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Peak wingnut was a lie.

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I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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You cannot shame the shameless.

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Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

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Serial asshole and former SC GOP head is exactly the man you thought he was:

Todd Kincannon, a Columbia attorney and former executive director of the S.C. Republican Party, has been accused of threatening his wife and refusing to let her out of his car Thursday night, according to a report from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. He has not been arrested or charged with any crimes, according to a sheriff’s department spokesman.

The report states that on Thursday at about 10:21 p.m., a sheriff’s deputy responded to Kincannon’s house in Columbia “regarding a possible domestic incident.” The deputy met with Kincannon, who said he and his wife had gotten in an argument about him “touching [his wife’s] leg at a work function.” The report notes that Kincannon “denied any physical altercation and had no signs of such.”

The officer then spoke with Kincannon’s wife, Ashely Suzanne Griffith, who said that they “have a history of unreported domestic violence.” She said she was “extremely fearful” of Kincannon and described him as being “extremely ‘traditional’ and controlling, thus becoming very upset due to embarrassing him,” according to the report. From the report (Note: Kincannon’s full name is listed as James John Todd Kincannon; the report refers to him as James):

“Ashely continued to tell me after leaving the work function, James began screaming at Ashely while they drove in their car. Ashely told James to let her out of their car to which he refused. Ashely proceeded to roll down the window and scream for James to let her out, hoping a bystander would call 9-1-1.”

She went on to tell the deputy that, while Kincannon was driving the car in a Chick-fil-A parking lot at about 5 mph, she attempted to get out of the vehicle, but “James grabbed Ashely’s arm, squeezing it tightly, thus preventing her from exiting the vehicle,” according to the report. She told the deputy that she hit Kincannon’s arm several times in an attempt to escape, but Kincannon accelerated and she was unable to get out.

A show of hands for those of you who are even remotely surprised. Yeah, me either.

I’d ask him on twitter, but his account was suspended.

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  2. 2.

    JPL

    Earlier I read that he had a problem with cough syrup. Not sure about last time though.

    The cough syrup made me abuse you might be the latest excuse.

  3. 3.

    Violet

    Kincannon was driving the car in a Chick-fil-A parking lot

    Of course he was. Couldn’t go to one of those heathen fast food establishments.

  6. 6.

    Gin & Tonic

    Years ago I used to have to go to Columbia, SC 4x/yr for business. Place is a shithole.

  7. 7.

    JCJ

    @Omnes Omnibus: One of those opened here in Brookfield. It was embarrassing to see the way people flocked to that place. The wait was over one hour. For Chick-Fil-A.

  8. 8.

    scav

    Twinkies. Cough Syrup. Those delicate family values personal responsibility types really should stay away from the hard stuff.

  10. 10.

    Botsplainer

    I hate Notre Dame and hate UK.

    I’m really struggling with this game – it’s like too much hate, even for me.

  13. 13.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @efgoldman: My friend who is the most devout Christian I know refuses to patronize that place. She also looks at the “Christian business listing” handouts to be sure not to do business with any of the listed businesses. It is her sincere belief that your faith is between you and your G*d, and observed quietly/privately, as Jesus requires. She is as a result offended by the loud and proud “Christians.”

  14. 14.

    Renie

    OT Speaking of husbands, there’s this interesting nugget appearing in a NYT article on how Hillary’s team is going to rein in Bill:

    In September 2012, when Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, spoke at the annual Clinton Global Initiative gathering in New York, Mr. Clinton gave him advice backstage about how to appear in command when facing off against Mr. Obama in their coming debates

  16. 16.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    People from the region that unleashed Dunkin Donuts on the rest of the country should NOT be talking about anyone elses fast food choices.

  17. 17.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    @efgoldman:

    Yeah, Chik-Fil-A is pretty good, once you descend into the fast-food demimonde. But I haven’t been to one since the crazy hit the fan.

    Wish there was a Sonic near me. Keep seeing ads on the D.C. stations, but they’re all on the Maryland side.

    That said, the United Airlines chicken wrap is f’amazeballs, even at $9.00. Don’t judge me.

  18. 18.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    ND made a fine game of it. Sniff. Not that I have any great love for ND, but I have a bit of antipathy toward UK.

    @efgoldman: True dat.

  19. 19.

    Ruckus

    @efgoldman:
    Have a fellow worker who likes the place, have gone once. Food not horrible. Years ago when traveling in the south I used to eat there, before I found out about the owners. Now the guys at work tell me they are going, just to get a rise out of me. Haven’t fallen for it yet. But I’ll walk to some place else rather than eat there.

  22. 22.

    Tree With Water

    Ashley got fed up with his bullshit and did something about it, and with calculated flair. Way to go, Ashley..

    Some of the funniest stories I ever heard have been from divorced women talking about their ex-husbands. One involved a woman with money and a great attorney, who waged a epic & successful battle for her ex’s rolex. She gave it away once she got it, and only fought so hard because she knew he loved it so.

  25. 25.

    madmommy

    Obviously, Kincannon was simply exercising his dominion over his wife according to biblical doctrine. I shudder to think about what happened after the cops left the house.

    This game was likely the best chance for someone, anyone to knock off UK. Go Wisconsin!

  32. 32.

    Renie

    @JPL: I think its interesting in that Bill was giving Mitt helpful advice that would be useful against President Obama.

  35. 35.

    Amir Khalid

    @myiq2xu:
    Which cough syrup has the side effect of turning you into a raging maniac? I’ve only ever had the kind that makes me drowsy.

  43. 43.

    jibeaux

    Guess I’ll be a Gonzaga fan now.

    I occasionally ate at Chick Fil A if a fried chicken urge hit me, but now we have a PDQ. I like it better.

  46. 46.

    divF

    @efgoldman:

    you got real, cooked food

    The strong chemical flavors of airline food put me off it long before they stopped serving it altogether.

    I went to a conference in Europe in the 1980’s and a colleague of mine got us upgraded to First Class (not Business Class) on Pan-Am. It was sheer torture. They managed to screw up perfectly good food (overcooked the beef roast and undercooked the carrots and potatoes). Also, this was when they still allowed smoking, so two rows out of seven were designated “non-smoking”. I was seated in one of those rows, not that it did any good.

    Getting rid of smoking and the overall improvement in the quality of the food (even when they make you pay for it) almost compensates for the ever-shrinking space between seats.

  53. 53.

    seaboogie

    @muddy: I may have purloined a metal airplane spoon to give to my baby nephew…thanks for the memory.

    Even cooler airplane story with the same nephew a couple of years later:

    I was flying from Vancouver to NYC in an airplane that had the flight trajectory in real time on the screen in the seat back in front of me (novel in the day – Cathay Pacific). I realized that I was flying over my sister’s place and remembered that they were in a flight path out in the ‘toolies of rural SW Ontario where they lived. I calculated a bit on the geography, and then swiped my credit card on the airphone and called them. Told my nephew to go outside to see if there was a plane overhead (mine was) and told him that I was in it. A magical memory for both of us.

  55. 55.

    divF

    @efgoldman:
    I live at one United hub, and do most of my travel to three other United hubs, so that is the airline I fly. United is always willing to sell you food for long flights (over four hours ?).

    Southwest, on the other hand…the peanuts / pretzels are free, but that’s all there is.

    During the 1990’s I was flying to Albuquerque on a regular basis, which at the time meant flying Southwest. Towards the end of that time, I had a nightmare that involved Southwest deciding to use 747’s, which they were boarding in groups of 30. Plus I couldn’t find my pants. That told me I had been flying on Southwest too much.

  56. 56.

    sharl

    @Tom Levenson: I just remembered that there was a small gaggle of Kincannon fans who became serial harassers on Twitter after Teh Big K had his account suspended. One of that bunch was @SpreadButter, who went on to became semi-famous for her, um, creative BENGHAZI acrostics. When Weird Twitter discovered her, it was love at first sight (although a love which was not returned by SB, alas).

  58. 58.

    gene108

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    PDQ? Around here, it is a gas station and convenience store chain.

    In the early 1990’s, when I still lived in NC, a cousin visited from the Midwest. He could not believe we had stand alone Chick-Fil-a stores, as they were always something found solely in a mall food court in other parts of the country he’d been to.

  60. 60.

    Misterpuff

    I hate manipulated markets. Oil is still under $50, but gas is pushing $3/gal. Bastards.

  61. 61.

    divF

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Something like AA?
    “Hello. My name is divF, and I am someone who loses his pants”.

    ETA: Then we can all greet each other by saying “I’m a friend of John’s.”

  62. 62.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @seaboogie: That’s a very cool story and no doubt a terrific memory for both of you.

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m also completely committed to bug repatriation to the outdoors. I now have M. Q trained to that practice as well.

  65. 65.

    seaboogie

    @Omnes Omnibus: I take spiders outside too. I find inviting it to latch on to a length of toilet paper longer than the spider could climb in the time it takes me to deliver it outdoors works very well.

  67. 67.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    Okay, right in the tip of the OK panhandle, where I can see TX, NM, CO and KS. Altitude 36,000 feet, airspeed has dropped from 515 mph to 496. Hmm, should I have a word with the pilot? Still 1:33 out. Hope In-n-Out is still open in Vegas. Friend picking me up promised.

  68. 68.

    divF

    @Steeplejack (tablet):
    Internet on airplanes is another advance in air travel I’ve come to appreciate. Particularly traveling East to West – that extra hour going home after an irritating work trip is much more tolerable with web access.

  69. 69.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack (tablet): Hey! So cool that technology has evolved to the point that you could read my tale of 18 years ago while you are on a plane. Louis Ck has a great riff on technology and air travel.

  71. 71.

    danielx

    Todd Kincannon, a Columbia attorney and former executive director of the S.C. Republican Party, has been accused of threatening his wife and refusing to let her out of his car Thursday night, according to a report from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. He has not been arrested or charged with any crimes, according to a sheriff’s department spokesman.

    I am shocked, shocked…that it took this long, given some of this serial asshat’s actions in the past. Next thing you know he’ll plead to a misdemeanor and go into faith-based rehab (private pay at 12k a month, no doubt), followed with some personal testimony about how he’s been saved and is no longer a peckerwood prick with ears. Then a gig as a Fox News commentator, and from there the sky’s the limit, maybe with a “fellowship” at AEI or the Heritage Foundation in there somewhere. Sonofabitch will probably end up in the Senate.

  73. 73.

    sharl

    @nellcote: Yikes, weird and scary incident. And in case you didn’t see it, one of the accosted photographers (Marisha Camp) has shown up in the comments at your link. Based on comments up to the time of her arrival, I predict a mixed reception for her.

  75. 75.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    @divF:

    Really helps pass the time. I used to have to buy an NY Times crossword book and hope that the flight ended before I finished the book.

    Apart from the cramped seating, this is pretty much my usual Saturday night, except (a) no housecat sideboard and (b) I’m wearing pants. And no background TV (although that’s available at hideous cost).

  77. 77.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @divF: Usually, we book the flights to work to our benefit – vicious, sociopathic bastards that we are.

  82. 82.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @danielx:

    I’ve never heard yet of a viable method for clarifying horseshit

    I don’t think that the methods for clarifying butter would work.

  84. 84.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    Okay, gotta hit that Hemispheres crossword. I am just going outside and may be some time.

  86. 86.

    divF

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    I once stumbled at a social gathering in trying to get out a reference to Madame’s ex. In my inability to choose between “first husband” and “ex-husband”, it came out as “first ex-husband” (in fact, a correct description). Madame gave me A Look, and said rather tartly “and you’re looking to be #2?”

  88. 88.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @divF: And your response? I probably would have blushed, mumbled, and then said something about getting another drink.

  89. 89.

    divF

    @Omnes Omnibus: My response was “Uh, no. Sorry about that.” When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

    ETA: What I said wasn’t heard anyway, since the laughter from everyone else drowned it out.

  91. 91.

    Tommy

    I just did a Google search for Lady Gaga, wanted to dance a little, and got an ad for Ted Cruz. If that isn’t the worse ad buy, and I am an ad guy, I don’t know what is.

  95. 95.

    danielx

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Hey, at one time velour was a thing. I once wore an electric blue velour tux to a school dance

    To this day I am somewhat ashamed, but it was the seventies for chrissakes – era of any number of fashion disasters like the Nehru jacket, the leisure suit, bad polyester in general and the porn star mustache. And I looked good in that tux, by god, or so my date thought.

  96. 96.

    danielx

    @divF:

    Wisdom is knowing when to beat a retreat, no matter how hasty or undignified it may be. If necessary crawling on one’s belly like the reptile you’re accused of being.

  97. 97.

    Tommy

    @divF: Clearly it is off. Just found it funny they would pay to send me that ad. But I have to admit I don’t mind that much, waste your money on me.

  98. 98.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Tommy: Have you considered adblock? And why are you going for Lady Gaga around midnight? If you are trying to stay with the youngs do some Charli XCX and if not go for some Stax.

  99. 99.

    divF

    @danielx: Ah yes. The lime-green polyester leisure suit with yellow topstitching (not mine, thank the FSM, but a friend’s). It left afterimages when you closed your eyes after looking at him.

    ETA: Plus he is 6’9″, which meant that there was an awful lot of that suit to see.

  103. 103.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    Pretty puny crossword, but it killed some time. The Bombay drip has been turned off. Due north of Phoenix. Thirty-three minutes to go. Might lose the connection suddenly when my four hours are up.

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):

    Why, yes, thank you. Of course I meant velvet. Maybe velveteen. No, velvet for sure.

  104. 104.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Omnes Omnibus: And that will earn you the gist of my (sober) typo above. When typing “Well” I left off the last two letters. When I saw it after submission, I hastened to edit. In context it was hilarious, but it might have caused talk.

  105. 105.

    danielx

    @divF:

    Where are the fashion police when you need them…my dad was an old school guy, brooks brothers on sale was about what he could afford when he bought suits but he knew clothes. The seventies about killed him: true story – I heard him one day while watching some tv show muttering about “It’s over, polyester suits for godsakes, we’re all gonna look like fuckin’ dayglo russians.”

  107. 107.

    divF

    @danielx: On top of that, polyester doesn’t exactly breathe, so everyone was sweating and itching.

    I skipped the 70’s sartorially speaking – stuck with Levi’s and Pendleton shirts (in winter) or t-shirts (in summer). Of course, I was a graduate student in Berkeley, in mathematics (where the standards weren’t all that high), so I could get away with that.

  108. 108.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Hey, I’m strapped in a metal tube and working a 7″ tablet with my sausage-like fingers. Cut me some slack.

    Ooh, el capitan has announced beginning of descent. Thank God. Maplet says 22 minutes.

  109. 109.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    Sorta surprised the Nexus 7 made it the whole way. Still at 23% charge.

  112. 112.

    Anne Laurie

    @efgoldman: Problem is, every time we go up to Peabody (PEE-biddy) we’re on our way to either SuChang’s or Karl’s Sausage Kitchen. Much as the Spousal Unit appreciates a good burger — and he does — we already know how excellent SuChang’s and Karl’s food is. So we’ll make it to Sonic Burger one of these days, but it hasn’t happened yet.

  114. 114.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    Hey, you guys have made this a painless flight. Well, you and the gin. If I get an In-n-Out burger tonight the trip will be off to a great start. Transmission sketchy after this.

  116. 116.

    Anne Laurie

    @danielx:

    Hey, at one time velour was a thing. I once wore an electric blue velour tux to a school dance

    Tsk. The whole point to velour is that it should be a knit, and therefore comfy. The point to tuxedos is that they should be tailored, and therefore the opposite of comfy not made from knits.

    Velvet doesn’t have to be knit-based, so it’s not as inherently un-tailored as velour, but it’s still not really the best material for anything intended to hold a shape (ergo, when properly fitted, to disguise the not-necessarily-well-shaped body inside the tux).

    Tuxes are social armor, not pajamas. You can argue about whether the use of such armor is sensible, but once you’ve committed to the concept, do it correctly or don’t bother.

  117. 117.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Anne Laurie:

    Tuxes are social armor, not pajamas. You can argue about whether the use of such armor is sensible, but once you’ve committed to the concept, do it correctly or don’t bother.

    I would call it a dinner jacket, but otherwise, I agree with you.

  118. 118.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    I guess Steeplejack is having his Double-Double. Maybe I’ll get one tomorrow.

  119. 119.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    Just got to baggage claim. Yeah, I checked my bag. Want my hands free in steerage if things go south.

    In-n-Out apparently open to 1:00 or 2:00. Yes!

  121. 121.

    sharl

    Hoo boy, given the content of JGC’s Twitter timeline for the last half-hour or so, it would appear The Editrix’s doxxing of her (and many others’) online tormentor – which I summarized in a comment at AL’s Thiel post here – was accurate.

    Somehow I think that is going to just make things worse, at least in the short term. The dude is mental.

  124. 124.

    GregB

    Can we assume that Kincannon has earned a spot on future President Huckabee’s cabinet?

    Secretary of Family Values? Keeping the Women in their Place Czar?

  127. 127.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    In-n-Out apparently open to 1:00 or 2:00. Yes!

    It’s my first stop on my return visits to SoCal. Last time I pulled of the Santa
    Monica freeway when I a saw a sign on my way east from LAX. Couldn’t wait until I got to the destination.

  132. 132.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack (phone): Don’t want to make you fellas too jealous, but I have nearby an awesome local cafe that makes a seriously rocking cheeseburger on a brioche bun, and with fries and a Mexican coke it well set you back 10 bucks. Just drove by tonight to discover their new banner declaring that they are open on Sunday now. Hasta manana!

  135. 135.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    New Zealand took a quick wicket but it doesn’t look like it’s going to save them. Australia currently 33 for 1 in the sixth over, chasing a target of 184.

    Looks like we won’t have a first time World Cup winner.

  138. 138.

    SRW1

    @myiq2xu:

    Apparently he was high on cough syrup

    The officer then spoke with Kincannon’s wife, Ashely Suzanne Griffith, who said that they “have a history of unreported domestic violence.”

    So, he coughs a lot?

    BTW: If he says it was the cough syrup, did his confession trigger a ticket for driving under the influence?

  139. 139.

    SRW1

    @Mike J:

    From the conversions with his race engineer, it appears Lewis is bit on edge. Probably the cough syrup as well.

  142. 142.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    Pretty boring innings so far from Australia. Then again, they don’t need to do anything else. Two per over until the batting power play without giving up more than one wicket and they can then bomb away as needed.

  143. 143.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: I say that so, of course, the Aussies go for 19 runs off the next 12 balls. They’re currently 95 for 2 after 19 overs. The required run rate is now under 3.

  144. 144.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    Required run rate now under 2, as Australia is 138 for 2 after 26.3 overs. This thing is over.

  145. 145.

    Arclite

    @scav:

    Twinkies. Cough Syrup. Those delicate family values personal responsibility types really should stay away from the hard stuff.

    Well, if he’s into twinks, that would explain a lot.

  147. 147.

    Wally Ballou

    @efgoldman: “And stewardesses who act like girls instead of stewardesses who act like stewardesses.”

    Wow, that’s…wow.

  148. 148.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    And Australia are your world champions, with a seven wicket victory and 101 balls remaining.

  149. 149.

    jurassicpork

    I wouldn’t be able to ask him even if I wanted to because he’d blocked me on Twitter years ago.

    Figures this asshat wouldn’t be charged let alone arrested. Because… IOKIYAR.

  150. 150.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @JPL:
    Romney fired the guy who coached him to his only commanding debate performance in the primaries, because word got out. Romney was the most entitled, arrogant MBA asshole ever to come down the pike. No, he would never admit it if Bill gave him useful advice.

    I’m still throwing out this story as yet another unsourced leak, like the ones that told us he’d be announcing deep cuts to Social Security. The media hates Obama with an unholy passion.

    @nellcote:
    Nothing whatsoever in this story surprises me. I assume WVers are like Eastern Kentucky ‘the hollers’ residents. They are ignorant to the nth degree, and seethingly hateful. They can seem quite friendly, but they’re always on the lookout for an excuse to make you the Other and unleash that hate.

    In the 80s, we were bombarded by scare stories that created about an army of pedophiles. It’s a myth, used to cover up our society’s guilt that children are mostly preyed on in the home, and to give the religious right an excuse to wield more control over their children. It absolutely 100% sunk in, and most people believe it to this day.

  154. 154.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    The media hates Obama with an unholy passion.

    In part because he’s a Democrat, in part because he’s blah, but certainly because he’s got this annoying habit of ignoring the vermin of the Village and going directly to the people, via new media that the Villagers can’t understand.

  155. 155.

    WaterGirl

    It’s so nice to wake up to a fun overnight thread, even though that means you missed in it real time.

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