What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Barrister]

Ideally, we'd hear from the friend who supposedly intervened;  that could possibly clear up a lot.  But I'm not going to hold my breath.

Interesting.  The friend was named - Mark Judge.  Judge denies the incident ever took place.  Of course Judge also A: has written for various right-wing news sites, and B: wrote an autobiography about his teenage alcoholism.  So I'm not so sure that does in fact clear much up.

[The Brain]

You are right that I may not be able to provide a convincing argument against "even if he did it, could he have outgrown the rapist phase" argument/question.  To me it seem obvious on the face of it that forcible rape is not like underage binge drinking, it's not the kind of flaw that goes away with maturity, so it's difficult for me to understand how to build a convincing argument against that.  I don't know, maybe forcing yourself on women is just something that men did back then as a rite of passage, and now we know better than to do that, but I'd like to believe that wasn't really the case.

We have really good science that the brain really does not mature until about 25.  The pre-frontal cortex is the region of the brain that is responsible for complex decision making, including determining long-term consequences for actions.  And this is the region that develops last.

I remember I had a court file where a teen had allegedly sexually assaulted a pre-teen.  I had an opportunity to speak with a forensic psychiatrist about the file, basically asking 'does this mean this kid is a paedophile'.  The answer was, of course "we can't tell".

Being a rapist isn't a phase - it's that being young is a phase.

Which is why I don't have an answer to the point "well he denies it now".  Because that has nothing to do with being young.

lolwut

[Eddie Teach]

Ideally, we'd hear from the friend who supposedly intervened;  that could possibly clear up a lot.  But I'm not going to hold my breath.

Interesting.  The friend was named - Mark Judge.  Judge denies the incident ever took place.  Of course Judge also A: has written for various right-wing news sites, and B: wrote an autobiography about his teenage alcoholism.  So I'm not so sure that does in fact clear much up.

Probably enough to get him confirmed.

[Syt]

Don Jr keeping it classy.

[Razgovory]

I hope JR is right and this little bastard goes to jail.

[The Minsky Moment]

He'll never go to jail.  He'll be pardoned.

[garbon]

Trump said his justice may be delayed.

[crazy canuck]

Ideally, we'd hear from the friend who supposedly intervened;  that could possibly clear up a lot.  But I'm not going to hold my breath.

Interesting.  The friend was named - Mark Judge.  Judge denies the incident ever took place.  Of course Judge also A: has written for various right-wing news sites, and B: wrote an autobiography about his teenage alcoholism.  So I'm not so sure that does in fact clear much up.

Given that Judge did not "intervene" but allegedly took part in the act of pulling her into the bedroom, he would be motivated to deny the incident.

She alleges that when she went upstairs to go to the bathroom, Kavanaugh and another boy, Mark Judge, pulled her into a bedroom and locked the door. According Ford, Kavanaugh then jumped on top of her, tried to take her clothes off, and when she tried to scream, put his hand over her mouth and turned up the music. She said was able to free herself when Judge jumped on the bed, too, sending the three tumbling, giving her a chance to run into the bathroom and lock the door.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/17/648783307/from-anita-hill-to-christine-blasey-ford-the-similarities-and-differences

[crazy canuck]

Perhaps the best news for Trump in the last while, Daniels says his genitals are not freakishly small.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/18/stormy-daniels-tell-all-book-on-trump-salacious-detail-and-claims-of-cheating

edit: wrong link

[The Larch]

She describes Trump's penis as "smaller than average" but "not freakishly small".

"He knows he has an unusual penis," Daniels writes. "It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool...

"I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart...

The part about the Hillary Clinton phonecall is almost as strange:

Daniels' alleged relationship with Trump included one moment in 2007, she writes, in which she is with Trump in a hotel room watching a Shark Week broadcast on cable television when he receives a phone call from Hillary Clinton, then running against Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"Then, to make it crazier, Hillary Clinton called," Daniels writes. "He had a whole conversation about the race, repeatedly mentioning 'our plan'...

"Even while he was on the phone with Hillary, his attention kept going back to the sharks."

[Valmy]

Was she trying to get donations from him or something? If so probably just another day for an American politician.

[crazy canuck]

Was she trying to get donations from him or something? If so probably just another day for an American politician.

And just another day for Trump - porn star in his room, taking an important call, and just can't focus on anything other than what is on TV

[Tamas]

I am glad Trump hasn't affected the level of political discourse in general, and people can concentrate on the real issues facing their country. Like the shape of the President's penis.

[The Brain]

I am glad Trump hasn't affected the level of political discourse in general, and people can concentrate on the real issues facing their country. Like the shape of the President's penis.

Fuck you. I like DG.

[garbon]

I thought he just cared about mouthfeel or was it taste?