Conclusions? None Today

I hate to admit this, but I watched the entire Senate hearing yesterday. It was a hell of a show. Mesmerizing. Ir was a dark drama that, when all is said and done, makes Macbeth look bright and cheery.
Did we find out what really happened? Not at all, nor should we have expected to. All we heard was 'he said' and 'she said'. This was not a trial and there was no presentation of evidence and no witnesses. It was a show, but a moving and well played show. All I can say is something happened. It is as definite as anything can be that Dr. Ford was assaulted, by someone at sometime and was left traumatized. For whatever reason, she associates Kavanaugh with that incident, and has done so for years.
He showed properly righteous indignation at being accused, but, as the day wore on, he seemed to grow a bit shaky and incoherent. He stopped answering questions and just kept repeating lines from his opening statement. He became apoplectic, then unresponsive,, when pushed about a possible further investigation, not a response you would expect from a man swearing his innocence. He also grew very touchy when pushed about his fondness for alcohol. I speak from experience when I say that such a response comes when you are indeed uncomfortable about your level of alcohol consumption. The point being made was, of course, that heavy drinking does wreak havoc with memory.
There are no conclusions to be drawn. In my own opinion, something happened and we will never know what because neither party really remembers. There are gaps that will not be filled in because they cannot be filled in. Should he be confirmed? No, because there will always be an overhanging cloud. That is not fair to him, bur life is not fair and it is not appropriate that a Supreme Court Justice is obscured by clouds. What I think does not make a bit of difference and he will be confirmed.
Still, it was great drama. But, when the dust settles and the uproar dies down, what will remain is the ugliness. This was American politics at its rawest. It is nothing new, but we seldom see it on such open display. There is not 1 Senator or lawyer who can, if honest, walk away with their head held high. I have seldom seen such stupidity and incompetence, such willful ignorance and stubborn nastiness. This is our Nation at its worst.
One last point. The Democrats have one chance to rake a lot of seats in the mid-terms. They must motivate young, left wing voters to get to the polls. If they play it right, the Republicans have dealt them a winning hand, 

Now the Fun Starts

A new Supreme Court Nominee has popped up/ I know little about such things. He seems like a decent guy and certainly seems qualified. While conservative, he doesn't seem like a raving radical right winger. Just a bright guy with a lot of experience and no major skeletons in his closer. None of that matters at all.
At this point, President Trump could have named one of the 12 disciples and the left would be screaming.
The pretense is Roe v Wade. Abortion. I have no intention of even discussing that issue,  because that is not the real story. It is unlikely that Roe v Wade will be overturned. Altered? Yes. Abridged? Almost certainly. But not done away with.
The real motive for the protests is a broader agenda. The people behind the inane protests of the left is their fear that we will become, once more, a conservative, Judeo-Christian Nation. The left wants us to become a socialist, fascist pagan/atheist Nation where the Government runs your finances and in every other area of your life anything goes.
There is a deeper motive behind that. There is the good old 'new world order' nonsense spoken of by Bush 1, pushed further by Obama, and backed by the Rockefellers. This is one thing that conspiracy theorists got right. which was not hard to do, since David Rockefeller openly stated that goal. They want the US not to be a beacon of hope and greatness. They want us to be another mediocre Country, subservient to a World governing body run by corporations and their lackeys. They want a religion based on some hellish blend of bad science, atheism and neo-paganism. Don't believe that last part? A close look at what passes for entertainment and you will see symbolism that would make Alestair Crowley proud. Listen to the way Christian are mocked.\
Then look at their economic agenda. There  is serious talk about just giving everyone in the country checks to live on. What they don't say, is that you had best behave the way they want you to or you'll be cut off and cast out. Remember, "he who does not have the nark of the Beast will not be able to buy or sell."
I am not being overly dramatic. The leaders of the left have been very open about their ultimate agenda, But, they have not quite figured out that the NE and the West Coast are not the whole Country. The Mid West, the South and the Mid South (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas) still have a huge voice and they are not happy campers. In fact, while they are so far, keeping their cool, they are a very ornery lot. The left will not prevail.
But, this fall figures to be a battle. There is this Justice to be confirmed. There will be a final report on the various scandals (Russia, emails, FBI misbehavior and DOJ issues) and the Democrats will likely be the ones suffering the most damage. The economy will keep improving, N. Korea will behave, Iran will be force to get in line or suffer a revolution by its very unhappy populace, and Illegal immigration and drug trafficking will  cease.
All of that will happen but, the fight over this nomination and the mid term battles will be intense.  The last election will look like an ice cream social by comparison.