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You are here: Home / Open Threads / The Devil Went Down To Georgia (While We Wait!)

The Devil Went Down To Georgia (While We Wait!)

by WaterGirl|  August 14, 20237:51 pm| 173 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Politics, Trump Indictments, Even worse than Herschel Walker

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Totally front page worthy!

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

by Maxim

The devil went down to Georgia
He was looking for some votes to steal
He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind
He was lookin’ to make a deal
When he heard Brad Raffensperger
Was counting votes the way that he ought
He made a perfect phone call
And said “Boy, let me tell you what …
I guess you didn’t know it, but I’m the winner fair and true
And if you find some votes (14,000 ought to do)
Then we can get me crowned again,
The way I ought to be,
And I won’t have to badger you to be a friend to me.”
But Brad had his recorder on
And Georgia said “No way,”
Now one peachy indictment’s
Headed bigly DT’s way.


What is this? It’s as if they’re all coming home to roost. pic.twitter.com/I7XuPUXSdp

— Butter Emails 🙏🏼 ⚖️ (@NicoleL333) August 14, 2023

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  1. 1.

    BeautifulPlumage

    August 14, 2023 at 7:54 pm

    Fiddle around find out?

  2. 2.

    dmsilev

    August 14, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    Well, someone isn’t getting a Mar-a-Lago themed Christmas card this year

    Following his testimony to the grand jury, former GOP lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan said he thinks it’s time for the Republicans to “pivot” away from Donald Trump to win.

    “Donald Trump was the worst candidate ever in the history of the party, even worse than Herschel Walker, and now we’re going to have to pivot from there. We want to win an election in 2024, it’s going to have to be somebody other than Donald Trump if we do it.”

    “As long as we make this about the three-ring circus called Donald Trump, we’re going to lose every time. And you don’t have to go any further than Georgia to see that play out.”

    (WaPo liveblog)

  3. 3.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    Marc Elias@[email protected]

    “Pro-democracy groups have started collecting signatures for an amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would allow a bipartisan and citizen-led redistricting commission to draw the state’s congressional and state legislative maps.”

    https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ohio-groups-launch-effort-to-create-bipartisan-redistricting-commission/

  4. 4.

    Jerzy Russian

    August 14, 2023 at 7:56 pm

    Charlie Daniels was kind of a DeSantis when he was alive, and probably still is a DeSantis now that he is dead.  Nonetheless,  I have always loved that song.   However, I love Maxim’s version 100 times more.  Pure genius!

  5. 5.

    Sparkedcat

    August 14, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    A Televised Trump trial in Georgia would put Judge Ito and company in the rearview mirror.

  6. 6.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 7:58 pm

    @Baud: But why should citizens have a say in their representation? /OhioRepublican

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    @dmsilev:

    Even worse than Hershel Herschel Walker.

    Harsh words, but fair.  Crying out to be a rotating tag and a category for posts.

  8. 8.

    Sparkedcat

    August 14, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    A televised Trump trial in Georgia would dwarf the OJ trial.

  9. 9.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    @WaterGirl: I agree. I could at least see myself having a normal human conversation with Herschel Walker

    Perhaps about vampires…

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    Okay, I’m gonna take one for the team.  I am going to go shower, which means they will surely announce the indictment in about 90 seconds.  You can thank me later!

  11. 11.

    UncleEbeneezer

    August 14, 2023 at 8:06 pm

    UPDATE: The grand jury is now voting.

  12. 12.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    Oh jeez, so it might take a while before it’s announced.

  13. 13.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: well ya gotta hand it to WG.  Perhaps she has the Sight.

  14. 14.

    Scout211

    August 14, 2023 at 8:08 pm

    And in the documents case:

    Trump Has No ‘Law or Precedent’ for Building Secure Facility to See Classified Evidence, Jack Smith Says

    [court filing at the link]

    Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors asked a federal judge on Monday to reject Donald Trump‘s request to build a secure facility for viewing classified evidence at an undisclosed location — likely inside his private clubs at Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster.
     
    “Creating a secure location in Trump’s residence — which is also a social club — so he can discuss classified information would be unnecessary and unjustified accommodation that deviates from the normal course of cases involving classified discovery,” prosecutor Jay Bratt wrote in response to the recent request from Trump as he prepares for his criminal trial in Fort Pierce, Fla.

  15. 15.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    @bbleh: I think we call it bad luck. It’s like the phenomenon where my texts don’t get answered while I’m already out, but pulling into my neighborhood. Now I gotta decide whether to go out again.

  16. 16.

    dmsilev

    August 14, 2023 at 8:10 pm

    @Baud: Maybe they use those rapid-scan optical forms? Shouldn’t take long to count with the right machines…

  17. 17.

    UncleEbeneezer

    August 14, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: My old cover band did a funk version of it that always made the crowd go wild.  Wish I had a video or audio clip.

  18. 18.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 14, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    @Baud: Knowing nothing about the process, I’d guess they have to go count by count for each charge for each defendant. So I’ll try not to look at the clock for… let’s say half an hour.

    Who am I kidding? (Refresh, refresh, refresh)

  19. 19.

    MazeDancer

    August 14, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    The Grand Jury is votng now.

    Georgia law requires immediate release of indictments.

  20. 20.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    It feels odd not to root for “no true bill”

    I guess I’ll get over it. 😉

  21. 21.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:12 pm

    @Baud: or maybe it’s subject to the jury-room-at-4pm-on-Friday effect.

    “Jeez, okay already! Yes on 1, 2, 3, and 5, no on 4 and 6, okay? Deal? Everybody agree? Can we all go home now?”

  22. 22.

    Wyatt Salmanca

    August 14, 2023 at 8:16 pm

    Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGzE5KfCio

     

    Oh Atlanta – Little Feat

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTz8g8yh8GY

     

    Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9lh8TiSM

  23. 23.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:17 pm

    @Wyatt Salmanca:

    The country of Georgia gets a lot of nice songs for free.

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:17 pm

    I’m back, did it work?

  25. 25.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:17 pm

    @WaterGirl: It half worked. They’re voting.

  26. 26.

    zhena gogolia

    August 14, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    @WaterGirl: But spell it right.

  27. 27.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    @LAO: It is weird, isn’t it?

  28. 28.

    Hoodie

    August 14, 2023 at 8:19 pm

    @bbleh: From what I’ve read, they only need a majority to indict.  However, wonder if they can do a straw vote or, if a formal vote is close, they can withdraw the count.  Seems to me the DA would still have discretion to drop certain counts for tactical reasons even if approved by the grand jury.

  29. 29.

    Jackie

    August 14, 2023 at 8:19 pm

    @MazeDancer: Do they have to vote one at a time or just yell in unison “HELL YES INDICT THE BASTARD!!!”

    Only semi snark!

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:20 pm

    @zhena gogolia: 2 Ls on his first name?  I had it with 2 and autocorrect told me I was wrong.

    edit: I googled and fixed, thank you.

  31. 31.

    dmsilev

    August 14, 2023 at 8:20 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: Do we know that they’re voting on this case? Maybe they’re trying to decide what particular type of take-out to order for dinner?

  32. 32.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:21 pm

    @WaterGirl: “Herschel,” I believe.

    @dmsilev: Maybe they’re trying to decide what particular type of take-out to order for dinner?

    If they have the priorities right, that’s absolutely what they’re doing.

  33. 33.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:21 pm

    @WaterGirl: Missing the c – Herschel

    ETA others got there first.

  34. 34.

    zhena gogolia

    August 14, 2023 at 8:22 pm

    @Baud:
    Rachmaninoff (Pushkin), “Do not sing in my presence, o beauty, songs of sad Georgia”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8m01E1hbmY

  35. 35.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 14, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    GJ is voting right now. I’ve been looking forward to seeing Hillary on Rachel’s 9:00 pm program, but now I think she may be overtaken (at least somewhat) by events.

  36. 36.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation:

    You can’t indict on an empty stomach.

  37. 37.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    @Hoodie: yes 12/23, not like a criminal trial jury. Dunno about prosecutor discretion.

  38. 38.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    @Baud: “If your gut is tight, you cannot indict.”

  39. 39.

    NotMax

    August 14, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    Media anxiously awaiting puffs of white smoke?
    ;)

  40. 40.

    scav

    August 14, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    if only there were 11,780 votes to indict . . .

  41. 41.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: She’ll just sit next to Rachel, chugging a bottle of Chardonnay and flipping off the camera.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    No love for Maxim’s most excellent poem/song?

  43. 43.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Maybe they’ll share a glass of wine.  Or cake!

  44. 44.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 14, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    @dmsilev:

    Maybe they’re trying to decide what particular type of take-out to order for dinner?

    Lasagna, or tire irons and anthrax?

  45. 45.

    Sure Lurkalot

    August 14, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    Geoff Duncan said he thinks it’s time for the Republicans to “pivot” away from Donald Trump to win.

    Especially since if for some inconceivable reason, Trump doesn’t garner the Republican nomination, he will “pivot” away from the Republican Party and set it on fire. A human can dream!

  46. 46.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    @bbleh:

    That should be a sign on the wall of the grand jury room.

  47. 47.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 14, 2023 at 8:26 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    I would pay serious cash money to see that!

  48. 48.

    NotMax

    August 14, 2023 at 8:26 pm

    The Night the Votes Came Out in Georgia.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    @WaterGirl: Okay, I’m taking credit for getting the voting started.

  50. 50.

    zhena gogolia

    August 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    Cauvin is fire:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4LFJEiNkJg

    Augteenth! 😂

  51. 51.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    @Baud:

    “Another slice of Merlot for you?”

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    @Baud: Then how can you indict a ham sandwich?  Checkmate, libtard!

  53. 53.

    Wyatt Salmanca

    August 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    @Baud:

    The country of Georgia gets a lot of nice songs for free.

    They certainly do, although New York also has some nice tunes as well.

    If Trump is ever convicted in any of these cases, we need to have a massive celebratory music thread.

  54. 54.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    Wow, the waiting really is the hardest part.

  55. 55.

    JPL

    August 14, 2023 at 8:28 pm

    fyi

    Could be!

    Who knows?

    There’s something’ due any day;

    I will know right away

    Soon as it shows

    It may come cannonballin’

    Down through the sky

    Gleam in its eye

    Bright as a rose!

    Who knows?

  56. 56.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:29 pm

    @LAO: I dunno, gave me an excuse to finish this beer.  And snark some more.

  57. 57.

    Misterpuff

    August 14, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    @Wyatt Salmanca: Oh Atlanta is good but I prefer to think of the Trumpster as The Fat Man in the Bathtub with The Blues.

  58. 58.

    zhena gogolia

    August 14, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @WaterGirl: Yes, it’s great! I complimented it down on the other thread. (I have to admit, I didn’t know the song and had to go look at it.)

  59. 59.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: You beed to order a ham sandwich before indicating it, or else it doesn’t exist to be indicted.

  60. 60.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @WaterGirl: It’s awesome! I think maybe people commented in the other thread? But it’s very clever :)

  61. 61.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    My favorite tweet so far:

     

    https://x.com/docegonspengler/status/1691239751913734144?s=46&t=X9PV5VKSwOZNT_u34CCUFQ

  62. 62.

    hilts

    August 14, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

     I’ve been looking forward to seeing Hillary on Rachel’s 9:00 pm program

    Speaking of MSNBC, Chris Hayes gets more nights off than Johnny Carson did during his prime hosting the Tonight Show.

  63. 63.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    @LAO: Yeah, but it’ll definitely feel like heaven right now if TIFG ever goes to prison.

  64. 64.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    @Alison Rose: It would be his sole contribution to American greatness.

  65. 65.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    @hilts: He’s got little ones at home, might have to do with that. Which is nice to see, from a dude.

  66. 66.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: Ah, and now we need to enter Plato;s cave and consider whether the ham sandwich exists as an idea before it is ordered and, is so, which ham sandwich is actually indicted.

  67. 67.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Yeah, sweet dreams are definitely made of this.

  68. 68.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    @Alison Rose: I’m beginning to think he may be in some trouble.

  69. 69.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:36 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Mmmmm. The platonic ideal of a ham sandwich.

  70. 70.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    August 14, 2023 at 8:36 pm

    @Misterpuff:

    Oh Atlanta is good but I prefer to think of the Trumpster as The Fat Man in the Bathtub with The Blues.

    You have a valid point, I simply opted for Oh Atlanta because of the Georgia connection.

  71. 71.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    Offhand, I wonder how the evening’s going at Mar-a-Loco.

  72. 72.

    Anoniminous

    August 14, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: ​ The veritable Ham Sandwich from which all other ham sandwiches are mere reflections.​

  73. 73.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    @LAO: At first I thought you meant Chris Hayes and I was like, oh God, please don’t tell me he’s another pervy news dude. But I assume you meant Trump :P

  74. 74.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    @Baud: Obviously, that would be a jambon beurre.

  75. 75.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @bbleh:

    Ketchupocalypse.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @LAO: That has to be embedded.

    IF YOU ARE IN LINE TO INDICT DONALD TRUMP, STAY IN LINE

    — Harry (@DocEgonSpengler) August 15, 2023

  77. 77.

    Misterpuff

    August 14, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @Wyatt Salamanca: Any Little Feat is fine, you Dixie Chicken you.

  78. 78.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @Baud: Mmmmm. The platonic ideal of a ham sandwich.

    Better than most ham sandwiches…

    Eta: Classic example why I hate autocorrect. It changed “better” to “benter.”

    ‘N’ and ‘T’ are nowhere near each other and I’m pretty sure that isn’t a word.

  79. 79.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 14, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @Baud: I’ve had that Platonic Ideal. It’s called croque monsieur.

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    jambon beurre.

    This would be the moment in the western where everybody in the room stops talking.

  80. 80.

    Jackie

    August 14, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @Baud: I was so sure it’d be Indictment Tue, I thought Ah Ha! I’ll cook taco meat tonight and be set for Indictment Taco Tues. Now I’m racing to finish getting the meat cooked with the TV volume UP.

    That’ll teach me to believe all the political media pundits.

  81. 81.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:41 pm

    @Anoniminous: One might say the other ham sandwiches are aspirational, compared to this ham sandwich.

  82. 82.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:41 pm

    redacted

  83. 83.

    NotMax

    August 14, 2023 at 8:42 pm

    Only two police vehicles in the foreground earlier in the day of the live webcam view. Now there are four. Whether a shift change or a harbinger, who can say?

  84. 84.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: ::side-eye::

  85. 85.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    @Alison Rose: correct. I like to call him the defendant but since he’s awaiting indictment, it seemed premature.

  86. 86.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: ?

  87. 87.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 14, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    @Baud: ​
     

    Yeah, sweet dreams are definitely made of this.

    Who am I to disagree?

  88. 88.

    Jackie

    August 14, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    @hilts: It’s vacation time for those with kiddos before school starts.

  89. 89.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    @WaterGirl: thanks. I’m still laughing. An absolutely perfect tweet.

  90. 90.

    Kayla Rudbek

    August 14, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    I’m trying to decide whether I should start making a cake or not. Part of me wants to make muffins instead so Mr. Rudbek can bring them to the bike ride tomorrow.

  91. 91.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    @WaterGirl: Failed reply.

  92. 92.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    @LAO: What I liked about all the legal indictments and from the Judge earlier this week is that it was “Defendant”, with Trump having lost the right to a name.  His name is now Defendant.

    Scratch that, I didn’t just like it, I loved it.

  93. 93.

    Maxim

    August 14, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    What was that link for watching MSNBC live? I can’t remember which thread it was in, sorry.

  94. 94.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I can add the @ if you tell me the comment #.

  95. 95.

    Jackie

    August 14, 2023 at 8:46 pm

    @bbleh: Quietly. The hair tearing and ketchup throwing is at Bedminster. 😉

  96. 96.

    Jay

    August 14, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    @Kayla Rudbek:

    “Muffin’s” are healthy and working class,

    “Cake” is elitist and unheathy, ( see Marie A.)

    snark//

  97. 97.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    @Maxim: I knew it was in one of my threads.  it was Subaru Dianne.

    Here is a msnbc live stream.  https://www.livenewsmag.com/msnbc-news-live-stream/

  98. 98.

    wjca

    August 14, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    @Wyatt Salmanca: When we have that celebratory music thread, we definitely ought to start with “Marching Thru Georgia”:

    Hurrah! Hurrah!  We bring the jubilee!

    Hurrah! Hurrah!  The case that makes men free.

    That’s the way we’ll sing it from Atlanta to the sea

    While we are marching thru Georgia.

  99. 99.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    @Kayla Rudbek: Muffins are still cake, just in another form.

  100. 100.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
      Not necessary. Thanks though.

  101. 101.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: @Baud: @Anoniminous: @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b04a68be-2dfd-4f09-916b-6e3332b51704

  102. 102.

    brantl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @Baud:  HOT DAMN!!!

  103. 103.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 14, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @hilts:

    As I’m not a huge Chris Hayes fan, that observation doesn’t unduly upset me.

  104. 104.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @WaterGirl: whenever I submit papers, I never refer to my client as “the defendant,” its sort of liberating, I get way prosecutors do it.

  105. 105.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    @brantl: Ohio is fired up and ready to go.

  106. 106.

    Ken

    August 14, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    This is interesting. I’m starting to see why some people get all obsessive when waiting for a new Pope to be elected.

    Also, the discussion has validated something I’ve always thought about Platonic ideals; viz., that it’s all very well to say “the ideal ham sandwich”, but everyone immediately translates that into something fairly concrete in their mind, and it the ideal breaks down in a fight over mustard or mayo.

  107. 107.

    brantl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    @WaterGirl: Do you sing in the shower?

  108. 108.

    Spanky

    August 14, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    Ooooooo! This is better than Fitzmas!

     

    (Low bar, I know.)

  109. 109.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    @LAO: Of course you wouldn’t, you are on their side.  I am on whatever side puts Trump in his place.

  110. 110.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    @LAO: ​
      No, you want to humanize your client at every opportunity while the prosecution does not.

  111. 111.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    @brantl: I do not.  And if you’re about to call me a fat lady singing, I must protest! :-)

  112. 112.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    Ché Alexander, the clerk of the Fulton County Superior Court, has sat down at the “criminal docket” desk of the clerk’s office.

    The clerk, Ché Alexander, has been spotted on the fifth floor, signaling an indictment could arrive shortly.

    ETA this is from the NYT live blog, the second line came first.

  113. 113.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Obviously, that would be a jambon beurre.

    Wait, the French serve ham with butter and I’m just finding out now? What a fool I was for taking Spanish…

  114. 114.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Is it wrong that I am all for dehumanizing Trump at every opportunity?

  115. 115.

    Jay

    August 14, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Heresy.

    My apple, fresh ground cinnamon/crumble muffins are nothing at all like my apple, fresh ground cinnamon/crumble coffee cake.

  116. 116.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    @WaterGirl: I obviously share your sentiments as I sit in my apartment listening to Andrew Weissman drone on. MSNBC.

  117. 117.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    Ruh-roh, NYT reporting that clerks are positioning and judge has taken his seat.

    “I’ve been told the convoy is mobile,” Judge McBurney says, indicating that an indictment is on its way to his desk.

    (ETA: dang, scooped again!)

  118. 118.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Ché is the hero we all need.

  119. 119.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:53 pm

    “I’ve been told the convoy is mobile,” Judge McBurney says, indicating that an indictment is on its way to his desk.

  120. 120.

    Eolirin

    August 14, 2023 at 8:53 pm

    @Ken: Platonic ideals are supposed to be unknowable though. There’s no way to conceive of the ideal ham sandwich. Any such conception would itself be a pale reflection of the true ideal.

  121. 121.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:53 pm

    @Baud: Hippie.

  122. 122.

    LAO

    August 14, 2023 at 8:53 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: indeed. Very thankful that I’m not in the position of humanizing this particular defendant.

  123. 123.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    OMG, they need multiple semis to deliver the charges!

  124. 124.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    Movement in the courthouse!

    This has been the latest update in the NY Times current story, now about 35 minutes old.

    I’m in the fifth-floor clerk’s office in the Fulton County courthouse. That’s where we may get the first sign that an indictment has been approved by grand jurors and is on its way to the judge. According to the clerk, Ché Alexander, if an indictment is approved, someone will bring it up to this office and alert the clerk, and they will then walk it together up to the eighth-floor courtroom and deliver it to the judge.

    These just got added

    Judge Robert C.I. McBurney is back in court, has taken his seat and is waiting. “Did anyone leave early? Everyone stayed? I was tempted.”

    The clerk, Ché Alexander, has been spotted on the fifth floor, signaling an indictment could arrive shortly.

    Ché Alexander, the clerk of the Fulton County Superior Court, has sat down at the “criminal docket” desk of the clerk’s office.

  125. 125.

    Spanky

    August 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    Y’all better keep up the play by play. This is the only “news” outlet I’ve got atm.

  126. 126.

    Alison Rose

    August 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @Baud: Maybe it’s coming on a taco truck.

  127. 127.

    scav

    August 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    If they complain about the indictment of ham sandwiches, well then what could one possibly say about the party that nominates them?

    repeatedly.

  128. 128.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    August 14, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @Baud:

    Yes, this is exactly what Ohio needs, not the redistricting process designed to fail that was completely ignored by the state GOP

    Man, I’d really like to be able to sign this petition

  129. 129.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    @Spanky: And the only one you need.

  130. 130.

    Baud

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Haha.  That would be poetic justice.

  131. 131.

    smith

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    From Wapo:

    At 8:45 p.m., Judge Robert McBurney took the bench. We are waiting for the expected indictments.

  132. 132.

    japa21

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    I have about 10 minutes before my body crashes. Please hurry.

  133. 133.

    NotMax

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    @WaterGirl

    A little muffin music with which to pass the time.
    ;)

  134. 134.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    @Ken: ​
      How about the Ur-ham sandwich? Also, the jambon beurre. It might not be the tastiest, but it is as close to the essential essence of a ham sandwich as one can get. Plus, it is pretty tasty.

  135. 135.

    WaterGirl

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    new thread up.

  136. 136.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 14, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    @Maxim:

    Here you go.
    https://www.livenewsmag.com/msnbc-news-live-stream/

  137. 137.

    MazeDancer

    August 14, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    The camera in the courtroom is so powerful.

    Watching Trump get arraigned will be quite something.. The trial will be monumental.

  138. 138.

    Jeffro

    August 14, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    @Baud: Have you heard Jason Isbell’s album of Georgia-related cover songs?  He did it as a thank-you for GA winning the Warnock and Issoff elections.

  139. 139.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    I just hope whoever is delivering the actual paper to the clerk and then the judge is using back stairs or something.  Otherwise, s/he will disappear in a huge dogpile of reporters and will never be seen again.

  140. 140.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 14, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    “I’ve been told the convoy is mobile,” McBurney says, indicating that an indictment is on its way to his desk.

     

    A sheriff’s deputy just walked up to the clerk’s office with a large stack of papers.

  141. 141.

    Manyakitty

    August 14, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    Would be so sweet to see Hillary Clinton give color commentary on this Willismas evening.

  142. 142.

    Spanky

    August 14, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    @WaterGirl: TWO new threads up.

  143. 143.

    scav

    August 14, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    And, Ché?! The writers on this episode are much improved!

  144. 144.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: ​
      What sheltered life you must have led.
    @WaterGirl: ​
      No, it is not wrong.

  145. 145.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    August 14, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Absolutely! I’m feeling very optimistic about this fall : )

  146. 146.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    NYT: “A sheriff’s deputy just walked up to the clerk’s office with a large stack of papers.”

  147. 147.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    August 14, 2023 at 8:59 pm

    Rack him!

  148. 148.

    Dr. Jakyll and Miss Deride

    August 14, 2023 at 8:59 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: Churchy La Femme in Pogo once sang: “Spring, sweet spring, it’s a wonderful thing,/So welcome after winter;/And in summer’s sun I will have fun/In a place I haven’t binter.”

  149. 149.

    Jackie

    August 14, 2023 at 8:59 pm

    Hilary might get to watch the indictment announcement live with Rachel Maddow!

  150. 150.

    raven

    August 14, 2023 at 8:59 pm

    Here come de judge!

  151. 151.

    Anoniminous

    August 14, 2023 at 9:01 pm

    @Eolirin: ​
     
    But we can only know an instantiation of ham sandwich, what Heidegger would call the Ready-at-Hand, because of the timeless, absolute, unchangeable Idea of a ham sandwich.

  152. 152.

    Maxim

    August 14, 2023 at 9:01 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Thanks!

  153. 153.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:What sheltered life you must have led.

    Spent most of my adulthood trying to rectify that.

  154. 154.

    bbleh

    August 14, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    “On top of the large stack of papers that was brought to the clerk’s office and then into the courtroom was one that said, in part, “Certification that grand jury indictments returned.”

    Ok I’ll stop now

  155. 155.

    raven

    August 14, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    Pretty funny “Was it all you expected it to be”?

  156. 156.

    BeautifulPlumage

    August 14, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    @WaterGirl: yes, below post but will give al the kudos! Perfect fit for the melody and not a word wasted.

  157. 157.

    billcoop4

    August 14, 2023 at 9:03 pm

    I love regular order.

     

    BC

  158. 158.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 14, 2023 at 9:05 pm

    I’ve also been giving minute by minute updates to my wife who is trying to read a few feet away from me. She’s getting annoyed.

  159. 159.

    Ken

    August 14, 2023 at 9:06 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Also, the jambon beurre. It might not be the tastiest, but it is as close to the essential essence of a ham sandwich as one can get.

    Oh really. I didn’t see anything about Wonder Bread, Singles, or Miracle Whip in the descriptions I found.

  160. 160.

    dnfree

    August 14, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    @Dr. Jakyll and Miss Deride: Any mention of Pogo gets a thumbs-up.

  161. 161.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 9:10 pm

    @Ken: You are dead to me.

  162. 162.

    brantl

    August 14, 2023 at 9:12 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Speaking of Fat Ladies singing, whatever happened last year w all the anti-voting bills the Repukes were trying to passed, nationwide?

  163. 163.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    August 14, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    Ted Cruz said on hannity that Biden should be indicted and sent to jail.  So there!

  164. 164.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: For…?

  165. 165.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    August 14, 2023 at 9:18 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation:

    For being a libtard Democrap, of course! Don’t you know only Republican presidents are legitimate?

    /s

  166. 166.

    NotMax

    August 14, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    PWD.

    Presidenting While Democrat.
    //

  167. 167.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 14, 2023 at 9:20 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: ​
      For Bidening.

  168. 168.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    August 14, 2023 at 9:21 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation: i can only handle several seconds at a time. I don’t know. Spin the wheel of fox grievances and take your pick.

  169. 169.

    The Kropenhagen Interpretation

    August 14, 2023 at 9:23 pm

    @NotMax: Presidenting While Democrat.

    Presiding?

    @Omnes Omnibus: I would watch a movie called “The Bidening.”

  170. 170.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    August 14, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    @The Kropenhagen Interpretation:

     I would watch a movie called “The Bidening.”

    Starring Dark Brandon!

    @NotMax:

    PWD.

    Presidenting While Democrat.

    //

    You win the internets, sir. I must step up my comedy game

  171. 171.

    sab

    August 15, 2023 at 2:20 am

    @Baud: Ohio election reform. What is the point? Our last  redistricting effort won by 75% and all our elected officials ( governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state legislature and supreme court) fucking ignored it and did their own thing.

  172. 172.

    LiminalOwl

    August 15, 2023 at 7:17 am

    @WaterGirl: I love the song, but am late as usual so you might not see this. (I confess to a love for the original, too, despite absence of love for Charlie Daniels himself.)

  173. 173.

    LiminalOwl

    August 15, 2023 at 12:00 pm

    @Jay: Qu’ils mangeant des brioches.  “Cake” is a mistranslation, perhaps because “brioche” was so elitist that Americans weren’t expected to have the word in their vocabulary?

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