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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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There was the catch all "Why Republicans Are Wrong About Everything" thread which was doing a good job of keeping politics quarantined right there. Getting rid of that was a mistake.
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ionlyski
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Polebridge, Montana
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I don't think the member to member email is "not fixed". I think they fixed it by dismantling the feature. Wish they'd restore it though. Were members frightened somebody might email them? Oh my!
C'mon Tester! Still behind by a sliver.
Arne
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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All of this said, there is an annoying tendency for multiple political threads to be present on the 'front page' of ST- that's definitely not in the primary interest of this site. Combine that tendency, along with some of the negative discourse that comes from some contributors, and that seems like plenty of rationale to single out politics.
Oh, that we as a community could truly self-regulate.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oh, that we as a community could truly self-regulate.
Kinda along the lines of what high school Lotharios tell their sweethearts?
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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The other political threads are gone.
Let's move on.
Congrats to the Dems for regaining the House. Pelosi has said NO to impeachment. Good for her.
Now that the mid terms are over, Mueller should be making some announcements.
What's next???
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"Now that the mid terms are over, Mueller should be making some announcements."
Glad to hear Pelosi is backing off on the impeachment thing, though I hope investigations of both Trump & Kavanaugh continue, and if anything turns up, I'd have no problem with a change of mind.
I'm not overly optimistic that Mueller's report is going to contain any kind of smoking gun, and it's quite possible it won't be publicly released at all. Still, it's sure to contain some good stuff, and will at the very least provide more evidence of the fact that Trump is as much of a d#@&%e as any reasonably intelligent person knows that he is.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Donald Trump Jr. Expecting to Be Indicted by Mueller Soon
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Nunez loses his chairmanship of the intelligence committee (oxymoron much?) so he will not be able to provide cover for Trump. So sad, maybe we will see some people being held accountable.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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I hope investigations of ... Kavanaugh continue
The Senate Judiciary Committee released its final report on the Brett Kavanaugh investigation, finding “no verifiable evidence” of sexual misconduct.
Investigators spoke to 45 different people and took 25 statements about allegations made by two of Kavanaugh’s accusers, Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez.
The Committee tweeted Saturday no evidence was found to “substantiate or corroborate” either of their claims.
What else needs to be done?
Have any Dems on the Judiciary Committee refuted the report?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Yeah, I just matched your donation a few minutes ago, Moose. Happy to see that the ST polititard discussions are providing assistance to someone who really deserves it.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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What else needs to be done?
a good start would be to subpoena the 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents the White House refused to release. What is there to worry about?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Edward, the 'investigation' that was done was so quick, limited by the WH in scope, and obviously aimed at convincing Flake, Murkowski & Collins to approve, that there should be no surprise that there were 'no findings'. These were serious accusations, that deserve due diligence. That didn't happen by a long stretch in the hearings.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2018 - 09:55am PT
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I knew that in the Idaho governor's race, an articulate, tall, good looking, Native American woman Democrat, stood little chance against an old white guy rancher, career politician, conservative Republican.
Brad Little beat Paulette Jordan 59.5% to 38.5%, which is not as bad as predicted.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Hi all. Not much to add. I voted everywhere I could. Well it was just one place.
Susan
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chipper_shredder
Social climber
outinthecuts
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I said this years ago, and ima say it again directly to the moderators / Cmac
& I dont like to have to use caps but...,
DRAW AN F-ING LINE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE FORUM
Climbing & TR content on top, ALL off topic content below, f-IING F. Man !
Folks having to piss on political posts " what does this have to do w climbing " ?
While all you are doing is bumping the thread to the top ?????
Lets face facts, TACO & Cmac benifit hugely for site traffic
Political threads don't bother me one bit, obviously since I've posted some.
there is more to life than climbing
Folk who for some reason need to hone in on political threads, then post political ostrich
Replys and noise boggles me, while cool cars, ark on the moon & endless RIP threads are just as not climbing related go unpissed on
Banner ads bother me more, if you ask me.
Rant off
We all should be out outraged about the obscene money
Spent on the election
-Repeal citizens united
-Pass term limits for all reps & senetors
Can we please get back to realizing 80% of those in power
Yes, on both sides are either corrupt or enept, or both.
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Trump
climber
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More importantly, it appears that Trump has inspired Democrats to retake key State governor's & other state political positions.
I definitely prefer that to Obama inspiring the Republicans to take back the Presidency and the Supreme Court by electing Trump.
What goes around comes around, unfortunately for us tribal partisans, and fortunately for us tribal partisans. If only our tribe could be a little more partisan, we might be able to inspire a grander backlash on their part next time, and then we’d have them right where we want them!
That, or extinct.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Nov 7, 2018 - 09:43am PT
Edward, the 'investigation' that was done was so quick, limited by the WH in scope, and obviously aimed at convincing Flake, Murkowski & Collins to approve, that there should be no surprise that there were 'no findings'. These were serious accusations, that deserve due diligence. That didn't happen by a long stretch in the hearings.
The investigation concluded last week. Not sure how Flake, Murkowski & Collins play into it.
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Happy Cowboy
Social climber
Boz MT
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Woohoo, big Jon Tester just announced victory 20 minutes ago in Montana!!!!!
He held his senate seat against huge odds, a true statesman and unique honest guy.
What news to learn on return from the first good skiing of season. Hyalite was beautiful.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Flake, Murkowski and Collins were under tremendous pressure (from both directions) in those Hearings- they needed to be able to point at something that would allow them to publicly justify their decision to approve Kavanaugh. McConnell knew this very well, so he allowed Flake's request for an 'investigation', knowing there would be very strict limitations on it's scope and timeframe.
This gave Flake & Collins enough political cover to approve Kavanaugh, even if the 'investigation' was effectively a shallow sham.
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