All Talk and No Action

It seems that the investigation into that Russian thing is still grinding on, with nothing significant accomplished. I understand that Trump has been tweeting about possibly pardoning everyone involved, including himself. This has given rise to the question of whether or not a president can legally pardon himself. Somebody asked one of Trump's lawyers about it, and he said that there is no point in addressing that question, since nobody has yet been charged with anything, much less convicted, so there is nothing to pardon. I think there is a precedent for pardoning somebody before they are formally charged because that's what President Ford did for ex President Nixon back in the Watergate days, but I have never heard of a president or governor pardoning himself, before or after the fact.

This reminds me of the time Inverness Township, where we used to live, did a study of the need to install sewers. The study concluded that there indeed was a need for sewers, but only after using up all the money in the sewer fund just for the study. Another such study was done years later and, again, all the sewer money was used up just studying the matter. The third time was the charm. Although the study again used up all the money in the sewer fund, the township officials managed to weasel some additional money out of the fire protection fund, and the sewers were finally built. We had moved away by then, but it wouldn't have mattered since no sewers were installed on our street anyway. To my knowledge, the only street that actually got sewers was M-27 Highway, which is an extension of the City of Cheboygan's Main Street. The township sewers feed into the city's sewer system, and the city charges some kind of fee for processing the township's shit.

For several years now, there has been talk of building a Meijer Mega Mall in the township, since there is no tract of land in the city large enough to accommodate it. The company bought some land, and then decided that, in addition to sewers, they wanted to be hooked up to the city's municipal water supply. The city and the township have been negotiating with each other about this for some two years, and they are no closer to an agreement now than they were when they started. Both parties have given up on each other and, last I heard, were trying to by-pass each other and negotiate directly with Meijer. I have not heard what Meijer has to say about this, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have forgotten about the project by now.

I have watched four episodes of "Meeting of Minds" and they're all good. I thought there had been only six episodes made, but I have heard several references to previous episodes in the ones I have watched. After I watch the last two, I plan to search for any additional episodes that might be out there.