If Tony Soprano, Silvio Dante, and Pauline Gualtieri agree to whack Big Pussy Bonpensiero by taking him out on Tony’s boat, shooting Pussy, and dumping Pussy’s body in the Atlantic, and Paulie drives to Home Depot to buy heavy chains to tie to Pussy’s body so it will sink,…
Look, I didn’t actually say what happened at the end of season two.
Perhaps agents Cubitoso and Harris showed up at the marina and busted everyone. Who knows? I won’t tell.
@Kaos_Vs_Control @gtconway3d @MelanieHT1919 too quick to assume t/finish—were in t/intermission stage btwn acts 2–& 3 Putins revenge t/curtains of which has yet to open
Were an MTV world where it’s happening now now & now—RU closes the trap w/plotting w/in plotting w/in a puzzle box for revenge
This is not yet baked
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@Kaos_Vs_Control @gtconway3d @MelanieHT1919 Does it feel settled to you—just on a gut level—there’s yet another shoe to drop no?
This cant be “dealt” away—& as for the heads of military Prigozhin wanted to roll—reports are they remain in their posts
This is unsettled & I imagine Russian ppl are bracing as t/tension climbs
🧵🪡 🧵🪡Some additional thoughts about the legal pointlessness of a Pomerantz deposition, apart from the question before the Second Circuit of whether the deposition should be allowed to proceed:
There are really only three general subjects that the House committee could ask Pomerantz about.
(1) They could ask him questions about Michael Cohen’s credibility. That won’t help Trump legally because:
(a) it wouldn’t be admissible evidence at a Trump trial; and
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(b) no matter what Pomerantz’s views are, Cohen’s credibility can be attacked on the basis of his prior lies, but is bolstered by (i) the fact he lied in part to help Trump, and by (ii) documentary evidence—like the reimbursement checks Trump signed—that back Cohen’s story.
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the housing-that-all-looks-the-same problem today presents an unparalleled and historic architectural crisis like nothing humankind has ever seen before