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I do if it's contentious, which it is often here.

...can just have a party here while we women go to our quiet places, away from social media, to read the Book of Mormon. Think you can get along without us for 10 days? 😉

Sorry Vort. You can come to my house after the two hour block for gospel study if you'd like. 😁

I just read this on Facebook. I don't know the author or the person who posted it before it was shared by my friend. But it hits the nail on the head of the original OP question: Written by a Female Physician who was wild in college. "This is not Justice. This is Wrong... I was immersed in the party scene in college. I drank to excess. I had black out nights. I WAS GROPED AT FRAT PARTIES. If advances were unwanted I pushed the person away and set personal boundaries. I chose to be a part of the party scene. Because of this I had fun and I have regrets. I HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED AND NOT RAPED. I could replay a scenario like Christine Ford described as very similar to things that happened when excessive drinking occurred in my own experiences. At the age of 25 I settled down and now my idea of excitement is Netflix and yoga pants. If any of my current patients saw my behavior back then, I could understand why they wouldn’t want me to care for them. I feel like being a physician is every bit as important as being a Supreme Court Justice. The decisions we make over the span of our careers could change the lives of thousands of people and their descendants for years to come. The same can be said for the Supreme Court or any other political office held. The thing is, poor choices in the past does not, and should not disqualify them. I chugged bankers club whiskey in a cornfield and peed behind a dumpster 25 years ago. But Friday I used tiny instruments to remove infected bony partitions from the ethmoid sinus a few millimeters away from the brain. Should I have a right to operate on humans despite my past? You are damn right I do. You know why? Because I spent 20 years educating myself and sacrificing countless hours to get there. I gave up so much to be good at what I do, to be confident enough in myself to put myself out there to care for people who put their lives in my hands. My hands are capable in spite of my weaknesses of the past. Character is built partially on learning from mistakes. Brett Kavanaugh has devoted his life to public service and the past 20 years of his life is the definition of integrity. He deserves this appointment. I AM AGAINST THE WEAPONIZATION OF VICTIMHOOD. Believing unequivocally the woman is right every single time no matter what is giving women power to take out anyone in their path. That is not equality. This radical position is not the answer to gender discrimination and victims rights. No one can even place Brett Kavanaugh and the Christine Ford IN THE SAME ROOM at a party that zero people recollect except for the woman making the accusations. If every single woman must be believed every single time, we all know there will be circumstances by which someone will use this power for selfish reasons. It sets women back so far. This is not breaking the glass ceiling. THIS IS NOT JUSTICE. THIS IS WRONG. (Please Note: The author of this testimonial is not me. The doctor who wrote this is a friend of my medical friend, so I can vouch for its authenticity. -- Marjie Lewis)

Just a little recent update. We saw this coming didn't we? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/thirteen-states-now-investigating-alleged-sexual-abuse-linked-catholic-church-n916646

nevermind

if you're directing this at me, I've never been in the "guilty until proven innocent" camp. I'm always non-committal and firmly in the "we'll see" camp.

Sounds like the main perp is gone from the earth. The others accused? Just doesn't seem likely but I guess we'll see.

Ok. Interesting this is in the news two days before General Conference. There is a method to the madness it seems.

Can someone summarize for me? I tried to read the allegation in the news report and got very confused about who did what (supposedly). Who got divorced and then did it again and then committed suicide and who were the abused...or something like that?

I think this Kavanaugh/Ford stuff is becoming toxic for me. Anyone else? So I propose a game called "And in other news..." where we post lighthearted current events for some mental relief. Here's mine from our town's Facebook news page: "There are 4 black chickens on my lawn. They are upsetting my 4 cowardly cats causing their self esteem to plummet. Please come get your chickens. In the meantime, does anyone have the number for a good feline therapist? "

I could see that. She was sweet toward her. That's OK. Obviously Ford has some issues. I actually feel sorry for her because I've had emotional issues, too. It's awful to go through. The more I listened to her testimony the more I could tell she had no experience in subterfuge and was being used by the Dems. I imagined a collective cringe among the Dem senators when she said she took the polygraph on the day of her grandmother's funeral and just before she caught a flight. I don't know much about polygraph tests but that seems like the absolute worst time and setting to take one if she's actually afraid to fly. 😜

You Go Lady- whoever you are!!! She seemed like milktoast yesterday but she's the bomb! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/28/prosecutor-tells-wavering-senators-wouldnt-charge-kavanaugh-as-vote-looms.html

I don't always like Lindsay Graham but wow he was on fire today!!

Yikes! Is anyone watching? Train wreck!! I can't look away.

Ya, that first phrase came out weird. I was trying to convey that in the past you have been so completely sure that the focus on the abuse was about Kavanaugh being Catholic and to tie his religion to this abuse in a negative way- making him look bad. I don't want you to be disappointed that that hasn't happened in an obvious way. Anyway...written communication is not perfect. As I've listened to these latest hearings- it's all been high school drinking=bad and doesn't highlight his religion in any way. It might have in the previous hearings as they asked him questions about his feelings on Roe vs Wade. But it feels like what the priests have done in the past has no connection to Kavanaugh and I think most of the so-called "adults in the room" recognize that.

True but she's not the Supreme Court Justice nominee. 😒

Is Mike Lee a possibility? Why or why not?

Diane Feinstein is presenting things as if they are gravely important. "Have received letters from 1000 female medical doctors in support of Dr. Ford." What does that have to do with anything??

I just watched about 90 seconds of the hearing. Sadly, I think he's toast. He wasn't a straight arrow in high school and now it's coming back to bite him in the fanny even if he's been a good and respectful adult. I don't think he assaulted girls. But there is just so much innuendo. People are so vicious!

With this revelation, my guess is that Ford was confused and the other two were strategically piling on through a combination of vague memories that barely if at all involve Kavanaugh, just enough fabrication to make it all fit the narrative and some attorneys seizing the day.

Actually I do but it would never work for me in a court of law because I didn't write everything down on it. A lot of my activities were spontaneous and many things I wrote down got changed but not removed from my calendars. So I can't see that calendars are very valuable in establishing what happened.

Not to try to disappoint you but I haven't heard even a whisper about his religion having anything to do with this. I've only seen the accusations connected to spoiled brat prep school kids, drinking, drugs and bad boys. Maybe I'm not reading the right opinion pieces. Too bad the left seems to be missing it's opportunity to tie him to the Catholic priest fiasco. I can hardly wait till someone claims he has a son from one of these "rapes". But naw...that would be too easy to prove false.

Is there something significant about that date or is it just random?

Depends on what she did. Girls can be perps, too.