Yay arrested!
Yay relaxing Shir!
Yay not being evacuated, t? I hope it stays that way?? It rained last night here, if I could send you some!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Aug 20, 2020 5:41:01 am PDT #25076 of 30019
Dana - Aug 20, 2020 5:42:16 am PDT #25077 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And Bannon's being charged in New York, which means Trump can't pardon him, right? I will take Bannon going to jail as the first step of many.
Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2020 5:48:51 am PDT #25078 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
He's being charged in a Federal court, the SDNY. Which means that Trump can and will pardon him, eventually.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2020 5:57:58 am PDT #25079 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Except he probably won't be tried and convicted by the end of the year, no? KNOCK ON WOOD
Laura - Aug 20, 2020 6:13:18 am PDT #25080 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I know he will pardon a very long list of people, and try and pardon himself. This nightmare is not close to being over.
Dana - Aug 20, 2020 6:21:36 am PDT #25081 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dangit. But can be pre-preemptively pardon him on his way out the door if the case is still ongoing?
sj - Aug 20, 2020 7:14:11 am PDT #25082 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I thought someone had to be convicted before you could pardon them, but I could be wrong.
Toddson - Aug 20, 2020 7:25:47 am PDT #25083 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
With this administration, who knows.
Atropa - Aug 20, 2020 7:26:15 am PDT #25084 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ugh. I managed to fuck things up today before even waking up.
Gud, unless you are stabbing people in your sleep, I'm going to say you didn't fuck anything up.
You are a good, kind, caring person. I wish people closer to you understood that.
Sparky1 - Aug 20, 2020 7:38:27 am PDT #25085 of 30019
Librarian Warlord
The president can issue a pardon before conviction. See, Ford pardoning Nixon.
We will have students in classes on campus starting on Monday, and it is going to be a mess. I am trying to protect my staff as best as I am able, but it is really, really difficult when the Powers That Be care first about making it look like everything is a-okay and safe rather than actually making it safe. Signed, 78,000+ sq feet and only allowed 2 bottles of disinfectant from the U. (I bought some on my own dime for my staff, see also wipes which the U is not supplying at all, and hand sanitizer because the U's dispensers are sometimes empty with *no* students on campus).