Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'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.


Dana - Aug 20, 2020 5:42:16 am PDT #25077 of 30019
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

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
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

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 haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

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).


-t - Aug 20, 2020 7:42:12 am PDT #25086 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Eep, Sparky1, I'm sorry. Good luck!

{{Gud}}