To be fair, it's the death of one person after a lot of fuckery regarding the Supreme Court
I'm just so horrified by the possibility of another Kavanaugh or even worse getting a lifetime appointment I can't really think straight
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 18, 2020 3:41:06 pm PDT #26410 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Sep 18, 2020 3:44:20 pm PDT #26411 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Given that the Republicans refused to hold hearings on Merrick Garland in the March before the election in 2016 because it was too close to the election, you would think so. Of course, the last four years have shown the Republicans to be hypocrites with conveniently short memories and no integrity, so I wouldn't count on it.
I know, I was kidding.
Consuela - Sep 18, 2020 3:47:24 pm PDT #26412 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
doing it in the lame duck session would hurt them in 2022
The GOP doesn't have a long-term strategy anymore (and the electorate doesn't have a long-term memory); I don't think fear of 2022 would stop the GOP in the least.
That's my big concern: what leverage does anyone have during a lame-duck session? Almost none.
Besides, we'll be in the streets anyway, trying to stop the GOP from having the GOP state legislatures from claiming they can't count the votes in time, and leaving the election up to the House of Representatives (which for this purpose votes by state and thus the GOP would win).
If our democracy survives to 2021, I will train for a fucking marathon next year.
-t - Sep 18, 2020 3:51:30 pm PDT #26413 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes sense, Consuela
Laura - Sep 18, 2020 4:10:46 pm PDT #26414 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I was peacefully out to dinner with my husband, blissfully unaware until we got in the car to go home that this tragedy has occurred.
I can't stop crying. It is so stupid to be so upset, but every damn day I think things can't get worse. And then they do.
Scrappy - Sep 18, 2020 5:10:16 pm PDT #26415 of 30019
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I just heard and got an instant blinding headache.
meara - Sep 18, 2020 6:02:36 pm PDT #26416 of 30019
Yeah I'm so fearful that in a lame duck session they won't have anything to lose by pushing it through (and possibly even more to gain if it becomes a gore v Bush type situation!). Earlier today I saw 2021 calendars at the store and was like "not close enough yet!" And now I'm scared of what else 2020 could still bring even before November!
Topic!Cindy - Sep 18, 2020 6:05:32 pm PDT #26417 of 30019
What is even happening?
I'm not buying a calendar until January 2nd. If anyone gives us one for Christmas, it's going under my bed, in a bag, until January 2nd.
Katerina Bee - Sep 18, 2020 7:11:37 pm PDT #26418 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
RBG went out like a superhero of justice. I'm sure it galled her to have to give in before the election.
Theodosia - Sep 19, 2020 3:15:37 am PDT #26419 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
May her memory be a blessing.