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  1. Get caught on tape saying sexist, racist, or generally offensive comments to a large portion of the population. Oh wait, never mind.

    Actively collaborate with a foreign government against the interest of the USA. Oh wait, never mind. 

    Enrich himself and family at the expense of the USA. Oh wait, never mind. 

    Engage in outright nepotism. Oh wait, never mind.

    Actively obstruct justice. Oh wait, never mind.

    Put kids in cages. Oh wait, never mind.

    Enact policies and force a government shut down that craters the economy due to his ego. Oh wait, never mind.

    Support white nationalist publicly and enact other overtly racist policies. Oh wait, never mind.

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    At this point if any and all of the above doesn't change their minds, I don't think we should have delusions that policies could be so offensive to turn his base.

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  2. On 10/5/2018 at 12:09 PM, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

    These are two of our faves

    Kome - IMO the best sushi spot in town 

    Salty Sow - Good food plus they have a cocktail called the little larry .  Its a margarita with a shot of grand marnier on top.  Guaranteed to drop ze panties. 

     

    Really like Kome.

    Maybe a bias against new American cuisine but thought Salty Sow is just ok/ over-hyped for amount of love it gets. 

  3. 1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

    In this instance he is correct though.  It's akin to the argument "when China stops buying our debt" that so many uninformed people make.   


    China can't afford to stop buying our debt, because if they did, they couldn't feed their burgeoning middle class and they'd completely lose control over their economic system.  That is a fact.  They want to play the bully pulpit in 7 different directions:  Hey we'll charge you tariffs, Well we won't charge you  tariffs but we'll leave the shit on the dock for 6 months so you don't get paid until we say it's cool, well we'll float peg our currency to make it seem stable even though it's actually worth about 50% less than what the market rate shows, and on and on and on. 

    Meanwhile, they have a middle class that's growing about 50mm people per year or more.  These people want shit that we have.  So what does that mean?  They have to sell us more shit that we already have (and can't afford) so they can buy the shit that they want from us, or they can buy our debt and like it. 

    Disagree. PM sent why

  4. 2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    Thanks for the annoying alert, you fat asshole.

     

    Just now, Lagunamadre said:

    Just when you think it can't get any worse. Trump is now sending out robo texts. Fuck my life. 

     

    1 minute ago, Blotto said:

    Too bad we cant reply.

     

    2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Trump be texting. 

    1234

  5. The strategy has been obvious but this article puts it succinctly. 

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    The Republican strategy to get Brett Kavanaugh confirmed is to do the absolute minimum necessary to appear as if they are taking the sexual assault charges against him seriously — while doing all they can to limit the ability of the American people to make a fully informed judgment about those charges themselves.

    The words and actions of Republicans themselves confirm the rationale behind this strategy: Any delay and further fact finding might make it less likely that Kavanaugh gets confirmed and could threaten more political damage to the GOP’s chances in the midterms. And if confirmation is delayed past the election, and Democrats somehow do win the Senate, that throws the seat’s fate into some doubt.

    On Tuesday night, Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers sent a letter to the Judiciary Committee demanding an FBI investigation into her allegations against Kavanaugh before she testifies to the committee, as Republicans have invited her to do next Monday.

    In the letter, Ford’s team notes that since she came forward, she has been the target of “vicious harassment” and “death threats,” and argues that an FBI probe is necessary because some GOP Senators have already made up their minds that she is “mistaken” and “mixed up,” as Senator Orrin Hatch so delicately put it.

    “A full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner, and that the Committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing,” Ford’s lawyers wrote, adding that no serious investigation can be conducted by Monday, which is when Republicans have scheduled the hearing at which she and Kavanaugh would testify.

    Republican Senators are flatly rejecting these demands. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, said that “we’ve offered Dr. Ford the opportunity to share her story with the committee,” and “the invitation for Monday still stands.” Bob Corker of Tennessee claimed: “Republicans extended a hand in good faith. If we don’t hear from both sides on Monday, let’s vote.” John Cornyn of Texas glibly remarked: “She’s not in really a position to make conditions in my view.”

    But why is it that the hearing cannot be delayed past Monday? Fortunately, this morning Senator Lindsey Graham gave the game away, perhaps without meaning to:

    Graham does not say why a Judiciary Committee vote must take place “ASAP,” but his previous tweet does: An investigation might end up “delaying the process till after the midterms.” Graham blames Democrats for tacitly wanting to do this, but what Graham cannot explain here is why the fact that this could be delayed until after the midterms should place limits on the Senate’s efforts to determine what happened.

    That’s because the real answer is obvious, and it’s untenable as a public position: Because if this is delayed until after the midterms, and Republicans lose the Senate, they’d have to confirm the justice in the lame duck period. As Brian Beutler points out, Trump would be badly weakened, and this would cast a further cloud of illegitimacy over the process of filling the seat — whether with Kavanaugh or someone else — and compounding the legitimacy problem, that justice could end up ruling on matters related to Trump’s legal travails.

    The Wall Street Journal editorial board is helpfully explicit on the real calculus here as well, warning: “If Democrats take the Senate majority, they’ll then insist on no vote until the new Senate convenes in January.” Republicans would not listen to that, of course, but as this basically concedes, moving forward at that point would put them in a politically brutal position.

    By the way, Democrats may well partly want to delay this until after the midterms. But even if true, the fact that Republicans are citing this is still revealing. Republicans, after all, could support a fuller investigation into what happened while also getting in the vote before the elections — there is still time for both. The only thing that would delay this until after the elections is if Kavanaugh’s nomination became untenable due to that fuller investigation, forcing Trump to nominate a replacement. Thus, that is what they really want to avoid — a fuller accounting that could scuttle the nomination.

    Giving away the game

    What’s more, when Senator Corker claims Republicans have acted in “good faith” in scheduling a hearing and that this justifies sticking to a Monday vote, this, too, illuminates what’s really motivating Republicans. It’s a stretch to say Republicans showed good faith here. Remember, Grassley originally wanted to schedule only private calls between Ford and Senators, and only agreed to a public hearing for her after that became politically untenable. Again, the desire was to do the absolute minimum to appear to be taking the charges seriously while doing everything possible to limit a full accounting in the eyes of the public. Corker is doing the same again.

    This is also at the core of the current GOP stance. Republicans — President Trump included — say it’s not the FBI’s role to investigate Ford’s claims. But as NBC News points out, as part of the background check process, the White House could ask the FBI to look into the veracity of her claims if it wanted to. What’s more, Democrats have proposed that, if an FBI investigation doesn’t happen, the Judiciary Committee could conduct a fuller investigation, hearing from more witnesses other than just Ford and Kavanaugh. But Republicans don’t want to.

    To be clear, it’s a good thing that Republicans have invited Ford to testify. And if the FBI does not conduct an investigation, our preference should be that Ford goes forward with the testimony anyway (though that is her decision, obviously). But there is no obvious reason why this can’t be accompanied by as robust an effort as possible to determine the truth.

    One big lesson the #MeToo movement has taught us is that we need to move beyond treating allegations of sexual assault and harassment as mere he-said-she-said affairs, because that subjects women who come forward to brutal public exposure in exchange for little in the way of a serious hearing, leaving them no recourse. Republicans seem to want to keep the proceedings constrained in a way that guarantees it is perceived as he-said-she-said.

    But in this case, a robust fact-finding effort could actually end up benefiting Kavanaugh, the court, and even the GOP. If such an effort were undertaken and did not conclusively settle the matter, you could easily see 50 or 51 Republicans — and perhaps a few Democrats — confirming Kavanaugh. And the fact that a serious investigation did take place would put his ascension on firmer ground.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/19/these-quotes-from-republicans-give-away-their-game-on-kavanaugh/

  6. 4 hours ago, Js1 said:

     

    Key quotes from that article

     

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    And within that group, 57 percent of people who describe themselves as strong Trump supporters don’t believe Democrats have a chance (37 percent believe they do).

    If overconfident Republican voters stay home, Democrats could win a landslide. The report urges GOP officials to yank their voters back to reality: “We need to make real the threat that Democrats have a good shot of winning control of Congress.”
     
    The internal RNC study finds that complacency among GOP voters is tied directly to their trust in the president—and their distrust of traditional polling. 

     

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    Those voters who strongly approve of the President and those who support both his policies and leadership style are genuinely passionate about voting in the election and are voting GOP lock, stock and barrel.

    No need for dems to moderate their message.

  7. 7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    I don't think that they have time to cut bait.  Realistically their only play is to hold a hearing and receive testimony from Dr. Ford, and then push a vote. I think Kavanaugh is done, and you are going to see a compromise appointment or the seat stays empty through 2021. But wouldn't be shocked to watch them push the confirmation through after testimony. 

    With the polling on women voters, the last issue during the election cycle is another reminder that Republican policies are anti-women. Republican's best bet is to end this quickly so it does not influence voting too much.

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