Any word as to who Scalia's friend was who accompanied him on the trip to the ranch?

[Peregrine Took]

They seem to go out of their way not to mention the person's name -just "his friend."

[jberryhill]

1. What I like in the coverage...

...are the condolences to his wife and family, none of whom were apparently going to see him on Valentine's Day.

[Kingofalldems]

7. Wow, good catch. He wouldn't even stay around for Valentine's Day.

[former9thward]

13. You think couples in their 70s and 80s

treat a Valentines like teenagers or newlyweds? Wow.

[jberryhill]

14. Ah, tell me how I think

Many do, yes. I expect to be spending valentines with my wife a few years from now when we are in that age range.

This is the second time today you have chosen to make an unsolicited comment about me rather than the subject.

Is something bothering you?

[former9thward]

17. Something is really bothering you

if you think a man and woman being separate on a commercial non-holiday means anything. Scalia and Ginsberg always spend New Years Eve together. Does that mean something about their respective relationships?

[jberryhill]

18. Notice my comment was on the media coverage

You might scroll up to what I was actually commenting on.

I don't care if he spends Easter fucking rabbits, but the media is doing a remarkable job of not mentioning anyone else who was there. Obviously, the place was empty. It's as if he was the only guest. It is a curious lack of curiosity.

Edit to add... It is a "non-holiday" in the government sense. It is a commemoration of an Italian Catholic saint afaik.

[leftstreet]

34. That's over the line

I don't care if he spends Easter fucking rabbits

OMG the image you just put in my mind



We can't be friends

[JEB]

45. Maybe his "friend" is a rabbit.

[Kingofalldems]

26. Good try.

[jberryhill]

16. Look what this foolish old couple did...

https://m.

[former9thward]

20. Look what this couple did.

OBAMA VISIT: President heads back to golf course for Valentine's Day (UPDATE)

For the third day in a row -- and the third Valentine's Day weekend in a row -- President Barack Obama headed out to play some golf in the Coachella Valley.

His destination Sunday, Feb. 14, was Porcupine Creek, a private 19-hole course on the estate of billionaire businessman Larry Ellison. Obama's golf foursome includes three high school friends he has made a tradition of meeting in Southern California: Greg Orme, Bobby Titcomb and Mike Ramos (not the same Mike Ramos who is district attorney of San Bernardino County).
Obama flew into the Palm Springs airport on Friday and got in some golf at Porcupine Creek that afternon. He is spending a few leisurely days in the desert before hosting a summit with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Monday and Tuesday at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands.

The president is staying at a private residence in the gated Thunderbird Heights community in Rancho Mirage. On Sunday, he started his morning with a workout at the Thunderbird Country Club gym, then his motorcade left for the golf course about 9:30 a.m. He spent a full day on the links, returning to Thunderbird about 6 p.m.

http://www.pe.com/articles/obama-794345-president-day.html

[jberryhill]

22. I guess you missed this

http://fortune.com/2016/02/12/barack-michelle-obama-valentines-day/

Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Wish Each Other Happy Valentine's Day In This Adorable Video

Who says Valentine’s Day isn’t a real holiday? Not President Obama....

Not to be out-shined by his wife, President Obama took to the stage of the Ellen Show to film his own message for Michelle: “Somebody call the situation room, ’cause things are about to get hot,” he said,

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I'm pretty sure if Obama dropped dead on the golf course, we'd know who was there.

[former9thward]

30. They were separated.

Which to you means something. But to your point. Yes it would be interesting to know who was at the ranch and I hope the media follows through to find out.

[jberryhill]

32. Still not quite getting the point, are you

The OP is about an unidentified "friend". My comment was on this aspect of the media coverage in studiously avoiding any mention of who was there and what sort of trip was this.

Again, neither the president nor his wife happened to drop dead in the company of people who, for some reason, cannot be named.

[brush]

29. Ahhh . . . most married couples no matter what age, if their relationship is good . . .

and want to keep it that way, try their damnest to spend Valentine's day together.

As for who Scalia's friend is that was there with him on Valentine's weekend, since it wasn't his wife, I'd sure like to know.

It's extremely curious that whoever it is is only referred to as a "friend".

Something is up.

It'll come out and I'm betting it won't be that innocent.

[CTyankee]

33. I was kinda wondering but at his age I'm not sure it was all that hotly romantic....prolly more

of a friendship. It could of course mean he's a loner or that he has a dear friend who gives him comfort, not sex. I really don't know and frankly I don't want to know. It's his business, not mine...

[Egnever]

38. Not me

But that is really because my wife's birthday is two days before. Makes valentines seem sort of redundant.

[brush]

39. Ok, guess you're one of the lucky ones that gets a two for one.

[JudyM]

36. My dad's 94 and Mom's 91 and they are still very loving and he buys her roses every Valentines Day

and Anniversary.

It happens...

[former9thward]

40. So if couples don't do that

then something must be going on... Ok, we get it. Obama played golf on Valentines day 2000 miles from Mitchell. Is their relationship in trouble according you?

[JudyM]

48. Not at all. But it's a bit of a stereotyped meme that seniors aren't still in love with each other

and that's the issue I was addressing. My folks' best friend couple also remained very much romantic with each other until they passed away.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Lots of couples don't observe Valentine's Day.

[jberryhill]

23. Great - what sort of outing was this

Who else was there?

This is a historic event, and I guess the place was just plumb empty.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Don't know. :)

[jberryhill]

25. Because we have a supine media

[question everything]

2. Cheney's friend who got shot in the face?

some years back, during duck hunting?

[Pastiche423]

46. The Harry Whittington that apologized

for having his face too close to Dead Eyed Dick's gun?

[rufus dog]

3. A trip to a ranch on the Mexican border

Just think of the innuendo if a liberal dropped dead within miles of a region known for drugs and hookers.

[Gothmog]

4. According to the righties, it was Leonard Nimoy and the illumanti

[Jerry442]

5. Makes me think of the circumstances of Nelson Rockefeller's death.

Just sayin'.

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Well, I am not saying

that Scalia died of auto-erotic asphyxiation while cavorting with a hooker, but no one can prove he didn't.

I will also stipulate that the hooker could have been Leonard Nimoy in drag.

[Maedhros]

9. Why would you disparage the inestimable Leonard Nimoy by suggesting he would sleep with Scalia?

That's just...wrong.

[Kelvin Mace]

11. You haven't been following the news from the Fever Swamp

Leonard faked his own death and killed Scalia. He is a member of the Illuminati.

I am NOT making that up.

[Maedhros]

12. That's...I don't even...what?

This country needs an enema.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. It is an onion like site

and it was a funny "story."

[Kelvin Mace]

21. I don't try to understand it any more

I just

[Kennah]

35. On the lighter side of things ...

... at least we don't to worry about whether the human race is doomed or not. It's a foregone conclusion.

[Delphinus]

49. A-

f*ckin'-men! Aargh! (I thought we had a vomiting smiley, but can't find it.)

[olddots]

8. you mean to say he had a friend ?

[TrollBuster9090]

10. Yeah, I'd like to know where Cheney was this weekend...

And if Cheney was there, better check Scalia's wallet to make sure the money is still there.

[DesertFlower]

27. i spent valentine's day in 1991 in the

hospital getting a face lift. what a great gift that was.

[mountain grammy]

28. He had plenty of friends and regularly attended right wing gatherings at posh resorts like this one.

Yes, I would like more news on who was there and why. Scalia did the bidding of the wealthiest businessmen in the country and there were some important cases coming up for the corrupt justice to decide.
I'm sure he was wined and dined at the finest table while plotting new ways to add misery to the lives of the working class. Haha hoho, let them eat cake! Not this time, Tony.

But, yes, where is the press? Who was there and why?

[Sanity Claws]

31. I want to know what was served at the party

He is supposed to be a practicing Catholic. We are well into Lent where one is supposed to abstain from meat on Fridays at minimum.
I wonder whether he really observed the rigors of Lent or whether he was a pretend Catholic who tried to make others follow rules that he did not

[catnhatnh]

37. I want to know which story of finding the body was true...

Because early stories mentioned around 1pm and later it changed to 8:30am.
then there's this from the LA Times

"Scalia had gone to his room Friday night and was found dead Saturday after he did not appear for breakfast, the Marshals Service said.

At about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, people at the ranch summoned a Catholic priest from Presidio, 30 miles away, to administer last rites to the justice, who was a Catholic. “It appeared as though he had passed away in his sleep," said Elizabeth O'Hara, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of El Paso."

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-antonin-scalia-20160213-story.html

If he was found at 8:30am why did it take 6 1/2 hours to contact ANYONE about his death?

[SoLeftIAmRight]

41. why did it take 6 1/2 hours to contact ANYONE about his death?

Trick question?

[pinboy3niner]

44. This Snopes article gives a pretty good rundown on what is known so far:

Antonin Scalia's Death Prompts Confusion, Conspiracy Theories
http://www.snopes.com/2016/02/15/scalia-autopsy-conspiracy-theories/

[pinboy3niner]

42. No response to knock at 8:30am. Owner returned with friend just after 11 and entered room.

Ranch Owner Recalls Finding Justice Antonin Scalia’s Body
By ALAN BLINDER and MANNY FERNANDEZFEB. 14, 2016

HOUSTON — When Justice Antonin Scalia did not respond to a knock at the door of his suite at the Cibolo Creek Ranch at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, John B. Poindexter, the property’s owner, was not alarmed.

Perhaps the 79-year-old justice was attending to Supreme Court business, Mr. Poindexter thought, or simply did not wish to be disturbed on his first morning at the remote ranch in West Texas. It was less than three hours later, when Mr. Poindexter tried again, that he found Justice Scalia’s body.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/us/ranch-owner-recalls-finding-justice-antonin-scalias-body.html?_r=1

The next morning, Scalia did not show up for breakfast. Poindexter at first thought he might be sleeping late, but eventually he grew concerned. Late Saturday morning, he and one other person knocked on the door to Scalia’s room, an expansive suite called the “El Presidente.” When there was no answer, they went inside.

“Everything was in perfect order. He was in his pajamas, peacefully, in bed,” Poindexter said.

The death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-tv-station-scalia-died-of-a-heart-attack/2016/02/14/938e2170-d332-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html

A Snopes article concludes:

The initially confusing circumstances of Antonin Scalia's death were not at all suspicious. Poindexter was circumspect in securing the scene out of respect for Scalia, and reaching an official from a remote area in Texas on a Saturday was complicated. In compliance with local protocol, Scalia's death was declared by the first available judge via phone, and after Scalia was transported to a funeral home his family declined an autopsy. Cibolo Creek Ranch owner John Poindexter was indeed photographed with President Obama, but that occurred during a 2009 ceremony for veterans.

We were unable to find any other connection between Poindexter and President Obama, nor anything that made us suspect that Justice Antonin Scalia's death was anything but the peaceful, ordinary death of a man who was nearly 80 years old.

Antonin Scalia's Death Prompts Confusion, Conspiracy Theories
http://www.snopes.com/2016/02/15/scalia-autopsy-conspiracy-theories/

[UCmeNdc]

43. Who else was there at the big meeting?

Discussing how to rig the Supreme Court cases decisions and judgements?

[UCmeNdc]

47. Hiding who was present when Scalia died?

Meanwhile, a wall of silence went up Monday around Scalia’s final hours and the confusion after his death. Local officials in rural West Texas, where he died, spent hours trying to locate a justice of peace after his body was discovered. The justice who was eventually found, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara, pronounced Scalia dead without seeing his body — which is permissible under Texas law — and declined to order an autopsy. A second justice has said that one should have been performed.

Scalia’s family opposed an autopsy, and Guevara said Sunday that she determined by telephone that Scalia died of natural causes because he was having “health issues.’’ She cited information from federal officials at the scene and a conversation she had with Scalia’s physician. She said she was awaiting a statement from the physician to complete the death certificate.