«“two of my daughters told me stories that I had never heard before about things that happened to them in high school.”
Wallace acknowledged that the allegations were not as serious as those against Kavanaugh, but, he said, “the point is that there are teenage girls who don’t tell stories to a lot of people, and then it comes up.”
“And I don’t think we can disregard that,”»
«The key votes — Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) — are not easily swayed by the president, these people say. At least some of these members have received calls from former president George W. Bush in recent days, aides say.»
Hmm, I wonder what he said to them?
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/trump-could-get-reelected/571522/
«Or, more precisely: For all I know, he’s going to get reelected, because his voters certainly didn’t see what I just saw.»
I would quote more, but this article is so short I’d accidentally quote most of it. Just read it.
This is weird, but my imagination of a scene is almost always left/right reversed from the author’s. What does that mean?
From “Some Golden Harbor (Lt. Leary Book 5)” by David Drake –
“The ramp clanged into its locking seat on the port outrigger.”
Start reading this book for free: http://a.co/bL4E7Yc
https://mastodon.social/@mathew/100765330180027703
*snerk*
«Time to start thinking about scary Halloween costumes. How would you dress up as a monad?»
https://www.burr.senate.gov/press/releases/senator-burr-statement-on-judge-kavanaugh-nomination
Crush them all.
(By which I mean Republicans, in the next THREE election cycles, at least.)
https://twitter.com/sehurlburt/status/1044814366003138560?s=17
This thread. =:o
Stephanie Hurlburt (@sehurlburt) Tweeted:
I try not to talk about this stuff when I’m feeling low, now that I’m having a moment of feeling good I can
Mental health. I’m in horrible emotional pain these days. If you’re going through this too I see you and I get it and I believe in you. Like this is my schedule this week https://t.co/D1X952HwHK
https://twitter.com/krossny1/status/1044752419433918465?s=17
I’d make popcorn if I didn’t already know how this movie is going to end.
“& yet i swear this oath – america will be!” (@krossny1) Tweeted:
The Rachel Mitchell responsible for this miscarriage of justice is who the GOP want to interview Ford? “They took away six counts of sexual molestation that were the charges that we wanted instead of misconduct with a minor — even though we had the proof.” https://t.co/UxGM5DpPwX
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/what-fresh-kind-of-hell-is-barstool-sports.html
“Dumber and number”. I like that.
«It is, in the way so many little things do these days — with such a relentlessness that you have to rouse yourself to even notice it anymore — making us dumber and number and emptier at our core.»
FTR, I never really knew what Deadspin was, and I’ve only heard of Barstool Sports vaguely, once or twice.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/monsanto-weedkiller-harms-bees-research-finds
Hmm. :-\
«Harm to gut bacteria by glyphosate exposure has also been shown in a pilot study in rats. “Gut bacteria play a vital role in maintaining good health, in organisms as diverse as bees and humans,” said Goulson. “The finding that these bacteria are sensitive to the most widely used pesticide in the world is thus concerning.”»
Here, Read This 