Week of October 16

[piratecat]

Oct 19, 2017 9:46:36 GMT -6 Minerva said:

I’m going to be visiting Angus’s hometown this weekend. Maybe I’ll drive by his house and see if I can spy his motorcycle. 🏍

ORLY? 

[Minerva]

Oct 19, 2017 9:52:13 GMT -6 piratecat said:

Oct 19, 2017 9:46:36 GMT -6 Minerva said:

I’m going to be visiting Angus’s hometown this weekend. Maybe I’ll drive by his house and see if I can spy his motorcycle. 🏍

ORLY? 

Lol. Is that your hood? I’ve have a wedding to attend in the area. 😎

[piratecat]

Oct 19, 2017 9:57:54 GMT -6 Minerva said:

Oct 19, 2017 9:52:13 GMT -6 piratecat said:

ORLY? 

Lol. Is that your hood? I’ve have a wedding to attend in the area. 😎

Ayuh. 

This is the best time to visit, I love fall here (we got married in October too). I hope you have a great time! 

[shadesofgold]

[shadesofgold]

The tea from SCOTUS is that Gorsuch is really pissing people off.

Totenberg, a renowned court reporter who is friendly with several justices, noted that Gorsuch “ticks off some members of the court—and I don’t think it’s just the liberals.” Without exposing her sources—“you talk to former law clerks, you talk to friends, you talk to some of the justices”—Totenberg then dropped a bombshell:

My surmise, from what I’m hearing, is that Justice [Elena] Kagan really has taken [Gorsuch] on in conference. And that it’s a pretty tough battle and it’s going to get tougher. And she is about as tough as they come, and I am not sure he’s as tough—or dare I say it, maybe not as smart. I always thought he was very smart, but he has a tin ear somehow, and he doesn’t seem to bring anything new to the conversation.

www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/10/why_rumors_of_a_gorsuch_kagan_supreme_court_clash_are_such_a_bombshell.html

[piratecat]

Oct 19, 2017 9:46:36 GMT -6 Minerva said:

I’m going to be visiting Angus’s hometown this weekend. Maybe I’ll drive by his house and see if I can spy his motorcycle. 🏍

I don't know where he lives though so it sounds like you and Senator King are tight. 

I have met his daughter in law and she is nice. 

[enchanted]

Oct 19, 2017 10:07:47 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

Well no shit.

That's mean and really, I am glad to see someone from the "same" party speaking out.

[JukEboX]

I just started watching the oversight hearing. bare with me.

[Minerva]

Oct 19, 2017 10:16:17 GMT -6 piratecat said:

Oct 19, 2017 9:46:36 GMT -6 Minerva said:

I’m going to be visiting Angus’s hometown this weekend. Maybe I’ll drive by his house and see if I can spy his motorcycle. 🏍

I don't know where he lives though so it sounds like you and Senator King are tight. 

I have met his daughter in law and she is nice. 

I took a leadership seminar from him in college, but I’m sure he has no idea who I am. He is a really nice guy!

[Minerva]

Oct 19, 2017 10:11:32 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

The tea from SCOTUS is that Gorsuch is really pissing people off.

Totenberg, a renowned court reporter who is friendly with several justices, noted that Gorsuch “ticks off some members of the court—and I don’t think it’s just the liberals.” Without exposing her sources—“you talk to former law clerks, you talk to friends, you talk to some of the justices”—Totenberg then dropped a bombshell:

My surmise, from what I’m hearing, is that Justice [Elena] Kagan really has taken [Gorsuch] on in conference. And that it’s a pretty tough battle and it’s going to get tougher. And she is about as tough as they come, and I am not sure he’s as tough—or dare I say it, maybe not as smart. I always thought he was very smart, but he has a tin ear somehow, and he doesn’t seem to bring anything new to the conversation.

www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/10/why_rumors_of_a_gorsuch_kagan_supreme_court_clash_are_such_a_bombshell.html

I ❤️ Justice Kagan! The thought of her running circles around him verbally and intellectually makes me happy. I’m sure it’s annoying and exhausting for her though.

[jkjacq]

I've been in meetings and trying to find a place for our holiday party all morning. I caught a little bit of GWB. I never thought I would miss him.

[misskilljoy]

Oct 19, 2017 9:52:09 GMT -6 Notarobot said:

This law is unbelievable. They've been trying to pass this BS since the days of the Bill 60 charter of values which was even more horrendous. 

There has been lots of talk about what this actually means. Do women need to remove their niqab while waiting in line at the library? While riding a bus? Do bus drivers or librarians need to enforce this law? It's so damaging and has no place in a 'free and democratic society'. They've talked about the goal being cutting back on 'protesters wearing masks' which, no. How many protestors wait in line at the library or in city hall? This will do nothing to make protests 'safer' and will only harm muslim women.  I'm so sad and frustrated.

It's so clearly a bunch of xenophobic and Islamophobic bullshit, no matter how they try to spin it. No one's going to ask me to take my scarf and sunglasses off in the winter when I get on a bus, so they need to fuck off with the "public safety" argument. Canadians on the whole are totally unidentifiable in February because it is cold AF and we are all bundled up so all you can see is our eyes - MAYBE - if we are not wearing sunglasses. Which we are, because the sun reflecting off of snow and ice is wicked bright.

Quebec has a long history of being objectionable when it comes to religion, so none of it is surprising, but it's disappointing that it is finally law. My city is kind of weird in that half of our metro area is in Quebec and half in Ontario, and lots of people live on one side of the border but work on the other. Are women who wear a niqab or burka going to have to remove it to take the bus in Gatineau, but then put it back on when they get to Ottawa? That is how stupid this law is.

[misskilljoy]

Fortunately, the law most likely won't survive a Charter challenge and will be struck down, but in the meantime it has done a lot of damage. I heard an interview yesterday with a woman who was born and raised in Canada who said it makes her feel less welcome and less Canadian, which is heartbreaking. She said it isn't that she doesn't want to be Québécoise - it's that Québéc doesn't want her to be Québécoise. That is not my Canada.

[pesto]

This is exciting!

[pesto]

Unsurprisingly Trump said he'd give the white house a 10 on a scale of 1-10 for their Puerto Rico response.

[Bluebird]

Oct 19, 2017 7:43:21 GMT -6 @heartbot said:

Have we talked about the Quebecois bill to keep people using public services from wearing niqab or burqa? www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/americas/quebec-face-covering-bill/index.html

The Quebec premiere actually said this:

"We are in a free and democratic society. You speak to me, I should see your face, and you should see mine. It's as simple as that."

...without realizing the irony of saying we are free and democratic, but you aren't allowed to wear the clothes of your choosing, particularly as they relate to your religious beliefs. It's horrid. And if you agree, go fuck up this poll:

Ugh, the responses to that poll are awful.

[shadesofgold]

Oct 19, 2017 11:23:20 GMT -6 misskilljoy said:

Oct 19, 2017 9:52:09 GMT -6 Notarobot said:

This law is unbelievable. They've been trying to pass this BS since the days of the Bill 60 charter of values which was even more horrendous. 

There has been lots of talk about what this actually means. Do women need to remove their niqab while waiting in line at the library? While riding a bus? Do bus drivers or librarians need to enforce this law? It's so damaging and has no place in a 'free and democratic society'. They've talked about the goal being cutting back on 'protesters wearing masks' which, no. How many protestors wait in line at the library or in city hall? This will do nothing to make protests 'safer' and will only harm muslim women.  I'm so sad and frustrated.

It's so clearly a bunch of xenophobic and Islamophobic bullshit, no matter how they try to spin it. No one's going to ask me to take my scarf and sunglasses off in the winter when I get on a bus, so they need to fuck off with the "public safety" argument. Canadians on the whole are totally unidentifiable in February because it is cold AF and we are all bundled up so all you can see is our eyes - MAYBE - if we are not wearing sunglasses. Which we are, because the sun reflecting off of snow and ice is wicked bright.

Quebec has a long history of being objectionable when it comes to religion, so none of it is surprising, but it's disappointing that it is finally law. My city is kind of weird in that half of our metro area is in Quebec and half in Ontario, and lots of people live on one side of the border but work on the other. Are women who wear a niqab or burka going to have to remove it to take the bus in Gatineau, but then put it back on when they get to Ottawa? That is how stupid this law is.

This has happened across Europe to varying degrees, most famously France after uproar that women wanted to wear Burkinis.  In the discussion of these measures in Canada, has there been any allusion to that? Are they saying they are just following Europe where things have been effective? (I mean, what would success even look like with such a blatantly racist, useless policy?) www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/14/headscarves-and-muslim-veil-ban-debate-timeline

[athn64]

Oct 19, 2017 11:46:34 GMT -6 pesto said:

Unsurprisingly Trump said he'd give the white house a 10 on a scale of 1-10 for their Puerto Rico response.

Is 10 absolutely awfully horrific and racist? Because then I agree.

[dc2london]

I need Sarah to stop screwing around with the schedule. I have kids to pick up from school.

[dc2london]

I'm watching the Warner/Klobuchar press conference and my 4 year old recognized Mark Warner. Considering he thinks all letters are "seven" I feel like this is a huge win

[cakewench]

[dc2london]

and it begins.
The Honest Ads Act apparently violates free speech.

People are morons.

[notexactly]

You know times are really bad when George W. Bush is the voice of reason.

[jkjacq]

Turnip is personally interviewing US Dist Attorneys?
Yeah thats TOTALLY NORMAL

[cakewench]

Has this been posted yet? Really good but terrifying read:

[dc2london]

She brought General Kelly again

[dc2london]

General Kelly is explaining the process for bringing fallen service members home. This is heartwrenching.

[jkjacq]

OOOOHH a letter to POTUS
Mackenzie is 7 and in 2nd grade and appreciates the pres and she voted in school election. She is going to visit on Spring Break with her mom. She wants to see his office and thinks hes a hero.

She will bring food.

[jkjacq]

Ahhh SHS invited Mackenzie to lunch with the press staff.

[dc2london]

General Kelly is making the argument that a POTUS phone call isn't required and isn't really even helpful bc it does nothing to ease the pain of losing a loved one. He said that all presidents, to his knowledge, have written letters and some have made phone calls.