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Committed perjury. That's a conviction in my eyes.

I felt he should have been convicted in the Senate. I don’t think there’s a dearth of scumbags on either side of the aisle.

Interesting thoughts. I find your comments to be consistently well put.

Research funded by the NIH and NSF has been a godsend to our country.

That won't work. It's a global market now. Good answer. We need to focus back on funding research to get us that innovation.

The trump party really has no leg to stand on when it comes to sexual harassment claims, don't you think? The answer to the issue with Cuomo is simple; he screwed up and he should not remain in office. The same should have been said about Trump before he ever got elected. Biden to me not so much; his was acting in his mind more paternalistic to me but I can appreciate the argument against that. Now you have this young Congressman from NC that is being shown to have a sexual harassment history. We used to have people of integrity running for office. That used to be a pre-requisite; things like character mattered. Now it's just a cesspool all around. And please stop with the Democrats being in lock step as if they are unique in that regard. Or did you not watch any of the CPAC conference this past weekend?

How should we help our manufacturing base compete in a global market where wages are so much less in certain countries? Serious question.

Very interesting perspective

He bases his comments on the data. He has since the pandemic started and as the data changes his thoughts change. Preeminent scientists don't go off hunches. You know better.

My apologies but it did sound that way. There is no question Fauci is one of the best in his field in the world. He does not shoot from the hip; he looks at data and is appropriately cautious when doing so.

Good dialog. I don’t think they got lucky with McD and Beane. McD was on the short list of coordinators ready to take the next step. They looked at several guys and bought into his idea of bringing a process to building a consistent winner, and that having a GM in concert with the HC was essential. I think they approached the Sabres in a similar way. Kruger is a guy who very much believes in process and a system that should produce winning hockey. And after his first year they brought Adams on as a GM in concert with the HC. Is it working right now? No. Is that because they might have to get rid of some players who don’t want to buy in and get guys that will? Probably so. Every coach and GM will have their philosophy of how to build of course. But some of these players have now been through 3 different coach/GM combos with no real on ice difference. They need to look in the mirror.

Some good points here. My view is that leaders lead. And he is not that.

You can keep burning through coaches if you want, go ahead and fire Kruger and bring in Julien or whatever other guy that got fired that you want. But the problems with this team are obvious, and can be summed up in one word: Eichel He is getting paid to be a superstar and plays, at best, as an average NHL player. He is being paid to be the captain and the leader, and is as far from a leader as you can get. The goal yesterday where he lets the guy waltz right down to the front of the net to score, and then blames Dahlin, is a prime example of his nonsense. And when your supposed leader does this, then it infects the entire team. Get rid of the infection. Trade Eichel and let him poison another franchise. Get guys back that actually want to put forth some effort, go into the corners and hit guys, that want to actually earn their money when on the ice. Dahlin looks like he cares; give him the C on his jersey. Or give it to Staal, a guy who understands what Cup winners need. So far Eichel has burned through a former Stanley Cup winner in Bylsma, a guy that wanted to coach an attacking style in Housley, and now a guy that preaches process and accountability in Kruger. And all three coaches can't get him going? Please. When Kruger was hired and then when Adams got lifted to GM, I saw the Sabres trying to do what worked for the Bills: a coach and GM with a process they felt would lead to success, and who would work in tandem to get players would would match and align in that system. Yes, some will say that their process is flawed, and that they need a coach and GM that match their system to the players. But again, three coaches have tried to do that with a lot of the players on this roster, and none have succeeded? That tells me it's the players and not the systems. And the player most guilty is Eichel.

He is a preeminent scientist. Stop your partisan crap.

Dr. Fauci is the preeminent infectious disease specialist in the world and has been so for decades. To throw insults at him is petty and silly. I am quite sure he voiced any concerns he had about such matters to the various administrations he has worked for over the years. And administrations that did not take appropriate precautions against pandemics regardless of party were wrong.0

Just a point of fact correction. Payne never won the Masters. He won I believe 2 PGAs and 2 US Opens; the Open he win at Pinehurst with the 15 foot putt on 18 was just months before his death.

Certainly unique in the golf world. NFL gear and knickers! And one of the smoothest swings ever.

It depends if the Republican party runs candidates like Greene. Since apparently you will have to get Trump’s blessing and he wants nut cases like that, such candidates will only win ruby red districts.

If he did something criminal he should be charged.

If true he should resign and be arrested.

Republicans will win when and if they decide to be Republicans again. Democrats will win if they don’t overreach into overly progressive stuff. I am Independent, voted for plenty of Republicans in my life. And Democrats. You keep trying to label anyone who doesn’t fall in line with Trump as a liberal Democrat. It’s precisely that approach that dooms Republicans for the near future.

No problem. I admit to being sensitive on that issue; it’s something I cannot stand.

Don’t call me a liar.

I disagree with your last sentence. He gives them the worst chance of winning. He just lost the Presidency, and the Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate during his presidency (well, the Senate shortly after because of the Georgia special runoff, which occurred under his tenure). His "base" may love him, but traditional Republicans are starting to change registration to Independent, if he runs again he will lose the suburban voters once again, and as with the last election it will drive higher Democrat turnout. Why Republicans have this slavish obsession with this guy is a mystery. You can get things like immigration and tax policies, Supreme Court, etc. with an actual conservative Republican candidate instead of a failed, not really republican, not really conservative candidate. If you keep Trump, you lose the presidency again, and if he gets more candidates like Greene to run for Congress, you'll widen the Democratic majority in both the House and Senate. When the Tea Party came to the forefront, they got people like Murdoch in Indiana and Akin in Missouri put up as Senate candidates, and they got killed because rational people realized there was no way they could vote for such people. You'll get the same thing if a preponderance of Q Anon types get put up in 2022.

It does. I'm a scientist; I believe in things like facts and data. It is astounding how many people in this country cannot separate fact from opinion, and you rightfully target social media as a main cause. During the pandemic I have participated in my town's local social media site, primarily to stand up for science. And the number of people who make ridiculous claims that the virus is a hoax, or that vaccines have little green men in them or other such nonsense, and then refuse to acknowledge actual scientific facts about how viruses replicate and such, is beyond ridiculous. Historians may very well look back at this time and conclude social media almost destroyed society, if it does not actually do so.