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Sam Harris crosses a line when he said, at the 1:42 mark, that Kavanaugh was confronted by "facts" from the past. There were no facts from the past related to the issue of Dr Ford's accusation at all. Shame on Sam Harris. That was an accusation from the past with less than zero evidence, which is not to be confused with "facts". I say less than zero evidence because everything she tried to use to back her story turned out to be false. Her own witnesses didn't see anything and her PTSD testimony was full of declarative statements that were proven to be lies. He's also predicating half of his opinion on the fact that "people who thought that he should have been confirmed were using the same level of proof that would be required for a guilty verdict in a court of law". 1) That's not true. No one on Fox news was saying that is what was required, and I doubt that there's even one person in America who regularly watches CNN who thought Kavanaugh was innocent. 2) That's neither here nor there, because the level of proof was zero when all the facts were in. If the accusation was backed at all, to the point where a reasonable man thought that plausible suspicion existed, Senators could never have voted in favour of Kavanaugh. The reputation of the entire Republican party was at stake here, with the mid-term elections just weeks away. Their party would have been decimated if they voted to let Kavanaugh sit on that bench with a single, realistic question mark related to sex crimes. He makes a salient point when he says that Kavanaugh lied about his calendar. I'd put it at "might have lied". For starters I don't know what Devil's triangle is. I also don't know that he even did the things that he bragged about on his teen-ager calendar, and lastly, I really doubt that he would have handed the calendar over as exculpatory evidence if Devil's triangle really was a rape game. Why would he volunteer evidence that says "We raped sum bitches up reel good"? It makes me think that it probably wasn't a rape game. There are regional variations of card games, regional variations of what kinds of party games people palyed and what they were called. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Devil's triangle was a drinking agme in that area in the '80's. If he actually played devil's triangle, and it was a rape game, he should not have made it. If there was something else he "lied" about, which was of lesser importance, I don't blame him. Don't forget that there were 48 Dem Senators in the same room lying at that time. He was going with the flow. He also needed to make himself seem like the purest thing since the invention of water because 48 Dem Senators were already saying that "HE WAS GUILTY". When you're in a room with 48 Senators who are saying that you're guilty you really need to pretend that you're perfect. Even if you did basic things like get drunk a few times in high school. We can both agree that her testimony, combined with him saying "I got so drunk a few times in high school that I puked", would have been enough for him to lose that seat. She lied, 48 Dem Senators lied at his hearing and on national TV, he had no choice but tell some little white lies. Does America deserve better than Kavanaugh, if their Senate is becoming so dysfunctional that Kavanaugh needed to do what he did to get that job? It's a sandbox with hardwood floors, and people throw around lies instead of dog poo. Utterly pathetic. I'll admit right now to watching only the first 2 mins of that video, but I saw enough to know it was time to stop listening. He was already too far along the wrong path.

We are pretty cute actually...

Thank gawd republicans did not stay at home. That witch Hillary would be the president today. Now that sounds really disgusting. Go, Trump, go.

They had enough of a moral compass to make sure that Hillary Clinton did not become president.

Yeah Canada is a great place to live and work. I'm happy up here, though it's a welcome change in the winter to get some sun and heat. There are U.S. cities I wouldn't mind living in for a while, but the experience wouldn't be much different from up here, except perhaps for New York. I've always thought that Canada is generally a cooler place to live socially and politically, though the cool factor in the U.S. varies city to city and state to state. There are great places to live down there for sure. The notion that somehow Canadians are flocking down there is fiction. Certain jobs don't exist up here because we don't have the same scales of industry. There's always some movement to centres of excellence. We have them too and draw talent internationally. It's just smaller scale up here. There are advantages and disadvantages to living in small versus large countries, and not just economic ones.

Doubling down on who believes Ford as opposed to Kavanaugh. It'll be interesting to see how Independent woman vote. My guess is that the majority - being independent - will be more inclined to vote according to the facts.....so the GOP might pick up more votes than they might previously have expected. Surprisingly, the GOP have the "high road" with this whole debacle - so much so that even some Democrats might stay home out of disgust. We'll just have to wait and see how things unfold.

Ideological purity is a political issue in Canada...the so called "3rd rail of politics". Canada will learn and do nothing as long as it remains locked into binary comparisons to the United States.

Sorry, but I didn't mean in absolute terms. Both Canada's and the US' systems are mixed to varying degrees, but still, the US system is far more private than public just as the Canadian one is far more public than private, with the European, Hong Kong, Singaporean, and others finding a healthier balance between these two extremes and providing better health care systems overall. In many respects, the Canadian and US systems resemble one another more than either do other systems in that they both strive to conform to some notion of ideological purity (free-market capitalist in the US and equal access to health care for all in Canada) rather than to adopt a pragmatic approach to learn from the best systems even if they aren't so ideologically pure in either direction.

Nope...there are also for-profit private insurance and providers. Example from Germany:

Wrong. That's not a fact. That's an accusation made by some and refuted by many. And don't forget that Kavanaugh was in university for many years. Not 2, not 4. Many. Over 7 years or so there would have been some big parties where he got really drunk and/or acted out of character. Wrong again. This is what Democrat Senators and left wing news lied about. They are trying to make the case that Kavanaugh's normal behaviour was to get really drunk and belligerent because he had this one incident in a bar where he threw some ice. Am I right? Yes, I'm right. A HUGE DEAL is made of the fact that Kavanaugh was in a bar where he may have started a fight. Spare me the histrionics. This is n o t h i n g. This is not proof that he was a drunken asshole. Again, in true left wing fashion, you're intentionally mischaracterizing an argument to refute it. No proof at all is a long way short of we can't prove that he broke the law. If there was something tangible, something that was even remotely credible, that would be a step towards creating uncertainty about whether or not he did it. There was ZERO. NOTHING! NO UNCERTAINTY AT ALL! That's not in the realm of proving anything or even creating uncertainty or plausibility. It's in the realm of "This is still a work of pure fiction, and the accuser is losing more and more credibility every time she opens her mouth." Every Dem Senator is on TV, radio, and wherever else they can be to say "she has to be believed, he did it, people who don't believe her are misogynists" etc. It was a complete farce and yet it still sucked a lot of people in. Kavanaugh exaggerated his sobriety to help clear his name. To be honest, he put the conversation more sharply towards truth than it was by his own words, so I'm ok with it. The standard for getting appointed to the supreme court almost became "never touched a drink in my life and only kissed one girl and every moment of my life has been recorded on video". If Kavanaugh went down then literally any man could be stopped from becoming a SCJ by a single bimbo. You're not holding anyone to any standards at all. Just Kavanaugh because he may have exaggerated his sobriety. I don't think he dd. Do you know how hard it is to not go party with friends when you're 22? You'll have friends going out almost every night of the week to do something. I believe that he said no to hundreds of nights out. Hundreds. You're not holding Feinstein, Dr Ford, or any of the people who are making RIDICULOUS and extremely serious accusations about Kavanuagh's rape or drinking accountable at all.... Your whole argument is completely at a juvenile level. You're saying "I believe the 3 people who are making accusations about Kavanaugh (Dr Ford, a guy in a bar, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that there's someone else), I don't believe the 4 actual witnesses and hundreds of character witnesses that back BK, even though we already know that several declarative statements that were made by Dr Ford were proven to be lies." Look at your own arguments from someone else's point of view. It's pathetic.

All of the other former G7 countries EXCEPT the US have fully socialized medical insurance, but no restriction on who (public or private) can deliver services. We already have a "mixed" system, except the problem is that legislation gives government monopolies on service delivery. STUPID, IMHO. I should be able to take what is covered by our government's sick care insurance and get it payment to ANYONE who is qualified to deliver. Similarly, I should be able to elect to cue jump by just paying whoever is willing to deliver that service in MY timeframe and at my expense.

Ontario government to exempt Sikhs from wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle. I'm sorry, but I don't understand how a law can be applied differently based on one's religion. Secular law is for all people. So is there actually law anymore?

I'm touched.

He's not worried about losing exports to Canada...angry Canadians are so cute...boycotting Heinz ketchup whenever they are "pissed off" by those damn 'muricans !

https://deadline.com/2018/10/saturday-night-live-ratings-week-2-host-awkwafina-travis-scott-1202478025/ not surprised they are down as it hasn't been funny in years. It is not nothing more than just a vicious and malicious parody of itself. CNN got down and racist about Kanye using terms that haven't been used in years calling it a 'minstrel show', calling Kanye a 'dumb negro' and a 'token negro'... Why, because he's left the Democrat plantation saying black people don't have to be Democrats; he challenges the status quo and in return he's smeared and attacked.

Bork didn’t get angry when confronted by a pack of sleazy Democrats, led by “Killer” Kennedy. Bork lost his chance to be a SCJ. Don’t be like Bork. Kavanaugh wasn’t there to be dignified, he was there to defend his integrity against a pack of liars. And let’s face it - anyone who’s saying that there was enough evidence to brand Kavanaugh an attempted rapist is a liar, through and through. Anyone on earth could be found guilty of attempted rape if the bar was dropped low enough for Dr Ford’s case to prevail in a court of law, and yet Dems were still acting like the bulk of the evidence supported her claim. It was a disgusting political hitjob and Kavanaugh has nothing to be ashamed of unless he is guilty.

Yes I understood what you're saying - lol, you're the one who's showing denseness here. It's not the same at all! Think! Kavanaugh and this guy doesn't even have an exactly identical life.....and the circumstances surrounding their scenario, aren't identical, either! not even close! At least I'm glad you accept that Kavanaugh is falsely accused. FALSE ACCUSATION. That's all they have in common. Ford had 36 years to think of the best way to react, didn't she? And yet, what she thought was the best didn't pan out being the best, did it? It's more like a disaster for her! For one, instead of the anonymity she had planned for, she became a public figure! And, she's been callously used by the Democrats - screwed, like they did with Kavanugh! Compare that with Kavanaugh - who learned about this sudden accusation at the eleventh hour before his confirmation! No one among the Democrats he privately met with, had given him any inkling that this was brewing. Just the shock of it must've had an impact! What I'm saying - having the time to think, doesn't necessarily give you the best way to go about it. Even if it's the best, you still have to deal with the unexpected. Furthermore, rehearsals are more likely done by those who want to hide their guilt. It's through spontaniety that you could usually get what's real, and what's fake. Kavanaugh's raw emotions are what made him credible! Credible, that the nation was divided about this issue. His raw emotions also came unexpected to his detractors, I think.....they didn't count on that. People who swear they wouldn't cry, sometimes end up crying when confronting an issue headlong. Being face-to-face with people who brought you pain could cause you to breakdown and cry. We see that at court - sometimes, victims end up crying when recounting what happened.....or the impact it had on them. How many times have I said I wouldn't cry - and yet, I ended up crying anyway? That's how humans are. Why should we expect Kavanaugh to be less human, just because of his profession?

No worries...I was aware enough to have already made the distinction decades ago...no help from foreign authors required. I prefer the cult that laughs at and mocks those who think it makes any difference.

Agreed...Americans certainly deserve more constitutionalist judges.

Christ, it sounds like you guys treat your vets worse than we do. At least our people say thank you and there's some protections for vets, even if the VA hospitals treat them like merde. (in the US that is)

He failed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl1VYF0avk4