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  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg Died

    Oh man. RIP, but this is going to get ugly

  • #2
    Originally posted by revo View Post
    Oh man. RIP, but this is going to get ugly
    Jesus Fucking Christ
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    • #3
      Very sad day. It is incomprehensible to me how McConnell can sell the idea of trying to replace her before November when Scalia died in February, Garland was nominated in March, and he and other Republicans argued it was much too little time to get it done and it was immoral to do so with the election just a short 8 months away.

      It is easy to forget she was considered a moderate most of her life, but the SC had moved so far to the right, she became a liberal by comparison, and the court is far more conservative now and likely to get even more so.

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      • #4
        I will always appreciate how she dedicated the last part of her life to saving the SCOTUS from Trump's shit--giving up the last 3+ years to prevent him from doing what we all KNOW he will try and do was a true sacrifice--Now, as though it hasn't already--The REAL fight begins.
        If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

        Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
          I will always appreciate how she dedicated the last part of her life to saving the SCOTUS from Trump's shit--giving up the last 3+ years to prevent him from doing what we all KNOW he will try and do was a true sacrifice--Now, as though it hasn't already--The REAL fight begins.
          Yeah, and it was her choice and right to stay on that long, but it amazes me how many octogenarians are in positions of vital import in our government. I was surprised she did not retire during the Obama era.

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          • #6
            2020 only gets worse...far worse.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sour Masher View Post
              Very sad day. It is incomprehensible to me how McConnell can sell the idea of trying to replace her before November when Scalia died in February, Garland was nominated in March, and he and other Republicans argued it was much too little time to get it done and it was immoral to do so with the election just a short 8 months away.

              It is easy to forget she was considered a moderate most of her life, but the SC had moved so far to the right, she became a liberal by comparison, and the court is far more conservative now and likely to get even more so.
              Just have to hope enough Republicans will recognize this is indistinguishable from Garland. But they’ll probably just ram this through with some pathetic excuse for “logic.”

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              • #8
                Originally posted by umjewman View Post
                Just have to hope enough Republicans will recognize this is indistinguishable from Garland. But they’ll probably just ram this through with some pathetic excuse for “logic.”
                Of course they will. They're all morally repugnant assholes who only care about their party, even though it's turned into a mockery of their supposed principles.
                If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                - Terence McKenna

                Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DMT View Post
                  Of course they will. They're all morally repugnant assholes who only care about their party, even though it's turned into a mockery of their supposed principles.
                  Just hoping enough of the ones in tight races feel like not pushing it through gives them a better chance of winning. But I’m very much not optimistic.

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                  • #10
                    Despite winning the popular vote just once in 32 years, they will soon have a 6-3 majority. What a fucking shithole.
                    If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                    - Terence McKenna

                    Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                    How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                    • #11
                      I can't do the political calculus tonight, I will instead just be sad for RBG and her family. Hell of a justice.

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                      • #12
                        Don't despair too much--The Dems should win the WH, the Senate and keep the house--IF the GOP pushes through another Justice, the Dems simple expand the court and pack it with their choices. No need to play fair anymore.
                        If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

                        Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
                        Martin Luther King, Jr.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
                          Don't despair too much--The Dems should win the WH, the Senate and keep the house--IF the GOP pushes through another Justice, the Dems simple expand the court and pack it with their choices. No need to play fair anymore.
                          Yeah, I don't trust them to take the radical steps necessary.
                          If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                          - Terence McKenna

                          Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                          How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DMT View Post
                            Yeah, I don't trust them to take the radical steps necessary.
                            Unfortunately it's all we got.
                            If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

                            Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
                            Martin Luther King, Jr.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
                              Unfortunately it's all we got.
                              Yep, but the margin will be razor thin and people like Manchin and Sinema aren't going to go along.
                              If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                              - Terence McKenna

                              Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                              How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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