What'sUpWithThatWatts, et al.: Merrick Garland

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Demand Vote on Merrick Garland - JANUARY 3rd, 2017

Democrats have one last chance to return some checks and balances into our American political system before the Trump vandals arrival with their determination to dismantle much of American's most valued protections and advances. Think I'm exaggerating? Then you haven't been paying attention to who Trump's filling his Cabinet with (and here).

Senate Republicans pulled a historically unprecedented stunt to simply deny (the across the board highly regarded moderate) Merrick Garland a hearing for the past year. On January 3rd, while the Senate is temporarily in Democratic hands, please vote to confirm Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump and his oligarch pals already have grand plans in store for a right-wing reactionary Supreme Court. Are We The People going to simply sit by and acquiesce to these belligerent political bullies? When are we going to grow some backbone and fight back - reasoned, rational, but firm!

The Republican Congress have made clear they want to lock up the Supreme Court with a packed house of right wing reactionaries - ready to put the seal on Koch's Transformation of America's Democracy into the Corporation of Amerika - and yes, our democracy is in precisely this serious an existential crisis - the likes of which America hasn't experienced since the civil war.

DailyKos is circulating a petition that I'm featuring in this post along with information and quotes from a number of article that offer greater detail for the curious.

Obama Can and Should Put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court

By David Dayen | November 16, 2016 | NewRepublic.com

Can Merrick Garland Still Become Supreme Court Justice? Democrats Have A Few Loopholes At Their Disposal

By Maya Parthasarathy | December 7, 2016 | Bustle.com

As Donald Trump Falters, Democrats Plan to Press Fight for Supreme Court

By Alan Rapport | AUG. 19, 2016 | Washington DC | NewYorkTimes.com

Why the Senate Should Vote on Merrick Garland’s Nomination Now

Commentary by Mark Kende | June 21, 2016 | Fortune.com

Democrats Keep Pressure on Garland Supreme Court Nomination

Michael Bowman | March 30, 2016 | VOA News.com

FYI - This is for keeps - America, it's your move. Democracy Use It Or Lose It !

Trump's 21 potential court nominees are overwhelmingly white, male and from red states

Richard Wolf | USA TODAY | December 2, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump's 21 potential nominees to the Supreme Court -- the people he has said he will choose from, not just to replace Justice Antonin Scalia but for any other seats that fall vacant -- are straight out of conservative central casting.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/12/01/donald-trump-supreme-court-21-nominees-list-nomination/93964888/

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Sign the petition to Joe Biden and Senate Democrats: Confirm Merrick Garland to Supreme Court on January 3

https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-the-petition-to-joe-biden-and-senate-democrats-confirm-merrick-garland-to-supreme-court-on-january-3rd?source=20161207sp3

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

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I know there are too many typos, what can I say, eyes aren't what they were, I get rushed, and always did have a thing with transposing…{well, I also hated high school "english" classes... bad call that one.}. Doing the best I can with what I got. Embarrassing though it is, it's better than doing nothing. Besides, it's the issues and reasoning that we should be worrying about.

Though I'm in my own little world here, I'm also constantly learning and evolving and do get occasional feedback and when I reread stuff and find errors or omissions or garbage, I fix it. If it's major I'll acknowledge it with an 'edited' note, minor stuff I don't bother.

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I hardly keep track of Anthony's latest antics (besides, with Sou on the job why bother - can't beat her insights). It's just me over here and I have more important things to do with my precious hours - still now that Anthony's luster has been wearing thin he's put his energy into discovering and honing new fresh faces to carry on the public show of the Republican/Libertarian strategic attack on science.

He seems to have transitioned into a ring-leader, perhaps mentor/coach would be better, producer? At least that's how Mr. Steele and his antics of the past year has gotten me to think about it. So in that regard this blog remains about WUWT's brand of thinking and logic and my struggle to understand the anatomy of the fraud they've perpetrated against mankind. {December 2014}

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ok, now some recommended websites:

This blog was started in April 2013 and is written by an actual scientist so it has a refreshingly serious objective air to it, plus he does a good clear job of explaining complex issues.

And Then There's Physics.
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Sou has some of the best {readability and detailed} examinations of Watt's antics I've seen - and she does have fun with certain characters.

She continues be the best at keeping up with Mr. Watts' and pals and their many deceptions.

The recent dirty tricks and attacks she is enduring are acknowledgment of how good she is at it.

http://blog.hotwhopper.com

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Ben has been documenting Anthony's misdeeds longer than the rest of us.

http://wottsupwiththat.com

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Tamino, an acknowledged statistical/mathematical expert of the highest order, at Open Mind also does an excellent job of holding Anthony’s feet to the fire with clearly explained facts and math. Check it out:
http://tamino.wordpress.com
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And of course, there is the excellent, most up to date internet depository of climate studies and information for the non-expert public.

http://SkepticalScience.com

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Then there's RealClimate.org the scientist's commentary site. Run by working climate scientists intended to help the interested public and journalists sort through the complexities of the climatology. They provide "quick response to developing stories and provide the context" that is too often missing from public media's depiction. {But, you better be serious and have some real science education/understanding under your belt if you want to keep up.}

http://realclimate.org

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I remember back in da day, good websites/blogs were few and far between. But over the past years that's been changing to the point that it's impossible to keep up with them all. Here's an incomplete, and long overdue addition to my above list:

AGW Observer

Arctic Sea Ice Blog

IPCC

Variable Variability

new to the list

LucidPolitics.com

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Demand Vote on Merrick Garland - JANUARY 3rd, 2017