Tom

The Republicans are pretty much in a lose/lose position (at least the ones who aren't 'true believers'). The question is whether they can bring themselves to actually cut ties with Trump in order to follow their long term objectives or whether they too afraid of the short term pain. If the Democrat's impeachment managers do a good enough job of persuading the public, it may stiffen the spines of a sufficient number of Republican senators to convict.

Keeping in mind this is a political process, not a legal one. Republican senators declared in advance they were going to vote to acquit, and refused to hear witnesses, when they controlled the Senate during the last impeachment. Facts, evidence, and charges are all irrelevant to whatever their political calculations might be. As long as they're more afraid of their 'base' than the rest of the country, they aren't going to do anything against Trump.

What is he most likely to be using it for? My Dad has always been a bit of a technophile and is also into his 80s. He has both a chromebook and an iPad (and a laptop, and a desktop). Frankly he has trouble with all of them these days for various reasons. For just sitting back in a chair for casual web browsing (or watching videos or reading books), go with the tablet. Yeah, my Dad has trouble with touchscreens - he uses a stylus. But it's a lot easier to balance the tablet in his lap than messing around with the chromebook. You can switch your orientation on a tablet much easier to accommodate what works best for you (location/personal preferences). Most of the cases I've seen for a tablet will protect adequately against most mishaps, make it easier to grip the device, fold into one or more positions to make a decent stand -- and still leave you with a less bulky form factor than a chromebook. For typing, there are a variety of keyboards available - I recently saw one that looked near to full sized that was capable of toggling between 3 Bluetooth devices (which I though was goofy, until I remembered the one day where I was working on a project using two laptops, my tablet and my phone because it was easier than toggling between windows/tabs on a single (smallish) screen). Tablets just aren't that great if you're doing much typing (personal opinion). I read through the thread originally using my iPad. I'm typing out the reply on my laptop using a full size wireless keyboard and mouse. I could have replied using the iPad (or my phone if I needed to), but I prefer a 'real' keyboard when possible. I'd be inclined to suggest the full tablet for the broadest possible use. The majority of my experience is with Apple, fwiw, but I have had a couple of Android phones. Both have extensive app collections for just about anything you might want to use if you're planning to do more than just web based activities. I'd recommend getting whichever OS he's familiar with from his phone.

Not certain it’s what you mean, but I’ll comment anyhow. Symbols, and symbolism, are important as well. We (collective “we”) can spend the next four years arguing the specifics of what he he does, and likely will. That’s not what today is about.

Former defense secretary says assault on US Capitol "was fomented by Mr. Trump" From CNN's Barbara Starr In this April 23, 2017 file photos, James Mattis listens to a question during a news conference at Camp Lemonnier on April 23, 2017 in Ambouli, Djibouti. Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images President Trump’s first Secretary of Defense James Mattis called the riots in Washington, DC, today a "violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule" and said it "was fomented by Mr. Trump.” Mattis said Trump has used “the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo-political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice.”

Even if congress were inclined to pursue impeachment, I doubt they could manage the process prior to Jan 20 - at which point (unless things go even more spectacularly off profile than usual or expected), Donald Trump will no longer be president. More depressingly, I've reached the point where I don't see this particularly changing anything at all.

Hypocrisy in politics tends to be way too common, IMO. I’d be more inclined to suspect the perpetrator is likely a conspiracy theorist buying into the “pandemic is a hoax being used as a pretext to inject us with.. something...”

Well, it is the NGD and I don't think the DnD Beyond forums have anything quite like it... irl, I'd be another aged fighter (with a level of monk thrown in for grins) still living the life of a mercenary guard.

Assuming any degree of “smarts”, I’d be more concerned that someone who didn’t like me was about to stick me with something sharp - and I’d given them permission.

I expect it will take longer than 30 days -- I somehow doubt Trump's twitter feed will go dark and nobody will be willing to listen to him, even following Biden's inauguration. Hope may be a wonderful thing, but I don't generally have very much of it.

Unfortunately, it’s the out-of-control of mom and dad arguing about the directions while the car continues on wildly with no one holding the wheel.

I imagine they already know -- isn't one of the major Republican "must haves" for an additional stimulus bill liability protection for business so they can't be sued for things like this?

Interestingly enough, one of the rationales I’ve heard for Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans not acknowledging Biden”s win or refuting Trump”s claims is the desire not to alienate their “base” prior to the Georgia runoff. It looks likes anything short of full-throated support of Trump is less than adequate for some and Trump”s flailing about may well cost the GOP the Senate. Assuming we don’t manage a worse case scenario. Personally, I would like to see both parties fracture and our electoral system changed to reasonably accommodate more than two options. On a potentially more amusing note, the behavior of Trump and the official GOP keeps reminding of an old cartoon called “The Oily American”. It’s probably still available on YouTube, but hasn’t been aired for decades probably due to racial stereotypes (to be honest, as a kid, I thought the whole “Indian Chief” thing was part of the fantasy) but mentally replace the main character with a certain politician (bonus points if you”re good enough to manipulate it digitally).

I don't have any particular complaints with DeWine's handling of the pandemic. That doesn't mean the "telling me to wear a mask is an infringement of my personal liberty" crowd doesn't lump him in the "freedom-hating, etc, etc, etc..." category who are a clear threat to America as we know it. Ohio isn't as bad as Michigan from my personal observations (I've seen plenty of "My Governor is an Idiot" signs in Michigan - usually next to a Trump sign of some sort), but there is a certainly a subset of Ohioans who think DeWine has been/is being unduly restrictive and have expressed their opinions in a readily identifiable method.

This is in Ohio, so it could also refer to the Republican Governor who supports mask mandates and similarly brutal assaults on personal freedom in the name of pandemic control... (he also has suggested recognizing Biden as president-elect)

Just to remind me the world is full of potential crazy, I saw where someone purchased a slot on a digital billboard I was driving by quoting the "Tree of Liberty" line...

No, this is the one we're blaming on China (and maybe the WHO) with a side serving of Fake Media.

Well, Archer did say that "Trump thinks" as part of the statement. Does anyone think that Trump doesn't think everyone is below him?

A: We've gamed together. B: I have a really bad habit of overthinking things... 😛

Trump going back to doing rallies (particularly indoors) probably isn't going to us any favors either.

Hmmm, someone who tends to overthink herself when she isn't in a situation where she doesn't have the time to second guess? (yeah, I'm hit or miss, work has hit another exceptionally rough patch)

After watching a few too many Young Justice clips on YouTube, it occurs to me an effective way to convince a substantial portion of the "you're violating my constitutional rights" crowd to wear a mask is to convince them that it's tacticool...

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I've done quite a bit of pbp in Champions (on the old Hero Central site), but haven't done much at all with FH - so if you don't mind dealing with minimal experience in creating a FH char I would be interested. Did you have a particular forum/site in mind?

Probably the signs telling me I have to wear a mask when I go into stores when I'm north of the border... (Fortunately for me, not that I think anyone is actually enforcing it, I've got the mask my Mom made for me in my clipboard for just such an occasion).