Huffpost good article explaining the Georgia indictments

The article gives the number of alleged crimes, the number of indictments, and discusses some of them.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-indicted-georgia_n_637ea2bce4b082d8e6cd4fcd

Is this another Trump threat to witnesses?

Trump has dirt (komoromat) on a lot of people. If he leaves the US, like he just recently suggested he should do, he would be free to "tell all" on the people that he feels betrayed him to SC Smith.

So, is his suggestion about leaving the country a veiled threat to witnesses who have testified to the grand jury and would testify in a trial?

In effect, it is as if Trump is saying, "Your disloyalty is driving me from the country and from my rightful place in the White House. So why shouldn't I leave for a place where I can speak freely?"

Trump is known for his vindictiveness. No way would he just walk away without getting vengeance on people that he feels betrayed him, or who were not successful enough in coming to his aid.

I think that he really would leave rather than risk a trial that he's likely to lose and an election that he can't be sure of winning. But his announcement of that possibility must put fear in the minds of witnesses who, if he has to flee, would face his vengeance.

Cats interrupting interviews

Ember the cat is freaking me out with a miraculous behavior change.

She has always DESPISED being brushed or combed. When little, she squirmed and wiggled loose. As she got older, larger, and stronger, she got more assertive - hissing, slapping me, and slapping the brush right out of my hand.

I tried different kinds of brushes and combs. Even tried a toothbrush in case the cat brushes were too harsh. Nothing doing. She howled and as if being tortured. I tried treats as a reward afterward and a lure before brushing. Ember wasn't having it.

And then, a couple days ago, the miracle happened.

I cleaned out a bathroom drawer and removed an old hairbrush of mine. I still had it in my hand when I walked to my desk, where Ember likes to perch next to me. I laid it down to type something. Ember sniffed it. Then she rubbed her face against the bristle side. I picked it up slowly and cautiously and ran it over the top of her head, where she loves to get scritches and even tolerates brushes sometimes, very briefly. I was shocked at her reaction. She leaned into the brush so that it ran over the side of her neck. I tried it on the other side and she leaned into it again. Dreamy, half-closed eyes of contentment. Was this my fierce Ember or an imposter?

I let the brush slide down a bit to her shoulder. No hissing. No finger shredding. No slapping at me or the brush. Nevertheless, I stopped, not wanting to push my luck. And then the second miracle happened. Ember looked at the brush and me as if wondering why the brushing stopped. She nudged the brush and my hand to continue. So I did.

OMG!!! Was this just a feline suckup job? No, it wasn't feeding time.

And it has happened a few times since then. I left the brush on my desk. When she feels like it, she rubs against it. That's my cue to pick it up and let her rub against it, then brush her.

Thus is so uncharacteristic that I am spooked.

This one is for you, Siwsan.

You have wondered how Madoc got into screw lid jars to reach treats. This is how it's done.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181859282

Any bets on when the latest DOJ indictments will be released?

The grand jury meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today (Tuesday) went by without any news about the indictments.

So, will it be this Thursday? Or sometime next week?

I expect to see violence at some point by Trump supporters.

It will not be a single large attack like the one against the Capitol on J6. It will be individual acts of violence in various locations. Maybe some assassination attempts on Democratic leaders or their families. Maybe some infrastructure damage like destroying power stations.

In other words, acts of domestic terrorism. They are harder to defend against and to trace and prosecute.

If Trump supporters carry out terrorist acts as a reaction to the charges that Trumo faces, when are they most likely to do it?

Will it be when the J6 related indictments are announced?

Or the fake elector charges in Georgia if they inckude Trump?

What is likely to be the event that pushes them over the edge? The start of the J6 trial in DC?

Or will they protest peacefully during the trial, but turn feral when a jury convicts him?

I had a scare Sunday evening when I went to a local convenience store.

The store is just a few blocks away, within easy walking distance. When I got a block away, I could hear screaming and yelling in the store's parking lot. Angry, threatening tones. Because of parked cars in the store's lot, I could not clearly see what was happening, but I did get a glimpse of a woman running around the side of a car. Someone opened the car's door for her to get in, but she screamed and ran from the car.

From a distance, it looked like a possible abduction attempt. I pulled out my phone to call 911 and slowed down my steps, not wanting to get caught in the middle. The possibility of a gun and shooting came to mind since these days, people are quick to "solve" arguments that way.

Then a cop car whizzed past me and turned into the lot. I waited from a distance until the yelling stopped. When I got closer, it turned out to be two women arguing. They each had young children standing nearby. Two cops were questioning them.

Once inside the store, I asked the clerk what was going on. She said the 2 women started arguing inside the store. When they got outside, one woman grabbed the other one and they both went down. So the store clerk called the cops.

The argument? One woman accused the other of having an affair with her boyfriend. These were adult women, not teenagers!

What a sign of the times that I had feared the possibility of a shooting. On the way home, I thought about it. Fortunately that was not the case this time. But it's prudent to consider that possibility these days since people carry guns and shoot when angry.

Archaeologists Discover Entrance to Zapotec Underworld Beneath Church in Mexico

Using technology to see and map below the church, archaeologists have verified tales of a Zapotec underworld that 17th century Spanish priests ordered to be closed off and then hid by building built a church over it.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/zapotec-underworld-entrance-mexico-180982552/

Does anyone know where this pronunciation for the word "cousin" comes from?

I know a guy who says "cousint" for cousin. He always adds a "t" to the end. He has a few other pronunciations and words that I associate with a Missouri Ozark or an Appalachian dialect.

Is "cousint" an Ozark or Appalachian dialect pronunciation?