Slightly different approach this morning:

[PCIntern]

Whilst showering at the ungodly hour of 4:45 AM, I was considering when these indictments might come down and I thought of a passage from Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island wherein a pirate ship threatens the castaways/colonists. All seems lost, but then:

“The colonists’ situation was desperate. Their retreat was discovered. They could not oppose any obstacle to these missiles, nor protect the stone, which flew in splinters around them. There was nothing to be done but to take refuge in the upper passage of Granite House, and leave their dwelling to be devastated, when a deep roar was heard, followed by frightful cries!

Cyrus Harding and his companions rushed to one of the windows—

The brig, irresistibly raised on a sort of water-spout, had just split in
two, and in less than ten seconds she was swallowed up with all her criminal crew!”

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I’m awaiting….with bated breath, the swallowing of this criminal crew. . I believe it’s going to be a cascade of indictments, but I’m often mistaken….🙏

[SheltieLover]

1. I believe you are correct!

[3Hotdogs]

7. True.... often mistaken. Who amongst us, remembers with fondness ---

Fitsmas.

And ---- wait for it ----- it's still coming ----


Muller time.

[malaise]

2. I can't wait

Great quote

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Bated" is the correct term.

Not "baited."

[PCIntern]

4. Yes...

You’re right. Thanks.

[3825-87867]

15. Unless the anchovies

from last night's pizza were not so good!

[fightforfreedom]

5. I agree, Trump will be indicted multiple times.

I have always believed Trump would suddenly be taken down by an avalanche of justice. Like a snowpack building and building and then suddenly it lets loose and sweeps everyone away in its path.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. Unless I'm mistaken, that plot device

is an example of deus ex machina.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

[PCIntern]

8. Yes but ...

Not quite Deus in this case however….you are correct. It is, I believe, the best Verne book by far.

[EYESORE 9001]

17. Just wondering...

Was the first example of deus ex machina when Moses parted the Red Sea? It was certainly an act of god, and it definitely pulled the israelites’ biscuits out of the fire.

[Marthe48]

14. I was headed for ex deus machina

But in the case of traitor and his henchmen, hoping for a more human resolution, that reinforces our belief in our system law and justice.

And leaves them all penniless and rotting in prison.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. RICO small potatoes vs Espionage Act

Sink them all, the whole bloody pirate operation.

[Trueblue Texan]

10. That's what I've been thinking...

...but it won't be deus ex machina; it will be the hand of justice executed by the proper government departments. All the I's will be dotted and the T's crossed.

[2naSalit]

11. That is the sense that I have...

Had for several months now. I think the indictments will, most of those we know about and expect, will come around the 23rd and thereafter. Just a feeling but I think that feeling has weight.

A lot of things are about to change real soon, by the middle of autumn... at least that should be the beginning of a long spell of what might be seen as the time of comeuppance in many ways, good and bad.

[Joinfortmill]

12. I like it.

[jaxexpat]

13. Indictments, guilty as charged, appeals, USSC.

It looks to me like the counting of unhatched chickens is especially imprudent this year.

[3825-87867]

16. Optimist

A penniless person who orders Oyster Stew at a seafood restaurant expecting pay for it with the pearl in the stew.

(Edited for spelling!)

[Vinca]

18. I hope it's a cascade of indictments. Swamp him with indictments and he won't know which

prosecutor to trash first. And you're right - 4:45 a.m. is an ungodly hour to be showering. LOL.