• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

In after Baud. Damn.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Books are my comfort food!

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

“But what about the lurkers?”

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Mobile Menu

  • Seattle Meet-up Post
  • 2025 Activism
  • Targeted Political Fundraising
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • COVID-19
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2025 Activism
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Politics / Activist Judges! / Barrett Hearings II (Open Thread)

Barrett Hearings II (Open Thread)

by Betty Cracker|  October 13, 202012:51 pm| 156 Comments

This post is in: Activist Judges!, Open Threads, Politics, Republican Stupidity

FacebookTweetEmail

Here’s a new thread for the afternoon portion of the hearing:

Whitehouse is up first, and bringing the heat. Open thread!

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « I wake up in a cold sweat
Next Post: Outraged by Attempts at Voter Suppression in Georgia? You Can Help People Vote. »

Reader Interactions

156Comments

  1. 1.

    VeniceRiley

    October 13, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    I think Drudge is down. heh. He had a link to a poll with Biden up +17 so he probably came under attack.
    At work, so missing the sh*tshow hearings.
    All good because I have an expensive 65″ LG OLED.
    I’m going to miss that TV like a pet when I move. I hope it sells to a good home.

  2. 2.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 12:57 pm

    Everything I am reading about her on twitter shows her as a person who is absolutely outside the norms of society. With acceptance of gay marriage over 70% having a SCOTUS appointee that doesn’t believe in gay marriage and thinks it should be illegal is just horrifying.

    Secondly, there was a decision she made where calling a black man the n word does not contribute to a hostile work environment. WTF?

  3. 3.

    oatler.

    October 13, 2020 at 12:57 pm

    Whitehouse is kicking ass right now.

  4. 4.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 12:58 pm

    Whitehouse is calling out the groups behind nominees like Barrett, including how nominees advance (Federalist Society and Judicial Crisis Network) and how court cases conveniently come up for review.

  5. 5.

    trnc

    October 13, 2020 at 12:59 pm

    @oatler.: Yup, it’s pretty amazing to watch. I wish there was at least one republican senator who cared.

    ETA: I assume Fox and OAN are busy writing their pieces for tonight’s broadcast which will feature the word “conspiracy” quite a bit.

  6. 6.

    westyny

    October 13, 2020 at 1:00 pm

    Whitehouse is lifting the rock.  Wow.

  7. 7.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 1:02 pm

    @cain:

    She went further Right than Kavanaugh on that one. We’re now in nutjob Right territory.

  8. 8.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 1:02 pm

    @trnc:

    I understand even Durbin is getting his digs in. The smell of desperation is in the air.

    I hope they realize that if they turn back ACA, gay marriage, hell it seems even marrying between races is on the table that it will absolutely galvanize the entire country. It will be a pyrrhic victory.

  9. 9.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    More nervous throat clearing from Barrett as Whitehouse gives his talk.

    Will he ask her to comment on any of this? I hope.

  10. 10.

    patroclus

    October 13, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    @cain: Her use of “sexual preference” rather than “sexual orientation” is a real tell.  Obergefell is in real trouble with her (in addition to Roe and Sebelius).

  11. 11.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    I wonder if women realizes that one could also take it a step further and say that sexual harassment does not contribute to a hostile work environment – using the exact same reasoning.

  12. 12.

    Baud

    October 13, 2020 at 1:05 pm

    As I noted yesterday, Whitehouse has been strong on the court for several years.

  13. 13.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:05 pm

    Barrett’s watching Whitehouse with an expression like “Gee, I didn’t know about any of this!”

  14. 14.

    Chyron HR

    October 13, 2020 at 1:06 pm

    @cain:

    The ones who understand already oppose her and the ones who don’t already think that “hostile work environment” is the politically correct term for a proper Christian workplace.

  15. 15.

    Baud

    October 13, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    @Baud: 

    Here’s a report Whitehouse put together last year.

    https://www.acslaw.org/issue_brief/briefs-landing/a-right-wing-rout-what-the-roberts-five-decisions-tell-us-about-the-integrity-of-todays-supreme-court/

  16. 16.

    trnc

    October 13, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    I said a week or so ago that, regardless of how shady the republicans are and how much I dislike Barrett’s judicial philosophy, I didn’t blame her for accepting the nomination because she shouldn’t be held responsible for republicans being assholes.

    That was before Whitehouse got a chance to point out how she got to where she is.

  17. 17.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 1:09 pm

    @patroclus:

    The religious right will be attacking every cherished norm in this country next year regardless who is in power.

    If we lose – there won’t be any Dems to fix things – the system will truly utterly be fucked. So far, this country has been able to move forward because Democrats get in power for a short time enough to fix things only to start the cycle again as obstruction from Republicans cause the American people to switch sides. But if they win..  that cycle will end.

  18. 18.

    trnc

    October 13, 2020 at 1:09 pm

    @germy: I was thinking more like, “How dare you reveal the true nature of this marriage proposal.”

  19. 19.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    I wonder if a single nanosecond of Whitehouse’s testimony will show up tonight on either the ABC, NBC or CBS news?

    I’m guessing they’ll show Diane Feinstein talking about the kids.

  20. 20.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 1:11 pm

    @Chyron HR: The ones who understand already oppose her and the ones who don’t already think that “hostile work environment” is the politically correct term for a proper Christian workplace.

    How ironic that a woman will lead the charge for white male patriarchy.

  21. 21.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    @trnc:

    I really hope he asks her to answer to all of this.

    EDIT:  Okay, that’ll happen tomorrow.

  22. 22.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    Whitehouse is brilliantly revealing who’s pulling the strings.

  23. 23.

    patrick II

    October 13, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    Whitehouse: “It’s about power”

    Ding! ding! ding! ding!

  24. 24.

    geg6

    October 13, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    @cain:

    Hell, that’s who started that modern version of which Judge Covid Barrett is the ultimate outcome.  A woman you may have heard of, a certain Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly.

  25. 25.

    Leto

    October 13, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    @cain: well it fits right in with her religious beliefs, which we’re told will totally not affect her decision making process. Riiight.

  26. 26.

    A Ghost to Most

    October 13, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    Holy shit. WaPo keeps graphs on its front page of the states with the worst daily Covid case rates per 100k population. SoDak and NoDak had been jousting at 72 and 74, the highest rates I’d seen. SoDak jumped to 110 today.

  27. 27.

    Yarrow

    October 13, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    I saw a commercial for Barret on the Today Show this morning a bit before they broke in for the start of the hearings. The commercial asked people to call their Senators and tell them to confirm her. Why does she need a commercial supporting her? Is her confirmation at risk? In any case, it’s a good reminder for everyone to call their Senators and register their objections to her confirmation. Get your friends and family to call. Keep up the pressure.

  28. 28.

    Calouste

    October 13, 2020 at 1:22 pm

    @cain: I’m wondering if someone should call her a b1tch, and when she gets upset say “Why? You ruled that these kind of words don’t constitute a hostile environment.”

  29. 29.

    A Ghost to Most

    October 13, 2020 at 1:24 pm

    Must have been a glitch. Now showing 74.

  30. 30.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 1:25 pm

    @patrick II:

    It’s important to me that he’s doing this because I don’t think she and her backers should get away with this fraud on the public. They didn’t have to do it. Trump said years ago he was putting her on the court and she obviously doesn’t care about process or norms because here she is, and we all know every Republican will obediently back her. They deceived the public above and beyond what was even necessary to jam her onto the court. They presented a wholly invented narrative about this person and what got her here.

  31. 31.

    patrick II

    October 13, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    @A Ghost to Most:

    A single Smithfield Meat Packing plant sent them over the top:

    AP:

    The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100, and more than half of those cases have some connection to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls.

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    October 13, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    @Betty Cracker: If someone has video of Whitehouse, I would love to see it.

    I will never stop being grateful for his questioning of the rapist judge, and his promise to Christine Blasey Ford that he would pursue justice for her and would never forget.  (my recollection)

  33. 33.

    patrick II

    October 13, 2020 at 1:28 pm

    @Kay:

    They have that big machine sitting there.  It’s tough not to turn the key and hear the engine roar.

  34. 34.

    gene108

    October 13, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    A forum I used to regularly frequent before finding Balloon-Juice had a mix of conservative, liberal, and moderate as regular commenters.

    What I failed to realize is how far out there some of the conservatives were, but it did open my eyes to the fringe bits of right-wingdom, like our resident gun nut, who thought the NRA were liberal squishes and supported Gun Owners of America, one guy who wanted to repeal the 17th amendment and go back to state legislatures appointing Senators, and one lady who has anti-immigrant and a Fair Tax advocate. Some even ventured into wanting to overturn the 14th Amendment.

    One thing this did was get me to see what the really fringe bits of right-wingdom are trying to undermine the post-Civil War era changes to the government. Trump’s half-assed attempt to ban birthright citizenship led to think pieces that he was right, i.e. overturn 150 years of 14th Amendment related jurisprudence.

    The real prize for right-wingers is going after all the “equal protection under the law” cases decided by reference to the 14th amendment that put the kibosh on discrimination and other things.

    Edit: I do not think such a forum could exist today. The politics topics could get heated, but we were civil in non-politics topics. I do not think a mix of perspectives could even be civil anymore in non-political topics.

  35. 35.

    Salty Sam

    October 13, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    @westyny: Whitehouse is lifting the rock.  Wow.

    …and shining a very bright light on what’s underneath that rock.

    I am extremely impressed with his ability to lay out, logically and clearly, how the right wing donor network has been able to manipulate our democracy all these years.  We’ve all known they’ve been doing it, but getting this clear view of the “clockworks” of their mechanism is enlightening.

    ETA- and it destroys hers and Graham’s attempt to bullshit us with “oh, it is SO hard to overturn established law, y’all shouldn’t worry about THAT!”

  36. 36.

    MC

    October 13, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    Anybody that says the Supreme Court will just overturn the election is telling me not to vote. That’s all there is to it.

  37. 37.

    trollhattan

    October 13, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    @A Ghost to Most:

    I hear that SD governor is really nice.

  38. 38.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    October 13, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    Some useful reading on what remedies the Dems can apply when they sweep into power next year:

    Raining Fiery Constitutional Hell on the Supreme Court

    As I mentioned yesterday, there are many ways to play hardball in response and yes, that includes impeachment even tho it would be nigh on impossible to complete. And rebalance the judiciary, aka adding justices, federal court judges, etc.

  39. 39.

    Leto

    October 13, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    @patrick II: Maddow was covering meat packing plants and how they’ve been super spreaders in a few states. Remember that Trumpov signed an executive order keeping meat packing plants open back in April, so they’ve been working off that.

  40. 40.

    trollhattan

    October 13, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    @Salty Sam:

    ETA- and it destroys hers and Graham’s attempt to bullshit us with “oh, it is SO hard to overturn established law, y’all shouldn’t worry about THAT!”

    In this corner, Citizens United and catercorner, Shelby County. Talk about legislating from the bench.

  41. 41.

    patrick II

    October 13, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    Credit to the Washington Post for the story(s?) Whitehouse is citing as a source. Putting together a story like that takes resources, skill, and democratic intentions.

  42. 42.

    gene108

    October 13, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    @cain:

    I hope they realize that if they turn back ACA, gay marriage, hell it seems even marrying between races is on the table that it will absolutely galvanize the entire country. It will be a pyrrhic victory.

    I believe part of the justification for the Obergefell decision is based on Loving.

    There’s so much we take for granted the far-right legal theorists want to up end.

  43. 43.

    hitless

    October 13, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    @MC:  I think  it would be more accurate to say the SC would be willing to overturn the vote. I expect that a couple of the conservative justices would be reticent to do so if the popular vote margin is enormous. If things are close, throwing out PA’s votes will seem a lot less problematic to them.

    You should vote.

  44. 44.

    Leto

    October 13, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    Sounds like we need new doors, frieze, and other items at the Supreme Court. Or conversely, I can’t wait to put Muslim/Satanic/Wiccan theological documents up at the SC. Right Cruz? Religious freedom and all. Eddie Haskell, werewolf looking smarmy fuck. Get a fucking haircut and shave you fucking hobo fuck.

    Edit: my apologies to hobos. They didn’t do anything and nobody deserves to have Fucknut Cruz associated with them. Except the Republican Party. They all belong together.

  45. 45.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 13, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    Ted Cruz has an exceedingly ugly voice, although he himself loves the sound of it. Between him and Barrett, when those two have question period tomorrow (assuming he allows her to get a word in edgewise) my eardrums are going to start bleeding.

    OH GAWD and now he’s asking her about speaking French and playing the piano.

  46. 46.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    A snippet of Whitehouse’s case:

    Whitehouse: "The Republican party platform tells us to look at how they want judges to rule to reverse Roe, to reverse Obamacare cases, and to reverse Obergefell and take away gay marriage. That is their stated objective and plan. Why not take them at their word?" pic.twitter.com/TK993VvC7v

    — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2020

    Can’t wait to hear his questioning.

  47. 47.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Do you speak french? Do you play any instruments?

     

    This reminds me of when Kennedy asked Kavanaugh “Do you like sports?”

    After a long tirade about the ten commandments, Cruz now wants to know about hobbies.

    Contemptible.

  48. 48.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 13, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    I feel sorry for those kids who have to sit there, as props, and listen to this drivel and demagoguery

  49. 49.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 13, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Thank god Amy K is up now.

  50. 50.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:  Cruz and Barrett in conversation sounds like someone wheeled in a helium tank.

  51. 51.

    Jinchi

    October 13, 2020 at 1:49 pm

    I really wish Biden would spend less time saying this:

    “I’ve already spoken on — I’m not a fan of court packing, but I don’t want to get off on that whole issue. I want to keep focused,”

    and more pointing out this:

    “The focus is why is he doing what he’s doing now? Why now with less than 24 days to go until the election?” he said. “That’s the court packing … the public should be focused on.”

    The Republicans have been packing the court for at least the last 6 years, refusing to seat nominees to the appeals and Supreme court when a Democrat is president, rapidly filling every available seat when a Republican is. When they thought Clinton would win in 2016, Republicans Senators were outright declaring that they would refuse to seat any nominee she put forward. In that reality we wouldn’t be talking about a 9-member court, we’d be looking at a 7-member one.

    Biden keeps reassuring them that they’ll pay no price for that. Republicans should at least pause in worry that Democrats will kick over the current system and they’ll lose all their ill-gotten gains.

  52. 52.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 1:49 pm

    Klobuchar for Benevolent Queen! :)

  53. 53.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    Judge Barrett isn’t even pretending any of this matters. https://t.co/1DkIEgKSh4

    — Schooley (@Rschooley) October 13, 2020

  54. 54.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage:

    There number one agenda is to consolidate their hold on power. It does no good to do things for the people when the people will kick you out in two years. See every cycle we’ve had since Bush 2.

    They have to lock the senate and user laws on easy access to voting – and stop things like 12 hours of waiting in Georgia. Not even healthcare should come before that.

    Otherwise, like always the american people will just drunkenly move to republicans again. I’m sick of this cycle. Let’s change it. The Republicans have shown us that no rules need apply anymore.

  55. 55.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 13, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    NPR’s coverage is much better today: Noting that Barrett is refusing to give any answers, won’t talk about her beliefs or prior writings, and just generally isn’t taking the hearing seriously. Basically, not even filling the ‘pro forma’ part of the hearings, she’s just there to say she won’t answer questions.

  56. 56.

    gene108

    October 13, 2020 at 1:55 pm

    @Jinchi:

    Biden keeps reassuring them that they’ll pay no price for that. Republicans should at least pause in worry that Democrats will kick over the current system and they’ll lose all their ill-gotten gains.

    I’m not a fan of cleaning my house, but sometimes it has to be done. He may not want to get involved with expanding the courts, because it is going to be a very heated political issue that will suck the oxygen out of the room for everything else, but he has not ruled it out either.

    Biden’s ahead because he’s pulling in independents and disaffected Republicans. He needs to keep them onboard for 2022 and 2024. It’s a tough needle to thread.

    I think he’s answering it the best way he can.

  57. 57.

    Bill Arnold

    October 13, 2020 at 1:55 pm

    @MC:

    Anybody that says the Supreme Court will just overturn the election is telling me not to vote. That’s all there is to it.

    Yep. Treat anyone saying this as the enemy, as objectively ProFa.
    (And Marbury v Madison is a norm. :-)

  58. 58.

    Baud

    October 13, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    @Jinchi:

    Is he really spending time saying that, or did he say it once and people are obsessing over it?

  59. 59.

    cain

    October 13, 2020 at 1:59 pm

    @germy: This reminds me of when Kennedy asked Kavanaugh “Do you like sports?”

    Suddenly reminded of that scene from Airplane! “Do you like movies about gladiators? Have you ever seen a grown man naked?”, “Have you ever hung around a gymnasium?”

  60. 60.

    Leto

    October 13, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    Amy K doing a fine job pointing out how Barrett’s previous writing is clearly showing how she’ll move in the future. Barrett can argue that academic writing is totes different from judicial writing, but considering we have 15 years of her legal writing which tracks how she’s conducted herself as a judge (for 3 whole years), I mean… Amy K drawing a parallel between how she grew up hunting, how her parents taught her to “follow the tracks”, and that’s what’s she doing here. Follow the tracks.

  61. 61.

    Quaker in a Basement

    October 13, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    Why is Cruz reading Trump’s twitter feed out loud?

  62. 62.

    JoyceH

    October 13, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    Just popping in to say that I was lurking on yesterday’s thread, and just bought the Instant Pot 3-quart. Are there dues for the cult?

  63. 63.

    Leto

    October 13, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    @cain: “Timmy, have you…” ?

  64. 64.

    gene108

    October 13, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    Hillary underestimated the vast right conspiracy in the 1990’s. We all did.

  65. 65.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    October 13, 2020 at 2:03 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Rafael “Ted” “Calgary” Cruz has an exceedingly ugly voice is an exceptionally ugly, soulless, person.

    Fixed.  Although yeah, he has an ugly voice.

  66. 66.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 13, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    @Quaker in a Basement: It’s either that or “Green Eggs and Ham”.

  67. 67.

    Jinchi

    October 13, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    @gene108: I understand Joe’s motivations.

    But every time he’s asked the question “Are you in favor of Democrats packing the court”, he simply needs to hammer home the point – “The Republicans are packing the Court right now.”

    Otherwise you get articles with titles like this:

    ‘I’m not a fan of court packing’: Biden responds after Trump, GOP attacks

    Which implies that the Democrats are the ones acting outrageously here.

  68. 68.

    Oklahomo

    October 13, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    @Calouste: Someone should ask her if men dropping the c-bomb would be hostile…

  69. 69.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 13, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    @JoyceH: Welcome to the cult.

  70. 70.

    Eljai

    October 13, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    I thought I heard some pundits say this woman was brilliant — well, I’m not seeing it.  Smart, devious sure, but brilliant?  Fuck no

    ETA:  Klobuchar is doing a great job!

  71. 71.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 13, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    Seconded. Fuck this bullshit hearing, and fuck the Rethuglican party.

    Someone message me if Amy Coney Barrett tearfully tells us how much she likes beer.— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) October 13, 2020

  72. 72.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 13, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    A 6-3 conservative SCOTUS would absolutely hear a case on resegregation of schools. Fight me.— D-Money ?? (@nerdclapback) October 13, 2020

  73. 73.

    ET

    October 13, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    I was reading this Washington Post article today 10/12 that looks at authoritarian tendencies of tRump supporters and looked at Authoritarian Nightmare by Bob Altemeyer and John W. Dean and it feels very appropriate to tRump supporters:

    They also find shockingly high levels of anti-democratic beliefs and prejudicial attitudes among Trump backers, especially those who support the president strongly. And regardless of what happens in 2020, the authors say, Trump supporters will be a potent pro-authoritarian voting bloc in the years to come.

    Altemeyer and Dean define authoritarianism as what happens “when followers submit too much to the authorities in their lives.” They measure it using a tool Altemeyer developed in the early 1980s, called the right-wing authoritarian (RWA) scale.

    The “right-wing” label refers not to left and right political leanings as they’re popularly understood today, they write, but rather to a more legalistic sense of “lawful, proper, and correct.” It’s used to identify authoritarian tendencies among people of any political persuasion — supporters of the Communist Party in the former Soviet Union, for instance, would have scored high on the scale despite having decidedly leftist economic and political views. The scale remains one of the most widely used measures of authoritarianism to this day.

    …

    They found a striking linear relationship between support for Trump and an authoritarian mind-set: The stronger a person supported Trump, the higher he or she scored on the RWA scale. People saying they strongly disapproved of Trump, for instance, had an average RWA score of 54. Those indicating complete support of the president, on the other hand, had an average score of 119, more than twice as authoritarian as Trump opponents.

    Many fervent Trump supporters, Altemeyer and Dean write, “are submissive, fearful, and longing for a mighty leader who will protect them from life’s threats. They divide the world into friend and foe, with the latter greatly outnumbering the former.”

  74. 74.

    Immanentize

    October 13, 2020 at 2:12 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: They don’t need to hear a re-segregation case.  That has already happened.

  75. 75.

    JaySinWA

    October 13, 2020 at 2:13 pm

    @JoyceH: Congrats,

    Since most of the recipes online assume a 6 quart or better, you 3 quarters (half pots?) might need to get together and create scaled recipes and where to find utensils that fit.

    Of course there probably is such a place already. A sub cult of the cult?

  76. 76.

    Leto

    October 13, 2020 at 2:21 pm

    If we can’t get her opinions on things, we’re not allowed to question her thought process via her academic writing… what’s the point? Just, what’s the point? I’m glad we had Sen Whitehouse’s visual aid brief laying out the dark money trail, but I just don’t see the point in having this. Just fucking get it over with, put her on the court, and lets move on. Not trying to be defeatist but it’s just kabuki at this point. It’s the Kavanaugh hearings again, just this time with less screaming, beer, and sex references.

  77. 77.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    Senator Susan Collins says she will vote against Judge Amy Coney-Barrett being elected to the Supreme Court.

    “It’s not a comment on her,” Collins said. “It is a comment on the process of rushing through a nomination in such a short time before a presidential election.”

    Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski also said she will be a no vote for the same reason.

    https://wgme.com/news/local/sen-collins-confirms-she-will-vote-against-judge-coney-barrett

  78. 78.

    Calouste

    October 13, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    @Leto: The point of the hearings at the moment is to get the GOP Senators to infect each other with COVID so they can’t vote next week.

  79. 79.

    JaySinWA

    October 13, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    @JaySinWA: And of course there is at least one I found. There must be an Instant Pot equivalent to Rule 34.

  80. 80.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 13, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    @Leto: On the other hand, there’s probably election and PR value in getting video of obsequious Republicans and truth-telling Democrats. If you can’t stop it, you can at least educate on what they’re doing and use it to justify reforms later.

  81. 81.

    Quinerly

    October 13, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Don’t normally read Salon but this is worth a read. https://www.salon.com/2020/10/13/why-are-republicans-obsessed-with-amy-coney-barretts-kids-to-troll-feminists/

  82. 82.

    CaseyL

    October 13, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    @germy: Means McConnell has the votes without them.  There is a pattern of GOP Senators giving meaningless “nay” votes, to show their voters how independent they are.

    The one time their no votes might have some effect is getting the nom out of committee, because with the Democratic Senators that would kill the nomination.  But they won’t vote no on that.

  83. 83.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    October 13, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    @germy:

    Moscow Mitch is letting them do that because he knows he has the votes.  Doesn’t need theirs.

    As Harry Reid put it:

    “Susan Collins: Always there with the vote I don’t need!”

  84. 84.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    @CaseyL:

    Yes, over at LGM they’re saying McConnell gave Collins a “golden ticket”

  85. 85.

    brantl

    October 13, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    @gene108: Not all of us, my mother told me exactly what George Douche was going to do, before he was ever “elected”.

  86. 86.

    Eljai

    October 13, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    Ben Sasse must think we’re all a bunch of mouth-breathing dumbasses to fall for this 6th grade Supreme Court for Dummies presentation.  No disrespect to sixth-graders.

  87. 87.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    @germy:

    Judge Barrett isn’t even pretending any of this matters

    Oh, yes, she’s making it clear she’s above all this icky politics. She’s a phony. Her whole ascension was carefully planned for years, and it’s wholly political.

  88. 88.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    @Kay:

    No notes, no papers, blank notebook.

    Arrogant.

  89. 89.

    Jeffro

    October 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: “I like wine” (sob)

  90. 90.

    brantl

    October 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    @germy: I’ll believe that Collins will vote against the Republicans, the 1st time that she actually freaking does it. She really hasn’t yet done that ONCE.

  91. 91.

    balconesfault

    October 13, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    Anyone wishing Al Franken were still on the Judiciary Committee?

    And isn’t it about time to swap out DiFi with Katie Porter?

  92. 92.

    Jeffro

    October 13, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    @Eljai: He and his lies should serve as an object lesson for Democrats everywhere: we are nowhere near ending trumpism and all of its attendant, blatant lying.  Sasse differs not one bit from trumpov in this regard.

    They will never return to any sort of ‘norms’ unless they are smacked down, hard and repeatedly.

  93. 93.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    I thought Klobuchar did a good job of revealing what a blank phony Barrett is. She had the right tone of exasperated incredulousness, or at least the one that resonated with me.

    Sasse is like a handler at a dog show, parading his charge around and showing all the angles that tick the breed standard boxes. Gross.

  94. 94.

    Jeffro

    October 13, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    @balconesfault: we could swap DiFi out for most any breathing Democrat and we’d be better off.

    What’s that baseball term – ‘above replacement value’?  She is beeeeee-low replacement value.

  95. 95.

    Sister Golden Bear

    October 13, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    The only people who use “sexual preference” these days are anti-LGBTQ folks. It’s a clear dog whistle.

    Because if it’s a “preference,” being LGBTQ can be “cured” by conversion therapy torture. And if it’s a “preference” there’s no reason to have laws prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination because it’s not an immutable characteristic. ‘Course I’ve never gotten a coherent answer when I point out neither is religion and we consider that worthy of constitutional protections.

    Oh, and just a reminder that the bible humpers have a literal five-point plan to eradicate trans people from public existence:

    1. States and the federal government should not allow legal gender marker changes.

    2. Transgender people should not have any legal protections against discrimination, nor should anyone be forced to respect their identity.

    3. Transgender people should not be legally allowed to use facilities in accordance with their gender identity.

    4. Medical coverage related to transition should not be provided by the government, or any other entity.

    5. Transgender people should not be allowed to serve in the military.

    We’re the canaries in the coal mine.

  96. 96.

    balconesfault

    October 13, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    @brantl: I predict that were enough GOP Senators got Covidy that her vote matters … Susan Collins would have to rethink her position because argle bargle majority fairness …

  97. 97.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    I think jamming her onto the court ahead of voters is wrong, so I would always oppose her, but I would dislike her less if she would just be what she is- a far Right wing ideologue who always aspired to this seat. We’re stuck with her for the next 30 years. The least she owed us was an honest representation of who and what she is instead of this carefully crafted persona.

    True to form for the Trump Presidency, the defining characteristic is dishonesty.

  98. 98.

    Jeffro

    October 13, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear:The only people who use “sexual preference” these days are anti-LGBTQ folks. It’s a clear dog whistle.

    Yup, good point.

  99. 99.

    Betty

    October 13, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    @Kay: I was earlier wonddring if the kids used to call her Phony Cony.

  100. 100.

    Jeffro

    October 13, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    @gene108:Hillary underestimated the vast right conspiracy in the 1990’s. We all did.

    Every household in America needs a copy of Brock’s “The Republican Noise Machine” and Mayer’s “Dark Money”.

  101. 101.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    @germy:

    No notes, no papers, blank notebook.Arrogant.

    Yeah, well, maybe she should have brought notes. She got the ACA lawsuit wrong.

  102. 102.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    @Betty:

    wonddring if the kids used to call her Phony Cony.

    I don’t know- all we got were ass-kissing testimonials from her colleagues who see the clear career advantage to her ascension. Nothing like hearing exclusively from self-interested witnesses. Aren’t these people supposed to be law professors? Why would they imagine they’re credible or relevant?

  103. 103.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    Asked by Sen. Klobuchar if it is illegal to intimidate voters at the polls, Justice Barrett refused to answer. She said cannot characterize the facts in a hypothetical situation. In response, Klobuchar cites U.S. law barring voter intimidation.

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 13, 2020

  104. 104.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    Republican candidates are increasingly worried about Trump's unpopularity and the drag it might have on down ballot races.

    "Democrats are on fire," Mitch McConnell told lobbyists, referring to the massive fundraising advantage Democratic campaigns have. https://t.co/ldpRj5N8R7

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 13, 2020

  105. 105.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    October 13, 2020 at 2:52 pm

    @JoyceH: no, but the first thing you should make is beef or chicken stock (so you can freeze it in small batches to use in everything else you make)

  106. 106.

    Kay

    October 13, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    National GE:
    Biden 57% (+17)
    Trump 40%

    I teased one of you last week for saying you needed a +15 to feel good about the election, thinking you wouldn’t get that.

    Okay, I apologize :)

  107. 107.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    October 13, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    @Quinerly: that’s Amanda Marcotte.  She’s fabulous and knows more about the patriarchy than anyone else.

  108. 108.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    Coons is subtly effective in deflating Barrett’s ivory tower bullshit too re: the ACA.

  109. 109.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    “I have no hostility towards the ACA.”

    And my cat has no hostility towards the chipmunk in our yard.

  110. 110.

    balconesfault

    October 13, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    WaPo poll on Roe v Wade just came out.

    62% of Americans favor retaining it.

    24% say overturn.

  111. 111.

    Eljai

    October 13, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    @Betty Cracker: She keeps deflecting by insisting that she didn’t impugn the Chief Justice’s character (nobody said you did, lady!), because she won’t admit she’s lying about her written record on the mandate.

  112. 112.

    Chief Oshkosh

    October 13, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    @gene108: Actually, I didn’t. I knew some of those people. They weren’t subtle about it. In fact, part of their success was based on being so brazen that it was just unbelievable that they were doing it.

    This is similar to the mooks who are convinced, to this day, that the Republicans aren’t working tooth and nail to kill the ACA and all protections for pre-existing conditions. They just don’t believe that anyone would be that evil.

    Fucking morons.

  113. 113.

    A Ghost To Most

    October 13, 2020 at 3:05 pm

    @gene108: Not all of us. I predicted this in 2002. I had the advantage of a ring side seat.

  114. 114.

    Quinerly

    October 13, 2020 at 3:06 pm

    @Chacal Charles Calthrop: and the only reason to read Salon. ?

  115. 115.

    Baud

    October 13, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    @balconesfault:

    A majority of people shit on Obamacare until the GOP was on the verge of taking it away.   Until people stop taking Democratic values for granted, the GOP will continue to say “too bad, so sad.”

  116. 116.

    Quinerly

    October 13, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    @Betty Cracker: he’s very good. I missed Whitehouse. Coons seems to have rattled her a bit.

  117. 117.

    taumaturgo

    October 13, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    Senator Whitehouse finally exposing the right-wing dark money that has corrupted not only Congress but the Courts. Eighty cases brought to the Supreme Court mainly by right-wing groups propped by over $250 million of dark money to buy eighty favorable 5 – 4 decisions in each and every one of them. 80 – 0 bias in favor of unlimited dark money, a diminishing of civil juries, a weakening of regulatory power and independence of regulatory agencies, and a reversal of voting rights protections of minorities unleashing a tsunami of voter suppression reminiscing of the Jim Crow era. Remember the 80-0 bias of the 5-4 conservative cabal because it’s soon to become 6 – 3.

  118. 118.

    balconesfault

    October 13, 2020 at 3:10 pm

    @Baud: But Hillary wasn’t likeable, y’know…  And she actually talked to Wall Street types.  She had to go down.

  119. 119.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 3:11 pm

    Here’s a long clip of Sheldon Whitehouse today:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjcXVKg43q

    His full testimony.

  120. 120.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 3:12 pm

    JFC, she actually asserted her integrity in an answer about deciding the 2020 election. A Trump nominee — asserting integrity!

  121. 121.

    balconesfault

    October 13, 2020 at 3:13 pm

    @taumaturgo: I’ve always felt that Roberts sees his role as (a) keeping up a charade (the other Conservative justices don’t have any fucks to give with respect to looking unbiased) … and (b) protecting Corporate wealth (thus his ACA vote, which was more about maintaining a money stream for big Insurance and big Pharma than about taxes v penalties or protecting people’s healthcare).

  122. 122.

    A Ghost To Most

    October 13, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    @Chief Oshkosh: As long as they can punch down on someone, it’s all good.

  123. 123.

    prostratedragon

    October 13, 2020 at 3:15 pm

    @germy:
    And here’s a shorter one of the part where Sen. Whitehouse breaks down the money behind the SCOTUS gambit.

  124. 124.

    Eljai

    October 13, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    The fascist-curious (h/t Josh Marshall) Hawley is lying his ass off again.  He’s trump, but smarter and with better manners.

  125. 125.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 3:21 pm

    @prostratedragon:

    I suspect, as Whitehouse does, the big money is coming from polluters.

    I don’t think they care about abortion or healthcare.  They just want no regulations on their businesses.  The “culture wars” stuff is just cake icing or meat for their base.

  126. 126.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    @Eljai:  He’ll be running for president in 2024.  And again in 2028.

  127. 127.

    Salty Sam

    October 13, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    @JaySinWA: And of course there is at least one I found. There must be an Instant Pot equivalent to Rule 34.

    Don’t ask what is “Insta-Potting”

  128. 128.

    taumaturgo

    October 13, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    @balconesfault: Yes indeed. I also feel bad for the Democrats that as far as I can tell don’t have a similar organized effort to prepare recruit and confirm judges that would truly defend the constitution. Shame on our side for being cavalier and gullible to believe that institutional norms apply to both sides and should never change. Ha!

  129. 129.

    Eljai

    October 13, 2020 at 3:27 pm

    @germy: That’s my fear and that’s why we have to crush the republican party now.

    Jeebus, he’s spending all his time pretending that Coney-Barrett was attacked for her religion and nobody did that!  Next, he’s going to ask her what’s her favorite Bible story.

  130. 130.

    Baud

    October 13, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    @Eljai:

    The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

  131. 131.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    @taumaturgo:

    Sheldon Whitehouse was on “Firing Line” last week, and Margaret Hoover mentioned some progressive organizations.  She was trying to “both sides” Whitehouse when he spoke about the conservative dark money groups.

    I don’t remember the name of the group Hoover mentioned, though.

  132. 132.

    Eljai

    October 13, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    @Baud: lol!

  133. 133.

    brantl

    October 13, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    I would like the chance to sock Hawley in the eye, for being as smarmily disingenuous as he is.

  134. 134.

    Baud

    October 13, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    @Kay: I want more.

  135. 135.

    prostratedragon

    October 13, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    @germy:  It would make sense from their perspective, since they’ve put so much into subverting the regulatory process. They would want to make that subversion as hard for Democrats to reverse as possible, and SCOTUS decisions certainly slow things down.

     

    Looking now at the video you put up, the one I put up is the last 9 or 10 minutes. Anyone who can find the time should watch the whole thing, he really pulls together a lot of information and makes a case that no one should hesitate to call these guys conspirators.

  136. 136.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    @germy: I’ll have to look that program up. Marsha Marsha Marsha Blackburn’s crackerjack meme staff photoshopped Soros’ face on one of Whitehouse’s charts, so they’ve got that going for them. The structural disadvantage Democrats have is that progressive legislation doesn’t generally benefit donors, so there’s not a huge incentive to put together dark money groups and fake civic societies to advance progressive judges. Maybe Steyer could get on that?

  137. 137.

    taumaturgo

    October 13, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    @germy: You got to give to the Neocons. They made the transformation of the judiciary a priority and it was more than talk to the tune of raising $250 million. Judging the results, Democrats are in another Galaxy playing with a 1980 playbook that’s neither transformative nor bold. I have little hope Democrats will make a serious push to bring in liberal lawyers for nomination to the bench. We most likely see a few liberals jurist and a majority of centrist corporate lawyers that would receive bipartisan approval. It would be shocking if this is not the case.

  138. 138.

    balconesfault

    October 13, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    @taumaturgo: It’s not just the money.

    It’s that too many F-ing Democrats won’t get off their asses to go vote for a Democrat who agrees with them on only 80% of their agenda.

    Meanwhile Republicans will show up to vote for whoever has an (R) next to their name.  And they internalized the importance of the courts in defending their positions long ago.

    The money is only enough because of self-inflicted wounds.

  139. 139.

    Captain C

    October 13, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    @germy: “Hey Brett, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?  Have you ever seen a gladiator movie?”

  140. 140.

    taumaturgo

    October 13, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    @balconesfault: There are over 100 million eligible voters that don’t bother to show up. What could the Democrats do to attract a small percentage of this pool? Not this, please.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-supreme-court-packing-kamala-harris-election-2020-10

  141. 141.

    Betty Cracker

    October 13, 2020 at 4:01 pm

    @taumaturgo: It will be pretty sweet if that years-long, multimillion dollar wingnut project gets blown out of the water by court expansion, though.

  142. 142.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    October 13, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    @taumaturgo: I don’t know, when our candidates actually talk about the importance of the vote and the Court, we also don’t get those folk to turn out.

  143. 143.

    Quaker in a Basement

    October 13, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    @germy: Interesting. Klobuchar didn’t ask if the law is Constitutuional. She asked if intimidating voters is illegal–which is clearly is. That’s quite a tell for someone who claims to believe courts should not set policy.

  144. 144.

    Doug R

    October 13, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    @germy:

     

    Video unavailable

  145. 145.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 13, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    Blumenthal is doing a good job.

  146. 146.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    October 13, 2020 at 4:23 pm

    @cain: Remember Phyllis Schafly?  The first time I realized not all (even smart) women were liberals, sadly amazing though I found that fact.

  147. 147.

    germy

    October 13, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    @Doug R:

    Sorry! I messed up the link:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjcXVKg43qY

  148. 148.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    October 13, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    @geg6: Ah, you beat me to it long ago!

  149. 149.

    Taumaturgo

    October 13, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    @Betty Cracker:  Perphaps Joe will shock us all, but right now he is waffling.

  150. 150.

    Bill Arnold

    October 13, 2020 at 5:21 pm

    @prostratedragon:

    And here’s a shorter one of the part where Sen. Whitehouse breaks down the money behind the SCOTUS gambit.

    That was very well done by the Senator. (I do not recall better.)

  151. 151.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 13, 2020 at 5:23 pm

    @taumaturgo: if only voters had listened when Bernie and his passionate, blessed “young people” had warned us about the importance of the courts in 16

  152. 152.

    taumaturgo

    October 13, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: The race as I recall wasn’t Bernie to win or lose. Hillary and the forgettable VP was the ticket that lost to the worst and dummest presidential candidate ever.

  153. 153.

    WaterGirl

    October 13, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @germy: I hope a miracle occurs and she finds out that she’s wrong.

  154. 154.

    J R in WV

    October 13, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage:

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Rafael “Ted” “Calgary” Cruz has an exceedingly ugly voice is an exceptionally ugly, soulless, person.

    Fixed.  Although yeah, he has an ugly voice.

    Actually, his name is Rafael Eduardo “Calgary” Cruz. There is no Ted in his name at all. I personally think he should be required to use his full name as it appears on his birth certificate, including the location of his birth. But I am weird like that.

  155. 155.

    eddie blake

    October 13, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    @Betty Cracker:
    even sweeter if taumaturgo didn’t spend most of his time on BJ  talking shit about the democratic party.

  156. 156.

    eddie blake

    October 13, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    @taumaturgo:

    says the punk-ass contrarian who can’t spell “dumbest.”

    learn another tune.

    FFS.

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

Image by MomSense (5/10.25)

Recent Comments

  • Jackie on Monday Night Open Thread (May 12, 2025 @ 8:43pm)
  • YY_Sima Qian on Monday Night Open Thread (May 12, 2025 @ 8:38pm)
  • Jay on Monday Night Open Thread (May 12, 2025 @ 8:36pm)
  • They Call Me Noni on Monday Night Open Thread (May 12, 2025 @ 8:34pm)
  • MagdaInBlack on Monday Night Open Thread (May 12, 2025 @ 8:33pm)

PA Supreme Court At Risk

Donate

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
War in Ukraine
Donate to Razom for Ukraine

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Meetups

Upcoming Ohio Meetup May 17
5/11 Post about the May 17 Ohio Meetup

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)
Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Hands Off! – Denver, San Diego & Austin

Social Media

Balloon Juice
WaterGirl
TaMara
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
DougJ NYT Pitchbot
mistermix

Keeping Track

Legal Challenges (Lawfare)
Republicans Fleeing Town Halls (TPM)
21 Letters (to Borrow or Steal)
Search Donations from a Brand

PA Supreme Court At Risk

Donate

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!