This Doesn’t Look Good: Business Was Listed Operating Out of Christine Ford’s Home – Would Explain Second Door

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/this-doesnt-look-good-business-was-listed-operating-out-of-christine-fords-home-would-explain-second-door/

GoFundMe campaigns to support Christine Blasey Ford raise more than $700K

https://abcnews.go.com/US/gofundme-campaigns-support-ford-raise-700k/story

Big Mac predicts "total war" -

https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1045422263531704320

Fighting back in a trade war works - China to cut import tariffs on wide range of products

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-tariffs/china-to-cut-import-tariffs-on-wide-range-of-products-idUSKCN1MA0HJ

'Kill Kavanaugh' Tops Twitter Search and Hashtag Suggestions

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/30/kill-kavanaugh-tops-twitter-search-and-hashtag-suggestions/

Would it take you that long, Mr. Daniels?

Fast forward seven years. Daniels says had he had to make that choice in today’s political climate, he would have reached his conclusion significantly faster.

“At the time, it was a decision that took months for me to consider, one I put great thought into with my family. Today, it would take me less than ten minutes to decide not to run,” he said from his office at Purdue University, where he serves as its president, a position he took in January 2013 at the conclusion of his second term as governor of the state of Indiana.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-politicians-we-deserve

> Big Mac predicts

We totally get it now... You're a fifth-grader, insensate to irony. You need the world to be simple and sincere, with no long words or nuance.

G.E.D.?

Would it take you that long, Mr. Daniels? ~ I R A Darth Aggie at October 1, 2018 6:14 AM

That's what scorched earth politics gets us - the loss of good people like Mitch Daniels. Instead, we got grandstanding hypocrites, self-serving gluttons, double-dealing cheats, and an entire circus of feces-flinging monkeys.

Where are the modern-day Daniel Moynihans, Paul Tsongases, Jack Kemps, Barry Goldwaters - politicians who put the country over the party?

Hell, even Jesse Helms, Robert Byrd, Strom Thurmond, and "Tip" O'Neill would be better than the crowd we have today.

> insensate to irony

Here very next tweet is - this is "Win or burn it all down" level rage

Here previous tweet includes - "unquenchable rage on the right" and "unquenchable rage that would result on the left"

> G.E.D.?

Credentialist!

Amy, ergonomics has always been a scam, a homeopathic front to sell high-priced chairs, computer mounting hardware, screen guards, phone headsets, and other paraphernalia; another basis for a lawsuit if you don't give an employee that lumbar support cushion she/he so desperately needs. It's another way for HR to gain power over the productive departments of the company, by emphasizing its role in employee "wellness.".

Talk about being entitled.

https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1046558196868022272

Say what?

https://twitter.com/brookeemac/status/1046090434844471296

That's what scorched earth politics gets us - the loss of good people like Mitch Daniels. Instead, we got grandstanding hypocrites, self-serving gluttons, double-dealing cheats, and an entire circus of feces-flinging monkeys.

This is why I think the Republic is irreparably broken and will need a reboot/reset. It's just that it is going to suck a lot to get to that point, and it will continue to suck after that for a while even if the reset goes well.

If it doesn't...whoo boy.

When are your lawyers actually representing you, and not someone else? when they inform you of all the deals on the table:

DC Bar Rule 1.4(b), “Communication,” provides that “A lawyer shall explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation.” Did Ford’s lawyers withhold from her the SJC’s offer to take her statement in California? Or did they fail to make clear to Ford what the SJC had offered?

It beggars belief to think the offer could not be conveyed clearly. “The committee will take your testimony in California and you will not have to fly anywhere” seems straightforward enough.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/01/theres-good-case-sanctioning-christine-blasey-fords-lawyers/

I'm old enough to remember when paying your fair share was considered patriotic.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-towns-gearing-up-to-fight-irs-ruling-on-local-taxes-1538319601

> This is why I think the Republic is irreparably
> broken and will need a reboot/reset.

I agree 100%.

“Look at thus [sic] chorus of entitled white men justifying a serial rapist's arrogated entitlement,” Fair tweeted on Thursday.

Referencing a video of "Lindsey Graham's tirade," Fair, who is a victim of sexual assault, added, “all of them deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps."

"Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes," she concluded the tweet."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-01/georgetown-prof-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths

The ex-girlfriend of 49ers LB Reuben Foster says she "lied a lot" about her allegations of domestic violence -

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23532216/san-francisco-49ers-reuben-foster-accuser-says-lied-alleged-domestic-violence-incident

Highly underappreciated Trump accomplishment:

North, South Korea begin removing landmines along fortified border -

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-dmz/north-south-korea-begin-removing-landmines-along-fortified-border-idUSKCN1MB1BG

This is why I think the Republic is irreparably broken.... ~ I R A Darth Aggie at October 1, 2018 10:24 AM

The thing is, we could fix it. Unfortunately, we the voters, are the ones who broke it. We elected, and keep re-electing, the feces-flinging monkeys - from both parties.

As bad as some of those "old white men" from the '70s were, they at least understood their main function was to govern, not to score partisan points for a fanatical base.

Ted Kennedy, another of those "old white man," however, was one of the worst. He and Joe Biden orchestrated the "borking" of Robert Bork and the "high tech lynching" character assassination that was the Clarence Thomas hearing. That hearing with its anonymous, unsubstantiated, and contentious charges of sexual harassment was the blueprint for the current Kavanaugh fracas.

...and will need a reboot/reset. ~ I R A Darth Aggie at October 1, 2018 10:24 AM

Sadly, I don't think we can trust anyone in government or academia today to write a simple and durable plan for the governance of a republic like our Constitution. Every constituency in America will demand specific mention in any new charter.

Just look at our state constitutions. At almost 75,000 words, the California constitution is longer than the owner's manual of a Toyota Corolla. At more than 369,129 words, Alabama's constitution is 47.5 times longer than the US Constitution at 7,762 words.

Granted, there's a difference between a national charter and a state charter, but that kind of wordiness in a new charter, we just don't need.

Granted, there's a difference between a national charter and a state charter, but that kind of wordiness in a new charter, we just don't need.

And it's going to get worse as time passes on. Laws are like software: People -in the law's case it's lawyers- can hack workarounds by misinterpreting things on purpose. Hence these constitutions are getting bigger and clunkier in order to patch out these holes.

From Amy Dickinson's column.

https://www.arcamax.com/healthandspirit/lifeadvice/askamy/s-2128863?fs

Before you read the comments (you have to click the green button to see them), I'm curious - do you think the man had a right to be mad? Why or why not?

@Lenona,

With the way he reacted, I wouldn't be surprised if this guy had a hidden camera and was looking for his 15 minutes of fame. I'm noticing on my Facebook feed that George Takei is posting these insidious Racist White Woman calls the cops/Says X thing to black man videos at least four times last week.

Ya know how when your kid tries out for the team but doesn't get picked so you file a lawsuit?

Yeah. Me neither.

BREAKING: This is HUGE (waiting for permission to h/t): One of Christine Ford Blasey's research articles in 2008 included a study in which participants were TAUGHT SELF-HYPNOSIS & noted hypnosis is used to retrieve important memories "AND CREATE ARTIFICAL SITUATIONS."

https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1046842589020925952

KILLING newborn babies should be allowed if the mother wishes, Australian philosophers have argued in a prestigious journal.

Their argument, that it is morally the same as abortion, has forced the British Medical Journal to defend its publication of their views.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/abortion-outrage-mums-should-be-allowed-to-terminate-newborns-say-australian-academics/news-story/05da73dcef423139d0b5003ca8d05346

Here is Christine Blasey's article -

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jclp.20496

"hypnosis could be used to ... create artificial situations that would permit the client to express ego-dystonic emotions in a safe manner."

"KILLING newborn babies should be allowed if the mother wishes, Australian philosophers have argued in a prestigious journal"

I disagree with all of that except the killing babies part.

The mother's wishes, Australian philosophers, and prestigious journals notwithstanding, I've had enough of screaming babies in public. It's time to take 'em out before they get guns.

Unless they're really cute, in which case, "awwwww".

"hypnosis could be used to ... create artificial situations that would permit the client to express ego-dystonic emotions in a safe manner." ~ Snoopy at October 1, 2018 2:32 PM

You can also use it to make people cluck like chickens.

Wow. Snoopy. You’ve been busy! Every thread is like deja vu.

So what. We have to wait a week for this FBI investigation to be over. You know, it sickens me to say it (being raped myself at gunpoint) but this woman is not exactly coming off as truthful. Kavanaugh is a spoiled, Alkie frat kid that may have taken things to far. And our President is a grotesque, sexist moron I am proud to say I never voted but happy that Hillary and her wandering dick- rapist husband lost.

Well. That felt good. I still find the left way more detestable but
Trump - dear lord this man is an idiot.

Thanks for the air time! Amy. Just bought your new book. I’d been gone so long I didnt even realize you had one. So
Sorry. Life has been busy. Had a baby and the. Had some major health issues. Things are back on track now.

Ah, but is he a useful idiot? ;)

And Lenona, about the guy, no. I don't think he had any right to be angry. His question was creepy and threatening. But I also recognize he may have spoken poorly or the lady remembered things wrong.

This is just darling, precisely our topic.

> Here very next tweet is -
> this is "Win or burn it all
> down" level rage

Yes... She's describing the idiot rhetoric of others, people who can't get their communication in order. (Examples of this illiteracy on this very blog come to mind... You'll never guess!) Meanwhile, do your darnedest to understand that describing anger isn't the same as being angry.

McArdle's been internet-famous (and -admired) for the better part of twenty years. She wrote dozens of good blog posts, and now hundreds
of worthwhile columns... And a couple dozen really stellar ones, things to store on a disk and share with friends as needed. She's been —in the style seen also from Alkon— remarkably blunt about her thinking and her humbling personal choices. Also, she wrote a good book. She shares ideas with brisk clarity on radio, television and appearances. And she hangs out with other cool people, like her husband, and the other peeps from Reason, and a number of admired names from when blogging (etc.) was new. She's about as comfortable a personality as you'll find in her generation's punditry.

> Credentialist!

Well, Big Mac ain't ivy or nuthin'. But if you're asking, I certainly admire people who are smart, clear-headed and frank more than those who aren't.

Specifically, I trust her to be ironic as well as flatly descriptive when she writes. She won't deceive people or be murky, as if her thoughts had latticework too intricate to share.

I have sincere doubt that you understand what irony means, or you wouldn't have been running from the question for the last two weeks, in your defensive, short-form, sentence-fragment style: Do you mean "war," or don't you? I think it's pretty obvious that you don't.

But them grownups and skool grajiates with their complete, straightforward sentences are intimidating, right?

To Sixclaws and Ben:

I should have asked: "Was Amy D.'s advice appropriate or just a little too naive?"

(I suspect Miss Manners would NEVER have given the advice that Amy D. did; MM is a good deal more pragmatic than her non-readers believe. Likely, she would have suggested saying "I beg your pardon" with an alarmed look - and to keep on walking. After all, it wasn't as though the man gave HIS personal information first - or even claimed to live there.)

Btw, it's also perfectly possible they were both white - or both black. Nothing to suggest that the LW left out anything important.

I won't say Amy D's advice was wrong. But I also won't say it was right. Assuming the writer presented the facts correctly, the guy acted fairly inappropriately and threatening. And also in an unusual way. Since it is unusual most of us wouldn't be prepared for such a situation. So responding poorly is very understandable. Trying to deescalate the situation is a good choice. Lying while doing it is not, but is also understandable. Getting caught in that lie at a later date is likely which is why it isn't a good solution. So being vague and retreating is the best solution I have. Saying 'Over on South Street. I'm late. Bye.' for example. But that would require cutting this off earlier than she did. Quite frankly by the time she had gotten where she was there aren't any good solutions left. So you just muddle through it as best you can and move on.

On the race issue, I don't think it is really significant no matter the mixture. Being black or being white or pink with purple polka dots doesn't give you special privileges or right. The offense is purely a weapon used against the polite and the solution is to not give in.

A few years back a black friend and I (I'm white) were walking down the street. I don't remember where we were going or why. But a black guy walked up to my friend and asked him for a ride. They went back and forth a few times and after my friend said no enough the guy left. Once he was gone I told my friend that my car is near by and if his friend really needed a ride I could help. He responded he doesn't give rides to strangers. I.e. he didn't know who that guy was either. I've never had someone come up to me at random and ask for a ride like that. After all it is obvious that the answer would be no. That this random stranger was pissed off at my friend is irrelevant. His request was completely inappropriate. His offense at not getting his way is irrelevant. Same with Mr. I want to know exactly where you live, oh and if you could give me your bank pin code too that would be great.