The Circus Starts at 0945.
Let’s hope the GOP grew a spine and puts an end to this sort of behavior.
*UPDATE: SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM GREW A SPINE AND A SET TODAY!***
Well played, Sir! Well played!
++FRIDAY CIGAR: Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva++
The Circus Starts at 0945.
Let’s hope the GOP grew a spine and puts an end to this sort of behavior.
*UPDATE: SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM GREW A SPINE AND A SET TODAY!***
Well played, Sir! Well played!
++FRIDAY CIGAR: Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva++
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/09/26/seal-slaps-kayaker-octopus-viral-video-shot-new-zealand/1439750002/
Good morning. sorry to go off topic, but you have to see this.
Seal slaps kayaker in face with octopus.
https://www.chicksonright.com/blog/2018/09/27/two-other-men-step-forward-to-claim-that-they-are-christine-blasey-fords-attackers-omg/
Interesting, if true.
The Dems are now standing justice on it’s head. Mr Coons one of the more annoying Dems is saying that Kavanaugh must prove his innocence. Like the rest of them he says that innocent until proven guilty does not apply because this is not a court. of law. What they ignore is that the principle comes from centuries of Western sense of justice.
Ok, I accuse Mr Coons of having sex with a dead goat. Let him prove that he didn’t.
They had better confirm judge k. And then get ready for the NEXT supreme process, Trump could get 2 more…
@ right_wing2:
@ coldwarrior:
Brian Fallon outed himself and all of the Dems. This is a strategy to protect the Court from Trumps “far right friends”
The whole thing is to make the Democrat Party election proof to advance their agenda via the Court.
I’m still not all that convinced that Swethog wasn’t a last-minute replacement for Avenutti when he knew that he’d been punked by 4Chan. He was evasive when asked when he was retained by her, and her declaration is dated September 25th. AFTER Kavanaugh’s calendars were released (on 9/24).
Now Kamala Harris, or as I call her, Senator Spread Your Legs, has another ANONYMOUS allegation letter from a Jane Doe in Orange Country that Kavanaugh took part in a gang rape of her in a car. Well, Trump’s accuser came from Southern California. Maybe she’s having a second go at it.
Slap them with an octopus!
coldwarrior wrote:
Seals are lazy, it was suppose to be a flounder, but as I said, seals are notoriously lazy.
@ doriangrey:
If it’s true that the Senate Judicial investigators have found and interviewed the two men who are willing to come forward to clear Kavanaugh with regard to Ford, this might prove interesting. Dems are bitching, of course, that they are being “surprised” with this information. Except, the SJC Republicans asked them if they wanted to be on the call – they said no.
Sheila Jackson-Lee is milling about the hearing room. Hoping, no doubt that the reporters will put her on camera.
Listening to Chris Wallace “it was so raw, so emotional”. Have these people not be around humans? It wasn’t raw, it wasn’t emotional, it was straightforward, and Mitchell has to get her ass on the move. Britt Hume’s “this is a disaster for the Republicans” is eating the cake before it goes into the oven.
@ eaglesoars:
From what I’ve seen, it’s been bad acting at its finest, and believe me, I’ve seen opening statements and closing arguments given by attorneys who were probably frustrated Shakespearean actors.
@ coldwarrior:
There was a kid whose dream was to have do the fish slapping dance with Cleese. Somehow it got arranged. Cleese smacked him with a fish a couple of times and handed him the fish. And he smacked John back.
This reality show is on almost every freaking channel. I cannot watch it. Thank you hearty few who are commenting on the OJ Simpson trial in progress, because it’s like walking into a plague zone of the mind.
Over 17 years ago my sister & her daughter were shopping at an over priced boutique called “Anthropologie”. There was a T shirt for sale that said “Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them.” This current travesty is another example of ongoing mass brainwashing.
@ right_wing2:
the fish slapping dance skit is sublime
I find her child-like demeanor annoying. This is what I would expect from a 17 yr old who really wants to be liked.
The Barbarian wrote:
she passed an envelope to Ford’s lawyer. Here’s the video
https://twitter.com/sealeney/status/1045356211640524800
eaglesoars wrote:
Ha! Probably the ONE time she didn’t want to be on camera!
eaglesoars wrote:
i was able to put up with 3 minutes of her and had to shut it off
@ eaglesoars:
It was probably an envelope that said on it “I’m only passing you this so that I can be on camera for a few minutes.”
Ford is hedging so much that you’d think she was framing her answers to avoid a perjury charge.
@ The Barbarian:
I just tuned in for a minute. There’s a frigging therapy session going on for Ford and her terrible trauma calling it ‘child abuse’. Oxygen thieves, all of them. Random two minute watching is more than I can take without an emotional support animal and a waaahmbulance.
I LIKE this man.
Quote of the day:
“You have replaced ‘advise and consent’ with ‘search and destroy’.”
I fell asleep. Was Mitchell worth the powder to blow her to hell?
Talking about your compelling testimony …
@ eaglesoars:
Who ? 🙂
@ 4_Sticks:
oh
WHAT does this matter if he say he wasn’t even there at this party ?
fighter
BREAKING: Ford’s polygraph expert has been a subcontractor of the Democrat law firm representing Ford in DC. Hanafin’s a “progressive” from Boston who says that when administering polygraphs on “victims” like Ford u automatically “believe them” & don’t ask them specific questions
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1045362332455628801
jesus miss lindsay, you go girl!
eaglesoars wrote:
Was that a thing of beauty or WHAT?
eaglesoars wrote:
Probably why he was selected. I wonder if a polygraph administered at Quantico was offered to Kavanaugh and Ford, which would accept. I think Kavanaugh would; I think Ford would make a million excuses.
@ The Barbarian:
She’s afraid of polygraphs, afraid of the FBI, Quantico, being hooked up to the machine reminds of being raped by Kavanaugh…
eaglesoars wrote:
Good God, man!
@ right_wing2:
Did you catch that “answering lots of questions.” Uh, according to YOUR polygraph examiner, he asked only two. Which he gave you ahead of time.
https://ntknetwork.com/nyts-apologizes-for-poll-asking-if-fords-testimony-is-credible/
this tells me that they weren’t getting the answer that they wanted
ok, ok. i promise not to call him miss lindsay ever again.
pinky swear!
updated the main post too!
coldwarrior wrote:
god, you’re easy….
Smash-And-Grab Thieves Hit Pot Shop But Only Got Away With Oregano
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/09/26/smash-grab-thieves-marijuana-dispensary-oregano/
Why is Kavanaugh not saying YES to the FBI investigation?
He is fucked anyway…
Avenatti client ‘demanding’ opportunity to testify: ‘Under no circumstances should a vote be taken’
One good thing that will come out of this is watching him walk the streets of NYC pushing a shopping cart
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/27/michael-avenatti-julie-swetnick-demands-opportunit/
Possum wrote:
first, he is not fucked anyway
I think by this point you understand that the whole FBI thing is a ruse to delay the confirmation vote and find more fuel, so your question is really why doesn’t he give himself the points of looking good and agreeing to it.
He agreed to do whatever the committee wanted. He won’t put his name on THAT specific item because it’s a lie and he’s an honorable guy. Whether he goes down or not, there are some things they can take from him, and there are some things only he can give up. His integrity is one of them.
@ eaglesoars:
LOL you said it better than I did.
Yep, I agree, he said it is up to the committee.
I however think an FBI investigation is in his best interests.
Possum wrote:
I love ya man, but sometimes you just don’t seem to understand American politics. Delaying a conformation vote until after the mid terms most assuredly is not in his best interest.
doriangrey wrote:
No, not delay the vote!
Get it fully investigated or he has a cloud hanging over him for the rest of his life. ( i.e. fucked )
@ doriangrey:
Not only that, the FBI has stated that they will not investigate this. This is now a matter under state law. The FBI’s role in this process is complete. Ford is being cagey in this regard herself. What she should have done, when Kavanaugh nomination was announced, was given the information she had to the FBI. I loved her answer when asked “Well…..I thought about giving it to the FBI or the White House….but, I really didn’t know how to do it”
It’s called a PHONE, Ms. Ph.D. You pick it up. You call the FBI office in San Jose and ask them how to submit it. You never wanted these claims really investigated.
Possum wrote:
the same cloud justice thomas has? nah.
35% of the population will hate him because he is a trump nominee. big deal.
this was a stunt to delay his placement on the court until after the mid-terms that the dems pray that they can win, but they won’t.
besides, he has already been investigated by the FBI 5 times for his various positions and had a very high clearance. I carried a clearance that hight, believe me, the DIA and FBI went over everything i did in school all the way down to interviewing the nun who taught elementary catechism and kindergarten to an extensive two hour long with my girlfriend and her parents and her brother and sister.
these guys do not fuck around, nor do they miss ANYTHING, ever. ive been through the process, he’s been through it several times. besides, its not the FBI’s job to investigate this at this point anyway.
eaglesoars wrote:
I’ll make that promise to win this fight all day!
Completely OT but very cool. MINERVA-II1 pics – including a movie! This is the Japanese probe that landed on an asteroid and it is YAAYYYY!!!
https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1045278816619261953
coldwarrior wrote:
fine, I’ll take over the rest of the week, you get some rest
Somebody working from a House of Representatives office is editing the Wikipedia pages of Republican senators to post what looks like their home addresses.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/someone-on-capitol-hill-just-doxxed-republican-sens-mike-lee-orrin-hatch-and-lindsey-graham
Did you catch the Feinstein slip-up? She said she hadn’t asked her staff if they leaked the Ford letter and THEN – oh Jennifer just reminded me that I did.
eaglesoars wrote:
Yes. Feinstein threw Christine Blasey-Ford and her own staff under the perjury bus.
Good God y’all, Lindsey Graham was on fire today!
Hatch is calling out Feinstein’s lie about the letter. He’s laying out the chain of custody
The first report that a letter existed surfaced because staffers for Judiciary Committee Democrats complained to media that Senator Feinstein was hiding a letter relevant to the Kavanaugh confirmation.
‘staffers for the Judiciary Committee’ would almost certainly be Feinstein’s staff
https://twitter.com/senorrinhatch/status/1044977610151907328
doriangrey wrote:
they’re gonna need a bigger bus
OK, so I watched as much as I could of the hearing while at work today. Internet is primitive and kept dropping out. Phone is a Walmart $49 thing.
Saw the part when he started talking about his father and calendars when he emotionally lost it, and I lost the internet again.
When internet came back I googled his father thinking the memory of his deceased father caused his tears. His father is still alive, so what triggered Kavanaugh’s emotions?
At home now so internet is better. Watched Kavanaugh’s opening statement from youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRmGxgxMhO4
He loses it at the 10 min mark when he talks about his mother, at about 12:40 min as he mentions his 10 year old daughter and the one that made me find his opening statement was at 21:00 min when he really lost it, talking about his father.
This ordeal has obviously severely traumatized him. Any thoughts or references to his family and he loses it.
I hadn’t thought of this one
As I watch Dr. Ford be interviewed by Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell about the polygraph, I notice how nervous Ford is and how little she knows about a polygraph. The woman is a psychologist and knows nothing about a polygraph? She says that a machine was placed near her with wires and acts very naive about what it does and what to expect.
What PhD psychologist knows nothing about a polygraph? The American Psychological Association has been writing about them for years and many psychologists do not believe in their use. Why is she so in the dark about them? Is this to make herself seem childlike and innocent? Or is she that naive and uninformed?
https://pjmedia.com/drhelen/a-psychologist-knows-nothing-about-a-polygraph/
eaglesoars wrote:
She isn’t even remotely ignorant about them. She affects being ignorant because as any competent psychologist will tell you, the reason the polygraphs are inadmissible as evidence is that anyone can be trained to fool a polygraph machine.
Christine Blasey-Ford is a CIA Psychological Operations Instructor. What that means, is she teaches CIA operatives to fool polygraphs as well as withstand and endure aggressive interrogations.
while we were all busy with other stuff the SEC has charged Elon Musk with fraud
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/tesla-shares-after-sec-charges-ceo-elon-musk-with-fraud.html
doriangrey wrote:
I’m not buying that one
@ doriangrey:
I know how polygraphs work. As in if you work with electronics and you need to measure the value of a resistor you can hold the probe to one lead of it with your finger but you must not touch the other lead or you are measuring YOUR resistance not the resistor.
Point of this post?
Having someone take a polygraph test on the day of, or day after ( she can’t even remember that ) your grandmothers funeral is not the best idea.
I would think there would be too many other emotional and stress factors involved the results would be unpredictable
I love this. Rich Lowry gives twinks a bad name. At 3:30 pm he surrendered.
At the Most Important Confirmation Hearing in 25 Years, Republicans Blew It
Somebody send him a set of onesies and a packet of hot chocolate
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/christine-blasey-ford-hearing-republicans-blew-it/
Interesting: A source close to Senator Manchin tells me now, “Short of claims that definitively prove Dr. Ford’s allegations or a realization that Kavanaugh will gut the healthcare law, Manchin will side with the overwhelming number of people in WV who want Kavanaugh confirmed.”
https://twitter.com/elainaplott/status/1045478279220797440
This is a writer for the Atlantic. Manchin’s polls are dead even.
eaglesoars wrote:
Awesome! I suspect the Japanese have more in mind than just landing on those rocks, but have a long-term plan to develop means of mining them.
@ eaglesoars:
manchin needed to jump parties to the gop a two years ago. he blew that opportunity. the dems must have some serious dirt on him
AZfederalist wrote:
which is just another reason we need a Space Force because the Japs and the ChiComs hate each other (for millennia) and they’ll fight
coldwarrior wrote:
at the time his niece was embroiled in a pharma scandal. Something about hideously expensive epinephrin delivery appliances I think
Corker announces he is a YES
It’s a good thing there are people who are a lot smarter that the sorry crew ’round these parts.
Rachel Mitchell’s jury pool was Flake/Collins/Murkowski. Flake is from Arizona and one of his particular areas of professional concerns has been pedos/sex crimes. He knows her, she’s been around for over 30 yrs.
the last line of the thread is: Her goal wasn’t to break Ford…it was to get 8-10x pieces of info and leave
Here’s the thread:
https://twitter.com/davealvord164/status/1045488149454114819
Jerry Moran is now a YES
@ eaglesoars:
Hmmm…ok.
The ABA is now demanding an FBI investigation.
Yank his license over politics. Doesn’t matter.
No requirement of a law degree, much less a license.
Neener.
Neener.
Neener.
@ RIX:
This is the best karaoke ever.
https://youtu.be/UM8pwnmcLb0
@ coldwarrior:
Miz Lindsay found hisself a testicle in his shirt pocket.
@ The Barbarian:
I want to know what those two questions were.
“Are you a professor?”
“Have you always been blonde?”
Okay, she passed.
@ Possum:
The “FBI question” is moot. Kavanaugh agreed to participate if an FBI investigation was called for by the confirmation committee, but rape charges are not in the jurisdiction of the FBI.
I suppose he could ask for one, and he could also ask to be waterboarded.
Bunk X wrote:
He’s been ramping up to this.
I’ve floated the theory that maybe he peed on an electric fence or something over the past few months, because he’s been a damn fine Senator, counter to ALL of what I’ve observed over the past 20 years.
Maybe McCain had something on him?
His performance today was rhetorical history. It was that impressive.
Credit where it’s due.
Now we will see just how corrupt the Senate is.
Christine Blasey-Ford apparently committed perjury multiple times yesterday.
Dianne Feinstein basically accused her of it when she rebutted Sen Cruz’ s allegation that either she or one of her staffers had leaked the Ford letter to the media. “Saying it must have been leaked by Blasey-Ford or one of her friends”.
Then there is the matter of Blasey-Fords 2 front doors, which was the justification she gave for seeing a family therapist asserting that it was a contentious issue between her and her husband that arose consequential to the remolding of their house in 2012.
Except that the permit for the 2 front doors was pulled in 2008, four years prior. That 2nd door was not because Brett Kavanaugh made her feel claustrophobic as she claimed, it was because it is the door to a rental apartment in her house.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/ford-caught-in-major-lie-city-remodeling-permits-show-project-she-linked-to-kavanaugh-was-in-2008-not-2012/
@ doriangrey:
Dorian Dorian, take tsk. Women must be heard and they must be believed!!!!!!
It does not matter if the woman is lying, it’s the patriarchy or something.
Ok, the contenders for the douche award yesterday must go to either Leahy or Durban.
But Blumenthal is competitive. When he smeared Kavanaugh I wanted someone to say “Congratultions, finally you went on a search and destroy mission.”
https://www.weaselzippers.us/398144-former-dem-senator-barbara-boxer-kavanaugh-looked-like-someone-who-could-attack-a-woman/
@ WZ
Alright the issue is now settled. The sagacious Barbara Boxer has spoken,Bret Kavanaugh looked like a guy who could attack a woman. Nuff said.
@ RIX:
yeah, well Boxer looks like she HAS been attacked – by a 2nd door.
@ doriangrey:
oh nice!
oh, I stopped by to say Flake is a YES
eaglesoars wrote:
Me either. No way she’s that sharp or that consistent.
@ doriangrey:
uh, mebbe not. She DID say something about having Google interns staying in her house.
10-yay 11-nay on a vote for another FBI circus
1:30 pm today is the actual vote.
eaglesoars wrote:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-23/exposed-cia-honeytrap-set-kavanaugh-accuser-cia-ties
@ RIX:
Boxer should talk. Her son Doug is the California Jack Abramoff,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2618822/posts
(original Hill article is defunct)
@ doriangrey:
I’ve seen that article (and others)
I don’t believe them.
Someone on Chris Plante’s show is making a VERY good point. If you’re a 15 yr Chrissey Blasey who is at this house gathering with one of your best friends, Lindsay, and you’ve just been assaulted – you don’t get out of there w/o your friend.
I was thinking she doesn’t get out of there w/o her purse/beach bag, but this is even better.
You don’t leave your bestie behind. Ever. My bestie and I are STILL BFF’s after 52 yrs. You get her out of there.
@ The Barbarian:
well, THAT’S a keeper! I bet the members of the tribe are so grateful. All 5 of them.
@ eaglesoars:
Bravo! I said the same thing on Twitter this a.m.:
I have a question. Would anyone be terribly disappointed and irreparably damaged if my Sunday column was an opinion piece instead of my usual sports roundup. I’m working on something that I hope you will all enjoy but won’t finish it today and CW already has the Saturday NCAA on deck.
@ The Barbarian:
I would love it. As CW already has a sports thread for those who enjoy it, nothing lost…..
The Barbarian wrote:
I shoulda thought of it.
Someone on twitter who I don’t know said she’s worked with domestic violence and sexual assault victims and Ford fits the profile of ‘hysteric’disorder, whatever that is. I think it’s a tech term for ‘lying drama queen’
Miss Lindsay is on a roll, turn on the TV
@ eaglesoars:
Well, I hope I can live up to expectations. Some is personal experience with the Supreme Court nomination process, and some speculation.
@ The Barbarian:
that sounds good!
@ eaglesoars:
You know that whole building permit thing is a real red flag as to her so-called motivation for coming forward in 2012.
I think Feinstein realized she effed up royally in this. And as usual, Democrats overplaying their hand. They’ve energized the Republican and Indepedent base.
Has anyone seen a poll from the Liberal networks that indicates who America believed in all this? I have a feeling they ran some and didn’t get the results they were expecting.
Oh man, I am SOOOO in trouble.
First three emails this morning – “I didn’t get the… that I asked for yesterday”
Ooopsie.
Better hustle.
The Barbarian wrote:
Paul Sperry was the source I saw for that story last nite and he’s very very good. I’m cautious for these reasons:
– she did mention they have Google interns living with them
– because one permit was pulled under a particular category, doesn’t mean another wasn’t issued later for something else
– it’s California, fer chrissakes, they’d nail her for a silverfish in the sink to cause delay
– it is SO easily disprovable, it would be the one time she said anything for which there is evidence. The woman claims she can’t remember if the polygraph was administered on the day of her grandmother’s funeral or the next.
So, I’m holding my fire on this one.
eaglesoars wrote:
The permit pulled was for a rental property on residence. In California those are difficult to get. Yes, I have done a lot of construction work here. That’s not a permit you just casually apply for and then go… Oh… oppsie, I can’t qualify for that permit.
That is a permit that your contractor has to apply for, the homeowner cannot apply for it. The contractor will tell you right up front whether your residence can be brought up to code to qualify for that permit.
It is a difficult permit to obtain because of California’s Renter’s rights laws.
I will go so far as to speculate that her admission that she had Google Interns staying at her house is a clear admission that that permit not only was approved, but that she has a income rental property on residence.
doriangrey wrote:
To clarify, to qualify for that permit, the intended rental property has to have completely separate utility services. I.e., it must have its own Gas, Electrical and Water/Sewage metering services. It also has to have specific separate marked parking and a separate designated Postal address. Plus… It has to be Handicap/Wheelchair accessible.
These can be impossible to add on to a very significant percentage of single family dwellings.
@ doriangrey:
good info. So, the permit was ISSUED in 2008. Who knows how long it took to complete the work, but -is it POSSIBLE they’re still fighting about it 4 years later? Yeah, I suppose –
the red flag flies……….
eaglesoars wrote:
Typically less than 6 months, more like 3. 4 years later? Not with the city or county. Whatever reason they went to marital counseling, it had nothing to do with her being traumatized as a teenager.
What they had added on to their house was not a secondary emergency exit. It was an income property rental unit on residence. One of the requirements for such a door, is that it has to fit within one of two specific narrow parameters.
The key parameter, is it has to be separate from the main residence. That can be accomplished in two different ways. It can open into a common foyer or vestibule, otherwise it has to be completely separate such as a side entrance off a portico.
Since there are 2 “Front doors” that indicates that the second door is in fact a separate entrance off of a portico. A portico typically being the rather largish front porch with column supports and an overhanging roof.
So this second door either has a separating wall dividing it from the rest of the foyer and residence, or it leads directly to a separated stairway.
This happened this morning and it’s hard to watch (emotionally). Tsunami wipes out villages in Indonesia
https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1045726798330376192
doriangrey wrote:
what an odd, odd story
something’s going on with the vote: Whitehouse asking to delay the vote due to something going on in the anteroom
The Barbarian wrote:
go for it! that sort of thing is always welcome.
The Barbarian wrote:
Always find your opinions valuable!
Flake is speaking in favor of delaying the floor vote for one week for an FBI investigation.
Otherwise, he votes no.
Vote no, asshole, it goes to the floor anyway and you just pissed away any leverage you had for the remainder of your term because no one will ever believe your word again
Hang him.
Grassley calls the vote
11 nays
10 ayes
Coon speaking. Wants a one week delay for FBI investigation
Burn him at the stake
i’ll put the friday cigar thread here:
Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva with Connecticut Wrapper
https://www.aganorsaleaf.com/cigars/
Mine is wrapped in Connecticut shade grown leaf. this is absolutely terrific and I am thoroughly impressed. Terrific medium body cigar. This brand will be purchased again, this was my first one.
eaglesoars wrote:
correction: 11-aye, 10 nay, I got it backwards
eaglesoars wrote:
they have the floor votes then
https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-elon-musk-turning-into-howard-hughes
i mentioned that musk is no hughes some weeks ago…
coldwarrior wrote:
not necessarily. Flake’s yes was contigent on an FBI investigation before the floor vote. If McConnell doesn’t agree to that, wavering votes could crash and you better believe Schumer is going to be busy. Not to mention, if McConnell goes along with it, a week is long enough to come up with another accuser or problem, tax returns, illegal nanny, etc, who knows.
Flake and Collins want FBI investigation before full vote.
Okay, FBI Director, it’s time to step up and tell these jackasses that you CANNOT conduct an investigation.
@ The Barbarian:
nobody who is calling for this is an honest broker. They want a 7th investigation to clear the air by an agency that still hasn’t figured out Hillary lied.
Although, since he’s going to miss the beginning of the term anyway, there’s a part of me that almost would like to see an FBI investigation. Imagine Ford opening one of those two front doors of hers to see an San Jose Office agent standing there to conduct an interview of her, reminding her that lying to an FBI agent carries criminal penalties. She runs to the phone, calls Deborah Katz, pleading “no one told me that they were going to interview ME!!” Katz then tells her that her legal representation extended only to the end of the hearing and that she should call Bromwich, who tells her the same thing, and that she better find local counsel. FBI says clock is ticking, you have 24 hours.
Rinse and repeat for Ramirez and Swetnick.
@ The Barbarian:
no, the Dems have tossed those women aside already, they’re known and used quantities. My guess is they already have something else lined up.
There are 3 GoFundMe accts for Ford totalling half a mil. Her current team may leave her $100k for new rep if she needs one, my guess is she won’t.
@ eaglesoars:
The democrats were refusing to be seated for the required quorum, Flake made a statement requesting 1 week for an FBI investigation, the democrats though he was introducing an amendment requiring a 1 week delay, the democrats believing that Flake was introducing an amendment requiring a 1 week delay before a full house vote came into the chanber and were seated for the quorum.
Grassely called the vote, the democrats said… “Wait, what the hell did we just vote for?” Flake said, I only asked for a gentleman’s and Ladies agreement not an amendment. Grassely called the 2 hour rule and closed the session. No agreement to delay. Grassely made it clear that any such delay would be decided between McConnell and Schumer.
Just before he called the 2 hour rule Grassely said “I will try to use my influence on McConnell to get this delay” then he called the 2 hour rule. The last thing Grasselly can be heard saying is his reply to Dianne Feinstien when she reiterates her question “Will you put pressure on McConnell to grant this delay?” and Grasselly replies “NO”.
The democrats got rolled and Flake did it by misleading them into sitting for the quorum.
@ eaglesoars:
I’m rather bemused. Democrats, Ford, Ramirez and Avenutti all calling for an “FBI Investigation” knowing full well that the FBI has already said not in their jurisdiction…..
Trump calls Kavanaugh on the down low – “Brett, let me ask you – would YOU have any problem if I indeed asked the FBI to investigate this – I want to do it to clear your name.” Kavanugh says no, he has no problem with an investigation, none at all. He’ll be happy to cooperate.
Trump announces that he has requested the FBI to investigate the claims of Ford, Ramirez and Swetnick, but because they did not come forward at the time the nomination was made, he has asked them to conclude their investigation by October 10th. They have said they will do so. He announces that he assumes that the accusers will be more than happy to cooperate with the FBI as soon as possible.
I imagine DiFi, Harris, Katz, Bromwich and Avenutti will be getting some desperate phone calls. “You told [us] the FBI had no jurisdiction and would never be investigating this!!!”
doriangrey wrote:
I should also add, had the democrats continued to refuse to be seated for the quorum, the 2 hour rule would have expired and the nomination would not have been voted out of committee and on to a full house vote.
The ball is now in McConnell’s hands, he does not have to ask for a 1 week delay or an additional FBI investigation, he can call a full vote at any time he so chooses. He could call the vote for conformation for tomorrow afternoon if he wants or even tonight if he wants.
@ The Barbarian:
hardball. i like it.
coldwarrior wrote:
No, Hardball Trump style would be for McConnell calling for a vote this afternoon or tomorrow.
@ doriangrey:
We don’t have the votes this afternoon, I don’t think. Flake, Collins, Murkowski will all be a no. We have 48.
In other news – Mark Judge has said through his attorney that he is ready and willing to cooperate with any FBI investigation. A lot is made of his not wanting to appear before the Committee. Probably because the man didn’t want to deal with the nastiness of the Democrats while on television.
Breaking news on Twitter is that the Republicans have requested FBI reopen Kavanaugh Background Investigation.
I believe at this point it can only be requested by the nominating Executive, as the FBI does the investigation at his direction, not the Senate’s.
@ The Barbarian:
…giving the dems a week to fabricate something else…
there needs to be perjury charges and consequences for bringing up these lies or it will never end.
@ coldwarrior:
True.
Hey in happy news, the “Murphy Brown” premier last night was a dud. 15% of the lead in audience from “Mom” left when it came on.
7.4 million viewers and a 1.1 ratings share; contrast this with the “Roseanne” premier ealier this year, which had 18 million viewers and a 5.1 ratings share. Oh, and it had Hillary Clinton as a surprise guest.
Note to CBS: Everyone knows precisely why you resurrected this show – to have a weekly go at bashing Trump, Republicans, the TEA Party and the NRA under the guise of comedy. You still don’t get why “Roseanne” was hit – it wasn’t the fact it was a relaunch.
Fox is relaunching “Last Man Standing” tonight after ABC cancelled it because Tim Allen was a Trump supporter and it was pro right wing. My thinking is it’s going to be a big hit there too.
DAMMIT!!!!
https://www.golf.com/leaderboard/2018/pga/ryder-cup
Captain Jim Furyk and his U.S. team have a long night of strategizing ahead.
The Americans didn’t just get swept 4-0 in afternoon foursome matches for the first time at the Ryder Cup, they got walloped.
Sergio Garcia and Alex Noren beat Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau 5 and 4 as the Europeans took a 5-3 lead on the first day of the biennial competition. It was a huge turnaround for the Euros, who were 1-3 in the morning fourballs.
It was the first shutout in any session since 1989.
Garcia made Thomas Bjorn look brilliant for choosing him as a captain’s pick. Playing in his ninth Ryder Cup, Garcia improved to 10-3-3 in foursomes.
Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood were the only European pairing to play both matches — and win. In the afternoon, playing in the anchor match again, Molinari and Fleetwood took down Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in a convincing 5 and 4 win.
doriangrey wrote:
Grassley did it, not Flake.
Collins & Murk are siding w/Flake, I don’t car WHAT they say, no investigation will be limited to current issues, something else will pop up and the Dems will say WHY NOT, WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF??
And NO investigation will take just a week, it takes that long to write a subpoena and get it thru spell check.
After a month, they’ll want to go back to committee – how many days to the election? 40 something?
Yertle had better have something up his sleeve that looks like a guillotine.
Here’s SJC statement:
The operative word being “credible” so Michael Avenutti hardest hit, probably. Looks like Grassley called the Democrats’ bluff again. I think my scenario of may very well be right. When Flake started Flaking, Grassley called Trump, Trump called Kavanaugh and then called Grassley back – “make the request; I’ll authorize it.”
Now the Dems are stuck. They’re getting that investigation they wanted.
And somewhere in Palo Alto, Ford is shitting her effing pants. Because while Dirty Dianne was caught when she had to testify, she probably completely assured her that it would be okay to demand an FBI investigation; after all, they’d already said no and the Senate had no power to instigate one – that would have to come from Trump – so don’t worry; he’ll never do it.
Because you lie to the FBI Ford? You go to jail. And I’m pretty damn sure after what you put Brett Kavanaugh through, the DOJ is going to be very happy to prosecute your ass.
The Barbarian wrote:
This is the dept that has been involved in a 3-yr attempted coup, if I’m not mistaken?
You guys, after years of hard evidence to the contrary, are still operating off the principles of how things are SUPPOSED to work. They don’t work like that anymore.
@ eaglesoars:
True on that. But I think at the FBI it was that cabal of Comey/McCabe/Strzok/ Page and their cohorts. If what Rush, Levin et al. was hearing from the rank and file, they were really incensed at what these dirtbags were doing. This may prove true of the entrenched deep state at DOJ, but I think many of the career prosecutors still think they’re doing God’s work.
Of course, when it comes to the DOJ, we still need to get the Keebler Elf to stop baking shortbread in the tree trunk and do his job.
Prosecutor who questioned Christine Ford says she wouldn’t prosecute Brett Kavanaugh
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/09/28/rachel-mitchell-says-she-wouldnt-prosecute-scots-nominee-kavanaugh/1453587002/
Trump has authorized the FBI Investigation:
https://ilovemyfreedom.org/breaking-white-house-announces-decision-on-fbi-probe-into-kavanaugh-allegations/?utm_source=star&utm_medium=twitter
Haha. Let’s see how much Democrats backpedal in the next 24 hours.
The Barbarian wrote:
Especially when the FBI show up at the WaPo and seize their email server to find out who leaked the Ford letter to them. Then shows up at Fords therapist’s office and seize her therapy notes and video tapes. Pulls the building permit for Ford’s 2nd front door and discovers that he had it built so that she could add a income property rental onto her house back in 2008. I imagine that Fords attorneys are not going to be very pleased when the FBI starts asking them why Frod was never informed of the Senate hearing committee’s offer to come to California and interview her. And then starts asking about Ford’s history of flying.
A lot of very embarrassing questions are about to be asked. Justice Kavanaugh is extremely popular with the rank and file FBI who are going to be investigating this.
@ doriangrey:
Katz has already said…”Uh, yeah, we’ll cooperate. But it shouldn’t be limited in time.”
Lady, your client has no facts, no specifics, nothing. It took the FBI three days to look into the Anita Hill matter. They will have agents taking statements almost simultaneously from Kelsey, Smith, Judge, Kavanaugh and Ford. That’s all there is to your client’s claim. The investigation you and your client DEMANDED last Friday is going to happen.
In the meantime, Ms. Ramirez is going to be visited by an FBI agent. $10 says she folds like a cheap card table and names a few names.
And last but not least, we come to Swetnick. My fantasy, of course, is her telling the FBI “Actually, I don’t know anything about this. Avenetti got my name from Deborah Katz. He contacted me and asked me to swear out a statement for $75,000. He said that he’d been punked by some guys at 4Chan. He also said I didn’t have to worry – there’d never be any committee testimony or an FBI investigation – but he wanted to get Kavanaugh.”
Just got back from walking Willow and saw the end of McConnell saying something on the floor. It looks like he said they’re moving forward, FBI investigation or no, but not sure
@ doriangrey:
before I left I heard a statement from Ford’s team saying they welcomed the investigation but it could not be limited in time or scope. Bit surprise there
@ eaglesoars:
Hell what COULD they say? They were the ones demanding one as a condition for testifying last Friday. Of course, I’m sure they believed at the time it would never happen, just as I’m damned sure DiFi had told Ford there was no way she’d ever have to testify in front of the Committee.
In both cases, Grassley called her bluff.
eaglesoars wrote:
McConnell tweet:
Today, with the unanimous support of my conference, the Senate will proceed to the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Ah. 2 different branches of gov’t. Trump gave them the FBI investigation, but McConnell isn’t giving them the delay. So, where are his votes?
Have to get Mia out the door before she starts eating the rug. later.
so far trump is batting about .900
i trust that he has this situation well in hand.
@ coldwarrior:
This has me a little worried.
The Barbarian wrote:
i’m baking tuscan bread out in the pizza oven, drinking a nice red, and smoking an expensive cigar.
i aint worried one bit
It’s kinda fun to watch both sides go through the kulber-ross stages every few days.
@ coldwarrior:
And I have Coltrane’s A Love Supreme on.
All is great.
eaglesoars wrote:
Tell her its BERBER, not BURGER.
eaglesoars wrote:
McConnell just issued a press release about 45 minutes ago or so. He said he has the votes to confirm, is processing all of the procedural requirements and as soon as the FBI report is in his hand he is calling the vote.
doriangrey wrote:
suckers
just to top off the day – Marty Balin has died. 76 yrs, cause not released
https://apnews.com/259cf35b9943469786bc82bab9c0f2e8?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter
and Thomas Wictor’s twitter acct has been suspended
eaglesoars wrote:
Truth will not be tolerated
eaglesoars wrote:
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1045798763426648064
eaglesoars wrote:
Dumb as a door knob.
The Barbarian wrote:
Doesn’t stop her from virtue signaling.
@ doriangrey:
THAT tweet was at 3:30 pm. The press release you referenced as waiting for the FBI report was released at – I guess – 6:45 pm
Where are his votes?
Look, I’ve been a bit of a Cassandra today, I know that can be tiresome, let’s talk about something happy. I’ll see if I can find something
ok. gorgeous pics and story from NatGeo on diving under the Antarctic. How cameras work in that environment I’ve no clue. Their range was down to 250 ft or so.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/under-antarctica-frozen-beauty-exotic-creatures-penguins/
coldwarrior wrote:
@ eaglesoars:
yinz want a nice fresh mozarella and some garlic and CA olive oil to go with this Chianti and fresh tuscan bread?? maybe grab a few leaves of basil off the plant there, there are fresh tomatoes too.
eaglesoars wrote:
In his pocket waiting for the FBI report.
@ coldwarrior:
why yes, yes, I’d love that, thank you so much! I LOVE fresh mozarella!
@ eaglesoars:
Got it from a farm about 4 miles from here. Its excellent
doriangrey wrote:
Yahtzee!!!
Let’s hope this is the Dems in a week
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0a20e7e9df10b72817638a5f2ad40f0e1e771de42010378f97f127f904992ea8.gif
@ eaglesoars:
That’s gonna leave a mark.
Yep, that would be great. I think to the right, they’ve already done that, to the left, it doesn’t matter, to the undecideds, yeah, I think they have made that impression.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/erik-brady/2018/09/28/brett-kavanaugh-right-he-can-no-longer-coach-girls-basketball/1459496002/
@ USA Today
Good morning. Writer for USA Tday says that Bret!avanaugh is no longer fit to coach girls basketball.
Libs are vile.
good news update
after our back to school event we had a massive amount of leftover school supplies
these are all being donated to schools in the carolinas that were damaged after the hurricane
not talking a few boxes but pallet loads
@ rain of lead:
That’s A LOT of leftovers! How’s the girl?
DORIAN: I may have figured out why the confusion about Ford/CIA
First, I was wrong – there is a CIA internship pgm affiliated with Stanford under the Haas Institute umbrella
There is a Susan Ford Dorsey on the nat’l advisory board. There is no version of Christine Balsey Ford’s name anywhere.
@ eaglesoars:
And at her level you know damn well she knows what med to take to help here pass that poly – Ativan, Valium, whatever, all easily accessible to a doctor, especially one who is ‘afraid to fly’ and / or is attending the burial of a loved one.
“Coffee, I need coffee.. wheres my coffee, can I have my coffee ?”
@ Possum:
Maybe not if you’re on medication – that you’ve prescribed yourself for ‘fear of flying’ and traumatic death in the family. Yes, I said same in another post but I hadn’t read you post yet.
“Hi, I’m 4_Sticks here and I’m a mess here …”.
4_Sticks wrote:
She’s a psychologist, not a psychiatrist. She does not have the ability to prescribe medications. Doesn’t mean she didn’t get them prescribed, she just cannot prescribe them
@ AZfederalist:
Important distinction yes, I wasn’t thinking.