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  1. 1.

    Miss Bianca

    Today has been a day of various irritants to the soul large and small, but all I’ve had to do to perk myself up is whisper, “Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson” and I find myself smiling again

    ETA: And man…I can’t believe that I’ve come to think somewhat well of Mitt Romney. Guy has more class than I gave him credit for.

  2. 2.

    Jackie

    A historic moment that will be noted in future history books! The Rose Garden celebration tomorrow  will be a celebration of joy!

  3. 3.

    Dan B

    @Miss Bianca: Same here.  It’s great to have someone of her caliber headed to the high court.

    We trapped a big feral tomcat and got him snipped today.  He loves people but was threatening to our two kitties.  The clinic were sure he’d be adopted immediately but we’re worried if he’d get a good home.  Everyone at the clinic loved him so he’ll probably get great promo.  First world problems and then there’s Ukraine.

  5. 5.

    japa21

    @Miss Bianca: I don’t like Romney’s ideological view of things, but he does have, at least, a moral code he lives by.  Most Republicans think morals are for fools.

    And to make it clear, his moral code and mine are not always in agreement either, but he has one.

  7. 7.

    Mike in NC

    There was a snowballs chance in hell that any of the Confederate senators would vote for a black woman.

  8. 8.

    japa21

    I want to repeat something I mentioned earlier.  Once upon a time in the US, there would have been no issues with someone of her qualifications breezing through to confirmation, even given her gender (am I allowed to say that word DeSantis) and race.  At the worst it might have been a 80-20 vote in favor.

    And as far as McConnell goes, we know ideology trumps qualifications and career arc for him.  Ideology was all that mattered when he was in charge and Trump made the nominations.  A nominee had to be really, really unqualified not to be confirmed.

  9. 9.

    Alison Rose ???

    Gonna go back in time to find 2012 me and tell her that in 10 years, she will be saying positive things about Mitt Romney, just to see her laugh hysterically.

    Debating whether or not to tell her about Trump, because that bitch was already dealing with a lot and I don’t want to put that nightmare in her head.

  10. 10.

    mrmoshpotato

    Shithead Ted’s “beard” is “way way way” far from being a decent-looking beard.

    And yet, his face is more disgusting without it.  (You can see the smarminess unshielded.)

  11. 11.

    Kelly

    Well she is way, way, way to the left of Ted Cruz and most the Republican Party because they’re so far, far, far to the right we can’t hardly see them anymore

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Miss Bianca: I think Romney’s only real political principle is that the poor have it too easy in this country, and the rich have it too hard. Where that puts him on the spectrum of Republicans– Eisenhower, Ford, Reagan– I’m not sure.  Combine that with the Bush The Elder ish notion of political and cultural entitlement that “the country should be run by our sort, old top”, and the corresponding political ruthlessness that leads to things like Willie Horton and soft birtherism, or self-deportation and Kris Kobach. But that’s also what horrifies him, or at least annoys him, about people like trump and I suspsect Cruz and Cotton. He’ll distance himself from trumpism, he either can’t or won’t– more the latter, I think– do anything to stop the McConnellism that uses trumpism to advance its goals.

  13. 13.

    bluegirlfromwyo

    My schadenfreude is working overtime today. I so want Jackson, Sotomayor and Kagan to have a post-swearing in girls night and tell Boney Carrot to stay home.

  14. 14.

    Spanky

    @japa21:

     A nominee had to be really, really unqualified not to be confirmed.

    Ummmmm, I’m pretty sure we haven’t plumbed the depths of the ideologues the GOP are willing to throw up. Justices Beerbong and Covid-Barrett aren’t exactly big thinkers.

  15. 15.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Plus ça change….

    John Harwood @JohnJHarwood 3h

    when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn’t vote

    when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no

  16. 16.

    Brachiator

    In 1963, in Gasden, Alabama, police arrested Mary Hamilton and other civil rights demonstrators. At a hearing that June, the court referred to her as “Mary.” It was custom to only address black people by their first name.

    “And she just would not answer the judge until he called her ‘Miss Hamilton.’ And he refused. So he found her in contempt of court…”

    So Mary Hamilton was thrown in jail and fined $50. The NAACP took the case that eventually appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled the following year in Hamilton’s favor.

    Today, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to be a Justice of the US Supreme Court.

    Justice Jackson.

    Sounds good.

  17. 17.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Miss Bianca:

    ETA: And man…I can’t believe that I’ve come to think somewhat well of Mitt Romney. Guy has more class than I gave him credit for. 

    It’ll pass.

  18. 18.

    eclare

    @Dan B:   Good for you! Paws crossed here he finds a forever home soon.

    I saw my resident feral today, if I get too close it hisses at me like a demon.

  20. 20.

    Martin

    Simply put, Romney isn’t a fascist, while increasingly more of the GOP are. That’s the whole ballgame. Romney and Cheney can have all of my praise until they’re the ones running the GOP and not Cruz and MTG. We can quibble over their policy differences another day. There are bigger threats afoot.

  23. 23.

    Brachiator

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn’t vote

    when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no

    Deplorables gotta be deplorable.

    Something else that Marshall and Jackson have in common:

    During her confirmation, Democrats touted her experience working as a public defender. She will be the first Supreme Court justice since Thurgood Marshall – the first black Supreme Court justice – to have career experience representing criminal defendants.

  24. 24.

    Martin

    Oh, can we get a huzzah for Adam Linda Fagan for being the first woman to lead a branch of the military. Not terribly high profile achievement (mainly because everyone dismisses the Coast Guard as a useless branch of the military) but it is deserving of being a high profile achievement. The Coast Guard primarily helps people. It’s inherently the best branch of the armed services.

  25. 25.

    Joe Falco

    @Brachiator:

    She will be the first Supreme Court justice since Thurgood Marshall – the first black Supreme Court justice – to have career experience representing criminal defendants.

    And that’s the real reason Cruz and the other 46 reprobates believes she’s too left for the court.

  26. 26.

    Omnes Omnibus

    This was a good thing. It will have good results for years to come. Let’s just celebrate it and leave the haters to themselves for a night.

  27. 27.

    Raven

    @Martin: In “The Great Deluge” by Doug Brinkley the Coast Guard, Cajun Navy and Wal Mart are the only organizations that did well during Katrina.

  30. 30.

    smith

    @eclare: Robert Bork, Clement Haynsworth, Harrold Carswell…

    And remember the immortal words of Sen Roman Hruska, when it was pointed out that Carswell was an extremely mediocre judge: “Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance?”

    Affirmative action, Republican style.

  32. 32.

    Ivan X

    This is great news!!

    As for Romney, look, if his party has set the bar so low that he can shine merely by demonstrating some commitment to country over party once in a while, that’s not his fault. Given that apparently 47 GOP senators don’t share that commitment — I mean seriously, it would have been the same tally even if it had been a white male moderate (cough Garland cough), his willingness to buck the gravitational pull of McConnellism and do what he thinks is right deserves some credit. Not a lot of credit, he’s still an asshole, but ultimately being so much less of an asshole than the rest of his colleagues legitimately makes him look good. Relativity exists.

  35. 35.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Kelly:

    because they’re so far, far, far to the right we can’t hardly see them anymore

    Best to not even bother to look.

  36. 36.

    Mike in NC

    @Martin: In 1980 I got bored with my dead-end job and applied for Coast Guard OCS. They said I did well on the entrance exam, but being the Coast Guard they could be highly selective and encouraged me to try again in six months. A week later I took the exact same exam with a Navy recruiter and was welcomed aboard.

  40. 40.

    ian

    @Martin:

    I think y’all forget the real Liz Cheney.  We are talking about a woman who demagogued the defense lawyers who were assigned by the government to represent al-Qaeda suspects.  She did not stop even after the “Al-Qaeda 7” (yes that is what Cheney called them) were receiving death threats.  That isn’t policy quibbles, that is serious disregard for rule of law.

  42. 42.

    Raven

    Will Thursday’s 71 tell that story 50 years from now? It’s impossible to say. But if you witnessed or watched Woods’ round, you’ll remember it as one that was bigger than the day and the week. it was (another) performance from him that you’ll simply never forget.

  44. 44.

    Martin

    @ian: Don’t care right now. She’s not trying to subvert democracy. If we lose that, we lose everything.

  46. 46.

    Joe Falco

    @Ivan X:

    Nope, I’m going to hold Romney accountable for every traitorous, seditious, bigoted, and/or idiotic thing that comes out of his party. Republicans and even supposed liberals or leftists hold one or two elected officials in our party as the mouthpiece of the entire Democratic platform so Romney will not receive any such fair-mindedness from me.

  48. 48.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @ian:

    She did not stop even after the “Al-Qaeda 7” (yes that is what Cheney called them) were receiving death threats.  That isn’t policy quibbles, that is serious disregard for rule of law.

    Neal Katyal was one of them. He’s talked about the rather surreal feeling of cheering on Liz Cheney.

  50. 50.

    Martin

    @Raven: You know, it doesn’t matter what Tiger does, people still want to pull for the guy. Everyone really wants 1997 Tiger back. I get that.

  52. 52.

    Starfish

    @Joe Falco: Any of them could break with the party-line nonsense that the party has chosen to do, and they choose not to most of the time. They chose to confirm unqualified judges and put complete clowns on the highest court of the land. Zero credit.

  53. 53.

    Miss Bianca

    @Ivan X:

    ultimately being so much less of an asshole than the rest of his colleagues legitimately makes him look good.

    Yeah, I think that’s the right take on it.

  54. 54.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Omnes Omnibus: fine. We can get back to discussing how Avril Lavigne’s “I wanna be your girlfriend” was a flagrant ripoff of the Rubinoos’ totally awesome “I wanna be your boyfriend”.

  55. 55.

    Raven

    @Martin: He’s paid for his sins and it really doesn’t matter what people think. . .  I’d say he’s human but I’m not sure after today.

  56. 56.

    smith

    In somewhat related news, Milwaukee just elected its first Black mayor. Reading about it, I wondered how many major cities in the US have mayors who are not white men. Went down this rabbit hole  and discovered that of the 20 largest cities (Milwaukee is not one of them — it’s 30th), only 6 appear to have white men as mayors. The interesting thing to me is that none of these cities is majority Black. The largest majority-Black city is Detroit, at 26th, and its mayor is a white man.  Could this diversity be a sign that the US, on the blue urban side anyway, is finally growing up?

  59. 59.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Ivan X:

    but ultimately being so much less of an asshole than the rest of his colleagues legitimately makes him look good. Relativity exists.

    and if he makes them look worse by standing there, applauding alone… I hope some clever ad maker in the Demmings or Beasley or DSCC offices can figure out how to use that footage. Maybe there’s some clip of Wee Willie’d Marco slinking away.

  60. 60.

    delk

    Tested negative so I’m cleared for surgery tomorrow. I’m up first in the OR at 5:45 AM. ugh Nothing major  just cleaning up the after effects of breaking my nose three times.

  61. 61.

    Dan B

    @eclare: This Tomcat walked right up to me as I opened the car door one night and wanted to be petted.  28 pounds of feral cat but he was very calm later plunked down at the front door.  My partner walked up to him and he calmly lay there waiting for petting or treats.  He’s very healthy for a feral.

  62. 62.

    Raven

    This is weird, Joey Votto has been talking while he’s playing first base for the whole inning!

  63. 63.

    Brachiator

    @Martin:

    Oh, can we get a huzzah for Adam Linda Fagan for being the first woman to lead a branch of the military.

    Perhaps Admiral Linda Fagan…

    I didn’t quite get it the first time I browsed the comment.

    Very cool.

  64. 64.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    Play Ball motherfuckers!!

    Shohei Ohtani is making history again on Opening Day.

    On Thursday, Ohtani will become the first player in AL/NL history to both throw his team’s first pitch of the season and face his team’s first pitch of the season as a hitter.

    The two-way superstar is making his first career Opening Day start as a pitcher. He’s also in the lineup batting leadoff for the Angels.

    h/t https://www.mlb.com/news/ohtani-first-to-throw-pitch-lead-off-to-start-season

     And fuck the Republican party, especially Trump.

     

  67. 67.

    Ivan X

    @Joe Falco: K. That’s nice, but all it takes is him and three other of his co-traitors to his party of truth and righteousness and we have no Justice KBJ.

  78. 78.

    laura

    There is joy to be savored! Be present in this sweet moment and do not diminish the spectacular now. Think about the woman who plotted a course as a very young girl and did the work in such an exemplary fashion that it left her critics with no legitimate challenge to her record and her life, and so instead, they jumped to the chance to fully display their craven dance of the unwashed ass for the clicks and the lols. And now she is elevates to the Court and will, by her presence, elevate the Court. I wish Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson a long and engaged life on the Court and I wish a moment to feel the joy of the occasion especially because things are so dire in so many ways. Celebrate this win for all of the ways that it is a wonderful and positive thing. If just for a moment Savor the Joy of it.

  81. 81.

    Anotherlurker

    @Martin: Fuck those assholes who demean the Coast Guard.  The Coasties routinely, daily,  save ordinary citizens .  They do a hell of a lot of good for this country, as opposed to the the other branches who appear to be more attuned to support capitalism and imperialism.

  82. 82.

    mdblanche

    @Alison Rose ???: If you told me when I was living in Massachusetts and Romney was governor that he would someday be the paragon of principled Republicans I wouldn’t have believed you.

    In the long term I don’t think a two party democratic system is sustainable if only one party is committed to it. So as a practical matter I don’t think it’s a good idea to pick on the Romneys and the Cheneys. And there are so many more deserving targets.

  83. 83.

    James E Powell

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I think Romney’s only real political principle is that the poor have it too easy in this country, and the rich have it too hard.

    Confessing my ignorance of Latter Day Saints’ beliefs, but don’t they have something akin to the Puritans’ predestination so like if you’re rich it’s because God chose you to be rich because you’re just the best ever?

  84. 84.

    Another Scott

    Yet more about the Secret Service news is trickling out…

    #BREAKING: One of two men accused of impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington has claimed to have ties to Pakistani intelligence and had visas showing travel to #Pakistan and #Iran. 1/2https://t.co/GCrjhQl4ML

    — Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) April 7, 2022

    This is my shocked, shocked face.

    (via Popehat)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  85. 85.

    mdblanche

    @mdblanche: Oh, I’m probably being too negative for today. This is an occasion to celebrate and it’s important to celebrate them.

  87. 87.

    Ken

    @James E Powell: I once read a book about LDS beliefs, written by someone in the church. I don’t know how widely-believed the doctrine is, but this person said that souls are given a choice of which body and life they will have, and the greatest souls take the most difficult lives.

    Assuming I’m not misremembering the doctrine, and that it does represent LDS thinking, I’d guess that multi-millionaire Senator Romney is not one of the greatest souls.

  88. 88.

    sab

    @Martin: Coast Guard lately does a lot of drug interdiction. During Vietnam  war we sent them to be Swiftboaters. They have always had their military side even though they were mostly in Department of Transportation

    My husband was a Coastie, and he is always reminding me that they are an older branch of tje services than the navy.

  89. 89.

    Ella in New Mexico

    I’m as white as white can be.

    But this incredibly accomplished woman speaks for me on the Supreme Court. She’s intelligent, well educated, brave, and an incredible achiever, focused on upholding all the principles of the Constitution.

    This has been a LONG time coming. I cannot imagine anyone I’d want more right now to be on the SCOTUS. So proud of my country today.

  91. 91.

    Ohio Mom

    I think Romney likes showing that he has good manners, that’s why he was sure to be seen applauding our new Justice. It didn’t look to me he was especially joyous, just following along, politely.

    Compare that to Rand Paul who was late and couldn’t be bothered to dress properly. Purposely rude.

  92. 92.

    JoyceH

    I wish I knew what the Senate Republicans thought they were doing. Does their feral base not count a No vote unless it’s delivered as churlishly as possible? They have to strut out in that insulting manner? Lindsay Graham is so desperate for the knuckle-dragger vote that he shouts his vote in from the friggin’ cloak room? Do they even grasp that NORMAL people find their behavior offensive?

  93. 93.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Ivan X: ​

    it would have been the same tally even if it had been a white male moderate

    I agree. The vote total would have been the same. The racism and sexism was demonstrated in the vile manner of their questioning and McConnell’s deranged rant trying to get his people to all vote No. (Which failed, by the way, in case you’re keeping track of whether McConnell is a genius.)

  94. 94.

    Another Scott

    More results from the Wisconsin elections, … BoltsMag.org:

    Kelly Ruh, a Wisconsin official who two years ago posed as a presidential elector for Donald Trump as part of an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, lost her re-election bid tonight.

    Ruh sought a second term as an alderperson in De Pere, a town near Green Bay in northeast Wisconsin. She lost to Pamela Gantz, a real estate agent who volunteers as a poll worker.

    Good, good.

    Every seat matters, every time.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  95. 95.

    phdesmond

    won’t you celebrate with me
    BY LUCILLE CLIFTON

    won’t you celebrate with me
    what i have shaped into
    a kind of life? i had no model.
    born in babylon
    both nonwhite and woman
    what did i see to be except myself?
    i made it up
    here on this bridge between
    starshine and clay,
    my one hand holding tight
    my other hand; come celebrate
    with me that everyday
    something has tried to kill me
    and has failed.

    Lucille Clifton, “won’t you celebrate with me” from Book of Light. Copyright © 1993 by Lucille Clifton.

  98. 98.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    I was hoping Uncle Joe would have appointed Aaron Judge or Taylor Swift to the court just for headlines on Judge Judge and Swift Justice.​
     

    Plus who wouldn’t want to see Taylor’s hot legal briefs

  99. 99.

    Dangerman

    Nice walkout; sure owned me. Why do they always insist in acting like they are massively constipated (though that would explain the FOS stuff)? If they follow their leader and eat paper, fiber shouldn’t be a problem.

  101. 101.

    Mai Naem mobile

    @laura: I remember Rick Wilson of all people talking about how Dems don’t celebrate wins. KBJ is a highly  accomplished woman, nominated by a Democratic POTUS. A historical nomination and elevation to the highest court.  It’s a huge win. Screw the haters.

  105. 105.

    Joe Falco

    @Ivan X: So, what? You want me to sing of his praises? Screw him and every Republican of the last 30 odd years. He and his sort have degraded this country for so long now, a few acts of a handful of them choosing decency over how they usually are can never make up for what the Republican Party has done here and abroad. I’ll save my sympathies for the Democratic Party, which, warts and all, most of them want to make this country a better place for all.

    We should be harsh on Republicans plain and simple. If someone has a Republican representing them and wants to call into their office to congratulate them on doing something good, I won’t stop them. Maybe it’ll make the Republican feel all warm and fuzzy inside so they want to do it again.

    I have no obligation to give Romney, Collins and Murkowski anything. They are not my senators, and all four of us probably agree that me withholding my golf clap for them was not going to change their minds.

  106. 106.

    opiejeanne

    @Wyatt Salamanca: Watching Ohtani in the bottom of the 6th inning right now.  We need some runs, and we didn’t get it from him.

    Ohtani struck out 9 in the first 4 innings before they sent in a reliever.  Unfortunately, Alvarez  pitching for the cheating Astros has been nails all night.

  107. 107.

    Another Scott

    ICYMI, … Deadline.com:

    UPDATE, 7:33 PM PT: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said that he tested positive for Covid.

    “Late this afternoon after a routine test, I tested positive for COVID-19. I’m so thankful to be both vaccinated & boosted, and at the advice of the Attending Physician I plan to isolate. If you haven’t gotten your shot yet, I encourage you to do so,” Warnock wrote on Twitter.

    Warnock’s test came after he voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Another senator, Susan Collins (R-ME), announced her positive result late on Thursday afternoon.

    Collins was among those who attended last weekend’s Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, which has so far reported more than three dozen cases among attendees to the event. In a message sent to members on Thursday evening, the club said that they had learned of 37 positive tests among dinner guests, including two at the head table. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who also attended, said that they had tested positive.

    PREVIOUSLY: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has tested positive for Covid, her office announced, just a couple hours after she was on the Senate floor to cast one of three Republican votes to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

    Her office said that she was experiencing “mild symptoms,” and would “isolate and work remotely in accordance with CDC guidelines.”

    Collins was among those who attended last weekend’s Gridiron Club dinner in Washington. More than a dozen other attendees have said that they have tested positive, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

    PREVIOUSLY: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid, amid concerns of an outbreak among top leaders in D.C.

    Drew Hammill, spokesman for the speaker, said in a statement on Thursday, “After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic. The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided. The Speaker will quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly.”

    Pelosi was on stage with President Joe Biden at a White House event on Wednesday to sign postal service reform legislation, as well as at an event on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Biden, former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris also were there.

    She was not present at Saturday night’s Gridiron Club dinner, a white tie gathering that drew lawmakers, cabinet officials and media personalities. The Gridiron Club, made up of top D.C. journalists, said that they know of 14 cases so far among attendees at the event. They include Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, as well as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX).

    […]

    :-(

    It’s not over. And it’s clear that super-spreader events can still be a thing.

    Fingers crossed that everyone either remains asymptomatic or has very mild cases.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  108. 108.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Fingers crossed that everyone either remains asymptomatic or has very mild cases.

    everyone….?

    Covid is among the least of the things I wish on that vile fraud Susan Collins

  110. 110.

    opiejeanne

    @Another Scott: I hope for mild cases too for all of them.

    Tomorrow we’re going to get our second boosters, and that might go a long way to calming my anxieties about leaving our property. We’re heading to Chicago on the Empire Builder in early May. We’ll be there for a couple of days before heading to KC to visit some cousins in Bonner Springs, Kansas.

  111. 111.

    JoyceH

    @opiejeanne:  I got my second booster last weekend. I was on the schedule to be eligible for jury duty for a couple weeks in April. But when I called the courthouse and found out that they’ve dropped ALL their COVID protocols, so no masks, no tests, no vaccine requirements, no distancing, I hotfooted it over to my cardiologist and got a medical excuse from duty. Now hearing about this Gridiron Superspreader, I’m congratulating myself on my astuteness, because with my abundance of medical conditions, I doubt if I would get a Mild Case if I got COVID at all.

  112. 112.

    Origuy

    @Another Scott: California too. My HOA did that to someone who decided she didn’t need to pay the assessments. It’s basically the same as deciding not to pay your property taxes, which will also get you foreclosed on. If that were not the case, people wouldn’t pay them until they tried to sell. HOAs, at least the ones that have real maintenance responsibilities, need that money to keep the place up. My HOA pays for trash pickup, landscaping, external lighting, exterior painting, and the roofs.
    The person we foreclosed on was a paralegal and had been the association secretary, so she knew better and would have advocated doing the same thing. Turned out she was a hoarder and the place had to be gutted.
    The only way to avoid foreclosure for HOA dues in California is to be active military and I think you have to have been deployed.

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