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That might be the downfall. The one place where everyone despises that loser. The democrats detest him, and the republicans owe him a little payback for blowing the senate and messing with party regulars. And

So are you going on MyPillow TV to defend the insurrectionists and their leader or not?

I'll summarize. You demand a smoking gun with respect to an issue for which there is almost NEVER a smoking gun. That's the bottom line. Next time someone who commits a murder alerts the world to the intent to kill via writing, verbal expression, or social media post, let me know. Until then, since there are NO Republicans getting on TV to defend Trump, maybe you can book a couple of hits on Newsmax or Fox or the MyPillowNetwork to tell the world that Trump has clean hands here.

The sane, moderate Republicans are leaving. We're seeing a battle for the future of the Republican Party, and the Trumpers (not the freetrader/conservative/capitalists) are winning. Impeachment II probably won't result in a conviction, but the managers are using it to pound away at the fissure in the Republican Party. The best thing they (Senate Republicans) can do is convict this fool, take their lumps in midterms in 2022, and try to win it back in 2024. But they won't. And that's fine with me.

If it was pre-planned, and Trump said stand down (or stand by), do you really think we'd be here? Objectively speaking, I don't. There was a plan -- probably multiple plans, actually -- he encouraged it, and we all saw the result. The Big Lie and the failure to prove the Big Lie left us in a spot where violence was the only solution for those who wanted Trump to stay in power despite the election results.

That's nice to dredge up Russia. But that's not the issue here. And let's not play games on intent, either. Rarely, RARELY, is there direct evidence of intent. It's measured by, and inferred from, actions, because criminals generally don't announce intent before committing a crime. E.g., putting a gun to someone's head and pulling the trigger (and firing) is evidence of intent to kill and sufficient to convict of intentional murder (assuming death) even if the assailant doesn't speak his or her goal of killing the victim.

The weight of the enormous quantum of powerful circumstantial evidence that points to Trump as the catalyst for the MAGA raid on the Capitol. The timeline, in particular, supports the contention that the President's words on January 6 deliberately directed the mob to violently converge upon the Capitol. Next, I'm sure, we're going to hear about how Trump didn't immediately to stop the mob and to protect our seat of government. Maybe a couple of tidbits about how he enjoyed it, too. The slaughter is on. Madeleine Dean was friggin outstanding. Can't fake that emotion.

I'm pretty impressed with this presentation. The first impeachment trial . . . not as much. That was a different animal, though. This one is dynamite. I assume they're going to wrap it up with the point that intent is typically a circumstantial thing in the criminal realm--rarely does a criminal announce his or her intent, and it has to be inferred from the actions of the accused. They are just hammering that point today.

You hit it on the head. In a perverse way, leaving the political parties actually strengthens the two-party system. Those people who want to be "independent" (or blank, in political parlance) are just going to get more of the same.

I'm listening to today's proceedings, and this thing is a slaughter. A straight slaughter. I'll be surprised if there's a conviction, but the managers are creaming the Trump and his senatorial followers in the court of public opinion.

Tell that to the family of the officer who was killed. I suspect their view is a bit different from yours. Then again, HCQ can increase the risk of dementia, so maybe that explains your forgetfulness as to the violence of the mob that overran the Capitol.

The guy who's arguing now is another link in the clown chain. Whining about inability to investigate. But no specifics as to how the investigation was hampered. Blah blah blah. I don't miss the Trump clown show at all.

Unfortunately the MyPillow guy gets more run than me. I'm not sure if that says something about Newsmax, the MyPillow guy, or me. Maybe all of us.

OMG these guys are awful. I'm listening to it. Droning on and on. No point to the arguments. Then we flip to this clown who plays the victim card. And no defense on the merits - jurisdiction, victimization, politics, cancellation, etc. What a joke. Trump could stand up and say this is wrong. He could apologize. But he won't. Because he's a wimp. And guilty.

Smaller TV markets, general fatigue, Brady fatigue, and a very, very unlikable Chiefs team. Mahomes is OK, but Kelce is annoying, Jones plays like a d-bag, Reid apparently lets d-bags run amok there, and Hill is beyond a d-bag.

Whatever it is that you tried to say was presented through gibberish. I don't pretend to understand gibberish. If you can articulate your thoughts clearly, then we can have a conversation.

Are you talking about the guy who killed the Capitol Police officer? Probably not. I wonder if Trump has called the family of that hero. Probably not there, too. Too busy brushing his teeth with HCQ, trying to harness the magic necessary to make COVID-19 disappear, and lamenting the power of the "fake news media." I gotta be honest. I kinda miss hearing from the guy every day. Each time I think I'm too inferior or stupid to do anything with my life, I could point to him and say if his tiny baby hands, limited intellect, and bloviation can get somewhere, then I can too. Kind of ironic that Antifa is a hoax and Trump Terror is a real thing. Sad and disgraceful, too.

Cool story bro. I checked. No democrat run cities in flames right recently. Unless we count DC. And we all know who started that one. Enjoy your fantasy land. How come he's not on Newsmax these days? The MyPillow guy got his tongue? I don't really like cancel culture - everyone makes mistakes. But some are unforgivable. I will joyfully cancel each and every d-bag who participated in the Capitol uprising.

I'd like to substantively respond, but this post is gibberish. I don't have the ability to meaningfully respond to such things.

Curious if you agree with this. I watched the game with my kids (very small and very distracting), so maybe I'm off here. But I though TB's safeties were diagnosing quickly and flying downhill. Saw it a bit from Poyer against KC, but not as much from Hyde. I thought that helped. (Of course, the big difference was a couple of game wreckers on the TB DL and linebackers that played out of their minds.) Also, looking at that heat map makes me miss Jordan Phillips. Better interior DL would have really helped us against them.

This is one of the best posts that I have ever read on an Internet message board. Well done.

Good to know. Agree that masks and distancing along won’t be enough. Vax, therapeutics, effective and cheap rapid testing and common sense behavior (moving to Zoom, limiting tube commutes, etc.) all are key.

I didn’t see a complaint there. Only an observation. Turns out you’re as bad with diction as you are with treatments for infectious disease. Sad.

There’s truth to this. In NYS, the defense was absolutely appropriate at the outset of the pandemic. Now, defense is still warranted, but maybe in a more surgical or thoughtful fashion. The recent NYSSCT cases in Erie County illustrate as much; the science behind some of the closure policies is either lacking or non-existent. You and I part ways on the masking issue, I suspect. I think therapeutics are important to functioning in a post-COVID world (maybe you heard CNBC this morning; issue came up). But I firmly believe distancing and masking are essential until we get closer to critical mass vaccination and concomitant herd immunity.

I’m not ready to put too much stock into Williams. Want to see him in a different context (i.e., against a team that hadn’t been run over and quit). But your point about non-power 5 gold is an excellent one and well taken. Back in the day I did some work with some MLB scouts in Buffalo. They had a “rule of thumb” question about pitchers: what’s the pitch that’s going to get him to the big leagues? The one really unique talent that either of our guys have is Singletary’s balance. But otherwise these guys look like they have 91 mph FBs that can’t support a change with average control and a mediocre breaking ball. Point being, they don’t have the qualities to be difference makers.