All_Pro_Bills

I blame the parents. Most of them have worked 24/7 to protect their kids from any and all adversity and consequences which leaves them ill-equipped to handle the responsibilities of adult life. I feel sorry for them if for no other reason that by the time they're 15 years old they've probably spent no more than 15 minutes being unsupervised or monitored by an adult. Add in getting hauled around and enrolled in all kinds of activities so their parents can have socialization opportunities with other parents to commiserate about how hard it is to be a parent. Add it all up and its no picnic.

I wish I had KJP around to make up excuses for me when I was a kid getting into trouble.

They're looking for volunteers at the front. Why don't you consider the offer and take the rest of the heroes here with you? Instead of cheerleading war and death from the back row put your own ass on the line. The change in perspective may alter your enthusiasm and conclusions.

You should concern yourself with the fact that almost every intervention run out of Washington have been failures. And do some objective thinking about why? The fact in this situation is nobody appeased Russia. If I'm wrong tell me who is appeasing them? My belief that the Washington uni-party screws up everything it touches doesn't mean I'm an isolationist or an appeaser. It means I think the people making the decisions are idiots. Unfortunately this is another failure. As for all intents and purposes the war in Ukraine is already over. You'll figure that out eventually.

Logic isn't a strong suit of the left. How could it be? Most of what they believe is based denial of reality. In this case not understanding the concept of conditional logic. If, Then, Else. In your fairy tale is the hero of the story a guy from New Hampshire impersonating Patrick Henry?

There's always a choice.

What do you suspect the 500k dead Ukrainians would say?

And what you advocate which is Intervening everywhere and failing to make any difference is a signal of impotence and weakness and that's much worse.

Whatever analytics and stats say the eye test says the big difference is Mahomes just gets better pass protection where Josh faces a lot more pressure. Whether that's blocking schemes and line calls or just plain talent on the line I don't know.

The Chiefs are marginally better than the Bills. As the Chiefs are with some other teams too. But that margin is enough to make the difference between losing in the Divisional Round and winning in the Super Bowl. We've discussed and identified most of the shortcomings whether coaching, drafting, free agent signings, execution, you name it. I think the biggest factor is this team crumbles in the big moments because for all the talk about the culture and the process it doesn't have the mental toughness or the game plan preparation to deliver in the big moments.

Not so. I first brought up Johnson's visit to Kiev where he delivered the message to Zelensky about 100 pages or so earlier in this topic.

Amazing. You have absolutely no rebuttal of my post so you resort to the usual dribble. The deal was the deal Zelensky found acceptable to his country. Your characterization of it is irrelevant. The terms are none of your business, or mine, or our governments. But not so fast. I recall you saying sovereign countries can do what they want but apparently what they can't do based on Johnson's visit is negotiate a peace deal they find acceptable without the approval of Washington. You idiots need to wake up.

I stand with nobody, and this isn't about where I stand. Because my ability to alter and influence the outcome of the conflict is zero. What influences the outcome are players like Johnson who delivered a message to Zelensky that Washington and the western countries and NATO backing Ukraine find any peace deal with Russia to be an unacceptable conclusion to the conflict and that the war must continue. How is killing a peace deal that resulted in the death of 100's of thousands of soldiers and civilians supporting anything other than carnage and death? Maybe your definition of democracy is synonymous to endless war, death, and suffering but it's not mine. You can fool yourself into believing devils in disguise like Johnson support democracy all you'd like but at the end of the day its one big illusion. You support killers. No different than the guys you say are evil. Try objectivity. You might find it enlightening.

Is this the same Boris Johnson that scuttled the peace deal Zelensky negotiated with the Russians? The guys an flamingasshole.

Triggered? But please don't cry. And your fake outrage? Don't care and don't flatter yourself. Anybody that's been in a fight knows it started before the first punch. This war started on 2014. 10 years ago with the coup in Kyev. You morons have yourselves believing Russia is going to invade the rest of Europe. But I'm at a loss to identify just what they want with those failing countries? Sadly and regardless of his actions Putin is running circles around old senile Joe Biden. We need some real leadership and let grandpa Joe take a nap. And by how cranky you sound you need a nap or maybe a timeout in the corner.

War games on Russia's border with 90k troops and equipment. That tone.

Given its aggressive tone it's more likely NATO attacks Russia.

Remember when a Nazi was a fringe right extremist and now a Nazi is anyone that disagrees with the fringe left commie?

I think I think Biden's on the ropes here. It's got Democratic leadership crapping their knickers. His open border is a complete disaster. Foriegn policy is a mess, military readiness is questionable, crime is out of control, the glowing economy is an illusion most aren't buying. The assault on Trump is failing to impact polls, Joe can't remember the names of various heads of state, what country they represent, or if they'll dead or alive. His administration is fixated on Ukraine and migrants but doesn't give a damn about American citizens. Throw in what I expect will be market and economic crashes coming this year partly because the fake economic numbers inhibit fact based policy needs and we'll be facing a complete disaster unrivaled in history. But don't worry. We've got great American President Joe Biden. God help us.

I just think the Democratic leadership are much smarter and proficient at planning and thinking ahead than the Republican leadership (if such a group exists). Based on that edge I believe they have the competentency, will, and the way, plus the need and motivation to coordinate the various court cases and the State ballot actions to remove Trump. I might be giving them too much credit but I'm sticking with the idea for now.

I hear what you're saying but even in the event of a self-executing section of the Constitution there still appears to be prerequisites missing. And that is the establishment of insurrection and the guilt of a specific party, in this case Trump, in that act. To date I'm not aware of either. As this was established as the result of the Civil War its pretty clear how it applies in that case. Articles of succession, military conflict, war, etc., and those that participating in those events How it applies to J6 is less clear. Some might say there's no such thing as a coincidence and in this case my curiosity is peaked by the constant references to J6 as "the biggest threat to our democracy since the Civil War" from day one. Its almost like there was a "plan" immediately in place to use an interpretation of A14.S3 that could and would be applied years later in legal/political actions against J6ers and Trump. Personally, making a review of history I think Pearl Harbor and WW2 were the biggest threats to our democracy since the Civil War, maybe the Cuban Missile Crisis next.

Section 3 is pretty clear on scope. Naming specific roles and titles covered by the section. The President is not specifically named and a logical explanation can be made that this was intentional. Because the Senate has jurisdiction over trials involving the President. And J6 occured still on Trump's watch. How can a President still in office lead a rebellion or insurrection against himself? That said, the indiscretion could fall under some other act. The other concept you avoid is due process. A foundation of our legal system. Self executing? Is that even a thing in our legal system? Even a guy getting a parking ticket can request a hearing before a judge. But for high crimes it's a short cut from accusation to punishment bypassing the legal process inbetween. I expect SCOTUS will avoid any blanket ruling and will more or less say the State of Colorado has no standing to bar Trump from the ballot.

All that begs an answer to the unasked question. Who is the real President? And what's the implication for our system of democracy where an unelected shadow group (surely everyone around President Biden, cabinet members, staff, agency heads know what's going on) running and setting policy and action? I don't know what to call it besides treason.

I think they presented it in the best possible way by demonstrating they performed a credible investigation while making some remarks and observations to show a degree of balance and objectivity. Personally, I had no expectation of anything else. I'm not a big fan of these document classification issues. Annually the US government classifies around 34 million documents as secret or confidential. I wonder who they're hiding all this info from. I think it's us.

Presiding over the DOJ managing the investigation and other federal agencies involved helps too.