Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 3

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

yes but that means very little the way property values go. Considering when she moved to PA, she may not have even spent $1 million on her house, $250k on the beach house.

There are people who own $1 million dollar houses who qualify for food stamps.

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I didn’t go to Yale, have no connections there and no nothing about the ability to get in.
But, the fact that you all are arguing over whether being a “legacy” means he has “no connections with” YLS tells me that HE didn’t consider it a “connection” worth discussing since this fact is so easily checked.
To argue this as a lie is just petty and will not go anywhere. In fact, it’s ridiculous.

And that isn't credible. A grandfather having gone to Yale is in fact a connection, no matter how much you want to deny it.

Connection for undergrad where GF went. Unless GF was big Yale donor, the fact that GF went to Yale undergrad would not have been a connection for Yale Law School.

If Yale’s application had a line asking about relatives who attended the school, I have zero doubt that he listed his grandfather.

(All the applications I filled out in the 80s asked this question. I have no idea if it is a question on today’s common app.)

Likely is--but a grandfather undergrad wouldn't merit a second look for YLS.

But it would for Yale Undergrad. Once there, uh, pipeline.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents knew she had a drinking problem. Ask them. Or her lawyer brothers in DC.

Ask her husband why they were in couples counseling.
It wasn’t about an extra front door during a renovation.

She did not say they were in counseling because of the door. She said the door came up during couples counseling

I thought the second door was for a separate entrance for Google interns they host?

That's what it appears to have been.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Property values in Palo Alto have skyrocketed. If they bought the house a decade ago they did not pay $3 million.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Avenatti’s new client has a checkered past with questionable claims. I really hope they charge her (and Avenatti) with making false allegations.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/36503/kavanaugh-accuser-lied-about-background-has-ryan-saavedra

"Daily Wire" looks like a troll website set up by the Russians to discredit Blasey Ford and promote Kavanaugh.

Find a reliable source, would ya, trollie?

Different PP, but the article links to The Oregonian article: https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/09/julie_swetnick_one_of_kavanaug.html

Swetnick worked at Portland-based Webtrends for a few months in 2000, according to a civil suit the Portland company filed against her late that year. The company said she was hired as a professional services engineer to work off-site. It's not clear whether she ever worked in Webtrends' Portland office.

In the suit, Webtrends alleged Swetnick claimed to have graduated from Johns Hopkins University but the company said it subsequently learned the school had no record of her attendance. Webtrends said she also "falsely described her work experience" at a prior employer.

The suit alleges Swetnick "engaged in unwelcome sexual innuendo and inappropriate conduct" directed at two male employees during a business lunch, with Webtrends customers present. Swetnick claimed two other employees had sexually harassed her, according to the suit.

Webtrends' suit said it determined Swetnick had engaged in misconduct but could not find evidence to support her allegations against her colleagues. Later, the company alleged, Swetnick took medical leave and simultaneously claimed unemployment benefits in the District of Columbia.

In the suit, Webtrends alleged Swetnick threatened legal action against the company over her own harassment claims. The lawsuit claimed that act defamed the business and sought at least $150,000 on behalf of an employee that Swetnick had allegedly made false statements about.

So you think someone is willing to risk 5 years in jail and felony perjury?

I think that is far fetched.

[Anonymous]

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I didn’t go to Yale, have no connections there and no nothing about the ability to get in.
But, the fact that you all are arguing over whether being a “legacy” means he has “no connections with” YLS tells me that HE didn’t consider it a “connection” worth discussing since this fact is so easily checked.
To argue this as a lie is just petty and will not go anywhere. In fact, it’s ridiculous.

And that isn't credible. A grandfather having gone to Yale is in fact a connection, no matter how much you want to deny it.

People make ‘phone calls’ all the time. Especially those that have given money or that are willing to give a substantial amount of money. I’m not against that as who else is going to pay for the nice things at the school? It’s not going to be me.
My issue would be when these privileged folk who get in think that they only get in on their own merits when in actuality there were maybe 29,000 equally qualified candidates who were rejected (subtract out about 15% of the applicants as being unqualified and that’s what you get). Some of the rejected applicants, many of them really, were actually more qualified than the rich applicants.

I worked for a major university. I was IT tech support when I was younger. I have been in the room when wealthy donors called in to remind the university of their donations and to let them know that their niece, nephew, child, grandchild, whatever was applying for admission. Also when they called to get football tickets because they had *some* tickets but needed more tickets to give away when the game was sold out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Only poor women can be victims of sexual assault? I’m not sure I follow your argument.

A PP condemned Kavanaugh for his white privilege. I was pointing out that his accuser has led a life of white privilege, as well. That's all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I didn’t go to Yale, have no connections there and no nothing about the ability to get in.
But, the fact that you all are arguing over whether being a “legacy” means he has “no connections with” YLS tells me that HE didn’t consider it a “connection” worth discussing since this fact is so easily checked.
To argue this as a lie is just petty and will not go anywhere. In fact, it’s ridiculous.

And that isn't credible. A grandfather having gone to Yale is in fact a connection, no matter how much you want to deny it.

People make ‘phone calls’ all the time. Especially those that have given money or that are willing to give a substantial amount of money. I’m not against that as who else is going to pay for the nice things at the school? It’s not going to be me.
My issue would be when these privileged folk who get in think that they only get in on their own merits when in actuality there were maybe 29,000 equally qualified candidates who were rejected (subtract out about 15% of the applicants as being unqualified and that’s what you get). Some of the rejected applicants, many of them really, were actually more qualified than the rich applicants.

I worked for a major university. I was IT tech support when I was younger. I have been in the room when wealthy donors called in to remind the university of their donations and to let them know that their niece, nephew, child, grandchild, whatever was applying for admission. Also when they called to get football tickets because they had *some* tickets but needed more tickets to give away when the game was sold out.

As you say, that only works when the alumnus is a big donor. No evidence his GF was.

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So, apparently Trump has told the FBI they cannot ask Safeway for its employment records to determine when Mark Judge worked at a Safeway in Bethesda in 1982.

My question: Why can't someone else, say the Montgomery police department, ask Safeway for those records?

Why can't Safeway volunteer those dates?

In my experience, if you are checking out an applicant for a job, you can call and any employer will give their dates of employment.

Why not call Safeway and ask? Can't anyone do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Property values in Palo Alto have skyrocketed. If they bought the house a decade ago they did not pay $3 million.

Whatever they paid, it was still quadruple the price that "regular" people could pay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Only poor women can be victims of sexual assault? I’m not sure I follow your argument.

A PP condemned Kavanaugh for his white privilege. I was pointing out that his accuser has led a life of white privilege, as well. That's all.

Somehow, I don't think she gets jobs by going in and yelling that she went to Holton and Stanford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Only poor women can be victims of sexual assault? I’m not sure I follow your argument.

A PP condemned Kavanaugh for his white privilege. I was pointing out that his accuser has led a life of white privilege, as well. That's all.

They both went to private schools, lived in Bethesda, belonged to country clubs = rich. Both came from rich families. We've established this. Now move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, apparently Trump has told the FBI they cannot ask Safeway for its employment records to determine when Mark Judge worked at a Safeway in Bethesda in 1982.

My question: Why can't someone else, say the Montgomery police department, ask Safeway for those records?

Why can't Safeway volunteer those dates?

In my experience, if you are checking out an applicant for a job, you can call and any employer will give their dates of employment.

Why not call Safeway and ask? Can't anyone do this?

Why is the President micromanaging the FBI “investigation “

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Property values in Palo Alto have skyrocketed. If they bought the house a decade ago they did not pay $3 million.

Whatever they paid, it was still quadruple the price that "regular" people could pay.

Saw something on the internet showing it was worth $2.65 in 2011 after the addition. But they bought in 2007.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were both privileged. Do you know who her father is?

Yup. She was a Holton-Arms, Columbia Country Club girl. Now she (and her husband) own a $3 million house Palo Alto and a $1 million beach house in Santa Cruz.

Property values in Palo Alto have skyrocketed. If they bought the house a decade ago they did not pay $3 million.

Whatever they paid, it was still quadruple the price that "regular" people could pay.

Not how it works in silicon valley, sorry. The price is what it is, and you pay it or you don't buy. She is a professor and presumably her husband is employed.