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She's also a member here actually, although she hasn't posted in ages...

She's in her thirties, married and moving to LA. :lol: She's an actress and has done some modelling too, so eat your heart out. :broken:

I'll go glass half full and consider that a welcome antidote to the oft levelled charge that We Powers That Be are predominantly militant atheist left...

My sister is moving to the US, so I hope for her sake, no, but anything is possible in the land of opportunismity.

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I do do that sort of thing myself sometimes. It's a lot funnier when he does it though. :D

No, because that isn't what he meant. For example, if I say, "I'll do everything I can to stop you beating me in our game of tennis next week" and the...

The fact that you can't comprehend how the FBI or local investigators could possibly uncover any more facts in this case is irrelevant. If you're inte...

Really? So now you're claiming you're not ignorant of the facts? Then why did you say this: When Ford's claim is this: "Kavanaugh physically pushed me...

The simplest and most straightforward explanation to all this is that Kavanaugh was a bad kid and is lying about it now to save his chance to get his ...

Do you support a proper investigation then to get at the facts?

Yes, eye-witness testimony is problematic. But again, look at the details of the case. This was someone she knew and went to the same school with. She...

Of course, it does. But the circumstances surrounding the information's release mitigate against Ford being involved in a conspiracy to "take down" Ka...

Then why are you arguing on the basis of things that weren't said? You expect us to respond to your false version of Blasey Ford's claims? If you are ...

This question doesn't make sense to me as being rhetorical: There's a factual answer to it. What is your point? If your rhetorical point is the conspi...

You're wasting everyone's time here if you don't even know for sure what age he was when this happened or the circumstances surrounding how the accusa...

Go and research what happened. And you'll find the answers. Or maybe read the thread.

It's a pity that you still haven't even researched what happened and are making your comments, like other supporters of Kavanaugh here, on the basis o...

But I've said several times already we should analyze all claims in context. The claim itself is evidence of wrongdoing though it's not on its own, co...

Not to mention on this page alone: Again, just read. It's that easy.

Jake, you need to go read the details of the case before commenting. She told her therapist she was assaulted before any of the recent political event...

This is very silly. I already said every accusation has to be taken in context. And the context of this accusation is you trying and failing miserably...

No, if you bully the 95% of claimants who are statistically found to be telling the truth by unreasonably doubting them then not only will more of the...

http://theconversation.com/heres-the-truth-about-false-accusations-of-sexual-violence-88049 "The evidence on false allegations fails to support public...

I apologize if I gave that impression by the way with any of my comments. I'm trying to be objective too, believe it or not. I'll use more emojis or s...

The solution is a proper investigation. I'd said several times before this that I only thought it was likely Ford was telling the truth. So, given I s...

I really don't see any way Flake or Collins (and maybe Murkowski) will vote for Kavanaugh with these new accusations out there (the rest won't care bu...

This is a whole new level. Kavanaugh and Judge feeding women, who were then gang-raped by men, drugs. If this is true (and it really is just an "if" f...

Let's not go down the flaming route, any of us. Let this be one highly charged subject where we don't start to call each other nasty names. Amen.

From my point of view, I've said I'd reserve full judgement, but thought it was likely he was guilty, but with a second allegation now, I find the cha...

He's toast.

First I heard of it. When did this come up? Didn't see it on the news last night.

That was a joke, doofuses.

Unless they are victims of sexual assault who get in the way of Republicans plans to turn the Supreme Court conservative. But, of course, you really d...

Don't make me say something rude to you BC. I like you too much. Read my posts about assessing credibility, and look at the circumstances surrounding ...

No, what's inhumane is what your team is doing to Blasey Ford, a very credible victim of sexual assault. Kavanaugh will almost certainly keep his old ...

Christ, cry me a river. I even said "they" so you wouldn't think I was talking about you. That's a crock of laughable horseshit. Franken wasn't convic...

What? I thought you were in favour of them showing some class. Anyway, it's not a court of law. He's not in danger of going to jail on the basis of th...

This is probably the most naive thing you've ever written. Forget about me though, I'm only empathy normal. There are plenty out there with more empat...

I don't want to nitpick either as I think it was right to dump Frankenstein (predictive text error but I think I'll just leave it), and I have nothing...

You don't get to use #metoo to discredit my arguments. Period. If you want to address my points, do so. If you want to criticise #metoo, do it in a di...

I think that's true to a degree, but in this case the partisan split seems more explanatory of the likelihood of a given actor rushing to Ford's defen...

I agree with that, and particularly that punishment should be proportionate. I read of one ridiculous case where a woman was given 20 years for forcin...

We have grown fat and can no longer fit in them. We all live in country clubs now, surrounded by cigar smoke and sexist jokes. Sure, and this case is ...

The thought experiment is only intended to provoke a little empathy for the victim. This woman is not a political player and asked for none of this, a...

Yeah, agree with that.

We've just established there's no statute of limitations in this case, and suggesting in any case that I was suggesting an equivalence in severity of ...

Maybe you're right. I haven't looked into the statistics, but that it might not condemn him to the depths is not the issue so much as that it will, if...

Incidentally, it's kind of amusing the way Kavanaugh's supporters in general can't figure out whether to take the line of "He's a good man and would n...