CRUNCH-ATIZE ME CAP'N. ANYTIME IS GO TIME! ROOM FOR POSSIBILITIES. 10. YOUR TURF. YOUR TIME. THE NATURE FIX. YOUR BRAIN ON NATURE. TALK TIME CLASS. WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION. DON'T BE SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE. I DON'T INTEND TO BE. GRANT CARDONE. ONE STOP ENTREPRENEUR SHOP. THE 10X RULE. BE OBSESSED OR BE AVERAGE. COMPASSIONATE. CHALLENGING. INCLUSIVE. HOW YOU MOVE IS WHO YOU ARE. TIPBOX. HOT MIC. BEAUTIFUL & BRILLIANT MESSY DEMOCRACY AT ITS FINEST YESTERDAY IN 40 MINUTES OF SILENCE IN CHAMBER WHILE SENATOR JEFF FLAKE (R. AZ), STANDING TALL, TAPS SENATOR, CHRIS COONS (D. IL.), ON THE SHOULDER, AND TAKES POWER OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AND TAKES CONTROL OF THE SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, JUDGE BRETT M. KAVANAUGH, AFTER TWO RAPE VICTIMS, STOP HIM, IN THE SENATE ELEVATOR, WHERE THEY CRIED, AND SAID, SO, YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME NOTHING, NOT COUNT? PUTTING A RAPIST ON THE SUPREME COURT, DISCREDITS, ALL WOMEN, IF YOU VOTE FOR THAT MAN. DON'T EVER SAY, THAT ONE PERSON, CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR POLITICAL PROCESS AND CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF HISTORY . . . HERE IS THE RUNDOWN OF WHAT HAPPENED, YESTERDAY, RIGHT BEFORE THE GOP WAS GOING PUSH THE NOMINEE, THROUGH THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE FOR A VOTE TO CONFIRM: (1) WHILE JUDGE KAVANAUGH, OF THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, WAS, PUT ON THE SHORT LIST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR SCOTUS, PROFESSOR, CATHERINE BLASEY FORD, WHO HAD BEEN, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHILE, BOTH WERE ATTENDING BOY AND GIRL PREP SCHOOLS, DECIDED THAT IT WAS HER "CIVIC DUTY" TO AT LEAST LET HER SENATOR KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, IN THIS AGE OF #METOO; (2) SENATE JUDICIARY MINORITY CHAIR, SENATOR, DIANNE FEINSTEIN, HAD A LETTER FROM FORD, FOR SOME, 31 DAYS,, I BELIEVE, WITH THE REQUEST THAT, THE LETTER REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL--AT SOME POINT, I THINK, DR. FORD'S ATTORNEY, CONTACTED, THE SENATOR AND TOLD HER TO RELEASE THE LETTER AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD; (3) SENATOR, GRASSLEY, THE MAJORITY CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND OTHER GOP WERE BOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RUSH THIS NOMINEE THROUGH THE PROCESS TO A VOTE, ASAP, TO GIVE TRUMP ANOTHER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, AND RED MEAT TO THE REPUBLICAN BASE, WHO ELECTED, TRUMP, SPECIFICALLY, FOR, THIS, AND THEY WANTED TO DO IT BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MID-TERM ELECTIONS; (4) DEMOCRATS & REPUBLICANS WERE LOCKED IN A HEATED BATTLE OVER THIS NOMINEE, GIVEN HIS EXTREME VOTING RECORD, SOME OF HIS IDEAS, LIKE AN "IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY" AND NOW, IN LIGHT OF THESE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS; (5) THE SENATE SCHEDULED A HEARING FOR BOTH THE VICTIM, MS. FORD, TO TESTIFY, AND FOR BRETT, TO TELL HIS SIDE OF THE STORY; (6) SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, WERE SHOCKED, AT THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER OF THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND--HIS OUTBURSTS AND EVASIVE ANSWERS, AND EVEN SNARKY RESPONSES, TURNING BACK, QUESTIONS THEY ASKED, HIM, ON THEMSELVES; (7) IN SPITE OF ALL THE SENATE CHAMBERS DRAMA, REPUBLICANS, DEFENDED THEIR MAN, AND WITH, VITRIOLIC ANGER, AND HATE SPEWING, VENOM, DECRIED THE VERY THOUGHT, THAT THIS MAN'S, REPUTATION, FROM HIGH SCHOOL COULD HURT HIS CHANCES, ON A SEAT ON THE HIGH COURT . . . THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE NUMBERS TO "PLOW" THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND GET THEIR MAN; (8) WOMEN, NATIONWIDE, WERE ANGERED, MARCHED IN THE STREETS, AND MANY WENT TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL, STORMED THE HALLS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING, AND, STARTED, LOBBYING, FOUR, POSSIBLE SWING VOTES, OF REPUBLICANS, IN BLUE STATES--THE HIT LIST WAS, FLAKE, MURKOWSKI, COLLINS, AND MANCHIN; (9) BY 6:30 PT, I HEARD THAT, FLAKE WAS VOTING FOR, KAVANAUGH, IN SPITE OF THE GUT WRENCHING STORY, OF PROFESSOR FORD, AND I WAS DUMB FOUNDED, AS, WERE SEVERAL RAPE VICTIMS, WHO BEFORE THE SENATE SESSION, STARTED THE DAY THE VOTE WAS TO BE TAKEN, BY 1:30 PM, ET, WITH SOME PROCEDURAL, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, TO FINISH, BUT DUE TO THE EMOTIONAL ENCOUNTER, OF THE TWO RAPE VICTIMS, WHO STOPPED, SENATOR FLAKE, AND HELD THE DOOR TO THE ELEVATOR DOOR OPEN, WITH CAMERAS ON THEM, FORCED, SENATOR FLAKE TO HEAR THEIR CRIES AND ASK FOR HIM TO REPRESENT THEM! (10) IN AN ACT OF PROFILES IN COURAGE, SENATOR FLAKE, DID, REPRESENT THESE LADIES, AND ALL THE RAPE VICTIMS IN THIS COUNTRY, WITH OVER 1 IN 3 WOMEN, BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, SAID HE JUST COULD N'OT PROCEED, WITHOUT AN FBI INVESTIGATION, INTO THE FORMER CHARGES, AND NOW THE NEW WOMEN, COMING FORWARD, TO TELL THEIR STORIES! SOB. TO WATCH, SENATOR FLAKE, STANDING TALLER, AND STRONGER, THAN, I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM, HE TOOK THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE, AND THE RARE, POWER PLAY TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE, AND TAPE A MAN, HE TRUSTED, FROM, WHAT WE HAVE ALMOST SEEN, IN RECENT YEARS, AS THE ENEMIES CAMP, AND SIMPLY WITH THE GRACE AND DIGNITY OF A SENATOR, TAPPED, COONS, ON THE SHOULDER, AND THE TWO MEN, REPRESENTING BOTH SIDES, AND, SHOWING, THAT, THEY ARE FINALLY GETTING IT, WORKED OUT A DEAL, MEETING THE BOTTOM LINE EXPECTATIONS OF VICTIMS, TO HAVE AN FBI INVESTIGATION, INTO THE ALLEGATIONS, FOR ONE WEEK, POSTPONING THE VOTE, IN THE SENATE, LEAVING, BOTH GRASSLEY AND FEINSTEIN, IN THE DARK, WITH THE SENATE, STANDING STILL FOR 40 MINUTES, WHILE THE DEAL WAS STRUCK BY THE TWO FRIENDS, WHO SATISFIED, BOTH SIDES, BY BACKING THE PRESIDENT, SERVING AS A CHECK ON HIS POWERS, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH POWERS, AND HIS NOMINEE, AND FLEXED, SOME MUSCLES, FOR THE SENATE, AS ONE OF THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, STOPPING THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, WHO WOULD SIT AS A ALLEGED, CHECK FROM THE OTHER, CO-EQUAL BRANCH, TO ASK THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID, THE FBI DOESN'T INVESTIGATE SCOTUS NOMINEES, MAKING HIM, DO A 180 DEGREE TURN OF EVENTS, AND THE SENATE GOT THE WHITE HOUSE TO ORDER AN FBI INVESTIGATION OF THIS TRUMP NOMINEE! PURE POLITICAL MAGIC! SENATOR'S FLAKE AND COONS, DEMONSTRATING, WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN LONGING FOR, AND THAT IS TO WORK TOGETHER, TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY FUNCTION AS, IT IS SUPPOSE TO DO, WITHOUT A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, JUST USING THE TIME TESTED, TOOLS, THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS, HAVE PROVIDED! WITHOUT ONE PLAYER, IN THIS CHAIN, OF NOW, LEGENDARY FIGURES, THE WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RAPED, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED, ONE MORE TIME, TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE POLITICAL ARENA, WITH, MUCH, FEWER, WOMEN, OCCUPYING SEATS OF POWER, IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, OR THE WHITE HOUSE OR ON THE SUPREME COURT! THAT IS, A STELLAR EXAMPLE, OF, OUR "REPUBLICAN" FORM OF GOVERNMENT, OR OUR "REPRESENTATIVE" FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN ACTION! THESE WOMEN, FOUND THE RIGHT SENATOR, A PIVOTAL, PLAYER, AND VOTE, HIT THE RIGHT CORDS, REFUSED TO ALLOW THE SENATOR, TO CLOSE THE DOORS OR GO TO CHAMBERS, WITHOUT LISTENING TO THEM! THANKS TO ALL THE KEY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS PLAYERS, FROM, THE SENATORS, TO THE VICTIMS, TO THE PROTESTERS, WHO WERE CHANTING, "NOVEMBER IS COMING. NOVEMBER IS COMING! NOVEMBER IS COMING!" THIS IS THE WAY, A DEMOCRACY WORKS! THESE ARE ALL "PEOPLE" IN A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE! ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THINGS, SENATOR, FLAKE, HAS, TAKEN ON TRUMP, FROM THE GET-GO, AND HE HAS PAID, POLITICALLY, BUT IN ONE OF TRUMP'S TWEETS, BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS PRESIDENCY, WHEN, THE GOP, STILL,, FROM LINDSEY GRAHAM, TO, OTHER, MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERSHIP, LIKE, MITCH MCCONNELL, FLAKE DARED, RISK HIS, SEAT IN THE SENATE, TO SPEAK HIS MIND . . . BUT TRUMP, SAID, THAT SENATOR FLAKE, FROM ARIZONA, WAS A "NON-FACTOR!" LOL. GUESS, THE GOOD SENATOR, SHOWED THE PRESIDENT! LOL. BACKED HIM, OFF, AND GOT AN FBI INVESTIGATION! THAT IS WHAT THESE GUYS ARE FOR! THIS WILL BENEFIT, JUDGE KAVANAUGH, IF THE INVESTIGATION FINDS, NOTHING OF NOTE OR MERIT, AND THE CLOUD, CAN BE LIFTED, FROM HIS TENURE ON THE COURT! HOWEVER, IF, THERE IS, REASON, TO PAUSE, AND, LOOK INTO THESE ALLEGATIONS, MORE, THEN, THE SENATE HAS DONE THEIR JOB, AND PROTECTED THE INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT! BUTTING HEADS, IS THE NAME OF THE GAME, AND WE ALL SAW IT HAPPEN THIS WEEK! FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ATTORNEY, THIS WAS, SHEAR, MAGIC! I DON'T CARE WHO WINS, THIS OR THAT BATTLE, I JUST WANT, ALL THE PLAYERS TO SHOW UP, AND DO THEIR FUCKING JOBS! POLITICS IS, SMART PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE, BATTLING, SMART PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND COMING TO A COMPROMISE, TO MEET THE NEWS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! AN AMAZING SPECTACLE TO WATCH, IN DEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST A FEW, RELATED, EXAMPLES: (1) MY JUDICIAL ROLE MODEL, MY UNCLE, JUDGE, SHERMAN A. CHRISTENSEN, WHO SERVED, FOR 25 YEARS, AS A FEDERAL JUDGE; (2) I FOUND A REPUBLICAN, RAPE VICTIM, A FEW NIGHTS AGO, HER STORY; AND, (3) I FORGOT, AND I CAN'T READ MY NOTES, SCRIBBLED, ON MY METRO BUS SCHEDULE, BETWEEN, TIMES, IN BORDERS, AND, ON EVERY INCH OF THAT, PAPER! MAYBE I WILL REMEMBER, WHAT IT IS, I WANTED TO SAY! NOW, I REMEMBER, AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TO ME LATELY, IN BEING A RESIDENT IN HAMMOND HOUSE WOMEN'S SHELTER, WITH, MORE RAPE VICTIMS, THAN, I WANT TO COUNT! THE REASON FOR MANY, WOMEN, WHO ARE HOMELESS, IS RAPE!

THE JUDGE

My Grandmother, Southwick's side of the family, was, very very distinguished, and accomplished, with, a father as a judge, several brothers who were judges, and a brother who was an FBI agent, she was a dean of women, and also, an English professor.  I would not say, that I was, born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but, I was blessed to come from a long line of, very prominent, and professional people.  Uncle Sherm was one of those family members, I learned to love and appreciate, and hopefully, got, some of my ideas of the character and nature of what a judge is like.  While the only memory I have of my great-grandfather, THE JUDGE, is of him at a Christmas party, when, I was, about 6 years old, he took his cane, being very old, and hunched over, pointed that stick in my face, and said, You got those blue eyes from me!  That is my total recollection of the man.  I believe that I got a hell of a lot more, from, my great-grandpa, and his children, a love and passion for the law!

HARD CORE, INTEGRITY!

I was, the only, Christensen, grand-child, as far as I know, who was, asked to sit in on, a small, family scholarship, that was given each year, at Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, even before, I was, either a law student or an attorney.  The first several times, I went, I just sat back and watched, the children, of Sherman A, Christensen, great-grandpa, interview, 12 or so, candidates, for the very prestigious, but small, scholarship, with, like I said, judges, professors, FBI agents, and attorneys, doing the hard work.  One year, my grandmother called me, and said, none of her siblings or their spouses, could make it to, the interviews, and would I accompany her, and participate, in the process . . . WHAT?  It was, that, day, that, I came to the attention of several law professors, who were well familiar with the family, the skills and talent, that, led, to me, after having a dream one night, being, what is unheard of, getting accepted to law school, in about two hours, without, applying, nor with having taken the LSAT, or, having letters of recommendations!  TRUST YOUR DREAMS AND THE TIMING!

I believe, if memory serves, I believe I was still in law school, when, Uncle Sherm, retired from the federal bench, and I was able to get more acquainted with that great man!  The Judge, took an interest in me, now, with a common, love for the law . . . I found out from several of my professors, that my great Uncle, was, checking up on my grades and progress, while in law school.  Uncle Sherm, moved, from Eagle Gate Apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah, where, I visited him, a few times, and enjoyed his stories, of his victories and defeats, as an attorney, a judge, and later, a federal district court judge.  His walls were hung with, pictures of him, and his, beloved wife, Lois, with Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and, Members of Congress!  At one point, I was invited, to a cousin's dinner, with, that generation of Christensen's, again, two removed, from this group of amazing people, so very honored.  Uncle Sherm was at the head of the table, as the oldest brother, of the crew, and he started to go on, talking about me and his time with me, always, so gracious . . . that pissed my grandmother off, and she, stood up, slammed her hands on the table, and in a rather loud voice, said, She's MY grand-daughter, Sherm!  I was flattered to say the least.

HIS BOOK OF POETRY THAT HE WITHDREW FROM SALE, FROM PUBLISHER, DESERET BOOK!

One time, when, I visited, the JUDGE, he had boxes of books, on his gorgeous apartment, that were filled with recently published, poetry, the Judge had written over the years.  I asked him, why, he had all these books on his floor?  He told me, that, Lois, had, written, a story for the Reader's Digest, and, at one point, she had been questioned by, the Digest, of, having taken, some, line or something, for her story, from someone else.  The magazine, later, put out, an apology, small, just a paragraph, in their next Reader's Digest, monthly, issue, and, both Lois and Sherm were mortified!  So, around that same time, when, Uncle Sherm's collection of poetry, finally, got printed, after years of compilation, and collection, then, printed, and ready or I believe it was even in the book stores, already, in fear, that he had, taken or borrowed, or picked up a line, from someone or somewhere, he actually, purchased, ALL THE BOOKS RIGHT OFF THE SHELVES AND IN STOCK!  What?

I was an undergraduate English major, and I was, so shocked, mad, because the quality of the poetry was amazing and from a judge?  Come on, Uncle Sherm, you have to sell these, and let people, know your thoughts as a judge and man, of letter and stature!  He was so, sad and shaken, by his wife's experience, that he, refused, and I was furious, and did all I could to get him, to go give those back to the Deseret Book Store, and others, who carried the book, and let people, know your mind and see, into the mind of a judge!  I don't think, I ever convinced him, but, hopefully, his children, after he died, did, allow that fine book of poetry, to be available for the public to read, and glean, some insights, into, the life, love, and law, as this good, great, and gracious man experienced it!  I was heart broken, but he would not budge!

THE EPITOME OF AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE . . . HE OVERTURNED HIS OWN, LOWER COURT DECISION, WHEN, HE GOT MORE FACTS, AND THE CASE, WAS ARGUED, BY DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS, WHO KNEW MORE AND WERE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD!  HE WAS EXTREMELY PROUD, OF THAT, AND HELD THAT, AS A STAR ON HIS JUDICIAL SERVICE!

THAT IS WHAT A GOOD JUDGE LOOKS LIKE!

KISSES. HUGS. LOVES. SOB.

I HOPE IN SOME SMALL WAY, I HAVE MADE THIS MAN PROUD!  GRANDMA AND GREAT-GRANDPA TOO

THE REPUBLICAN RAPE VICTIM!

I have to get off the computer, sharing time, as Sophia's Place . . . but, I was talking over dinner with a resident of, Hammond House, Shelter for Women, in Greenwood, Washington.  She told me she was from, Arkansas, did she know, the Clinton's?  Yes, she liked Bill, but didn't like Hillary, much, to professional and seemed stuck up.  Then, I asked her if, she had kids, having just, introduced me to, her lesbian lover, on the bus, to Greenwood . . . yes.  How old?  Five.  Is the child with daddy?  No, a cousin.  Where is dad?  I HOPE HE IS BURNING IN HELL!  WOW.  Not the reaction I was expecting.  WHY?  BECAUSE I WAS A VICTIM OF RAPE.  WHY DIDN'T YOU GET AN ABORTION?  I WOULD HAVE . . . I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT!  OH.  WAS IT A STRANGER RAPE?  NO, HE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS!  SHIT?  WAS HE DRINKING?  SHE JUST SHOOK HER HEAD, END OF SUBJECT . . . I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!

IF I NEED TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO RAPE VICTIMS, WHAT DO MEN NEED?

Living at Hammond House, is, to me, kind of like a college dorm.  I leave early, have money, and, either watch TV or read, rarely mix it up much.  However, me and my roommie, have known each other for, about a year and a half, since I have been kicking around, Seattle, so we are somewhat, close.  One night, we started talking about men, stories, and somehow, I started to tell her, about, an attempted rape, while I was in college, as a freshman.  I didn't think anyone else was listening, but soon, staff, came rushing in and told me I COULD NOT TELL THAT STORY, BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY VICTIMS OF RAPE IN THIS PLACE!  I was shocked, and, learned to be more sensitive, even as a woman, who had not experienced rape, learning that many of the women, had been raped, and most of them were NOT OVER IT, and, were still dealing with their issues!  OH?

They have hired a few male staff, specifically, to introduce, men, into some of these women's lives, and it is going over hard, for, many of the women, in there, even though the men, are trained, to be sensitive, and, totally aware of the issues!  It is a long and hard road, back for these women, to ever trust men, again, and not see them as their enemies.  I have had, to learn, almost through, experience, as to what rape might entail.  A year, ago, I had a bit, rough, sex with someone, I have known for years, and love, and he loves me . . . he was just a bit, rambunctious, more than normal and the sex, lasted, longer, then, normal, in more positions, and, when, I couldn't walk for two weeks, thought, that, he broke my old plumbing, I started to understand and look at RAPE, in a whole new light!  

I am sure that, this was even holding back what he could do!  He is, slighter built, and I am solid, so, what about someone, half my size?  What about, the use of his full power, or rage, or, control?  We need to be patient, and, talk, train, teach, and learn, what, these women, have been through!

I STARTED, LOOKING A COCKTAILS, AS POTENTIAL, DANGEROUS WEAPONS!

AND MINE WAS A LOVING ENCOUNTER!

SHIT!

MAYBE THIS MESSY DEMOCRACY AND PROCESS, OVER THIS SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, IS WHAT THE NATION NEEDS, TO START, AN OPEN, HONEST, LOOK AT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE IN THIS COUNTRY!