Well, I didn't get to go to Oxford, or Harvard, or Georgetown, parents were just able to help me go to a state school, Uconn, where I had an entirely undistinguished five years not getting a degree. Me and Bluto share that fact.
And even I know getting a first class education is no sign of intellectual honesty, or anything but money and talent for yes, BS.
Sorry Harvard.

Well sure, a band of white male supremacists from Europe invaded the land, ethnically cleansed the humans living there, killing those who wouldn't leave, created an apartheid slave reservation state, and called it a day. America, Israel...
Just shining a light on hate here, something the White House sometimes does itself.
Put an end to hate, end American support for the apartheid state of Israel.
Put an end to hate, as American Jews, support the work to either create a Palestinian State, or to make Israel one person, one vote democracy including the occupied territories.
All decent and caring people worship at the same altar, even though the words on the door leading to the altar are in different languages...atheist, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhism.

Maybe a mistrial without prejudice would make some sense, and maybe that was what the prosecution was going for. Get another judge one would expect.
But no judge would put his or her thumb on the scales for the defense as this one has so I kind of doubt the mistrial will be declared.

National Health Care...it is fine if people want to contribute to a private institution, but really, the people who really need help in the US often cannot get it. We need the same system as all the other developed nations have.

If he walks there will be many copycat murders in the coming elections, certainly the midterms and in 2024 if Trump runs. And more demonstrators will be carrying weapons...

G. Gordon Liddy said he was no snitch and that he would go to prison for his President, Nixon, and did.
Trump needs an army of such people, because if even two break ranks and speak to that committee, well, Merrick Garland would have to prosecute.

I tend to have a different perspective when it comes to armed robbers. Fighting is often the cause of deaths, as the robber sees he has no choice other than kill.
And that comes from a Marine veteran of Vietnam, the war. Stuff can be replaced.
Many stores have a "don't fight back" policy and will fire employees who challenge armed robbers.

Not sure where all of this is heading. All Bannon has to do is stonewall until the last minute, then show up and take the fifth, and if they offer him immunity he can confess to pretty much anything and never be convicted in anyone's court. So, if he doesn't want to testify now, or go to jail later I suspect he is fine. He may, however, want the martyr status as it will put millions into his bank account.
Now, ask the question: Will trump ever go to jail?
Me, I have strong doubts of that ever happening.
If he runs again he will gain functional immunity.
Jon Stewart will be battling him head to head for years, I suspect.

Well, as horrible as that day was, it served as a lesson to all Americans, wake up and stop supporting the insurrection of Trump, or else the Republic could fall.
No way Trump and his bullies are not seen for what they are, fascists, and fascism is unforgivable.

The following won't happen, but in my daydreams, the US takes the dispute to the UN, which holds a plebiscite for all the people of Taiwan. Overwhelmingly, they vote to be an independent nation, and the UN then asks for all sides to agree to their decision. China says no, but the UN says to invade Taiwan is a war of aggression, and a war crime and such action would mean China would no longer be a full member of the UN. And massive financial sanctions would follow.
And of course it won't happen, because the US wants the UN to be toothless so we can invade anyone, anywhere, ourselves. Still, the dream of having the world obey the rule of law is kind of nice.

Capitalism at its best, making the rich richer, and the worker class, kind of irrelevant, until the advent of the robot class, when we all will be seen as refugees.

Now, I am a committed atheist, but people like Jimmy Carter helped me understand that all caring and decent people worship at the same altar, even though the words on the wall outside might be different. Baptist, Buddhist, Atheist...we gather and we do our best,, and Jimmy Carter is one decent and caring human being.

One wonders if Florida will outlaw the pills.

Well, China has a great need for such a device.
Me, this is just one more reason I am glad I am old and can live in a culture that still sees this kind of thing as insanely creepy, goofy, dangerous, and above all, a gadget that would allow a controlling parent or partner to really gaslight someone.
If I were working at Amazon, I would be more than a little worried about the folks and culture who let this thing loose in the wild.

Pure capitalism...you have to admire it's casual cruelty. Human beings don't matter, they are as important as hammers or robots. Just keep the money flowing to the big boys...
Hugh Massengill