buddha

inciting a riot is really difficult to prove. treason is even harder and i think he's clearly not guilty of that under the legal definition. as to attempting to "overturn" the election, i agree with you that he wanted to do it and tried to do it. the question will be where the line is drawn on legitimate challenges to results (which all participants are entitled to) and attempts to manipulate and throw out good results (which i think - like you - that he or some of his supporters tried to do). and for all the handwringing about herr fuhrer trump, none of his efforts succeeded because the system worked. from all the trump appointed supreme court judges on down, he lost at every level. now they need to fix the holes in the system to make sure it doesnt happen again.

what is happening in hungary and belarus has no bearing on what is happening in the united states. trump says a lot of things. last time i checked, cnn was still on the air. "journalists" in the united states are all just fine, from the whiny liberals to the whiny conservatives, they all continue to have a voice with limited to no interference from the government. but their victimhood act sure does serve to get them attention, tucker to andy ngo to taylor lorenz. trump's actions did little to change the government. he accomplished almost nothing other than giving everyone (especially himself) a big tax break. the bigger issue is congress' unwillingness to act on big issues that ends up leaving those decisions into the hands of the president, the administrative bureaucracy, and the courts. that's not a problem created by trump, its a problem with congress that is exacerbated by having a feeble minded president who doesnt respect the process in office. his lack of respect for institutions doesnt make him a dictator. there are loopholes in the electoral system that are seemingly being closed now. we'll see if they get it done before 2024. there seems to be bipartisan support for it.

i dont know enough about it to know how far up it goes. i havent really been following it.

i said the perpetrators should be prosecuted. if he was actively involved in the perpetration then he should be prosecuted.

how? i said the perpetrators should be prosecuted. tater talks about trump like he's mussolini. he's not. he's just a whiny bitch. that doesnt mean he isnt dangerous and bad for the country, but he's not dr. evil.

trump's hap hazard way to complain about election results is not a coup. he doesnt want to be a dictator out to keep himself in power and change the state to suit his vision for the country, he just likes attention. he's a little narcissistic brat with no real plans to capture the state, he just stomps his feet and cries when he loses. this is not to say that jan 6 wasnt a bad, horrible thing, it was. and its perpetrators should be prosecuted and the electoral act should be straightened out to prevent the possibility of future shenanigans, but trump doesnt have grand plans for autocracy, he's just a little bitch who cant accept losing.

the bigger obstacle to change will be the players and umpires, not outside gambling companies.

i agree with you. i would also say that i feel that way about every politician, but trump especially.

ouch.

i think they're both false.

i dont think he understands or cares about institutions and their place in society. as you say, he's narcissistic and stupid, but charasmatic enough to appeal to certain people.

i agree with you. but i'm not surprised by the hold he has on his followers and supporters and in today's polarized world it doesnt surprise me at all he gets votes. there are a lot of people out there thst hate "the establishment" and he has fashioned himself as being on their side.

on the left: the idea that trump is uniquely evil and racist and will end the american republic. on the right: that trump is a genius and has a unique ability to tell the truth and eliminate the "swamp" of elite government. its fascinating to think about - even if it is not fascinating to live through. trump has changed politics, through the use of social media to go directly to the voters and neuter the party system and his ability to bring in working class voters of all stripes (but especially white men) to the republican party. if we werent living through it, it would be a very interesting study!

trump derangement syndrome has caused some dems to go off the deep end, but even moreso, its caused republicans to go far to the right. when we look back on this moment many years from now, trump may be seen as one of the most consequential politicians in recent memory. or maybe not, we'll see. but he has hastened a restructuring in american politics that had been coming for a while: the move of the republican party to capturing the working class vote, and the movement of the democratic party to becoming the party of the educated elite.

welp...

oh be nice.

there's been a lot of trump derangement syndrome going on. also, the george floyd thing seems to have moved some around here further left.

wings look a lot better than they did against the rangers. its still nedelkovic keeping them in the game with a good first period.

gambling companies dont have any interest in making the games longer. MLB has other interests besides the gambling companies and does not change the game to keep them happy (in theory, in reality they dont care about pace of play) at the expense of the product.

i was told it was the gambling companies that called the shots now, and that's why the game is slower, so people will have more time to gamble.

as some of us have said before, the length of games is almost exclusively the result of time between pitches. cut that down and the game times will be reduced to a more palatable level.

https://www.masslive.com/worcesterredsox/2022/04/woosox-notebook-new-pace-of-play-rules-cutting-down-game-times-but-how-are-they-affecting-the-players-on-the-field-saturdays-game-brought-multiple-violations-for-both-teams.html The fast pace might have something to do with the new minor-league rules that started to be strictly enforced across the minors on Friday. These include a pitch clock that gives pitchers 14 seconds between pitches with the bases empty and 18 seconds with runners on. Pitchers also risk automatic baserunner advancement if a third pick-off attempt or step-off within the same plate appearance is made without recording an out. data from across the minor leagues after Friday’s game showed a noticeable drop in game times. According to Baseball America, on their first day of enforcement, the new rules appeared to cut more than 25 minutes from the average game time. Baseball America notes that on Friday, the average game time for a nine-inning game was 2:38 and the median game time was 2:34. For the previous week of games, the average game time for a nine-inning game was 3:04 and the median game time was 2:59. That 3:04 average game time was right in line with last year’s pace, and was also the average game time for a Triple-A contest.

everything is according to god's plan.

the most unsurprising result of his "college career." was it a surprise that memphis did much better without him around?

lafreniere completely embarasses larkin and gets the rangers' 4th. for those of you who forgot this game was on, there is no reason to watch the replay. they were embarassed in every respect. they coule barely secure the puck at all. they had maybe one or two good scoring chances. it was reminiscent of two years ago.