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While I would doubt the average Israeli believes in karma, according to Google, in Hebrew… קארמה

Is Tibs Polish?

Jesus, man! I feel like I'm listening to Prairie Home Companion with The Garrisonish Keillor! Did he commandeer the beast or not??!

You can see the ebb and flow of manipulation of voters on this issue. I'd bet if you harken back to the days of 1/6, you would find liberal voters determined to place the blame for deleted SS texts on Trump. Now, of course, in context of a criminal matter of significant to every presidency moving forward, missing texts will be of substantially less importance so long as the a guilty verdict is rendered. Imo, it makes zero sense that any documentation from the days/weeks/months leading up to, and after 1/6 were deleted, and less so that they were deleted wholesale. Whether the massive data dump favored Trump, or favored the prosecution is anyone's guess, but the DOJ had possession of the material at one point, then suddenly, did not. #odd.

You directed a road rage-style rant and multiple insults over several posts my way, and you’re surprised that I pointed out that you lost track of “of” v “off”. Color me shocked, or as you might say, “Color me socks”. I will acknowledge being stable, though. You’re really all over the place, but you should move on for sure.

There was no need to sway me. If you want to be a speed bump, you’re a speed bump.

You’re not fine, you’re off the rails. “F of liar”? 🤦🏼‍♂️. What a maroon. I’m not convinced you’re as smart as a speed bump, but I’ll let you have this one. 👌🏼

Of course you've been there. You were a drug mule for the cartel!

You're now officially upset at the internet, and seem to be losing your cool. Take a deep breath, collect your thoughts and get back with me when you've got yourself under control.

Not in the least. I think your posts are mostly dull and repetitive, but I reach out every now and again on a subject that interests me. Unfortunately, in just about every case, you default back to dull and repetitive. In this case, you went dull, repetitive and your analogy is irrelevant even though you've convinced yourself it's a show stopper. You can call me Gidget and throw all the insults you can think of (so far, you seem to have a total of 4 in your repertoire). It's all ok with me.

I understood what Mahomes was upset about--a football call, in a football game, dealing with the process of football. With you, the parallel would be you, as Mahomes, getting upset over Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation. Or, that his insurance rate went up. Yes, you're shaking apart.

You're shaking apart in front of me here. Your argument is that because a Supreme Court justice was confirmed before an election, it applies to any knee jerk scenario where you think it's relevant? Next time I go to the store and they are out of salsa, I'll see if the BillSy approach to logic works: "I KNOW YOU SIMPS ARE HIDING SALSA BACK IN THE AMY CONEY BARRETT ROOM!". I bet they lock me up, but in the good way.

Oh, you changed directions again, Chicken Little. The original post was about the SC expediting the process because of an arbitrary date he wants circled on the calendar. Of course, that lead you to: 1. Trump's gonna pardon himself; 2. Attacks and racial animus directed at members of the Supreme Court; 3. The "dictatorship" model that someone told you to worry about; Now, of course, it's "threats against jurors and judges!". All of this is because I suggested it's in the best interest of the country to have a fair and orderly resolution to the question at hand. I'd like to say I'm surprised, but lynch mobs lynch.

Yikes. The lady is an accomplished attorney and your default is you want to see her naked? Yikes. Some people are so polarized they see overt racism in action and give it a thumbs up. These people are sometimes named John.

No, but I do believe you're just nutty enough to believe this. You raised the issue of SC justice appointments but weren't prepared to talk about the confirmation of SC justices? I tried the polite way, dipping you in your own hot take, hoping the light would turn on, assuming it likely would not. The SC confirmation process is what it is. If you don't like it, get in line. It has nothing to do with this criminal trial, but if it does, don't cherry pick nominees and please, pay attention to the bigger picture. As always, ty.

I can only suggest you focus on one chicken little moment at a time. My point is simple: The government has the higher burden of care--ethically, legally, politically and should extend every reasonable courtesy to the defense. It doesn't always play out that way--many of these people are political animals jockeying for their next opportunity, some are naturally going to be willing to push boundaries, bend the rules, or play games. Simply put, I expect more from the government than the defense. Your response if a big reason why--you've got what seems to me to be a lynch mob mentality. You've already decided guilt, it would seem, and are displaying signs of anticipatory anxiety about SC justices cooking the books and Trump pardoning himself. Add in your racial comments about Justice Thomas, you're a mess. If the case is sound, the government will prevail. If the matter needs to be reviewed by the SC, it should progress in an orderly fashion with the appropriate time, respect and consideration given to all parties involved here--prosecution, defense, and the SC docket.

The Kavanaugh hearing took 89 days. Clarence Thomas took 106. Sotamayor took 72. Justice Kagan 92. In each one of those cases, the only real question was whether or not some ginned up controversy would slow the process, or some political operative would attempt to intervene. The Mueller investigation, btw, lasted 22 months before Trump was flynndicated. Some things take time. In the Trump case, a political and legal firestorm has erupted, and as Smith himself has indicated, the very future of democracy might be at stake. We're looking at 250+ years of history here, an unprecedented criminal complaint, and a chance to get it right. We don't need a prosecutorial ants-in-the-pants outcome in spite of how happy it would make the opposition.

@muppy

He wants to rush a decision fundamental to our democracy involving Presidential immunity based on an arbitrary scheduling issue? March 4. April 4. June 4. July 4. Is it that big a deal? Let's be sure to get it right. It's already moving at lightning speed.

😂 In fairness it must be pretty time consuming reading 1930s newspaper articles provided by X (formerly known as Twitter) provided by guys named Mark.

The shifting loyalties of a typical voter is pretty easy to see here. My favorite on this particular list of Those Now Loved by Liberals is William Barr. They twist themselves into pretzels when it came to his very astute summary of the persecution of Trump by the Dems and Mueller, but here, he’s the wise sage. Who knew @Kemp was a Barrista?

I haven’t been paying attention. Who would be so superficial as to hate the environment more than they love the Bills less?

The random insertion of “not this weekend” was priceless.

Tongue in cheek. A buddy is a Pats fan, and he has a friend who’s quite liberal and a huge Pats fan. He’s also a bit of a numbers geek, and my observation was he was a guy who could dish it out but really couldn’t take it. I’m comfortable being on either side of good-natured ribbing, but the guy was yammering on about some liberal policy when I mentioned the massive carbon footprint of the NFL, top to bottom, soup to nuts, across the board. I asked him how he squared his love of the pats and his contribution to the ultimate destruction of the planet. He’s still a fan but we haven’t talked climate change in quite a while.

I didn’t want Trump, didn’t want Bon Jovi and certainly am happy the Pegula’s bought the team. I feel badly for the fans of the Bills who quit the team out of love for the planet when a guy from Big Energy bought the team.