Even Pinocchio Would be Ashamed.

For the last few days America, and to some extent the rest of the World, have been obsessing over the so-called; "Kavanaugh Hearings."

This refers to hearings held before the US Senate Judiciary Committee. The purpose has been to decide whether to advance Judge Brett Kavanaugh to a full vote before the Senate for confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

These hearing actually began on September 4th (4/9/18). They were scheduled to end on September 20th (20/9/18). However on September 15th (15/9/18) the Democrats came forward with an allegation that Judge Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted a doctor Christine Blasey Ford.

This prompted a delay to the process and two extra days of hearings. On September 27th (27/9/18) and September 28th (28/9/18) to formally hear the allegation.

On Friday (28/9/18) the hearings concluded with a vote to advance the confirmation to the full Senate. Following a week long FBI investigation into; "any credible allegations."

This is as good as saying that Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed to SCOTUS.

While she cannot remember where this claimed assault took place, which year it took place or her age at the time Dr Ford claims it occurred at a house party attended by herself, Kavanaugh and her best friend at the time, Leland Ingham Keyser.

Speaking through her lawyer Leland Ingham Keyser confirmed that she is cooperating with the FBI investigation. She also confirmed that she has never attended any house party that was attended by Judge Kavanaugh. Either with or without Dr Ford.

This past week has also seen the high-level opening of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This has seen political leaders from across the globe gather at the UN Headquarters for the busiest week of politics and diplomacy of the entire year.

So particularly here in Britain there have been many far more important things for news broadcasters to cover rather than the Kavanaugh hearings.

Just before the start of the Friday (28/9/18) session Denmark experienced a massive security alert. Police shut down the Great Belt Bridge between the island of Funen and the main island of Zealand which hosts the nation's capital Copenhagen. They also closed the nation's borders with Sweden and Germany.

Denmark's security concerns about Germany were understandable.

Earlier in the day police in the German capital Berlin arrested a 21 year old irregular migrant from Syria for plotting a Chemical Weapons attack. While the Kavanaugh session was underway three people were seriously wounded in a knife attack in Ravensburg in South-West Germany.

This came the day after police in the Netherlands broke up a terror cell. On Thursday (27/9/18) they arrested seven men with links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for plotting a Paris Massacre style marauding gun and explosives attack.

These events coincided with the three day visit of Turkish President/Prime Minister/Emperor Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Germany.

With its exit from the European Union (EU) looming you would think Britain would at least be interested in German Chancellor (Head of Government) Angela Merkel's standing within Europe.

Particularly as Merkel's Russian mirror, Lindsay Lohan, has been punched in the face. For trying to steal Syrian children.

The Friday (28/9/18) session of the Kavanaugh hearings also coincided with the second large Earthquake to strike Indonesia that day. This second Earthquake triggered a Tsunami which has so far killed 844 people with the death toll continuing to rise.

The only good thing I can say about those deaths is at least they were ironic.

Within US politics the Democrat Party are represented by the colour Blue. As with Micheal Brown in 2014 and Russian interference in 2016 the Democrats are trying to use the claims against Judge Kavanaugh to go to the polls and sweep them to victory in the November mid-term elections.

Something they refer to as; "The Blue Wave."

Events in Indonesia show just how destructive Blue Waves are. Amid the tragedy a genuine discussion is emerging over why the precautions nations take against Blue Waves, such as early warning systems, appear to have failed.

Having admonished everyone for expending far too much time and energy on the Kavanaugh hearings I'm now going to talk some more about the Kavanaugh hearings.

That's because many of the issues raised during the hearings are topics I can talk your ears off about. With little-to-no effort on my part. Let's just say that will this is unlikely going to be my best this is very far from the first essay I've written on these topics.

Dr Ford claims she recovered her memories of being sexually assaulted during a 2012 couple's therapy session she was attending with her husband.

This should be a big red flag that rather than being genuine these are false memories. Invented by a malingerer to avoid taking responsibility for problems within their marriage.

The specific problem Dr Ford was having with her husband was over remodelling work there were having done to their home. Dr Ford wanted an extra front door added to the house. Her husband objected. Presumably thinking it was a waste of money that would make the house look ugly.

During her Thursday (27/9/18) testimony Dr Ford confirmed that she had won the argument and the second front door was added. She expanded by mentioning that the couple now use that second front door to make extra money by renting part of the house out to employees of the tech giant Facebook.

During the Friday (28/9/18) session Facebook announced it had suffered a massive security breach.

Hackers had exploited the Facebook feature "View As" to obtain users security tokens. They then used those security tokens to gain full access to the accounts of potentially 90 million Facebook users. Accounts which contain vast amounts of the users personal information including their banking details.

In explaining this to non-nerds Facebook likened it to someone stealing or copying your house keys. They were quick to inform everyone that they have now changed the locks on the house.

If, like Dr Ford, you are facing a massively expensive defamation lawsuit the news that the people who already live in your house have changed the locks is not particularly reassuring.

Being apparently firmly held but without adequate grounds Dr Ford's belief that she was sexually assaulted is covered by the; "Thought Content" section of the Mental Status Examination (MSE/ICD-9-CM). This is used to diagnose serious mental illness.

However I should point out that the MSE contains eleven sections. Dr Ford's apparent delusion is only one part of that eleven part test. So on its own it cannot be used to diagnose serious mental illness.

When treating patients with delusions mental health professionals quickly learn not to directly challenge their firmly held but false beliefs. Otherwise you soon find yourself trying to prove that Star Wars isn't really happening in a galaxy far, far away. Or that Rihanna doesn't actually control the weather.

Instead treatment focuses on whether those false beliefs are causing the patient to endanger themselves or others. You then work to mitigate those dangers. Often by locking them up and heavily sedating them.

It seems that although false Dr Ford's beliefs are genuinely held. That means it is unlikely that she will be successfully prosecuted for making a false allegation under the criminal standard of proof beyond all reasonable doubt.

However Judge Kavanaugh or anyone else mentioned in the claim, such as Mark Judge, could well now bring a defamation lawsuit.

There it is extremely likely that Dr Ford would be found to be at fault under the civil standard or proof of on the balance of probability. Given the global spread of the defamation it is highly likely that such a ruling will totally bankrupt Dr Ford.

Therefore it seems Dr Ford's therapist has fallen very far short in their responsibility to mitigate the personal danger presented by Dr Ford's false beliefs. As such they have failed in their duty of care to Dr Ford and cannot reasonably expect to continue in the profession.

When she initially recovered her memory of sexual assault Dr Ford could not remember where it had occurred. She also could not remember when occurred except from within a window of several years. She could not even remember her age at the time.

Dr Ford still cannot remember where she believes she was sexually assaulted. However she has since been able to narrow down the timeframe.

First to a period of six to eight weeks in the summer of 1982. Having been shown a copy of Judge Kavanaugh's calender listing a part on July 1st 1982 (1/7/82) Dr Ford now seems to have narrowed the timeframe down to that specific date.

This is coaching is a classic example of memory implantation techniques being used to develop a false memories. A highly unethical practice.

The Democrats campaign against Judge Kavanaugh has been likened by some to a; "Witchhunt" or that very famous play about the Salem witchhunts; "The Crucible."

In 1990 and 1991 there was a British social worker/therapist by the name of Elizabeth "Liz" McLean. She became obsessed with the idea that within Britain there were Satanic Cults made up of actual witches who were sexually abusing children. Most notably in Rochdale and Scotland's Orkney Islands.

As part of her; "therapy" McLean used to show the "victims" images of Satanic iconography. She would then effectively not let them leave her office until the "victims" remembered seeing the images during the sex abuse rituals.

Liz McLean ended up costing her employers an awful lot of money in legal settlements. Both from the people she accused of sexual abuse and the "victims" she was supposedly protecting from sexual abuse.

In her testimony of Thursday (27/9/18) Dr Ford attempted to explain why her firmly held belief that she had been sexually assaulted was not adequately grounded by other contemporary memories.

Dr Ford attempted to do this by talking about the effects that the adrenaline has on encoding memories in the brain. The hormone adrenaline is properly known as; "Epinephrine" and the specific type present in the brain is known as; "Norepinephrine."

Dr Ford attempted to explain how she could be sure of the memory of being sexually assaulted despite the lack of grounding memories by saying;
  
"{I can be sure} The same way that I'm sure that I'm talking to you right now. It's -- just basic memory functions. And also just the level of norepinephrine and epinephrine in the brain that, sort of, as you know, encodes -- that neurotransmitter encodes memories into the hippocampus. And so, the trauma-related experience, then, is kind of locked there, whereas other details kind of drift." 

That explanation is not strictly speaking correct.

When released as part of the so-called; "Fight or Flight Response" adrenaline has significant physiological effects across the entire body.

For example it prompts the lungs to breath more frequently and deeply to increase the supply of oxygen. It prompts the heart to beat faster to increase the blood flow to increase the amount of oxygen being delivered. Particularly to the muscles so you can run faster and hit harder.

Adrenaline has the same effect on the brain. Prompting it to take in vastly more amounts of information. It also prompts the brain to prioritise the information that is essential to immediate survival. The information that is not relevant to immediate survival is simply disregarded. The hippocampus isn't locked to memory formation. It is simply busy doing other things.

This isn't something that is unique to traumatic experiences. When adrenaline is flowing as part of the fight or flight response.

Although I think it might come as news to some Democrats your nose is in the middle of your face. Right between your eyes.

That means your nose is constantly in your field of vision. However unless you are actually trying to look at your nose your brain knows this piece of information is irrelevant. So disregards it.

Despite citing a memory locking effect which is not known to exist Dr Ford claims she was in the grips of the fight or flight response long before the traumatic event. Which is why she cannot remember the location of the event.

Dr Ford also claims to be in the grips of the fight or flight response for a significant period after the event. Which is why she cannot remember the year it took place.

If that were true Dr Ford would have been unable to function during that period and would have had to have been locked up for her own safety. However none of her caregivers such as parents and caregivers seem to have noticed that she spent several years in this psychotic state.

So if you asked if how obvious it is that Dr Ford's claim to have been sexually assaulted is false.

Well, I'd have to say;

"It's as obvious as the nose on her face." 

17:00 on 1/10/18 (UK date).