Prof. Tribe says "Aaargh!"

I notice the GOP members are going out of their way to interrupt the black female committee members

What if in 2004, Vanessa Tyson had sent an email alleging Justin Fairfax raped her to a wide

circle of his friends, acquaintances, colleagues and potential employers, and then declined to take any further action or say any more about it.

Would you have, based solely on that allegation, concluded that Tyson was telling the truth and Fairfax had indeed raped her, even if he denied it?

If so, please explain why.

If not, please explain why not.

Thanks for the hearts, guys!

Your hearts warm my heart!

Supreme Court blocks anti-abortion law 5-4

I have a question about this "Believe ALL Women" thing

Does it mean believe ALL women WHENEVER they accuse ANYONE of ANY crime? Or when they accuse any MAN of any crime?

Would it apply it apply to a Starbucks manager who tells police that two black men were trespassing because they didn't buy coffee as soon as they walked in the door?

Or does it just mean that we must always believe every woman who ever alleges that any male sexually assaulted them? So would that mean that the woman in New York who accused the little black kid of grabbing her ass in a store had no right to be challenged and the little boy should have been labeled a sexual predator at least until a passerby's video showed he hadn't even touched her?

How exactly does this "Believe ALL Women" thing work?

The statute of limitations for rape in Massachusetts is 15 years

Vanessa Tyson alleges that Justin Fairfax raped her in Boston in July 2004, so the statute of limitations to file a criminal complaint has not run out.

Should Dr. Tyson press charges and seek a criminal investigation and trial?

Is there any reason at this point that she should not?

Is there any reason that she should?

(Thanks to JBerryHill for first pointing to this statute of limitations).

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted for sour expression

Why doesn't she smile more?

Republicans Blast Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Sour Expression During State of the Union Address

By Andy Borowitz

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s facial expression during the State of the Union address came under continued attack from Republicans on Thursday, with the former House Speaker John Boehner joining the chorus of disapproval.

“When I saw her with that pained expression on her face, I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Boehner said. “It was like nothing I had ever seen before in my life.”

The former Speaker said that Ocasio-Cortez broke his “No. 1 rule” of reacting to a State of the Union speech: “No matter what the President is saying, be sure to look cheerful and upbeat at all times.”

“I didn’t always agree with what President Obama had to say over the years, but I always kept a smile on my face,” he said. “I think if the congresswoman went back and looked at video of me and my fellow-Republicans during the Obama speeches, she could learn a lot about maintaining a non-stop happy facial expression.”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/republicans-blast-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-sour-expression-during-state-of-the-union-address?fbclid=IwAR08lxhLKaRAzsFoGACIknVWtvck9JIho3WGwv-1EJzuCyeVP0c1iIR9I0U

Let me just say how absolutely grateful I am for the Blue Wave

No, things aren't perfect. Trump is still president and our country is still in a mess.

But we are now actually having hearings about gun violence and the detention camps. We're getting oversight over this corrupt administration. We now have at least part of one branch of government acting like it's actually a separate branch of government.

And, of course, there's this, which will probably bring me joy the rest of my life:

So, while we wrestle with all sorts of mess, I just wanted to take a moment to exhale and remember that there is hope for us.

STOP trying to whitewash the blackface!

If I see one more post insisting that we shouldn't judge what Northam did in 1984 by "today's standards," I'm going to throw my computer out the window. (To those who want me gone, don't get excited - I have more than one computer, so I'm not going anywhere ...)

The reprehensibility of blackface isn't a new phenomenon that sprung up in the Age of Obama. Black people and decent, thinking white people have been decrying its use for more than a century. And the consensus for the vast majority of the country has been that it was unacceptable for decades - well before 1984.

Don't believe me? Consider this: If wearing blackface wasn't that big a deal in 1984, why did Northam and his buddies only do it around each other and not broadcast their photos beyond their limited, privileged little circle?

Why are there no pictures of them (or anyone else at their school) standing around grinning in blackface next to, instead of KKK lookalikes, one or more of their black classmates or colleagues? Why didn't they show up at football games or integrated school mixers or at local events dressed like minstrels with shoe polish all over their faces and hands?

Because they knew then that what they were doing was some f*cked up racist ish.

So stop trying to excuse them by claiming it was ok then. It wasn't. Not by any stretch of the imagination.