We are all Slave now.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I'm getting sick of this Kumbayah stuff here where we all agree.

Who wants to talk about third party voters?

What will Noel Francisco do?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

What will Noel Francisco do?

What can he do?

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

What will Noel Francisco do?

Ten years ago, I would have used Ty’s question to jump into a parody set to the tune of “What Would Brian Boitano Do?”

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

It seems odd to talk about those numbers without also acknowledging the problem of underreporting. Blasey Ford never made the sort of allegation that seems to form the denominator for those studies. Using the numbers from those studies to inform thinking about whether she is telling the truth is comparing apples to oranges, no?

I needed a data point for the proposition that we shouldn't be concerned about false reports. Your point further underscores that broader point.

But you are correct her situation and the reports used to reach that % are apples and oranges. However, recall, the post that started this all was Less's, in which he cited the Duke Lacrosse debacle and Tawana Brawley. He mixed the apples and oranges. I commented on that fruit salad.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

What can he do?

Fire Mueller. Recuse himself. Piss off the White House.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I needed a data point for the proposition that we shouldn't be concerned about false reports. Your point further underscores that broader point.

But you are correct her situation and the reports used to reach that % are apples and oranges. However, recall, the post that started this all was Less's, in which he cited the Duke Lacrosse debacle and Tawana Brawley. He mixed the apples and oranges. I commented on that fruit salad.

Fair.`

One doesn't hear a lot about the problem of false accusations for other sorts of crimes. E.g., I know I'm accused of bank fraud, but it's a false accusation.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Fire Mueller. Recuse himself. Piss off the White House.

Not yet.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

If I edit the Wikipedia page to say it's .0000007%, will you just repeat that figure too?

So you feel wiki is less reliable then the unvetted blogs you quote?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Fair.`

One doesn't hear a lot about the problem of false accusations for other sorts of crimes. E.g., I know I'm accused of bank fraud, but it's a false accusation.

Few other crimes often involve scenarios in which the boundary on which something becomes criminal is so thin. The consensual can lead into the non-consensual in a moment and the defense is often "mixed signals."

The accusations against Kavanaugh do not, however, fit that mold. What I've read there is entirely non-consensual.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Not yet.

No kidding, right?

Maybe we need to turn the power off to the country and reboot it.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

So you feel wiki is less reliable then the unvetted blogs you quote?

I only quote vetted blogs, with accuracy of > 99.47%. Wikipedia is accurate to 98.31%. YMMV.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Few other crimes often involve scenarios in which the boundary on which something becomes criminal is so thin. The consensual can lead into the non-consensual in a moment.

The accusations against Kavanaugh do not, however, fit that mold. What I've read there is entirely non-consensual.

Dunno, that actually sounds a lot like financial fraud.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

No kidding, right?

Maybe we need to turn the power off to the country and reboot it.

Apparently an effort to tune Kavanaugh news down at a point when Montgomery County investigators are apparently talking to a fourth victim of Kavanaugh. Whether sexual assault, attempted rape, rape or gang rape is alleged not yet clear.

I have to say, I want to be pretty careful about using "alleged" when there is a he said/she said and a few other people collaborated case, but when you hit he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, and a couple of them seem collaborated by others and people who know him well are saying they aren't really surprised, meh, I stop worrying about it so much. Still, his fourth alleged victim. Rumors out there of a couple more, including at least one of his early clerks.

Still, I bet Brett makes a ton on his tell-nothing book.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Apparently an effort to tune Kavanaugh news down at a point when Montgomery County investigators are apparently talking to a fourth victim of Kavanaugh. Whether sexual assault, attempted rape, rape or gang rape is alleged not yet clear.

I have to say, I want to be pretty careful about using "alleged" when there is a he said/she said and a few other people collaborated case, but when you hit he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, and a couple of them seem collaborated by others and people who know him well are saying they aren't really surprised, meh, I stop worrying about it so much. Still, his fourth alleged victim. Rumors out there of a couple more, including at least one of his early clerks.

Still, I bet Brett makes a ton on his tell-nothing book.

Follow Avenatti on Twitter. He's dropping some really salacious info.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Apparently an effort to tune Kavanaugh news down at a point when Montgomery County investigators are apparently talking to a fourth victim of Kavanaugh.

I don't think so. I think someone other than McCabe was leaking stuff from McCabe's memos in an effort to take Rosenstein out. Someone at the White House then leaked that he was thinking of resigning as a way to undercut him and push him to the exit. Kelly may have thought he was going to resign. The White House wants him to resign rather than get fired, because it has implications for how he will be replaced.