Meanwhile…
Collusion who? Hispanics are doing well in the Trump economy. And here’s important news concerning pre-existing conditions, Obamacare, and repeal. But maye it’s too complicated for most people to pay attention to.
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The inconvenient accusers
For the “believe the women; Kavanaugh is guilty as the day is long” crowd on the left, there remain the inconvenient accusers. These accusers are female, too, like Kavanaugh’s. In nearly all instances, their stories of sexual wrongdoing on the … Continue reading →
67 million in the US don’t speak English at home
This statistic rates a big headline at Drudge today: Nearly half of the residents in the nation’s five biggest cities do not speak English at home, choosing instead their native language, according to the latest Census Bureau data that details … Continue reading →
Neither “believe the women” nor “believe the victims” is a valid form of decision-making
I’ve written about this subject before, and I’ll probably write about it again. But apparently it requires repeating: Anyone who says that members of a certain group always tell the truth is lying. There is no such group on earth. … Continue reading →
The first act was different: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill
If Kavanaugh and Ford is the second act, Thomas and Hill was the first. Please don’t quibble with me. I know that Bork preceded that. But I’m talking about sexual allegations mounted against a SCOTUS nominee after the initial hearings, … Continue reading →
In a move that should surprise no one, Christine Blasey Ford now says that she won’t testify until the FBI completes an investigation
Ford’s position conforms quite nicely with the Democratic strategy of “we need to postpone the vote on Kavanaugh till something happens—like maybe a new Senate is elected that is Democratic, or enough Republican senators bow to the pressure and refuse … Continue reading →
Trump declassifies FISA documents and text messages
This news has been long-predicted and long-awaited: President Trump on Monday ordered the declassification of several key documents related to the FBI investigation of Russian actions during the 2016 presidential election, including 21 pages of an application for a renewed … Continue reading →
This is the sort of thing that drives me nuts
On many blogs on the right I see commenters saying things like, “If Corker and/or Flake cave on Kavanaugh, that’s it for me. I’m voting third party and the GOP will be dead to me forever.” That makes zero sense. … Continue reading →
Memory and witnesses/victims
There are a lot of problems with the Kavanaugh accuser’s story, including the fact that she may be deliberately lying for political reasons. But even if she’s not purposely lying, there are many problems connected with the phenomenon of memory … Continue reading →
I want to ask you…
…the following question: Why should I, or anyone else, care what the 53-year-old Brett Kavanaugh did in high school, short of a criminal act? And even certain criminal acts would be okay—for example, Obama’s doing coke—if the person has reformed … Continue reading →
“Credible”accusations
I think it’s time to revisit this post of mine. Here’s another relevant post, about the vagaries of memory.
Continue reading →Now it seems that the Kavanaugh accuser will be testifying
This seems to be the strategy: President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Kellyanne Conway told Fox & Friends that the president supports Ford testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Conway also said that the accusation should not disrupt Kavanaugh’s … Continue reading →