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Kavanaugh Hearings
« on: September 04, 2018, 09:55:00 AM »
I'm not going to bother watching them and will just pick up the highlights, but today should be interesting from the outrage POV.

One interesting dichotomy that I heard yesterday: Dems are complaining that only 6% of the "document dump" is being released for his hearings. Republicans said that at, now up to 1,000,000 pages (1,000,000!) as per USA Today, this is the most detailed background investigation ever done. Gorsuch and Kagan were around 150,000 pages of material.

If the numbers are anywhere near accurate, 100% of the documents would take what - about a decade to go through?
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2018, 10:03:20 AM »
First highlight: The hearing went a whole five or so seconds into Grassley's opening statement before Kamala Harris disrupted it. Initial thoughts are, somewhat similar to "Thanks Harry Reid!", the complaints of "not enough time to read the documents" seem awfully similar to "pass it to see what's in it". Sounds like it's the R's turn to pull that one.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/04/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-interrupted-by-democratic-senators-protests.html
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2018, 11:04:04 AM »
Should have had jerry springer or Maury povich chairing the hearings, grassley is just too boring and dry as Iowa cornhusk.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2018, 11:41:20 AM »
"If the numbers are anywhere near accurate, 100% of the documents would take what - about a decade to go through?"

Gee, you don't think that that's one of their considerations, do you?

I mean, the libs would NEVER screech about not enough documents being released, and then screech about too many being released, just to hold up the nomination process, do you?


I have a funny feeling that I'm going to end up hating liberals even more than I do now once the Kavanaugh nomination process is completed.

And I simply didn't think that was possible.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2018, 11:55:54 AM »
Please let me know if anything second amendment is mentioned.

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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2018, 11:59:28 AM »
The dems will just have to confirm him and see what is in the documents afterward.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2018, 12:00:12 PM »
Meanwhile Kagan and Sotomayer comfirmatioms didn’t involve this nonsense and the GOP barely fought them despite tons of evidence that neither made decisions based on the letter of the law. They also did not turn over the volume of documents that is suddenly being demanded now.

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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2018, 12:00:37 PM »
Diane Finestein already mentioned Kavanaugh's potential to rule on firearms laws in her opening remarks.

Not sure exactly what they were, but we know that she wasn't lamenting that he's too "take the guns out of the hands of the law abiding".
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2018, 12:01:25 PM »
Meanwhile Kagan and Sotomayer comfirmatioms didn’t involve this nonsense and the GOP barely fought them despite tons of evidence that neither made decisions based on the letter of the law. They also did not turn over the volume of documents that is suddenly being demanded now.


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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2018, 02:02:09 PM »
Apparently aggressive heckling, I'm not sure if it's from the dems or from the seats, has just caused Kavanaugh's children to be led out under escort. Not sure why they need to be evicted vs the people that aren't behaving.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2018, 02:07:09 PM »
Should they really bring in the peanut gallery, when the whole thing's being televised? It's not as if they're going to open the floor for questions, anyway, right?
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2018, 02:09:54 PM »
Looks like Linda Sarsour was in the peanut gallery and has just been arrested along with some other "activists".
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2018, 02:39:55 PM »
Wow. This opening statement by Ben Sasse:

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/09/04/you-magnificent-bastard-ben-sasse-delivers-tour-de-force-performance-at-kavanaugh-hearing-video/?utm_campaign=twitchywidget

Well done, Senator. If only another 300ish legislators in Congress felt that way.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2018, 03:20:13 PM »
Going about how I expected. Republicans praising him and his body of work, Democrats using him to bash Trump obliquely and trying to force him to call for a halt to the hearing until a later date because he is an "honorable" person.

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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2018, 03:43:51 PM »
Ted Cruz's comments were great. Basically called the Dem's on the whole document request issue, saying they aren't going to vote for him anyway, they've already said they won't vote for him.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2018, 05:06:42 PM »
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/hot-take-woman-seated-behind-brett-kavanaugh-at-hearing-flashes-white-power-sign-on-tv/
Some woman sitting behind Kavanaugh is being accused of flashing white power signs.  

As far as this sign, last I remember that was just an OK sign.  When did that become someone's white power sign?  I guess I missed that.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2018, 06:12:56 PM »
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/hot-take-woman-seated-behind-brett-kavanaugh-at-hearing-flashes-white-power-sign-on-tv/
Some woman sitting behind Kavanaugh is being accused of flashing white power signs.  

As far as this sign, last I remember that was just an OK sign.  When did that become someone's white power sign?  I guess I missed that.


Another one of those accusations that can't be effectively denied. Just like the monkey business in Florida, or most other accusations of bigotry today.

By the way, CNN's apple/banana ad was a racist dog whistle.  ;)
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2018, 06:22:17 PM »
The OK sign is a thing in some circles.

Probably the same circles that started the internet meme of “It’s OK to be white”.

Some folks believe we are in a existential battle for our nations identity and are choosing white as their main identity. White nationalists and their ilk mostly.

Of course Caucasians don’t have a good track record of getting along amongst their various ethnicities so I’m not sure how well that would go...

Yet, I too believe it’s ok to be white :)
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2018, 06:28:10 PM »
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/hot-take-woman-seated-behind-brett-kavanaugh-at-hearing-flashes-white-power-sign-on-tv/
Some woman sitting behind Kavanaugh is being accused of flashing white power signs.  

As far as this sign, last I remember that was just an OK sign.  When did that become someone's white power sign?  I guess I missed that.


The lady's husband notes that she is of Mexican and Jewish ancestry. Obviously, by Left-logic, she can NOT be racist.

Read all the way down to the bottom. Is it a yogic technique, or is she signaling the pitcher?

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/oh-great-now-amy-siskind-is-pushing-that-disqualifying-white-power-sign-dan-bongino-schools/

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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2018, 06:42:43 PM »
The lady's husband notes that she is of Mexican and Jewish ancestry. Obviously, by Left-logic, she can NOT be racist.

It would be funny if she did it on purpose.

Sometimes I think the Trump folks are all in on the trolling of the left.

Something like 30% of the country isn’t white. What do the WN’s realistically propose to do with all the non whites?

There is a middle ground between WN and open borders multiculturalism.

Edited to add, it does look like the yogi hand pose. That should really add confusion to the mix.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2018, 06:58:13 PM »
It would be funny if she did it on purpose.

Sometimes I think the Trump folks are all in on the trolling of the left.

Something like 30% of the country isn’t white. What do the WN’s realistically propose to do with all the non whites?

There is a middle ground between WN and open borders multiculturalism.

Edited to add, it does look like the yogi hand pose. That should really add confusion to the mix.


Not really. Those credulous enough to believe this might be evidence of racism won't pay attention to any other explanation.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2018, 07:30:23 PM »
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/hot-take-woman-seated-behind-brett-kavanaugh-at-hearing-flashes-white-power-sign-on-tv/
Some woman sitting behind Kavanaugh is being accused of flashing white power signs.  

As far as this sign, last I remember that was just an OK sign.  When did that become someone's white power sign?  I guess I missed that.

It was started by 4chan in order to prove how gullible the left are.
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2018, 07:38:19 PM »
It was started by 4chan in order to prove how gullible the left are.

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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2018, 07:55:30 PM »
The *%&^*$ "OK" sign is a *%^$*$& "OK" sign and that's final.

At some point you have to draw the line with these jackass SJWs who say "everyone" should know that it's racist. Maybe everyone on Twitter over the last few months, but the other 325,000,000 or so of us in the US, of all races, say that "OK" means "OK" as it has for the last 150 damn years . End of the *expletive deleted*ing discussion.

Oh - also, if you don't like "OK", then you may be either anti-democrat or anti-black:

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A more likely explanation is that the term originated as an abbreviation of orl korrekt , a jokey misspelling of 'all correct' which was current in the US in the 1830s. The oldest written references result from its use as a slogan by the Democratic party during the American Presidential election of 1840. Their candidate, President Martin Van Buren, was nicknamed 'Old Kinderhook' (after his birthplace in New York State), and his supporters formed the 'OK Club'. This undoubtedly helped to popularize the term (though it did not get President Van Buren re-elected).

The only other theory with at least a degree of plausibility is that the term originated among Black slaves of West African origin, and represents a word meaning 'all right, yes indeed' in various West African languages. Unfortunately, historical evidence enabling the origin of this expression to be finally and firmly established may be hard to unearth.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-ok/
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Re: Kavanaugh Hearings
« Reply #24 on: September 04, 2018, 10:10:42 PM »
Actually if you are resting your hand on your leg while sitting, you will notice that generally your hand defaults to that position just because it defaults to that position.  The *expletive deleted*ing Stupid is running wild with the barking moonbats.
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