Comments on: Watching The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:41:05 +0000

In fact, Joshua, it is irrational in the extreme for the US and NATO to push its force structure right up to the doorstep of the Kremlin and then, at the moment of truth, say that Ukraine's potential membership in NATO is so sacrosanct as to be a non-negotiable and worth the destruction of a country and its people.

Which is why this war is so ridiculously unnecessary!

The way that Biden and NATO are doubling down since the war began and doing everything in their power to prolong it instead of working hard to reach the obvious political settlement is beyond ridiculous all the way past inept.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:29:09 +0000

even if NATO isn't doing it with appeasement as a goal, that's certainly a very rational way to interpret the events.

No, not rational at all ... a cursory study of history would argue against that sort of interpretation.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:26:04 +0000

even if NATO isn't doing it with appeasement as a goal, that's certainly a very rational way to interpret the events. since denying ukraine NATO membership is one of putin's objectives, if that is a result of him invading ukraine, from the outside it at least appears that his aggression is why he got his way.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:21:17 +0000

NATO denying membership to Ukraine - which is actually the case, de facto - is hardly appeasement.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 02:48:12 +0000

@caddy,

Count me in as well in the anti appeasement bandwagon. Diplomacy, as the elder Roosevelt once said, only works if you carry a big stick.

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:19:09 +0000

[]

I wrote,

Putin always had the ability to blow up the world if he wanted. But he's fucked Mother Russia so badly that he'd get a bullet in the brain long before he gets to take us all down with him.

Michale and others, do you agree with my statement?

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:14:43 +0000

K, Michale, tell ya what: we can alternate reminding our Brothers and Sisters down here in Weigantia about how well Munich, 1938 didn't actually save any lives considering that 20+ million died in the bad peace is better than no peace aftermath.

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:10:31 +0000

Hey, Elizabeth!

You left a post about some calamity in your life and I was getting all anxious about living my Weigantia life without my beloved Board Mother to supervise me.

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:07:39 +0000

[101] Given this fact, doesn't it make the most sense for NATO to end the war quickly?? Before more people die?? Yup. And does anyone think that, based on Ukraine’s successes against the Rooskie Air Force, that NATO wouldn't kick the fuck out of them? Elizabeth and all pacifists -- Putin always had the ability to blow up the world if he wanted. But he's fucked Mother Russia so badly that he'd get a bullet in the brain long before he gets to take us all down with him.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:04:21 +0000

Don,

By not cooperating, do you mean you intend to rain on our parade of tunes on Sunday nights?

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:03:29 +0000

[101] My point being NATO should quit worrying what Putin thinks and simply do the right thing.. Let's speak the truth. And the truth is, we acted too late... And I'll speak the truth that effing "No matter what avoid conflict" Biden has been a pussy regarding Putin. Don't tell the others but that's something we agree on. For the record I betcha you and I agree on a whole bunch of other stuff, too. Keep THAT in the down low, too.

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:55:49 +0000

[86] MY BODY MY CHOICE *DOES NOT* apply to abortion where it's NOT the mother's body we are talking about, but rather a distinct and separate body.. And no matter what Fellows if you think Uncle Sam should supervise women's uteruses y'all are anti-freedom Big Government types, hello? But a fetus is NOT a distinct and separate body from the Mother. That's why English speakers don't call it a baby. nypoet22 said it best, Again with fetuses being people? If it can breathe and survive on its own, it's a person. If it can't, it ain't. That's been the legal line for as long as we've known how gestation works. If your opinion is based on your own criteria, be it heartbeat, DNA or fingernails, that and five bucks will get you a latte from Starbucks. [88] Are you implying that not yet being expelled from the womb makes them somehow sub-human? What is your point about the nomenclature thing? No one said "sub-human." I said, "fetus" which is the English term for fetuses. [93] I await with baited breath.. :D Awww, don't do that to yourself. You know how flaky us Libtards are.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:31:22 +0000

Being able to breathe and survive outside the womb is not so intricate a concept. It's been the dividing line for personhood since before abortion was legal.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:32:22 +0000

To clarify, by "on its own" i mean not attached by a cord to female by way of pregnancy.

Ahhh.. OK So you don't really mean breathe on their own and survive on their own..

Except on Tuesday's after 1500hrs on cloudy days??

:^/

Do you see how your political agenda is defining your "science".. :D

By ANY measure of REAL science, a fetus is a person....

Abortion kills that person...

This is scientific fact..

Now if you want to talk POLITICS or Democrat "science" (which is pretty redundant, obviously) OK then...

But REAL science says that a fetus is a living person...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:29:01 +0000

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:28:26 +0000

@dan,

I've brought up that essay before, and you're right, there's no reasoning with unreason.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:23:27 +0000

To clarify, by "on its own" i mean not attached by a cord to female by way of pregnancy.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:22:45 +0000

As with most things political in the here and now, ALL of the problems can be traced back DIRECTLY to Democrats and their uncanny ability to see support for their positions where no support exists..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:21:09 +0000

I should point out that even back when abortion was illegal, it was recognized as being substantially different from infanticide.

That was before Democrats wanted to #CELEBRATE their baby killing and #SHOUT OUT their abortions..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:20:27 +0000

The whole issue is not worth talking about.

Unless you happen to be the baby who is about to be butchered...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:19:35 +0000

dsws, The problem being, Putin will see ANYTHING that slows him down as an "escalation" and will respond accordingly... At NATO.. My point being NATO should quit worrying what Putin thinks and simply do the right thing.. Let's speak the truth. And the truth is, we acted too late. Only when our own national security was threatened did we act. Radek's regime murdered over 200,000 men, women, and children, and we watched it on TV. We let it happen. People were being slaughtered for over a year and we issued economic sanctions and hid behind the rhetoric of diplomacy. How dare we? The dead remember. Real peace is not just the absence of conflict, it's the presence of justice. And tonight I come to you with a pledge to change America's policy. Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not political weapons and to those who would use them: your day is over. We will never negotiate. We will no longer tolerate, and we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid. -Harrison Ford, AIR FORCE ONE No matter WHAT happens, if Putin is thwarted, he is going to attack NATO... Period.. Given this fact, doesn't it make the most sense for NATO to end the war quickly?? Before more people die??

By: dsws

dsws — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:17:50 +0000

It doesn't matter whether a fetus is a person or not. It isn't, and no one honestly thinks it is. But we can stipulate that it's not only a person but a particularly admirable ans worthy one. It's called "the famous violinist argument". It's irrefutably correct, and it persuades exactly no one, because exactly no one on the wrong side of the abortion issue is open to considering the question honestly. The whole issue is not worth talking about. That's all for now. Russia delenda est

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:17:00 +0000

I should point out that even back when abortion was illegal, it was recognized as being substantially different from infanticide.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:16:11 +0000

Again with fetuses being people? If it can breathe and survive on its own, it's a person. If it can't, it ain't.

So an person that is on a ventilator and life support is not a person??

Really?? You want to go with that??

By: dsws

dsws — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:14:15 +0000

The US spends a ridiculous amount of money on the military, and we have a lot of military personnel stationed in eastern Europe. We should divest ourselves of some equipment, and identify a bunch of those people who are willing and able to take up some extraordinary opportunities in the private sector. Meanwhile, Ukrainians need a lot of stuff that can't get to them because there's a war in the way. For the same money we're spending to have people and equipment in Poland or wherever, we could enable some Ukrainians to hire private security for commercial trucks. And other ranks, probably up to about lieutenant-colonel security.

We could do that for a coincidentally-similar amount of money to what we're already spending. Payable to the same people. Plus a little overtime, for them to file the serial numbers off their missile systems.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:08:01 +0000

Again with fetuses being people? If it can breathe and survive on its own, it's a person. If it can't, it ain't. That's been the legal line for as long as we've known how gestation works. If your opinion is based on your own criteria, be it heartbeat, DNA or fingernails, that and five bucks will get you a latte from Starbucks.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:26:32 +0000

DH,

Michale (87)-
Don't hold your breath waiting. :D

Too late.. :D

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:26:12 +0000

CRS, Re nomenclature. Are they human fetuses? Would it make a difference if we called them 'Glinks'? Are you implying that not yet being expelled from the womb makes them somehow sub-human? What is your point about the nomenclature thing? Ironic, considering the episode of ST: Discovery I just watched where the ship's computer was deemed to be a "new life form".... Should that life form have been killed because it didn't look like a human being??? Russ?? You want to weigh in on this?? :D

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:24:39 +0000

Hold that thought Michale, I'll get back to you.

I await with baited breath.. :D

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:24:14 +0000

Someone please explain to me how ANY judge can give lenient sentences to a child pornographer who has TENS OF THOUSANDS of child pornography on their computer?? An amount that is obviously an indication of someone who routinely distributes such heinous images...

ANY judge who does that, who gives such lenient sentences should NOT be on the SCOTUS..

By: C. R. Stucki

C. R. Stucki — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:33:51 +0000

Caddy [83]

Re nomenclature. Are they human fetuses? Would it make a difference if we called them 'Glinks'? Are you implying that not yet being expelled from the womb makes them somehow sub-human? What is your point about the nomenclature thing?

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:33:35 +0000

Hold that thought Michale, I'll get back to you.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:31:11 +0000

MC, Goddammit, Speak. Fucking. English! They are fetuses until (and only if) they're born. They are living sentient beings that have their own distinct DNA, their own distinct heartbeat and their own distinct fingerprints. By *ANY* rational definition of life, they are people.. Your anti-abortion views are a religious opinion that, for the record, is not even mentioned in the perfect word of God the Bible. Actually, I am as agnostic as they come. I feel that religion is nothing but a crutch for people who can't handle life... I can assure you that there is NOTHING religious about my feelings about abortion.. :D Freedom of Religion is meaningless unless it means freedom from other people's religion. I completely and 1000% unequivocally agree with you on that point.. Anti-vax Repugs say My body, my choice in refusing a public health measure. Don't any of you see the irony? Absolutely.. I was the first to bring up Democrats MY BODY MY CHOICE when it comes to killing babies, but MY BODY GOVERNMENTS CHOICE when it comes to forcing an experimental vaccine on Americans who don't want it for a virus that has a 99+% survival rate.. But the problem for you Democrats is that it's NOT YOUR body.. It's a BABIES body.. A baby that has their own distinct DNA, their own distinct heartbeat and their own distinct fingerprints. So while MY BODY MY CHOICE *DOES* apply when it comes to forcing an experimental vaccine on Americans who don't want it for a virus that has a 99+% survival rate.. MY BODY MY CHOICE *DOES NOT* apply to abortion where it's NOT the mother's body we are talking about, but rather a distinct and separate body.. This is the SCIENCE... Something that Democrats CLAIM they adhere to.. But, apparently, ONLY when it's convenient to their political agenda..

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:29:42 +0000

Worst of all, you anti abortion folks are rubes! You've traded this (futile) effort to keep women barefoot and pregnant for Republican serial tax cuts and more polluting without consequences to the rich. You have screwed everybody else and you're the guys saying that Democrats hate America? You're killing me! You've been straight up played.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:22:57 +0000

President Reagan said he would LIKE TO SEE a woman on the SCOTUS.. But he considered male nominees before selecting Sandra Day O'Connor..

President Trump said he would like to pick a woman but he considered other male nominees and selected 2 before settling on Judge Barrett..

Biden SPECIFICALLY and UNEQUIVOCALLY stated that he "WOULD ONLY CONSIDER A BLACK WOMAN FOR SCOTUS"... And he made that vow SOLELY to obtain political support from Clyburn...

No matter how ya'all want to try and spin it or play the whataboutism game...

The simple FACT is.. Biden's nomination process was COMPLETELY and UNEQUIVOCALLY racist and sexist and there is simply NO precedent for such a blatantly unfair nomination selection process in the history of the country..

And Biden's completely RACIST selection process was done SOLELY for the purpose of obtaining political support..

BLATANT quid pro quo...

The ONLY precedent for such political quid pro quo was Democrat Governor Blagovich's political bargaining to fill Odumbo's empty Senate seat..

And I believe that Blago went to jail for that, eh??

Put all the lipstick on Biden's selection process pig you want..

It's STILL blatantly racist and sexist and was done SOLELY for political favors..

Those are the facts and they are undisputed..

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:17:17 +0000

[75] As I have said repeatedly, I am not much of an anti-abortion activist, but the Democrat's policies of LET'S KILL BABIES AND BE PROUD OF IT!! SHOUT IT OUT AND CELEBRATE INFANTICIDE really pisses me off... Goddammit, Speak. Fucking. English! They are fetuses until (and only if) they're born. Your anti-abortion views are a religious opinion that, for the record, is not even mentioned in the perfect word of God the Bible. Freedom of Religion is meaningless unless it means freedom from other people's religion. If you believe that your religion forbids abortion fine, then don't get one. Imposing your religious beliefs on the 60% of us freedom loving Americans who don't believe that Big Government should control women's uteruses is not ever going to happen. Best you'll get is making it harder for poor women in red states, big whoopee. Anti-vax Repugs say My body, my choice in refusing a public health measure. Don't any of you see the irony?

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:09:32 +0000

MC,

Tell me, Michale: is it a FACT that in 2016 Trump pledged to pick his SCOTUS nominees from the Heritage Foundation list?

Merely promising to choose a SCOTUS Nominee from HF's list is hardly comparable with promising to make a RACE-BASED choice...

I am unsure exactly what you are saying here...

The 2 are absolutely NOT comparable..

Speaking of that, is anybody (besides a desperate Beto in 2020) calling for gun confiscation?

Yes..

Or for repealing the 2nd Amendment?

Yes

Although, to be fair, those calls have diminished IMMENSELY since the 6-3 SCOTUS has made such calls EMBARRASSINGLY obtuse.. :D

But prior to President Trump's naming of 3 SCOTUS Justices, the calls for gun confiscation and elimination of the 2nd were hot and heavy and quite serious..

My God, do you know how many millions of Democrats are gun owners?

Not as many as ya'all like to pretend..

Else Democrats would not be the Party of disarming Americans..

If there are so many Democrat gun owners, why don't the shout down the anti-gun zealots???

Afraid to be seen agreeing with the Right?? :D

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:47:25 +0000

[75] Which promise? Vowing to name a Supreme Court Justice that had American values at heart?? The promise I posted in [58] Tell me, Michale: is it a FACT that in 2016 Trump pledged to pick his SCOTUS nominees from the Heritage Foundation list? Isn't it a FACT that Trump did so SOLELY for crass political opportunism...? And what FACTS make you believe that America needs another white male SCOTUS Justice way more than it needs the first Black female justice? Hard to say... I am a HUGE fan of the 2nd Amendment as are all patriotic Americans.. . As am I. I don't own a weapon but the 2nd Amendment is in there for a reason. Speaking of that, is anybody (besides a desperate Beto in 2020) calling for gun confiscation? Or for repealing the 2nd Amendment? My God, do you know how many millions of Democrats are gun owners? I mean, besides all the armed Antifa and BLM Democrats ;D

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:33:57 +0000
[72] WTF is wrong with you that you don't comprehend how you failed to address each of Bashi's cogent points with a cogent reply? Great jokes, but all of the sudden you can't or won't read or think straight. Is that why it doesn't matter to you that you've never convinced a single Weigantian? Nutjob!

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:17:08 +0000
"I'll take WHY WE DON'T GIVE OUR STARSHIP COMPUTERS FEELINGS for 500, Alex!!" "Maintenance note. My recording computer has a serious malfunction. Recommend it either be corrected... or scrapped. Compute." -Captain James T Kirk :D

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:50:36 +0000
********SPOILERS******** ******SPOILERS********* AND THERE IT IS!!! Discovery's computer (I refuse to call it by the name given to it) refuses to reveal the location of Species 10-C because it is afraid for the safety of Discovery's crew... "I'll take WHY WE DON'T GIVE OUR STARSHIP COMPUTERS FEELINGS for 500, Alex!!" :^/ I am also struck by the similarity of the 29th Century Starfleet using BORG'esque designations... I don't like Discovery's future.. It scares me...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:42:27 +0000

Russ,

OK I am gonna give Discovery another try..

EP 6 I think.. The one after the Void/Our Computer Has Feelings one...

I'll report back...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:40:43 +0000

Do you also think Trump would have won in 2016 without making that campaign promise?

Which promise? Vowing to name a Supreme Court Justice that had American values at heart??

Hard to say... I am a HUGE fan of the 2nd Amendment as are all patriotic Americans.. It's somewhat of a deal breaker for me if a POTUS says he will frak with that...

As I have said repeatedly, I am not much of an anti-abortion activist, but the Democrat's policies of LET'S KILL BABIES AND BE PROUD OF IT!! SHOUT IT OUT AND CELEBRATE INFANTICIDE really pisses me off...

Did patriotic Americans vote for President Trump because of his promise to select patriotic Constitutionalists??

Probably had a lot to do with it..

Not sure why it's relevant, but.. there ya go..

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:35:10 +0000

[68]

Yep, that's what you think.

Do you also think Trump would have won in 2016 without making that campaign promise?

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:23:31 +0000
"No, you're not seeing the reaction to this in a way that I've seen when, say, when I worked with President Clinton. If you got numbers this bad, you would say, make a pivot. You would look at what's going on with inflation and energy and you'd repivot energy policies you'd… put through the Keystone Pipeline. You would reverse some of these policies and say, 'Hey, we need to balance between energy independence and climate change.' Not all in one direction. Just for starters. You'd have to deal with the immigration issue is, as was on just a few minutes ago, you'd have to deal with crime, and he's looking weak as this war drags on. He is not seen as a strong commander, preventing the loss of innocent lives now. But he seems weak, unable to stop a madman going ahead with naked aggression. -Clinton Advisor Mark Penn Biden has a buttload of asterisks after his name.. Especially galling since things were so awesome under President Trump.. Gas was half the price.. Putin stayed in his corner afraid to step out of line and face the wrath of President Trump.. Israel was strong.... Life was good.. Then Biden and the Democrats cheated in the election, conspired with Big Media and Big Tech to hide the facts and then totally frak'ed everything up.. :(

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:22:02 +0000
Michale you're so concerned by Joe Biden keeping his campaign promise to nominate the first Black female to SCOTUS. Why? Is it because you just don't think Murica is ready for a black female SCOTUS Justice? If that's how you feel, just man up and don't be ashamed to share with us. WHILE Repugs are great at criticizing and opposing all things Biden they don't present anything in the way of alternatives. SO here's your chance to dazzle the class: If not this Gal, who do you think Biden should nominate?

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:20:59 +0000
Let's add another * to Biden's name.. * Weakest President Ever To Get Played By Russia...
Biden looks 'weak' as Russia-Ukraine war drags on: Fmr. Clinton adviser Biden should make a pivot on policies after weak polling numbers, says Mark Penn

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:18:35 +0000

Personally, any woman who can't define what a woman is has NO BUSINESS being ANY kind of judge, let alone a Supreme Court Judge..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:15:51 +0000

Do you mean you don't see how Trump benefited from his promise to HF? Really?

The only ones to benefit were the American people..

And unborn babies..

All in all a pretty damn good outcome..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:12:34 +0000
After Kavanaugh and Amy Covid Barret's nominations I don't think bringing up the subject of asterisks after names helps your cause, yo. The asterisks behind Justice Kavanaugh's and Justice Barret's names are as Democrat based fictional as Blasey Ford's wild and fact-less accusation... The asterisk after Jackson Brown's name as the first Affirmative Action hire is solely and completely based on fact.. You get my drift... Yea.. Fantasy unreality based though it may be.. Shall we go over Biden's asterisks?? * First President With Dementia * First President To Get American Soldiers Killed DIRECTLY by incompetence * First President To Lose USA Energy Independence... Biden's asterisks are a LOT longer than President Trump's asterisks.. :D Do you mean you don't see how Trump benefited from his promise to HF? Really? By all means.. Enlighten us... :D

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:54:10 +0000

What favor did President Trump get from the Heritage Foundation in exchange for President Trump choosing a name from the HF list??

Do you mean you don't see how Trump benefited from his promise to HF? Really?

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:51:02 +0000
[60] By doing so, Biden affirmed that Jackson Brown will have an asterisk by her name as the FIRST (and hopefully, LAST) Affirmative Action nominee.. After Kavanaugh and Amy Covid Barret's nominations I don't think bringing up the subject of asterisks after names helps your cause, yo. For example, Trump.* *First President to be Impeached twice and survive because Republicans have lost their balls since Nixon. *First President to lose 3 million jobs. *First President to lose the popular vote in two elections, the second by five million votes. You get my drift...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:47:22 +0000

Can we all agree that Biden's promise to ONLY consider a black woman if he gets to nominate a SCOTUS Justice was completely racist and sexist and utterly inappropriate..

Can we at least agree on that fact??

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:44:26 +0000

Jackson Brown[e]? I'm sorry, were you trying to be funny or are you just missing Sunday nights? :)

Yes.. :D

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:43:58 +0000

MC,

Tell me, Michale: is it a FACT that in 2016 Trump pledged to pick his SCOTUS nominees from the Heritage Foundation list? Isn't it a FACT that Trump did so SOLELY for crass political opportunism...?

I don't think you are understanding the definition of the term "crass political opportunism"...

Biden got political favors from Clyburn in exchange for Biden's racist promise..

What favor did President Trump get from the Heritage Foundation in exchange for President Trump choosing a name from the HF list??

There was no quid pro quo..

With Biden/Clyburn, it was COMPLETELY and TOTALLY quid pro quo...

You are comparing Apples and Eskimos...

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:40:54 +0000
[53] It has to be the chicken- because eggs don't come. :D Atta boy, Brother Don! More...give us more! For the record, I've been pondering that very question for a long, long time. Thanks for the PSA. ;D

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:40:53 +0000

MC,

And what FACTS make you believe that America needs another white male SCOTUS Justice way more than it needs the first Black female justice?

The simple FACT that picking a SCOTUS Justice on the basis of RACE is racist...

Which is exactly what Biden has done.. His FIRST criteria to consider a SCOTUS Justice was SOLELY based on race and gender.

THEN he Biden looked to experience and expertise..

By doing so, Biden affirmed that Jackson Brown will have an asterisk by her name as the FIRST (and hopefully, LAST) Affirmative Action nominee..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:37:36 +0000
... it's funny, Michale, of all of your comments on Biden's SCOTUS pick, you haven't commented on how she is doing at her confirmation hearing. I'm assuming that, like me, you're not watching ... Oh, I am watching.. At least up until 1300hrs my time.. She dodges, she equivocates, she get's deep into what the definition of 'is' is.. In other words, she refuses to take a stand on anything in a vain attempt to hide her progressive credentials.. By trying to admit nothing, she admits everything..

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:37:29 +0000
[46] Not only did Biden make such a heinous racist promise to ONLY consider a black woman for a SCOTUS Justice.. That's bad enough.. But Biden made such a racist promise SOLELY for crass political opportunism.. It was a quid pro quo promise made SOLELY for political favors.. That says SOO much about Biden and the Democrats.. This is just rich. Tell me, Michale: is it a FACT that in 2016 Trump pledged to pick his SCOTUS nominees from the Heritage Foundation list? Isn't it a FACT that Trump did so SOLELY for crass political opportunism...? And what FACTS make you believe that America needs another white male SCOTUS Justice way more than it needs the first Black female justice?

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:27:38 +0000
[33] You would think if that were true you would be able to make a rational argument against it instead of dodges... Don Harris I told you a couple columns back that Bashi's list of OD objections spoke my mind as well. As before, you did NOT address each of his points in turn. And as before, you utterly failed to convince anyone. You did not move the needle. Why are you wasting time when you haven't gotten anywhere for years now?

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:03:26 +0000

Lindsay Graham is tearing Jackson Brown a new one.. :D

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:02:22 +0000

I'm told that you were the one who canceled the festivities this past Sunday Night, by the way...

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:50:26 +0000

Jackson Brown[e]? I'm sorry, were you trying to be funny or are you just missing Sunday nights? :)

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:49:24 +0000

I seem to be having a problem today with missing or too many letters ... not sure what that means but it ain't good.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:48:39 +0000

Oh, man oh man.
I feel like I'm back in school ... this time at the front of the class. :(

I've been trying to indicate that your focus on her race and gendert is the ONLY thing you focus on.

Which is the polar opposite to what Biden is focused on.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:38:16 +0000

Liz,

Why is it that all you can seem to focus on is that fact that she is a Black woman, to the exclusion of everything else about her, including, you know, her judicial philosophy and such? ;)

You seem to indicate that my focus on Jackson Brown's race and gender is a BAD thing..

So, by logical extrapolation, you would believe that Biden's initial focus on Brown's race and gender to the exclusion of all else is ALSO a bad thing...

No??

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:58:39 +0000
... it's funny, Michale, of all of your comments on Biden's SCOTUS pick, you haven't commented on how she is doing at her confirmation hearing. I'm assuming that, like me, you're not watching ...

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:34:23 +0000

You may be beyond hope, Michale ...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:29:04 +0000

Not only did Biden make such a heinous racist promise to ONLY consider a black woman for a SCOTUS Justice..

That's bad enough..

But Biden made such a racist promise SOLELY for crass political opportunism..

It was a quid pro quo promise made SOLELY for political favors..

That says SOO much about Biden and the Democrats..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:20:44 +0000

}}}}And make no mistake.. Initially, the selection was SOLELY based on race{{{{

False.

The retirement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer will give President Biden a chance to make history, and to make good on his promise to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court, a campaign year pledge that helped revive his flagging campaign.

Mr. Biden made the promise at a debate in February 2020, just days before facing his Democratic rivals in the South Carolina primary, where Black people make up a large portion of the party’s voters. At the time, his campaign was struggling amid losses in two of the early presidential contests.

“I’m looking forward to making sure there’s a Black woman on the Supreme Court to make sure we in fact get everyone represented,” Mr. Biden said that night.

The promise helped Mr. Biden secure the support of Representative James Clyburn, a veteran Black Democrat from South Carolina, just days ahead of the party’s contest in that state. Last year, Mr. Clyburn confirmed a report in the book “Peril,” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, that he had urged Mr. Biden to make the promise during the debate.

The facts clearly prove otherwise..

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:08:14 +0000

What came first - the chicken or the egg?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:06:58 +0000

Michale,

And make no mistake.. Initially, the selection was SOLELY based on race

False.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:05:37 +0000

I'm beginning to understand, Mchale.

You think majority rules!

But, that would go agains the foundations of your democracy, right?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:04:16 +0000

Michale,

As were 98% of the pool of jurists..

Yeah, but almost every pick to sit on the SCOTUS comes from that group.

Biden wanted to pick a Black woman.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:01:07 +0000

JL,

There are a lot more qualified jurists than a pack of Skittles. But if we're bemoaning pre-qualifications narrowing the field, i'd wager the exclusion of anyone who isn't a staunch conservative is nearly as exclusive as race and gender.

uh.. no..

2% of the eligible SCOTUS candidates are black and female..

Do you have any facts to support the claim that only 2% of eligible SCOTUS candidates are conservative??

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:59:48 +0000

"Biden stated for the record that he will ONLY consider Black women jurists ... who are eminently qualified to sit on the highest court in the land, that is to say as qualitifed or more qualified than any other person in the United States of America."

As were 98% of the pool of jurists..

How would you think Dr Martin Luther King would feel about making a selection for SCOTUS *solely* based on race??

And make no mistake.. Initially, the selection was SOLELY based on race..

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:26:22 +0000

@don,

Historerical.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:25:16 +0000

Indeed.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:19:18 +0000

There are a lot more qualified jurists than a pack of Skittles. But if we're bemoaning pre-qualifications narrowing the field, i'd wager the exclusion of anyone who isn't a staunch conservative is nearly as exclusive as race and gender.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:15:41 +0000

Michale,

First and foremost, Biden stated for the record that he will ONLY consider black women jurists...

"Biden stated for the record that he will ONLY consider Black women jurists ... who are eminently qualified to sit on the highest court in the land, that is to say as qualitifed or more qualified than any other person in the United States of America."

There, fixed if for ya!

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:12:18 +0000

Michale[29]

Yeah, I chuckled. Heh.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:07:22 +0000

Because THAT is what Biden ... focused on first and foremost..

False.

Not false..

"I will choose a black woman as my fist SCOTUS pick"
-Joe Biden

First and foremost, Biden stated for the record that he will ONLY consider black women jurists...

This is well-documented..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:06:10 +0000

Go ahead.. Have a skittle.. :D

It is my fervent hope you accept that as the funny joke it was meant as.. :D

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:02:11 +0000

Don't blame me because I simply follow Biden/Democrats lead on what's important here..

I blame you for refusing to understand how Biden goes about picking a Supreme.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:00:27 +0000

You hear only what you wish to hear.

That get boring after a while.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:59:53 +0000

Because THAT is what Biden ... focused on first and foremost..

False.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:58:18 +0000

The reason I seem to have to define history is that one of the ways to assess credibility of a witness is based on whether they have done or said anything else in the PAST to cast doubt on what they're saying now.

Reade did and said quite a lot in the past that makes her story suspect. Blasey Ford nothing at all. Your doubts are all based on conjecture about her current motivations, not anything she said or did beforehand.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:54:09 +0000
Liz, Haven't had a chance to watch - working day and night, you know. Why aren't you watching on C-Span? I just search on Youtube for -Jackson Brown Confirmation Live- and PBS is usually at the top.. By the way, consistently and incessantly off-topic comments are a sign of disprespect. I'm just sayin' ... I bounce around a bit when no one is around.. I still gotta be me.. :D Your '2%/SOLELY based on race/gender' comments are wholly non-serious. It's completely and 1000% factually accurate AND relevant to the assessment of quality of Jackson Brown... It's virtually a statistical impossibility that you can have the best qualified candidate when you limit yourself to only 2% of the pool.. Go ahead.. Have a skittle.. :D Speaking of non-serious, Ted Cruz asked her whether she agreed that babies are racist? It's a fare question because that is what Democrats believe.. I would like to know how she can reconcile her alleged support of cops with Democrats DEFUND, DEMORALIZE, DEMONIZE THE POLICE policies.. That is also a fair question.. Why is it that all you can seem to focus on is that fact that she is a Black woman, to the exclusion of everything else about her, including, you know, her judicial philosophy and such? ;) Because THAT is what Biden and Democrats focused on first and foremost.. Don't blame me because I simply follow Biden/Democrats lead on what's important here..

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:49:26 +0000
Do you know what disprespect means!? Well, it the disp-parity I'm talking about. That's why I've decided not to pay any attention to this nomination process. So, there!!!

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:48:24 +0000

Imagine the outcry of Democrats and Weigtantians if President Trump had stated unequivocally that he would only select a white male for one of his selections of a SCOTUS Justice...

If Democrats didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all...

Hypocrisy.. Not a bug in Democrat programming. It's a feature..

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:44:07 +0000

Michale,

Haven't had a chance to watch - working day and night, you know.

Why aren't you watching on C-Span?

Why is it that all you can seem to focus on is that fact that she is a Black woman, to the exclusion of everything else about her, including, you know, her judicial philosophy and such? ;)

Your '2%/SOLELY based on race/gender' comments are wholly non-serious.

Speaking of non-serious, Ted Cruz asked her whether she agreed that babies are racist?

I understand he is a serious presidential candidate. Good God. Let me rephrase that ... I understand he is a presidential candidate for 2024, seriously!? Good God.

Guess I'm not missing anything.

I don't have time for any of this nonsense.

By the way, consistently and incessantly off-topic comments are a sign of disprespect. I'm just sayin' ...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:24:48 +0000

Russ asked before.. If Hunter Biden's laptop was legitimate, why wasn't it investigated??

Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal Is the Ultimate American Information Operation

How did Hunter Biden's depraved behavior and his and his family members' dubious dealings with adversaries and oligarchs compromise and corrupt Joe Biden? What did Joe know, when did he know it and did he directly or indirectly profit? To what extent would—and today, does—the Biden family's conduct loom over vital issues of American foreign policy, and thus national security?

We were deprived of the answers to these critical questions during the 2020 election—deprived of hearing the questions asked themselves—because of one of the gravest American information operations in history, masquerading as a defense against a Russian information operation.

Now, our Ruling Class' chief organ has admitted it. It took 17 months, and 24 paragraphs into an article at first glance unrelated, but buried in a New York Times report on the apparently sprawling federal investigation into Hunter Biden, the "Paper of Record" revealed the truth we've long known: Hunter's "laptop from hell" is real.

The many layers to this scandal are worth recounting because they so vividly reveal a pervasive rot at the core of our country that is poised to fester absent a massive reckoning.

There's the fact the corporate media dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop story out of hand, refused to pursue it and even ran interference for then-candidate Biden when directly questioned on it by then-President Trump in debate.

There's the fact the corporate media unquestioningly ran with a narrative that the story was "Russian disinformation" to justify its dismissal of it, despite lacking a scintilla of concrete evidence to substantiate that dubious claim.

There's the fact dozens of senior then-ex intelligence community (IC) officials—people whose profession ostensibly demands equipoise, analytical rigor and the setting aside of politics—fed the corporate media that narrative, abusing their positions with reckless abandon.

The more than 50 prominent IC members, former CIA directors and on down, used their names and reputations to baselessly speculate that the laptop contents and circumstances around their release "ha[d] all the classic hallmarks of a Russian information operation"—naturally in contravention of the ignored Trump administration officials actually in command of the intelligence apparatus at the time, who vigorously denied the charge. The Trump-hating spooks, like the corporate media, presented not one scintilla of evidence to justify their charge.

https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-laptop-scandal-ultimate-american-information-operation-opinion-1690293

Hunter Biden's laptop wasn't investigated because a downright EVIL troika of Democrats, Big Media and Big Tech conspired to not ALLOW it to be investigated..

This has been established as FACT...

There's also the fact Big Tech engaged in Rubicon-crossing censorship, not only preventing people from sharing the story publicly, but in private messages, and de-platforming the sharers. Twitter admitted as much, months after the election, when the damage had been done. This set the precedent for the ever-more widespread, almost desensitizing Wrongthink censorship we see today. Donald Trump is of course banned on Twitter, and the likes of Vladimir Putin and crony Ayatollah Khamenei are free to tweet at their leisure. Chinese coronavirus information that got people banned six months ago is now the official CDC narrative promoted on social media.

It says a LOT about Democrats and Twitter (yea, I know.. It's redundant) that scumbags like Putin and Khamenei are allowed to freely comment on Twitter, but President Trump is not..

I recall the OLD Weigantia where such complete and utter censorship would be condemned on a DAILY basis..

But such is the effect of PTDS.. President Trump Derangement Syndrome... It rots the brain and makes such moral judgements impossible..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:09:04 +0000

And, speaking of STRANGE NEW WORLDS...

William Shatner Wishes New Captain Kirk Paul Wesley Luck

William Shatner has given his blessing to the new Captain James T. Kirk actor Paul Wesley.

Paramount+ has announced that Paul Wesley will be playing the role of Captain James Tiberius Kirk on the upcoming first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The actor will be joining the cast of the Star Trek: Discovery spinoff when the series arrives for streaming beginning on May 5th, 2022. But the new actor to play the role of Kirk has already been christened for his first voyage by the actor who originated the role back in 1966, with William Shatner sending a Tweet instructing Wesley to “Keep my ship and crew safe” before congratulating him.

https://movieweb.com/william-shatner-wishes-new-kirk-paul-wesley-luck/

Looks promising... I have heard that SNW is going to be more episodic and less serial than Trek's have become..

I look forward to that..

Now, if we can just keep hysterical progressive Democrats from ruining it with their preachy virtue signalling...

The most important factor is to stay true to established Star Trek Canon.. Something Discovery has completely ignored from the get go..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:52:30 +0000
And, in other news..
Motorcyclist Who Identifies As Bicyclist Sets Cycling World Record NEW YORK, NY—In an inspiring story from the world of professional cycling, a motorcyclist who identifies as a bicyclist has crushed all the regular bicyclists, setting an unbelievable world record. In a local qualifying race for the World Road Cycling League, the motorcyclist crushed the previous 100-mile record of 3 hours, 13 minutes with his amazing new score of well under an hour. Professional motorcycle racer Judd E. Banner, the brave trans-vehicle rider, was allowed to race after he told league organizers he's always felt like a bicyclist in a motorcyclist's body. "Look, my ride has handlebars, two wheels, and a seat," he told reporters as he accepted a trophy for his incredible time trial. "Just because I've got a little extra hardware, such as an 1170-cc flat-twin engine with 110 horsepower, doesn't mean I have any kind of inherent advantage here." Banner also said he painted the word "HUFFY" on the side of his bike, ensuring he has no advantage over the bikes that came out of the factory as bicycles. Some critics say he needs to cut off his motor in order to make the competition fairer, but he quickly called these people bigots, and they were immediately banned from professional cycle racing.
The "logic" of the Democrat Party... :^/

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:45:52 +0000

She is far more qualified than the Supreme Court nominee who preceded her, in fact. Putting the two women's records side by side clearly shows that Amy Coney Barrett lacked many of the qualifications Jackson possesses.

This is absolutely completely and utterly correct..

Judge Barrett lacked THE MOST IMPORTANT (to Democrats) qualification..

Judge Barrett is not black...

But this lack of "qualification" says TONS more about Democrats and Biden than it does about Judge Barrett...

Jackson Brown's nomination spits on EVERYTHING that Dr Martin Luther King stood for and held dear...

Dr King would be EXTREMEMLY saddened and disappointed by the actions of Biden and the Democrats..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:56:53 +0000

Russ,

Just so we're clear.. I have no problem with the Stamets/Colburn relationship..

Shows with gay characters are a dime a dozen these days.. I am sincerely happy you can find happiness in their story... And if Discovery wants to create a portion of the story that caters to less than 6% of the population, more power to 'em... But they do so risking the attention of the other 94% of possible viewers..

My beef with Discovery is more basic.. It's the overall arc that the progressive agenda is the only agenda worth building a series around.. The constant preachy virtue-signaling at the expense of hard-hitting sci-fi is increasingly annoying..

The Tal/Gray characters are a perfect example of how the writers of Discovery tried to shove gender-bending issues down people's throats.. As I mentioned above, I guess they didn't focus group very well, because their characters have been muted more.. Which is a good thing.. Frankly the best thing Discovery could do is put them both in red shirts, send them to Security and let Trek nature take it's course.

And the latest episode with the computer?? My gods, how utterly banal... It was downright EMBARRASSING to watch.. It's like watching Dr Phil talk about feelings with a phaser in his hand..

I will probably finish the season and I have hopes it gets better... But at least I am watching them from my HTPC and can FFwd thru all the parts that are completely irrelevant to Trek and the actual story...

That means, I get to watch a good solid 8-10 mins of a 50 minute show.... :^/ THAT is how bad it is...

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:49:10 +0000

Because, statistically speaking, it's a near impossibility to obtain a quality candidate when you limit yourself to simply 2% of the selection pool..

Allow me to give you an example..

Say you have 100 skittles..

98 of those skittles are deadly poison.. 2 are safe to eat..

You must eat one...

How do you like your odds of surviving???

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:45:35 +0000

Liz,

For me, the sketchiest of the sketchiest was her claim that she and Biden got it on in a secluded hallway in his senate office building. That was a real hoot!

And yet...

"All women are to be believed"
-The Democrat Party

Of course, we all know what that REALLY means that ALL DEMOCRAT women are to be believed..

Women that are NOT Democrat can be vilified and attacked with impunity..

Thereby proving once again, the political nature of sex assault accusations as made so by the Democrat Party..

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:15:50 +0000

Jackson Brown was chosen from just 2% of the available pool...

Why is this relevant??

Because, statistically speaking, it's a near impossibility to obtain a quality candidate when you limit yourself to simply 2% of the selection pool..

The *ONLY* possible thing you can say about Jackson Brown is that she MAY be at the top of 2%...

But where does she rank in the other 98%??? Near the bottom?? In the middle?? At the top??

We'll never know, will we...

Because she was chosen for being a black woman... THAT was the top priority..

THAT was the VERY FIRST parameter looked at..

Black woman...

The VERY DEFINITION of racism and sexism...

That will be Jackson Brown's contribution to the SCOTUS..

:^/

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:10:43 +0000
JL, Along with other definitions, "history" is one we need to clarify. It generally means something that came beforehand. Yes.. Since we are talking about it now, Blasey Ford's bullshit accusations that were completely UNSUPPORTED by ANY FACT WHATSOEVER and were used by Blasey Ford to make MILLIONS of dollars and used by Democrats to viciously attack and vilify a decent honest American occurred "beforehand"... I am not sure what you are trying to say here, other than to give me a perfectly lead-in to expand on the awful and heinous actions of Blasey Ford and Democrats..