General George Washington does not meet with his opponent, General William Howe, on ground friendly to his opponent, to surrender, and does not tell the American people that the battle didn't happen, and that they are safe from further enemy attack.
August 24, 1814: British troops invade the national capital, Washington, D.C., and burn the U.S. Capitol and the White House, making it very likely that America would lose the War of 1812. President James Madison and his wife Dolley had already escaped.
Madison does not meet with his counterpart, Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool and Prime Minister of Great Britain, on ground friendly to him, to surrender, and does not tell the American people that the attack didn't happen and that they are safe from further enemy attack.
April 12, 1861: The Provisional Forces of the Confederate States of America attack Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, beginning the American Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln does not meet with his counterpart -- officially, he didn't have one, as Jefferson Davis didn't take office as the Confederate President for another 10 months -- on ground friendly to him, to surrender, and does not tell the American people that the attack didn't happen and that they are safe from further enemy attack.
December 7, 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacks Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, bringing America into World War II. About 2,400 servicemen are killed, and 9 ships are sunk.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt does not meet with his counterpart, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, on ground friendly to him, to surrender, and does not tell the American people that the attack didn't happen and that they are safe from further enemy attack.
September 11, 2001: Agents of al-Qaeda hijack 4 American commercial airliners. Two of them are crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, destroying it. A third is crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing major damage. A fourth is retaken by the passengers long enough to crash it into an open field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, preventing it from hitting its target, whatever that was going to be. In total, about 3,000 people are killed.
President George W. Bush does not meet with his counterpart, General Emir Osama bin Laden, on ground friendly to him, to surrender, and does not tell the American people that the attack didn't happen and that they are safe from further enemy attack.
November 8, 2016: Donald Trump receives enough votes in the proper states to obtain election as the next President of the United States. It becomes known that this was achieved by, among other things, interference by agents of the Russian Federation. This was an attack on American sovereignty.
July 16, 2018: Trump meets with his counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, in Helsinki, Finland, on ground friendly to him, to surrender, and tells the American people that the attack didn't happen, and that they are safe from further enemy attack.
It is no longer enough to compare Trump's crimes, lies and failures to those of other Presidents. We're far beyond that stage.
It is time to say it: Donald Trump has repeatedly committed treason. Donald Trump is an active agent of the Russian Federation.
And he has the powers of the President of the United States.
It is time for 218 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to step forward, and vote to impeach him.
Once that is done, it will be time for 67 members of the U.S. Senate to step forward, and vote to remove him from office.
This will require said members to look at not just evidence, but proof, of Trump's treason.
In the case of each house of Congress, this will require some members of the Republican Party. They need to be reminded that -- assuming he is not also complicit in all this, and he might be -- they can get tax cuts, conservative federal judges, and attacks on the legal rights of women, nonwhites, non-Christians and gay people just as easily under Mike Pence, currently the Vice President.
Pence is unacceptable to me for many reasons. But, as far as I know, he is not guilty of treason.
Donald Trump is guilty of treason.
Or, as someone else put it: If we presume that Trump is not an active Russian asset, then we need to ask: Would he be acting any differently if he were?"
He would not.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
-- Sir John Harington (1564-1612), English author and scientist
TRE45ON
Note: I did not think that one up. My hat is off to whoever did.
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Days until the New York Red Bulls play again: 4, this Saturday night, home to the New England Revolution.
Days until the Red Bulls next play a "derby": See the previous answer. Their 1st game of the season against D.C. United, and their 1st game ever at the new Audi Field, will be on Wednesday night, July 25. Their next game against New York City FC will be on Wednesday, August 22, at Yankee Stadium II. Their next game against the Philadelphia Union will be on Sunday, October 21, at Talen Energy Stadium.
Days until the next Yankees-Red Sox series begins: 16, on Thursday, August 2, at Fenway Park.
Days until The Arsenal play again: 9, on Thursday, July 26, against Atlético Madrid in the International Champions Cup, a glorified friendly, at the National Stadium in Singapore.
Days until the 2018 trading deadline, after which we won't have to fear Yankee general manager Brian Cashman trading any proven good players for "prospects": 14, on Tuesday, July 31. Just 2 weeks.
Days until Arsenal play a competitive game with a manager other than Arsène Wenger: 25, in the 2018-19 Premier League season opener, on Saturday, August 11, home to defending Premier League Champions Manchester City. A little under 4 weeks.
Days until Rutgers University plays football again: 46, on Saturday, September 1, home to Texas State University. Under 7 weeks.
Days until East Brunswick High School plays football again: Unknown. The 2018 schedule hasn't been released yet. But the season opener is usually on the 1st Friday in September. That would be September 7, which is 72 days from now.
Days until the U.S. national soccer team plays again: 52, on Friday, September 7, a "friendly" against Brazil, at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands.
Days until the New Jersey Devils play again: 81, on Saturday, October 6, against the Edmonton Oilers, at... Scandinavium, an arena in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden. Yes, that will be a regular-season game, part of the NHL Global Series. The Mulberry Street Marauders will warm up for it on October 1, with an exhibition game in Switzerland against SC Bern; while the Oilers will visit Kölner Haie in Cologne, Germany on October 3.
Days until the New Jersey Devils next play a local rival: 95, on Saturday afternoon, October 20, against the Philadelphia Flyers, a.k.a. The Philth, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The 1st game against the New York Islanders, a.k.a. the Fish Sticks, will be on Saturday night, November 3, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The 1st game against the New York Rangers, a.k.a. The Scum, will be on Thursday night, January 31, 2019, at the Prudential Center.
Days until the next Rutgers-Penn State game: 123, on Saturday, November 17, at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Days until the next East Brunswick-Old Bridge Thanksgiving high school football game: 128, on Thursday, November 22. A little over 4 months.
Days until the next North London Derby: 157, on Sunday, December 2, at the Emirates Stadium. It had been set for December 1, but was moved due to Arsenal once again being stuck playing Europa League games on Thursday nights. No more "Thursday is Spursday" jokes for us Gooners.
Days until a Democratic Congress can convene, and the impeachment process can begin: 170, on Thursday, January 3, 2019. A little under 6 months.
Days until the Baseball Hall of Fame vote is announced, electing Mariano Rivera: 190, on January 23, 2019. A little over 6 7 months.
Days until the next Women's World Cup kicks off: 325, on June 7, 2019, in France. A little under 11 months. The U.S. team, as 3-time and defending Champions, has, as usual, a better chance than the men's team would have had in 2018 anyway.
Days until the Yankees and Red Sox play each other in London: 347, on June 29, 2019. A little under a year, or a little under 12 months.
Days until my 50th Birthday, at which point I can join AARP and get discounts for travel and game tickets: 519, on December 18, 2019. A little under a year and a half, or a shade over 17 months.
Days until the Baseball Hall of Fame vote is announced, electing Derek Jeter: 554, on January 22, 2020. A little over a year and a half, or a little over 18 months.
Days until the next Summer Olympics begins in Tokyo, Japan: 738, on July 24, 2020. A shade over 2 years, or just over 24 months.
Days until the next Presidential election, when we can dump the Trump-Pence regime and elect a real Administration: 840, on November 3, 2020. Under 2 1/2 years, or a little over 27 months.
Days until Liberation Day: 918, at noon on January 20, 2021. Under 3 years, or a little over 30 monnths. Note that this is liberation from the Republican Party, not just from Donald Trump. Having Mike Pence as President wouldn't be better, just differently bad, mixing theocracy with plutocracy, rather than mixing kleptocracy with plutocracy.
Days until the next Winter Olympics begins in Beijing, China: 1,298, on February 4, 2022. A little over 3 1/2 years, or a little over 42 months.
Days until the next World Cup for which the American team will be eligible is scheduled to kick off: 1,588, on November 21, 2022, in Qatar. Under 4 1/2 years, or a little over 52 months. The charges of corruption against Qatar may yet mean that they will lose the tournament, in which case it will be moved to a nation where it would not be too hot to play it in June and July.
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