>>>I watched her, and I can't imagine a more credible witness.
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>We are all like the denizen's in Plato's cave, looking at the moving shadows on the cave wall and thinking that's reality we are interpreting.
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Good analogy.
However, Plato also posited some people- "philosopher kings" - who really knew what was going on.
I don't see any in this drama - even the participants look bewildered.

> as another cherished US institution fades.
Don't need the Russians or Kavanaugh.
The Bush V. Gore decision rendered the SC irrelevant to anyone who thinks seriously about these things. I'm not blaming the repubs - the dems also voted along strict party lines.

That decision put a dimwit who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the White House . People are still dying as I type this because of what that dimwit did.
That's a bit more significant than whether Pete can or can't marry Joe, wouldn't you say?