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Mersky

(4,986 posts)
1. RETIRED Justice Stevens has passed away. So, exhale...
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 10:38 AM
Jul 2019

And breathe.

You may want to delete this post. I did a double, triple take, too.

There won't be confirmation hearings. Only memorials.

Mersky

(4,986 posts)
3. Please note, I'm on my first cup of coffee... So,...
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 10:44 AM
Jul 2019

I read Mair's comment first... Too much reading around that string of tweets, and comments. I know who's on the Supreme Court. It's too dang much for this insomniac to take.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
2. Most trumpers, hell quite frankly most Americans
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 10:38 AM
Jul 2019

Probably could not name every single sitting Supreme Court Justice.

This woman probably thought he was still sitting on the court

Mersky

(4,986 posts)
4. Yeah, well, Mair's tweet stands out the most up there
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 10:57 AM
Jul 2019

Was kind of hard to scan the rest of the words for the name while my blood pressure was spiking over Mair's statements alone... Then I saw it is Stevens who passed. I had to alert, lest someone else read that all out of order like I did.

Can scoff at people's lack of knowledge all you want, if the post is clear, and isn't designed to fool folks on a matter that might make a person stroke out.

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