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Hoping this doesn't double post or something -- Disqus is acting screwy --

And I prefer to have a bit of protection against the tyranny of the majority.

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Right now it feels more like the tyranny of the minority.

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Just read that WH is supposedly withdrawing Talley's nomination.ETA: Now they are both gone. https://www.msn.com/en-us/n...

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I ackshully knew that, since my Dad was an English professor. Old English is probably actually closer to modern German than it is to modern English, I'd think.

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Jesus.

Well, that's you on ignore, sweetie darling.

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I guess there's some shit even the GOP won't eat nicely with a knife and fork. Who knew?

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I have an inkling that Dave Barry is a comedian of some sort .. but I still feel compelled to intercede again.. that *that* looks like Middle English if anything ;s

Ond on lencgten ič lǣte hīǧ ætwindan to wude, ond ǧenyme mē *briddas* on hærfæste, ond tēmiǧe hīǧ.

THERE: briddas! ... *birds* .. =)

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Oh, you already said so. Grand. heh.

If I wouldn't have a pedant's hat, I'd be all hatless. AND THEN WHAT?

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Hey! I write derivative horror novels too! And enjoy it! I will not hear a word against Brett Talley on that account!Of course I probably would not think that qualifies me for the Federal bench, even if I was a United States citizen. And I kind of wonder if I would favour armed insurrection to protest gun control. And I believe it's rather doubtful that the KKK is misunderstood.So there's that.Well, Talley has offered to withdraw. On account of the sensitive, aware, ethical side of him that writes derivative horror novels, I assume.

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Oh thank goodness. I thought the ghost story writer was confirmed two weeks ago.

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See ya!

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How bad are these mooks if even Grassley can't bring himself to move their nominations forward? What fucking idiot is giving these name to Trump? He's not trolling the phone book for them that's for sure.

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It is not about being obvious, because they are being obvious as fuck.It is that these two particulars were loose canons and NOT party dogs.Mark that.

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Still waiting for you to return Supreme Court Justice Merrick Garland's seat to its rightful owner Grassley.

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Well, chickens don't have lips, and they're related to lizards.

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I should have scrolled down a little farther.

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