# 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020 "2021-01-08T10:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 154
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3069 "2022-03-23T15:47:19Z")
Tomorrow you will _all_ love Big Borschts! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3070 "2022-03-23T15:56:34Z")
…and you cannot lie… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3071 "2022-03-23T16:07:49Z")
“I’d hit it” “NO WE HIT YOU. AND YOU ARE GOING TO GET FRIES WITH THAT” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3072 "2022-03-23T16:15:23Z")
I would not eat at Uncle Vanya’s. I don’t want some Chekhov preparing my food. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3073 "2022-03-23T18:27:30Z")
Food, definitely not. But I’d accept some of his Hubba Bubba. Because I enjoy Chekhov’s gum. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3074 "2022-03-23T18:57:32Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Because I enjoy Chekhov’s gum. If you have it, you must chew it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3075 "2022-03-23T19:12:04Z")
In the next act. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3076 "2022-03-23T19:12:48Z")
Will have Gulag Meal, fish heads and extra saw dust. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3077 "2022-03-23T20:40:49Z")
You will eat what you are _given_. You do not say what you will have. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3078 "2022-03-24T06:08:45Z")
I do love borscht. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3079 "2022-03-24T10:29:16Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > ekhov’s gum But did you bring enough for everyone? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3080 "2022-03-24T19:05:59Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bcokL59jeqU/maxresdefault.jpg "Blazing Saddles (10/10) Movie CLIP - Boy, Is He Strict (1974) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcokL59jeqU) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3081 "2022-03-24T20:29:58Z")
Borscht is a dish best served cold. > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I would not eat at Uncle Vanya’s. I would not eat there in a boat. I would not eat there with a goat. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3082 "2022-03-24T21:57:53Z")
The water is starting to boil around Ginny Thomas. [January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages/index.html) Perhaps another opening in the court? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3083 "2022-03-24T22:00:45Z")
Ginni Thomas, wife of said-to-be hospitalized Supreme Court Justice Clarence, emailed dozens of times with Mark Meadows in the days and weeks leading up to the Jan 6 insurrection and Biden’s inauguration: > [@](#): > > …These text messages, according to sources, took place between early November 2020 and mid-January 2021. … > > …The text messages in the committee’s possession are only part of the tranche of documents that Meadows provided to the committee during the short period of time he was cooperating with their investigation. They do not necessarily represent the sum total of communication between Thomas and Meadows during that period of time. … Apologists for the “no one must suggest Merrick Garland isn’t doing his job” school of thought are saying that these emails prove that Meadows is _currently_ cooperating with DOJ and that’s why DOJ hasn’t acted on the criminal contempt referral of Meadows (for ignoring a subpoena) from Congress. But of course that’s not the case—this set of emails is in the materials Meadows turned over long before the criminal contempt referral was made. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3084 "2022-03-25T00:23:31Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > The water is starting to boil around Ginny Thomas. [January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows - CNNPolitics](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages/index.html) > Perhaps another opening in the court? To paraphrase a popular Republican phrase following the 1992 election: _Who appointed her?!_ ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3085 "2022-03-25T00:38:44Z")
So. What? Please describe the mechanism by which there will be any consequences for anyone from this. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3086 "2022-03-25T00:39:07Z")
[https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1507140011266699285?t=Qgd0NNCNQC6Fg87oWw9VKA&s=19](https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1507140011266699285?t=Qgd0NNCNQC6Fg87oWw9VKA&s=19) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3087 "2022-03-25T01:02:45Z")
In a well run world it would mean justice Thomas would recuse himself from any cases that come before his court that relate to the January 6 uprising. It can add pressure to stack the court. And it makes the following self-serving and tells us to not listen to justice Thomas: > **[Clarence Thomas: supreme court could be ‘compromised’ by politics](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/12/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-conservative-politics)** > > The court is set to rule this year on divisive issues including abortion, gun control, the climate crisis and voting rights ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3088 "2022-03-25T01:31:16Z")
Who will make him recuse himself? Did you really need this to tell you he’s not a valuable voice? Bottom line is I don’t think that there is anyone who can do anything to him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=155)