- This week’s note in Trumpian ‘Alternative Facts’ comes from Cleveland’s Plain Dealer where Jon Forbes suggests that attacks on the very concept of truth are nothing new and proposes that the main alternative to alternative facts is evidence.
- M. Bouffant at Web of Evil brings the news as yet another former White House official feels the urge to revise statements to investigators about the 2016 election and Russia. There being a few legal inconveniences involved in lying to federal investigators, the best evidence from reluctant witnesses often comes in a formal setting with a compulsory incentive toward truth. Think Mark Judge.
- At The Onion, Republicans argue that Kavanaugh should not be denied an appointment because of a youthful indiscretion of repeatedly lying under oath. Hey! I know it’s satire.
- Erstwhile Justice Kavanaugh produced a calendar from his school days which his attorneys claim exonerates him. Tommy Christopher takes a close look and discovers that, in fact, the dates and entries support accusations against him. Support is not proof of guilt, but it is proof that his lawyers should have looked at the damn thing first.
- As Jonathan Bernstein reads the situation, Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony left Republicans in a bind. It became clear that any plans to discredit her experience or her integrity would not work.
- Green Eagle offers a brief, well thought out grading, of the Thursday oral test of character as taken by three subjects: Kamala Harris, Lindsey Graham, and Brett Kavanaugh. The Kavanaugh segment includes a photo of the furious nominee as he scolds Senators for even considering accusations from his youth in the face of his exemplary resume. As Mr. Kavanaugh rages against the injustice of it all, our attention is directed to the reactions of women sitting in the audience behind him.
- Max’s Dad departs from razor sharp rant-type entertainment to have a serious talk about the Kavanaugh saga as a wake up call to decent men.
- Frances Langum reads, quotes, and explains why a national Jesuit publication endorsed Brett Kavanaugh, then withdrew the endorsement and endorsed a withdrawal.
- Wisconsin conservatives James and Doreen Wigderson make the case for Kavanaugh and demand a Senate vote right now, if not sooner.
- MyCue is back (at last) at Random Thoughts considering whether left wing folk are right in thinking Mr. Kavanaugh is a rapist or right wing folk are right in thinking Professor Ford is a lying, false accuser. Rejecting right wing and left wing, MyCue decides to settle safely at the middle of the bird.
- Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit contrasts the precautions men and women take to prevent sexual assault.
- Well, back to real news. The Journal of Improbable Research finds a study sponsored by Ghent University in Belgium on whether homosexual males, when compared to heterosexual males, exhibit differences in nasal resonance.
- John Scalzi strikes me as a little young for this. But, at Whatever, he writes a short beginner’s guide to the sunnier side of aging.
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