Poll
Question:
Would you vote to confirm
Option 1: Yes
votes: 17
Option 2: No
votes: 21
Option 3: Jaronomayor
votes: 9
Foregone conclusion, but hey, slow news season.
No. Y, sí, ya sé que a mí no se me ha perdido nada en este asunto, pero como criptoeurocomunista he de meter mis narices donde no me importa.
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:43:03 PM
No. Y, sí, ya sé que a mí no se me ha perdido nada en este asunto, pero como criptoeurocomunista he de meter mis narices donde no me importa.
I'll take the Enchilada platter.
:lol:
Enchilada? Yikes. Not only you have to hear Mexicans slaughtering our beautiful language but you eat their crap as well. You poor creatures.
Yes. I've read a few profiles of her and she seems well qualified.
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:51:46 PM
:lol:
Enchilada? Yikes. Not only you have to hear Mexicans slaughtering our beautiful language but you eat their crap as well. You poor creatures.
Enchiladas are good. They are one of my family's home recipes.
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:51:46 PM
:lol:
Enchilada? Yikes. Not only you have to hear Mexicans slaughtering our beautiful language but you eat their crap as well. You poor creatures.
:mad:
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:51:46 PM
:lol:
Enchilada? Yikes. Not only you have to hear Mexicans slaughtering our beautiful language but you eat their crap as well. You poor creatures.
:mad:
Yes. I saw a photo of her someplace that wasn't taken that long ago where she was in casual clothes, and she actually has pretty nice boobs.
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:51:46 PM
:lol:
Enchilada? Yikes. Not only you have to hear Mexicans slaughtering our beautiful language but you eat their crap as well. You poor creatures.
Now let's be fair. Spanish is a barbaric, ugly language, scarcely better than Russian.
Quote from: FunkMonk on July 14, 2009, 06:09:41 PM
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:51:46 PM
:lol:
Enchilada? Yikes. Not only you have to hear Mexicans slaughtering our beautiful language but you eat their crap as well. You poor creatures.
:mad:
I'm more of a quesadilla man these days, but enchiladas were my first love. So yeah, stop the hate.
Quote from: Armyknife on July 14, 2009, 08:54:20 PM
Do you have to pay for eye tests in the US ?
Somebody has to pay, yes.
FOR HER AGE, dumbass :rolleyes:
She is a Yankee fan? Oh hell no.
Hell no. I'm serious, you guys. You don't want a Latina on the USSC, "wise" or not.
:lol: @ spiess
Quote from: derspiess on July 14, 2009, 09:42:04 PM
Hell no. I'm serious, you guys. You don't want a Latina on the USSC, "wise" or not.
Not even if she has big boobs? :huh:
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2009, 09:31:51 PM
She is a Yankee fan? Oh hell no.
Best argument against confirmation I have heard so far.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2009, 09:31:51 PM
She is a Yankee fan? Oh hell no.
She could have been a Red Sox 'tard.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 15, 2009, 07:53:20 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2009, 09:31:51 PM
She is a Yankee fan? Oh hell no.
She could have been a Red Sox 'tard.
That would be a plus for her! :mad:
;)
I certainly do not agree that she is "well qualified", but I would vote to confirm her.
She is almost certainly the most qualified female latina left wing liberal judge in the land though. So she gets the job.
I expect her to be an activist judge and to legislate from the bench (despite her vehement denials this week), so I would indeed vote to confirm her. I prefer to have judges legislating rather than actual legislators, since they seem to be less retarded and aren't beholden to the unwashed masses, due to never having to run for re-election.
Quote from: Caliga on July 15, 2009, 08:21:58 AM
aren't beholden to the unwashed masses,
elitist!
Quote from: Caliga on July 15, 2009, 08:21:58 AM
I expect her to be an activist judge and to legislate from the bench (despite her vehement denials this week), so I would indeed vote to confirm her. I prefer to have judges legislating rather than actual legislators, since they seem to be less retarded and aren't beholden to the unwashed masses, due to never having to run for re-election.
I'd rather legislators debate and pass legislation, as is their job. The courts are to interpret the law, as is its job. I'd rather it works that way for the most part. The fact that legislators can be voted in or out for their decisions, though an imperfect system, I like better than someone with a lifetime appointment making rules/laws, and not being so accountable for their decisions, except the rare impeachment of judges.
Quote from: Caliga on July 15, 2009, 08:21:58 AM
I expect her to be an activist judge and to legislate from the bench (despite her vehement denials this week), so I would indeed vote to confirm her. I prefer to have judges legislating rather than actual legislators, since they seem to be less retarded and aren't beholden to the unwashed masses, due to never having to run for re-election.
I've come around to that view as well, sometime in late January.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 15, 2009, 09:04:50 AM
elitist!
I bet he only dines at the ritzy gas stations! :angry:
Quote from: Valmy on July 15, 2009, 09:19:22 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 15, 2009, 09:04:50 AM
elitist!
I bet he only dines at the ritzy gas stations! :angry:
The urinals MUST have a urinal cake in them. :mad:
Quote from: Berkut on July 15, 2009, 08:12:47 AM
I certainly do not agree that she is "well qualified", but I would vote to confirm her.
She is almost certainly the most qualified female latina left wing liberal judge in the land though. So she gets the job.
Need to whiten up before being counted as qualified.
Quote from: Berkut on July 15, 2009, 08:12:47 AM
I certainly do not agree that she is "well qualified", but I would vote to confirm her.
She is almost certainly the most qualified female latina left wing liberal judge in the land though. So she gets the job.
They just need to use the same formula the courts placed on the Rochester City Police. You create three lists of candidates; a white one, a black one, and a female one. For every three white people hired off the list you must than hire a black and a female off their lists regardless of their qualifications in comparison to the white list.
It works for the public so why not the USSC?
Quote from: Strix on July 15, 2009, 12:37:34 PMThey just need to use the same formula the courts placed on the Rochester City Police. You create three lists of candidates; a white one, a black one, and a female one. For every three white people hired off the list you must than hire a black and a female off their lists regardless of their qualifications in comparison to the white list.
It works for the public so why not the USSC?
Ricci won his case, so good luck with that.
Quote from: KRonn on July 15, 2009, 09:11:52 AM
I'd rather legislators debate and pass legislation, as is their job. The courts are to interpret the law, as is its job. I'd rather it works that way for the most part. The fact that legislators can be voted in or out for their decisions, though an imperfect system, I like better than someone with a lifetime appointment making rules/laws, and not being so accountable for their decisions, except the rare impeachment of judges.
While that thought is very nice and well, it has been made clear that the "imperfect" system you like can hardly even classify as functional.
Quote from: hsilbud on July 15, 2009, 12:40:49 PM
Quote from: Strix on July 15, 2009, 12:37:34 PMThey just need to use the same formula the courts placed on the Rochester City Police. You create three lists of candidates; a white one, a black one, and a female one. For every three white people hired off the list you must than hire a black and a female off their lists regardless of their qualifications in comparison to the white list.
It works for the public so why not the USSC?
Ricci won his case, so good luck with that.
The city has been doing it since the early 90's. Hopefully the firefighter's win will start to change things but I won't hold my breath. The city is actually being threatened with a new lawsuit because during their last few hiring cycles they were unable to follow the hiring policy set by the court decision because they didn't have candidates meeting the minimum requirements to be a police officer. So, now they may be facing a lawsuit that wants to require the city to allow those on the non-white and female list to be exempt from meeting the minimum requirements to be a police officer. :mad:
The best system of government would be one with people like those judge dudes that ruled Krypton and put General Zod and his lackeys into the Phantom Zone.
Quote from: Caliga on July 15, 2009, 01:03:13 PM
The best system of government would be one with people like those judge dudes that ruled Krypton and put General Zod and his lackeys into the Phantom Zone.
Or the one in Megacity One of the Judge Dredd comic books. Riding a motorcycle and wantonly shooting criminals would make Justice Scalia happy. :)
Apparently when questioned about the Wise Latina she claimed that people have chosen to misunderstand what she said.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 15, 2009, 04:09:02 PM
Apparently when questioned about the Wise Latina she claimed that people have chosen to misunderstand what she said.
Well at least she can say the obvious.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 15, 2009, 04:17:06 PM
Well at least she can say the obvious.
If she had intended to say the obvious she would have said I wish now that I hadn't said it and let's all pretend I didn't.
I would like to thank the Republicans for their firm effort to reach out to women and hispanic voters over the course of these hearings.
I think she is certainly well-qualified by the current standards for USSC appointments, and while she certainly isn't my ideal candidate, I would have no reason to not vote to confirmation, had I the power to do so.
Had I my druthers, I'd take a Mulligen on the whole current lot of justices (her included) and start again.
Quote from: grumbler on July 15, 2009, 05:28:03 PM
I think she is certainly well-qualified by the current standards for USSC appointments, and while she certainly isn't my ideal candidate, I would have no reason to not vote to confirmation, had I the power to do so.
Had I my druthers, I'd take a Mulligen on the whole current lot of justices (her included) and start again.
Who would you pick?
Quote from: Razgovory on July 15, 2009, 06:10:49 PM
Quote from: grumbler on July 15, 2009, 05:28:03 PM
I think she is certainly well-qualified by the current standards for USSC appointments, and while she certainly isn't my ideal candidate, I would have no reason to not vote to confirmation, had I the power to do so.
Had I my druthers, I'd take a Mulligen on the whole current lot of justices (her included) and start again.
Who would you pick?
J. Michael Straczynski, of course. ^_^
Camille Paglia and Hillary Clinton. :wub:
Certainly not who I would choose.
But I can't really see a good reason for the Republicans to vote against her.
She looks asian.
Quote from: Siege on July 15, 2009, 07:28:05 PM
She looks asian.
You look Arab. Nationalities can be tough to discern from pictures at times.
Quote from: Strix on July 15, 2009, 07:44:31 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 15, 2009, 07:28:05 PM
She looks asian.
You look Arab. Nationalities can be tough to discern from pictures at times.
And you look gay. Sexuality can be tough to discern from posts at times.
Quote from: Siege on July 15, 2009, 07:46:39 PM
And you look gay. Sexuality can be tough to discern from posts at times.
:huh:
Quote from: Strix on July 15, 2009, 07:44:31 PM
You look Arab. Nationalities can be tough to discern from pictures at times.
Have you seen Seeb's picture? He doesn't look at all Arab. He looks sort of Slavic.
He looked pretty average-white-guy to me.
Quote from: Habbaku on July 15, 2009, 08:00:57 PM
He looked pretty average-white-guy to me.
says the darkie dago looking guy.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 15, 2009, 07:53:27 PM
Quote from: Strix on July 15, 2009, 07:44:31 PM
You look Arab. Nationalities can be tough to discern from pictures at times.
Have you seen Seeb's picture? He doesn't look at all Arab. He looks sort of Slavic.
:mad: I ain't no ashkenazi!
Quote from: Siege on July 15, 2009, 08:08:18 PM
:mad: I ain't no ashkenazi!
:mad: You could have been adopted!
Quote from: Siege on July 15, 2009, 08:08:18 PM
:mad: I ain't no ashkenazi!
No shit. You're not civilized.
Quote from: Scipio on July 15, 2009, 07:13:38 PM
Certainly not who I would choose.
But I can't really see a good reason for the Republicans to vote against her.
It's part of a political strategy.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 15, 2009, 09:58:31 PM
Quote from: Scipio on July 15, 2009, 07:13:38 PM
Certainly not who I would choose.
But I can't really see a good reason for the Republicans to vote against her.
It's part of a political strategy.
Bork, Bork, Bork...
Quote from: Faeelin on July 15, 2009, 05:19:41 PM
I would like to thank the Republicans for their firm effort to reach out to women and hispanic voters over the course of these hearings.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't. Might as well speak our mind-- it's not like pandering to either group has ever helped much.
Why do you hate hispanics so much? :(
Your son is one of us :menace:
Quote from: katmai on July 15, 2009, 11:27:48 PM
Why do you hate hispanics so much? :(
I love teh hispandex :hug:
QuoteYour son is one of us :menace:
He throws a good Argentine-style temper tantrum, that's for sure.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 15, 2009, 08:31:58 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 15, 2009, 08:08:18 PM
:mad: I ain't no ashkenazi!
:mad: You could have been adopted!
I look typical sefaradi.
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I see Admiral Yi's point now. I must have looked at a bad picture of you previously. You look more Polish than someone of Jewish heritage.
Anyone have a picture of Marty to compare?
Are you comparing me to Marty?
Are you out of your mind?
Quote from: Siege on July 16, 2009, 12:06:28 AM
Are you comparing me to Marty?
Are you out of your mind?
Just his picture.
It's probably the hair but you definitely look more Slavic than what a typical Jewish person looks like in my area in the pictures you posted.
If I look slavic, I'm gonna fuckin KILL myself!
Quote from: Siege on July 16, 2009, 12:13:25 AM
If I look slavic, I'm gonna fuckin KILL myself!
Well, do you have any pictures that aren't headshots from less than a foot or so away? All the pictures you post of yourself have the perspective of looking through a peephole at you.
Quote from: Strix on July 16, 2009, 12:17:17 AM
Quote from: Siege on July 16, 2009, 12:13:25 AM
If I look slavic, I'm gonna fuckin KILL myself!
Well, do you have any pictures that aren't headshots from less than a foot or so away? All the pictures you post of yourself have the perspective of looking through a peephole at you.
Humm, let me see.
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Is there even a distinguishable difference between a Sepheradi and an Ashkenazi Jew? Looking at famous representatives of both groups on Wiki suggests they look just like the average European. As does Siege. He could be Spanish or Hungarian or French or whatever.
American jews (Ashkenazis, 5.2 millions to 100 000 sefaradi in the States), think that sefaradi means "jews from North africa".
Actually, they can't tell the diference between north african jews, and eastern jews, from Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, etc.
Most north african jews descend from the sefaradi that escaped from Spain and Portugal, and went to North Africa and mixed with the jewish communities that had been there for millenia. Eastern jews are a completely diferent ethnic group. They call themselve Mizrahim.
I descend from the real sefaradi, the ones that stayed in the West and never let themselves be absorved by the ashkenazi majority. I am sefaradi from the 4 corners. All my 4 grandparents and 8 greatgrandparents were sefaradi.
However, if I am going to tell the truth, the truth is that we all look the way the people from the countries we come from look like. The truth is that non-jews have always raped jewish women. The history of the jewish people is one of suffering. For the last 1800 years, all the way to the rebirth of Israel, the goyim have raped jewish girls as they pleased, an the jewish men have stood by cowardly, quiet, to keep their worthless lives in silence.
The truth is that I come from the most cowardly people that have ever existed on the face of this Earth. I come from a people that should have DIED a million times than to survive at this price. People that have even walked in silence into ovens, pulling their children by their arms.
You could easily pass as a Russian.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 16, 2009, 07:58:03 AM
You could easily pass as a Russian.
I was just going to say that: Holy shit! Siegebreaker is a Russian!
Looks like at some point his North African female ancestors got down with some Russian men.
Siege clearly looks Sorbian.
All that is needed in those pics is some copies of Soldier of Fortune open to the classifieds.
:lol:
Don't let the hoi polloi get to you Siege. For what its worth, you look like a genuine Arab to me. :D
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on July 16, 2009, 03:24:31 PM
Don't let the hoi polloi get to you Siege. For what its worth, you look like a genuine Arab to me. :D
Oh c'mon. Someone has to break it to him. With those eyebrows it looks like they are going to drag him back to the Politburo any moment.