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You’re all over the page here Tibsy. Crime! No crime! Crime-ish! Crime-lite! I actually think YOU may have been hacked. Make it easy on me because you’re dialed into The Truth. Just fill in the blanks. Donald J Trump was convicted of the crime of _______________ on ___/___/_____. Disclaimer: I’ll duck duck go the data you provide to double check. Trust but verify.

You keep saying blah blah blah, but it always comes back to you being perfectly comfortable with law enforcement kicking in doors and looking to stage a crime scene. It’s crazy.

No, I’m not suggesting that at all. If the justice department had the goods on a crime that DJT supposedly committed the action should result in a conviction and expulsion of office of the crime reached that standard. That the DOJ tapped out, but not until it rat-@&$#ing the Trump admin for 3/4 of his term tells me they were either corrupt (98% likely) or grossly incompetent (2%). I am stating emphatically that giving anyone unlimited power to investigate someone to backfill a crime—should they find one—is exceptionally dangerous. Still, we know that people throughout history have abused power, and that power often corrupts. The much, much larger problem is that people like you accept that as reasonable because you despise the target and have some sort emotionally perverted view of what justice should look like. Your view is NOT that a crime should be investigated and justice served, it’s that it’s acceptable to investigate until you find a crime or can create one. Worse, you reward the corrupt with the highest office in the land, guaranteeing the perpetuation of the system. Your perspective really is why I’ve come to realize that the only way to win these battles is to respond in kind, hence the politics of personal destruction. It’s sad, and the collateral damage caused will be significant, but it’s the way the game is played.

I try to understand this perspective, I really do. I just don’t get it. Liberals constantly bash on law enforcement for overreach and over-aggressive tactics. It doesn’t seem to matter that there are millions and millions of interactions between law enforcement and ordinary citizens everyday that are civil, normal and in many cases, heroic. Yet here you are praising a massive, no holds barred, unlimited and unfettered investigation into something that—even buying your narrative—-isn’t a crime. It was never about a crime, heck our friend @Deranged Rhino and others called that out nearly a half-century ago now. This was always about nothing, with an eye toward creating something. “Collusion” got you and yours all amped up and when that faded, they screamed “obstruction” because that was the only outcome that resulted in any substantive penalty. Along the way they used fear, the frightening power of the US government, and the propaganda arm of the National media to keep folks like you on the edge of your seat. In other words, they told you what to think in spite of our legal system, you obliged without question, and when it all fell apart with a confused old man (there’s a trend in Dem leadership) losing track of what was said and done, they told you again to just be OUTRAGED that ‘collusion’ was never a crime. You don’t have to oblige. What concerns me is how quickly you all fall in line in defending special counsel type overreach v say, shedding tears over a Jacob Blake type incident.

The only thing that came out of his report was that the govt will go to extraordinary lengths to create a narrative to crush you and everyone around you if you go against the grain. In fact, they don’t even have to be particularly good at it because folks like Tibsy will believe what they say in spite of a horrendous performance by a bureaucrat like Mueller. He looked like a college kid totally unprepared to talk about a term paper he swiped off the internet.

Thank you so much for this post and the link. The last paragrap was one the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. From the insight into his steez being Polo Down v BB in hoodies, getting the stench of Patriotness on him and realizing it never comes off, I feel I know him just a little bit better. My favorite though it the arbitrarily placed one word sentence that implies so much more than the 4 letters strung together: Boom. Cam Newton is the Chaz Michael Michaels of pro football.

Indeed. Not to mention his actions run directly in contrast to what he suggests all the little people do—hunker down, lay low and minimize being out and about. He’ll likely drive past (or fly over in his helicopter) hundreds of businesses directly and irrevocably harmed by the shutdowns so he can attend the gladiator games. Do as I say, not as I do.

Well, when you and I disagree on something as fundamental as what constitutes working well with a president, it seems silly to waste time and energy debating it. I’ll leave you with the thought that if Biden, his family and those in his circle are treated as well as they treated DJT and his family, it will be a successful four years of opposition leadership. I’d be comfortable with that. This is something we can agree on.

I’ll assume you see the last 4 years of dem leadership as having worked with Trump and supported him. Cool spin brev. As for the all out assault strategy, the last four years show that the opposition party attempting to destroy a president with baseless allegations is actually quite an effective strategy.

I struggle with how anyone in favor of shutdowns see it any other way. I have read a bit in the COVID thread (the one where dissent is frowned upon), and had an innocuous comment on Cuomo attending the game sanitized and removed from the ‘fans in attendance’ thread on the main board. I see other comments dealing with the gov (pro and con) remain, but whatever. Anyway, our resident scientist here often refers to the data he’s seen re: COVID and prefers not to deviate from his perch when questions arise. Back to the game. We’re in the midst of a surge, lockdowns for certain activities apparently will continue well into the future or at lest until Biden has been president for 100 days and spring arrives. I understand and accept that 6700 people in a stadium built for 70k can be distanced. I understand that testing is required a few days before. If every fan attending magically appeared virus free it would be extremely safe. That’s not the way it happens though. People will be coming from many different locales, stopping to eat, interacting with others, exposing and being exposed. Once at the game, it’s not an exclusively outdoor event. Meanwhile, the governor who has an appalling tendency to sound as if he’s talking to special needs individuals when he’s good on camera (and an arrogant and condescending prick when he is not), he’s sounding the alarm while saying, in essence “In spite of the extraordinary danger this virus presents and in spite of millions of NYers losing their income and ability to meet expenses, it’s really vital that I fly in an attend.”. We went the full year with empty stadiums, but as the surge comes, nows the time to risk it?

Happy New Year to you as well. I hope you have an excellent 2021! I’m uncertain if you’re implying my comments had anything to do with your link re:Gohmert, but just to be clear, I thought @B-Man sent an entirely appropriate and enlightening link re: Hawley’s action and @Coach Tuesday response was uncalled for and unnecessary. I was shocked, and perhaps outraged. As to your question, I think much of what is going on today is about the future beyond Jan 20. I don’t know if it’s smart or not, and haven’t paid much attention to it. I think the path forward is clear—launch an all-out political assault on Biden and the legitimacy of his presidency and shine a light on his personal/political life. They’ll follow the same course of action with respect to Harris when the time is right. If Gohmert’s actions contribute in some small way to that goal, and it ultimately proves effective, than it was a wise course of action. If not, well, no harm done.

TB be fighting mad ta’day!

With a timely and entirely appropriate link, too.

I think this is just a mixup with the Dewey decimal system. At .09c a pop, I think the math says 327,411 Cincinnati fans donated. There may actually be more lesser donors at more lesser amounts, where we have lesser better donors at more better amounts. Still, all money donated to charity arrives on angel wings.

Thanks—sounds reasonable for the situation. We had miAmi In Miami circled this year to attend again. It was awesome last year.

What was the nature of the warning when you spoke to the occupants of the other vehicle? Ticket? Ejected from the parking lot/game? And just for kicks, how close were the cars parked together? I went to Miami last year for the game but rode the shuttle from the hotel. I really have no idea how that’s all set up. My assumption is they would encourage adequate spacing between vehicles so as folks exited they weren’t in close proximity.

In fairness, he’s got a point. Bills fans make a lot of the 12 wins so far this year, but let’s not forget that every game was tied early. Did you ever stop to think that had the Bills not ended any one of those games with more points than the opponent, the team might not have had those wins? I hadn’t really thought about it until now, but man, we dodged a bullet by scoring more points than the other team.

I had another post here but it turned up missing. I think it’s amazing that 6,700 fans can attend this game, that the families of players can finally go, and that there will still be room for people that are very important to attend as well. Everyone wins.

I’m sorry, but with red zones and hot zones everywhere, this decision to treat a football game like it really matters (given the state of the nation at this time) is one of the many reasons people don’t believe and/or follow the protocol. We have gone from don’t spend Thanksgiving with your family and no fans anywhere to suddenly, as if by magic everyone is going to arrive at the stadium by teleportation. On top of that, the governor of one of the worst pandemically challenged states in the Union has decreed that he and his will jet in to watch the game in person while tens of thousands can suck it at home. Of course, open-air teleportation of supposedly COVID-free folks (who don’t fill gas tanks or visit the local food store and surely aren’t married to anyone ever exposed to COVID) is fine, but they are forbidden from standing at their car, mask on, cooking a burger because THAT is the super spreader. The message being sent is the same type of perverted message sent over the past 9 months—-we could all die, so stay the 🤬home, unless your team makes the playoffs.

So in the last several weeks, John B goes down for a bit, ready to come back and out again. Cole B injures his leg and is week to week. Beane and McD are planning for whatever might shake out over the next several weeks. We have a gamer at Qb who can virtually hot every throw and you need the horses to catch the ball. May mean nothing at all about Beasley or Brown, but it’s a smart move for a team that wants to win it all.

The entire world moves on opinions and speculation. Hit me up next time a reporter sends out a story based on anonymous sources and speculation and you're demanding all the underlying data for in-depth scientific analysis. In fact, if you really want to get to the meat of any matter, let's acknowledge something else. Using the Mueller Report as an example, none of us have seen the underlying evidence or data that lead to whatever conclusions he came to that vindicated Trump. I have no way of knowing if the investigation was impartial, fair or even competent--I just know what was said and how it was interpreted. Besides, I'm not making accusations, I'm offering observations based on the man Biden was, and the tired old man he is today. I don't need an in-depth neurological screening profile prepared by the crack staff at Johns Hopkins to see a marked difference between Biden v Ryan and Biden v Trump debates, for example. I don't need to give him the benefit of the doubt when it comes to him thinking he's running against someone named "George" when his opponent has one of the most recognizable non-George names on the planet. The fact that Dr. Jill has to feed him the name is troubling to me. Who's going to be there when he refers to Vladimir Putin as Skip, Ted, or Billy Bob? When he forgets the words to the Declaration of Independence, written into a speech he prepared and practiced to deliver, it's on him, not on me. By the way, age catches up with us all if we live long enough. It doesn't make him a bad human being that he struggles, it just makes him a remarkably bad choice for president. Someone here said they would have voted for a ham sammy before casting a vote for Trump--the good news is I think they got one. Again--feel free to insist on a full workup with blood vitals and MRI screening before you even remotely consider the guy is fading fast. I don't criticize you for that, I think it's funny.

I knew you couldn't quit me! I do not have access to anyone's medical records beyond my own. You know that. Also, I simply offered that it was a 'distinct possibility' that this was the case. My evidence is anecdotal and comes from comparing the Scranton Mauler of yesteryear to the tired, old, and often confused old man I see today. If you see him as having the same vigor and intellectual capacity as always, well God Love Ya Man, Ya got steel in your spine! You seem to want to stamp out dialogue here, and I can't understand why.

Awesome post, thanks for the catch as it points out what I was explaining to @Tiberius yesterday. In Biden's world, there's no 'unity' in the traditional sense, there's only politicking and jockeying for position. The sad part is that this is pretty much SOP for all politicians at that level, but Tibsy's partisan slant makes it impossible for him to see. Biden points the direction, Tibsy sets off smiling as directed. Though--and I don't want to risk the ire of @oldmanfan here, but it seems distinctly possible that Biden really has no idea about what's going on. One issue common to folks as they age is the loss of short term memory. This sort of discrepancy could be explained by that, especially given that Biden didn't get into specifics as to what he was claiming--just broad and sweeping statements that he was being blocked out. Again, that's fairly common in the elderly, isn't it? Feeling insecure, thinking folks are out to get them. I think we would all agree we should keep an eye on this, especially because, you know, unity.

Not cool, Satin.

There was no reason to allow the Rooskies to remain in our country before or immediately after the election, nor to allow the highest ranking murderous thug to remain in country. It defies logic that our great enemy would be allowed to shelter in place for 2,900 of 2,922 days of Obama's term, especially in light of the fact that Russian interference in our elections process predates 2016 by decades. But maybe Biden will get lucky and DJT will expel some foreign adversaries in the next couple of weeks. That's what friends do, right?