I guess "imminent" doesn't mean "soon"

[angrychair]

Anymore.

I knew this was going to happen. All these cases will just keep floating around and go nowhere.

For reasons that remain opaque to me he has managed to stay a free man for 40+ years despite overt criminal activity.

This timeline is exhausting.

[rubbersole]

1. Orwell - "Imminent" means "never".

[angrychair]

2. Exactly. N/T

...

[brooklynite]

4. So now we're beating up the Fulton County DA?

Garland became too easy a target?

[angrychair]

9. Not "beating up"

Just making the point that we should hold them accountable. I didn't say it was "imminent" she did.

It's completely fair to acknowledge the fact that he has managed to avoid even being charged with a crime for 40+ years for reasons that remain a mystery.

It's not wrong to ask questions and the "just wait and see" or "any day now" retorts is becoming a little ridiculous. It's been years. It's time to either say yes or no on the subject and be done with it and whatever repercussions there are with that decision.

[stopdiggin]

14. sounds an awful lot like it

That is the source of the "imminent' wording that you chose to deride - correct? So - mockery, but not necessarily 'beating up?'

In any event - your 'contribution' has been noted.
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[brush]

23. You do know that the case has to go to the real, final grand jury...

now, right?

[Scrivener7]

26. So now questioning the use of the word "imminent" equals "beating up"?

We're not allowed to notice that nothing happened "imminently?"

Because it didn't.

[brooklynite]

28. According to the post I responded to, "imminent" means "never"

[Scrivener7]

29. Stop beating that poster up!

[Irish_Dem]

3. There is "legal imminent" and then there is "regular imminent".

Too entirely different concepts with no relationship to each other whatsoever.

[NewHendoLib]

5. then there is political imminent.

that's all I will say about that

[Irish_Dem]

24. +1

[nightwing1240]

6. just a ploy to "gin up"" the base

I used to fall for it but haven't in ages. Most likely since W got away with war crimes.

[dweller]

7. Are you referring to the DOJ

taking over the Santos investigation ?
🫤


✌🏻

[angrychair]

10. That too

I don't see that going anywhere either.

[JanMichael]

8. Still waiting for Fitzmas.

[Skittles]

18. and Mueller Time!

[Beastly Boy]

11. Astronomers say that Andromeda's collision with Milky Way is imminent.

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Sure, that's what they always say. But when I go out and look at the night sky, all I see is Andromeda just sitting there doing nothing.

You would think that at 120 miles per second it shouldn't take 4 billion years. Will Andromeda ever be held accountable for this egregious delay?

Call me a skeptic, but I will believe it when I see it.

[stopdiggin]

15. excellent! -(nt)-

[Bettie]

12. Republican crooks never pay

unless they have screwed over other rich white dudes.

[sprinkleeninow]

13. Imminent equals a definite maybe.

[vanlassie]

16. She only said it four days ago.

Three business days.

[kacekwl]

17. I think it means

Two weeks. It worked for trump.

[KS Toronado]

19. I don't remember if the Florida AG who was looking into Matt Gaetz

used the term soon, shortly or imminent, but it seems like him getting papers served on him is way over due.
Did he use some under the table money to make everything disappear?

[Scrivener7]

27. Yes. The case against Gaetz is gone. So that "imminent" meant "never."

[Warpy]

20. No, "This is a big deal and I wanna think about whether or not I wanna be the one to do it."

That's most likely what it means.

[OverBurn]

21. The behind the scenes payoff negotiations aren't finished. Just half kidding.

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. What has it been, 3 days since Willis used the word "imminent" in court?

Willis is the only prosecutor I am aware of who has said that indictments of targets of her investigation are imminent.

Were you referring to Willis, or something else?

[BlackSkimmer]

25. Lol, no it doesn't.

I still remember when Gaetz' indictment was "imminent".

[Sky Jewels]

30. Yet again we're being played for fools.

Silly us. We got our hopes up that powerful white males might actually face consequences for high crimes.

[mcar]

31. Imminent means "about to happen"

DA Willis just used that word the other day. Why so defeatist?

[Prairie_Seagull]

32. What do we really have except our own personal 'take' on people.

My read on her is that she is basically a good person who wants to do the right thing. I don't want to believe that she wants to play games at this level. So I will give her another week with my fingers crossed. I will let the wordsmiths decide if Imminent equals soon. A week from now would be soon enough for me. Although I am chomping at the bit.

[BannonsLiver]

33. I've had quite literally zero expectations for a variety of reasons.

And I have not been disappointed. 🤷‍♂️