Yeah it takes a few episodes to click and see how rich and true to life the stories are. Until you start picking up on the characters and the pacing it’s hard to get into. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I have yet to find a show as engrossing as the wire.
S1 gets better if you stick it out. Stringer Bell is a great character. I was underwhelmed by TW, stopped watching 3/4 through S2. It had been over-hyped for me which is a shame because its obviously a good show.
I’m more worried than usual, because the GOP is backing him so hard. He’s going to try and delay all verdicts until 2025 by having his lawyers issue motions and objections. If Trump wins, it’s without question he’ll try to pardon himself (and likely fail) or will direct the attorney general to drop all pending cases. We literally could lose American democracy this time around.
He would absolutely be able to self-pardon for any federal crimes he was already convicted of were he to win. It is unlikely that he will be convicted in any state cases (NY or Georgia) before the election. How ongoing criminal cases in state court would play out were he elected remains to be seen, but he would certainly direct the DOJ to stop any criminal proceedings in federal court.
You are absolutely correct that democracy as we know it is at stake in this election, and I sincerely hope that people understand how deadly serious the stakes are if Trump is allowed to reclaim the Presidency. There would need to be serious organization surrounding a general strike, and the use of other collective actions by the citizens in this country as a mechanism to oppose the dismantling of the United States as we know it.
Nobody can self pardon due to a longstanding precolonial rule that you can’t be your own judge. He’ll try anyway, and dare anyone to defy him. It will go to Supreme Court and it’s unclear how they will rule.
Very interesting, thanks for the information. I will have to do some additional research on this then. I don’t think anybody should be able to pardon themselves, and one would think the Supreme Court would not be on favor of that either since it would create precedent superseding judicial authority which they won’t like. It’s all a convoluted mess, that’s for damn sure.
Well, if he is elected president then he would be able to direct the DOJ to have the Federal Bureau of Prisons let him out. The President doesn’t have direct control over the state criminal justice systems, so he would have a more difficult time getting himself released from State Prison. It would have to go through the appeals process, which would ultimately end up in the Supreme Court one way or another. If they choose not to take the case, and all the previous lower courts had ruled to hold him in prison then he would stay in prison.
And you know that, if he’s elected President again, he’ll ensure that his Justice department will bring cases against everyone he doesn’t like in venues favorable to him.
He’ll open a federal case in Texas against Joe Biden. The charges? Election interference. The proof? Nonexistent. But the Trump appointed judge will find Biden guilty.
Either that or Trump will just send people to prison “pending trial” and will refuse to release them when ordered to.
Manager: “So, we need a set of Wallpapers for that Linux we have.”
Worker: “Alright, so i suggest that we add some vistas from germany in there and some nature photography.”
Manager: “Classic and beautiful, but i feel like we need a little twist to that.”
Worker: “Alright, so was if we were to run an algorithm that turns random parts of the wallpaper into polygonal art?”
Manager: “How random exactly?”
Worker: “Totally! The only rule is that half of the wallpaper has to have that look but there’s no rhyme or reason to which parts will be turned into polygons.”
Manager: “I love it. Can we also super impose our logo on the wallpaper so that people can always rest assured that the Linux they booted is still the Linux they installed and that it’s our Linux?”
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