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There can be both, I agree. There's a third likely group. There are a lot of voters who went with Biden on name recognition, alone, without seeking any media portrayal at all -- and they'd be classified in my mind as anti-Trump votes.

The Republican hypocrisy part isn't really applicable here. Remember, Senator Feinstein knew about Blasey-Ford for a long time and didn't think much of it until Kavanaugh was set to be confirmed. There was no investigation into the allegation while Feinstein sat on the claim. It was a circus because of the 11:59 timing of the release of information, and it seemed completely unnecessary at the time. Problem is that now all the "believe her" politicians are stuck with this position, or else they're going to look like the hypocrites. In this case, the first allegation was made in December, and now there's another one -- and it appears that there are bipartisan calls for Cuomo to resign. And those calls for his resignation are all premature. So whereas Republicans were saying "prove it" then they should rightly be saying "prove it" now. The loudest calls for Cuomo to resign seem to be coming from Democrats. Both sides seem to be consistent here: "prove it" vs. "believe her (without more)". You're right that the Dems are piling on, especially the progressive Dems. This looks a lot like an internal party power struggle. I said it before, the sexual abuse allegations are more headline-worthy, but Cuomo's handling of the federal investigation into nursing homes is a bigger deal and easier to prove. Why aren't the Democrats hammering this angle? Looks like a smear job that's politically motivated. They want him to go away, not go to jail. And NYS Republicans should be careful what they wish for.

If they’re stuck with Hutton then I say that they should play a wide open up and down style of play. Theres no use in playing a defensive style to help Hutton because he lets in goals anyhow. They have skaters and (in theory) scorers, even on the blue line — let Montour and Dahlin in on the action.

The easier case to make is the one where he lied to federal investigators who were looking into his administration. That would get you or me in jail pretty quickly. No he said/she said there. He will skate on both of these, I bet. It may wreck his re-electin, but he won’t see jail, not ever.

Austin said a lot of nothing, ALF. Every quote was a dodge and a weave and an empty statement amounting to "trust us, everything is great". https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2516530/us-conducts-defensive-airstrikes-against-iranian-backed-militia-in-syria/

We didn't boycott Berlin in 1934. Appeasement sucks.

Sanctions have been imposed. You're right that there should be more pressure. But to dismiss a boycott of the Olympics begs the question: some actions are acceptable and other actions are less important? Whatever actions we take, or statement we make to China needs to be consistent. Even though the Olympics have probably lost their luster, in the uniglobal world the Olympics are a big deal. To the Chinese they represent legitimacy. I see your point the opposite way. Allowing participation says "we hate your oppression and expansionism, but we will overlook that for a couple weeks to we can watch our figure skaters." What about people from other countries who ask "why isn't the US participating?" In order to answer that question, China must admit that there is an issue with what they do and it forces them to see that everyone else thinks what they're doing is unacceptable. It also forces other countries to question whether they should ignore the Chinese issues to play amateur sports. Nobody said anything in 2008 and China got bolder and bolder, and that will continue if no consistent message is sent.

Yes, people knew Biden is fading and still voted against Trump. That isn’t too difficult to see.

Concentration camps, mistreatment of Tibetans, breaking international treaty in Hong Kong, threatening Taiwan’s existence, expanding territory by land and at sea, technology theft, belt-and-road sovereignty grabs, etc., etc., etc. There are lots of reasons to boycott.

I bet the UK boycotts. They're still fuming over Hong Kong.

And he was playing the best hockey on the entire team.

Absolutely. Rivers experience and mental ability overcame the fact that he had no mobility. Maybe a better line protecting Wentz will slow thing down for him. Maybe being back with Reich will help, too. But you’re right that Rivers >>> Wentz when it comes to experience and smarts.

This is the way is see it, too. I don’t think the Colts got better with this move vs. who they had at QB last year.

I’ve got: My Cosino owns-a da ristorante anna makes-a some-a good ravioli! Or: They turned the Cosino into covfefe.

And the comet had that one thin metal bar across your lap to hold you in. Two friends and I went to Crystal Beach on the last day it was open. The line for the Comet was immense — to ride facing forward. No waiting for facing backward. We rode it backward, twice. I’ll never forget those two rides, had to hold on for dear life.

This is very true. I don't think the owners understand that.

Or you can be neutral to either one, or both, and dislike the specific decisions they've made. And it is certainly fair to have an opinion on their respective reactions to being criticized. The politicization of Covid from both sides is really unfortunate. Looks like Cuomo is catching a lot of heat, both for his decision to return patients to nursing homes and for his covering up a federal investigation. And he's catching a lot of political heat from members of his own party in the State legislature. I've always maintained that Cuomo is lucky that people aren't tracking and reporting the illnesses and deaths of nursing home employees and their immediate families. His policy could easily be connected to those cases.

Prior to Covid regulations, my day-to-day existence hasn't changed much. The only dramatic and disturbing change I see in the past 15 years is a rabid political party tribalism on both sides. It used to be a fiction to think that one party was out to destroy the other. Now, not so much. And it gets worse by the month.

The house managers connected a lot of dots, but not the important ones that actually addressed the Atricle of Impeachment. They made a great case for whomever is in charge of security to have been negligent. They made a great case for dereliction of duty, but there was no article of impeachment which addressed that. Haste makes waste. The House must have thought that the Constitutional jurisdiction question should have gone the other way because they were super hasty in banging out the one Article. This case would have been stronger if it wasn’t messed up in preparation. Haste makes waste. The Constitution gives the government powers and the Amendments chip away at those powers. The defense was right in that the first amendment controlled. As far as witnesses, the one witness that both sides stipulated to was well known, yet the managers didn’t see fit to present her words during their 14 hours of their main case? Haste makes waste. Trump could have been convicted in my eyes, but not following the charge and the applicable law.

NYT article got the message out abut NYC de-funding the police last year. $1Billion was transferred from the Cops to other spending. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/nyregion/nypd-budget.html#:~:text=New York City officials on,billion from the Police Department. And most major crimes were noticeably up in 2020 over 2019. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0902/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-august-2020

Yet by several accounts, it is being investigated. Here are three links. So I'm not sure what you're saying there about a message getting out. There's news reporting, and there's editorializing/opining. Too many times the two lines get blurred these days -- both ways. I wouldn't single out one source of opinion. https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/the-lapd-is-investigating-a-valentines-day-image-of-george-floyd-that-was-passed-around-with-the-phrase-you-take-my-breath-away/articleshow/80912296.cms https://news.yahoo.com/lapd-investigating-george-floyd-photo-143100107.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-lapd-george-floyd-breath-photo-20210214-7bnju4jmcvdslp6q3mb2tfx66a-story.html I agree with this. And the LAPD incident you pointed to was called out. None of us would have heard about it if it wasn't called out. Seems like the LAPD is investigating and probably the people involved will be disciplined. At least they should. I'm sure there are a lot of people looking for something to come of the investigation.

I’m not sure you proofread your initial post. Then you wasted a lot of effort explaining bi-partisan. A word you didn’t use.

What should be done about this?

What should be done about this?

That cant be true. Their attendance is mandatory. I’m pretty sure they voted against Trump.