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It’s not a winning thing, Tibs, I just opined that DeSantis will be ok based on Trump’s word play. Biden is president and his VP believes he is guilty of violent sexual assault, and as @Doc pointed out, a racist. In that regard, Biden was ok, right? Every interaction doesn’t have to be a blood sport, Tibsy. I do want to recognize that you surrendered the W though. Integrity matters.

On the one hand, you indicated I’m not making sense. On the other hand, your second paragraph implies •BOOM• you got it.

Of course you can’t do anything to stop people, that you even consider that you should sort of pushes you into the mindset of an authoritarian. You’re consistent, but let’s let people make their own choices Tibsy. My point is DeSantis will be fine. He’s a big boy. There is so much time between now and the nomination it’s silly to even discuss it.

No, he’s not. DeSantis will be fine. The run up to the nomination is always ugly, and “DeSanctimonius” is nothing. You’ll recall Kam Harris believes the lady who accused Biden on violent sexual assault and they worked it all out.

I usually understand what you’re trying to say, but I find these last couple replies to be somewhat Tiberian. I know someone who knows someone who won $40m in the lottery. Turns out it didn’t suck.

I was born in WNY and my most frequent dream is of a banana chasing a donut. Still, I may be missing your point.

Btw Jim, hypothetically, in addition to my Doritos, I would want my SS payment in addition to having $2m in an IRA and a $5k per month pension.

And Nacho Cheese Doritos—I just heard the Rs are coming for Americas favorite spicy chip. Medicare Social Security Virginia Doritos, but only Nacho Cheese for now.

I think we all would agree every civilized society needs a special group of citizens figuring out what everyone should think in the collective. RIP Twitter Content Account Moderation Team and Tech Valley Corporate Co-Ed Cornhole Champions 2019-2020.

Jimmy Kimmel, the guy who made a name for himself by approaching women and asking them to guess what is in his pocket? The Sage of Late Night? 🤣

This all may be completely accurate, I have no idea. I’m just a citizen watching what’s happening and not inclined to assume everything that happens in these proceedings starts from a place of good faith, or that there isn’t political animus involved. I also believe that for every decision made, there is a choice made not to pursue a different course of action. The fact that we are “here” doesn’t necessarily mean we should be. That goes for Trump (and I feel the documents in his home was an unforced error on his part), and the DOJ. This is one of those choices referenced above. The judge involved apparently disagreed, the DOJ simply could have pushed forward and allowed the system to play out. @SectionC3 suggested the request for a Special Master was a delay tactic. You have your opinions. Just applying common sense, I really can’t imagine many folks who were the target of this sort of action would sit back and be fine with the DOJ stating “Don’t worry, we got this, trust us.”. Glad to find some common ground on the media. That’s something. Sure, the DOJ would prefer to work in a cone of silence and under a cloak of secrecy. That makes perfect sense for the department and when the system is fair, just, impartial and blind, there is nothing to worry about. When not acting in good faith, it’s a significant point of contention. The target of the investigation, of course, may not benefit from this approach and specifically in this case, Trump has ample reason to be concerned about the motive(s) of the DOJ. If he’s charged, his decision to go public with his complaints hasn’t hurt him in the least. If he isn’t charged, it’s evidence of political malfeasance. In the interim, the optics of a swarm of armed agents laying siege to his home and taking all sorts of documents unrelated to the probe sends exactly the sort of message to his supporters that he wants to send. Again, you might be right on the quality of his representation. I would disagree that anything about this is “standard”, storming the home of a former president/political enemy of the DOJ happens because of choices that are made along the way. Some were most definitely made by Trump. Some were obviously made by Garland and the WH. In the end, messages are being sent. How they are being received is up to interpretation.

Lots of people care for lots of different reasons. Dateline NBC is a pretty popular show, and an hour show could certainly be shortened to about a minute with “Frank was shot in his home” and “The chef did it because Frank said his Mac n cheese was not cheesey enough”. Where is the fun in that? Some people love a good mystery, some love the rumor mill, some are interested in the political aspects of it all. Some don’t trust the official story because they feel some information is inconsistent. My perspective is it’s a relevant story if Pelosi or the WH requested that information be withheld or suppressed. The NBC story raises a question in that regard. It was a week in the making. I would assume that a story involving one of the most powerful people in the world was researched, interviews completed and sources from inside the investigation questioned. I’d think the story was vetted to the highest level of the organization and they were comfortable with the reporting. It certainly could be that NBC recognized the error in reporting and professional incompetence only after publishing the report. There could be more to the story, and in spite of Chi’s passionate appeal to disregard all but the official narrative, it’s an interesting twist.

This narrative is used because it works. The secret is in simply recognizing it.

What’s the “craziness”?

This is an interesting twist, and puts reports that Pelosi referred to him as a “friend” on the 911 call in a different light. This reporting did not come in the immediate aftermath of the story, rather, came a week after the attack and was apparently professionally researched and produced. This can lead to only one conclusion for some of our associates here on the board: Miguel Almaguer is another Putin plant in cahoots with the police spokesman who initially talked about the attack, and the underwear reporter person to push a conspiracy so outlandish and so devious as to rival the greatest conspiracies of all time. For the rest of us, it’s reasonable to consider whether or not political influence is being exerted to shield the Pelosi family for reasons yet unknown.

That’s the argument made by the DOJ, of course… that’s there’s no time to have independent voices involved, or to have people second guessing what they do and how they do it. in essence….”just trust us”. Evidence suggests that not alway the wisest course of action.

Placing blind faith in “how the legal system works” is a recipe for disaster. Anyone with more than a passing knowledge of how the system works would acknowledge there are at times abuses, malicious prosecution, wayward prosecutors and corruption. A day doesn’t go by when a story breaks about some poor soul that was on the wrong side of the justice system and it turns out the system wasn’t so just. I’m just an average guy on the street but it seems to me if you listen to people who say “It’s the system” and an aggrieved party doesn’t push back, they are likely to get steamrolled by said system. For the life of me, I can’t understand the DOJ fighting the appointment of the Special Master. If the department acted appropriately, there is absolutely nothing to fear. It was their raid, based on their rules, which supposedly align with the just, fair and true system.

I agree that there can be competing interests when it comes to how and why crime reported. I think it happens both ways, as there are actors who benefit from the suppression or reimagining of events to minimize legitimate concerns. I live within a few miles of one of the larger malls in NYS (at least at one time, anyway, no idea what’s grown or shrank the last few years). It’s common knowledge that there is a fairly significant and sustained crime problem there that is underreported. Theft, assault, sexual assault, robbery all occur with regularity. The philosophy seems to be it’s not in the best interest of major stakeholders (mall ownership, shop owners, the town) to broadcast these issues due to the revenue that comes with it. Anyway, I get your point, but with due respect, these are accomplished, educated and worldly individuals. One travels extensively and manages to avoid jumping at the notion of a sparkler being brandished around the street corner. I think people manage to their expectation when it relates to crime. One guy moved. Another guy adjusted. Neither have skin in the game in this conversation, and may not reflect the prevailing view in the city of Chicago. On the other hand, it’s a bit presumptuous to assume the most logical explanation for their concerns is that they have fallen victim to fearmongering. Entirely possible. Could be incompetence as well.

My familiarity with Chicago is limited to interaction with a few close friends. I spoke with one last week who suggested that serious crime is a major concern. He owns an office building not far from Wrigley field, has closed it to the public as a result of his experiences. He owns an apartment in an area that was gentrified 15-20 years ago, has an app on his phone that tracks serious incidents and walked to a nearby store only to get notice there was a shooting at a corner he had passed a few minutes earlier. The other friend is a financial planner with an office in the city. Same general view on crime increasing at an alarming rate, citing a friends wife shot in the head on one of the freeways as the impetus to move his business out of Chicago and ultimately down to Florida. Neither mentioned a purge, both are born/raised Chicagoan’s who love the city, invested in the city and see a dangerous decline in quality of life. I’m sure others have different opinions and thoughts, and maybe it’s the safest city in America and their experiences are unique. The flip side of “omg it’s a purge” is “omg what are people even complaining about”?

So, what was the end game you think they had in mind? That the guy would kill he so they could politic thereafter? What could he have been charged with to keep in off the streets?

I thought it was ink from when he joined the Corn Pop Crew in Scranton. Joe’s led a thug life.

Man, these people are so self-absorbed it’s ridiculous. The world will continue to spin if the key grip on Golden Girls decides to take a breather from Twitter.

I don’t think so, i think it’s just age-related confusion. Really, what other explanation is there?

She was second in line in an administration that cooked the books on COVID deaths, participated in placing gravely ill people in nursing homes where the most vulnerable of our population reside, and was conspicuously silent when Cuomo was apparently groping just about any woman he could get his hands on while he was in office. Meanwhile, there is apparently no plan to deal with the byproduct of the sanctuary state plan when people actually need sanctuary, NYC is shaking apart at the seams and police are retiring and getting out in droves. Naturally, she’s the perfect choice for Governor.

Yikes. This is a classic example of grief trumping facts.