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It certainly doesn't look good on his 'i'm so rich' persona he plays out to his supporters, but that's a cult and when it suits them, they'll be able to buy into more nuanced thinking (nice to know it's possible still) and understand only a dumb billionaire would have 400-500 million available on a quick notice. I can't see this playing out with independents either, but you have government backing up the banks (which didn't even ask for it) on one side. Not the easiest side to defend for most independents i'd gather.

It is fun, but I just don't hope this doesn't backfire. 1/2 billion dollars when he technically defrauded a bank but never actually went into default. I get it's Trump and **** him, but I just hope independents don't look at it as government overreach and sympathize.

We're going to survive regardless, but your point stands in terms of getting back towards a normal. If Trump was 10 years younger and not looking stupid old himself, i'd be more concerned, but he won't be around long, rather he wins or not. The republican party is already destroying themselves. A Trump win only temporarily delays it.

I was looking at expected contracts for several players yesterday and swore I saw Fuller at around 14 million per year for 2-3 years. Just went back and confirmed that was correct, but it noted only about 17 million guaranteed. He could potentially be getting close to the same in guaranteed money and still have a chance at another decent contract at age 32.

Most of those years were the pre-Burfict years to be fair.

Agreed, my 'stupid or silly' comment was directed at the circumstances, not Biden. It's ridiculous that we're at a point where being 'stupid or silly' is actually sound advice...yet here we are.

I'm suddenly a lot more comfortable with Biden if he goes this route. It's stupid and silly, thus it fits perfectly for Trump and his voters.

The only partial defense I can make on this is that it's so ridiculous, it's probably good for them to strike it down. That said, that's a reach. Even with that, you'd think they could have fast tracked it a bit. With this case , this is where democrats need to act like republicans a bit. Jack Smith should be openly stating now that he will pursue this case as quickly as possible and state the DOJ 'rules' do not apply as he started the process well before the election and it was not his delays that kept it into the run up to the election.

That's fantastic. On a side note, I saw Liam putting out some hints at a reunion just last week, but again, doing it through social media rather than just calling Noel.

Per the news article I read on this, this has been viral for a month and it sounds like it just knocked Beyonce off of the top of the country charts. Impressive voice.

Best thing that could happen to him long term. Still don't understand why he chose to run now.

"Pfife, I apologize to you that I besmirched the good name of PBS" - What's wrong with that apology?

Pfife, I apologize to you that I besmirched the good name of PBS. Based on my past experiences with you I should have known you could not take the joke and you'd be an ass about it....and that is entirely my fault.

It was a joke, I'm not going to apologize because you can't recognize that.

That is true, but Hamas also wanted insight in to what that would mean after the hostages are back and were given nothing. Cease fire for a few days and it starts all over again? I'm not saying it'll work, but if it comes with world backing that Israel leaves Gaza, presumably for good, that might change their opinion. With Netanyahu in charge, it's a moot point anyway as he would never agree to that.

But Trump just saw so many black people recently, and the shoes too. AA's love shoes. Why isn't it working?!?!?!

This is not real. All of you folks get your news from unfettered sources and I've been told time and time again that Biden can't do anything in regards to getting weapons to Ukraine, it's the GOP that's at fault.

I mean, Netanyahu could have chosen not to prop up Hamas for years.... but yes, hindsight is 20/20. Right now though, demand Hamas give up the remaining hostages/bodies and a cease fire starts. Israel backs out of Gaza but maybe they could demand the UN get involved.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-ukraine-war-moscow-military-spending-inflation-worker-shortage-2024-2 This may now be a forever war at least from Russia's standpoint. Quite possible that even if Ukraine gave up currently held territory, Russia simply couldn't afford to that agreement. Additionally, winning the war and taking over Ukraine could be just as bad for them.

Agreed. I always planned on voting for Haley, but now I'm thinking of voting for Biden because of this.

So the only condition on that money is a directive pointing out what we could already do. Quite some constraints there.

John Sununu is the one I've been waiting for. He's still on his kick that Trump won't be the nominee, thus allowing him to say he'll support the GOP nominee, but isn't supporting Trump.

I certainly wish Hamas would be taking the path of some of those you noted. I also wish Netanyahu was taking the path of those same people as well. There are only several possibilities 1) You have peace between both, but that would mean you can't have Hamas or Netanyahu 2) You have peace because there are no Palestinians left. 3) You don't have peace. I'm not trying to compare Hamas to Netanyahu, but screw Netanyahu too. What conditions? Netanyahu has been publicly flipping Biden off for months and saying he doesn't care what we say. I get that our native language is English, but even Google translate can be used to easily see what Netanyahu is saying within his country. I will argue with every Palestinian sympathizer about how the vast majority of the problems have been caused by Palestinians, but at this point going forward, you can't claim you want peace in that region and continue to support Netanyahu.

Drudge has been pushing that for awhile now. I know many on the left hated the 'free campaign ads' of him doing his stump speech last time around, but there definitely is a decline with him as well. I don't see how he can run on Biden being too old and then speak gibberish and independents will just go along with it and vote for him anyway.

Unrelated to above, I feel like I'm moving towards a lot of you folks in regards to how I handle Trump in my head. I find myself not posting as much as frankly, even if I disagree with something, I don't care enough to address it. Like did Fani Willis do something corrupt and illegal - I mean, obviously, but who really cares right now. Let's get back to the Trump case, GA can deal with her after, if at all, I don't care. Or Ukraine, it's a disaster and the Ukrainian forces aren't getting enough artillery or other bull**** lines we're hearing in MSM because we haven't given them more money is bull****, but again, i'm apathetic now. Give them some more, let them deplete Russia some more. Trump truly is making me apathetic to everything. I feel like even if we win (by not electing Trump next term), the damage is still too much on the global stage....ugh, just hate this/him.