Khan

From the NYT article: Another football player, Mr. Davis, was the heartthrob of the bunch, classmates said. They thought he looked like the singer Rick Springfield. How much alcohol do you have to consume to think Rick Springfield is good-looking?

Couldn't have happened to a more disgusting hack.

Why not? Look at how many families their leader has broken up over the years through his infidelities!

And people really think Hillary-as-President would have been so much worse? Dunkin' should send all those agents free coffee and donuts.

Damn, I used my Clair Huxtable gif too early. Oh, well. Here's another one:

You had one job, "Red, Red Wine": https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/kavanaugh-bar-fight.html

Anyone who's even skimmed the Bible knows that God loves irony, lol. To think: Whether he is confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and whether he is, in fact, guilty of attempted rape and other crimes, Kav's behavior and rhetoric last week will follow him, if not for the rest of his life, then for years to come. It's all there, on the Internet, never to be erased. Much of this circus might have been avoided, though, had he said, "I drank a lot when I was young, and I didn't always behave responsibly. Although I can't recall for certain whether I assaulted Professor Ford or Ms. Ramirez, as a member of the legal profession, and as a husband and father of two daughters, I apologize now for my actions, and for the damage, both physical and mental, that I have inflicted upon them, and their loved ones. Further, as a Supreme Court Justice, I pledge to ensure that the rights of all victims, male and female, are protected under the U.S. Constitution. I know my words cannot erase the years of torment that Ms. Ford and others have endured. Nevertheless, I pray that they, and the rest of this country, will find it in their hearts to forgive me." Done. He could give that business about "even if I don't have the final votes," because even he knows his confirmation's in the bag; and despite what many think, he is not under trial. Ergo, what harm would it have done just to apologize and avoid this mess? Instead, he subjected us to lie after lie after lie, all to cover up what remains so obvious: that Brett Michael Kavanaugh is a shy loser who can't hold his liquor, who strikes out repeatedly with women*, and who has no business presiding over ANY court, much less the highest court in the land. (*Seriously, was Ashley the first woman not to tell him "no"?) And the sad part -- I mean the REALLY sad part? 1. Clarence Thomas remains on the bench. 2. Even if Kav isn't confirmed, we're sure to get another right-leaning, conservative judge confirmed by Congress, so removing him actually changes nothing in the way of SCOTUS' ideological makeup. 3. Confirmation or no confirmation, the statute of limitations has probably run out on his crimes, so forget about prosecuting him in criminal court, too.

Under who? Merrick Garland?

In their minds, it's killing off all the right people. It's moments like these when I am glad for the strong sense of faith that both my parents instilled in me as a child. I couldn't possibly live in this country, with the way things are now, without knowing there IS a God or relying upon Him to see me and my loved ones through.

Bill Maher was on "Alice"? But seriously. I, too, thought it was ridiculous that he would say that Hillary lost because she wouldn't appear on his show. (Has Trump ever appeared on "Real Time," or "Politically Incorrect" for that matter?) If anything, appearing on RT would have cost her even more votes, because BM is just so vile. The only thing that lost Hillary the election was the right's successful campaign to paint her as some combination Imelda Marcos, Margaret Thatcher and your garden-variety human trafficker on "Law & Order: SVU." What IS the truth there? Because, from my perspective, it seems like the Israeli/Palestine situation is more of a "both sides" thing than something like what happened in Charlottesville ever will be. But, I'm not as bright on int'l politics as I'd like to be, so maybe I've got the whole thing wrong?

I don't know what it means either, but I'm glad she'll have her chance. The FBI and the WH counsel's office's disregarding her for the purposes of their investigation will come back to haunt them.

The only ones who have victimized Christine Blasey Ford are Mark Judge, the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and, of course, Brett Kavanaugh.

Yes, honey, she brought NAMES. Love it.

Ugh. Steve Bannon. As if this week couldn't be any shittier. Bill Maher is garbage.

Probably b/c they've been instructed not to talk with her. An attempted rape investigation, where talking to the alleged victim is off-limits. Only in Trump Nation, ladies and gentlemen.

Same.

So sad, and so very true.

It's the old adage: "Be careful what you wish for." People wanted an FBI investigation so badly, but it never occurred to them that the WH, through the counsel's office, could still set the parameters. I, myself, didn't realize as much, but I knew that if Trump wanted Kavanaugh in SCOTUS so badly, he'd find a way to make this investigation as toothless as possible. It'll take an act of God (or, yes, Robert Mueller) to stop that man from being confirmed. Otherwise...? If he gets in there, and we learn that he's guilty of so much as an unpaid parking ticket, @marceline and one of my FB friends are right: there's going to be violence.

I smell a cover-up. I knew this would happen. I knew the minute they got the FBI to investigate, the WH and/or Senate would figure out a way to make their task impossible. It's bad enough they get only one week. But, now, the FBI will likely uncover nothing, b/c the WH has rigged it that way; and although it's sickeningly unethical, it's also perfectly legal. What. A. Joke. Honestly, I'm about as checked out as Ashley Kavanaugh appears to be (yet again) in the above picture.

Meanwhile, one of my FB friends just posted an article about the House passing more tax cuts. I can't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere in the trillions. No wonder Trump loves Kav so much. They're both masters at the fine art of distraction. Speaking as someone who did, in fact, stock shelves for a living, I would have to agree with this statement.

Has it been just one year? To me, it's felt like more five.

Mulaney hit the nail on its head. If this were happening on any drama series, daytime or primetime, I'd bail. America in 2018 is what happens when Maria Arena Bell, Ron Carlivati, Josh Griffith, Bob Guza, Jr., Dena Higley, David Kreizman, Leah Laiman, Tom Langan, Megan McTavish, Jean Passanante, Charles Pratt, Jr. and Hogan Sheffer all write for the same show, with Jill Farren Phelps as their producer. Someone needs to cancel this mess of a soap opera, and now.

You know what I like about sitcoms? No matter how crazy things become, you know that, in thirty minutes, it's over. (Unless it's a two-parter. Or a special one-hour episode. Or one of the increasing number of those with continuing storylines -- I hate those.) Conversely, I'm beginning to detest soap operas, because now I know what it feels like when [!@#$%^&*] keeps going...and going...and going....

He lies for the same reason Trump lies: because he's deeply, deeply insecure. And because he can.

I've watched enough "Law & Order" reruns to know that "subpoenas = trouble."