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02:03:41 Devastator: "California Weed, it fucks you up."
02:03:47 Devastator: Hahaha, if only they knew..
03:27:45 Devastator: also sadly, I don't think anyone here smokes..
03:28:11 Devastator: I did once interact with someone who had issues believing I was really from British Columbia, because apparently nobody is actually from BC.
03:46:53 Devastator: One of these friday night shootings refused to resign.
03:48:22 Devastator: That's the guy handling Deutsch Bank investigations, who handle all that Trump loan money, and will be recieving his taxes sometime next week.
03:49:59 Devastator: Legally, it's specific. He can't be fired by the AG.
03:50:11 Devastator: Can only be fired by Trump, AFTER he has a senate-confirmed replacement.
03:53:52 Devastator: He's basically immune because Trump prefers to avoid senate nominations whenever possible, which in this case forced him to be appointed by a panel of judges to fill the vacancy.
03:55:00 Devastator: Also, he was ordered to resign via press release.. ie, Barr just sent notice that he was resigning, and may have never even notified the guy he was 'fired'
03:58:26 Devastator: “I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position"
04:06:13 Devastator: House announced they're having a hearing from him on Wednesday next week.
04:07:33 Devastator: That's gonna take the shine off that virus rally.
04:19:21 Devastator: There's also further rumors that it might be related through Iranian sanctions-evasion schemes, in which top officials may be taking a piece to allow for select evasions.
04:19:31 Devastator: but that's just a rumor.
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04:39:01 syv: I don't really follow what this means!
04:39:11 syv: But many of the words pique my interest.
04:39:38 syv:
MJ smokes weed, but to my knowledge nobody here smokes nicotine.
04:40:54 Devastator: Well, basically Bar has been firing inspector generals steadily, with the announcements at late-night Fridays off and on since the senate refusal to remove from office.
04:41:39 Devastator: This time he went after the judicially-appointee for the southern district of new york, who is the guy in charge of handling all the indictments related to the ongoing tax cases against Trump.
04:42:14 Devastator: There's a judicial appointee because Trump fired the last guy some time ago when it was looking bad for him in those cases.
04:42:27 Devastator: ..and then didn't appoint anyone, as part of an effort to stonewall the investigations.
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04:42:59 MidJag: California weed will fuck you. Though less then colorado weed I've found.
04:43:01 Devastator: but, according to statue, if that slot is left empty, the judges on the court could pick an acting appointee themselves, if it was left vacant for 120 days.
04:43:11 Devastator: Please,
MJ, I'm from British Columbia.
04:43:38 MidJag: You, know, I've never actually had canadian weed.
04:43:58 Devastator: Yeah, I'm imagining what the reputation would have been way down there.
04:44:04 Devastator: I mean, it was famous in Cali and Colorado..
04:44:39 Devastator: and there it was more like some kind of mythic creature. In Seattle someone could get some, but in Cali and Colorado, I can only imagine.
04:45:03 Devastator: back in the day,
syv, it would sell on the black market for about 8 grand a kilo, if it was going to be smuggled to the states.
04:45:37 Devastator: Down where you're at, it'd be rarer than unicorns.
04:45:46 Devastator: I mean, your unicorns would probably be like stuff from Amsterdam.
04:46:13 MidJag: My brothers had Amsterdam weed. It's apparently amazing.
04:46:14 syv: Why is there so much variation in weed quality...?
04:46:46 Devastator: BC stuff would win gold medals in Amsterdam competitions.
04:46:51 syv: (
Devastator) but, according to statue, if that slot is left empty, the judges on the court could pick an acting appointee themselves, if it was left vacant for 120 days.
04:47:01 syv: This sounds like the system is functioning fairly well.
04:47:09 Devastator: ..and that guy can't be fired without a replacement being made.
04:47:09 MidJag: Hmm, if I'm ever in Canada I'll have to get my hands on some of it.
04:48:34 Devastator: Well, it's not, he can still fire the guy. But he has to do so himself, and he has to do so after the senate replacement in ready.
04:48:57 Devastator: ie, no having Barr send out a press release announcing someone is resigning, which is so blatantly corrupt it beggars the imagination.
04:50:35 syv: So at least the next guy will be able to resume work fairly soon afterward. He can't *stop* it, he can just make it really, really annoying.
04:50:44 Devastator: No, the next guy can totally stop it.
04:50:44 syv: And in theory the senate could just not accept anyone.
04:50:54 Devastator: he'd be picked by Trump specifically to do just that.
04:51:03 Devastator: no enforcement = no enforcement.
04:51:20 syv: Ahh, yeah, appointed by Trump/
04:51:22 Devastator: but.. the guy removed would be freed to testify about everything he sees.
04:51:29 Devastator: literally anything.
04:51:36 Devastator: so if he sticks around long enough to see those taxes, bam.
04:51:42 Devastator: or anything else huge.
04:51:51 syv: So it depends upon the Senate not siding with him. Which... yeah, that's what I'd expecy from our gov.
04:52:07 Devastator: They can filibuster it out past Wednesday if they have exactly one defector.
04:52:25 Devastator: assuming Barr can get someone ready and pushed through Monday, which might not be possible.
04:55:25 Devastator: Yeah. He's stuck. Has to admit lying about the 'resignation' in order to force through a replacement, and it'll lose a few more votes. And you can bet the hearings will be open.
04:55:39 Devastator: and if they're about Iranian sanctions evasions.. well.
04:55:53 Devastator: the odds of the military supporting some kind of coup would drop to about zero.
04:56:00 Devastator: other than a coup against him.
04:56:29 Devastator: [21:41]
Devastator Well, basically Bar has been firing inspector generals steadily, with the announcements at late-night Fridays off and on since the senate refusal to remove from office.
04:56:30 Devastator: [21:41]
Devastator This time he went after the judicially-appointee for the southern district of new york, who is the guy in charge of handling all the indictments related to the ongoing tax cases against Trump.
04:56:32 Devastator: [21:42]
Devastator There's a judicial appointee because Trump fired the last guy some time ago when it was looking bad for him in those cases.
04:56:33 Devastator: [21:42]
Devastator ..and then didn't appoint anyone, as part of an effort to stonewall the investigations.
04:58:07 Devastator: Man, this is hot shit, someone said no.
04:58:11 Devastator: I was wondering when that would happen.
04:58:25 Devastator: and this no is like for the key guy.
05:01:43 MidJag:
Dev I feel like the odds of the military supporting a coup is pretty low like regardless
05:02:58 MidJag: ....I mean if the entire military had a collective stroke sure. Then the president as the sole suriving military commander could declare a coup against himself.
05:03:29 Devastator: Man, that's not how it'd go down.
05:03:38 Devastator: I don't think you want me to describe that scenario to you.
05:04:21 MidJag: I am legimtetlly curious what scenario you have that would cause the military to coup either for or against trump and seize power for themselves.
05:04:38 Devastator: no, you don't want me to describe it.
05:05:02 Devastator: You do not want to hear it.
05:06:19 Devastator: I suspect you don't either.
05:06:37 Devastator: Ask me a couple months closer to the election.
05:06:53 Devastator: but no, it's not going to be easy reading.
05:07:01 MidJag: ....
Dev how likelly do you expect a military junta to be?
05:07:14 Devastator: No bet on that now.
05:07:19 Devastator: but single-digit percentages.
05:09:04 syv: Guess I'm setting an alarm to ask you on 8/20.
05:10:27 Devastator: don't ask me on a day you have nothing to do or are going to sleep.
05:10:54 MidJag: Perfect. I literally never have the first part of that sentence.
05:14:22 Devastator: could do that RP in Cabal if you want,
syv.
05:14:29 Devastator: was working on a post before the news broke.
05:15:04 syv: Go ahead, I wanna finish a PM but can do after I guess.
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05:18:34 Devastator: well, I'm still finishing up that post for now.
05:24:54 Devastator: ..mm, will be right after stage 1.
05:37:37 syv:
MidJag, are you always the one on the right?
05:37:51 MidJag: I'm a terrible morning person.
05:38:28 MidJag: My schedule during christmas break is go to bed at 3AM wake up at noon.
05:39:46 MidJag: I eternally show up about 5 mintues late to class for pretty much anything except tests.
05:39:57 MidJag: For morning classes at least.
05:40:15 MidJag: I am the worst morning person. I just force myself to appear to be one sometimes.
05:40:39 Devastator: oh man, it just got better.
05:41:09 Devastator: Berman was actually put in by Trump, in an 'acting' role, and then had his acting position confirmed by the judges.
05:41:18 Devastator: so screwed that much more thoroughly.
05:41:56 Devastator: so when the clock ran out he became untouchable.
05:42:06 Devastator: (and it was Sessions then.. it was over three years ago.)
05:42:27 MidJag: My ideal time for things to occur is like 10AM.
05:43:43 syv: It's definitely not 1 AM. ;P
05:44:41 syv: So he actually *can't* fire him? Or is it just delicious irony?
05:44:50 Devastator: It's not quite clear.
05:44:51 MidJag: No I mean like the ideal time for me to start class is 10AM, because I get to sleep in but when I wake up I don't feel like the days half gone.
05:45:25 Devastator: it is absolutely clear he can't be fired without it being by both Trump himself, and after there is a replacement, which should require real Senate confirmation, as it's explicitly written into the statue.
05:45:39 Devastator: but yes, it's delicious irony.
05:46:18 Devastator: it'd also almost certainly spark a court case which should secure his position until at least six months pass to get on the SC docket.. so he should be in place until after the election, unless he's physically removed.
05:48:10 Devastator: There are also some more loopholes, like if he indicts some key figures, he can be 'replaced' but not 'removed'.
05:48:34 Devastator: They don't normally indict key figures like this, but I figure that statement means he's not going to play by the rules Trump ignores.
05:48:57 Devastator: IE, they can put someone in charge of his position, but he keeps his ongoing investigations.
05:49:15 Devastator: which would normally lead to another special investigator being appointed, ala Mueller.
05:49:31 Devastator: (because you aren't supposed to investigate your boss, and your boss can't fire you for investigating him.)
06:01:19 syv:
Dev, this is post-height upgrade to make the muscles fit, and pre-teeth changing, yes?
06:01:46 syv: Also I forget the decision on changing Saeko's digestive syatem again.
06:16:36 Devastator: Hah. AP reports this as: The dueling statements have set up an extraordinary standoff.
06:18:21 syv: It sounds more to me like Berman metaphorically flipped off Barr after Barr tried to squelch him, and now Barr is making a plaintative gesture.
06:27:40 syv: Just noticed "all candidates will be tested with [FERROUS MEMENTO, THE MEMORY SKULL], via a drop of blood taken as part of the interview process."
06:27:54 syv: Thaaaat's something that should definitely be hashed out with Ekrov IC beforehand.
06:31:29 Devastator: well, thought I'd asked on here.
06:31:51 MidJag: What is the memory skull?
06:33:00 syv: It's FERROUS MEMENTO, THE MEMORY SKULL!
06:33:15 syv: The capitals are important. It's basically the boss monster of sculptures IMO.
06:33:36 syv: It lets me read the memories of anyone whose blood is introduced to it.
06:33:54 syv: And I can freely alter, delete, or add any memories I like.
06:35:00 syv: No use cost, aside from blood, which can probably be made infinite. No range cost. It works really fast. It's 100% reliable and unresistable, has infinite range (aside from needing the blood), etc.
06:35:21 syv: You could have a really threatening villain whose *only* power is just having this one item.
07:23:34 Devastator: I edited it into the last post.
07:24:25 Devastator: should have told you.
07:24:39 syv: Yeah, that edit was after my post. Silly
Devastator.
07:25:34 Devastator: Probably save 'not putting him down' for stage 2 or later. ;-p
07:25:45 Devastator: when she can actually do it, and not just push.
07:25:48 syv: Editing "tomorrow is good" into post.
07:27:46 MidJag: huh. The more I watch the India china thing the more I think that India's populace might force India into something.
07:29:31 syv: I should have Ekrov introduce Saeko to his family sometime.
07:30:38 syv: Maybe I can convince Dubs to let me write his relatives. Or get him to write a generalized scene about them.
07:31:38 Devastator: did think of another good reason to do the memory test.
07:31:45 Devastator: "What if one of our hires is not human?"
07:33:07 syv: Ekrov would rather waste the magic than invasively probe their memories.
07:33:13 syv: But if pushed, that could work.
07:33:29 Devastator: well, if you say no you can say no.
07:33:39 Devastator: but you know, path to villainry, so pushing some is only natural.
07:35:09 syv: Yeah, I'll still inevitably let you do it OOC, and agree entirely.
07:35:38 syv: But Ekrov is a wide-eyed idealist, so he definitely requires pushing before mind scanning a bunch of prospective employees.
07:35:39 Devastator: well, if you've got a good idea this isn't some kind of absolute sticking point.
07:36:08 syv: I don't. Again, just IC my char isn't sociopathic and has a strong sense of morality driving him.
07:53:06 Devastator: man, those relatives might have an interesting time.
07:53:10 Devastator: better to do that before stage 2.
07:55:07 syv: Pity you got rid of the teeth.
07:55:37 syv: That really puts her into "oh god this person is a dangerous monster" territory.
08:07:03 syv: Thanks for the reminder of what I was doing.
08:07:08 MidJag: mmmm, I should probably go to bed.
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08:41:33 syv: Am I drawing it out too much?
08:48:11 Devastator: wondering if I did a too-poor job of selling it.
08:50:28 syv: Your last post seems fine.
08:51:03 syv: I'm just writing Ekrov being resistant to the concept, even if he understands and agrees with it.
08:51:55 syv: Corruption doesn't work so well if the one being corrupted just goes. "Ah, makes sense, kay then." ;P
08:52:21 Devastator: but you know me and making people do stuff.
08:57:59 syv: So you can understand why Ekrov is so resistant to this~
08:59:50 Devastator: Yeah, but I'm awful at it, too.
09:03:10 Devastator: also, the bonus ear spell went through, so saeko should be able to hear everythign.
09:03:31 Devastator: critted, so same elf-ears, just work better.
09:04:49 syv: Okay. I'm not hiding any quiet statements, nor do I intend to mention something like his heartrate.
09:08:02 Devastator: still amused at the idea of hunting down the sculptor deity and yelling or something.
09:08:18 Devastator: well, if ekrov said no here, be able to press for animal testing with the universal lube.
09:17:35 syv: Tell me if you want me to wrap it up.
09:18:26 Devastator: I think I'll leave it there.
09:21:09 syv: He's basically said okay, BTW.
09:28:01 Devastator: happy enough to do it since Ekrov needed it.
09:28:32 Devastator: PM3 is such a good show. I'm gonna try and set up a watch with some other RL friends.
09:29:21 Devastator: probably be the movies due to logistics.
09:31:44 Devastator: No, but I'll find copies.
09:31:58 Devastator: downloading that other thing now.
10:13:06 Devastator: would Pumsy say anything if Alida asked him about other magical girls?
10:14:48 syv: It depends so ridiculously much on precisely what she asks that I can't really specify any further.
10:14:59 syv: Any suggestions for Cabal turn?
10:15:27 syv: Don't think I'll write it tonight, but tomorrow seems the latest that's reasonable.
10:16:40 Devastator: not particularly. I'll try to leave the city in a turn or two, if you're ready.
10:19:15 Devastator: "I didn't know about those two, Pumsy. Are there any other magical girls about the city? And can they do anything cool?"
10:23:07 Elasticly_Rigid: Good morning
syv
10:23:39 Elasticly_Rigid: My alarm is 6:20
10:24:17 syv: That means I won't be seeing very much of you.
10:25:07 syv: Oh yeah, that's what I wanted to ask about
10:25:16 syv: I liked those little class blurbs you posted.
10:25:36 syv: Wanted to ask if you'd be okay with me stealing/modifying a couple, and sticking them in the secondpost?
10:25:52 syv: Probably along with a little rewrite of the already existant class intros?
10:26:23 Devastator: maybe it's just me using an archaeism that's disappointing.
10:27:02 syv: "About"? No, Pumsy understands all language, even archaic language, as long as I understand it.
10:32:31 syv: I think there's probably at least six cities about this size on the island? More if anything.
10:33:02 syv: I also don't think I've ever officially stated that PS takes place on an island.
10:33:23 syv: Maybe it actually takes place in expy Florida.
10:33:36 Devastator: Alida would know IC.
10:33:40 syv: "Are there any other magical girls about this penis?"
10:33:51 syv: I'm going to go to sleep now.
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18:11:05 Devastator: too early to tell, but it looks like Barr's backing down.
18:12:52 Devastator: spinning it as if he was offering Berman a promotion, and Berman refused.
18:17:59 Devastator: Also looks like shoving a nominee through is currently impossible, the head of Senate Judiciary said he doesn't have the votes without two democrats.
18:18:14 Devastator: so.. Berman's gonna stay.
18:25:41 Devastator: Of course one tantrum later and everything could be changed, so.. too early.
18:27:26 Devastator: Do note that was 'doesn't have the votes ON HIS COMMITTEE, which is bipartisan but majority R.'
18:32:24 Devastator: Which implies that the proposed line is 'we wanted to promote this guy, but were blocked by MAURADING DEMOCRATS'.
20:06:16 Devastator: went to "Barr writes a letter pretending Trump fired him."
20:19:01 Devastator: Also, instead of putting through a trump-picked successor, his letter states that his replacement will be the person directly designated to do all the Trump-related investigations in Berman's place.
20:19:14 Devastator: of course, that'll be meaningless because they'll just fire her tomorrow.
20:22:34 Devastator: Oh hot damn, Trump just said he wasn't personally involved in this, so Barr can't use his force to make it stick.
20:22:53 Devastator: you know what, I'm just going to shut up about this until a few more days have passed.
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