midwestgak 9/18/2020 5:04:28 PM

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For those who have not yet heard, Justice Ginsburg has died at age 87.  RIP.

Kosh's Shadow 9/18/2020 5:14:59 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 1: .

A couple of weeks ago, I was behind a Lexus SUV with a picture of RBG (and the initials) on the trailer hitch.

The driver was a total jerk, weaving in and out of different lanes.

turn 9/18/2020 5:23:40 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 1:

She blew it by not retiring when Obama was President, regardless RIP. They all expected Hillary to win and get all the picks that Trump ended up with. Wait for Covid to take a back seat to her replacement now.

Occasional Reader 9/18/2020 5:29:56 PM

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doppelganglander 9/18/2020 5:30:05 PM

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Reply to turn in 3:

She always said she would never resign. She didn't really care about the politics of the court. She loved her work and was not about to give it up.

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 5:36:16 PM

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turn 9/18/2020 5:36:16 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 5:

She was extremely dedicated to her role on the court, to be sure. In a way it’s a good thing for the conservative cause the way things have ended up. Thanks for pointing this out to me doppel. 

turn 9/18/2020 5:38:25 PM

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In #6 doppelganglander said: Either NPR or the family made that up, and either way, it's despicable.

Surely it is projection on their part, TDS on display.

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 5:40:52 PM

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Reply to turn in 7:

She was wrong about absolutely everything, but she was a woman of remarkable intellect and accomplishment. She raised a fine family and maintained a close friendship with Antonin Scalia, among others. Unlike today's extreme left, she was not a bad person. 

Occasional Reader 9/18/2020 5:42:46 PM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: whoever Trump’s proposed pick is] sexually assaulted me in 1980-something.  

He or she was shouting “heil Hitler!“ and white power!” at the time. I forgot to mention that.

turn 9/18/2020 5:44:51 PM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: whoever Trump’s proposed pick is] sexually assaulted me in 1980-something.  I just want to state that for the record right now.

The script writes itself.

midwestgak 9/18/2020 5:51:06 PM

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In #6 doppelganglander said: her granddaughter were . . .

. . . I so love my family and you, my beloved grandbaby . . 

That I could believe because it's human, not political.

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 5:55:14 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 12:

That's the sort of thing a normal person would say. Long ago, I read something quoting a hospice nurse. She said no one ever expressed regret about not spending more time at the office. If they had regrets at all, it was that they wish they'd spent more time with their family. 

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 6:05:05 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 13:

It's possible she said something to that effect weeks or months or years ago, but there's just no way those were her dying words.

Kosh's Shadow 9/18/2020 6:06:52 PM

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midwestgak 9/18/2020 6:32:30 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 14:

When I first learned of the planes flying into buildings on 9/11, my first thought was to call my closest and nearest and dearest.  I did not think of politics or rent or my next oil change.

Perhaps a bit different in terms of uncertainty and panic, but the same perhaps in the realization of a certain outcome.

Closest and nearest and dearest.

I too doubt those were her dying words.

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 6:35:58 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 16:

I joke that my dying words will be "I'm not finished yet!" For one thing, I'm a procrastinator. I also have so many things I want to do and places I want to go, there's no way I'll get it all done even if I live to be 100.

JCM 9/18/2020 6:37:41 PM

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... and if you thought the left was already hysterical about the election... you ain't see nothing yet!

midwestgak 9/18/2020 6:48:13 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 17:

Nods smiling.

midwestgak 9/18/2020 6:58:43 PM

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Reply to JCM in 18:

No need to fantasize or wish about experiencing or living through the experiences the history program "You Are There" taught us.

We Are Here!

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 7:10:17 PM

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Reply to JCM in 18: 

My Twitter feed is almost entirely conservative, of course. I have yet to see anything disrespectful from them about RBG.

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 7:14:42 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 21:

Then there's this, a retweet:

fuck you Ruth Bader Ginsburg fuck you for not retiring under Obama fuck you for dying under Trump fuck you fuck you fuck you

Occasional Reader 9/18/2020 7:16:49 PM

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midwestgak 9/18/2020 7:43:07 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 22:

Nice.  Isn't it? I've seen similar expressions at other blogs.

No reason, just fuck her, hell is where she is going. . .

Nice.  Isn't it?

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 7:43:50 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 23:

When Little OR is old enough to run for office, I want to work on his campaign. 

doppelganglander 9/18/2020 7:50:32 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 24:

And that's coming from her own side!

@PBJ3 9/18/2020 11:00:40 PM

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