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Open Thread (Anyone Up for a Balloon Juice Zoom on Saturday Evening?)

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Just wondering if anyone might be up for a Balloon Juice zoom on Saturday to celebrate Indictment Week.

Saturday evening, maybe 7 pm Eastern.

Zoom is on for Saturday evening at 7 pm Eastern.

If you’re interested, chime in below, and also send me an email so I can send you a zoom link.

*Having a Zoom will be dependent on there being enough interest!

TOTALLY OPEN THREAD

Update on Saturday at 4:10 pm:

I have sent zoom links to everyone who sent me email to RSVP.  I have even sent them to the 7 people who RSVP’d in the comments made me look up your email addresses :-) so I could send you the zoom link.

If I missed you somehow and you didn’t receive the zoom link, please send me an email message and I’ll shoot you the zoom link right away.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Sure, I’m in for an hour or so. It’s been a while since we’ve had a Jackalzoomathon. Will email.

  2. 2.

    Another Scott

    I’m not a Zoomer. You kids have fun. ;-)

    Rupert has a sad today, also too.

    it’s totally missing the point, from a legal perspective, and for what it means for the trial. a defendant losing on summary judgment is whatever, a plaintiff WINNING on summary judgment in a DEFAMATION case against a NEWS ORG!?! that’s crazy!

    — chancehooray daily (@chancery_daily) March 31, 2023

    tl;dr – The Dominion case is going to trial, and a judge ruled today that Fox News is clearly lying liars who lied, so the question will be malice. Lots of the reporting on this is missing the importance of the ruling today.

    (via nycsouthpaw)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  3. 3.

    JoyceH

    I could zoom. (I have a zoom scheduled with a financial advisor too, at 2 on Tuesday! Wondering if Trump Arraignment is a valid excuse to cancel.)

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    @Another Scott: That should shorten the trial and preparation considerably.  I had seen predictions that that was the only likely summary judgment to come out.  Glad to see this ruling.

    I mean, it’s obviously to any sentient being that they are fucking liars who lied.  Glad to see the judge call it like it is.

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: They are killing people with their hateful laws.

    Pro-life my ass.

    edit: Nicely done, by the way, with your reply to ever sore in the earlier thread.  “bless you” – is that like sunlight for a vampire?

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @JoyceH: Definitely a good reason, so I would reschedule.  Though I’m not sure I would share the details as to the reason.

    “It turns out that I have a conflict.”

  10. 10.

    hueyplong

    Not sure I’d have too much to say, but would enjoy audio (as opposed to a print version) of the Schadenfreudelicious event.

  14. 14.

    Roger Moore

    @Another Scott:

    To be 100% correct, the judge didn’t rule that Fox are liars.  He ruled that the stuff Fox said on air was A) completely false and B) either fact or opinion mixed with fact.  Saying they’re liars implies they knew what they said is false, and the judge did not rule in Dominion’s favor on that point.

    That said, it’s a big win for Dominion.  They don’t have to try to prove to a jury that what Fox said is untrue; they only have to prove the people at Fox knew it was untrue.   That seems completely possible based on what we’ve seen of the evidence.  They’ll also need to prove damages, which is where I expect Fox to put the bulk of the effort.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    @hueyplong: You can join the zoom with just audio, so we hear you but don’t see you.

    Or are you saying you don’t want to participate, but you want join to listen in?

    You don’t have to be the life of the party in order to participate. :-)

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: I think that might be the second time you have done something like that with ever sore.  if it wasn’t you last time, then someone else did something similar and i appreciated it then, too.

  22. 22.

    Mike S. (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    @WaterGirl:  I would like to join in the zoom meet=up on Sat.! O

    l’ll send an email to you WG.

  23. 23.

    Redshift

    I’m interested, but I’m not sure I can make that time. (Friends in town taking their kid on college tours, so it depends on whether they’re here or not at that time.)

  25. 25.

    zhena gogolia

    I have two zooms that day, at noon and at 5:00, and we usually eat at 7:00, so I’m sorry!

  27. 27.

    JoyceH

    @WaterGirl:

    @JoyceH: Can you send me an emaIl so I can reply with the link?

    Could you remind me of your email address? I had it once, but that was the email account that went ka-blooey, so all those files are gone.

  40. 40.

    Bill Arnold

    Anyone else betting that Trump will do an Aryan Fist at or near his arraignment? Then call it ridiculous to interpret it this way, like he’s done before?

  46. 46.

    pieceofpeace

    I might be able to if I get home in time.  Will send my email to you, WaterGirl, thanks.

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    If I missed responding to anyone, don’t take it personally – and if you haven’t send an email to watergirl, then please do that so I can send the zoom link tomorrow.

    Closing the laptop for the evening, but I will check back in the morning.  Looking forward to (hopefully) more RSVPs in the comments and in my inbox.

  54. 54.

    something fabulous

    Delightful! I’m in, will email. I HAVE NO CAKE. Maybe on my errands beforehand will rectify!

  55. 55.

    NotMax

    Shoot me an e-mail with relevant info when you have the opportunity, please.

    7 there is 1 p.m. here. A bit awkward time-wise for me but shall try and pop in to say hi.

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