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bobbieinok's JournalCourtney Milan had a problem with Kavanaugh when both worked for judge Kozinski
See article 'Kavanaugh may have a Jim Jordon Problem' at crooksandliars on july 10, 2018.
NPR--What advice do you have for our listeners? Godzilla--When in Rome----Eat Rome!!!
Heard when there was a new movie after years with no Godzilla!
IIRC, it was a segment from Susan Stanberg (sp?).
Dallas cop case--family, lawyers preempted usual attack on black male victim's character
* He was a long-time Christian and church member. He even attended a Christian college.
* He had a good position with a noted firm.
* His family is very prominent in their country.
* He was well-known for helping his neighbors.
This background, presented immediately, makes it difficult to claim he was a thug, a druggie, or the other smears usually given to black male victims of police shootings.
Looks like so far the 'best' excuses for the shooting are that he was noisy in his own appartment and that he didn't obey a cop's orders
Impt for context of anti-Pope campaign 'Flirting with Schism', Commonweal, 9-6-18
This article provides more background on the controversy set off by the letter written by the former Papal Nuncio to US. Vigano claims Francis supported a church leader who molested boys and seminarians. It has been shown that this leader was supported and promoted by the 2 previous popes. He actually retired before Francis was chosen Pope. It's also been learned that Vigano himself protected and supported Nienstadt of Minnepolis-St Paul who did the same things that leader did.
The author claims some US conservative intellectuals are becoming Catholic not for theological reasons but to drive their US conservative agenda. He sees similarities with a movement in 1920s France whose leaders viewed religion as a way to implement their anti-democratic goals.
He points out that church leaders in So America and elsewhere have strongly supported Francis. But US church leaders have been silent.
Underneath all our individual problems lies our concern about Trump, GOP dismantling of US
Dismantling of our standards, our ideals
My problems are minor compared to the pain being inflicted on many in our country--aches of oldage, trusted dr leaving, pension arrangements, etc. Yet I find it difficult to deal with them because of the disasters reported daily. I have a few--a very few--with whom I can yell.
It's so hard to see the hard-fought gains we won in the 60s being maliciously rolled back by those who've fought from day one to destroy them (civil rights gains for blacks, women, protestors against govt).
People like Beto carry on our fight for America's conscience.
British election of 1784--Duchess of Devonshire walked streets of London for George Fox, Whig
(Source is article about her in Wikipedia)
She was mocked and ridiculed for her campaigning then and at other times.
Some claimed in various campaigns she traded sexual favors for votes.
She was especially nororious for the menage a trois she and her husband led in the ducal mansion in London.
Barbara Michaels Smoke and Mirrors and Jayne Ann Krentz Flash--2 books about election campaigns
* Smoke and Mirrors (Michaels) about a young woman working on a woman's campaign for senator in VA
* Flash (Krentz) about a woman business entrepreneur working on campaign events for a woman running for governor of WA
Each book is a mystery/suspence/romance novel.
Have you read either? What did you think of it?
Are there more good mysteries about election campaigns?
Dick Francis wrote a good mystery about a man involved in British politics. IIRC, the book is The 10 Pound Weight. It's written from the viewpoint of the man's son, and follow's the son from late teens to mid-twenties.
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