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This is not surprising to me

AmericanDreamer — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:43:57 +0000

In reply to Flav, interesting that this

This is not surprising to me at all. The Hill almost surely is read by many people who work on...the Hill. Lotsa folks there working for R officials who right now really need to hear a reassuring opinion expressed by Higgins, given that many of their jobs are potentially on the line. With all of the highly visible anger and protest going on around them, especially. Which doesn't mean Higgins is wrong, of course.

for those who aren't watching

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:50:12 +0000

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for those who aren't watching the Senate vote: the beginning of the roll call live on CNN struck me sort of like a dystopian movie because there were several severe disruptions from loudly screaming female protestors and the sergeant-at-arms apparently had a real hard time following Pence's commands to "restore order in the gallery".

Here's the new hot story on

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:05:11 +0000

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Here's the new hot story on topic, D.C. Circuit sent complaints about Kavanaugh’s testimony to Chief Justice Roberts, I got notice of it because this was retweeted by Lara Rozen; I don't follow Carol or Bob; it's obviously going viral among journos:

Thanks Bob. This is historically unprecedented. https://t.co/QnzB6RIfZF
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) October 6, 2018

Kavanaugh's work among the

Flavius — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:37:26 +0000

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Kavanaugh's work among the homeless stands on its own feet.

Obviously he could have protected his family and Ms.Blasey Ford's , never mind the country, two and a half weeks ago by saying 'Let's talk- bring our spouses if you'd like'. And then turned that to his own advantage -since it obviously happened as she told us- by confessing to his "recovered memory" and blubbering. He's good at that. She'd have fallen for it. Don't know about the spousi.

Can't comment on ordinary people. Hope the Hilly's are wrong ,we'll learn

Flav, interesting that this

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 16:20:35 +0000

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Flav, interesting that this op-ed is the # 1 most popular piece @ The Hill right now. I don't presume to know why it is so popular, but it is sort of the opposite of your argument:

Democrats just killed the blue wave

By Heather R. Higgins — 10/06/18 09:30 AM EDT

[....] Democrats underestimate how completely terrifying this spectacle appears to ordinary people. Here is a man who volunteers in a homeless shelter and coaches girl's basketball and has more female clerks than any other federal judge; and he is being destroyed on accusation alone. How could an ordinary person, without powerful friends, survive such an onslaught? [....]

I don't presume to know Ms. Higgins' background, whether she really does have a bead on how "ordinary people" think, she could very well be part of the beltway preppy bubble. In any case, I note the op-ed is popular right now.

I like this line best for

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 15:39:19 +0000

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I like this line best for some reason as far as the communication thing:

But he’s got to square that with his day job of pontificating.

And when you say

But we can't punish without due process ,you say. And I agree . We missed our chance 36 years ago to assign some appropriate punishment to a very badly brought up seventeen year old jerk. And society is paying the price today. Well goes around comes around as someone remarked last week.

I immediately thought: well we already have as president another badly brought up jerk who failed as a real estate developer so nothing new here? Or maybe a new meme should be: blame the elite private schools?

Two Supreme Court justices

rmrd0000 — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 15:32:55 +0000

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Two Supreme Court justices are accused of sexual harassment, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh.

The Court speaks for corporations and rural whites. Urban voters are an afterthought.

Welcome to the 2018 Supreme Court.