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I have to tell you, in hind sight, maybe Anita Hill was right?!?!
Quote from: Pete on June 23, 2023, 10:33:03 PMI have to tell you, in hind sight, maybe Anita Hill was right?!?!There's a current podcast about Thomas, not about the stuff now, but his upbringing and it concludes with the confirmation hearings. America of the early 90s was really mumped up. It's pretty amazing how differently women and minorites were treated back then. There were so few women and black voices in Washington back then that Thomas was allowed to lie and bully without being checked all because whites, led by Joe Biden didn't feel like they could challenge him in fear of backlash from black voters. 30 years later and Joe Biden still only knows how to identify with black people by thinking about what southern black voters want.Anyway, the podcast is really good and the federal government, starting with Joe Biden, owes Anita Hill a formal apology.https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s8/becoming-justice-thomas
Quote from: MakeItRain on June 24, 2023, 11:45:32 AMQuote from: Pete on June 23, 2023, 10:33:03 PMI have to tell you, in hind sight, maybe Anita Hill was right?!?!There's a current podcast about Thomas, not about the stuff now, but his upbringing and it concludes with the confirmation hearings. America of the early 90s was really mumped up. It's pretty amazing how differently women and minorites were treated back then. There were so few women and black voices in Washington back then that Thomas was allowed to lie and bully without being checked all because whites, led by Joe Biden didn't feel like they could challenge him in fear of backlash from black voters. 30 years later and Joe Biden still only knows how to identify with black people by thinking about what southern black voters want.Anyway, the podcast is really good and the federal government, starting with Joe Biden, owes Anita Hill a formal apology.https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s8/becoming-justice-thomasI think even at the time of his confirmation most if not all people in the room believed Anita Hill’s accusations were credible. But Thomas got some good coaching…get out in front, say this whole confirmation hearing has been a modern day lynching, and nobody was going to dare being on the opposite side of that.
Quote from: steve dave on May 13, 2023, 11:45:52 AMsince this is also somehow the feinstein thread I'm posting the weekend at bernies antics story herehttps://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1657378439253438469Holy craphttps://twitter.com/boreskes/status/1658580390053924866Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
since this is also somehow the feinstein thread I'm posting the weekend at bernies antics story herehttps://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1657378439253438469
Elder woman held hostage by her employees for last period of life so coworkers could prosper.
That's assuming she had the mental capacity to make that self-assessment and determination. Something I would not take for granted in this case.
Quote from: CNS on September 29, 2023, 08:35:49 AMElder woman held hostage by her employees for last period of life so coworkers could prosper.Ehhh, she could have stepped aside. She chose not to. Newsome better appoint an interim quick so we can avoid a (prolonged) shutdown. Wouldn't be surprised if he already has a list ready, given this foreseeable event.
Quote from: Spracne on September 29, 2023, 11:50:03 AMQuote from: CNS on September 29, 2023, 08:35:49 AMElder woman held hostage by her employees for last period of life so coworkers could prosper.Ehhh, she could have stepped aside. She chose not to. Newsome better appoint an interim quick so we can avoid a (prolonged) shutdown. Wouldn't be surprised if he already has a list ready, given this foreseeable event.Supposedly, Newsome’s list is why she did t step down. Apparently, there is a difference of opinion between him and other party members in who should be set up to take her place.
He should choose himself
Quote from: wetwillie on September 29, 2023, 01:04:32 PMHe should choose himselfInspired by the TexAgs thread, if he were really playing the game of thrones, he'd appoint Kamala, then become VP, then supplant Biden.
Quote from: Spracne on September 29, 2023, 01:15:39 PMQuote from: wetwillie on September 29, 2023, 01:04:32 PMHe should choose himselfInspired by the TexAgs thread, if he were really playing the game of thrones, he'd appoint Kamala, then become VP, then supplant Biden.Maybe he'll feed him to Commander?
Quote from: steve dave on May 16, 2023, 04:29:28 PMQuote from: steve dave on May 13, 2023, 11:45:52 AMsince this is also somehow the feinstein thread I'm posting the weekend at bernies antics story herehttps://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1657378439253438469Holy craphttps://twitter.com/boreskes/status/1658580390053924866Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalkthey were almost literally rolling her corpse out there
Reads like a page out of the Biden-Americore playbook.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-senate-inquiry.htmloops, just forgot to report my friend bought me a $250,000 RV and then I made a few interest payments to my friend maybe and then my friend at UnitedHealth Group said "no worries, keep on truckin!"
Quote from: Kat Kid on October 30, 2023, 11:52:25 AMhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-senate-inquiry.htmloops, just forgot to report my friend bought me a $250,000 RV and then I made a few interest payments to my friend maybe and then my friend at UnitedHealth Group said "no worries, keep on truckin!"I don’t know about you guys, but I would totally suck someone’s dick for a $250K RV.