Here at the tire shop in Berkeley and none of the staff have masks. Elderly customer sitting inside. It is a whole different universe.
> On Nov 18, 2020, at 7:21 AM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ <[email protected]> wrote: > > What galls me is the idea that *accountability* is somehow partisan. > McConnell and his ilk, maybe even Barr, are pushing aside norms to game the > system. And that's fine to some extent. If we don't do something about the > nomination stalling tactic, emoluments clause, electoral college, etc. that's > the typical stupidity of trying to execute by committee. > > But, presumably, some of the actions were actually illegal. Even the most > hardcore Trumpian should be willing to accept that we have to go through some > sort of prosecutorial triage and decide what was a crime and what wasn't, > what's worth prosecuting and what's not, etc. ... not some Benghazi-style, > endless tongue wagging, but a relatively swift triage by a committee of > experienced, relatively neutral AGs (or is it AsG?). We already have both the > Mueller report and it's sibling released by the Rs. And we have bullet lists > put together by various outlets to cover other domains. Such a committee > could triage that in a month or two, I'd think. Any particular action that > survived that triage could be considered for further investigation. > > The prior *model* used by the triage committee to make these value judgments > would be: the health of our democracy. If a given action isn't a clear threat > to that, then it's cut from the list. If it's all cut from the list, then > fine. Print the justifications in the damn newspaper. End the committee. Move > on. > > I don't care if Trump goes to jail. I care about the damage Trump2 would do. > >> On 11/18/20 5:27 AM, Eric Charles wrote: >> For those not used to the reading order of twitter clips, the prompt here is >> Mitch McConnell tweeting "My latest Op-Ed: Will Dems work with us, or simply >> put partisan politics ahead of the country?" >> >> image.png >> >> >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 5:49 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> It is naïve to think there will be a good-faith conversation, so quietly >> taking as many thought leaders off the board from Trumpland is a worthy >> goal. Ideally their reputations would be irretrievably damaged by media >> scrutiny as the indictments came down, but nothing they have done so far has >> apparently offended their followers. Drama tends to suit their purposes. >> So it seems to me justice is icing on the cake. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Friam <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of ? glen >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 2:17 PM >> To: FriAM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: [FRIAM] Will Biden Absolve Trump’s Criminality in the Name of >> ‘National Unity’? >> >> To those who think we should "unify" with the abusers. >> >> >> https://bylinetimes.com/2020/11/16/will-biden-absolve-trumps-criminality-in-the-name-of-national-unity/ >> >> <https://bylinetimes.com/2020/11/16/will-biden-absolve-trumps-criminality-in-the-name-of-national-unity/> > > -- > ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
