event a year ago. There is a list out there of potential picks that have been made public and I'm sure that by now that a woman is prepared to step up and say that they were raped by their designated judge.

It is a way to simple to go with this he said/she said nonsense that happened decades ago and IMHO, should be completely ignored if there is no police report or something that can prove their claims from that time period.

Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 07:28 AM (6uV+4)

162 O.D. Mom, I was wondering if Chuck G. was coming here. LOL

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 07:29 AM (3HNOQ)

163 Good point on a retweet at James Woods:

She doesn't remember the year, but she remembers that she was 15!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:29 AM (S+f51)

164 151 I just pulled up his Twitter account:

Note his last post is 9/20.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 07:29 AM (Z4rgH)

165 160 Okay, a little help please. I'm looking to buy a tablet. I would use it mainly for traveling so that I don't need to take the laptop along. What is something to look for or avoid?

Thanks
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:28 AM (8ikIW)

they have great deals on the amazon fire

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 07:30 AM (wU/T1)

166 Cut taxes next year by $300 M? NOPE SPEND IT!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 07:24 AM (wU/T1)

Thank God you don't live in California, your community could throw their money away trying to buy a station on Jerry's Highspeed RR. I hear they are expensive and their are no guarantees.

Posted by: colin at September 22, 2018 07:30 AM (+Gw08)

167 On the year thing, if her birthday is in the summer, she could be 15 in two summers.

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:30 AM (DH5wZ)

168 Here's what Twitter wrote and locked James Woods account:

"We received a report about one of your tweets which includes texts and imagery that has the potential to be misleading in a way that could impact an election.

In order to use your account again, you will need to log in and delete the tweet.

Thanks, Twitter"

Then they have a link to the "misleading" tweet.

Thank god Jimmy is the one and only person on Twitter trying to influence elections. Now that riff raff like him are locked we can back to a peaceful unbiased love fest!!!

Posted by: KWDreaming at September 22, 2018 07:31 AM (mWSod)

169 they have great deals on the amazon fire

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 07:30 AM (wU/T1)

I saw the other day that Amazon is selling a microwave with Alexa built into it. This is getting out of control.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:31 AM (Ei31x)

170 "Oh, hello to you too, VIA."

Hey there young lady!!!

I will certainly pass that on.

She always asks if I see you on the blog.

Gonne take her and her mother to the local sports watering hole to watch the Mids play on TV at noon today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:31 AM (wldC6)

171 Grassley's latest deadline is 2:30 today. He said, according to CBS radio: 'I feel like I'm playing second trombone to Chuck Schumer.'

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:31 AM (NVmJr)

172 Gonne take her and her mother to the local sports watering hole to watch the Mids play on TV at noon today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:31 AM (wldC6)

Well, you're going to be on your best behavior.
Go Navy! May the defense show up.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:33 AM (Ei31x)

173 JAS, lol!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 22, 2018 07:33 AM (t0Z53)

174 Grassley: 'It's not my usual approach to be indecisive.'

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:34 AM (NVmJr)

175 "Well, you're going to be on your best behavior."

Gonna try.

But many of my conversations with my MiL end with me saying some version of ...

What does that sentence even mean?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:34 AM (wldC6)

176 they have great deals on the amazon fire

Posted by: rhennigantx

I was looking at those. One of the things is the amazon app store isn't real robust. Am I thinking that like a laptop, apps are not something you use a lot anyway?

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:34 AM (8ikIW)

177 So have we reached the point where a man's testimony is only worth one quarter of a woman's testimony yet?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 06:56 AM (wldC6)

--

Heck, "Doctor" Ford's isn't even testimony. Heresay is holding up the workings of the entire federal system with clearly established protocols and timetables.

That's what pisses me off the most. Not that she's trying it, but that rules and deadlines aren't being adhered to because she's a "lesser" vagina person and can't be expected to understand math or whatever.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Google Takeout will let you download all your docs on Google at September 22, 2018 07:35 AM (n9hQQ)

178 This is JUST A COINCIDENCE of course, but apparently Ford gets paid to write articles by a company whose only product is RU-486.
https://tinyurl.com/ybddgyot

Posted by: bk in tx at September 22, 2018 07:35 AM (fhqAu)

179 Bruce, I've about worn out a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. It's a 10" screen. It's having charging issues right now...no surprise given the service it's seen. When I took it in to be fixed the technician told me that Samsung stuff was a lot tougher than Apple.

Of course mine's a dinosaur now. There are much more recent designs. But I can't say anything bad about Samsung.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:35 AM (AzV8L)

180 Gonna try.

But many of my conversations with my MiL end with me saying some version of ...

What does that sentence even mean?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:34 AM (wldC6)

Political office is in her future.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:36 AM (Ei31x)

181 Wait - the Judiciary committee caved? I cannot find any news on it.

Count me in with krak.

Get it done or be gone, because what is the point of you?

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:37 AM (DH5wZ)

182 @171
What the fuck is 2:30pm?

Such random and arbitrary "timlines"

Who the fuck chooses 2:30pm as a time line?

Incompetent fucks.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 07:38 AM (kT3/m)

183 "Political office is in her future."

You misspelled 'Rubber room'

Mrs VIA swears that she was either swapped at birth, or adopted.

Because for a mother/daughter combination, you couldn't find two more different people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:38 AM (wldC6)

184 thanks for the links Vic

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 22, 2018 07:39 AM (CE6iV)

185 167 On the year thing, if her birthday is in the summer, she could be 15 in two summers.
Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:30 AM (DH5wZ)

O.k., but it's odd to remember the *age* that you were without tying it to some event--from which you could calculate a year date. So, if you spent 7th grade in Hawaii, and somebody asks you when you were in Hawaii, you could put that in the context of the school year that you experienced there, and say, "When I was in 7th grade." But to say, "I remember that I was 15" doesn't have an obvious context. Maybe it's just me.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 07:40 AM (S+f51)

186 You misspelled 'Rubber room'

Mrs VIA swears that she was either swapped at birth, or adopted.

Because for a mother/daughter combination, you couldn't find two more different people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:38 AM (wldC6)

I have the Coasters' "Mother-in-Law" going through my head.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:40 AM (Ei31x)

187 Ford has every intention to testify. She wants to testify, always has. And she will.

To CNN. To MSNBC. To NBC. Just not under oath before the Judicial Committee.

Posted by: Engineer at September 22, 2018 07:41 AM (Wwygp)

188 *Remembers when I was 15*

*Doesn't remember a lot*

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:41 AM (Ei31x)

189 Grassley is erasing red lines in the sand faster than TFG telling Assad No Mas about chemical weapons use.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 07:42 AM (Z4rgH)

190 11 Good Morning Morons; today is Saturday, September 22, 2018. On this day in 1823 Joseph Smith supposedly found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried. These 'plates', which none in the public has ever seen, supposedly contained the text of what became the Book of Mormon. I have no problem with the Mormon sect, after all they are Christians, however, I think all this Angel Moroni stuff is a load of hogwash.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:08 AM (mpXpK)

Joseph Smith's story has so many parallels with that of another polygamist sexual predator who branded himself a prophet.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 22, 2018 07:42 AM (Bto+S)

191 ...Hey, I am probably being way too optimistic here, but...it's all I've got.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 07:06 AM (W+vEI)

I am of a similar mind to Lizzy's. I'd add there is also a PR angle with the voters. How significant, I can't say.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 22, 2018 07:42 AM (di1hb)

192 Wait - the Judiciary committee caved? I cannot find any news on it.

Count me in with krak.

Get it done or be gone, because what is the point of you?
Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:37 AM (DH5wZ)

Relax. We needs collins and flake and that alaskan...this is just a show to get their votes. it has to be done.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:42 AM (9MKXa)

193 "O.k., but it's odd to remember the *age* that you were without tying it to some event--from which you could calculate a year date. "

I thought that somewhere in her original ramblings, there was a time estimate of the alleged event that spanned four years, from 1979-1983.

Or some such shit.

So the event is seared into her memory.

But not the year.

Or the location of the house, which I think she claimed she walked to.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:42 AM (wldC6)

194 Okay, a little help please. I'm looking to buy a tablet. I would use it mainly for traveling so that I don't need to take the laptop along. What is something to look for or avoid?

Thanks
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:28 AM (8ikIW)

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I use mine a lot (older Android), mostly for an ebook reader. I've gotten to where I don't carry a laptop on trips, even. I don't know if that is because I'm getting old or because the tablet serves all my needs for that short amount of time, so ymmv.

I like Android tablets because they let you control what you do. I REALLY like that they have memory card slots so you can carry what you want without worrying much about space limitations.

We have an ipad and, while it is slick, I borderline hate it. It's great to use on the surface, but it doesn't have expandable memory (no slot), and it often won't do what you ask it to do with deleting movies or videos that are taking up space. It really is infuriating to work with sometimes. Add to that the go-between requirements of itunes in order to connect it to your computer and it's just too much of a PITA for not much reward ***unless*** you're fully dedicated to the apple system and have iphones and i-whatevers everywhere. Then I'd imagine they'd all talk to one another and you'd put up with the PITA stuff just for convenience. And that's how apple gets you, now that I think about it.

Amazon's stuff is cheap but I'm guessing they're monitoring you and everything you do in exchange for that slight price reduction.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Google Takeout will let you download all your docs on Google at September 22, 2018 07:43 AM (n9hQQ)

195 Who the fuck chooses 2:30pm as a time line?

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 07:38 AM (kT3/m)

Time zones. He's playing art of the deal, I hope.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 22, 2018 07:43 AM (t0Z53)

196 I thought it was 10pm tonight?

It's not arbitrary. It's 6 minutes after the equinox.

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 07:43 AM (3HNOQ)

197 Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 07:38 AM (kT3/m)

Kreplach, I think Grassley's just jackin' with 'em now.

I wrote his office acknowledging all the years he was my senator and then told him to hold the vote and get it over...that I'm tired of defending him. I closed by quoting him: "We cannot continue to delay."

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:43 AM (AzV8L)

198 So this latest cave was driven by Collins for sure. There is no conservative female counter to Collins/Murk in the GOP senate. After all the pussyhat abuse heaped on Collins she is still vulnerable to the sisterhood. The abortion mentality is like a worm that infects your brain, grows bigger as it moves down to the heart, and finally turns you into an Abortion Serving Zombie. IOW a slave.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:44 AM (NVmJr)

199 28- Hey, I'm the only Mooch around here...

Posted by: Anthony scaramucci at September 22, 2018 07:44 AM (11H2y)

200 Was listening to a football podcast the other day. The hosts were dropping f-bombs all over the place, but they weren't willing to say Redskins. Really tells you a lot about our society.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 22, 2018 07:45 AM (Bto+S)

201 So this latest cave was driven by Collins for sure.
There is no conservative female counter to Collins/Murk in the GOP
senate. After all the pussyhat abuse heaped on Collins she is still
vulnerable to the sisterhood. The abortion mentality is like a worm that
infects your brain, grows bigger as it moves down to the heart, and
finally turns you into an Abortion Serving Zombie. IOW a slave.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:44 AM (NVmJr)

Ernst from Iowa and Fischer from Nebraska.

But Collins and Murkowski do have a lot of clout.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:45 AM (Ei31x)

202 Well all, and specially Vendette..

Gotta go do stuff in preparation for Navy football.

May your day be bright, and your entire weekend be productive, yet restful.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 07:45 AM (wldC6)

203 Hey Grassley

Bammy called. He wants his red line back

you fucking coward

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 07:46 AM (+g41/)

204 *Waves again at the VIAs*

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:46 AM (Ei31x)

205 187
Ford has every intention to testify. She wants to testify, always has. And she will.

To CNN. To MSNBC. To NBC. Just not under oath before the Judicial Committee.

Posted by: Engineer at September 22, 2018 07:41 AM (Wwygp)

Yeah. No she doesn't. She will never testify under oath, EVER.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (9dzlp)

206 ''Okay, a little help please. I'm looking to buy a tablet. I would use it mainly for traveling so that I don't need to take the laptop along. What is something to look for or avoid? ''

Can't beat an iPad. I've had 4 of them. Currently have the big iPad Pro and the mini. Love them both. Never had a bit of trouble with any of them.

Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (wRHNT)

207 "Relax. We need Collins and flake and that alaskan...this is just a show to get their votes. it has to be done."

I believe that both have said that if she did not show then they would vote yes.
And I think that was two extensions ago.

Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (6uV+4)

208 We drop a lot of f-bombs at our house when we watch the Redskins, too.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (t0Z53)

209 So the great irony is: all these 'empowered' wymynz are in reality - enslaved. THEY are the true Handmaidens - of Lucifer.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (NVmJr)

210 I use mine a lot (older Android), mostly for an ebook reader. I've gotten to where I don't carry a laptop on trips, even. I don't know if that is because I'm getting old or because the tablet serves all my needs for that short amount of time, so ymmv.
Moron Robbie

Mainly I want to take it traveling so that I don't lose or screw up data on my laptop. I don't need a lot of computing power anyway. I mainly would be using it for emails, AoS, weather, maps, etc. I can do all of this on my phone too, but my 29 YO eyes and arthuritis in the fingers make phone reading a PITA. Once I get one, I'll probably figure out other uses for it though.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (8ikIW)

211 "remember when I was fifteen..."

What year do you take driver training? I remember the first time driving, and my learner's permit, and my first driver's license, but I don't remember what year that was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

Posted by: Waldo Khornbloom at September 22, 2018 07:48 AM (oYD2h)

212 Hey Grassley

Bammy called. He wants his red line back

you fucking coward
Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 07:46 AM (+g41/)

He's not a coward and he has held the line pretty good. There are not 52 Nevergiveup or REDACTED Republicans in the Senate.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:48 AM (9MKXa)

213 @NGU I have heard the relax it has to be done thing before.

This woman is holding up the whole United States. She's going to pull the football away again.

And we will have to relax, because it has to be done.

Why don't we just give her the keys to the Senate and put in her own SCOTUS pick?

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:49 AM (DH5wZ)

214 171
Grassley's latest deadline is 2:30 today. He said, according to CBS
radio: 'I feel like I'm playing second trombone to Chuck Schumer.'

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:31 AM (NVmJr)

If the meeting on Monday has not been post poned, I don't care how often he slides thei deadline for acceptance. It bolsters his case.
"Hey we gave her ample opportunity. We slid the deadline 50 times for her!"

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 22, 2018 07:49 AM (9dzlp)

215 Thanks Vendette. We need those Senators in leadership positions.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:50 AM (NVmJr)

216 "Oh, and the bit about her telling her doctor about "an" event a year ago."

-

I think she told her therapist in 2012 but she can't prove she ever used the name Kavanaugh until she wrote her letter 6 weeks ago. Who knows, she may believe she actually was groped by someone at a party, I think her problem is she claimed to have told her husband and doctor in 2012 that it was Kavanaugh and now she's put them in a spot. If they compel testimony from her husband she's probably forcing him to lie.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 22, 2018 07:50 AM (ye3s4)

217 zzzzzzzSNOK!

hmm? whzit...

*rolls over*

zzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Jeff Sessions upon being told yesterday's news at September 22, 2018 07:50 AM (Jw4ci)

218 This woman is holding up the whole United States. She's going to pull the football away again.

And we will have to relax, because it has to be done.

Why don't we just give her the keys to the Senate and put in her own SCOTUS pick?

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:49 AM (DH5wZ)

Do you want Kavanaugh confirmed or do you just want to make a point? Keep your eye on the ball

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:50 AM (9MKXa)

219 Bruce, the computer repair place where I took my tablet was peddling a 15" screen Samsung. It reminded me of the big iPad I'd seen a few weeks ago. I almost bit...until I realized it was nearly the same size as a laptop.

My son researched replacement tablets for me. He found I can replace this 10" tablet with the newest Android system for around $350.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:51 AM (AzV8L)

220 What if the Trump Spine is actually transplantable, and Grassley, et al really do have incontrovertible proof?

--

Proof or no...I think the underlying bomb seems to be the timelines we're dealing with now to actually get Kavanaugh confirmed before Oct. 1. Senate rules blah blah blah.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at September 22, 2018 07:51 AM (mQ0Mc)

221 What year do you take driver training? I remember
the first time driving, and my learner's permit, and my first driver's
license, but I don't remember what year that was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

Posted by: Waldo Khornbloom at September 22, 2018 07:48 AM (oYD2h)

Where I'm from driver training is at 14 for the learners permit but I didn't do it until I was 16 and even then I was pretty terrible. The driving instructor also taught my siblings and I'm convinced she was most exasperated with me. I do remember my mom being annoyed when in the parking lot of my brother's high school I learned that the brake must be applied constantly in order to keep the car stopped.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:51 AM (Ei31x)

222 Flake will not vote no. Not with Jon Kyle being Kavanaugh's "Shepard".

Posted by: Tiger Woods at September 22, 2018 07:51 AM (ep4p4)

223 As to the second trombone thing, looks like Grassley's twitter was hacked.

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:52 AM (DH5wZ)

224 Cuthbert I agree with your posts on this situation. Right now, my tits are not calm. The hair, however, is not aflame.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:53 AM (NVmJr)

225 "There is no conservative female counter to Collins/Murk in the GOP senate."

-

Boy did that Joni Ernst disappear fast.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 22, 2018 07:53 AM (ye3s4)

226 Flake will not vote no. Not with Jon Kyle being Kavanaugh's "Shepard".
Posted by: Tiger Woods at September 22, 2018 07:51 AM (ep4p4)

I don't think he will either, but let's not give him any reason to waiver

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:53 AM (9MKXa)

227 Even though Flake said he would votes, yes if this woman didn't show (two extensions back) there is always a chance he could be the Flake that he is.
Collins said the same thing. If Flake voted no and it was a tie then Pence would decide it.

Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 07:53 AM (6uV+4)

228 I have the Coasters' "Mother-in-Law" going through my head.
Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:40 AM (Ei31x)

===

Mrs. Franpsycho's parents are coming over for brunch today. Meaning I have to go pick them up. Her dad turns 86.

I will have to listen to a repetition of everything he heard on CNN and read in the NYT this morning.

My dentist says I have to stop gritting my teeth, but the alternative is much, much worse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2018 07:53 AM (EZebt)

229 Grassley's latest deadline is 2:30 today. He said, according to CBS radio: 'I feel like I'm playing second trombone to Chuck Schumer.'

--

He really said that? He does know he's the one that's actually got the definitive say in the matter, no? SMH

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at September 22, 2018 07:54 AM (mQ0Mc)

230 Driver's Training. The steering on the car was so bad (slop), I had trouble staying in my lane.

Not good on the Interstate.

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 07:54 AM (3HNOQ)

231 not sure why Grassley tweeted that he felt he was second trombone, and Schumer is leading.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 22, 2018 07:19 AM (Cus5s)

Maybe because he's a senile fuck who is rapidly losing his shit to Thad Cochran levels? Those two tweets last night read like they were written by a junior high school girl having her first period. Send him back to the farm to shovel deep state shit and put someone like Cruz in charge.

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 22, 2018 07:54 AM (y7DUB)

232 223 - really?

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 07:54 AM (NVmJr)

233 Keith X Medical and Police records NADA
Kav Something happened when I was 15 and HE did it! Shit down the Government

Mig Fn Setup!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 07:55 AM (wU/T1)

234 We can lose one Republican with Pence having the tie breaking vote. But let's not tweek the devil

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:55 AM (9MKXa)

235 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2018 07:53 AM (EZebt)

I couldn't help it. I laughed. Please forgive me.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:55 AM (AzV8L)

236 did Chuck the Cuck give a new non-deadline ??

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 07:57 AM (+g41/)

237 I have faith the left will overplay their hand. Actually they already have. Patience. I know it is not easy. It is driving me crazy also. I want t o punch someone or something...But getting Kavanaugh on the Court ( hopefully now with an axe to grind) is the objective

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:57 AM (9MKXa)

238 Uh... Kavanaugh is just one battle in the war.

Not voting is a Never-Trumper strategy.

Don't board the cruise-ship

Posted by: franksalterego at September 22, 2018 07:57 AM (3cq8T)

239 Do you want Kavanaugh confirmed or do you just want to make a point? Keep your eye on the ball

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 07:50 AM (9MKXa)

If it keeps getting delayed then he won't be confirmed.

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:58 AM (DH5wZ)

240 "We can lose one Republican with Pence having the tie breaking vote. But let's not tweek the devil"

Whats tweaking the devil about it. This entire sham means nothing. There won't be a single D voting for Kavanaugh.
Why aren't they the devils given their political ruse meant to destroy a mans life?

Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 07:58 AM (6uV+4)

241 Adding to the Kavanaugh drama: If McCain was still alive and the Democrats decided to stay away, the Senate wouldn't have a quorum and would not be able to conduct business. You need 51, and with him absent there were 50 Republicans. Now there are 51.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 07:58 AM (Ei31x)

242 Genuinely horde pleasing photo (shopped I think) picture of our worthy POTUS at the top of qmap.pub

Also, if you scroll down to at least 9/20 then start reading back up, it might just make you smile.

You might even feel like you want a cigarette,,, even if you don't smoke.

Posted by: teej at September 22, 2018 07:58 AM (n2LT3)

243 Welp, I'm not sticking around and waiting for #neverskankles to weigh in on this latest delay. It is what it is and whatever shakes down between now and Oct 1st will likely be how the midterms shake down. My brain's had enough. Have a great Saturday, Horde. Hopefully it won't involve butane.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at September 22, 2018 07:59 AM (mQ0Mc)

244 Mainly I want to take it traveling so that I don't lose or screw up data on my laptop. I don't need a lot of computing power anyway. I mainly would be using it for emails, AoS, weather, maps, etc. I can do all of this on my phone too, but my 29 YO eyes and arthuritis in the fingers make phone reading a PITA. Once I get one, I'll probably figure out other uses for it though.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 07:47 AM (8ikIW)

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That's pretty much where I've gotten to, too.

Androids can vary wildly in build quality and screens ($80-$400+). Ipads are gorgeous and well made but ultimately want - and will exert - absolute and total control over everything you are allowed to do that isn't superficial screen-time stuff. It's part of what makes them "just work," and that's good if that's all you ask of them. I personally prefer the greater user options of Android, but they both have their good qualities.

I think I've seen Samsung's for about $200 at Costco. Might be a good start.

Family is stirring so I'm off to make pancakes.

Good luck.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Google Takeout will let you download all your docs on Google at September 22, 2018 07:59 AM (n9hQQ)

245 My son researched replacement tablets for me. He found I can replace this 10" tablet with the newest Android system for around $350.
Posted by: creeper

Which brand Android was it?

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:00 AM (8ikIW)

246 So obviously this latest development has me pissed. But before I landed here I checked in on another thread and saw Palp's post about the furries video - it did make me lol. Have to check out the vid.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:00 AM (NVmJr)

247 Busted.

At :35

https://youtu.be/yS4LBCCeZJk

Posted by: franksalterego at September 22, 2018 08:01 AM (3cq8T)

248 If it keeps getting delayed then he won't be confirmed.

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 07:58 AM (DH5wZ)

The end is near. You have to give the left and the edsell enought rope to hang themselves.

Whats tweaking the devil about it. This entire sham means nothing. There won't be a single D voting for Kavanaugh.
Why aren't they the devils given their political ruse meant to destroy a mans life?
Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 07:58 AM (6uV+4)

it's NOT about the democrats...it's about holding those last 2-3 asshole RINOs.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2018 08:01 AM (9MKXa)

249 Need I remind everyone that there's a certain slow motion Attorney General who used to provide a reliable Senate vote?

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 22, 2018 08:01 AM (y7DUB)

250 182 "Who the fuck chooses 2:30pm as a time line?"

Maybe 3pm is Grassley's nap time.

Posted by: bk in tx at September 22, 2018 08:02 AM (fhqAu)

251 245 My son researched replacement tablets for me. He found I can replace this 10" tablet with the newest Android system for around $350.
Posted by: creeper

Which brand Android was it?
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:00 AM (8ikIW)

you can get a 10" Fire for about a third of that

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2018 08:03 AM (wU/T1)

252 Bruce I use a $60 8" generic Android tablet for Internet browsing and reading. When I got it 4 years ago I figured if it lasted a year that would be fine, for 60$ I wouldn't care if it got lost or broke. There are dozens of different maufacturers, this one is called a "Matsunici". It's still going strong.

If I leave JavaScript off there are no ads at all on AOSHQ.

Posted by: freaked at September 22, 2018 08:03 AM (UdKB7)

253 First, Joe DiGenoa made s strange comment about Ford on Laura Ingraham's show - he said to ask PGA players about Ford. That's it, no details.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 22, 2018 06:32 AM (W+vEI)

Tiger bang her, too?

Posted by: golfman at September 22, 2018 08:03 AM (rhXTS)

254 At this point I don't they aren't stalling for time or in hope of another "victim" to appear -

Ford, her lawyers, and the Dem enablers around them are now laughing themselves silly about their sudden ability to needle and anger Republican Senators and PDT, for days now, with no little possibility of blow-back. Why give that up voluntarily?

Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2018 08:03 AM (AMIL/)

255 It's time for Grassley to step down and spend more time with his family.

Replace him as chair with Cruz.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:03 AM (TM5Iv)

256 I couldn't help it. I laughed. Please forgive me.
Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 07:55 AM (AzV8L)

===

Of course. Every word is true. I have great teeth thank God, but I saw dentist yesterday and she says its affecting my gums and my jaw aches.

Prayers for strength are appreciated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (EZebt)

257 241. hmm maybe he did perform one last act for his country- dying on time.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (NVmJr)

258 Will anyone else be a little disappointed if she declines to testify? Even though that'll mean Kavanaugh is going through to SCOTUS, I'm totes curious how she holds up under pointed questions... "Did you walk to house? How long was the walk? Did it have a pool? How did you know to wear a bathing suite?" And so on.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (ep4p4)

259 Which brand Android was it?

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:00 AM (8ikIW)

It was a Samsung, Bruce. I figure after five years of yeoman service (the tablet was the only internet connection I had for the first three months here) it was foolish to change horses. Samsung stuff works.My son found it on Amazon. I can dig for the link if you'd like.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (AzV8L)

260 It seems the root issue is that they need the votes from Flake, Murkowski and Collins. Kavanaugh will be there Monday to do some 'splainin before they vote and it seems that Grassley is gonna giver Ford deadlines all the way till then before he shuts the door and they vote.

All Grassley has to do is maintain the requirement that Ford testifies under oath and she'll never show up. Not that lying to congress or giving false testimony is any big deal.

I am pretty disappointed in Grassley's overall management of the process though. He let it get way out of hand. The Senate is a silly place.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (NDcnw)

261 Mrs f'd has a Fire and it's completely adequate.

Posted by: freaked at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (UdKB7)

262 hey Bruce, if you are gonna be working on the tablet you should look at either an Ipad or a nice Android. Samsung is a good brand.

Check which apps you think you will need most first.

If you are just gonna be watching streaming videos, browsing the web, and reading ebooks, the Kindle Fire is good value. But as was pointed out upthread, apps are a limited subset of what's on the Google play. It is possible to.sideload but it's a big pain to do.

I think one main difference between all three is how idiot proof they are:
A regular Android tablet will give you the most freedom and great bargains, but also the most rope to mess up or get malwared etc. It's basically the wild west.
An Ipad will give you a lot of apps and function but you pay $$$
A Kindle Fire is the most limited but you can basically treat it like an appliance, and it does have excellent customer support.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 22, 2018 08:05 AM (CE6iV)

263 Of course. Every word is true. I have great
teeth thank God, but I saw dentist yesterday and she says its affecting
my gums and my jaw aches.

Prayers for strength are appreciated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (EZebt)

Get a mouth guard. Will do wonders.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:05 AM (Ei31x)

264 249
"Need I remind everyone that there's a certain slow motion Attorney General who used to provide a reliable Senate vote?"

zzzzzzz--

*fart*

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Jeff Sessions upon being told yesterday's news at September 22, 2018 08:05 AM (Jw4ci)

265 Again I do not see any actual news about this - is the extension until 230 pm today for turning in the stuff for the Monday hearing? If so, well, okay. She can turn her stuff in late.

Hearing or vote Monday though.

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 08:06 AM (DH5wZ)

266 If you think Grassley is a non-coward, put him in your foxhole

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 08:06 AM (+g41/)

267 Murkowski won't vote no either, not with "Cocaine Mitch" being her supplier.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at September 22, 2018 08:07 AM (ep4p4)

268 262 (should have added that the Ipad is also fairly idiot ptoof)

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 22, 2018 08:07 AM (CE6iV)

269 > Will anyone else be a little disappointed if she declines to testify?

She is never, EVER going to testify under oath, or file a police report, or do ANYTHING ELSE that might result in legal exposure.

Bank on it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:07 AM (TM5Iv)

270 261 Mrs f'd has a Fire and it's completely adequate.
Posted by: freaked at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (UdKB7)

I have a 10" fire, and it's really good. Also, with very little effort, it's easy to add the Google Play Store, and run all Android apps.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 22, 2018 08:07 AM (Je3gb)

271 249. Thank you very much for the cherry to place atop my rage sundae.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:08 AM (NVmJr)

272 I get that the Krakatoa will be fed up. But This is a vote for the economy and the push back that Trump offers. If we all give up and protest by not voting, the next thing we know we are a fully socialist nation that requires our children to be taught that they need to decide what gender they are at the age of 5. This is the Rubicon. If we give up in protest, they win and they make Christianity a crime, they make the 'OK" sign a jailable offense. They will need money and they will see all the 401K money and decide to nationalize it. I am not being hyperbolic.

Posted by: Janetoo at September 22, 2018 08:08 AM (t3qE+)

273 Bruce I use a $60 8" generic Android tablet for Internet browsing and reading. When I got it 4 years ago I figured if it lasted a year that would be fine, for 60$ I wouldn't care if it got lost or broke. There are dozens of different maufacturers, this one is called a "Matsunici". It's still going strong.

If I leave JavaScript off there are no ads at all on AOSHQ.

Posted by: freaked at September 22, 2018 08:03 AM

Seconded. I have a "Digiland" $60 8 inch tablet ( got it at BestBuy, IIRC)

I recently installed the Brave browser & do not see any ads here at the HQ or anywhere esle

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2018 08:09 AM (KCxzN)

274 It seems the root issue is that they need the votes
from Flake, Murkowski and Collins. Kavanaugh will be there Monday to do
some 'splainin before they vote and it seems that Grassley is gonna
giver Ford deadlines all the way till then before he shuts the door and
they vote.

All Grassley has to do is maintain the requirement that Ford
testifies under oath and she'll never show up. Not that lying to
congress or giving false testimony is any big deal.

I am pretty disappointed in Grassley's overall management of the
process though. He let it get way out of hand. The Senate is a silly
place.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:04 AM (NDcnw)

Right now Kavanaugh won't be showing up on Monday because it's scheduled to be a business meeting, aka. vote on getting nominations and bills out of the committee. And that's what it will be if Ford won't agree to show up next Wednesday.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:09 AM (Ei31x)

275 "At this point, I don't they aren't stalling for time or in hope of another "victim" to appear - "

Hope for another victim to appear?

They have Trump's list of picks. They probably have at least 2 sexual assault victims per judge ready and raring to go.

Posted by: Drider at September 22, 2018 08:09 AM (6uV+4)

276 The Dems want Republican voters turned off this fall so they are looking for any way to do that. Even if they f' this up I still vote though, for PDT's sake.

If Kavy or any conservative gets confirmed PDT will have done good. He's already exceeded all expectations. The GOP will be happy to lose the house and senate. Piss on them all.

Posted by: freaked at September 22, 2018 08:10 AM (UdKB7)

277 In November, I vote for whoTrump tells me to.
He's earned that.
The GOP has not.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 22, 2018 08:10 AM (CE6iV)

278 272. I fully intend to keep voting. I refuse to play into their tactics. TRUMP needs our support.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:12 AM (NVmJr)

279 A PGA groupie? Is there such a thing?

Posted by: JAS at September 22, 2018 06:59 AM (3HNOQ)

LPGA groupie...yes.

Posted by: BignJames at September 22, 2018 08:13 AM (0+nbW)

280 I'm getting confused. There are two votes at issue here...one to move the nomination from committee to the Senate floor and one to give final confirmation.

It's my understanding that the vote to move from committee to floor is still scheduled for Monday. What is the Wednesday vote that's being cited?

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 08:13 AM (AzV8L)

281 Here is an excerpt of the latest letter from the lawyers to Grassley - do not have breakable objects in reach while reading ---

The imposition of aggressive and artificial deadlines regarding the date and conditions of any hearing has created tremendous and unwarranted stress on Dr. Ford. Your cavalier treatment of a sexual assault survivor who has been doing her best to cooperate with the committee is completely inappropriate

The 10 PM deadline is arbitrary. Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family. She has already been forced out of her home, and continues to be subjected to harassment, hate mail, and death threats. Our modest request is that she be given an additional day to make her decision.

Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2018 08:14 AM (AMIL/)

282 "How anyone can give a written deadline/ultimatum, publicly crow
about it and then back away from it - TWICE now - makes one look like an
abject fool."
The "red line" isn't just an Obama thing -- it's a Mordor-on-the-Potomac thing.

Posted by: Zapp Branigan at September 22, 2018 08:14 AM (a+4RB)

283 If Kavy or any conservative gets confirmed PDT will
have done good. He's already exceeded all expectations. The GOP will be
happy to lose the house and senate. Piss on them all.

Posted by: freaked at September 22, 2018 08:10 AM (UdKB7)

If that happens, or one of the House and Senate flips, nothing will be done for 2 years except for lots of investigations by the body run by the Democrats.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:14 AM (Ei31x)

284 > It's my understanding that the vote to move from committee to floor is still scheduled for Monday. What is the Wednesday vote that's being cited?

From what people have been saying, IF Dr. CrazyPants agrees to testify, that will happen Wednesday, followed by a vote (probably Thursday). If she does not, the vote will take place Monday as scheduled.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:15 AM (TM5Iv)

285 @ - 272. Janetoo

Yep

@277 - votermom

Also yep.

Posted by: teej at September 22, 2018 08:15 AM (n2LT3)

286 So they have extended the hearing to Wednesday, IF she agrees to go today?

But what if she feels bullied by that, and needs another day to decide?

Posted by: blaster at September 22, 2018 08:16 AM (DH5wZ)

287 Agreeing with Votermom, I won't be voting for R's (well, for very few anyway). I'll be voting once again for Trump.

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 08:16 AM (Jw4ci)

288 > If that happens, or one of the House and Senate flips, nothing will be done for 2 years except for lots of investigations by the body run by the Democrats.

There's no way the Senate flips.

I don't think the House is going to flip either.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:16 AM (TM5Iv)

289 Gunmen attack Iran military parade, killing at least 24

Gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked an annual Iranian military parade Saturday in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing at least 24 people and wounding 53 in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 22, 2018 08:16 AM (SiINZ)

290 267. When 'W' came out in support of Kav, I read that as his blessing for all the RINOs to vote for Kav.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (NVmJr)

291
Giving sworn testimony to a Senate committee is 'life-altering'?

Only if it's a lie.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (LOgQ4)

292 274. Well Said. Grassley in a tough spot. Mitch M is in charge, but his bosses are Flake and Corporate Donors.

Chuck is doing the dirty work in his 80's

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (CVCKl)

293 GOP should think what the dims would do if the situation was reversed.

and do exactly that.

But they wont because they're cowards

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (+g41/)

294 I just met an angel called MORONI,'cos Murphy was taken..she works in mysterious underwear but why complain aboot microkinis......Sunday service must be a hoot.........

Posted by: saf at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (5IHGB)

295 > But what if she feels bullied by that, and needs another day to decide?

SUPPOSEDLY the vote will occur Monday unless she has made a firm commitment to show up Wednesday.

I've given up on expecting Grassley to not cave again, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (TM5Iv)

296 Speaker Pelosi.

There's your reason to vote in November.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (oVJmc)

297 Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:09 AM (Ei31x)

Kavanaugh sent Grassley a letter thanking him for the opportunity to respond to the claims of Ford and stating he'd be there on Monday to testify.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:18 AM (NDcnw)

298 290. I was one of them, Bush did help. It kept Dem Flake in line last week.

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:18 AM (CVCKl)

299 And kallisto too?

Yes, kallisto too.

Posted by: teej at September 22, 2018 08:19 AM (n2LT3)

300 one of the House and Senate flips, nothing will be done for 2 years except for lots of investigations by the body run by the Democrats.
Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:14 AM (Ei31x)

IOW like the last year and a half minus a half assed tax cut. The GOP Congress hasn't exactly been a legislative powerhouse.

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 22, 2018 08:19 AM (y7DUB)

301 "The 10 PM deadline is arbitrary. Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford
and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has
life-altering implications for her and her family."

Two ways that will be viewed:

LEFTISTS: "She's had 30+ years to suffer with this, will granting her a few more days to process it really matter?"

CONSERVATIVES: "She's had 30+ years to deal with this, a few more days couldn't make any difference to a rational person."

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 08:20 AM (Jw4ci)

302 Agreeing with Votermom, I won't be voting for R's (well, for very few anyway). I'll be voting once again for Trump.

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 08:16 AM (Jw4ci)

I've said it before. Trump is Braveheart. The GOPe are the Scottish lairds who have sold us out time and time again. Trump showed up ready to fight and win and the GOPe is all pissed because he's ruining their little set up they have with the English(Dems). And none of them can figure out why we are rallying to Trump's (Wallace) standard

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 22, 2018 08:20 AM (SiINZ)

303 The problem with deadlines that aren't arbitrary is they
really don't exist.

Posted by: garrett at September 22, 2018 08:20 AM (mNian)

304 I'm getting confused. There are two votes at issue
here...one to move the nomination from committee to the Senate floor and
one to give final confirmation.

It's my understanding that
the vote to move from committee to floor is still scheduled for Monday.
What is the Wednesday vote that's being cited?

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 08:13 AM (AzV8L)

Right now there is a committee meeting scheduled for Monday to vote on nominations and a couple of bills. Kavanaugh's nomination is at the top of the list.

Grassley has offered a Wednesday hearing to Ford. If that happens, after the hearing it's expected that he'll move to vote Kavanaugh out of the committee and to the full Senate. If that offer doesn't come to fruition, the committee will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday and at the top of the list is to vote on Kavanaugh.

If the committee vote happens on Monday, the latest Kavanaugh will be confirmed is Friday evening or early Saturday. If it happens on Wednesday, the latest he'll be confirmed is late Sunday or early Monday, just in time for the new SCOTUS term.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:20 AM (Ei31x)

305
"The 10 PM deadline is arbitrary. Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford

and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has

life-altering implications for her and her family."

If it's not important enough to testify over, it's not important enough to delay a Supreme Court appointment.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 22, 2018 08:22 AM (oVJmc)

306 291
Giving sworn testimony to a Senate committee is 'life-altering'?

Only if it's a lie.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 22, 2018 08:17 AM (LOgQ4)

Yeah, this is BS. I thought she'd already agreed to testify, and all that's up for decision is when and whether the Repubs can have a lawyer ask questions on their behalf.

Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2018 08:22 AM (AMIL/)

307 They have to have a Senate Floor vote at any cost. Need to put these Red State Dems on record. that is why flake is so crucial being on the Jud Committee.

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:22 AM (CVCKl)

308 Kavanaugh sent Grassley a letter thanking him
for the opportunity to respond to the claims of Ford and stating he'd be
there on Monday to testify.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:18 AM (NDcnw)

That has been cancelled in favor of a meeting to vote him out of committee. He'll testify on Wednesday or never.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:22 AM (Ei31x)

309 Knock this chip off my shoulder. I double dog dare you.

Posted by: Chuck Grassley at September 22, 2018 08:23 AM (HiLJ1)

310 265. check CBS radio website. I heard the 2:30 deadline on their radio network.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:23 AM (NVmJr)

311 304. I appreciate your optimism, but we were all saying the same thing last week.

Meanwhile, this circus has frozen any other judges from getting floor votes for 3 weeks now

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:24 AM (CVCKl)

312 "I've said it before. Trump is Braveheart. The GOPe are the Scottish lairds who have sold us out time and time again."

Which makes us the virginal brides defiled by jus primae noctis on our wedding nights. Repeatedly.

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 08:24 AM (Jw4ci)

313 The problem with deadlines that aren't arbitrary is they
really don't exist.
Posted by: garrett at September 22, 2018 08:20 AM (mNian)

Wrong. You have to file your taxes by 4/15 or apply for an extension. Either way you have to send something to the IRS. And you have to vote by Election Day.

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 22, 2018 08:24 AM (y7DUB)

314 Thank God I live in MA and don't have to vote for these cowards.

Wish big mouth Lee had the same spunk atm that he had at the convention. COWARD

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 08:24 AM (+g41/)

315 > I thought she'd already agreed to testify

She hasn't agreed to shit.

She keeps saying she "wants" to testify, but thus far has refused every opportunity to do so, citing an increasingly contrived list of excuses and demands.

As I said above, my money is on her never testifying.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:25 AM (TM5Iv)

316 If the committee vote happens on Monday, the
latest Kavanaugh will be confirmed is Friday evening or early Saturday.
If it happens on Wednesday, the latest he'll be confirmed is late Sunday
or early Monday, just in time for the new SCOTUS term.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:20 AM (Ei31x

That must be what Grassley was referring to when he wrote, "We cannot continue to delay" on his website.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 08:25 AM (AzV8L)

317 Thanks for the info on the tablets.
I might need to go to Best Buy in town and take a look at them too.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:25 AM (8ikIW)

318 I'll be voting for every GOP I can find in November, Turning things over to the donkeys just because Grassley's dragging his feet a bit is only going to hurt ME and the nation, guarantee more DACA, raise taxes, and increase laws against industry. A pretty silly thing to do over that Ford bitch

Posted by: CN at September 22, 2018 08:25 AM (r97UP)

319 Brett K deserves a lot of credit. He has gone into combat, and has fought with honor against the marxists.

This high school crap was out of his control and is a setup

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:26 AM (CVCKl)

320 A Senate where we have 51 on paper but only 47 or 48 in reality that doesn't get much done, that's one thing. If we can get past 50 in actual legitimate R senators, ones who will actually vote for things and not decline on grounds that Trump is being a meanyhead, then we've got a shot at some real legislation. Even more so if the minority throws enough tantrums to get the filibuster rule tossed.

Posted by: Dan K. at September 22, 2018 08:26 AM (XwOKP)

321 >>. Your cavalier treatment of a sexual assault survivor who has been doing her best to cooperate with the committee is completely inappropriate

This Assumes Facts Not in Evidence, Sugartits.

Posted by: garrett at September 22, 2018 08:26 AM (mNian)

322 The 10 PM deadline is arbitrary. Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family.

The 10 PM deadline is to give everyone who needs to the time to review the screed you will submit and prepare for the histrionic behavior you, your client and and your democratic enablers will display. The deadline is standard protocol; every other person who testifies before this committee is subject to the same. Put up or shut up.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:27 AM (NDcnw)

323 314. Well said. All the Never Trumpers of 2016 sure were tough taking shots at Trump.

But were is Cruz, Mike Lee etc.. right now. Hiding in a corner

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:27 AM (CVCKl)

324 Bruce, are you going to the TX MoMe? I've got a 7" Samsung tablet sitting here doing nothing. You can have it. All it needs is a SIM card. I'll bring it along if you'll be there.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (AzV8L)

325 A late good morning to all.

Posted by: Sumdumchief at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (eZ4ud)

326 What is this "camera angle" bs the loons came up with?

Posted by: dagny at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (nRWPy)

327 >>Wrong. You have to file your taxes by 4/15 or apply for an extension. Either way you have to send something to the IRS. And you have to vote by Election Day.

And those dayes are absolutely arbitrary. They are not slaved to anything but a date on a calendar...also, arbitrary.

Posted by: garrett at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (mNian)

328 Make them vote

Don't let them not vote and later say they DIDN'T vote no

End the BS now

Posted by: REDACTED at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (+g41/)

329 Here's a Legal Insurrection post containing last night's back and forth communications --

https://tinyurl.com/y743zpvj

Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (AMIL/)

330 304. I appreciate your optimism, but we were all saying the same thing last week.

Meanwhile, this circus has frozen any other judges from getting floor votes for 3 weeks now

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:24 AM (CVCKl)

Just stating facts.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (Ei31x)

331 Can someone idiot-check me please?

In confirming judicial nominees, the house's role is to eat cookies and play with those little cup-and-ball toys, right? The only actual constitutional duties for confirmation are assigned to the senate?

Asking because I live in Michigan, home of Debbie Stabenow and That Other Guy What's His Name You Know Him No The Other One so it's not like I have any influence on them depending on how they vote. I could be dead twelve hours and my warmish carcass would still vote against Debbie F'ing Stabenow out of sheer reflex. Especially when her opponent is John James.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2018 08:29 AM (y87Qq)

332 No skin off our noses. Monday vote is still possible, so is a vote either Wed. or Thurs.

Grassley is letting them expose themselves while he looks to be accommodating."

Agreed. This whole process reminds me of how things work out in about 90% of lawsuits, which most people never see, and it's frustrating - it's more like high stakes poker than anything else. One side makes demands, the other side makes counter demands, both set deadlines, one breaks the deadlines, one cuts off all negotiations, then negotiations reopen, then they break down again, and then, as the witnesses are all seated and the jury is filing in, a settlement is announced and everyone goes home. (and it's usually the exact same settlement that could have happened the day after the lawsuit is filed)

I myself have been sitting in the courtroom several times when that has happened. That's how all negotiations go these days.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2018 08:30 AM (L4Fxp)

333 What is this "camera angle" bs the loons came up with?

Once they get that they'll argue the shape of the table.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 22, 2018 08:30 AM (oVJmc)

334 I understand thinking that a bad GOP candidate is better than a good Leftie... but have subscribed to that way of thinking for over a decade now, I'm not so sure. I'm coming to believe nothing is going to get better until it gets much, much worse because the "establishment" is fat and content with the way things are. Heaven knows, there will never be enough people voting Libertarian...

Posted by: Doc Samson at September 22, 2018 08:31 AM (ZZtOH)

335 In confirming judicial nominees, the house's role is to eat cookies and play with those little cup-and-ball toys, right? The only actual constitutional duties for confirmation are assigned to the senate? "

Ed McMahon sez: YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2018 08:31 AM (L4Fxp)

336 > But were is Cruz, Mike Lee etc.. right now. Hiding in a corner

I'm not sure what Lee is up to, but Cruz was busy owning the shit out of Beta O'Cuck at a debate last night.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:31 AM (TM5Iv)

337 And we will have to relax, because it has to be done.
.
I think that's what your cellamate tells you. . .
.
In prison. . .
.

Posted by: FireNWater at September 22, 2018 08:31 AM (S4rpa)

338
Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:24 AM (CVCKl)

Your hash.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 22, 2018 08:31 AM (oVJmc)

339 In confirming judicial nominees, the house's
role is to eat cookies and play with those little cup-and-ball toys,
right? The only actual constitutional duties for confirmation are
assigned to the senate?

Asking because I live in Michigan, home of Debbie Stabenow and That
Other Guy What's His Name You Know Him No The Other One so it's not like
I have any influence on them depending on how they vote. I could be
dead twelve hours and my warmish carcass would still vote against Debbie
F'ing Stabenow out of sheer reflex. Especially when her opponent is
John James.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2018 08:29 AM (y87Qq)

Confirmation of judges and executive branch positions is entirely the Senate's duty. The House only gets involved if someone needs to be impeached and removed from office. The House impeaches, the Senate decides whether or not to convict.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:31 AM (Ei31x)

340 302. Fitting. Isn't DJT Scottish background?

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:32 AM (NVmJr)

341 In confirming judicial nominees, the house's role is to eat cookies and play with those little cup-and-ball toys, right?

*snort*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:33 AM (NDcnw)

342 Bruce, are you going to the TX MoMe? I've got a 7" Samsung tablet sitting here doing nothing. You can have it. All it needs is a SIM card. I'll bring it along if you'll be there.
Posted by: creeper

No MoMe for me. A little too far from No Ill to travel right now to TX. I've got my foot in a boot recovering from an operation. I had thought about it though.

Thanks for the offer

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:33 AM (8ikIW)

343 I was talking about those gold tablets with a devout Mormon friend of mine.

He said "You need strong faith to be a good Mormon."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2018 06:16 AM (hyuyC)

Not nearly so much faith as it takes to support Republican politicians. The Neanderthal label is misunderstood. They are cave men, not because they live in caves, but because they always cave. Especially to the femorrhoids.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at September 22, 2018 08:33 AM (59GGI)

344 K thanks guys. I was almost 100% sure about that, which is my cue to make sure I'm not completely wrong.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2018 08:33 AM (y87Qq)

345 Amen.

Posted by: Eric Lindholm at September 22, 2018 08:35 AM (HkEoS)

346 The 10 PM deadline is arbitrary. Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family.

Read: Republicans hate wymyn!!!! Vote all Republicans out of office!!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 22, 2018 08:35 AM (SiINZ)

347 Congratulations to me!. Mr. FenelonSpoke has put up with me for 31 years of marriage-put up with me longer than that actually, since we've known each other since 1981. I am thankful to God he's in my life, my husband, and our's son dad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2018 08:35 AM (AllCR)

348 I'm coming to believe nothing is going to get better until it gets much, much worse because the "establishment" is fat and content with the way things are. "

There's a memorable riff on this idea built into the end of I, Claudius, for anyone who remembers that miniseries. (and admittedly this is Author Robert Graves thoughts) and it portrays Claudius, at the end of his life, accepting Nero as his successor even though he knows Nero is a psycopathic killer, because he tells himself Rome will only clean up its corruption if it goes all the way to the bottom.

Of course, reality is that once the leadership goes all the way to the bottom, it stays at the bottom, and the nation proceeds to destroy itself for good. See today's Venezuela for modern confirmation of the observation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2018 08:35 AM (L4Fxp)

349 Congratulations to me!. Mr. FenelonSpoke has put up
with me for 31 years of marriage-put up with me longer than that
actually, since we've known each other since 1981. I am thankful to God
he's in my life, my husband, and our's son dad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2018 08:35 AM (AllCR)

*Throws confetti*

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:36 AM (Ei31x)

350 > Congratulations to me!. Mr. FenelonSpoke has put up with me for 31 years of marriage

Grats!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:36 AM (TM5Iv)

351 since we've known each other since 1981. I am thankful to God he's in my life, my husband, and our's son dad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

1981, 1982...something like that.

Congratulations!

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:36 AM (8ikIW)

352 "This high school crap was out of his control and is a setup."

Yes. If that's the worst thing they could possibly contrive about Kav, their idiotic attempt to run out the clock makes even more sense.

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 08:36 AM (Jw4ci)

353 And those dayes are absolutely arbitrary. They are not slaved to anything but a date on a calendar...also, arbitrary.
Posted by: garrett at September 22, 2018 08:28 AM (mNian)

I'm not in the mood to play stupid semantic games with you. What I gave as examples adhere to the definition of a deadline.

I'm going to read something because everyone on the internet is pissing me off and the first day of Fall (another arbitrary date?) shouldn't be about me being pissed off.

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 22, 2018 08:37 AM (y7DUB)

354 Of course, reality is that once the leadership goes all the way to the bottom, it stays at the bottom, and the nation proceeds to destroy itself for good. See today's Venezuela for modern confirmation of the observation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2018 08:35 AM (L4Fxp)

There's an old saying:
The cream floats to the top...and so does the scum.

Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2018 08:37 AM (AMIL/)

355 Happy anniversary, FenelonSpoke and Mr. FenelonSpoke!

Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2018 08:37 AM (y87Qq)

356 nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2018 08:38 AM (KCxzN)

357 Thanks, everyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2018 08:39 AM (AllCR)

358 Happy anniversary Fen!

Posted by: Sumdumchief at September 22, 2018 08:39 AM (eZ4ud)

359 Greatest military intelligence operation of all time?

Why is Comey quiet lately?
Allies calling PDT wanting to talk about declassification?
What's behind RR NYT article?
RR called LL four times recently?
LL recorded calls?
LL singing like a bird now?
Tarmac meeting?

17

Posted by: teej at September 22, 2018 08:40 AM (n2LT3)

360 As I said above, my money is on her never testifying.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:25 AM (TM5Iv)

All they have do is draw it out another week and the nomination dies, at least according to Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at September 22, 2018 08:40 AM (H8QX8)

361 Congrats FS!!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2018 08:41 AM (NDcnw)

362 320. Good point. We just have to get over this last mutha blanking speed bump, then after November we'll have enough GOP senators to make Collins irrelevant.

Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2018 08:41 AM (NVmJr)

363 I seem to recall reading somewhere that being drunk causes one to forget memories of where one was and when, exactly what happened there, how they got there, how they left, how they got home, etc.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but the testimony of somebody who was likely drunk should not be taken very seriously?

Posted by: Plp at September 22, 2018 08:42 AM (0LaWm)

364 No matter the outcome, all of us must vote in November. We are Trump's foot soldiers in this war, and we cannot let him down.

Posted by: MoKim at September 22, 2018 08:43 AM (2oIze)

365 NOOOD

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2018 08:43 AM (8ikIW)

366 Good morning all.

When a foaming-at-the-mouth lefty whines that their voice is "not being heard" what they are actually saying is "I want YOU to shut up and give me what I want!"

It's a never-ending temper tantrum and it has to stop.

Or as the Germans say:

Endlosamerikanischeuberwutanfalwerfungshaltenmachen

Posted by: Muldoon at September 22, 2018 08:46 AM (m45I2)

367 Good morning horde.

Well, it's hard for me to sort out all the timelines. the schedules, the speculations and rumors. I think I'll just sit here with my coffee and see what happens in real time. Else I'll go nuts.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 22, 2018 08:47 AM (lwiT4)

368 318 I'll be voting for every GOP I can find in November, Turning things over to the donkeys just because Grassley's dragging his feet a bit is only going to hurt ME and the nation, guarantee more DACA, raise taxes, and increase laws against industry. A pretty silly thing to do over that Ford bitch
---

THIS -- If you don't think Trump's agenda is the hill to die on, then you haven't been paying attention.

I'll repeat this one:
272 I get that the Krakatoa will be fed up. But This is a vote for the economy and the push back that Trump offers. If we all give up and protest by not voting, the next thing we know we are a fully socialist nation that requires our children to be taught that they need to decide what gender they are at the age of 5. This is the Rubicon. If we give up in protest, they win and they make Christianity a crime, they make the 'OK" sign a jailable offense. They will need money and they will see all the 401K money and decide to nationalize it. I am not being hyperbolic.
Posted by: Janetoo at September 22, 2018 08:08 AM (t3qE+)

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at September 22, 2018 08:48 AM (q6jjE)

369 Cunts, the lot of them.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 22, 2018 06:29 AM (/9p9e)

Useless pieces of shit.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2018 06:40 AM (kT3/m)

But Grassley is a turd. He's trying to reason with the werewolf, saying "You're not REALLY hungry for flesh -- Here, have a banana."
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 22, 2018 06:42 AM (Z4rgH)

I think I see a trend here.

BTW, there's a great podcast at Powerline. The guests are Julie Kelly and "Lucretia", and they say the words no man can utter. I first heard them from my wife. In the beginning, one of them says "Every girl knows how to handle this. If it's never happened to you, you must be really ugly." Wow.

My own take is that she'll manage to somehow agree to Weds, then she'll have to do her hair, or her grandmother will die, or anything to delay again. From all we see, she's a real wackadoodle basket case; someone they don't want on the stand. That's why they don't want women questioning her. When she inevitably goes bananas, they could yell "patriarchy" if it were the senators. As it is, she'll just expose herself as an overaged snowflake.

So she'll agree to the later date, then back out, figuring Grassely will cave again. Frankly, my money's on her.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at September 22, 2018 08:49 AM (59GGI)

370 Nood.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:49 AM (Ei31x)

371 I have no problem with the Mormon sect, after all they are Christians, however, I think all this Angel Moroni stuff is a load of hogwash.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 22, 2018 06:08 AM (mpXpK)

It's not a question of Mormonism being basically Christian with a few other peripheral odd beliefs bolted on (like Jewish American Indians, disproven by DNA). Joseph Smith created a fundamentally different religion. He just kept certain labels such as "God" or "Jesus" but assigned them different meanings.

Christians think that God and Jesus are necessary beings. We are contingent. We may possess the Imago Dei but we are not sinless (by nature), omnipotent, possessing aseity, etc.

Mormons OTOH believe that God and humans are basically the same kind of being. God was once a man from another planet who became God of this world, and we can do the same if we follow the rules. It is completely arbitrary that God happened to precede us. Had we been the first to exist, we could have been God's god. We could have been his savior.

They also believe that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers, although according to Christianity Jesus (the second person of the trinity) is uncreated unlike Lucifer. It's also a salvation by works type religion. So underneath the hood, it's not really very Christian at all. And look at all the backpedaling they've had to do over the years, from polygamy to saying that black people's skin color was proof that they were "cursed" and could not occupy a ministerial office.

I do agree with your sentiment "I have no problem with the Mormon sect". They are for the most part decent, upright, moral people (well, except for their politicians, but that's true of every religion, ex. Pelosi). They are infinitely preferable to the depraved secular left who completely lack a moral harness.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 22, 2018 08:50 AM (/qEW2)

372 ONe more thing:

A protest vote makes sense only as a holdout for a better offer next time around.

I totally understand blowing off steam...but please consider: Do you really think we will ever get a better offer from the GOP than what's at stake now?

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at September 22, 2018 08:51 AM (q6jjE)

373 > All they have do is draw it out another week and the nomination dies, at least according to Tucker Carlson.

Trump can renominate him if he chooses. There have been several cases where a re-nominee was successfully appointed to the Court.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:51 AM (TM5Iv)

374 All they have do is draw it out another week and the nomination dies, at least according to Tucker Carlson.

Trump can renominate him if he chooses. There have been several
cases where a re-nominee was successfully appointed to the Court.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 22, 2018 08:51 AM (TM5Iv)

Unless Kavaungh withdrew, the nomination would die on January 3rd.

Posted by: Vendette at September 22, 2018 08:53 AM (Ei31x)

375 "It's not a question *of Mormonism being basically Christian with a few
other peripheral odd beliefs bolted on (like Jewish American Indians,
disproven by DNA). Joseph Smith created a fundamentally different
religion."

That is a fact.

Smith said the angel or "God," or whoever, told him that all of Christendom as it existed in his day (meaning Prot and Catholic in the U.S) was irredeemably corrupted and without the vital truths that could get someone to Heaven...thus a new revelation was needed to restore those lost truths, and Smith was the guy picked to find the magic golden plates. That led to what you describe: a wholly different religion that just uses many of the same labels, but which have been fundamentally redefined.

His fundamental mistake is one common to people even today: confusing Christendom and all it entails (Prot, Catholic and otherwise) with actual, unadulterated biblical faith in Christ via the saving good news of God's grace.

In 99.9% of cases, where you find one you cannot find the other.

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 08:58 AM (Jw4ci)

376 WOW
This is Ford's attorney, standing among protestors, saying on camera that they will resist Jeff Session's selection as Attorney General. Nice.

247 Busted.

At :35

https://youtu.be/yS4LBCCeZJk
Posted by: franksalterego at September 22, 2018 08:01 AM (3cq8T)

Posted by: m at September 22, 2018 08:59 AM (S+f51)

377 OK, I'll wait for Monday's developments. In the meantime, prayer for justice. Read that two ways.

I'd always maintained that God didn't care which way the country lurched as we passed through time, but Trump's miracle election has caused me to rethink this. I believe he is the latest of imperfect people God chose to carry out his plans.

I just hope some on our side publish history books.

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 22, 2018 09:04 AM (x5u62)

378 Does anyone actually expect the Washington Generals to be trying to win? Senator Grassley dribbles the ball off of his own foot for the 5th time in a row. If the future of the country weren't at stake it would actually be funny watching the Republicans snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: An Observation at September 22, 2018 09:07 AM (u5Sch)

379 Happy, happy, happy, Fenelon. Lucky Mr. Spoke.

Posted by: creeper at September 22, 2018 09:16 AM (AzV8L)

380 Maybe I'm being insensitive, but...Ford says she was groped (while clothed) by a drunk high school boy at a party when she was herself a teenager. And, apparently, it wasn't even bad enough where she felt she needed to report it or even tell her parents or friends. I don't get why the Dems and the media are treating her like she went through the most horrific ordeal ever.

Compare it to someone like Elizabeth Smart, kidnapped at 14 and held as a sex slave for months. She testified, faced her accuser in court, seven years later, and has spoken often about her ordeal publicly.

It's just hard for me to believe that the Dems/media really believe that what Ford claims was all that bad.

Posted by: sillyme at September 22, 2018 09:29 AM (Ak/B3)

381 "It's just hard for me to believe that the Dems/media really believe that what Ford claims was all that bad. "

"...actually happened."

Fixed!

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 09:31 AM (Jw4ci)

382 307
They have to have a Senate Floor vote at any cost. Need to put these Red
State Dems on record. that is why flake is so crucial being on the Jud
Committee.

Posted by: Jonah at September 22, 2018 08:22 AM (CVCKl)

Agreed. But the red dems aren't voting for him - see McAssKill. Say something about his prior writings/opinion on whether the president can be indicted and "dark money" campaign contributions.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 22, 2018 09:33 AM (b8J4P)

383 This is why I'm no longer a Republican. Changed my party. They can't call me, they can't count on me for money and I hang up when they do their ridiculous polls. Live in worry oh spineless ones.

Posted by: sally at September 22, 2018 09:35 AM (sBDDH)

384 If Republicans do not confirm a conservative Justice with a majority in the senate, they are worst than useless.

Posted by: Pasquali Pellegrino at September 22, 2018 09:41 AM (ePmKj)

385 383
This is why I'm no longer a Republican. Changed my party. They can't
call me, they can't count on me for money and I hang up when they do
their ridiculous polls. Live in worry oh spineless ones.

Posted by: sally at September 22, 2018 09:35 AM (sBDDH)

Good for you Sally. So your determining factor is money and being called. Great principles.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 22, 2018 09:42 AM (b8J4P)

386 I understand the frustration, but not voting for conservatives because of liberal attacks sounds - frankly - like not the good kind of moron talk.

You would surrender to the people who are attacking you because you don't think the defense offered on your behalf is strong enough?

I hope people reconsider.

Posted by: Nom de Blog at September 22, 2018 09:51 AM (wFDuq)

387 Or it's what a leftist troll would say.

Posted by: doomed at September 22, 2018 09:52 AM (Jw4ci)

388 Wrong answer. The correct response to one or two backstabbers is not to punish the the 95% who have their head on straight, it is to go punish the democrats at the polls for pulling this kind of sh!t and give the Republicans a big enough majority that they can afford to peel off one or two of their losers in any given vote and still prevail. This kind of crap should motivate, not cause true conservatives to crawl off into a corner and curl up into a ball while they snivel.

Posted by: Clean Willie at September 22, 2018 10:12 AM (TwCsL)

389 Flood Grassleys office with calls and emails. Stop kowtowing to the left. Confirm Kavanaugh on Monday.

Posted by: Andshesaidthis1 at September 22, 2018 10:18 AM (KbQIV)

390 It's been ten minutes since I last checked, so this may be wildly outdated info by now:

I think the current deadline for Ford to "confirm" she's "decided" to show up at some future date uncertain ... is 10PM ET tonite.

Not reassured by Grassley's late nite tweeting.

We're going to lose this one, aren't we? It's sinking in.

Posted by: gp at September 22, 2018 10:26 AM (mk9aG)

391 I used to feel that way too. BUT, any Rep is better than 10 Dems. If the Dems win then not one new judge at any Fed level will be appointed. Just think about that. If not Kavanaugh then Trump will try again, unless the Dems win. Remember Hillary is still not Prez.

Posted by: LYNN HARGROVE at September 22, 2018 10:42 AM (jHdOj)

392 Not voting in November will. Not hurt Flake at all.

Posted by: Anchovy at September 22, 2018 11:06 AM (srWwQ)

393 Yeah, that'll show Flake, put the democrats in power. Idiot.

Posted by: M at September 22, 2018 11:07 AM (he2ZZ)

394 "I used to feel that way too. BUT, any Rep is better than 10 Dems. If the Dems win then not one new judge at any Fed level will be appointed. Just think about that. If not Kavanaugh then Trump will try again, unless the Dems win. Remember Hillary is still not Prez."

And yet, how many times do the Repubs back down in the face of Leftist retardation and sell us down the river? How many Repubs actually take a stand and don't constantly equivocate on just about everything? I'm glad that the answer isn't ALL OF THEM, but it sure is darn close, and I'd rather we jump into the pool instead of slowly inch our way in. Trump has certainly done well with his judge appointments but is seems to be to little much too late...

Posted by: Doc Samson at September 22, 2018 11:18 AM (ZZtOH)

395 It's not a question *of Mormonism being basically Christian with a few
other peripheral odd beliefs bolted on (like Jewish American Indians,
disproven by DNA). Joseph Smith created a fundamentally different
religion."

That is a fact.

Smith said the angel or "God," or whoever, told him that all of Christendom as it existed in his day (meaning Prot and Catholic in the U.S) was irredeemably corrupted and without the vital truths that could get someone to Heaven...thus a new revelation was needed to restore those lost truths, and Smith was the guy picked to find the magic golden plates. That led to what you describe: a wholly different religion that just uses many of the same labels, but which have been fundamentally redefined.

His fundamental mistake is one common to people even today: confusing Christendom and all it entails (Prot, Catholic and otherwise) with actual, unadulterated biblical faith in Christ via the saving good news of God's grace.

In 99.9% of cases, where you find one you cannot find the other.
Posted by: doomed

There are many issues with Mormonism. But, at its core, it isn't monotheistic. They hold that if you do x, y, and z that you get your own universe and become a god. That's tough to reconcile with anything from Abraham on down.

Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2018 11:49 AM (j0Mw7)

396 Shout out for the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, your go to for information on Mormonism.

Posted by: Jean at September 22, 2018 11:50 AM (j0Mw7)

397 Agreed

Posted by: The Invisible Hand at September 22, 2018 11:53 AM (YpRda)

398 Every Mormon I've met has been so morally upright as to be considered square, which I count as a good thing to be.

On the other hand, every Muslim I've met has been friendly, generous, almost obsequious. So observer bias, plus small sample sizes.

Posted by: gp at September 22, 2018 12:12 PM (mk9aG)

399 Sorry, I'm voting Republican no matter what.

The hell we will go through if the Democrats get power back is not worth my making some kind of statement by staying home.

Posted by: MW at September 22, 2018 01:05 PM (hNTtn)

400 Ditto, I'm voting Republican no matter what.

Sin-enema in the Senate is not acceptable.

Posted by: Zionist Redneck at September 22, 2018 01:40 PM (i4jWn)

401 It's not about the current R clowns in congress. If you don't vote or vote D, you are cutting Trump off at the knees. The current crop is better than having D's in charge of either house.

Posted by: GlobalTrvlr at September 22, 2018 02:39 PM (fKlwN)

402 So seriously, your plan is if the GOP lets you down, you're just going to stay home and let the chips fall where they may, even if means the Dems retake the House?

I'm pissed too, but that just sounds plumb stupid. Cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Posted by: JumboMumbo at September 23, 2018 08:57 PM (FS0DO)

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