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  1. D. Hocking
    Did no one talk to Kavenaugh before his interview and tell him, try to come across like you were a good kid, but don't go overboard and try to paint yourself as a virginal choir boy whose main focus was on school, church and service projects and staying away from parties, because it will come across as fake and be too easy for someone to bring up examples to the contrary? I do find it a bit disturbing, whether these incidents happened or not, that the GOP leadership is so eager to paint out the old -- the women are making false accusations -- before they hear any testimony and seem to be suppressing other relevant factors. They have gone out of their way to embrace the old talking points -- she is a liar - or she is confused - or she had been drinking - or he was just a kid when it comes to disparaging a victim.
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    Hasn't Ronan Farrow been pretty careful not publishing things without a strong substantive foundation? This is from his New Yorker article and does not reflect well on the Senior Republicans Regarding Kavanaugh's 1982 calendar, do they really think a teenage boy would put down in writing he went to a party where there was underage drinking?
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    Sadly, this seems to be an accurate description of the Senators on the judicial committee as well, not to mention the Thing in the White House. Look at who they surround themselves and hire. One of Grassley's aides involved with this had to resign due to sexual harassment claims against him. Almost all of their statements have been dismissive or indifferent and/or completely out of touch of how an assault victim feels or reacts. Trump hired an exec from Fox who after he was fired in the fall out of harassment claims with the network and has endorsed Roy Moore and still will praise Rob Porter. It would not surprise me if a lot of these men actually believe Ford's story, but will pretend there is not enough evidence to convince them, because they really feel getting a conservative on the court is more important than the actual integrity of the court, or they don't think it is a big deal because boys will be boys and she was at a party with alcohol wearing a swim suit and is partially to blame. Sounds like Ford has reached an agreement to testify.
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    Just when I did not think I could loathe him more. If I did not know any better, I would say this is how a sexual predator would respond to this situation.
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    Possibly even Russian Roulette.
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    It is much better since, but before they disposed of that ring, you could not go out at night. My college roommate's daughter married a New Zealander, and I suspect they will remain there. I think there one big issue is housing is not cheap. How many times has Trump expressed his sympathy for the accused male and at least indirectly expressed doubt on the female making the accusations? If you were an dinosaur stuck in 1950 when you were interrogating Anita Hill, and 25 years later you have not evolved at all, maybe it is time for you to retire instead of acting indignant when an educated professional woman is hesitant to be questioned by you with less than a week's notice, esp. when you are resistant to doing an investigation and appear to be limiting the scope of people you will question. I heard someone on the news still saying "moderate" Susan Collins. I am not sure periodically meekly spouting some wishy-washy concerns and then not following up on them and remaining lock stock with the party is what I would call moderate.
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    This cover is a bit amazing. They did not even call witnesses who were going to support Hill's testimony. I would like to think it would be handled a bit differently today, but being that they are rushing to do the testimony on Monday and do not think it is necessary to involve the third person, things have not changed that much. Look at Hatch saying she seems mixed up and Kavenaugh seems like a good guy before hearing any testimony. I think there are many people who want Kavenaugh to completely push the court far right are willing to quickly believe this is a mixed up woman after a half a day of testimony and no investigation. Look at Collin's rather tepid response compared to when Al Franken took a crass photo.
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    I am assuming that meant Trump himself had to get off the elevator.
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    It is always about him and he cannot ever admit he made a mistake no matter what the size. He could not even admit coveffte was a typo. There have been a number of instances where things that reflect him in a negative fashion would go away relatively quickly, but he doubles down and cannot shut up about something because he thinks if he keeps repeating his often false statement it will eventually become true.
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    Joe does not exactly love doing interviews, and this might mean nothing, but the fact he did this in-depth (for him) interview with Koskie (not to mention his statement to LaVelle) makes me think he is getting ready to say good bye. https://anchor.fm/linklete/episodes/Joe-Mauer--Minnesota-Twins-e264ri/Joe-Mauer-Minnesota-Twins-a57gk0?utm_content=buffer918e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&sf92548376=1
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    We own this team - we are Yankee Kryptonite.
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    Radar's Ah Bach was the first thing I thought of when I read the joke.
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    When Vanimal becomes president - I think it will bring on a golden age of investigative journalism.
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    I am a Joe homer and at the beginning of the season I was hoping he would be able to play a couple of more years (of course at the time I thought we would have a good chance to win the division). The last concussion made me think it might be best for him to retire (was that with Justin with his last neck injury as well). I kind of have a feeling this was Joe's way of letting people know these games will be the last time you can see him play, but avoid having the all of the media hoopla before every game. Regardless of when he decides to retire, I suspect he will not be formally announce it until the season is over. He is not going to do a farewell tour.
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    It is usually not a good sign for the boss when the intern is being interviewed anonymously on a national news program.
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    I originally read this as William Shatner Junior College - which would have been a pretty awesome education.
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    I always suspected Vanimal was actually Sid posting under a pseudonym trying to be young and hip. Of course that would make him the second oldest person posting on this board.
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    He still manages to surprise me from time to time.
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    I cannot remember who made this comment, but when Grassley said his people had been able to get through the documents that were received late the night before, someone replied that is impressive that they were able to get through 7000 pages an hour. I am not sure Grassley was prepared for as much push-back as he got. Maybe this guy is qualified and should be confirmed (although I cringe as the direction it will take the court), but I do have a problem with it being rushed through because they are afraid of what will happen at the midterms or what will come out next about Trump. I do think it smells a bit that possibly the main reason this guy was nominated is because Trump liked his views on whether a sitting President should be investigated, subpoenaed etc. It is very possible that Trump is hand selecting a judge who he will appear before in the semi-near future. In addition to the politicization of the nomination process, sadly I think you can even go broader than than that and say the entire court is now politicized. There is not a lot of guess work in determining how the justices are going to rule on a case and how it aligns with their political affiliations. I am sure there has always been a little of that, but it seems to have gotten worse the last 25 years or so. There used to be a time when a president would occasionally be unhappily surprised that the newest justice is not ruling from the bench as he would have predicted from his political affiliation.
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    This is cynical and really pretty speculative and not really based on sound-reasoning, but maybe Lindsey thinks he would be a good AG replacement for Mr. Sessions once he is fired after the midterms. It would help explain the sucking up and the change in his position on the firing of Sessions.
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    Yes - not too different from the GOP leaders in the House and Senate who turn a blind eye and will only give a tepid criticism of Trump, because they want their tax cuts and judicial appointment, ignoring all the long term damage to our relationships with our allies and the environment etc. if it makes their wallet thicker today. There is arrogance thinking that they can stop Trump when they decide it is absolutely necessary, but they might find that it will be too little too late and the checks and balances are too far compromised and Trump will be completely beyond their control Needless to say there really needs to be a change in the balance of power in at least one of the houses at the midterms (think turning the Senate will be tough and won't feel good about the House until after the election). On a different note--- who has something on Lindsey Graham? He is Trump's number one cheerleader now. I wonder what McCain thought of Lindsey's about face for Trump the last year. He had a relatively small role at the funeral.
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    Response after the recent death toll adjustments from Puerto Rico I listened to the more extended sound clip, he rambles about how it was more difficult to help, since it was on an island and things were in such bad shape prior to the hurricane. It is possible that he mentioned it elsewhere, but no comment on loss of life just doubling-down that he did great. I heard the old clip from when he was saying things were great because only 16 people died (which anyone at the time had to know that was way off). Even if the 16 dead would have been accurate - it is still 16 dead people, you don't pat yourself on the back and joke as you throw out paper towels. He really does have no soul.
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    This might not belong in this thread, but since we probably don't need another Mauer thread, I did think this was kind of a cool story. https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/25/not-vocal-twins-joe-mauer-has-a-quote-on-a-t-shirt/
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    Dogs

    D. Hocking replied to Vanimal46's topic in The Sports Bar

    I remember my dog would be confused when there was deeper snow she would see what she would think would be a stick right there for her to grab - but be frustrated when she could not get it out of the snow not realizing it was part of a partially buried bush or small tree and rooted into the ground. It was funny she could have cared less about sticks until she saw my Mom's dog grab one on a walk and it was like she was discovering a new world. She was probably only stick obsessed for a year or two, and even then did not have the dedication to carrying sticks like a retriever or lab would have.
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    Joe looked a little moved by the response of the crowd for his hit (for Joe). Or since it is nickname night, Mauer looked a little moved by the response of the crowd.
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