They say timing is everything!
As you no doubt have surmised, we relied our secret insider information when we scheduled the legal zoom for tonight.
Zoom is at 7 pm blog time (aka Eastern time).
I have sent out the zoom links, so if you didn’t get yours, let me know so I can remedy that.
Totally open thread!
The armies of Justice are at my gates.
They have indicted me twice and my counsels tell me another wave is coming.
I don’t know who to trust. My generals betray me on the daily. Even my children are wary of my fate.
Jack Smith marches from the North with his dire wolves.…
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) July 18, 2023
SiubhanDuinne
Thanks for emailing the link! I’m looking forward to another great ImmZoom.
rikyrah
How do I get the link?
Elizabelle
WRT that tweet: I hear banjos. Or at least Ashokan Farewell.
rikyrah
Sent the email to WG
PaulWartenberg
Michigan AG filing charges on 16 fake electors from the 2020 election:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/michigan-attorney-general-charges-false-electors-efforts-overturn-2020-rcna94838
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle: Dueling I presume.
frosty
Regarding the tweet: I really hope it stops the Mad King. Because when I read a) his plans to wreck the federal government an install an authoritarian state and b) that Biden only won the EC by 40,000 votes, it makes me very anxious.
mrmoshpotato
@PaulWartenberg: Good to see!
Jeffro
@PaulWartenberg: way to go, AG Nessel!
Villago Delenda Est
May the armies of justice lay waste to Merde-A-Loser, to Bedminister, to Trump Tower. Pillage and burn, armies of justice. Pillage and burn.
Elizabelle
A reader comment (by Zed) on WaPost story about Phoenix’s streak of 110 degree days (19 in a row; ouch!):
Elizabelle
No word at all on any target letter to Roger Stone. Or Steve Bannon.
I would guess they are in Jack Smith’s crosshairs, too.
patrick II
Too bad so many of you are going to be at the Zoom call. I am going to be watching the reboot of Justified — Justified: City Primeval — on FX this evening. O.K. it will also be streaming on Hulu, but otherwise set your (I almost said VCR) … your recorders whatever they are called nowa days.
Suzanne
@Elizabelle: I remember Phoenix’s record-setting day of 122 back in 1990.
Nothing will change there until people have to bear the cost. Air conditioning, water, etc.
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle: Nineteen days in a row and counting?
Elizabelle
@mrmoshpotato: And then it got hotter! WaPost:
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle:
One can only assume that everyone took off all their clothes.
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: Send an email message to my nym at balloon-juice.com
Elizabelle
@Suzanne: WaPost earlier this week, about Phoenix having a reliable electricity grid. I hope so. They were estimating that you could have 13,000 deaths if it failed during a heat wave.
The story really made me think: terrorists. Behold your next World Trade Center.
WaPost:
A Phoenix power outage amid a heat wave could possibly kill thousands, study says
If the city were to lose power for air conditioning, roughly half the city could end up in the emergency room
WaterGirl
@PaulWartenberg: Go Michigan!
On Wisconsin!
I swear the women are gonna save us.
Brit in Chicago
@mrmoshpotato: What happens when they’re all off and you’re still too hot?
WaterGirl
@patrick II: Are all the episodes going to be on FX? Or is it just the first episode? (First one’s free, then you’re hooked.)
I wonder if I still get that channel on cable.
Miss Bianca
@patrick II: Would that be a Justified reboot as in Timothy Olyphant playing Raylan Givens? Shoot. I bet they won’t even bother putting this one out on DVD.
Anonymous At Work
Timing really *IS* everything. I have a prior ZOOM meeting tonight at the same time.
Just note, best take I’ve seen so far is the effect of a DC judge vs. Aileen as far as rulings. If she can’t 100% shield Trump from consequences, she has no incentive to risk the rest of reputation forever protecting a person already set to fall.
And for Michigan fraudulent electors, “I wonder against whom they would testify if they took a deal?”
WaterGirl
@patrick II:
Ooh, first two episodes tonight, another one next week.
I have set my Tivo Season Pass.
thank you!
Heidi Mom
That tweet is a fine example of Game of Thrones imagery. And of course Jack Smith is a Stark!
patrick II
@WaterGirl:
It will be on FX. If you have FX on your cable selections, then you are good. Most cable shows go to “On Demand” after a day or so. It will be streaming on Hulu. I have Youtube tv that has FX, so I am recording it there. Better than Hulu cause I can FF thru the commercials. Anyhow, you will figure out a way.
patrick II
@Miss Bianca:
Yes, Timothy is playing Givens. The rest of the cast has not been advertised as participating. The same showrunners though, and based on one an Elmore Leonard book, so between all of that it should have a pretty good “justified” feel.
Roberto el oso
I had never realized that residents of Phoenix are known as Phoenicians.
Martin
@Elizabelle: Phoenix is over 110 every day for the 10 day forecast. There is no end in sight.
Phoenix would be much better off had they learned to build dwellings like the indigenous people who lived there 2 centuries ago did. They are dying of western hubris.
WaterGirl
@patrick II: I’m good. I have Tivo all set up to record all the episodes for me. One button fast-forwards past the commercial. :-)
Martin
@Anonymous At Work: That’s my take on Cannon as well. It’s a twist on the ‘if you come for the king you best not miss’. If you’re going to risk throwing the trial, you better fucking succeed, because if you fail you go down with Trump.
Elizabelle
@Martin: I was impressed with the old buildings/streets in Valencia, Spain, a few summers back. You could access shade, and you got a cooling airflow down the (narrow) streets.
It is hubris to build completely dependent on electricity and HVAC. I remember us being sent home from work in DC, in the 1980s, because the power failed in our 10 story building.
Suzanne
@Elizabelle:
I think that’s already known to be a huge potential target. Most of the power in the Phoenix area is provided by the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, which has three reactors. It’s not far outside the city; you can see it from I-10.
A few years ago, I was reading some list (can’t remember from where) of the biggest terrorist targets in the U.S. Palo Verde was on it, because it’s so proximate to a major city. The heat deaths would be the least of the concerns, in that instance.
Suzanne
@Martin:
Agreed. But even the midcentury concrete block one-story ranch houses are better than the stick-frame stucco houses built since the mid-80s.
The first house we lived in when we moved to Phoenix was built in 1988, and it had vaulted ceilings, 24 feet high. Cooling 24 feet of space is just insane.
Of course, the biggest problem with Phoenix isn’t the buildings themselves, it’s the city pattern. Huge, wide roadways and hardscape. Low-density sprawl. The utility companies won’t let trees grow to shade the roads. Gigantic parking minimums. Huge setbacks. Every decision is just an environmental nightmare.
MisterForkbeard
I’m sad that this started while I have a meeting ongoing. I hope it’s still going when I finish in 15 minutes :(
WaterGirl
@MisterForkbeard: have you asked for the zoom link?
MisterForkbeard
@WaterGirl: I did not, no :
If it’s any trouble, don’t worry about it. I’ll catch up later and just start working on dinner a little early.
WaterGirl
@MisterForkbeard: send email to watergirl at balloon-juice.com and I will send you the link.
WaterGirl
We’re going an extra 30 minutes – to 8:30, so it’s not too late if you want to join. send me email.
HumboldtBlue
@Elizabelle:
That pretty much nails it.
Manyakitty
@Elizabelle: there’s already a problem with domestic terrorists attacking power stations and transformers. Beyond stupid.