The "Big One" - A Disgrace From Texas

Trump declares it to be "The Big One"! Here is the controversial Supreme Court filing with the ludicrous statistical analysis included. A sampling:

Chances of Biden winning Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin independently after [Trump's]

early lead is less than one in a quadrillion:

 

Uh huh. So basically, a Biden comeback was less likely than an asteroid strike even though plenty of folks had warned about Blue Mirages and Red Mirages before Election night. Everybody, with the apparent exception of this analyst (Prof. Cicchetti) understood that in most states Democrats were the bigger users of absentee ballots. Consequently, in the states that counted absentee ballots as they came in before the election, Biden would stat election night with a big lead into which Trump would gnaw as the night wore on. In states that set absentee ballots aside and counted them after the polls were closed, that would reverse - an early Trump lead would shrink and maybe reverse.

 

The "one in a quadrillion" analysis rests on the premise that the late-counted absentee votes were drawn from the same pool as the initial votes. If Trump got 52% of the first 90% of votes but then got less than 32% of the remainder, he'd lose. Unlikely? INCREDIBLY unlikely IF all the votes are coming from the same pool. HIGHLY likely if the late votes were widely understood to be from a county or process (eg, absentee) that tilted to Biden.

 

As a bonus contribution to our understanding of politics the professor explained that Biden backers of 2020 were behaving the same as Hillary backer in 2016. If you think an election is simply a random draw from the same people with the same partisan tilt from one election to the next, this is an incredibly unlikely result (Hmm, campaigns - how do they work?). In reality, what is incredibly unlikely is that the Supreme Court will even begin to take this seriously. NO, they have not taken up the case yet.

 

Lest you doubt, a snippet.

 

 

 

This filing is a disgrace. The state AGs hopping on board know this is a loser but they evidently see personal political upside in staying on the same page with Trump and his ardent followers.

Comments

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

ASOFB:

Chinese spy Fang like Confucius say of Swalwell:
“Good things no come in small packages.”

[Neo]

Pennsylvania officials on Thursday filed a blistering brief at the Supreme Court rebuking the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn President Donald Trump's defeat in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, casting the move as using a "cacophony of bogus claims" to support a "seditious abuse of the judicial process."

I see we are at the “pound the table” stage, after “pound them with the law” has failed.

[Marlene]

Good afternoon! I'm not sure if I'm in the Christmas spirit, but I've done some shopping at local small businesses and they really are appreciative. Of course, I'm still adjusting to Christmas lights wrapped around palm trees. :)

[MissMarple2]

This is the Christmas poem read at our Christmas Eve every year as long as I hosted it:

A Christmas Poem

When Autumn's last breezes have yielded her leaves,
And icy winds swirl over porches and eaves,
Then comes the merriest time of the year,
With sleigh-bells and Santa, warmth and good cheer.

The memories crowd 'round and beckon us all:
Larry the lion, the Baby Dear doll.
The year that the pony was out in the yard,
The Christmas a boy slept in St. Francis' ward.

Yuletide in Guuantanamo or Milan,
A long-ago Christmas in Cold War Berlin.
A Christmas in Florida with Aunt Salome,
(The years we were scattered yet longed to be home.)

We are the happy, the chosen, the few
Who feast on both Chili and (yikes!) oyster stew.
We have the Scout Reindeer who checks on us all.
Our Christmas Eve is like Fezziwig's ball!

So raise high your glasses and let's give a cheer
FOr all of the good times we've had through the years -
For Christmases past and for those yet to be.
We're family forever, 'round our Christmas tree!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Why Other Queers Are Stuffing Lesbians Back In The Closet

[MissMarple2]

Benny
@bennyjohnson
·
1m
BREAKING: Congressman Mike Johnson and 105 other GOP House members just filed an amicus brief in support of Texas’ case challenging election procedures in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin

https://supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2

[Captain Hate]

Lezzos throwing in with the mincemeats was never gonna work out well.

[lyle]

Ig’s 4:06 only reminds us—as if we even needed it—that we live in an aggressively stupid age.

[henry]

The other half of CWII speaks.

@steve_vladeck

And here's an amicus brief from 20 states (and three territories) in support of the defendants (and in opposition to Texas's overturn-the-election #SCOTUS suit):

supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…

https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1337124245000753152?s=21

[henry]

If Guam gets too exited, it might flip over this case.

[henry]

Courts, using justice delayed as a weapon.

@chrisderose

I’m hearing the lawyers for Arizona’s election challenge failed to ask for expedited review in the 9th circuit. Opening brief is due March 22. Response due April 21. With any luck you’ll get a ruling in Biden’s first term. Good luck. #appellatetwitter

[MissMarple2]

A word from General Flynn on Saturday's Jericho March (which you may not have heard about):

https://uncoverdc.com/2020/12/10/on-the-occasion-of-the-jericho-march/

[Captain Hate]

SNL is like an old dog you like that died a long time ago and you mistakenly had it stuffed with happy bark recordings.

that's actually an apt metaphor for our entire culture right now
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 10, 2020 04:29 PM (j9HX3)

[Young Lurker]

I feel like this is going to be a proble:

At the outset, more than a hundred years of Supreme Court precedent forecloses Texas and its amici’s theory that the Constitution requires legislative bodies alone to set election procedures. In Ohio ex rel. Davis v. Hildebrant, 241 U.S. 565 (1916), for instance, this Court rejected an argument in the analogous Elections Clause context that a state legislative body alone must structure the election process when the Court upheld a popular referendum that rejected redistricting legislation passed by the Ohio Legislature. Id. at 567, 569. Later, in Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355 (1932), this Court similarly held that a governor may veto a congressional redistricting plan, even though a Governor is plainly not part of a legislative body. See id. at 372-73. There, this Court emphasized that the function envisioned by the Constitution’s reference to state legislatures “is that of making laws,” id. at 366, and it is within “the authority of the state to determine what should constitute its legislative process,” id. at 372. More recently, in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona.....

[Dave (in MA)]

MM's 4:07 topic made the yellow loon sad,

Dan Crenshaw and Tom McClintock are people I respected once. It was a long, long time ago when I pushed for McClintock to be Governor of California, but I remember. What a fraud he turned out to be. https://t.co/SV6IWhSzh2

— Patterico (@Patterico) December 10, 2020

[Tom R]

The Bama basketball coach has triggered all the leftwingers for his comments about COVID and Coach K at Duke wanting to shutdown playing.

https://twitter.com/wm_galloway/status/1337133118839513093?s=21

[clarice]

https://twitter.com/JoshuaHosler/status/1337064427464560642
Biden's staff saying Kamala is leaking negative stuff about Biden

[MissMarple2]

Linked by President Trump:

Presidential Message on Hanukkah, 2020

Issued on: December 10, 2020

During this holiday season, the First Lady and I send our warmest greetings to the millions of Jewish people in the United States and around the world as they begin the celebration of Hanukkah and the miracle that kept the flames of the menorah burning in the Second Temple for eight nights.

The candle-lighting tradition that began over 2,000 years ago is rooted in perseverance and faith—two virtues that are indicative of the Jewish culture and the Jewish faith.

This year’s observance of the Festival of Lights comes at a time when the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel has never been stronger. Over the past four years, my Administration has stood in unwavering solidarity with the Jewish people. In recent months, we brokered historic peace deals between Israel and major Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan, ushering in unprecedented opportunities for enhancing stability and prosperity in the region. As we enter this season of celebration and reflection, we must continue to build on this progress and work toward a brighter and more secure future in the Middle East and around the world.

Over the next eight days, families and friends will gather to carry on the time-honored tradition of lighting the menorah. The First Lady and I wish you all a joyous celebration. Happy Hanukkah!

[Captain Hate]

Can you imagine anything sentient caring about the yellow loon's approval? I'm sure any pets would prefer being in a shelter.

[hoyden]

Thanks to JOMever posted the lemon pie recipe.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-shaker-lemon-pie

I made two variants today; one with evil sugar and one with sucralose. Rather than slice the lemons super thin I put them in a blender. Then I added the sweetener and let them sit for two days on the counter to matriculate. I substituted an almond flour crust because I'm allergic to wheat. The recipe called for corn starch, which I did not have, and substituted twice as much of some white poweder in an unmarked bag that I prayed, Dear God, please let this be tapioca. Next time I will try making a keto meringue for on top. Pie wasn't like what Mom made, but not too bad for a first try.

[hoyden]

If the SC blows off the Texas suit then I think it's time for a little martial law. Trump gave the courts a chance and the courts blew it. It's unconscionable to turn over the government to China compromised Democrats.

[Old Lurker]

YL, that is why we let the lawyers, lawyer.

:-)

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Some reporting that the CEO of Dominion got subpoaened to appear before SCOTUS??? I ain't buying as they haven't even had the responses file yet. Hmmm..

[Young Lurker]

Like OL’s cake that’s in the oven (burnt to a crisp by now, I’d imagine).. ultimately this will just come down to whether the 5 good justices see what is happening and whether they are not amused.

[Old Lurker]

YL, and even IANAL lets me poke holes in your quote from 4:35.

Relax.

Cocktail hour approaches in my house.

[Old Lurker]

Oh, they (SCOTUS) all see what is happening, even the two cinderblocks. Whether they WANT that to happen, the Constitution and the Republic be damned, or not. That is the question.

Relax, crispy cake is good too.

[Barbara]

Among the things I want for Christmas:

Andrew Pollack
@AndrewPollackFL
·Dec 9
Newsmax has just beat Fox in ratings for the first time. Message sent.
_______________________________________________

Reps. Gabbard & Gosar Introduce ‘Break Up Big Tech’ Bill to Remove Legal Immunity from Big Tech Who...

Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-04) introduced the Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020, which would remove the Section 230 legal immunity shield that protects...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
@TulsiPress
.19h
Today I introduced the Break Up Big Tech Act with @RepGosar to remove #Sec230 immunity for tech companies who act like publishers, censoring and manipulating users, treating us and our attention like products to make their billions.

[Young Lurker]

OL, Thursday is close enough to Friday, perhaps I will have a drink myself. Raise a glass to Ted Cruz, who’d better be over all that trash talking trump did about his wife.

[Pinandpuller]

So called Ellen Page makes a great point about the Trans Thing: If people really believed this stuff then they would treat EP like they Treat real White males and she’d drive off a bridge.

[Narciso]

I keep trying for mccarry to stay fiction, in shelley's heart. the bland apparatchik thinks he stole the election thanks to the fis, successor to the company, but the prog supreme court justice has other ideas,

[KevlarKid]

Austere Caring Celebrity Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for COVID-19

Posted by: Neo | December 10, 2020 at 01:59 PM

Wash those bald tacos before eating, Degenerwhatevs.

[Captain Hate]

Heels Up not a team player? Unpossible. Is she talking about how Sundown is looking for who keeps shitting in his pants?

[John S]

YL, I think the cases cited by the defendants are pretty weak. A referendum is a type of legislating and is very different from a governor changing the law. And the example of a governor vetoing legislation is not on point either. I scanned the brief very quickly and i didn't see any strong arguments, mainly a lot of crap like letting the people vote (dead ones too?) but IANAL.

[Captain Hate]

Ellen finally does something funny!

[John S]

Speaking of Christmas music, on Spotify I like to listen to "Christmas Peaceful Piano." It's quiet, so you can either ignore it or sing along. Very nicely done.

[Barbara]

hoyden @4:47pm

I agree. The pieces are in place. DJT is trying to do this their way. If the result is some candy ass decision, then the system is irretrievably broken and further measures must be taken to restore the Republic. Just ask Abraham Lincoln.

We are fortunate that this conflict does not pit sections of the country against each other. Over the past year, the left has put on a display of what they intend to do. A huge swath of Americans and even some rational democrats will support whatever reasonable actions the President employs to stop the steal.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Top U.S. intelligence officials were so concerned heading into the 2016 election that the Russians were aware of and potentially manipulating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s plans to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent that they personally briefed President Barack Obama on the matter, newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents show. CIA officials also requested that the FBI investigate Russian knowledge of the Clinton campaign’s collusion smear operation.

Newly declassified handwritten notes from former CIA Director John Brennan show that the U.S. intelligence community knew in 2016 that Russian intelligence was actively monitoring, and potentially injecting disinformation into, Clinton’s anti-Trump collusion narrative. The intelligence concerning Russia’s knowledge of Clinton’s campaign plans was so concerning to Brennan and other national security officials that they personally informed Obama of the matter in the Oval Office in the summer of 2016. The handwritten notes from Brennan were declassified by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe and provided to Congress on Tuesday afternoon.

From the Federalist

[Young Lurker]

John S, thanks and I agree the rest seems a little flimsy. I pretty much stopped reading when they started claiming that their actions didn't open the door to fraud.

[Old Lurker]

Barbara "We are fortunate that this conflict does not pit sections of the country against each other. "

But it does.

Any big city vs everybody not in a big city.

Or both coasts vs everybody between them except for a few big cities, which can be seen as enemy outposts.

Or the twenty or so states which joined the Texas suit vs the twenty states that have joined the opposition to Texas.

Hell of a mess.

[lyle]

Bee me:

Biden’s Dog Seen Taking Money From Kamala Harris In Dark Alley

Is he a good boy or a bad boy? 🤔

[Young Lurker]

Do any supreme court justices lurk on our blog? Hope they see this!

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-georgia-senate-candidate-jon-ossoffs-deputy-political-director-admits-to-democrat-court-packing-scheme

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Amazing story of a Belgian who joined the RAF and after completing his assigned ground attack and strafing of Nazi trains in his native Belgium with his wingman he sent the other guy home and continued on to the SS's and Gestapo's Belgium HQ and shot the place up.

[KevlarKid]

Kamal Harris leaking?

Sounds like a story line from her early hay rides with Billie Brown.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Senators and Representatives of the State of Alaska, State of Arizona, and State of Idaho, and the sitting Lieutenant Governor of the State of Idaho also joined

[Barbara]

…both coasts vs everybody between them except for a few big cities, which can be seen as enemy outposts.

Or the twenty or so states which joined the Texas suit vs the twenty states that have joined the opposition to Texas.

Hell of a mess.

OL,

Isn’t it though! What I was referring to was a block of contiguous states opposing another block of contiguous states. To be sure, even in the civil war there were those who sympathized with the opposition. Most joined up geographically with their chosen side.

This situation is so much more complex. We already know what the left will do, so we can anticipate that the President will not leave it up to the states to deal with the problem as he did before. States like California will be a mess, however the results of the election hint that this may not be a problem. The people of California hate Newsom, his lockdowns and the legislature from hell, so I believe it is safe to say that they will not oppose anything that is done to restore order and the rule of law. Time will tell, of course.

[henry]

If people really believed this stuff then they would treat EP like they Treat real White males and she’d drive off a bridge.

Anyone with a handy, vintage, Olds Delta 88 we can contribute to the cause? Might as well go full prog male off the bridge.

[MissMarple2]

Ignatz,

Thanks for that link to the story of the WWII Belgian pilot. Quite remarkable!

[MissMarple2]

Senator Ted Cruz
@SenTedCruz
·
5m
RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Calls on DOJ, FBI to Provide Transparency to James Comey & Andrew McCabe’s Contradictory Testimony

[henry]

Ah, that explains my PCP sending a “prepare to be vaccinated” e-mail this afternoon.

@cnbcnow

BREAKING: FDA panel recommends approval of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for emergency use

[lurkersusie]

A little humor

Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
·
More than once, I’ve said “screw the Chinese communists.”

Little did I know how closely Swalwell was listening.

[lyle]

State of Idaho, and the sitting Lieutenant Governor of the State of Idaho also joined

‘Bout damn time.

[MissMarple2]

Adam Housley
@adamhousley
·
2h
I am also told by federal investigators...and some of this is obvious to many of us...that China has been deepening its tentacles into the U.S. for4 years. Silicon Valley is basically stuck under China's thumb due to outsourcing.

[lyle]

There’s some shocking news, MM. 🥱

[Melinda]

Linette Lopez
@lopezlinette
Senator Isakson retired shortly after to spend time with his family and stuff.

The donor, a nice gentleman who once threatened to sue me, has just been indicted for fraud. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

https://twitter.com/lopezlinette/status/1337088314629894145

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Talk about a war between the States. Oy gevalt!

And now we have Brennan's handwritten notes stating the CIA's concern about Rooshian penetration of the Clinton campaign all the while planning a soft coup against trump. I would call that evidence of treason.

No wonder Durham is moving slowly. He needs an ironclad case with this kind of evidence floating around.

Swallowell's Chinese hooker, Hunter's very bad admission, and now a concerted campaign to oust DiFi. The Left is being exposed ever more every day. Just imagine Gavin Gruesom's appointment of Two batshit crazy senators.

[henry]

Miss M, Housley is off by at least a twenty years. Boeing outsourced wings to China by 93.

http://www.hdh.com.au/news/frontiers/archive/2002/december/mainfeature.html

[Melinda]

Well, THAT's inconvenient

Carrie Madej, D.O.
@DrMadej
And another Truth Bomb 🔥Of all the positive Covid tests of the 9,000+ students at Cambridge University tested in the week to 6 December, EVERY SINGLE ONE was found to be a False Positive after a second test. That's not conjecture, that's Cambridge's own data.

https://twitter.com/DrMadej/status/1336737724712312834

[Jane]

Lol lurkersusie!

[Melinda]

"The Wrap Up Smear +FBI"

Tony Plohetski
@tplohetski
NEW: FBI agents delivered at least one federal subpoena to the Texas Attorney General's office Wednesday for information in an ongoing investigation involving AG Ken Paxton, three sources confirm, indicating the seriousness with which they are taking allegations against Paxton.

It is not clear what records FBI agents sought. Their visit came on a week when Paxton has been in the national spotlight for his lawsuit concerning election results in four battleground states. He also met with President Trump today.

Former aides accuse Paxton of a number of crimes in his relationship with Austin investor Nate Paul. Paxton has denied any wrongdoing.

https://twitter.com/tplohetski/status/1337167620609626112

[Barbara]

I can't help but recall the early 1990's when the Japanese were flush with cash and were buying up real estate all over the country. Hotels, resorts, golf courses, the Rockettes, politicians — nothing escaped their buying spree. It didn’t last in the long run.

Of course, the Japanese weren't necessarily trying to take over the country and import state capitalism like the CCP. They just wanted to own it, haul in the profits and get a little pay back for the loss of face they experienced on the Battleship Missouri.

[henry]

I hear this lots of places. The economy doesn’t have six more months. Likely doesn’t have two more weeks. For what looks like a weak flu.

@cnbc

Merck CEO optimistic on Covid vaccines, sees at least 6 more months of social distancing and masks

[Barbara]

Somebody ought to pull the FBI's teeth!

[Melinda]

Hoft alert-

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner Was Dismissed from McCloskey Case After She Was Caught Fundraising off the Incident

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/st-louis-circuit-attorney-kim-gardner-dismissed-mccloskey-case-caught-fundraising-off-incident/

[Melinda]

BArbara-

Japan's real estate bubble burst in 1989, and the Bank of Japan introduced ultra low interest rates in 1995, and have been stuck there ever since.

[henry]

Barbara, I believe that was the 70s and 80s. MITI and US imitations... boy did uniparty love industrial policy! Reagan broke Japan. 90s were restructuring and outsourcing, with Clinton selling us out to China while Arthur Anderson ilk cashed in. The “Peace Dividend” was John Glenn (Ohio) and Martha (PA) directing the grift.

It did pay for my time at Crewe. DARPA grant to study “best practices” at Boeing and other defense contractors, then grift it through extensions centers in every congressional district... with nodes in Ohio (GLMTC) and Johnstown PA. Even had China’s top tech transfer academic “visit” for a year.

At the time, I couldn’t believe a Boeing would hand over IP and manufacturing knowhow to commies. Chamber of Commercestrikesagain.

[henry]

Interesting.

@barnes_law

The best preview of the thinking of Justice Thomas in #TexasLawSuit would probably be the concurring opinion he joined in Bush v. Gore. Same goes for Alito Scalito, given Scalia joined that concurrence, as well as Gorsuch. As for Kavanaugh & ACB, they both litigated Bush v. Gore.

[Melinda]

Cryptocurrency Founder Arrested, Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Exit Scam

https://breaking911.com/cryptocurrency-founder-arrested-charged-in-multimillion-dollar-exit-scam/

[anonamom]

Catching up--Momto 2--your post at 9:21 was lovely!
I too am glad you had your 30 years.

[Melinda]

40 Charged in Largest Federal Racketeering Conspiracy in South Carolina History

147-Count Indictment Includes Inmates Orchestrating Murder, Kidnapping, Drugs and Firearms Distribution from Prison

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/40-charged-largest-federal-racketeering-conspiracy-south-carolina-history

[henry]

Reply to Barnes...

@godsriddles

Bush Gore case - "The President is vested with the executive power of the nation. The importance of his election and the vital character of its relationship to and effect upon the welfare and safety of the whole people cannot be too strongly stated.” This is Y they heard the case

[MissMarple2]

UPDATE ON MY SON:

Spoke to him this evening. He is still on restrictions and cannot drive, still has to wear the neck collar, etc.

He said the people at their church and neighborhood have been really good about dropping off food, gift cards for drive- throughs, etc.

He has another appointment next week because he has been getting weird arm twitches. Most of his pain has subsided except in the area of his spine where the injury/bruising is.

Good to talk to him!

[Jim Eagle]

MM,

The best for you and son.

Considering what is going on, I have nothing else to say:)

[MissMarple2]

Here's the video. @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @ali @Brick_Suit pic.twitter.com/dpOdzxbvn7

— Kyle (@wahoocoop99) December 10, 2020

Video at link from a Nebraskan who plowed a message into his field after his crop was harvested.

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

Thanks! Because daughter thinks she may have Covid due to what her doctor told her on the phone, my sister will be taking me to my follow-up neurologist's appointment tomorrow but no lunch. Also I will take my hand sanitizer and wear a mask in the car, which should satisfy my daughter.

I AM stopping to get D3 and zinc on the way home, and will be glad that it's Friday!

[Barbara]

RattlerGator (J. B. White) has an interesting thread on Twitter. It's a long thread (see linked to wrapped thread below. Here are a couple of excerpts:

32 of 53 Through Providence, the only child of the Deep South on the USSC, a Black American outrageously wronged by a profoundly unserious United States Senator from Delaware in his confirmation hearings, sits at the center of a truly historic moment for America. Ponder that!

52 of 53 Further, the Supreme Court appears to have no choice but to rule in favor of Texas and those states that have joined its lawsuit.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RattlerGator/status/1337097432811905026

[Barbara]

henry and Melinda,

I was only referring to my "knowledge" of it in the 1990s when the Japanese were financing and rebuilding the skyline of Los Angeles.

[Barbara]

Japan's real estate bubble burst in 1989, and the Bank of Japan introduced ultra low interest rates in 1995, and have been stuck there ever since.

Melinda,

That fits with what I know.

[lyle]

Further, the Supreme Court appears to have no choice but to rule in favor of Texas and those states that have joined its lawsuit.

I luv ya, RG, but this is pure fantasy. Roberts is a giant crapweasel with zero integrity who’ll vote with the two giant blocks of wymyn on what is perilously close to a banana republic SCOTUS.

[Jim Eagle]

Totally agree with Lyle. Lets remember how many Bush Sr. and Jr. put there. Not on our sde,at all.

[henry]

Yes, RG is hopeful. He has more faith in a group of Ivy Leaguers than I do as an Old Blue. Combined with the Barnes tweet, it does appear the SC will act. Will they declare elections a tax? Make a clear ruling on process to change voting? Tell Zuck to keep his grubby cash out of clerks’ elections operations? Fine, not sure any of that matters if Biden is inaugurated.

Voiding four state elections for President? That is proper, but a big step. Flipping those states to Trump? Extreme, so unlikely?

Noah only had to deal with rain for 40 days and nights. We get this, plus a national recovery from canoe accidents.

[Jim Eagle]

Off to bed, will lurk.

[Jane]

How do you guys envision secession?

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by the President:

Lee Zeldin
@RepLeeZeldin
·
1h
The lawsuit filed by TX to the Supreme Court & supported by MANY others throughout the US is a very strong, compelling argument in favor of & defending the constitution, law, & LEGAL voters of GA, PA, MI & WI, etc. It's a must read detailing eye-popping, confirmed wrongdoing.

[peter]

Former Yankee utility player Phil Linz, famous for a row with his manager, Yogi Berra over a harmonica playing incident, has died. Despite his notoriety for that incident, 1964 was his best year statistically, and he hit two home runs in the World Series that year against the Cardinals, including one off of Bob Gibson.

[henry]

Jane, secession? Ending badly.

[Jane]

Lol Henry. I was wondering how you would divide the states.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--How do you guys envision secession?--

I don't unless one counts 'over my dead body'.
A bunch of worthless commie progs don't get rewarded for trying to steal the whole country by getting a third of it, and some of the best parts of it.
So I envision it as Lincoln did...punitively.

[Jane]

How many republicans are in the House?

[clarice]

I would be happy if SCOTUS made clear that the procedures those states used was unconstitutional, facilitated fraud and violated the 14 th Amendment and then reminded the legislatures of those states that the remedy lies in their hands by selecting an alternate slate of electors.

[Dave (in MA)]

Fox News:

Washington Post is reporting that this is a doctored photo of a common house cat and is likely just Russian disinformation. #Fox #Hunter

— Eric Harley (@ericharley) December 11, 2020

[lyle]

How many republicans are in the House?

Trump Rs or spineless GOPe Rats?

[Barbara]

Jane,

Whatever happened to St. Jane's island? It's beginning to look like a very appealing option at this point.🏝🏖

[lyle]

I would be happy if SCOTUS made clear that the procedures those states used was unconstitutional, facilitated fraud and violated the 14 th Amendment and then reminded the legislatures of those states that the remedy lies in their hands by selecting an alternate slate of electors.

THIS^^^^^^^^^

[Captain Hate]

Yes, clarice, I don't even think they'd need the wisdom of Solomon (the King, not the drug dealer Larry "Soul City" Solomon in my dorm) to arrive at that.

[henry]

Yes, Lyle and Clarice. That would be nice. Some “cut the crap” orders on governors, elections commissions, and Zuckerbergs flouting election laws would help, too. I don’t want to be ruled by criminals in Madison and Milwaukee.

[Captain Hate]

Welp Ohio's own Mini Mike has extended the curfew. Such a small man for a big boy job.

[MissMarple2]

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

Hebrews 11:1

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

1 Corinthians 13:12
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Jane,

I have accepted that I have no idea what is happening or what is going on in DC. Or in the nation as a whole, for that matter.

Should we have a civil war, I figure that we will end up with all sorts of unexpected configurations. Southern Indiana sympathized more with the South but stayed with the North, primarily due to the invasion of Morgan's Raiders and the resulting Battle of Corydon. My maternal grandmother was from Corydon and her family became firm Republicans due to the resentments that battle caused.

[lyle]

Anyone watching the Pitt/GaTech game (besides Steph? 😉)? The bobbled balls/interceptions/fumbles stuff is bizarre.

[Captain Hate]

How has RG escaped Nosering Rasputin's ban? Or does he fall in the "harmless loon" category?

[Barbara]

RattlerGator references two documents in his Twitter comments. The first is a descent by Justice Thomas joined by Justice Alito on the denial of a motion for leave to file a complaint in the case of Nebraska v. Colorado (https://t.co/pZbMeinE8P?amp=1), and an address (lecture) by Attorney General William Barr at the Federalist Society's 2019 National Lawyers Convention, November 15, 2019 (https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-19th-annual-barbara-k-olson-memorial-lecture). Both are interesting: the first on Justice Thomas and Alito's views on the jurisdiction of the court, and the second on the powers of and need for a strong Executive Branch.

RG references these in his determination on why the Court may rule in favor of Texas et al.