What would happen if there were a meltdown in the 2020 election? Is the United States government prepared to handle this? And even if it were prepared, would the outcome be anything less than disastrous and more divisive? If the state of the union speech, and the subsequent crowing after his formal acquittal are any way to judge, I think we can expect a long-road ahead. Richard Hasen, a law professor at UC Irvine, proposes that we may be in more trouble than we can imagine if the...

The outcome most expected, and I personally dreaded, has materialized. Trump, only the 3rd President in the history of the US to be formally impeached, was charged with two crimes, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, was acquitted. On the latter, Trump was acquitted straight through party-lines, with 53 votes (Republicans) for acquittal and 47 for conviction. However, the former, the article on abuse of power, though Trump was still acquitted, one Republican broke party lines and voted to convict Trump, Mitt Romney. The vote on abuse...

We all know that having an imagination is a powerful gift. We've all had it, and often recall, or even chuckle, those days when we were younger and seemed to have ample reserves of it. Remember thinking you could actually fly like superman, or of unicorns in the forests? Imagination is powerful, it allows us to see things we never thought possible. It breaks those anchors that tend to hold us down to our current reality and lets us think about what it could be, rather than what...

If the impeachment of Donald Trump seemed almost certain at the end of last year, his acquittal seems equally so. On Friday, the Republican-led senate voted 51 to 49 not to call witnesses. Until Friday, there had been some murmuring that McConnell didn't have the votes to block witnesses from testifying. However, by the end of the day, the two outstanding Republican senators he needed, namely Sen. Lamar Alexander and Sen. Lisa Murkowski both decided to vote against the motion to call witnesses. The rationale they gave so...

I feel this must have been said many times before, and yet, why does it appear that we, our generation, always seemingly live in the most interesting of times? Why? I'm not sure if I'm right or not, but I can tell you that in the trial of the Impeachment of Donald Trump, the arguments presented by his defense are the most interesting, strangest, and least anchored in reality I have ever heard. Of particular note is Alan Dershowitz's, who yesterday argued that a quid pro quo cannot...

The trial in the Impeachment of Donal Trump continues, as opening statements from the prosecution, and the defense, have concluded. The next step in the trial is the questioning phase from Senators. As we discussed before, the questions must be submitted in writing and the jurors, senators, will have 16 hours in which to submit them. Earlier in the week, after Bolton's upcoming book manuscript was leaked, it seemed the possibility of first-hand witnesses, Bolton being one of them, would indeed materialize. On Monday and Tuesday, the issue...

I must admit, that when I first heard of this, I was as ignorant as some of you must be. The tale goes that some people, pregnant women in particular, can leave stains on the seat of the toilet when they visit the bathroom. What makes this such an intriguing mystery is that some people have reported the staining to be blue. It turns out, the stain is due to a chemical reaction between certain toilet seats and certain fats in our sweat. Newer toilet seats have an...

Baitfree.news has written before about the difficulty and pressure that is to be a top-level motorcycle racer. It would be naive to imagine that only racers are under such pressures to perform. Of course, all top-level athletes have to perform in order to reach the highest level of their respective sports, and to remain there. And I also know that some do not even make money doing this (think Olympic curling). However, few can argue the relative risks in each sport are proportionately distributed. Even one of the...

The prosecution in the trial of the Impeachment of Donald Trump, has concluded. The evidence presented was of no surprise for those who have been following the impeachment. I originally thought the defense would take place on Monday, but I was wrong. The defense began today. This means the defense attorneys may reach final statements on Monday or Tuesday of next week. The defense is basically down to the following: There was crime, since abuse of power is not a crime. The democrats are after Trump since 2016...

In a recent interview, Parnas said that every time Trump claimed he didn't know him, Parnas would release a photo with the two together to prove it. This is not a photo, but actual video of Parnas being invited to the White House a Trump Hotel to dine with the President. The video is lengthy, but at around minute 40, you can hear Trump give the order about Mrs. Yovanovitch. https://youtu.be/SFEWB3oKh5c?t=2521 There are so many things wrong with Trump's presidency that I cannot even get started. But the...