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Ghost of LL

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  1. 5 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    The good news is Trump can’t pardon himself because Mueller made it clear he can’t be charged with a federal crime while in office. 

    Another good reason to open impeachment proceedings--the pardon power can't be used "in cases of impeachment."

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  2. 17 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    Is it? Or do they want the Dems to impeach so they can fundraise and campaign on it and get Trump a second term?

    I think there's a lot of that.  But I think they've miscalculated.

    Everyone is extrapolating consequences of a impeachment-without-conviction from a sample size of 1.  That's not a very sound way to predict future events. 

    Pelosi and the Democrats act like not impeaching is the safe play.  It isn't.  It holds its own risks.  It may be damaging to Democratic prospects to forego impeachment than to impeach.  If Democrats don't impeach, then their base may be dispirited and disguised with the gutlessness of the Democratic Party, say "what's the point," and stay at home.

    The fact is that we don't know what is "good politics" in this situation, because we've never seen it before.  We're all just speculating.  And in a your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine scenario, it's best to default to the what's-the-right-thing-to-do position.

     

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  3. 35 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    My boss is from West Texas but spent many years in St Louis for work. He's a Blues fan -- and a Stars fan. Was asking him about Jordan Binnington yesterday. Sounds like he literally came out of nowhere as the Blues went on their run. Is it because of him? Did he go along for the ride? I don't know the answer to that but he had one NHL appearance before this season. I do know, however, that Binnington is an amazing 24-5-1 as a starter. The Stars accounted for two of his losses and were 2-1 against him this season. Also, his numbers were down considerably from the regular season to the first-round series against Winnipeg. I didn't watch much of that series at all but if we lose to STL this round, I don't think it's because of Binnington standing on his head or anything.

    I didn't watch a lot of that series, but I saw enough to form an opinion about Winnipeg.  It seemed to me that they entered the playoffs looking lousy over the past three weeks, and they maintained that form for another six games.

    That's not to say that the Blues didn't earn it.  They entered the playoffs in good form and looked good.  I'm just exceedingly skeptical of Winnipeg.

  4. I'm certain I was at the game, and I vaguely remember it.  It was definitely a walk-off win for the Longhorns, and I recall it being some quirky play (maybe the runner scoring from second on a wild pitch or some damned thing).  I'm reasonably sure Spike Owen scored the game-winning run.

  5. 13 minutes ago, GopherRock said:

    That's what it looked like. I'm guessing the spire coming down punched out one of the stone arches. 

    The one on the right. 

    Ok--I got to tell you--that looks a lot better than I would have expected.  That there are still substantial parts of the barrel vault still intact is really very promising.

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  6. 7 minutes ago, gecko said:

    Yup...tower is involved now. Wow...

    I don't think either tower aflame.  There appear to be firefighters shooting water out of the right tower into the nave.  I don't think they'd be doing that if either tower were on fire (and I don't think you've have firefighters up there at all if there was imminent danger that they'd go up).

  7. 34 minutes ago, vtaenz said:

    The lightning seem like 2000s Ottawa. Dominate the regular season, fold in the playoffs.

    Down 3-0 now in the 2nd.

    What year was it that the Mariners won 122 games in the regular season, only to lose in the ALDS?  Yeah--feels like that.

  8. I'm sorry, but is that supposed to be some sort of threat?  We need more people to do all the jobs we have here in Austin.  You want to release people here to work and help our economy?  Uh . . . thank you?

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