US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

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Appold reached out to the Bureau last weekend but did not hear back. Frustrated, he submitted a statement through an F.B.I. Web portal. During his first year at Yale, Appold lived in the basement of Lawrance Hall, one of the university’s freshman dormitories. He was in the same suite of bedrooms as Kavanaugh, sharing a common room. Appold said of Kavanaugh, “We didn’t hang out together, but there was no animosity between us either.” He said he believes that “there were two sides to Brett.” Those who have described the judge as studious and somewhat reserved or shy are correct, he said. He added, “that was true part of the time, but so are the other things that have been said about him. He drank a lot, and when he was drinking he could be aggressive, and belligerent. He wasn’t beating people up, but there was an edge and an obnoxiousness that I could see at the hearings. When I saw clips” of Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony, Appold said, “I remembered it immediately.”

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link

How could he ever forget the time he used a broomstick to chase an enraged Kavanaugh away from an overturned garbage can and back into the woods from whence he came?

Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link

The only way I've been able to live with the existence of Trump appointees is by remembering that their rein is on the wane. We're going to be saddled with this fuck until he or we finally kick the bucket.

Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link

The FBI investigation was always going to be a sham - and not only because of politics, but also because most investigations into rape and sexual assault are worthless, period - and while it's still enraging, it's not surprising, and I don't think the idea was that Kavanaugh would be felled by an FBI report. The principle is that the FBI should at least investigate, and as the GOP knew and feared, the time it takes them has been plenty of time for journalists to do a broader investigation, and for critical groups like the NCC or hundreds of law professors to come out against the nomination. I don't know whether he will be confirmed or not - I seriously thought McConnell was smart enough to withdraw him, but I think I overestimated the idiot - but the sense of shell shock is over, and there's enough material to prepare impeachment proceedings and to argue that since he has wrecked any credibility as a non-partisan, he either recuses himself from every political case, or the next incoming Dem administration will simply refuse to recognize partisan decisions from the Supreme Court in the future. That's the path forward imdo.

Frederik B, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link

"Comey wrote an op ed saying one week was enough to do a good investigation because the FBI are experts. So dumb and pathetic."

one week may have been but it wasn't even a full week.

akm, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link

otm

You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link

how's the softball schedule looking this fall

wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link

An actual investigation that wasn't hamstrung could have been done is a weeks time probably

(•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link

Looking forward to hearing every Republican Senator's variation on "The FBI investigation showed no evidence whatsoever of any wrongdoing"

maximum derek borchardt (crüt), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link

They probably made the right decision to cut the investigation short as it probably would've been increasingly difficult for them to ignore the calls of uninterviewed witnesses and victims for an entire week. It was probably already really, really annoying.

Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link

quick update on the person getting the harshest sentence for Russian collusion

Reality Winner was spirited away from her GA jail in the middle of the night, taken to FL, put in isolation, taken out of isolation, bussed to Oklahoma. Now she's in a filth-ridden warehouse in withdrawal from prescription meds they won't give her. She shared one document. https://t.co/jFGUn02ebd

— Kerry Howley (@KerryHowley) October 3, 2018

frogbs, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link

how's the softball schedule looking this fall

increasingly attractive imo

shrek and han solo kinda dress the same (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link

Would be something if the finishing the investigation early was a sign that the FBI wasn't playing along with the farce to quite the degree the Republican party would have liked. But felt it was too constrained to actually say it. Not sure what that something would be though.

Stevolende, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link

but the dems spent most of their Kav questioning asking for an FBI investigation so everybody should be happy now

President Keyes, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link

i read somewhere Judge was questioned over two days . not sure what the means but i guess it's possible he had some damning info.

(•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link

he passed out during first interview

President Keyes, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link

what's with this 'only one copy' of the fbi report? i mean.. why?

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link

to prevent any leaks

sleeve, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link

sure sends the message that kavanaugh has nothing to hide

shrek and han solo kinda dress the same (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link

Because even this engineered result is the thinnest of tissues, that wouldn’t withstand the slightest scrutiny.

by the light of the burning Citroën, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link

The information in the report is supposed to stay secret? a) that's dumb, b) so not gonna happen.

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link

xp lol

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link

Not only is there only one copy of the report but it was printed in a tiny bound edition that can only be read under a magnifying glass and using tweezers to leaf through. And there's only one word per page. And you have to answer these riddles three before you can enter the Chamber of the Report (which is a thirty-foot long duct one must slither down on one's belly). And while you peruse its contents you are transported by dazzling lights and blaring music.

Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link

Senators are speed readers with photographic memories, right?

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link

I also heard that the room where they read the report is illuminated by candlelight. "As the Founding Fathers intended"

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link

that's because the report was written using the invisible ink lemon juice trick

(•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link

since there's only one copy does that make it a unicum?

valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link

not to downplay anything but reality winner's treatment is kinda standard. the prison system is fucked.

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link

they just made one copy so Martin Shkreli could buy it and hang it in his jail cell

President Keyes, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link

Is there anything to it anyway. The Judge interview , which might be damning.
Unbelievable, is there a funeral for the rule of law anywhere in the country?

Stevolende, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link

Collins and Flake seem to be hinting at yes. Shock.

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link

this is a terrible day

Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link

this is a terrible day year

(•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link

.@realDonaldTrump talks nonstop about caring for our vets, supporting law enforcement and strengthening our military. Through fraud and tax cheating, he skipped out on paying his fair share for any of it.

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) October 3, 2018

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link

Xxposts Evergreen

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link

i'd be stunned if he got shot down. these people do not care.

frogbs, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link

Credit where it's due, they were masterful in the furrowing of their brows and expressions of concern. I don't know how much more we could reasonably ask from members of the Grand Old Party.

Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link

WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was met by an unwelcoming committee — a group of women who angrily confronted him.

“Do you always turn your back on women like this?” one demanded of Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, as his security detail cleared the way. “Especially women of color who are all sexual assault victims?” asked another.

Mr. McConnell is not Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, who was moved by similar protests to seek a new F.B.I. inquiry into claims of sexual assault against Judge Kavanaugh. Mr. McConnell, undeterred by his critics, instead stared straight ahead and marched through the concourse. And that is exactly how he is approaching the confirmation fight — marching straight ahead, unfazed by his opponents, toward his goal of seating Judge Kavanaugh on the court.

“We will not be intimidated by these people,” Mr. McConnell declared Wednesday in another floor speech where his anger over the treatment of Judge Kavanaugh spilled out. “There is no chance in the world that they’re going to scare us out of doing our duty.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/politics/mcconnell-senate-judiciary-supreme-court.html

i find this to be INCREDIBLY CREEPY

Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link

xp a dog will eventually heel to its master. even resistant, deep state dogs. or they will be put down. if you didnt like them before, you will likely appreciate them less going forward.

time is not our friend.

Hunt3r, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link

fuck the planned protests for whenever trump tries to do his modern version of the saturday night massacre. what's happening right now, at this very minute, it just as bad if not worse and the entire republican party is complicit

Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link

'Hmmm, I don't know, this decision seems questionable to me.' (monitors watch to ensure that appropriate amount of time has been allotted to maintaining an illusory air of moderation, exudes great vigor in quickly regaining lockstep with the party)

Werther Down the Spiral (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link

i will be so elated when these old fucks die

(•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link

ya can't wait for the new batch of awful slightly younger fucks

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link

they will NEVER go away

https://i.imgur.com/UrZV7c7.jpg?1

Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link

fuck

Yerac, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link

It’s no wonder there was only one copy. Printers jam up if you stick fig leaves in them.

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/politics/mcconnell-senate-judiciary-supreme-court.html

i find this to be INCREDIBLY CREEPY

― Karl Malone, Thursday, October 4, 2018 11:49 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Obviously the premise is that any accusations are just made up desperate attempts to swoop in last minute and ruin something for the republicans. Opportunistic and effective due to the height #metoo. That's what they believe. So it isn't him tuning out people with legitimate concerns, it's him ignoring desperate enemies that are ramping it up last minute.

Evan, Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link

the next incoming Dem administration will simply refuse to recognize partisan decisions from the Supreme Court in the future

this is not how the Constitution works fyi

Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link

I seriously thought McConnell was smart enough to withdraw him, but I think I overestimated the idiot - but the sense of shell shock is over, and there's enough material to prepare impeachment proceedings and to argue that since he has wrecked any credibility as a non-partisan, he either recuses himself from every political case, or the next incoming Dem administration will simply refuse to recognize partisan decisions from the Supreme Court in the future. That's the path forward imdo.

this is a fun idea but it's not going to happen at all. he won't choose to recuse himself from any case, he'll have to be forced to, and since virtually any issue is this country is political, he'll dig in early against all calls of recusal. and an administration can't simply refuse to recognize decisions from the supreme court. for the vast majority of this country's history, that was a feature, not a bug. if that goes down, the entire civic system goes down

Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link


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