Robot.

Kav v. RBG, and it isn't even MONDAY.....

This generated no interest when I posted the story, but just in case, here's the follow up. It seems that Jack the Kicker has been arrested. Good.

It seems that Jack the Kicker has been arrested. Good.

I guess Canadians are too polite to give him a refresher course in politeness by beating his ass on the spot.

* Senate recess still cancelled

* Mitch says will confirm more judges before midterms

* 30 Circuit & District nominees ready for Senate vote

* Schumer obstructs mean red-state Democrats can’t get home and campaign

* Kavanaugh is the 69th judge confirmed for Trump

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/06/kavanaugh-confirmation-mcconnell-877474

Might want to steer clear of Pasadena for a while.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Typhus-Sickness-Fleas-Animals-Disease-Health-Pasadena-495303951.html

Omens and portents! A little girl in Sweden finds an ancient sword in a lake, and people react, well, almost exactly how you'd want them to!

To my delight, this really happened.

Heh.

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1048945287501414401

Another

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1048565346033184768

Kavanaugh is the 69th judge confirmed for Trump ~ Snoopy at October 8, 2018 6:18 AM

No sex pun intended?

"This generated no interest when I posted the story ..."

There was some interest. But what more was there to say?

I guess Canadians are too polite to give him a refresher course in politeness by beating his ass on the spot.

It was interesting to hear that he went on the lam, because I was discussing this with a friend of mine, a retired lawyer, and he said that the guy would probably have gotten off with probation (if this were the U.S.).

But that was before I learned, in this article, that he's being charged with eight counts of assault. And seven counts of mischief, whatever that is in Canadian legal parlance.

In the previous article, it seems he was defacing the pro-lifers' signs with markers. That must be the mischief. Then he upped his game and started using his markers on the pro-lifers themselves. In most jurisdictions in the U.S., that is battery. Although it might be charged as assault (prosecutors pursue what they know they can get).

Then it culminated with this incident. The protest, "I meant to kick your phone!" is absolutely hilarious. Like he had the right to do even that, even if he could. Like he could kick her phone without kicking her. Like intending to kick her phone, but accidentally kicking her makes it okay.

If I ever see that guy, I will kick him right in the phone!

https://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/322642/im-female-banker-male-colleagues-making-infertile

This has to be a joke article right?

She makes every complaint men are called sexists for making about women who dump their work on them when they have babies

She makes every complaint men are called sexists for making about women who dump their work on them when they have babies ~ lujlp at October 8, 2018 7:59 AM

The author of this article is an idiot. As a man who used to work in banking, I had to pick up the slack for every female colleague who had a child - of any age. We didn't have paternity leave then. Welcome to that man's world you were so anxious to break into, Laura McDonald. It's not the pretty place you imagined it to be, is it?

The bank had a management training program that rotated manager trainees around various departments - with a focus on minorities and women to make up for those who may have been overlooked in the past. A female trainee rotated into our department and spent her entire rotation dropping projects, missing deadlines, and being late. Her reason? "I have a two-year-old." It became a department joke and the answer to every question anyone asked, from "why are the lights off?" to "why did the Fed lower rates?"

We were a department consisting mostly of white, college-educated men with degrees in business and finance and, since she was a woman and a minority, we could not give her poor marks without incurring the wrath of our female-dominated HR department. I was finally told by my boss to assign her something meaningless so we could stop wasting our time on her "development" as a manager. I've trained college interns who added more value than she did.

"I have a two-year-old."

She must have been referring to you.

Well, the Kavanaugh hit job strategy is really turning up daisies.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/08/multiple-pollsters-now-warning-dems-they-may-fall-short-of-winning-the-house/

She must have been referring to you. ~ Patrick at October 8, 2018 9:42 AM

Wow, you're a funny guy, Patrick - in a middle school dork sort of way.

And sooo brave for vowing to kick that guy in the phone, when you know you'll never be called upon to do it.

You're my hero.

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If you can cease thinking about politics for 15 minutes, you can read about what it's like to live way out in the middle of nowhere. I mean, really way out in the middle of nowhere, between Britain and Iceland.

Fascism predicted for US, lands in Europe. This isn't Putin, it's in the EU.

https://www.businessinsider.com/viktoria-marinova-body-bulgarian-journalist-covering-corruption-found-2018-10

People don't come here to die.

Ordy, see also.

Portlandia is a lawless city.

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1049311168953630720

Conan, do you ever tire of being so thin-skinned?

And sooo brave for vowing to kick that guy in the phone...

Most people who looked at that would understand it was a joke. Who threatens to kick someone right in the phone, as if it's a body part?

You might threaten to kick someone's ass. I recall an Abbott and Costello episode, where Abbott threatened to kick Costello "right in the head." (Only to discover that his feet were cemented in place and he couldn't kick at all.)

Ass... head... you know? Body parts? Phones are not body parts...although the way some people are so attached to them, you might wonder. And I wouldn't fault you for it.

The point is, the lackwit that I posted about, Jordan Hunt, who had been spending his time at the pro-life rally defacing protesters signs, then using his markers on the protesters themselves.

Then he delivered a roundhouse kick to Marie-Claire Bissonnette, a pro-life protester who was filming him, trying to engage him in a discussion. He struck Ms. Bissonnette on the shoulder. Then when she demanded the police be called and told him not to touch her, he stupidly protested, "I meant to kick your phone." As if that would mitigate the offense.

He kicked her in the shoulder, intending to kick her phone.

Get it now?

Don't worry about it; I didn't expect you would. But I thought I should try.

Just out of curiosity, if you had been there when this jackass kicked her, what would you have done?

Patrick, sarcasm. Learn to recognize it. Your life will be much happier and less stressful once you do.

This Colombus Day I'd like to honor all of the brave Native Americans who warned about the potential dangers of the newcomers, but were shouted down, marginalized and silenced by some of their fellow tribesmen

https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1049341429984768000

Conan: Patrick, sarcasm. Learn to recognize it. Your life will be much happier and less stressful once you do.

Oh, I'm very sarcastic. Heard all my life how sarcastic I am.

I just don't think you have the intelligence or wit to pull it off.

I just don't think you have the intelligence or wit to pull it off. ~ Patrick at October 8, 2018 3:05 PM

You wouldn't.