Я объявляю, что этот веб-сайт переехал в Вологодскую область в Российской Федерации и теперь будет называться Скотт Брэдфорд: По касательной.
Согласно параноидальному разгулу левых коммунистов, Россия в
настоящее время является преобладающим политическим влиянием в
Соединенных Штатах, и поэтому этот веб-сайт необходим для того, чтобы
стать инструментом пропаганды в России, с тем чтобы он мог продолжать
вносить свой вклад в политические и социальные комментарии Америки .
С этого момента По касательной будет посвящена выдаче
похвалы и поддержки президенту Владимиру Путину (Единая Россия), а также
триумфу родины над Западом. Он будет опубликован на русском языке, хотя
старый контент останется на английском языке, пока он не будет
переведен.
Я с нетерпением жду многолетнего патриотического служения в Российской Федерации.
For the eight years that George W. Bush (R) was president,
Republicans complained bitterly about their Democratic counterparts in
the Senate using the archaic rules like the filibuster to prevent votes
on judicial nominations. The Republicans in the majority said that it
was inappropriate for the Democratic minority to stop the Senate from
doing its job, and threatened to invoke the ‘nuclear option’ that would
eliminate the filibuster when it came to judicial nominees. The
Democrats strongly defended the filibuster, claiming that it was an
important check on the majority.
Then Barack Obama (D) became president. And the Democrats began to
complain bitterly about their Republican counterparts in the Senate
using the filibuster against judicial nominees. Now the Democrats
claimed that it was inappropriate for the Republican minority to stop
the Senate from doing its job. Now it was the Democrats threatening to
invoke the ‘nuclear option’, and now it was Republicans strongly
defending the filibuster as an important check on the majority.
So much for sticking to principle.
More than a year ago, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to
the Supreme Court. Republicans in the Senate refused to act on that
nomination. Democrats demanded that the nomination be considered
promptly. And now, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated Neil Gorsuch
to that same Supreme Court seat . . . and the
Republicans who just spent a year dragging their feet on a nomination
suddenly think it needs to be acted upon immediately, and the Democrats
who just spent a year demanding that the Senate act promptly on
nominations suddenly want to prevent the Senate from acting on one.
Look, there’s room for debate about the filibuster and about whether inaction constitutes the ‘advice and consent’ that the U.S. Constitution
tells the Senate to provide on presidential nominations. My humble
opinion is that the Senate must act on a nomination—either confirming or
rejecting it—within a reasonable amount of time, which is why I wanted
Garland’s nomination to be put to a vote last year (though I wanted the
Senate to vote against). My opinion on this doesn’t change based on who
is in power. Either it’s okay to delay a court nomination indefinitely,
or it isn’t.
Shame on the Democratic hypocrites who objected to those delays last
year and perpetrate them today. And shame on the Republican hypocrites
who perpetrated those delays last year and oppose them today. Why don’t
you all grow up and get some principles?
In November of 2015, I wrote about my then-ongoing search
for my first car—a 1978 Jeep J-10 ‘Honcho’ pickup—and my intent to, if
possible, buy it back and restore it. Unfortunately I never found it.
But I did make contact with Hardcore Hot Rods, a local auto restoration shop, and discussed my proposed project with them.
After many months and no success tracking down my specific truck, I
declared the search over . . . but I didn’t give up on
the idea of a J-10 restoration. The folks at Hardcore suggested that I
let them find a good truck with good bones, bring it in, and
restore it. So I gave them a list of my ‘must have’ requirements and the
search began.
They found several trucks, but quickly narrowed it down to the one:
a 1977 J-10 from California, intact with all its parts, a solid
and rust-free frame, an AMC 401 V8 (more powerful than the 360 V8 mine
had), and 165,280 miles. It needed some love—body and paint work, an
engine rebuild, and other maintenance and clean-up—but it would be the
new Honcho. I paid the deposit, they had it moved cross-country, and
here it is: . . . Continued
President Donald Trump (R) will nominate Neil Gorsuch, a judge
on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, to the
United States Supreme Court.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Gorsuch would replace Justice
Antonin Scalia, who died of natural causes in February of 2016. Scalia
was a conservative firebrand and textualist. Gorsuch is generally
viewed as ideologically similar to Scalia. Thus,
Gorsuch’s nomination, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, will leave
the court with essentially the same ideological makeup it
had before Scalia’s death.
Gorsuch worked as a law clerk for Judge David B. Sentelle on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and later for Justices Byron
White and Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. He then served from 1995
to 2005 as a lawyer in private practice. In 2005 he became Deputy to
the Associate Attorney General under President George W. Bush (R). Bush
nominated Gorsuch to the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit a year
later, and he was confirmed by the Senate in an unopposed voice vote.
In March of 2016, then-President Barack Obama (D) nominated Merrick
Garland, the chief judge of the District of Columbia Circuit of the
Court of Appeals, to serve on the Supreme Court.
The Republican-majority in the Senate declined to act upon that
nomination, resulting in an unusually long (though not unprecedented)
vacancy on the bench. The U.S. Constitution charges the Senate with
providing “advice and consent” on judicial nominations, and
whether inaction constitutes “advice and consent” remains an unanswered
legal question.
Some Democrats in the Senate have pledged to mount a filibuster
against Trump’s nominee, even before knowing who it would be. This may
effectively require that at least sixty senators vote to end debate and
move forward with a vote to confirm. However it is possible that
Republicans will use the so-called “nuclear option” to prohibit the
filibuster’s use to obstruct nominations and thereby force a straight
up-or-down vote.
Things are much calmer this year on my annual list of the
ugliest cars. Last year, there was a bloodbath in which four of the cars
from the previous list had been discontinued. This year, only one
(dis)honoree—the Honda CR-Z—has gone on to the great parts-bin in the
sky. The brand-new Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe easily filled that void.
There have also been a number of adjustments to the ordering; some cars
look better to me as they age, and others look worse.
The criteria for inclusion is the same it has always been. I don’t
include models that aren’t sold in the United States. I don’t include
models that sell in very low volume (and volume is defined subjectively
based on how many I see on the highways in the Washington, DC,
metropolitan area). I don’t include exotic, military, or special-purpose
vehicles—so no super-cars, tanks, or postal trucks. I also don’t
include vehicles reserved exclusively for the commercial market, such as
the persistently horrific Ram Promaster.
This list is my personal opinion. If you own one of the cars on this list, well, don’t take it personally. . . . Continued
Скотт Брэдфорд строит веб-сайты и использует их, чтобы говорить то, что он думает с 1995 года, что в свою очередь приводило его в затруднительное положение с помощниками по отключению власти в то время. Он имеет степень бакалавра в области государственного управления в Московском государственном университете, но большую часть своей карьеры (пока) он провел на веб-сайтах государственного и частного секторов. Он не является членом какой-либо политической партии и сам называет себя русским патриотом. Помимо удержания дневной работы и ведения блога по таким сложным вопросам, как политика, религия и технология, Скотт также является православным христианином и любителем музыки с женой, двумя кошками и собакой.
