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Ted says when he met with SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in his office, he immediately became “highly suspect” of her because she turned down his offer of Cuban coffee.

Well fuck you Ted, I'm highly suspect of anyone who comes in my office and turns down my offer of Columbian Sinsemilla.

We all got our quirks.

Invite me to your office, I promise I won't turn that offer down.

Can't tell if that is real or not, but it DOES fit in with what Felito would consider a real knee-slapper of a joke.

Where did you get Cuban coffee from Ted?

bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:04 am Where did you get Cuban coffee from Ted?

Just brings it home after visiting relatives in Canada*.

*Or Cancun, as the case may be.

Azastan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:14 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:04 am Where did you get Cuban coffee from Ted?

Just brings it home after visiting relatives in Canada*.

*Or Cancun, as the case may be.

Along with a case of cigars immabettin.

I had to look it up because the back of my head said Cafe Cubana is a thing. It is. It's sweetened bitter espresso. Done right, it is reportedly genius. Done wrong is easy to achieve.

And had the SCOTUS candidate accepted the coffee offer he would now claim she be a commie intending to overthrow the nation

Having any Cuban cigars is a bad thing, legally. You can't go to the UK and bring home a box for personal use like you can some things you can't buy here.

Lesson: Don't get between Ted Cruz and Cancun.

So, for those who missed it, this happened:

https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1504568406934237190

For those who can't see it for some reason: Ted flipped out about the stunt cameo casting in the finale of this season's Star Trek: Discovery. Disclaimer: I am one of the older school of Trekkies that has not been fond of the post-DS9 properties (though Picard, I hear, is good, I'm not shelling out for Paramount+ for it). But I will likely watch the current Discovery season just to enjoy this moment that set Ted a'baffled.

Ben-Prime wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:05 pm But I will likely watch the current Discovery season just to enjoy this moment that set Ted a'baffled.

Star Trek spoilers: It is hilarious how people like Cruz are triggered by fictional powerful Black women.

It is less hilarious when they are triggered by actual powerful Black women. "Suddenly," it is "Where's the LSAT score?" and "not a natural born citizen."

bob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:13 pm

Ben-Prime wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:05 pm But I will likely watch the current Discovery season just to enjoy this moment that set Ted a'baffled.

Star Trek spoilers:

► Show Spoiler

Adams is only in the current season's last episode, between the climax and epilogue.

People were praising her performance. While it wasn't the worst Star Trek has ever seen, I wouldn't call it good.

Yeah, I thought I'd mentioned that in my original post, but it was just my way of expressing appreciation for the worth of that moment. Because this means either a) Ted Cruz watches Discovery and had a full meltdown watching this scene, or b) someone told him about that moment and he went back and looked for it in crazed disbelief.

Amusingly, with respect to the intersection of Ted Cruz and Star Trek, I did about this time 6 years ago (it came up recently in a Facebook memory) propose that our greatest hope to defeat Trump was a transporter accident which fused two of his opponents to create Senator Marfael 'Little Ted' Rubuz. I am pretty sure I threw in a </s> tag somewhere. But.

Now I look back and realize it would simply have meant twice the obsequiousness to Trump in one body. So.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... li=BBnb7Kz

SE Cupp on CNN had a good op-ed piece today regarding the televising of public events like SCOTUS hearings and legislative sessions.

If the above story is true, and I believe that it is, then her reasoning is spot on.

Theater of the absurd to get the Twitterverse and Faux News lined up.

The Pope and Ted Cruz are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd.

The Pope leans towards Cruz and says, "Do you know that with one wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"

Cruz replies, "I seriously doubt that. Show me!"

So the Pope faces the crowd, spends a moment in prayer, and backhands Cruz.

Ted Cruz's daughters attend a private school that's "antiracist."

The values that Cruz attacked during Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing are the same values his daughters are being taught.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... committee/

Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power
The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts.

Long, but do read.

paywall???

Kendra wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:33 pm https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... committee/

Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power
The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts.

Long, but do read.

It is a good read!