Babesleaga Group T : Week 3 : Phoebe Cates vs Winona Ryder

And to all a good night.

Phoebe Cates vs Winona Ryder

Phoebe Cates (2-0-0 Pts. 175 Avg. 87.50)

  • Defeated Lea Thompson 80-71
  • Defeated Kathleen Turner 95-46

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Winona Ryder (0-2-0 Pts. 105 Avg. 52.50)

  • Lost to Kathleen Turner 56-78
  • Lost to Elizabeth Shue 49-90

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Babesleaga Group T : Week 3 : Nicole Kidman vs Elizabeth Shue

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Nicole Kidman vs Elizabeth Shue

Nicole Kidman (0-2-0 Pts. 119 Avg. 59.5)

  • Lost to Meg Ryan 63-86
  • Lost to Jennifer Beals 56-81

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Elizabeth Shue (2-0-0 Pts. 167 Avg. 83.50)

  • Defeated Jennifer Beals 77-57
  • Defeated Winona Ryder 90-49

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Babesleaga Group T : Week 3 : Lea Thompson vs Jennifer Beals

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Lea Thompson vs Jennifer Beals

Lea Thompson (0-2-0 Pts. 129 Avg. 64.5)

  • Lost to Phoebe Cates 71-80
  • Lost to Meg Ryan 58-72

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Jennifer Beals (1-1-0 Pts. 138 Avg. 69.00)

  • Lost to Elizabeth Shue 57-77
  • Defeated Nicole Kidman 81-56

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“This Isn’t Happening”

— Half of conservatives, in shock and dismay

— The other half of conservatives, with determination

Straight Line of the Day: Other Reasons Clarence Thomas Should Resign

The Smearing of Clarence Thomas
The Wall Street Journal | April 7, 2023

The left’s assault on the Supreme Court is continuing, and the latest front is the news that Justice Clarence Thomas has a rich friend who has hosted the Justice on his private plane, his yacht, and his vacation resort. That’s it. That’s the story. Yet this non-bombshell has triggered breathless claims that the Court must be investigated, and that Justice Thomas must resign or be impeached. Those demands give away the real political game here.

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ProPublica, a left-leaning website, kicked off the fun with a report Thursday that Justice Thomas has a longtime friendship with Harlan Crow, a wealthy Texas real-estate developer. The intrepid reporters roamed far and wide to discover that the Justice has sometimes traveled on Mr. Crow’s “Bombardier Global 5000 jet” and that each summer the Justice and his wife spend a vacation week at Mr. Crow’s place in the Adirondacks.

The piece is loaded with words and phrases intended to convey that this is all somehow disreputable: “superyacht”; “luxury trips”; “exclusive California all-male retreat”; “sprawling ranch”; “private chefs”; “elegant accommodation”; “opulent lodge”; “lavishing the justice with gifts.” And more.

Adjectival overkill is the method of bad polemicists who don’t have much to report. The ProPublica writers suggest that Justice Thomas may have violated ethics rules, and they quote a couple of cherry-picked ethicists to express their dismay.

But it seems clear that the Court’s rules at the time all of this happened did not require that gifts of personal hospitality be disclosed. This includes the private plane trips. ProPublica fails to make clear to readers that the U.S. Judicial Conference recently changed its rules to require more disclosure. The new rules took effect last month.

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Babesleaga Group T : Week 3 : Kathleen Turner vs Meg Ryan

Starting the new week.

Kathleen Turner vs Meg Ryan

Kathleen Turner (1-1-0 Pts. 62.00)

  • Defeated Winona Ryder 78-56
  • Lost to Phoebe Cates 46-95

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Meg Ryan (2-0-0 Pts. 158 Avg. 79.00)

  • Defeated Nicole Kidman 86-63
  • Defeated Lea Thompson 72-58

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Babesleaga Group T : Week 2 : Results and Standings

We have week 2 in the books.

Results

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ContestantRecordPointsAveragePoints AgainstAverage Score
Phoebe Cates2 – 0 – 017587.5011787.50-58.50
Elizabeth Shue2 – 0 – 016783.5010683.50-53.00
Meg Ryan2 – 0 – 015879.0012179.00-60.50
Jennifer Beals1 – 1 – 013869.0013369.00-66.50
Kathleen Turner1 – 1 – 012462.0015162.00-75.50
Lea Thompson0 – 2 – 012964.5015264.50-76.00
Nicole Kidman0 – 2 – 011959.5016759.50-83.50
Winona Ryder0 – 2 – 010552.5016852.50-84.00

This week

  • 10:00 am Kathleen Turner vs Meg Ryan
  • 2:00 pm Lea Thompson vs Jennifer Beals
  • 6:00 pm Nicole Kidman vs Elizabeth Shue
  • 8:00 pm Phoebe Cates vs Winona Ryder