[Pirates Cove] There’s a notion in politics that the process is the punishment. Such as the Russia Russia Russia probe, for which there has been zero evidence of actual collusion, just unrelated process crimes. In this case, Kavanaugh was accused of being mean 36 years ago or so, since Dr. Ford is rather short on details, the Democrats immediately jump in....well, immediately being when Diane Feinstein mentions the letter at a conveniently political time almost two months after receiving it....with "we believe her!!!" and the compliant media followed right along with the allegations, attempting to slur Kavanaugh’s name. Kavanaugh himself said he wants the process to be fair, rather than guilt by accusation (Democrats should remember the old saying about what comes around goes around)
A lawyer for Christina Blasey Ford‐the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault‐raised concerns on Monday about the setup for a public hearing where Ford will testify later this week.
Michael R. Bromwich, a lawyer for Ford, said in a letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, that the plan for Thursday’s public hearing "does not appear designed to provide Dr. Blasey Ford with fair and respectful treatment."
The letter casts some doubt on the deal Ford’s team made with Senate Judiciary leaders to appear at a hearing on Thursday.
Bromwich in the letter pointed to the hiring of "an unnamed ’experienced sex crimes prosecutor,'" warning it could help turn the Judiciary Committee hearing into a "circus."
"[It] is contrary to the Majority’s repeated emphasis on the need for the Senate and this Committee’s members to fulfill their constitutional obligations. It is also inconsistent with your stated wish to avoid a "circus," as well as Dr. Blasey Ford’s repeated requests through counsel that senators conduct the questioning," Bromwich wrote.
"This is not a criminal trial for which the involvement of an experienced sex crimes prosecutor would be appropriate. Neither Dr. Blasey Ford nor Judge Kavanaugh is on trial. The goal should be to develop the relevant facts, not try a case," he continued.
This is a cute reasoning that is a stage setter for her pulling out of testifying on Thursday, which would be on the record. At this point, she is the only one who hasn’t given a sworn statement, either written or oral. The burden of evidence lies with Dr. Ford.
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She's now sending what I think are non-oath 'statements' by her hubby and some friends she told in 2013....which if I was a judge, I'd burn in the court saying "Yeah, people you told 30+ years later don't count compared to every person you named as there saying it never happened."
#8
The attorneys in the Ford and Deborah Ramirez debacle ought to be considered for disbarment. The Dems who created this shit show should also suffer some punishment. Civil suits should be brought for defamation.
#9
Avenatti has released sworn testimony of his client.
"I also witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be "gang raped" in a side room or bedroom by a "train" of numerous boys. I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their turn" with a girl inside the room. These boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh.
In approximately 1982, I became the victim of one of these "gang" or "train" rapes where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present. Shortly after the incident, I shared what had transpired with at least two other people. During the incident, I was incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight off the boys raping me. I believe I was drugged using Quaaludes or something similar placed in what I was drinking. "
"approximately 1982".
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Avenatti, huh? There's a trusted name. /sarc
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Ms. Swetnick said she observed the future Supreme Court nominee at parties where women were verbally abused, inappropriately touched and “gang raped.”
So she went so SEVERAL parties where she saw women getting "gang raped" and she didn't report this to police?
Absurd
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Not just absurd, she has called herself a drunken hussy; she could be the most interesting witness since Rachel Jeantel. Bet this gal is crazier than eggs on a billiard table.
#15
on the other hand, Brett Kavanaugh did apparently take a girl named Suzanne to Grease 2 in 1982 (he called it Grease II in his calendar notes to disguise this awful display of bad judgement). It also seems he asked her out 8 days before the movie which implies he must have coerced her because no girl, on her own volition would have willingly seen such a bomb
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I agree. He must have drugged the girl to watch this.
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Ya know, even Avenetti wants to postpone the confirmation until yada yada yada. No one has asked he not be confirmed, disbarred, or drawn and quartered for such disreputable behavior.
Obviously, the accusers know none of this will stand the test of time, and delay is all they want.
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09/26/2018 14:34 Comments ||
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There's no way in hell she comes up with Mark Judge's name without Ford first mentioning that name, if she's unable to remember any one else's names. More bullshit.
#19
Ms. Swetnick said she attended more than 10 house parties in the Washington area between 1981 and 1983 with Judge Kavanaugh and Mr. Judge, where she watched them “drink excessively and engage in highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly aggressive with girls” and grabbing them “without their consent.”
She's two years older than him, was in college, but repeatedly attending parties with spiked drinks and rape trains, but didn't tell the cops or anyone else? Teh Crazee is strong with this liar
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#9 Avenatti has released sworn testimony of his client.
And not a single person involved said anything to anyone during 6 FBI investigations.
#21
Maybe he won't delay the confirmation process but speed it up. This is simply too much.
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09/26/2018 15:30 Comments ||
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Here's the thing, if they had brought all this forward immediately, I'd say sure, investigate for a bit. The way they did it though, no. It screams hoax, just like all the nooses, KKK stuff that turns out to be done by blacks, or muslims burning down their own mosques...Not buying it. Just like 'found' ballot boxes, this behavior should start an immediate and complete probing of the people bringing it forward.
#23
I have been told that Maryland has no statute of limitations for sex crimes, and I'd think gang rape is one. So has this been brought to the attention of Maryland police? If those gang rapes happened so often at parties there should be plenty of witnesses.
Just why would the third accuser do this. Perjury would land her in jail for quite a while, she'd lose her job, and if this is not a case for a defamation lawsuit, I don't know what is.
Again, this is crazy.
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The allegations have cost Kavenaugh a lot (18%) of support among Republican women. Republican Senators will have a hard time winning re-election without their support, so I expect they will try to avoid having to vote to confirm Kavenaugh. Similar position with the conservative base if they vote to deny. Logical response is to defer action.
#25
The allegations have cost Kavenaugh a lot (18%) of support among Republican women.
But how many male votes support for Kavanaugh is worth? How many men out there thinking to themselves "If they can derail somebody like Kavanaugh with such attacks, what chance will my kid have if some co-ed bitch in his college decides to screw with him?"?
#26
Here's a question. The moment Ford was identified, why wasn't the FBI sent out to take her statement? That's exactly what she asked for, an FBI investigation, which always starts by taking a statement from the witness. Plus, lying to the FBI is a crime. Seems to me this all could have ended even before it started.
#29
TW, IMO, that thought - let alone the idea that somebody will ask, never occurred to her. After all, they live in a world where accusations of this type are never questioned.
#30
On NPR just now: Ms. Swetnick has a job that requires a security clearance. So if it becomes clear she has perjured herself, she could lose her job.
#34
Perjury means jail time? For republicans and conservatives it does, but not for Democrats and their minions. Just look at Valerie Plame and Libby. One skated and was a Demo Hero, the other did prison time.
Posted by: Boss Spoper5850 ||
09/26/2018 18:22 Comments ||
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Every one of the wymyns claim "to the best of my knowledge", and acknowledge some vagueness of memory. It's not perjury with all the ifs and buts and feelz
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09/26/2018 19:41 Comments ||
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#36
It's not perjury with all the ifs and buts and feelz
But it is, of course, proof beyond a reasonable doubt apparently...
#38
If kavanaugh fails the vote and Ted Cruz loses in Texas Trump should put up Cruz next, see if the rules of Senators passing one of their own is a rule that still applies or not.
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[WarZone] It seems more plausible that a foreign operative or an operative working on a foreign government's behalf might have been able to install an antenna/sensor apparatus onto the top of a structure that is part of the facility and within line-of-sight of the valley below without anyone noticing. This could allow them to persistently gather electronic intelligence on whatever might be happening on, around, and over White Sands and at Holloman. With the capabilities of modern electronics and batteries, it's possible that such a system wouldn't even need to be hard wired.
For instance, check out this 360 photo of a publically accessible viewpoint and weather station adjacent to the main solar telescope tower up at Sacremento Peak. The small building is covered with antennas and electronics which have a perfectly clear line of sight to the valley below. Clandestinely placing a sensor package here that is able to collect certain emissions while blending in with the clutter seems like a relatively rudimentary task‐hiding in plain sight if you will.
This is just one area of a fairly large complex of observatories and other buildings, many of which are in disuse, but which may already be adorned with antennas and other electronics and have an unobstructed line-of-sight towards White Sands. Otero County Sheriff House's comment in which he states there were officials and workmen inspecting towers and antennas could indicate that there were looking for just such a device.
#3
Of course, if one were to passively collect signals that were interfering with the multi-spectral astronomy, and correlate them with a static vehicle test schedule...
[NEO] The answer might seem obvious, but I think it’s more complicated than most people might think.
Let’s leave out accusers who are telling the truth. I’m interested in the ones who are not. They can have multiple motives, too. This list is not all-inclusive, but here are the major ones:
(1) Revenge. The person actually has hurt you in some way‐estranged spouses are notorious for this motivation‐but you’re making up a story with an accusation that can hurt them even more than the truth would, and you justify it by telling yourself they deserve it.
(2) You’re a sociopath who enjoys lying and gets off on seeing people squirm. Makes you feel superior to all those stupid normals.
(3) Someone has paid you money to lie. Additional potential motives follow:
#3
Communist Socialist 1930 Stalinist show trials. Democrats and the media used Stalins play book where accusations only without the need to introduce any evidence was acceptable in the Soviet Union for the good of the deep state.
[PJM] In September 2017, speaking at the United Nations, President Donald Trump decried the abject failure of socialism as a form of governance, and more broadly, as an ideology:
The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. From the Soviet Union to Cuba, Venezuela -- wherever socialism or Communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish, devastation, and failure. Those who preach the tenets of these discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the people who live under these cruel systems. America stands with every person living under a brutal regime.
During his speech at the UN today, Trump returned to the subjects of socialism, communism, and Venezuela, where he noted that “more than 2 million people have fled the anguish inflicted by the Socialist Maduro regime, and its Cuban sponsors.” He added: “Not long ago Venezuela was one of the richest countries on earth.” Trump observed: “Today socialism has bankrupted the oil-rich nation and driven its people into abject poverty.” And he concluded with another denunciation of socialist/communist totalitarianism as a predatory, liberty-crushing ideology that produces despair:
Virtually everywhere socialism or communism has been tried it has produced suffering, corruption, and decay. Socialism’s thirst for power leads to expansion, incursion, and oppression. All nations of the world should resist socialism and the misery it brings to everyone.
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One of the best speeches I have ever read. Why would an American want to be controlled by an international governing body. I recommend reading or watching the WHOLE speech. I would like the president to state that if any alien votes in this next election, that alien and their whole family will be taken off any government benefits as deported.
You have to search for 'Trump's UN speech text' otherwise you get all the media attacks/analysis.
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Last night on ABC News David Muir only talked about the way they laughed at Trump before even listening to what he had to say. Muir is an ass. The people at the UN who laughed at Trump are a bunch of corrupted bastards. I wouldn't give any of them a penny.
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A spate of unusual reports in Hong Kong and overseas Chinese-language media lend credence to the idea that, while Xi Jinping remains China’s undisputed paramount, his authority seems somewhat diminished. A moratorium of sorts appears to have been called on the relentless personality cult constructed around Xi, while signs have emerged that China’s economic policy making apparatus has been hamstrung by disagreements between Xi and his top economic policymaker over how to handle a deepening trade war with the United States. While the trade war appears to have applied enough pressure to China’s political system to open space for criticism of Xi’s leadership style and tactics, it is unlikely that Xi’s position atop China’s political hierarchy is in any serious danger.
I'm thankful that increasing attention is being paid to the dire state of higher education in our country. Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has just published "The Diversity Delusion." Its subtitle captures much of the book's content: "How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture." Part of the gender pandering at our universities is seen in the effort to satisfy the diversity-obsessed National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, each of which gives millions of dollars of grant money to universities. If universities don't make an effort to diversify their science, technology, engineering and math (known as STEM) programs, they risk losing millions in grant money.
A UCLA scientist says, "All across the country the big question now in STEM is: how can we promote more women and minorities by 'changing' (i.e., lowering) the requirements we had previously set for graduate level study?" Mac Donald says, "Mathematical problem-solving is being deemphasized in favor of more qualitative group projects; the pace of undergraduate physics education is being slowed down so that no one gets left behind." Except for people who actually, you know, have talent for this sort of thing
[SmallWarsJournal] SWJ discussion with Luis Simón, research professor of international security at the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and director of the Brussels office of the Elcano Royal Institute. He recently published a Whitehall Paper for London’s Royal United Services Institute: The Spectre of a Westphalian Europe?
Describe the broader geopolitical trends that question and shatter the traditional pillars of European stability, jeopardizing the continental balance - making for a likely return to a Westphalian Europe. It could be a mix between the pre-1914 nightmare and a post American Europe – weak, more of a geopolitical appendix of Russia as well as a gray-zone lab for Moscow (as in the Norwegian Series "Occupied"). The end of the Cold War generated the return of suppressed ethnic and nationalist energies. Compounded by a potential US retrenchment, what would a Westphalian ecosystem mean for Europe? What are the inherent dangers of a Westphalian Europe?
#2
If the Holy Roman Empire was a great idea, or the later multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire a superb exercise in Multiculturalism™ -- then the EU should be a rousing success, right? Right??
[Townhall] Judge Brett Kavanaugh's second sexual abuse accuser, Deborah Ramirez, will not testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
According to Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a member of the Committee, said he spoke with Ramirez. She made it very clear that she gave her story to the press, which can be found in The New Yorker article that was posted late Sunday night, The Washington Times reported.
"Our counsel repeatedly tried to reach him," Kennedy said. "They finally did reach him, and he said we are not issuing a statement. He said if you want our statement, read the New Yorker."
Ramirez has a sign outside of her Boulder, Colorado home saying she will not speak to the press. Anyone member of the press who would like more information is encouraged to call her lawyer.
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Taped to the trash can. Appropriate. Not even my dentist takes the New Yorker. I can't even think of the last time I saw a copy. Anywhere. Including the ultra-libs I know.
[TheDrive] Shoigu’s remarks are significant and worth taking seriously. The delivery of S-300s to Assad’s regime would be a “significant escalation” of the situation in Syria, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said at a press conference to mark the beginning of the annual U.N. Nations General Assembly gathering in New York on Sept. 24, 2018. He added that he hoped Russia would reconsider.
"[Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu said that transferring advanced weapons systems into irresponsible hands will increase the dangers in the region, and added that Israel will continue to defend its security and its interests," in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an official Israel government statement. Putin, who had earlier downplayed the seriousness of the Il-20 shoot down, said the plan was “compliant with [the] current situation and aimed at eliminating any potential threat to life of Russian servicemen,” according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
However, this is not the first time Russia has threatened to give Assad S-300s. After the massive U.S., U.K., and French cruise missile barrage against various targets in Syria in April 2018, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that his country would reconsider a long-stalled sale of the surface-to-air missile systems to the Syrian regime. There were rumors later that month, and again in May 2018, that the Kremlin had made good on this threat, but there has not been any evidence to substantiate those claims. Russia has its own S-300s in Syria.
In addition, Shoigu was very careful to stress that Russia would only jam aircraft that appeared to be inbound for attacks on areas of Syria that are situated along or near the country's Mediterranean coastline, which just so happens to be where the Kremlin's Khmeimim air base and Tartus naval base are located. Israel has conducted hundreds of air and missile strikes in Syria since the country’s civil war began and routinely sends aircraft across Lebanon, where they then release standoff weapons and often never actually enter Syrian airspace.
More importantly, Israel had made it clear, both rhetorically and with its actions, that it will not sit idly by and allow Iran and Iranian-backed groups, such as the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah, to exploit the situation in Syria to expand their military capabilities and spread their influence. In particular, strikes against weapons shipments to Hezbollah are seen as an existential threat to the country and are non-negotiable.
The Israeli Air Force’s loss of an F-16I Sufa multi-role combat jet to a Syrian SA-5 in February 2018 has done nothing to slow their operational tempo – if anything, the opposite has occurred. In addition, the country has a squadron of F-35I Adir stealth fighters for missions it deems high-risk, but absolutely necessary and says that it has already sent them into combat, but to what extent remains unclear. Israel's increasingly broad menu of standoff weapons and their highly advanced electronic warfare and cyber capabilities also make the news of S-300s being supplied to Syria less of an issue than some want to believe.
Furthermore, Israel routinely targets Assad's air defenses to clear the way for further strikes and is likely to destroy any Syrian-operated S-300s. There is no indication that Russia would be inclined to continue supplying replacement systems to Syria or to engage in any direct conflict with Israeli forces – risking a potential broader conflict with a nuclear-armed opponent.
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I'm amazed anyone buys it. But I guess it can take out Eastern Bloc stuff. American and Israeli jets seem to have no problem pimp slapping the system and hitting their targets.
#3
The bullet doesn't matter when the shooter's blind.
(And a guy hired just because he's from the fight tribe, and never trained, because if he knew more than his commander that would bring disgrace to his commander.)
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Will the S-300s be protected by a political Russian tripwire, i.e. will there be a token presence of Russian military personnel who would come to harm if the S-300s were attacked and neutralized?
In a broader sense will Russia set up such a tripwire to protect Iran's forces in Syria and perhaps Iran's nuclear assets?
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Will the S-300s be protected by a political Russian tripwire, i.e. will there be a token presence of Russian military personnel who would come to harm if the S-300s were attacked and neutralized?
Russians learned the hard way in Afghanistan not to mix their troops with natives.
h/t Instapundit
...Once it started looking like Ford’s incredible (as in "not credible") accusation was losing traction another one comes out, this one even more outlandish and less credible. More stalling.
So, what’s next? What are they going to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of next?
I have some suggestions:
Brett Kavanaugh violently suppressed the Spartacus slave revolts (just ask Corey Booker since he claims to be Spartacus).
Brett Kavanaugh was the shooter on the grassy knoll.
Brett Kavanaugh shot the sheriff (investigate his claim that he did not shoot the deputy).
Brett Kavanaugh kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
Brett Kavanaugh was the kidnapped Lindbergh baby.
Brett Kavanaugh betrayed West Point and framed Arnold for it.
Brett Kavanaugh opened fire on Fort Sumter.
Brett Kavanaugh caused the Apollo 13 fire.
Brett Kavanaugh rejected an Austrian artist’s application to art school.
Brett Kavanaugh started the Chicago Fire
Come on Dems. I came up with these off the top of my head. I’m sure you can be much more creative. Let’s see what you’ve got.
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Shoigu’s remarks are significant and worth taking seriously. The delivery of S-300s to Assad’s regime would be a “significant escalation” of the situation in Syria, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said at a press conference to mark the beginning of the annual U.N. Nations General Assembly gathering in New York on Sept. 24, 2018. He added that he hoped Russia would reconsider.
