Trump announces Brett Kavanaugh as his 2nd SCOTUS nominee.

[GannonFan]

The thing I heard is that the second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, provided the FBI with the names of persons who may be able to corroborate her story and the FBI didn't interview any of them. If that is true I think Democrats are totally justified in saying the investigation was truncated.

I don't see how you can go out and just interview the accuser in an incident then not interview anybody who potentially could corroborate her story then say that was an adequate assessment. Whether the reaction is predictable or not, I don't see how anybody can defend that if it happened.

I don't know what your sources are (other than Ramirez's lawyers) but apparently they did interview several of the people Ramirez suggested could give corroborating evidence - they just didn't interview all 20+ names that she gave. And none of the ones they talked to could support her story. It didn't help that she apparently went around and tried to drum up people's memories of something, if it did happen, no one other than her remembered anymore. The story that had to be looked at was Ford's and they interviewed all the people of note in that one and they couldn't get any more confirmation of the story than what they had following the Senate hearings last week, and ultimately that's not going to be enough.

[CAA Flagship]

How's business at the golf course?

Flat. The industry is still in the tank. 212 courses closed last year. We just had an 18 hole daily fee in Spokane close on September 30th after 50 years of operation. It was bought by a developer for water rights.



We were overbuilt like so many industries. The only ones thriving are tax payer subsidized municipal courses and high end resort/destination. Even private clubs have been hurt. Ed seminars preach retention of existing golfers in addition to player development.

Yeah. A friend of mine was an operating partner for several golf courses on the EC(b). His partners decided to bail so he had to as well. He had to sell a beautiful house that he had built just 5 years ago and find a new job.
He has three girls with the oldest a freshman in college. He has taken a big hit personally and is sweating it out financially.

[93henfan]

Yeah. A friend of mine was an operating partner for several golf courses on the EC(b). His partners decided to bail so he had to as well. He had to sell a beautiful house that he had built just 5 years ago and find a new job.
He has three girls with the oldest a freshman in college. He has taken a big hit personally and is sweating it out financially.

But what about D1B?

[CAA Flagship]

Yeah. A friend of mine was an operating partner for several golf courses on the EC(b). His partners decided to bail so he had to as well. He had to sell a beautiful house that he had built just 5 years ago and find a new job.
He has three girls with the oldest a freshman in college. He has taken a big hit personally and is sweating it out financially.

But what about D1B?

He broke his putter.

[kalm]

Flat. The industry is still in the tank. 212 courses closed last year. We just had an 18 hole daily fee in Spokane close on September 30th after 50 years of operation. It was bought by a developer for water rights.



We were overbuilt like so many industries. The only ones thriving are tax payer subsidized municipal courses and high end resort/destination. Even private clubs have been hurt. Ed seminars preach retention of existing golfers in addition to player development.

You just don't see the younger set playing golf anymore, certainly not at the numbers to replace the older golfers. I remember when I started working 20+ years ago and there would be a work-related golf outing almost every week, especially with customers. Now I don't know a single higher-up who golfs, and there hasn't been a work-related golf thing as long as I can remember.

Spot on. Special event play, leagues, and competitive rounds are all down. Millenials haven't embraced the sport. Tons more competing pastimes for Rec dollars....boomers are kayaking, mountain biking, paddle boarding (fuck those two generations am I right X'ers?)

We're trying to be proactive as an industry with making courses easier, tee it forward campaign, PGA Junior League etc but the other major hurdle is time. We're all simply busier these days. It's an uphill battle.

[SeattleGriz]

So Ford's FBI buddy, who she allegedly coached on how to take a polygraph, was apparently texting Keyser to adjust her story to help Ford.

Keyser was the one Ford threw under the bus for not corroborating her story.

Interesting to see how many DOJ/FBI officials on Ford's side that also were on the FISA abuse side.

[89Hen]

Yeah, but the election loses a lot of meaning with Kavanaugh going through.

Not to me. I never saw whether Kavanaugh went through or not as a big thing. If he hadn't made it through they'd have had time to stick another one in even if they did lose the Senate.

Time, yes. Votes, no. I would not put it past a Dem controlled Senate to vote down any and all nominees for two years.

[LeadBolt]

Time between the elections in November and the new Senators taking office in January.


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[89Hen]

Time between the elections in November and the new Senators taking office in January.

No chance of that.

[93henfan]

Collins to vote "yes".

Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to SCOTUS.

[89Hen]

Collins to vote "yes".

Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to SCOTUS.

I would love to see the faces of the gallery sitting in the Capitol.

[93henfan]

Collins to vote "yes".

Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to SCOTUS.

I would love to see the faces of the gallery sitting in the Capitol.

They had an outburst as she was walking out. Something about "Maine women". I guarantee not a one of them was from Maine.

[93henfan]

Pretty damned impassioned speech by Collins. Impressive stuff.

I'm glad some women in this country still have their wits about them.

[89Hen]

So Collins went from a possible GOP liability to knocking one out of the park. Bad day for liberals.

[93henfan]

So Collins went from a possible GOP liability to knocking one out of the park. Bad day for liberals.

What you might not like so much is that the main sticking point for her decision is that she feels Kavvy won't overturn R v W. She's been going on about it for 10 mins.

[93henfan]

Now she's shredding the ABA for being partisan hacks of late. Awesome.

[CAA Flagship]

Now she's shredding the ABA for being partisan hacks of late. Awesome.

[93henfan]

Now she's shredding the ABA for being partisan hacks of late. Awesome.

Julius, the Doctor, EEEEEERRRR ving. - Dave Zinkoff

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[93henfan]

Collins really squashed all of the stupidity perpetrated by the left for the past two months. That was very damning for them.

[89Hen]

Manchin now a yes too. Done and done.

[89Hen]

So Collins went from a possible GOP liability to knocking one out of the park. Bad day for liberals.

What you might not like so much is that the main sticking point for her decision is that she feels Kavvy won't overturn R v W. She's been going on about it for 10 mins.

I didn't expect RvW to be overturned in my lifetime, but I can certainly hope so.

[93henfan]

A reliably conservative US Supreme Court for a generation to come.

Yet another Trump campaign promise kept. Like him or hate him, the guy gets things done and does what he says he was going to do.

[LeadBolt]

I’m thinking it would be a good thing to have a mandatory retirement age for all employees of the Federal Government including the Supreme Court, Congress and the executive branch of say 85 to go along with term limits for Congress.


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[93henfan]

I’m thinking it would be a good thing to have a mandatory retirement age for all employees of the Federal Government including the Supreme Court, Congress and the executive branch of say 85 to go along with term limits for Congress.


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Yes. And raise the voting age to 30.

[CAA Flagship]

I’m thinking it would be a good thing to have a mandatory retirement age for all employees of the Federal Government including the Supreme Court, Congress and the executive branch of say 85 to go along with term limits for Congress.


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Yes. And raise the voting age to 30.

YAAS