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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:45 AM Oct 2018

Some very interesting things show up in closeups on the scan of Kavanaugh's calendar








OMG. From the original:

How are these idiots so bad at this?

psst... My gut says look in May/June. Better fits Judge's projected work timeline.



Full thread here:




@soychicka is an excellent researcher, btw.
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Some very interesting things show up in closeups on the scan of Kavanaugh's calendar (Original Post) ehrnst Oct 2018 OP
So will there ever be a forensic investigation of these calendars? exboyfil Oct 2018 #1
Will the media investigate? Big ones have the money and Hortensis Oct 2018 #29
I wondered the same thing about those faded marks Merlot Oct 2018 #2
I was also wondering about the complete obliterations Rorey Oct 2018 #6
Ya, how DID he wash out the writing underneath? Bfd Oct 2018 #3
That's pretty damned damning. byronius Oct 2018 #4
It's the ink bleeding through from the other side. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #5
That's what it looked like to me, too. DFW Oct 2018 #7
That's plausible, however Rorey Oct 2018 #8
It was an Audubon calendar - photos would be on the other side, not a calendar. ehrnst Oct 2018 #13
I believe they can test the age of the ink .... Jarqui Oct 2018 #9
I believe they should Sunsky Oct 2018 #11
Nothing to see here. No FFFFF ffr Oct 2018 #10
I think that happened in college, this is high school FakeNoose Oct 2018 #24
The FFFF was a G'town Prep thing, Noose...it's mentioned all over the place in the '83 yearbook Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #28
The calendar defense is bogus Bluesaph Oct 2018 #12
Extreme closeup of May 21 entry ehrnst Oct 2018 #14
Think I see a hanging chad Bonx Oct 2018 #15
What stands out as glaring to me Scarsdale Oct 2018 #16
It's all part of the deal made with Kennedy, but I'm sure Kennedy is only aware of his part in it.nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #18
I wonder if Kennedy Scarsdale Oct 2018 #19
"Bart" was selected because, if it comes down to it, he'll go easy on Trump. VOX Oct 2018 #21
Remember, this is a criminal organization that made deals with Russians for power. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #17
Haircut is too uniform to be handwritten uponit7771 Oct 2018 #20
And why was he grounded? fierywoman Oct 2018 #22
Photoshop CharleyDog Oct 2018 #23
Ive always thought they were fakes BannonsLiver Oct 2018 #25
The calendar defense is bogus. No one is taking it seriously. nt libdem4life Oct 2018 #26
Sounds like a job for the FBI. Iggo Oct 2018 #27

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
1. So will there ever be a forensic investigation of these calendars?
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:48 AM
Oct 2018

Maybe a point that should be brought up during the floor debate. Any chance the originals as submitted will be preserved?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
29. Will the media investigate? Big ones have the money and
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 02:25 PM
Oct 2018

access to expensive technology but don't always take on power.

Thanks, Ehrnest. Random Facts tweets some very interesting stuff!

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
2. I wondered the same thing about those faded marks
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:50 AM
Oct 2018

If this calendar was scamnned it's not reliable evidence. It needs to be photographed.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
6. I was also wondering about the complete obliterations
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 11:01 AM
Oct 2018

Not quite as much on the page shown, but who puts so much effort into scribbling something out, unless they are hiding something?

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
3. Ya, how DID he wash out the writing underneath?
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:54 AM
Oct 2018

Damn good question & excellent sleuthing out the bs.

Forensics would tell us about when it was re-written perhaps.

Were these entries covered up/re-entered when Kav was investigated during GW's admin?

Thre are docs that Grassley wouldn't release that are from the prior FBI investigation of Kav. They contain info uncovered, (or covered up) when GW wanted Kav appointed to the appellate.
Ya think GW rewarded Kav with the judgeship for stopping the FL recount in Bush vs Gore 2000?

Bush family is eyeball deep in this RW coup.
Oil barrons & the Saudis. They're all criminal mob families.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
13. It was an Audubon calendar - photos would be on the other side, not a calendar.
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 11:34 AM
Oct 2018


This corner that got turned up on one page shows that the opposite side wasn't the green bottom border of a calendar page.




But supposing that were no photos that year - if May and June were on opposite sides of each other - which makes sense if you start from Jan/Feb being on opposite sides, why isn't there bleed thru on the June 19th, where there is also a heavy inking out of something on the May side as well? See below:

Here are the other pages from other months.










Sunsky

(1,737 posts)
11. I believe they should
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 11:23 AM
Oct 2018

IMO there were late additions to this calendar and too many crossed out details. Maybe he had a diary and added what he thought to be insignificant details. Who knows? Also, did anyone check if the events on the calendar correlate with the actual dates of the events. If he's going to put his calendar as evidence, I believe it should be extensively scrutinized.

FakeNoose

(32,767 posts)
24. I think that happened in college, this is high school
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 01:53 PM
Oct 2018

As far as I could tell, the FFFFF joke was among the frat boys at Catholic University or maybe Yale Law.
This group was innocent and sweet-natured compared to them. According to Kav they were all still "virgins" then.

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
28. The FFFF was a G'town Prep thing, Noose...it's mentioned all over the place in the '83 yearbook
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 02:23 PM
Oct 2018




Entire GPrep yearbook posted here:

https://archive.org/details/cupola-1983/page/n3

Bluesaph

(703 posts)
12. The calendar defense is bogus
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 11:23 AM
Oct 2018

Seems like something a corrupt family would do to cover their tracks:

Son, in order to have a ready alibi, keep a “clean” calendar of all your activities. Make sure not to write down any illegal activities.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
14. Extreme closeup of May 21 entry
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 12:14 PM
Oct 2018





In the exact same place in both images, there is an noticeable offset at the intersection of 1,7,8 - but in the WaPo version it's offset to the right, rando version, to the left.

Suggests they may have been two diff versions from the same working copy.





Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
16. What stands out as glaring to me
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 12:50 PM
Oct 2018

is were there no HONEST candidates the gop could have chosen? Why this sex pervert liar, drunken ass? Who keeps calendars for so many years? Was he prepared for the questions about his HS activities? So we have a president who is totally unqualified, a sex pervert and liar. Now McConnell is making sure we have a SC judge with those same "qualities". Is the gop planning on having him make laws to protect all their Russian activities?

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
19. I wonder if Kennedy
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 01:06 PM
Oct 2018

made a promise to Kavenaugh's parents to get him nominated? Remember Sandra Day O'Connor voted for W because she did not want to see his parents disappointed. So she let the entire country down.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
21. "Bart" was selected because, if it comes down to it, he'll go easy on Trump.
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 01:28 PM
Oct 2018
1) Most important seat
This isn't just any Supreme Court seat. It's Anthony Kennedy's. The retired justice represented the swing vote on key questions, often siding with the court's four liberal justices. In the past three years alone, that included abortion rights, affirmative action and same-sex marriage.
2) Partisan background
Kavanaugh's years investigating President Bill Clinton as part of independent counsel Ken Starr's team and working in the White House for President George W. Bush represent an unusually partisan background for a judge. But, despite the release of hundreds of thousands of pages of records, much of it remains under wraps.
3) Roe v. Wade

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,043 posts)
17. Remember, this is a criminal organization that made deals with Russians for power.
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 12:55 PM
Oct 2018

They have been indicted, plead guilty, found guilty at trial, sentenced to prison time. They are serious.

So this weirdness is likely evidence of a coverup.

This is very nasty hardball. They are willing to risk so much for this. It must be treated seriously.

CharleyDog

(758 posts)
23. Photoshop
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 01:38 PM
Oct 2018

In Photoshop you can blur pixels, copy pixels, mix in color, add "handwriting," clone in anything. Anything.

The way the pixels are moved around here it is obvious Photoshop.

The question is why? How? Who?

I know (in my bones) that KavaNO does not have Photoshop skills. Any. It takes time to acquire enough ability to do this type of work, although this is in by no means skillful.

So, who?

Hey guys, next time you need a good Photoshop job, better call me.

BannonsLiver

(16,460 posts)
25. Ive always thought they were fakes
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 02:02 PM
Oct 2018

I also don’t believe his claim that he was inspired to do it by his father.

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