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The doctors at CIDRAP, including famed epidemologist Dr. Osterholm may agree with you, at least regarding masks of certain types. This article is a long read and does not provide overly simplistic answers. As with many covid topics, this article's discussion of masks is nuanced. Nevertheless, I...

You're being overly generous with your use of the word "fact." I own a pulse oximeter which measures the oxygen level in your blood. I've checked. Whether I'm wearing a mask for a short time or a long time, it makes no difference. My blood oxygen levels remain the same. I've done this in...

In other news ... "Nearly 11 months after Joe Biden was elected president, the GOP-led review of Arizona's Maricopa County ballots has found no substantial deviation from the vote count reported by the county that helped clinch the win for Biden. "The review's count was within a "few hundred"...

Nothing dramatic came out of the Sept. 20 status hearing. The judge scheduled the trial to begin about a year from now. A defense lawyer for Weisselberg told the court that tax documents were found in an alleged co-conspirator's basement, and, “We have strong reason to believe there could be...

I have a bias since my wife Diane and I own and operate an Anytime Fitness gym, but when we were on the road (10 years in D and C units), we found it easy to use Anytime Fitness gyms. We picked that brand over Planet Fitness because Anytime Fitness has so many more locations than Planet. We...

Now that the indictment of Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg and the Trump Organization itself has been filed and the Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have been arraigned, we finally know the details that have been only speculated about for a long time. "Prosecutors in court said the...

Thank you, Ragman for this link. People are constantly picking a single economic indicator like gas prices, employment, inflation, deficit spending, etc.) and using it to give blame or credit to a president. The fact is, you will be hard-pressed to look at meaningful data over a long term and...

Wikipedia has a pretty good article about how these lists are developed and maintained. As you can see, they are somewhat fluid, but only to a point. To the extent such lists are part of a president's legacy, it seems Trump is destined to be ranked in the bottom five for a long time. Historical...

Thank you, Muttly.

With new data available, it seems some of the TV pundits got it wrong. Contrary to what some have claimed, Donald Trump is NOT the worst president in the history of the U.S. "C-SPAN released the rankings from its Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, which is taken after each...

I have never once told you "the Left is for civil liberties and all that." So there is no need to tell you again.

You emphasize the "didn't commit any violence" aspect. Not every crime is a violent crime and there are lots of people in jail for committing crimes that are not crimes of violence.

No, he is not still in jail because he appeared on 60 minutes. He is still in jail because he broke the judge's rule when he appeared on 60 Minutes. The rule breech may seem frivolous to you, but it does not seem frivolous to the judge who imposed the rule. Frankly, they guy was just stupid to...

On Dec 1, 2020, Trump's Attorney General William Barr declared, "... the U.S. Justice Department has uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election." While that is not court litigation, it weighs in favor of free, fair and transparent. Also...

Yep, and that's part of why I trust the courts. Judges are fully vetted before they are confirmed. While the majority of senators may favor one judicial approach over another, and accordingly confirm their judicial picks, senators of all stripes seem to do a pretty good job of picking people who...

Yes, I suppose it is all opinions. But how else can it be? When one side is arguing one opinion about how the facts should be interpreted, and the other side is arguing a different opinion, what other mechanism is available for society to have a ruling made? That's exactly what judges and juries...

The timing of the competency hearing was determined by Chansley's attorney as the hearing is being held at the attorney's request. The judge agreed to have such a hearing AFTER it was requested. Chansley's attorney initiated the process to have this hearing, not the judge and not the prosecution.

"Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a. Jake Angeli, of Arizona, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds ... " (Source) According to his attorney, Chansley is in...

At present, this is correct. Yesterday, Trump lawyer "Fischetti also said that Vance’s team told him they will not bring charges against Trump himself when the first indictment comes down." (Source) Notice the words "first indictment." Trump's lawyer seems to expect more indictments are...

I do not know. I have not paid as close attention to the Biden developments and accusations as I have with Trump. As an outsider looking in, living a long, long way from Washington, I have to rely on the actions and reports of others to determine what's going on in Washington political and legal...