US Politics

Unfortunately all but the GOP faithful will hear it (and even they will probably hear, but not listen). But I don’t think that will make any difference. Those voting to confirm have already sold their souls.

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Kavanaugh is perfect for SCOTUS in the eyes of the Republican elite because he is "one of us".

Frat boy asshole just like Trump, Trump's pals, and most of the old farts in Congress.

But you can be a right wing snake and still come with a certain amount of charm.

Even the worst Republican’s must know how slimy Kavanaugh looked today.

I don't think they give a damn.

In fact, just seen that 54% of party members believe that Kavanaugh should be confirmed even if the allegations are true. Tragic.

Politics is broken in the US (and other places too obvs), but the republicans seem to be playing the broken game much better than the Dems.

Remember that Scalia died in Feb 2016, 9 months before the election. But Obama didn't push to nominate a replacement, because he didn't feel he had a mandate to appoint a new justice. Do you think the republicans would have waited 9 months till the election. Like fuck!

Ah, there's allegedly a yearbook tradition of putting 'female name alumnius' in your text entry, as an in joke between all the blokes who has had sex with, or gang raped, the same girl.
The old boy network are now all up in arms claiming that this is not the case, but no one so far seems to have come up with another explanation to what the reference means.

Sorry for DM link, but one of them just reached a whole new level of non-apology apology: "I'm sorry how that's been misinterpreted and sorry about that"

Confronting Flake (who declared his intention to vote in favour of Kavanaugh)

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1045669607124676609

no surprise, now that yesterday is out the way, the vote is being pushed and will happen today. They really want him in that hotseat

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/us/politics/judge-kavanaugh-american-bar-association-fbi.html

Even the ABA calling for the nomination to be suspended until an investigation is held by the FBI.

I wonder if they can revoke his license to give legal advice? I dont know how it works out there, is he already above that level where that would affect him? (Im basing my legal knowledge from 'better call Saul' who got barred from practicing law)

Remember that Scalia died in Feb 2016, 9 months before the election. But Obama didn't push to nominate a replacement, because he didn't feel he had a mandate to appoint a new justice.

Merrick Garland was nominated in March?

Confronting Flake (who declared his intention to vote in favour of Kavanaugh)

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/10456­69607124676609

That was amazing. So, a 1-week FBI "investigation" will now happen. Imagine you're the FBI and get the call, now you've got to squash what would usually take months into 7 days because of midterm election politics. FFS.

I suspect the FBI already have a thick file on this guy.

A very long read, a forensic examination of Kavanaugh's testimony:
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/09/how-we-know-kavanaugh-is-lying

Garland was nominated by Trump in March 2017.

Edit: got through most of it.

The conclusions being draw from him arguing his case seem like a stretch and make it read like a loaded article.

This may seem like hair-splitting. But (1) “I don’t recall such a thing” should always raise suspicions and (2) Kavanaugh, for all his righteous weeping and insistence on his honesty, is not presenting the evidence accurately. He’s trying to suggest that it’s more unfavorable to Ford than it actually is. Saying “Everyone she says was there denies it” is far more effective than the truth: “Nobody she says was there remembers it, though one of them believes it happened.”

If you were giving evidence in this situation and you believed you had been wrongly accused, then you'd argue the case in your favour rather than the accusor.

If you were giving evidence in this situation and you believed you had been wrongly accused, then you'd argue the case in your favour rather than the accusor.

But he's not giving evidence, he's distorting evidence given by other people. They said, in effect, "I don't have a distinct memory of it happening", whereas his claim is that they are making the stronger claim of "it definitely never happened".

It's worth reading that through, because the more ridiculous aspects of his testimony (blustering, changing the subject, angrily turning the question on the committee, and trying to portray himself as a diligent student who would never have got drunk, despite numerous witnesses who say otherwise), is demonstrated in the second half.

I've persevered (almost).

The map/ locations info is interesting. His evidence on drinking is pretty unbelievable.

Garland was nominated by Trump in March 2017.

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Thanks. Perhaps the Democratic senators should also have engaged the services of a good criminal prosecutor; their own questioning seems inadequate.

As often happens in this type of assessment the focus can change from did he or didn't he do something 30+ years ago where there were no independent witnesses. It can change to did he or didn't he lie under oath about a series of lesser offences and misbehaviour to which there are many independent witnesses. If he did, then he is unsuitable to be a judge, supreme or otherwise.

I'll be truthful and admit I hadn't expected Kavanaugh to be a UB40 fan

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/kavanaugh-bar-fight.html

It goes something like this:

CD: Hey dude, 'ya coming to the UB40 concert?
BK: What the heck is UB40?
CD: Some limey band, like the Beatles.
BK: Will there be beer? I like beer.
CD: Sure, there will be beer.
BK: I'm coming.

Kanye West. I think those defending him or even taking him seriously give him way too much credit. If you hear him talk even for one minute it's clear he's all over the place. I don't think he has anything insightful OR malicious to say, he's just talking grandiose-sounding shite and drawing attention to himself, as usual. He seems to see the MAGA thing only as it relates to him and he's conflated it with his own incoherent but apparently sincere 'ideology'. It has nothing to do with the realities of Trump's rise and it fucks me off that he's held up as some sort of sage. He's almost as boring and daft as his recent music.

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Kanye is a (very lucky) bellend... Plus an entire generation queuing up to buy his shit fashion? #werealldoomed