He was supposed to be in prison. He was supposed to be in Federal prison.

[Aristus]

How would remanding him to custody after his conviction on 37 felony counts prior to sentencing have been worse than what's happening right now?

Shit. I can't even anymore.

I'm going to get drunk and dream that I'm not living in this shitty country anymore...

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. I hear ya

Take care Aristus.

[kiri]

44. How now Merrick Garland? nt

[Xavier Breath]

2. "The escape room of countries," as I recently heard a comedian describe it.

[Lucky Luciano]

23. My wife shared that with me just yesterday!

Unfortunately, as a YouTube short and not a “video”, you have to click through to see it. She’s funny!

https://youtube.com/shorts/ORIqrzU_07w?si=ain7graNEf7zhNgZ

[littlemissmartypants]

33. ...

?si=ain7graNEf7zhNgZ

[ShazzieB]

47. That was very funny!

Thanks for sharing this!

[Hugin]

3. CO said he was ineligible...

It should have come to a full stop there, incarcerated or not.

[purple_haze]

4. What is stopping you from leaving?

I personally am planning on retiring in Europe or South America, where is less than a year away. Been saving money like crazy and looking at different expat communities abroad.

[Aristus]

6. Very little.

My wife still isn't ready to pull up stakes. But I expect she will be soon.

[FirstLight]

25. Im broke, have a chronic illness and disability

At 55.. there's no country willing to let me in...

I guess I have to tough it out here or wait till canada allows US refugees😔

[Xavier Breath]

36. If/when they do, I'll be standing in line right behind you.

[markie]

5. Cointreau for me

the nightmares don't seem to end of late

[Aristus]

7. I'm going to crack a bottle of Lagavulin.

And pretend I'm in Scotland or someplace...

[markie]

8. my selection is limited...

this is me on the left after a few drinks I do have Scottish blood (Clan Lamont)

?si=q803EIVVCa55jLqJ

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[Aristus]

9. I also have a bottle of Glenlivet.

Because I do love single malt…

[Ilsa]

22. I like your tartan!

Great colors and pattern. Lucky you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Please forgive my ignorance, my dear Aristus . . . Who are we talking about?

[Aristus]

11. Trump.

He’s gone and bombed Iran.

The judge who presided over Trump’s conviction on 37 felony counts clearly said to himself: “Let’s let him walk around free while we drag our feet on sentencing him. What’s the worst that could happen?”

Well, we have the answer to that staggeringly näive question.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Thanks for telling me. It's a horrible development.

[calimary]

20. Yeah, shit. What's the worst that could happen?

[MustLoveBeagles]

12. The Orange Menace

He ordered three strikes in Iran

[Dave Bowman]

28. Three strikes, isn't he supposed to be out?

If only. 😕

[BadgerMom]

13. I did that on Election Night 2016.

I woke up drunk, hungover and still in a shitty country. But YMMV. Good luck.

[surfered]

15. I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

Cheers 🍷!

[Aristus]

16. I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

Just kidding.

I’ll quit drinking when I’m dead.

And at this rate, that should be a few days…

[love_katz]

17. Please don't die on us, sir.

You are a treasure, and I always look forward to them.
Too bad that we can't bomb Agolf $hitler.

[Aristus]

18. Aw, that's sweet!

[Grim Chieftain]

19. Right there with you, Aristus

Our country has gone down the toilet in a matter of months. Two hundred fifty years of democracy ruined, and no one is doing a goddamn thing to stop him.

I wish I could get hammered, but all I have in the house is wine. I won't make that mistake again.

[Aristus]

21. Hey, whatever it takes.

[LT Barclay]

24. From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe

even further back. If we'd put more of a butthurt on the south after the civil war and held government officials to a higher standard, we'd be a different country.
I think about the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The problem was well known back then and nothing was done. Now it is institutionalized and entrenched so much that we have thugs willing to kill to protect it.

[FirstLight]

26. Have an extra one for me

Been sober since October 2023...but im itching for a couple shots tonight 🥺😒😡

[Aristus]

27. Stay strong. You can do it.

[BattleRow]

29. Anyone here recall chants of bomb,bomb,bomb Iran to the

melody of the Beach Boys song,"Barbara Ann"?
I didn't find it amusing then,and I sure as hell don't,now.

[RubyRose]

30. That was John mcCain if i remember correctly

[BattleRow]

31. I can't recall who did..and I sure don't trust my memory,lol.

[OMGWTF]

32. That is correct.

[MichMan]

40. Someone recorded a song parody that was played on the radio

Doubt it was John McCain that recorded it

[MorbidButterflyTat]

43. Weird Al maybe?

[ShazzieB]

48. Yes, it was McCain!

I remember that vividly! It was really shocking at the time.

But I forgave him for it after he saved the ACA by showing up to vote against the repeal when he was recovering from brain surgery.

Much as I did not want him to be potus, I wish at least a few of the Republicans in the Senate now were more like him; i.e., able to think for themselves and in possession of a functioning spine!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. We were armed with court orders. He had a Cannon. Don't bring a paper to a gun fight.

That classified document case seemed like an easy conviction, almost a no-brainer.

Until Cannon slowed the whole thing down.

[TheRickles]

39. I still don't understand how she was chosen "randomly" to be the supervising judge.

I suspect that something fishy went on behind the scenes with her choice, but I've never heard a clear description of how the choice was made (and whether it was witnessed to be truly random).

[hydrolastic]

42. THIS! WTH Happened ?

Why was Jack smith so handcuffed when dealing with her? She was making rulings about the case on portions of the case she had no jurisdiction over ! If we were so worried about following every rule to the letter How the hell was she allowed to get so far out of her lane ?

[Justice matters.]

35. And now, the rest of the world has no incentive left to trust the american system.

As the oceans keep heating up little by little until they'll start boiling.

Venus is not a model to keep on ignoring like this species is doing.

Money will not save anyone's children's grandchildren.

[Evolve Dammit]

37. Not disagreeing at all. Hang in there and cheers. ED

[soldierant]

38. Wasn't that 37 count conviction in New York State?

I'm pretty sure none of the Federal charges ever saw a courtroom with a jury in it.

(I was hoping for Rikers Island for him myself.)

[MichMan]

41. I wasn't ever expecting he would have been sentenced to jail

[soldierant]

46. I wasn't either really, but one can always hope.

[ShazzieB]

49. That is correct!

I really wanted to see him behind bars, but tbh, I would have settled for house arrest, if it would have kept him from running again!

[proud patriot]

45. I picked a shitty year to quit drinking

Enjoy one for me .

[lees1975]

50. Well, Democrats had two years of a majority in congress plus the White House to get it done.

No boldness or willingness to take the risks required. Now we have to suffer the consequences of Merrick Garland's dithering and incompetence, and the lack of fortitude among Democrats who had the power to take him down and pack that damn supreme court at the same time.

[dlilafae]

51. We could have used some

Expediting and a thumb on the scale to pressure Garland. But God forbid we jail a presidential criminal.

[Brenda]

52. I hear you loud and clear.

Sláinte!

[Scrivener7]

53. Patience, grasshopper. This isn't a Law & Order episode. Merrick Garland is working hard behind the scenes.

He's got this. Stop being a Debbie downer.

[Initech]

54. Part of it is Fox News and the giant tumor in DC known as the Heritage Foundation.