All Hat No Cattle

Friday, September 28, 2018

Lindsey Graham is screaming into his pillow right now

Kavanaugh confirmation hits major snag after Flake seeks FBI probe
Republicans were on course to take the judge's high court nomination to the Senate floor as soon as this weekend.

Brett Kavanaugh and Lindsey Graham "doth protest too much."
Shakespeare nailed their kind centuries ago.

FLAKE CALLS FOR AN FBI INVESTIGATION, SOMEONE FETCH LINDSEY GRAHAM HIS FAINTING COUCH!!! - Rex Huppke

The thing is, it doesn't matter if they believe her or not. They don't think he did anything wrong.- Tim Hanlon

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

Today would really be a most excellent day for Mueller to drop an atomic f*cking bomb - Jeff Tiedrich

Never forget that Republicans made a survivor of sexual violence risk her life to tell every detail of the most traumatic day of her life for a pretend hearing so that they could confirm the man who assaulted her. -Liz Plank

I believe both the 6 million Jews and Adolf Hitler. Both were speaking their truth. Their deaths were gut-wrenching and vivid. His testimony was strong & messy. Tie goes to der Führer. -Warren Holstein

Ronan Farrow Uncovers More Republican Obstruction In Kavanaugh "Senate Investigation"
Throughout Thursday’s Senate hearing on Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual-misconduct allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee claimed that they had tried in vain to secure more information about other accusations made about the judge. “We were moving heaven and earth and even moving the schedule to get to the truth,” Senator Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, said....e-mail correspondence between Ramirez’s legal team and Republican and Democratic Senate staffers shows that a Republican aide declined to proceed with telephone calls and instead repeatedly demanded that Ramirez produce additional evidence in written form. Only then could any conversation about her testimony proceed. The exchange culminated in a breakdown of communication between the two sides, as Republican and Democratic staffers traded accusations of stonewalling.

I just heard Chairman Grassley say that there is nothing that the FBI can find out that “we [on the Committee] can’t find out.”If that’s true the United States has one of the worst intelligence services in the world. No wonder Putin is laughing at us. - Richard W.Painter

Republican Shenanigans

GOP Mulls Forcing Christine Blasey Ford To Publicly Apologize To Kavanaugh Just For Hell Of It - The Onion

Twenty years ago this month the Starr Report came out. Let’s review what happened to some of Bill Clinton’s antagonists.

The Sexcessionists

One of the House leaders, Henry Hyde, was revealed to have had an extramarital affair of his own. He called it a “youthful indiscretion” because he was, at the time, a mere 41 years old.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich all the while was having an affair with a staffer. (She is now ambassador to the Vatican.) He stepped down as speaker.

His anointed replacement, Robert Livingston, declined the job when it was disclosed that he too had an extramarital affair.

Fortunately for the GOP, they settled on another replacement, who served for eight years. That man, Dennis Hastert, later served time in a federal prison for molesting young boys when he was a wrestling coach.

Independent counsel Ken Starr went on to become president of Baylor University, but had to resign for turning a blind eye to sexual harassment

But at least one of Starr’s young staff attorneys made good. Brett Kavanaugh is likely to become the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court--unless, that is, someone discovers that he committed sexual assault or witnessed gang rapes while in high school.

- David Greenberg, Historian

______________________

Side note: Former Justice Antonin Scalia believed orgies were a good thing.

This is not normal. I believe now more than ever that there is a Grand Old Pervert's Secret Sex Club.

______________________

I hate to be impolite and raise a fuss, and sorry if this comes off as rude, but when do we f*cking rise up? - Bess Kalb

______________________

http://www.cwblogsite.com/

____________________

Women are showing great restraint in not burning everything to the f*cking ground today and I don't know how they do it. - Jeff Tiedrich

Rock The Voter News

Here come da Judge. Will He Cover For Kavanaugh?
A lawyer for Mark Judge told CNBC that Judge "will answer any and all questions posed to him" by the FBI about serious sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.

We have a judge who testified that an FBI investigation into an allegation of sexual assault isn’t necessary. A judge who Republicans nominated to be on the Supreme Court. If you are a woman, or you have a child, or you have a mother, a sister, call your senator today. - Chelsea Handler

____________________

http://www.wattensawpress.com/

____________________

Business/Tech News

Kavanaugh said his life is ruined. Parkland dad tweets: ‘Try having a child murdered’ - Carl Hiaasen

Facebook Finds Security Flaw
Facebook discovered a security issue that allowed hackers to access information that could have let them take over around 50 million accounts...

Many people are feeling hopeless, want to shut down. Others are angry, but pessimistic. In my eight decades plus, I’ve learned that a big sign times are a-changin’ is this: People are speaking up. And out. A secret held privately is pain. But once spoken aloud, it is power. - George Takei

____________________

Behold, a tip jar!

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Ford '100 percent' certain Kavanaugh assaulted her

Ford '100 percent' certain Kavanaugh assaulted her
Christine Blasey Ford, during powerful testimony, said of Brett Kavanaugh: "I believed he was going to rape me."

Her testimony is terrifying and heartrending.
She says they laughed while It was happening.- Stephen King

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

A woman just told @LindseyGrahamSC she was raped. He said, as he headed into an elevator, "I'm sorry. Tell the cops." - Emma Dumain, McClatchyDC tweet

Trump Delays Meeting With Rosenstein Until Next Crisis Arises
Trump delays Rosenstein meeting, leaving future of Mueller boss uncertain.
The two will now meet next week in the wake of reports that Rosenstein discussed wiretapping the president.

Take me to your leader.

Dr Ford is not on trial today. Sexual assault victims are not on trial today. Women and girls are not on trial today. So then why does it feel like we’re all on trial today? #KavanaughHearings - OhNoSheTwint

"I'm innocent, I'm completely innocent, I couldn't be more innocent, but for the love of God, don't let the FBI investigate any of this."
#KavanaughHearings - John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

I am so grateful to @ChuckGrassley today for giving us all a perfect picture of exactly who the @GOP is.
Thank you, senator.- Andy Lassner

I Wonder If Trump Has Financial Troubles To React Like This
Journalist Michael Lewis is reporting that President Donald Trump exploded in rage in 2016 when he learned it would cost millions of dollars to fund a presidential transition team — and it seems that Trump at one point ordered the entire office shut down.

Hillary Clinton- Deposed for 11 hours...did not flinch
Brett Kavanaugh- Deposed for 20 minutes...can't stop crying - Tony Posnanski

______________________

http://www.cwblogsite.com/

____________________

I was just walking outside the White House and a woman who looked to be in her 60s walked up to me and said, "I'm listening. She had me at laughter."
I stood there in shock. What a day for this nation. - Yamiche Alcindor, PBS

Brett Kavanaugh is sounding like Al Bundy whenever he brought up his championship victory at Polk High. Nobody cares that you were captain of 22 different sports. - Jemele Hill

Rock The Voter News

He Cried More Than Dr. Ford In The 1st Twenty Minutes
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh got choked up as he relayed a story of his daughters saying their prayers, wanting to pray specifically for “the woman,” presumably referring to professor Christine Blasey Ford.

If Kavanaugh is confirmed, will he be seeking revenge for the next 30 years? Sounds like it. - David Corn

"Binders full of women" almost seems angelic at this point. - Elizabeth Williams

Brett Kavanaugh is right now putting his hand over America's mouth, telling us not to scream and turning up the music. - Randi Mayem Singer

____________________

http://www.wattensawpress.com/

____________________

Dr Ford we subpoenaed your Blockbuster Video records and it says in 1986 you rented AIRPLANE. - Dave Itzkoff

I Bet Kavanaugh Is A Birther, Too.
Kavanaugh says he's victim of 'revenge on behalf of the Clintons' ... statement on Thursday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his confirmation. ... have openly opposed him, blaming them for destroying his family.

Trump says Chinese leaders respect his “very large brain”- John Harwood CNBC

____________________

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

This would be my statement to Brett Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh accuser lines up evidence ahead of hearing
Trump calls Kavanaugh 'a gem’ while the Supreme Court nominee’s accuser gives senators letters her attorneys claim bolster her case.

Kavanaugh Sobering Up After 35-Year Bender Shocked To Find Out He’s Supreme Court Nominee - The Onion

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

Hillary Clinton warned us about every f*cking thing. - Mr. Weeks tweet

Raj Shah says he's leaving the White House after Kavanaugh is confirmed. I guess he ain't leaving.
One of the White House’s most visible staffers has his eye on the exit door. Raj Shah, a deputy press secretary who has stepped behind the podium for numerous daily briefings, has told multiple people he plans to leave the West Wing following the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Chuck Grassley spends weekend practicing pretending-to-listen face. - Andy Borowitz

“It does not matter if you were a virgin. You are being accused of sexual assault, not sexual intercourse. Those things have nothing to do with each other. It’s the same as saying, ‘I couldn’t have robbed that bank; I’m a virgin.’” - Seth Meyers

Republican Shenanigans

Replying to @realDonaldTrump“False accusations?” Like those crimes your fixer Cohen pled to? You are an habitual liar and complete narcissist who also is a disgrace as a president and an embarrassment to our nation. You are so inept that your “best and brightest” are Cohen and Giuliani. Let’s go. - Michael Avenatti

Replacing the Republican Senators with a Republican "female assistant" to do their questioning won't make blaming the victim any more palatable.

I think I have a solution:
Leftists will stop yelling at politicians in restaurants when folks on the right stop yelling at women in front of abortion clinics. - Jon Cryer

Wow. Kavanaugh doesn't have a sterling reputation, after all.
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of misleading the Senate about his handling of grand jury secrets while working for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr two decades ago.

Brilliant! Kavanaugh releasing his calendars actually provides corroboration for new allegation timeline surrounding "Beach Week" - Eric Boehlert

Email
Subject: Self-Disqualifying People

Lisa,

Brett Kavanaugh has effectively disqualified himself as a nominee to the US Supreme Court, or any court, by not demanding what any innocent person would ask for: a full independent FBI investigation of the sexual allegations against him. That shows he cannot rule fairly as a judge, because he doesn't want the truth to be presented.

Marquis de Sade approves of Kavanaugh.

As the old saying goes: If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. Kavanaugh has chosen to lie down (and along) with Trump, and adopted the same game plan: Deny all accusations, attack their accusers, and refuse to provide past documentation (Trump's tax returns, Kavanaugh's years of documents about his time in past administrations).

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has disqualified himself, by 1. not demanding a full independent FBI investigation of the sexual allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, 2. invoking an unprecedented and absurd one-round of 5-minute questions by each Senator on the Judiciary committee to question Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, 3. refusing to hear from Deborah Ramirez and her corroborating witnesses, 4. having an Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell ask questions on behalf of all 11 Republican (male) senators on the Judiciary committee in tomorrow's hearing (abdicating their own responsibility), and 5. rushing through a US Supreme Court advice-and-consent process, instead making it a rubber stamp farce. Perhaps someone should grab the 11 Republicans on that committee by what's left of their cajones, and squeeze hard, until they yell Uncle and do the right thing.

We only shame sluts!!!

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell disqualified himself when he violated his oath of office by refusing to give a hearing for over a year to any US Supreme Court nominee (Merrick Garland) made by President Barack Obama.

This country has no functional Congress, Executive branch, or much of a Judiciary. The only thing that's working are some excellent journalists (print, TV, Radio, and online), some very courageous women, and those like Attorney Michael Avenatti that find people who may convince a few Republican Senators to vote no on Kavanaugh's nomination.

Kavanaugh is not qualified to serve as a judge on any court, as he appears to have committed perjury in his statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee, in present and past hearings.

Maybe Kavanaugh will feel what sexually abused women feel, when they are questioned on their behavior, and think about his daughters and the girls he has coached, who all will be asking themselves if he did what he has been accused of.

Of course, the schedule for tomorrow's hearing, and the Judiciary committee's vote on Friday are tenuous at this point, based on Grassley's and McConnell's statements yesterday, and may all change due to what Michael Avenatti's client reveals today.

Hope you are doing well,

- Sol

Thank you for writing Sol. I am okey dokey now that Avenatti's client has come forward. And it is really disgusting. Maybe he'll lose his federal judgeship?

You are so right about Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley. They are a disgrace to the Senate and to the United States of America, which contains more women than men.

What I don't get is how the GOP is still defending this sex/alcohol crazed nominee. More than ever I believe there is some sort of sex cult going on in the GOP. There are way too many pedophiles, rapists, rapist apologists and a recently convicted sex trafficker, who, by the way, had his picture taken with Don Jr.

Third Woman Accuses Kavanaugh
A third woman stepped forward Wednesday through her attorney to lodge allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, accusing him and a friend of attending house parties where women — including herself — were sexually assaulted.
She specifically accuses Kavanaugh of spiking drinks with drugs to “target particular girls so they could be taken advantage of.”

Republicans & Foxbots are calling Michael Avenatti the "creepy porn lawyer," dismissing his client accusing Kavanaugh of gang rape. That "creepy porn lawyer" and his porn star client brought down the president's lawyer who then implicated the president in a crime. So I'd listen. - Jim David

______________________

http://www.cwblogsite.com/

____________________

Kavanaugh's Lawyer Shames Third Victim
Beth Wilkinson, an attorney for Brett Kavanaugh, on Thursday suggested that a victim of gang rape was wrong for not coming forward before her Kavanaugh was named as a nominee to the Supreme Court....“Really, you witnessed gang rapes and you never came forward?” Wilkinson complained. “You witnessed something like that, as a parent and a daughter of two sons, I cannot imagine not coming forward when this man was named, if that’s what you witnessed. I don’t understand that.”

I’m suing President Donald Trump & Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today to stop the unconstitutional Kavanaugh confirmation process, which has violated the separation of powers. They may want to ram through this nomination come hell or high water, but that’s just not how our Constitution works. - Sen. Jeff Merkley

No one could have predicted that the party of Nazis, child molesters and wife beaters would also be the party of lying blackout-drunk gang-rape frat-boy judges - Jeff Tiedrich

Rock The Voter News

Duck. Duck. Goose!

Senate Releases Kavanaugh's Remarkable Remarks
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s prepared remarks about Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against him.

Brett Kavanaugh could molest a girl on the Senate floor and the GOP would blame the girl and confirm him.- Tony Posnanski

____________________

http://www.wattensawpress.com/

____________________

I would have thought that after the Catholic Church molestation scandal that the idea that widespread sexual abuse could go unreported or unpunished would no longer be inconceivable.- Adam Serwer

Business/Tech News

Trump is claiming China is interfering in the midterms because they do not want him to win them. I guess that’s going to be his excuse for losing the presidency this year. - Mrs. Betty Bowers