The Independent State Legislature Doctrine

[runrussellrun]

Since you guys clearly can't take a hint:

https://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2 ... d-parties/

Never partaked, however. never.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with Kagan, also hinting that race could have been involved in the arrests.

“If police officers arrived at a wealthy home and it was white teenagers having a party … I doubt very much those kids would be arrested,” Sotomayor argued.

SO friggin out of touch with reality, these Supremes are. Nope, no white teenagers have EVER been arrested for hosting a party in a vacant home.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ed ... d7de1a26da

Happens all the time......

Of course it does. And exactly why Sotomayor's comments are friggin scary pathetic ignorant. Like I continually say, the Justices are nerds. With "private" problems.

Any combat vets ever serve as a Supreme justice? exactly (in our lifetime)

Any medical doctors? Again, you do NOT have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme.

[DMac]

Question for you, russy, do you believe that Barf Keganaugh is telling the truth when he tells us he's never blacked out after having too much to drink (which he's admitted to)?

russy, ol' boy, why won't you answer this question?

I did, but the feds are hacking my computer b/c I am mentioning her and it went away

I answered YES, I think he is telling the truth. Or at least what he thinks is the truth.

But, you have to define what blacking out is. Is it driving home from Mantolocking and waking up with THAT girl, and not remembering driving home or her at all? Or, is it just not remembering bits and pieces of the night. Like who drove you there. Who drove you home. (sound familiar? )

According to most "experts", if you blacked out just ONCE in your life, you are an alcoholic. Do you agree?

I don't believe him, and I don't think the vast majority of those who have partied a little bit here and there in their lives do either. If you do, so be it.
I can't break down the definition of blacking out to that fine of a point for you, but I sure know what it is.
The expert's definition of alcoholic is not what most people want to hear and are unwilling to accept. I do understand what they're saying and don't completely disagree with it. If you abuse alcohol to that extent the chances of your becoming an alcoholic are much greater than one who never has. The alcohol has taken control of you if you drink to that extent, it's what's calling the shots (no pun intended) at that point, not you. They want you to recognize that (for your sake) and be careful with alcohol.

[njbill]

At least when SNL did it with Clarence, they had Anita in the skit.

Don’t forget Long Dong Silver.

[dislaxxic]

Biden wouldn't let witnesses in to the Anita Hill hearing room (they were waiting outside) that worked at Blockbuster and were bringing in receipts showing Mr. Thomas' rentals of "Long Dong Silver" titles.

He really shouldn't ever run for office again...

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[Trinity]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... s-jmqwga1s

Kavanaugh made the newspapers for starting a bar fight at Yale.

And when he said he first learned of Ms Ramirez in the NY story, that wasn’t true either. Texts from Yale classmates show he was talking to them during the summer about it.

[jhu72]

Yup, it looks like the virgin choir boy left a pretty big trail at Yale and he has in recent weeks been talking to people to try and get them to cover for him.

Shortly after Kavanaugh defined "Devil's Triangle" on Thursday, someone in the House of Representatives logged into Urban Dictionary to add the definition. Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary and all these community maintained services log changes including the IP address and MAC of the individual who made the change.

[Trinity]

It’s like Mike Cohen and Rudy are running the coverup.

[youthathletics]

Yup, it looks like the virgin choir boy left a pretty big trail at Yale and he has in recent weeks been talking to people to try and get them to cover for him.

Shortly after Kavanaugh defined "Devil's Triangle" on Thursday, someone in the House of Representatives logged into Urban Dictionary to add the definition. Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary and all these community maintained services log changes including the IP address and MAC of the individual who made the change.

probably Hoyer or Cummins from Maryland, under the advisement of Miller.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Is it me or does anyone else feel like we can do better.....

[ChairmanOfTheBoard]

The idiot I was golfing with yesterday in Florida saw the news on his phone and started cursing Dr Ford because she “lived her whole life in California.”

I did not know where to begin.....

Nothing worse than getting paired up with a douchebag. How’d you hit’em Trinity?

ive never been paired with a dou.... uh oh

[ggait]

According to most "experts", if you blacked out just ONCE in your life, you are an alcoholic. Do you agree?

Nonsense. Completely wrong. Blacking out is pretty common actually. I've experienced a black/brown out several times over the years, and I'm a pretty modest social drinker.

It is basically impossible to tell whether another very drunk person is/is not experiencing alcohol induced amnesia (aka blacking out). From my many years of bartending, about the only way to tell in real time is if the drunk person keeps telling you the same joke/story over and over again. Otherwise, you have to wait until the next morning to see if the person remembers the night before.

But if you are repeatedly drinking to severe intoxication, the odds are very strong that you have blacked out. One study says that 51% of college students who drink have blacked out. The thing that most often causes a black out (which are somewhat unpredictable) is a quick spike in the BAC. Chugging, doing shots, and playing drinking games pretty much guarantee you are going to have black out sooner or later. So it is very implausible that a frat bro like Kav never had a black/brown out.

Kav has to vociferously deny any suggestion of a black/brown out, since that would be a perfect explanation for why he doesn't remember any of Ford's claims. And Kav knows it will be hard to catch him in that likely lie. Unless he takes a polygraph, the only other proof would be testimony from someone else saying they heard Kav talk about not being able to remember the night before.

[DD-Tech]

The idiot I was golfing with yesterday in Florida saw the news on his phone and started cursing Dr Ford because she “lived her whole life in California.”

I did not know where to begin.....

Nothing worse than getting paired up with a douchebag. How’d you hit’em Trinity?

ive never been paired with a dou.... uh oh

[Typical Lax Dad]

[Typical Lax Dad]

According to most "experts", if you blacked out just ONCE in your life, you are an alcoholic. Do you agree?

Nonsense. Completely wrong. Blacking out is pretty common actually. I've experienced a black/brown out several times over the years, and I'm a pretty modest social drinker.

It is basically impossible to tell whether another very drunk person is/is not experiencing alcohol induced amnesia (aka blacking out). From my many years of bartending, about the only way to tell in real time is if the drunk person keeps telling you the same joke/story over and over again. Otherwise, you have to wait until the next morning to see if the person remembers the night before.

But if you are repeatedly drinking to severe intoxication, the odds are very strong that you have blacked out. One study says that 51% of college students who drink have blacked out. The thing that most often causes a black out (which are somewhat unpredictable) is a quick spike in the BAC. Chugging, doing shots, and playing drinking games pretty much guarantee you are going to have black out sooner or later. So it is very implausible that a frat bro like Kav never had a black/brown out.

Kav has to vociferously deny any suggestion of a black/brown out, since that would be a perfect explanation for why he doesn't remember any of Ford's claims. And Kav knows it will be hard to catch him in that likely lie. Unless he takes a polygraph, the only other proof would be testimony from someone else saying they heard Kav talk about not being able to remember the night before.

Sort of like Kavanaugh writing that he stumbled of the bus drunk and was trying to piece the night back together.....

[Trinity]

Kavanaugh character witness basketball player Chris Dudley is the guy who smashed the glass off the guy’s head in the bar. Now I know Michael Cohen is involved.

[Lax Fidelis]

Tell me, so I don't have to wait for the book to come out: what do "they" have on the rest of Trump's short list of SCOTUS picks?

Should be easy to find. Strap on the tin foil and tell me what you got.

And you don't care if a potential Justice lies to Congress and America? Alright. You just lost all credibility, and you know it.

a fan? Exactly when did fattyrussellwheat have any credibility? He spent all those chips years ago.

[seacoaster]

Pretty interesting article on the blackout business:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opin ... kouts.html

When this thread set up, were any of us thinking that the subject matter would be binge drinking, blackouts and aggressive conduct from a potential justice? Gerrymandering please.

[seacoaster]

The thread is about the SCOTUS. And Ellison is not up for confirmation as a Justice of the Court. It's really as simple as that. The proposed narrative is a form of "whatabout" that gets tedious. It isn't hypocrisy to be less interested in Ellison's conduct. Start a thread on a topic that fits with the allegations against Ellison.

[tech37]

The thread is about the SCOTUS. And Ellison is not up for confirmation as a Justice of the Court. It's really as simple as that. The proposed narrative is a form of "whatabout" that gets tedious. It isn't hypocrisy to be less interested in Ellison's conduct. Start a thread on a topic that fits with the allegations against Ellison.

You start a new thread if it bothers you so much. What's "simple" is it's the same issue, abuse of women, and your "whatabout" comment is shameful. Let's see, you're not up for SCOTUS like K seacoaster, you're just a common lawyer, so it's OK if you beat your wife today. Excellent logic counselor

[Oldbarndog]

Since neither party is willing to bypass their own interests and fill this lengthy SC vacancy, maybe it's time they are selected by us wee folk. Think our Founding Fathers would be pretty pissed off with this gross distortion of checks and balances.