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  Loans?
context: If the sexual allegations aren't bad enough, Kavanaugh completely disqualified himself for a SC role with his temper tantrum at the hearing. Another privileged little prick who has never paid consequences in his lifetime. >
  
  100%. He should never have been confirmed after that unprofessional display. >
  
  I was with my boyfriend while he was getting a haircut at a barber with that hearing on the television, It was a busy barber shop with about 5 people in chairs and maybe 10 people waiting, plus all the employees. All of us were silent and exchanging glances like WTF the entire time. I will never forget it. >
  
  I was commuting and, for the first time in my adult life, bored enough to wonder what was going on on c-span. It was eye-opening. Up to that moment, I really just assumed our country was run by basically intelligent, mature adults. >
  
  And this is why we aren’t well represented..the phrase “we get the country we deserve” comes to mind. 
  A well functioning nation is a well informed and participatory nation. We are so far removed from that type of nation, that the entirety of the gop decided they can outright lie under oath, or on their campaigns (to the point we get serial grifters like Santos getting positions of power) or wherever else they feel the need to lie…they know their constituents are either not paying attention, dumb as bricks (thanks to their 50 year war on the public education system), or both. >
  
  I once read a sci-fi novel that had a notion of "participatory democracy". You were only allowed to vote on issues you could prove (via a test) that you understood.
  Obviously there are huge practical problems with doing that for real. But the notion of a social democracy where the most influence rested with those who were most engaged, issue by issue, was a compelling vision. >
  
  Yeah... I've tried to think of a practical solution that couldn't easily be perverted, but mostly came up with nothing. 
  Reform of the FPTP system alongside getting rid of the electoral college would be the simplest way to do the most good in general.  Term limits and a ban on stock trading would also help.
  I'd love to see some sort of non-compete type thing, like if you were on a particular committee, you couldn't work in thay industry for at least 10 years. But that's also a big practical problem in terms of implementation that I'm not sure is solvable. >
  
  It is hard to create a robust system when the starting premise requires expecting that corruption and improper influence are the norm.  We need political figures that value the health of the democracy over personal excess financial gain, both during the time of public service plus a modest period thereafter. I don't think humans (at least in Western cultures) have put much serious thought into building better humans for political service since Ancient Greece... and their results were pretty mixed I think.
  Edit: note that I'm not saying there have been no political scientists or moral philosophers considering such matters. I meant as a broad cultural perspective, we don't seem to emphasize evolving people to reach for a lofty ideal. >
  
  Reminder that the FBI received thousands of tips, promised a full investigation and then did nothing. >
  
  The FBI tipline for Kavanaugh's sexual assaults sent the calls directly to the White House without investigating them. >
  
  So are you saying Trump,  the rapist, did not investigate the tips on the rapes committed by Brett Kavanaugh? >
  
  The groomers were already in the whitehouse >
  
  Love that pic of him.  He looks like he is spite shitting. >
  
  It would be great on the bottom of a coffee cup. >
  
  Or his face on the bottom of a toilet bowl brush holder. >
  
  Ooh, great idea! 🤔 >
  
  
  He allegedly thrust [his penis] toward her, and she swatted it away, inadvertently touching it…after initially forcing Ramirez to face his penis, Kavanaugh allegedly went to a bathroom where friends encouraged him to become erect. Afterward, he allegedly returned to harass Ramirez again.
  
  This is the guy who took away abortion rights. >
  
  
  
  went to a bathroom where friends encouraged him to become erect.
  
  
  So many unanswered questions, but none of it will matter to Republicans unless he stained a dress. >
  
  Next political adultery scandal:
  "That man is not my 'gay lover'. He was just encouraging me to become erect for my wife" >
  
  Studies have shown, positive reinforcement can be very motivational. >
  
  This SCOTUS is entirely illegitimate. Moreover, it has become a mere arm of the Republican Party. >
  
  Granted, it's rotten from the inside out but Brett is the brown spot on it. >
  
  Clarence is pretty rotten. Trying to overthrow an election with Ginny >
  
  And to think it all started with a pubic hair on his can of coke. >
  
  God, that whole thing was such a shit show. Pun intended. >
  
  I bet Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas get along great. They have so much in common. >
  
  Kav thinks he’s the better man solely due to never having been a pube-leaver. >
  
  Kav thinks he's the better man because he's white. >
  
  Clarence agrees with him. >
  
  Pretty scary that someone like Kavanaugh now sits on the highest court in the land, a position he is clearly unfit for. There are way too many accusations and claims against him for him to wield the kind of power he does—the fact that the republicans pushed him through is despicable. >
  
  cough pubes and clarence thomas >
  
  I STILL believe Anita. >
  
  Absolutely. Of course she was telling the truth. JesusFuckingChrist, why would anyone make up shit like that? It was a horrifying experience for her. And she behaved with dignity and grace. 
  Watched the hearings live and read her book. She’s one of my heroes. >
  
  Saving your comment to remind me to get her book! >
  
  It’s good. I imagine it will give you a peak into that time frame, as well. I haven’t read it since then, need to read it again. >
  
  Kavanaugh is owned lock, stock and barrel. Whoever paid those loans has full control over a US Supreme Court justice. It's sickening. The man has no moral compass whatsoever.