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[ZEE]

Maybe I will make a run at the supreme court. Balance the insanity a bit.

[Giancarlo]

For Ben:



Old hero of his...

Any time Ben posts, I will respond with only memes now. That is my promise to everyone!

[Giancarlo]

Sounds like a great election issue to run on for the midterms. Please, keep up the 'impeach Kavanaugh' campaign.



How so? He has a JD from Yale and has served a decade on the appellate court in DC. He's had 14 cases that were brought up to the Supremes and was overruled just once. He's extremely well qualified, moreso than Kagan or Sotomayor at the time of their appointments. Kagan never spent time on an appellate court.



Interestingly, the ABA has only rated 4 justices below well qualified. Rehnquist, Alito, Scalia and now Kavanaugh. Also strangely none of these were democrats. Odd that.



In recent times or prior to FDR?



Interestingly, that's not what we're seeing. The Democrats used to dominate the House and the Senate. Now they don't. What changed for them after what they did to justice Bork to deprive them of their Senat and House majorities? I know the answer, but I'm curious whether you will find it.

I really should block this stupid moron.

A justice needs to be fair and equitable. The four you named were/are not.

Grow the **** up please.

Kavanaugh is mentally imbalanced and is unfit to be on the stand. One can just point toh is testimony. He's unqualified because of his mental issues. He looked bipolar on the stand. He is not fair and cannot render judgments correctly.

[Giancarlo]

Working, living my life.



Yep, sure do. I got red-pilled. I used to be a Wilsonian when I got out of high school, and have in fact spent most of my life on the left. Prior to 2003 I actually supporter homosexual marriage. But a lot of things happened in a couple of years to change my mind on these topics. That was my walkaway moment. I find it funny that you take issue with my religiousity, I didn't grow up in that environment. I grew up being shown Oprah.



From "we will take the Senate" to "solid chance". Ok, Gian.



Where, and by whom? 538 doesn't go back 30 years.



Oh. What else would you call allegations proven to be unsubstantiated? Everyone saw the gang rape smears as the usual nonsense that got leveled at Clarence Thomas. This has been the democrat standard playbook for a long time.



I thought you said you were going to impeach Kavanaugh not just investigate him.



All of his accusers have mysteriously vanished now that he's no longer running for Senate. Also, Ford has now withdrawn her allegations too.

There's not going to be any investigation. And certainly not one that reveals what the FBI already found. Why? Because Feinstein fought hard against public release of said information. Which to me begs the question, why? It's pretty obvious that the documents contain evidence that the Democrats ginned up this whole circus.



You're arguing with a man about his own life. Yeah, that seems like a productive position.

What a pile of pretentious idiocy.

You need to get a life. You are just like kidiot, but you actually believe the garbage you post. That's quite sad.

You're a damn vile idiot with no morality and no standing. And yes, Kavanaugh will be investigated and impeached. Learn how to read between the lines, you illiterate. You love rape just like your party.

There will be an investigation and impeachment.

You entered dementia and lost your mind. That is what happened. Complete and absolute dementia. People like you are what is wrong with this country.

[Ben Kenobi]

If you make this accusation, maybe you should look at the GOP first.

There's a reason I said 30 years ago and referred to the nominations of Justices Bork and Thomas. Both were well qualified and rejected by the Democrats. That was the first time that they decided to politicize the Supreme court in order to enforce their ideology. Prior to that you have the Warren court. One of the chief components of the Warren court is that they believed they had the authority to revise the laws passed by Congress. This is why the court became politicized then and that has not changed. Prior to Bork nominees were confirmed based on their competencies. Even Ginsburg got the support of Republicans, and that was after Bork. But after Thomas and Breyer that changed to the situation we have now.

There's basically two court eras. The post-Rehnquist court, and the pre-Rehnquist court.

Under Obama, 79 presidential nominees were blocked (i.e. by the GOP) whereas in the years before Obama (dating back to the 1960s) only 68 nominees were blocked at all
To sum it up ... if there is a party of obstructionists for political purposes, it surely is the "modern" GOP

The routine blocking of nominees to the lower courts is something that emerged during House control of the nominations during the Bush presidency. Thanks to Jeffords and Republicans handing over control to the Judiciary committee. It's why Kavanaugh himself spent three years waiting for his nomination to the DC appellates. from 2003 to 2006.

Republicans saw what Democrats did to Bush and did the same to Obama by blocking lower court nominees. As I said, there's a pre-Rehnquist court and a post-Rehnquist court. The court has become much more politicized, even on the lower court levels. The latest changes have been the elimination of the filibuster, thanks to Democrats ramming through their nominees.

[Ben Kenobi]

Considering there is a lot of substance regarding those stolen memos that ended up in Kavanaugh's possession, you may want to rethink that.

Sounds like a great election issue to run on for the midterms. Please, keep up the 'impeach Kavanaugh' campaign.

Kavanaugh is not legitimate, nor is he mentally stable to hold the office.

How so? He has a JD from Yale and has served a decade on the appellate court in DC. He's had 14 cases that were brought up to the Supremes and was overruled just once. He's extremely well qualified, moreso than Kagan or Sotomayor at the time of their appointments. Kagan never spent time on an appellate court.

It's so bad the American Bar Association is now re-evaluating his rating because of his temperament.

Interestingly, the ABA has only rated 4 justices below well qualified. Rehnquist, Alito, Scalia and now Kavanaugh. Also strangely none of these were democrats. Odd that.

Republicans have had what as a high water mark?

In recent times or prior to FDR?

Your party is nearing demographic collapse because older voters are doing what they do as prescribed by nature. Basically dying off.

Interestingly, that's not what we're seeing. The Democrats used to dominate the House and the Senate. Now they don't. What changed for them after what they did to justice Bork to deprive them of their Senat and House majorities? I know the answer, but I'm curious whether you will find it.

[Ben Kenobi]

Where have you been the past few months that you simply decided to rear your ugly face on here?

Working, living my life.

People on here tell me Kidiot is just trolling (badly). The sad part is you actually believe the garbage you write.

Yep, sure do. I got red-pilled. I used to be a Wilsonian when I got out of high school, and have in fact spent most of my life on the left. Prior to 2003 I actually supporter homosexual marriage. But a lot of things happened in a couple of years to change my mind on these topics. That was my walkaway moment. I find it funny that you take issue with my religiousity, I didn't grow up in that environment. I grew up being shown Oprah.

Hey, here is a fact for you... democrats are still going to take the House and they have a solid chance now to take the Senate.

From "we will take the Senate" to "solid chance". Ok, Gian.

The polls are accurate, and have been done before on justices.

Where, and by whom? 538 doesn't go back 30 years.

Yes, things have changed. You apparently are simply too stupid to see it. There were no smears.

Oh. What else would you call allegations proven to be unsubstantiated? Everyone saw the gang rape smears as the usual nonsense that got leveled at Clarence Thomas. This has been the democrat standard playbook for a long time.

those stolen memos that ended up on Kavanaugh's desk will come up after the democrats retake the midterms. You'll see an investigation.

I thought you said you were going to impeach Kavanaugh not just investigate him.

I suppose you still supported Roy Moore even after his kiddie diddling from 35 years ago came out. So you would be okay if someone committed murder 35 years ago, and ran as a republican? I'm sure it all flies by you. I'm sorry, but once a rapist always a rapist.

All of his accusers have mysteriously vanished now that he's no longer running for Senate. Also, Ford has now withdrawn her allegations too.

There's not going to be any investigation. And certainly not one that reveals what the FBI already found. Why? Because Feinstein fought hard against public release of said information. Which to me begs the question, why? It's pretty obvious that the documents contain evidence that the Democrats ginned up this whole circus.

You're a morally bankrupt tool who has never been politically left.

You're arguing with a man about his own life. Yeah, that seems like a productive position.

[Proteus_MST]

I just made it up. She would never say that. Damn you are SAF

I am the Secretary of the Airforce?
Thanks for believing this, but I hold no rank in the US military.

Wasn't the "Fake News Thread" created as a location for fake news you made up?

[Kidlicious]

Source?

I just made it up. She would never say that. Damn you are SAF

[Broken_Erika]

Kitty!

Lion cub found by jogger in Netherlands

A jogger running through a field in the central Netherlands got a surprise on Sunday when an abandoned lion appeared on the route.

The cub - which is believed to be four months old - was found in a small cage outside of Utrecht.

It was taken to the Lion Foundation in the northern Netherlands after being examined by a vet, according to public broadcaster NOS.

Local police have made a public appeal for information on its owner.

It was certainly not business as usual for a force on patrol in Tienhoven, a village about 10km (6 miles) to Utrecht's north.

On Twitter, they wrote: "This morning, colleagues received a very peculiar report in Tienhoven. Seen or heard anything?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45777842

https://twitter.com/PolitieStiVe/sta...92718846541824

[Proteus_MST]

Source?

[Kidlicious]

Senator Hirono said that it's ok to go to Republican Senators homes and harass them at restaurants because of "white supremacists and all that." Basically fez is in the Senate. Actually all of them are just like fez.

[Giancarlo]

Eww. And seeing how this country is falling apart, where is all the winning? You mean whining, kid?

That cartoon... Looks like a rape scene.

[Aeson]

Kid is being held in a dungeon where Trump rapes him?

[Kidlicious]