Premise: Perversely, Weld lost the ideology/competence battle by winning the drugs/morality battle.

Hypothesis: Weld almost won the battle of ideology and competence.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: hundreds of millions of confidential taxpayer records

Hypothesis: Many millions of secret taxpayer records.
Answer: yes

Premise: Alice has a predictable reaction to this

Hypothesis: Alice responds in a predictable way to this
Answer: yes

Premise: In the Sexual Harassment thread, the debate over an acceptable definition of the term led one fraygrant to post a statement on what is appropriate in the workplace.

Hypothesis: The debate on the definition of Sexual Harrassment led to a statement on what is appropriate in the workplace.
Answer: yes