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It’s funny you bring the billsfans site up. My recollection is some members felt moderation in PPP was too heavy, and perhaps politically slanted. Those folks decided to start their own board with a different set of rules and guidelines. That’s the American way, and we all should wish them well. I recall the suspensions in question lasted a few days to a week. SUNY says he spent a couple months in solitary. Seems strange, that’s all. Agreed. We’ve got a long way to go and something as simple as a Dean Scream can change things in a heartbeat.

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With due respect, that makes no sense. At any given time, on any given day, half the posters are offering negative opinions on the Bills and/or management. It’s a cottage industry. The truth shall set you free.

I have to ask, how does one get banned from the board for multiple months? There’s all sorts of silliness on the main board, insults flying, etc…what draws that sort of penalty?

I agree with you on the serious charges levied against those who assaulted Capitol police. You can’t have it, can’t allow and an officer’s safety should come first, even though it’s generally secondary on the minds of liberals when officer’s lives are in jeopardy outside the Capitol. Imagine defending a 6’4” 292lb guy who roughs up shopkeepers, physically assaults an officer in his vehicle, attempts to steal his firearm, then charges him when the opportunity to surrender arises. https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/14/death-michael-brown-legal-facts-democratic/ Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., tweeted, "Michael Brown’s murder forever changed Ferguson and America." Elizabeth Warren @ewarren 5 years ago Michael Brown was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael was unarmed yet he was shot 6 times. I stand with activists and organizers who continue the fight for justice for Michael. We must confront systemic racism and police violence head on.

A legitimate response to what, exactly? He called me a freak. He used an expression I am unfamiliar with. I ignored the insult and asked what “PSOPS” meant. What is illegitimate about that? Do you know what it means?

Did someone else use the word and you liked it? You don’t know what PSOPS means?

I don’t know this reference, BillSy. What is PSOPS?

This is a very serious allegation, and Biden should move quickly to deny or confirm the veracity of the report. Let’s get the names out there, bring it all into the light so that if, and/or when, the report can be analyzed.

You changed the world though, and I thank you. You changed the world though, and I thank you.

Among other things, it’s way more compassionate to accuse a guy with a wife and two young daughters of being a serial sexual abuser. Everyone knows that. 🤦🏼‍♂️

After many years of thawing of our relationship with the Russians, and notably Obama's hot mic comment pledging flexibility to Russia after he was re-elected, Russia became the big ugly red bear when it became politically expedient for the democrats. That they attempted to interfere in the election is of no surprise whatsoever. I would go on here--from Clinton/DNC partnering with a foreign agent to spread disinformation most assuredly to skew our election, 50+ members of the intelligence community declaring something that wasn't was, the Obam admin manufacturing a story about a video leading to the death of an Ambassador---this happens. I see no particular reason to be surprised by any of it. You're correct, I got my dem malfeasance issues wrong here. There were plenty of unsavory elements by a number of players leading up to the assignment of the SC, and those things are well documented. Whether they matter to a voter or not on a case by case basis is in the eye of the beholder. As for obstruction, when faced with allegations of treasonous behavior, I'd assume all options to save oneself are on the table. In the end, the summary provided by AG Barr lays it all out. I don't care what you think, that's a factor here. Do you have a point?

I know. Mueller was probably in on it and would have written an entirely different report had he known he could. The goal was always obstruction because they concocted the conspiracy angle. There’s ample evidence of this. You don’t like Bill Barr. Wow. I’m shocked. This has been fun, but I was simply offering perspective on how many voters view the totality of action against Trump. I recognize you are not in that camp and never suggested you are. We’re all going to be ok.

Settle down, Spaz. If Trump conspired with Russia, Mueller would have said so. Let's not bat around this collusion/conspiracy/obstruction ball again. We know Mueller would have kicked in doors, flipped witnesses and had Trump placed in solitary confinement if he did. Plus, the Barr memo is quite clear. The transcript on the Zelensky call is beyond clear, on this we agree. I firmly believe they could tell you Trump ordering a Stoli and Water is evidence that he was born in Russia and you would believe it. I don't know a "Stephen Miller", unless you're talking about 3 Finger Stevie Mills down at the butcher shop on Central. The outcome of Trump's court trials, sequentially mastered though they might be, will not impact me one way or the other beyond what it means politically. I am interested to see what secrets he might spill if convicted though. Was Johnson in on the Kennedy assassination?

The Mueller report is an important part of the story of the Trump Presidency, and this particular part of the board is dedicated to politics. What's your point?

Frank, great post summarizing where we are at. To be candid, I have no idea what is shaky, solid or proper from a legal perspective. It seems to me that there are opposing views on situation laid out above, and that there is room for creative interpretation on all these issues. That said, from a voter perspective, here's the way many voters will see it. Big picture--the democrat party and Washington establishment is using the weight of the federal/state government and conspiring to destroy an outsider who dared to try and play in their protected sandbox. Your summary adds credence to this point of view. Here's why: Russia was an attempt to remove him from office. There was no conspiracy, never was and that is borne out in the Mueller report. In fact, AG Barr indicated the true conspiracy was undertaken by those who perpetrated the scam; The Russia impeachment was unreasonable and unnecessary, and an attempt to remove Trump from office; Ukraine impeachment was unreasonable and an effort to remove Trump from office. The transcript is clear, as is the response from the Ukrainian president who seemed to be of the same mind as Trump. 1/6 dream team committee declared they would find the evidence that pointed to direct ties between Trump and conspirators. In the end, they went away with a whisper and apparently destroyed whatever evidence they gathered along the way; Bragg 'novel theory' to indict. As a one and done, maybe this could be written off as a rogue prosecutor looking to make some money and elevate his profile. In conjunction with everything else, it would appear this 'stupid' indictment is purely intended to harass Trump and is malicious in nature. Smith classified document indictment--absent any other information readily available to the public, maybe this one is solid. However, the juxtaposition between the prosecutor seeking a decades long prison sentence and the reality that mishandling classified documents (Clinton/Biden specifically) is treated as no big deal is stark. Considering the lengths the DOJ has gone to in leaking photos, seizing unrelated and privileged documents in relation to how Biden specifically is being treated, it seems reasonable to assume there are two separate standards applied here. Smith 1/6 prosecution, completely unnecessary unless it's a slam dunk, and in context with Barr's comments about political persecution, unreasonable absent clear and convincing evidence that will pass the smell test; GA prosecution-if it's very well-thought out, researched and the evidence is clear, it seems that there would be precious few about the complexity of the case nor the proof of wrongdoing. Meanwhile, of course, this all plays out against the backdrop of Biden and his lies about his relationship with his son, the insertion of the IC into the election, that Biden actually mishandled classified documents for decades, and what appears to be a massive case of influence peddling. It's going to be an interesting year.

I think you’ve outlined some of the hypocrisy in John’s posting history and his devotion and fealty to Joe Biden, but must acknowledge my status as useful idiot as I had no idea how to do this. Thank you for your service!

The goal is to continue to push forward, gathering documentation that Biden and his associates in Washington do not want him to gather, and continue the steady drip of corruption talk along the way. We’re watching the Biden story unravel in real time…it’s delightful.

People are people, love is love and marriage is about two people committing to one and other for life, or until a person cannot stand to hear one more minute of the other’s yammering. Your relatives sound nice. Lead with that.

Now you went and supersized it. Marriage is pure, this is not. Shame!

Bill Barr was the hero of the story, and laid out the political persecution that went along with Russiagate quite succinctly. It’s clear he’s no fan of Trump, but unlike Mueller and those he represented, he shut the door on that silliness. As for the Trump presidency, he absolutely thrived on the hiring/firing of staff and moved pieces regularly. That’s a fair criticism if it bothers you. However, one angle that’s missing with Biden and his crew is that MSM does an excellent job of not reporting on his faux pas, look of befuddlement, or confusion and rambling when he speaks. One way to create the appearance oh chaos is to report on it, over and over and over. We talked about the classified files that were scattered about in his multiple residences. Still, no photo leaks of the box near the vette in his frigging garage John. No widespread reporting oh what all those documents in different places might represent over decades of his involvement in foreign policy. Finally, as for stacking people around him, well then why the illusion of Joe being of sound mind and silver sneakers? He’s deteriorating and that’s obvious. It’s part of his story, it’s part of the story of democrat politics and how the system runs.

Why don’t you marry him?

He doesn’t just mix things up, Frank. He wanders around a stage after speaking with no clue as to what to do next. There are video clips of him routinely using words that don’t exist in our language, and he gets confused by words on a teleprompter, an instrument he’s used most of his life. At times, he thinks his son died in a far off foreign land. At others he remembers the actual fact pattern. He’s a shell of the man he was, and cognitive decline is being kind to him. He doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt, not because it wouldn’t be nice to just right it off to PeePaw Biden forgetting things, but because it’s obvious he’s struggling quite badly. Besides, if he and his supporters were honest, they recognize Biden would go for the jugular here.

It’s as James Comey said, after an extremely reckless and careless sec of state was allowed to delete any messages she chose to delete, no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case against a govt official who used fake names, private servers, shell corporations, fake foundations and who swindled foreign countries out of large sums of money. That would be unreasonable. 🤣

It’s fair to say that Biden always had a certain amount of charisma, like a phys ed teacher who was good with a one-liner, a bullsh*tter who didn’t really recognize boundaries, spun some great stories about his glory days that were largely embellished and simply untrue, and he’d get handsy with the girls and snap a bra or two. He’s not particularly smart, has trouble defining anything these days, and tells multiple stories about the facts surrounding his son’s death depending on his audience. He earned 80m votes and was widely viewed as the great hope to defeat Trump, another lively personality. I have no idea how this shakes out for DeSantis, it’s too early to tell imo. The Disney thing is interesting, watching liberals rushing to the defense of a corporation that was given a sweetheart deal 50 years ago, and has been extraordinarily successful as a result.