WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH PIERS MORGAN IS A VOICE OF SANITY: The day DC should have died of shame as it watched two broken souls be publicly tortured over their pasts in a viciously partisan bear-pit. “For these two previously unknown people to be dragged through such a revolting public court of gladiatorial barbarism for the delectation of a mass TV audience was painful, so painful I could barely watch at times. Yet it was an absolutely inevitable consequence of the way Washington has spiralled in recent years into a vile cesspit of extreme partisan bullsh*t – fuelled by rampant, vicious social media.”

WEIRD, NOBODY MINDED THAT AN “ALL-MALE MAJORITY” ENACTED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE: ABC News Correspondent: An ‘All-Male Majority’ of the Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade ‘Would Not Be Legitimate.’

But I think that means if you vote to overturn Heller without owning guns, it’s illegitimate. Good to know.

SAYS THE MAN WHO SHOUTS THAT REPUBLICANS WILL PUT BLACK PEOPLE “BACK IN CHAINS:” Biden Slams GOP’s ‘Blind Rage and Brute Partisanship’ During Kavanaugh Hearing.

ELON MUSK TO STEP DOWN AS TESLA CHAIRMAN, PAY $20MN FINE AS SETTLEMENT WITH SEC: “Musk has settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which had sued him for fraud over his tweets about taking Tesla private. Musk will have to step down as chairman, but gets to keep his CEO status.”

HEADLINES FROM 2009: WaPo Goes All In On Socialism With An Attack On Capitalism:

Stepping in to fill the void is Steven Pearlstein, columnist for the Washington Post. Apparently noticing people becoming rather nervous about the prospect of socialism taking over our government, Pearlstein has arrived to calm their fears with a column explaining why capitalism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. He lays out “Five Myths About Capitalism,” apparently to ease your transition into a socialist lifestyle.

Get back to me when he convinces Bezos to toss the keys to Amazon over to the government, and then we’ll talk.

(Classical allusion in headline.)

WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED TO “BELIEVE THE WOMEN?” Michael Moore slams ex-wife’s lawsuit as a ‘smear campaign.’

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Weaponizing Student Evaluations.

Student evaluations are worthless, in general, except as a sign to look more closely. And even then, maybe not: I remember a faculty meeting back in the 90s where the then associate dean for students told the faculty that students gave faculty they didn’t like low marks on the race-and-gender questions because they thought that was the only part the administration cared about.

HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SICK. I ALWAYS HATED THE CHARACTER OF IAGO. I NEVER ANTICIPATED A PARTY FULL OF THEM:  Gut reactions to the Kavanaugh delay.

SURE, BRETT KAVANAUGH IS GUILTY OF EXISTING…  Dianne Feinstein Blames Brett Kavanaugh For Mess She Created.  Remember, remember to vote in November.  And let’s make this a red TSUNAMI.

ME? I’M NOT A TRAITOR TO MY GENDER. I USE THE PROPER PRONOUN FOR MY PHYSICAL FORM. I’M NOT EVEN A TRAITOR TO MY SEX. UNLIKE PEOPLE WHO WEAR SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF VAGINAS ON THEIR HEADS, MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO PRINCIPLES, NOT THE EQUIPMENT BETWEEN MY LEGS.  AND I FEEL SORRY OF ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT THEIR SEX ORGANS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THEM.  BLESS THEIR HEARTS:  Facebook Blackout: I’m a Traitor to My Gender Because I Won’t Participate in the Virtual Burka Protest.

STAY SANE, ANYWAY YOU CAN.  FOR ME, TODAY IT WAS HOME IMPROVEMENT:  Take care.

THE NAIVE OR THOSE WHO TRUST THE FBI.  OH, WAIT, SAME THING:  Only the naïve would have no suspicions that a trap lies behind the demand for a renewed FBI investigation of the charges against Kavanaugh.

WHAT? THEY GET TIRED OF MAKING MONEY?  Cards Against Humanity Bribes Fans to Elect Democrats.

THE MOTE IN HER EYE:  Third Kavanaugh Accuser Sued by Former Employer for Sexually Harassing Two Male Colleagues.

THEY DON’T MAKE BAGS THAT SIZE:  Sen. Kennedy to Feinstein: ‘You Should Hide Your Head in a Bag’.

UNFORTUNATELY YOU DON’T NEED CONTAMINATED WHEAT TO GET HUMANS ACTING CRAZY:  5 Signs You’re In The Midst Of A Moral Panic.

BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee Refers People For Prosecution On False Kavanaugh Accusations.

AT AMAZON, DIY Deal: Bosch 18-Volt Compact Tough Drill/Driver Kit DDB181-02 with 2 Lithium Ion Batteries, 18V Charger, and Soft Carry Contractor Bag.

SOME THOUGHTS FROM INSTA-CO-BLOGGER DAVID BERNSTEIN ON FACEBOOK, WHICH HE’S FINE WITH ME POSTING HERE:

I’m imaging that this is the early 1950s. Truman has nominated a liberal Supreme Court justice. A man comes forward and states that he and the nominee attended a Communist Party meeting together in 1917. He names four other people who were there. None of the people recall being there, and the man’s friend since that time says he’s never met the nominee. The nominee, however, was known to dabble in radical politics around that time, behavior that he has not been entirely forthright about it. Any guesses on how progressives of the day would have reacted to the allegations?

Indeed.

LEFTISM IS HATE: Left Turns to Homophobia to Attack Lindsey Graham: ‘Closeted Idiot.’

SOUNDS KINKY, BUT NO FUN: Help! I’ve Been Chained to 150 Million Lunatics!

OPEN THREAD: Party like you’re the Bay City Rollers.

I’VE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR MONTHS: Shingles Vaccine Shortage: What You Must Know.

IT’S AS IF #METOO ISN’T REALLY ABOUT FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY AT ALL: “If your friend says she wants to cut off every dick in a five mile radius, let her!”