An offer she refused

    By Flavius on Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:24am |

    In proposing the terms  for Dr. Ford's appearance , my guess  is Grasley's  goal was to make her so unsatisfactory an offer that  she'd refuse . He did, but she foiled him by agreeing

    I expect her team's minimum objective was that the dems  do their own questioning. And that's  the deal.
    I' m not worried by the choice of the Arizona prosecutor. Yes she'll lob softballs to Kavanaugh and attempt to trick Dr. Ford. But this means none of  the loud mouth Reps will be questioning Dr. Ford so she won't lose her composure which would have somewhat undercut her testimony.

    John McCain's "Farewell Address" Before His Vote Bringing Down the GOP Health Bill Applies Right Now

    By artappraiser on Tue, 09/25/2018 - 11:33pm |

    It was a passionate tirade against not following traditional Senate rules. He was speaking to his colleagues more than anyone else and trying to warn them that the way things were going they were ruining the Senate and probably the country and they would not be proud of it at the end of their lives. That they are not the House and they have special responsibilities. Exactly against the type of thing McConnell et. al. are doing now to ram the Kavanaugh hearing and vote through. And what they were doing then trying to pass a half-assed mess of a bill without following rules and working with those across the aisle. I wonder if supposed dear friends like Jeff Flake and Lindsay Graham are going to betray him and make him roll over in his grave by going along with McConnell's ram- it-through-plan for the Kavanaugh hearing without a murmur? I wish some reporters would bring that up with them, try to nudge their consciences.

    White Art Curators in Black Spaces

    By rmrd0000 on Mon, 09/24/2018 - 2:20pm |

    A white curator is designing the Hip-Hop exhibit at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. The appointment is met with criticism for not selecting a black curator to manage the operation. Museums tend to respond by pointing to a lack of qualified Black curators.

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    KARMA

    By Richard Day on Mon, 09/24/2018 - 12:20am |

    Deborah Ramirez

    By Flavius on Mon, 09/24/2018 - 12:02am |

    I'm forcing myself to write this.

    The Ramirez allegation-which I completely believe btw- is itself not grounds to prevents approval.

    He behaved in a disgusting manner.  People  sometimes do .18 year old freshman more apt  than many others. Putting aside whether it should be  accepted as evidence  of a disqualifying attitude towards women the event itself was  drunken tawdry and disgraceful. Did I behave disgracefully before I was 20? Don't ask. Did you?

    Dr. Ford should say "Yes."

    By Flavius on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 7:38pm |

    sometime over the weekend.. On whatever terms Atty Katz has been able to obtain by then. 

    But only after  Katz first  reveal's the Committee's proposed terms , and  the changes  Ford  requests  , while  saying  she will accept the  Committee's  terms if confirmed  by a majority of the Committee.

    Between now and  her Committee  appearance she should be thoroughly  trained. As  Kavanaugh has already been, With "mock" sessions  video'd ,critiqued and repeated as necessary,

    DOJ Coup talk from Trump's favorite media peeps

    By artappraiser on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 7:36pm |

    Maybe use this thread to keep track of stuff like this, which I saw only because it was retweeted by Media Matters:

    The Perils of Universalism

    By rmrd0000 on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 9:27am |

    political Universalism is a scam. It is a cowardly response to the alt-right. The alt-right openly espouses white supremacy. Universalism pretends that white supremacy will end if the Left simply doesn’t mention race. From an excellent takedown of Universalism by Leo Casey in Dissent Magazine

    https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/perils-of-universalism-race-clas...

     

    "Vote Common Good"

    By artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 12:19am |

    Interesting movement. Twitter feed here

    Couple of recent tweets:

    Kavanaugh could save the Republicans

    By Flavius on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 12:04am |

    by confessing.

    Otherwise there is going to be a democratic House after November.

    But  if Kavanaugh admits the charge, apologizes and  rends  his garments appropriately there is an army of Republican women who would  feel  they should exercise their mature powers by defying the polls and make their usual comfortable Republican vote. Including the two last hopes in the Senate.

    What Liberals Get Wrong About Identity Politics

    By rmrd0000 on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 12:26pm |

    A group of black feminists met in the mid1970s to address issues that felt were being ignored by white feminists, and black, mostly male-led, Civil Rights organizations. They called themselves the Combahee River Collective. .In 1977, the group issued a statement 

    "It's time to admit

    By Flavius on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 12:03pm |

    “ that I once withheld important information from readers”John Authers wrote in last weekend’s FT.  “ It was 10 years ago…….I think I did the right thing. But a decade on I need to discuss it”

    "The moment came  September 17 2008…..when world finance came closest to...collapse. But I did not write as much.”

    Authers authors (if you’ll permit me ) what can be  an influential FT column. If he writes it.

    "ignore

    By Flavius on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 12:02pm |
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    9/11 and photographer Richard Drew

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 10:23am |

    9:41.15 a.m. EST September 11, 2001

    Richard Drew is an Associated Press photo-journalist.
    In 2001, he took the photo entitled The Falling Man, which captured
    the image of a man falling from the World Trade Center towers.
    Drew was one of four press photographers present at the assassination
    of Robert F. Kennedy.

     

    The Falling Man | By Tom Junod | Esquire

    When Being Black Violates the Dress Code

    By rmrd0000 on Sat, 09/08/2018 - 11:35am |

    Braids are not offensive. There is nothing rational about banning braids from schools. A 6th year old black child was sent home from one Christian school in Florida for wearing braids.

    http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-private-school-boys-hair-20180814-story.html

    In a more recent episode, a sixth grade girl was sent home in tears because her Christian school said her braids violated policy. The case has gone to court.

    White Supremacy versus Identity Politics

    By rmrd0000 on Sat, 09/01/2018 - 4:46pm |

    Almost in response to the criticism of identity politics by Fukuyama and Appiah, comes a NYT article by  Pankaj Mishra describing the cult of whiteness that limits progress. It is hard to separate issues like identity politics and cultural appropriation from white supremacy. Fukuyama and Appiah view marginalized group protest as a means of creating  identity politics in reactionaries. Mishra views identity politics as a demand of respect from marginalized groups. He views white supremacy is always in action and is always attempting to suppress ethnic minorities. 

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    Spreading the propaganda on every front lawn and driveway

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 2:58am |

     

    This 28 page broadsheet was distrbuted in the dark of night
    at every home in our neighborhood here in the LA area.

    Here's Paul Taylor candidate for the Republican nomination
    for the Senate seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein

    All first graders

    By Flavius on Thu, 08/23/2018 - 12:29am |

    should read at first grade level at the end of the year.

    And bridges shouldn't fall down.

    That wouldn't eliminate inequality or improve Israeli-Arab relations but it would ensure that all second graders would be ready for the second grade -and make it safe to cross the Missouri. That would be a start,

    Reading  D-blog  clearly there is a palpable sense of despair at the injustices that desperately need to be remedied and the inadequacies of the "leaders" who  should do that . Guess what , that was always the case.

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