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Maybe it was entirely coincidental that failed presidential candidate & full-time grifter Gov. “Gimme The” Mike Huckabee’s daughter schlepped her coterie out to a venue where she could reasonably expect that some fellow diner or startled waiter would say something she could choose to interpret as ‘incivil’. But since she’s both a PR professional with a history of playing this game, and from a faith tradition that teaches “witnessing to the unbeliever” as a method of “Godly testimony” (i.e., establishing one’s own social credentials by being obnoxious to people who can’t argue back)… I’mma go with the guess that this was as deliberate a performance as Mike Pence dragging the Secret Service and the national media out to that Colts game so he could stomp out in a hissy during the Anthem.

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  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    All coincidence?
    I think not.
    Racist to the core – the entire lot of them.
    They are just proud to let it all hang out now.

  2. 2.

    SFAW

    Shitgibbon’s moobs are the only thing about him that’s larger than average — hell, they probably dwarf Chesty Morgan’s — so that last picture might have been doctored.

    ETA: Well, his gut and fat ass are also Yuuuuge, I guess.

  5. 5.

    Steeplejack

    Well, those two Mike Huckabee tweets are actually three hours apart, not two, so that destroys whatever libtard point Andrew Kaczynski was trying to make. Fake news!

  7. 7.

    Michael Bersin

    @SFAW:

    Yeah, and Leni was still a Nazi. The blunt and overt anti-Semitism coming from her mouth at that time is stunning.

    After the anti-Nazi/ anti-Riefenstahl ads were run in the trade papers she couldn’t get tours of studios or meetings with studio executives. Well, she reportedly did get to meet with Walt Disney.

  8. 8.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    I’m old enough to remember when Governor Huckabee personally intervened in the case of vicious criminal who subsequently when on to rape and murder again. Let’s also recall the one of the governor’s offspring (Sarah’s brother) hanged a a dog and “Gimme the” Mike had to call in some favors to felonious offspring out of prison.

  11. 11.

    TenguPhule

    Toronto cannot take any more asylum seekers, mayor warns

    Canada’s biggest city is unable to accommodate any more asylum seekers, Toronto’s mayor has warned, after temporary resettlements used to house them reached near full capacity.

    “We have exhausted our available sites, our resources and our personnel,” Mayor John Tory said on Tuesday, as he sought help from provincial and federal governments to resettle new arrivals.

    This comes after Toronto activated an emergency contingency plan in May to shelter refugee claimants as it was bracing for an influx of migrants over the summer.

    The rare move underscored the strain caused by the inflow of asylum seekers in Canada, which has seen more than 30,000 asylum seekers illegally crossing the Canada-US border since Donald Trump came to office last year.

    /Sigh

  14. 14.

    JPL

    I think Maxine should apologize, and mention that she is proud that she is against Nazi speech, and especially proud of freedom of the press. She would never consider punching them.
    What else could she add.

  15. 15.

    TenguPhule

    @JPL:

    I think Maxine should apologize,

    NO. Apologies are weakness to the GOP. Showing weakness to the GOP inevitably ends with them lunging for your throat.

  16. 16.

    Brachiator

    @TenguPhule:

    Trump’s military parade farce is tentatively scheduled for Nov 11.

    Jeez. I was hoping that somehow, everyone would forget about it.

  17. 17.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    SHS went to the Red Hen because she thought she could be seen in public in western Virginia without getting heckled or have any issues. She was only partly right.

  20. 20.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @TenguPhule:
    I was wondering what happened to that. Is it on Nov 11 for a reason. Perhaps the date serves a dual purpose with respect to the midterms: if it goes well for us, he can still pretend to be a dictator and cheer himself up. If he wins he can be a dictator for real.

  21. 21.

    Michael Bersin

    @JPL:

    She turned to still photography after WW II. Exhibitions and retrospectives of her works later in her life were met with reminders and protests of her Nazi past.

  25. 25.

    Yarrow

    @Brachiator: It’s going to be five days after the November midterm election.

    Has Alain declared victory over the website or are we still at war with FYWP? When I open new tabs I consistently see the Edit and Delete buttons on the last comment, which isn’t my comment. My nym and email disappears every time.

  27. 27.

    Roger Moore

    @Yarrow:

    Has Alain declared victory over the website or are we still at war with FYWP?

    Oceania has always been at war with FYWP.

  29. 29.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Calouste:

    Which makes me wonder, what form will the “parade” take? Will it include heavy equipment that will tear up the roads of DC? Will it be televised? Please let the networks ignore it.

  30. 30.

    jl

    Heard an interesting radio news interview on the manifold and outrageous lies Trumpsters and GOPers have been telling about immigration while driving this morning.
    One point the reporter made was that failed policy that cited international drug and human trafficking and blaming immigrants for MS-13 has been source of failed policy ever since the GW administration.

    MS-13 originated in the US, and has such a solid base in US that it is impossible, not effective, pointless, to deal with it as an immigration issue. Yet, the reporter said that is exactly what GW, Obama, and now Trump have done. Probably some understandable reasons why GW and Obama admins had poor policies, Trump is a different case altogether.

    Reporter said MS-13 doesn’t have a big presence in international drug trade, and actually no detectable presence at all in what very minor and small level of human trafficking exists in undocumented adults with kids crossing the border, either for illegal entry or seeking asylum. MS-13 is mainly or US born and bred problem, that has morphed into international dimensions largely due to failures in US domestic policy.

  31. 31.

    Brachiator

    @Yarrow:

    It’s going to be five days after the November midterm election.

    Will citizen attendance be mandatory?

    I hear that Trump is getting parade etiquette tips from his new buddy, Kim Jong-un.

  32. 32.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @raven:
    Let them go apeshit. I don’t care, fuck their feelings. I’m a real patriot and they’re not. Suck on that Trump worshippers.

  33. 33.

    Wapiti

    @Yarrow: So if the Special Prosecutor needs to wait until after the election before they reveal the indictments against the Donald, and if the indictments fall that week, will the evil one be present for the parade, or will he flee to Merde Loco?

  35. 35.

    TenguPhule

    @Yarrow:

    Has Alain declared victory over the website or are we still at war with FYWP?

    We have always been at war with WordPress. The difference is that this time FYWP is winning.

  37. 37.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et Al.)

    I guess we can thank Donald Tяump–if thank is the right word–for helping to drag racism farther back out into the light. It’s harder to fight it when it’s hidden.

  38. 38.

    TenguPhule

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:

    Will it include heavy equipment that will tear up the roads of DC? Will it be televised? Please let the networks ignore it.

    Uniforms and planes. No tanks. Dunno is APC or missile units are part of the “no tanks” part.

  39. 39.

    oldster

    So I sat through a trailer for Jennifer Garner’s new action flick, “Peppermint”.

    It’s revenge porn, in which JG turns into a vigilante crime-stopper, after the Hispanic drug cartels kill her little girl (after whom the movie is named).

    It was very striking to me to see a Hispanic gang playing the same role for Hollywood that, 15 years ago, would have been played by Middle Eastern Terrorists. Same damned racist role of being the brown-skinned bad-guys with the scary foreign accents.

    How thoroughly did Obama defeat Al Qaeda and Isis?

    So thoroughly that the Republicans had to make up new racist tropes in order to terrorize the Fox News audience. After Obama killed Bin Laden and decimated Isis, A-rabs just were not scary enough anymore. Couldn’t move the rubes to the voting booths with Islamic sounding names.

    So, now it’s MS-13. The new fabricated nightmare for your elderly relatives who were never in danger in any case, but are easily conned out of their donations, their votes, and their freedom.

  40. 40.

    jl

    Underneath the malicious authoritarianism and racism in Trump is the nutso and ignorant dimwit conman. Trump’s been spouting BS like this for 40 years or so, even back when he tried to break into politics as a ConservaDem. I wonder how much of his venom now is payback for the fact that even ConservaDems back them found him worthless and toxic and told him to take a hike.

    @joshtpm
    Trump on International Economics: “Just remember, we’re the bank. We’re the bank that everybody wants to steal from and plunder.”
    https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1011709226253717505

  41. 41.

    TenguPhule

    FYWP

    A military parade requested by Donald Trump will take place in November on Veterans Day in Washington D.C., but to minimize damage to roads it will not include tanks, a Pentagon memo released on Friday said.

    Last month Trump asked the Pentagon to explore a parade in celebration of American troops, after the Republican president marveled at the Bastille Day military parade he attended in Paris last year.

    The memo listed a number of guidelines for the parade on Nov. 11 and said the parade route will be from the White House to the Capitol and have a “heavy air component at the end of the parade.”

    “Include wheeled vehicles only, no tanks – consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure,” the memo said.

    Found a non paywall. Older date link.

  43. 43.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @TenguPhule:
    Goddammit, I want something stupid and embarrassing to happen as a result of this shit (that wouldn’t get people not-named Trump killed). Soon, having a big military parade will become normal. We already worship our military to an unhealthy degree because of a bullshit stabbed-in-the-back myth from the 70s.

  45. 45.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I”m a congenital pessimist, but… wow

    John Harwood @ JohnJHarwood
    3 new NBC/Marist Senate polls show Ds ahead in all 3:
    —Nelson +4 over Scott in FL

    —Brown +13 over Renacci in OH

    —Sinema +double digits over all potential opponents in AZ

  47. 47.

    jl

    Wow. Trump giving some talk or presser now, and raving complete, toxic, deluded lunacy.
    Yet, this nutjob can write down pretty much anything on a piece of paper, and add the magic words ‘national security’ and the corrupt conservative majority on the Supreme Court will rubber stamp it. Very dangerous situation.

    We need a really big win in November. Only strong election results can fix this mess.

  50. 50.

    jl

    @TenguPhule: No tanks, hun? Loser military parade. France and North Korea military parades better, makes this weak sauce look like a mess, a disaster. Sad.. Probably why Mattis is losing influence, he has been pissing all over a really top, the best, winner, military parade.

  51. 51.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @oldster:
    It’s a trend I’ve noticed over the last 15 years or so. Before 2001, the bad guys were often white neo-Nazis. I saw a preview for a newer cop show that I think is being canceled, Shades of Blue, that involves the main characters going to “war” against I guess the Internal Inspection department of the NYPD. Cut to Jennifer Lopez starting a blow torch and an anguished look on a man chained against a wall.

  52. 52.

    Jim Parente

    @EBT: I have already driven past a woman who had a flat. She had a Trump sticker on her car. B#tch can walk, for all I care.

  53. 53.

    ruemara

    What a funny coincidence. I just broke down the impacts of the 2 days of SCOTUS opinions & whether or not impeachment could happen and I used the metaphor of the Whited Sepulchers from scripture. When you’re talking to a Catholic, it helps to speak Bible.

  54. 54.

    J R in WV

    Ya’ll really think Ted Cruz is that cut on his abdomen?

    ‘Cause I sure don’t…

    Only muscles I perceive on that boy are between his ears.

  59. 59.

    Mike in NC

    Possum Queen was booted from the Red Hen on my birthday, so that just made it a tiny bit more special.

  60. 60.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @oldster:

    The evil villains are in constant rotation. Before the A-rabs it was Eurotrash terrorists (e.g., Die Hard). Before that it was sinister Soviets and Eastern Europeans. In the ’50s it was just Commies! And way back in the day it was the ever popular Nazis.

    We’ve also cycled through the regular Mafia, the Russian Mafia, the Chinese Mafia (tongs), drug cartels, street gangs, computer hackers, bioterrorists, eco-terrorists and just plain old terrorists.

    There’s always an existential threat around when you need one.

  61. 61.

    SFAW

    @Michael Bersin:

    Yeah, and Leni was still a Nazi. The blunt and overt anti-Semitism coming from her mouth at that time is stunning.

    Not sure what you’re trying to convey, but: Jethrene is (likely) one as well, just too much of a snowflake/delicate flower to admit it, because those intolerant libtards might heckle her.

    Oh! The humanity!

  62. 62.

    SFAW

    @Jim Parente:

    She had a Trump sticker on her car. B#tch can walk, for all I care.

    Did you at least flip her off? Or play Whack-A-Moron with her? If not, then you’re a wimp.

  63. 63.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Wapiti: I feel like they should unseal the indictments JUST before the parade. Then we can use the gathered military to bring Trump in if necessary, or shoot down Air Force One when he tries to flee the country. /s

    @jl: At some point, you’d think someone would just tell Trump “We’re not the bank. Go back to 4th grade and pass a civics exam, you idiot.”

  67. 67.

    Joyce H

    Just a reminder that the Virginia GOP pretty much made the 2017 election ALL about MS-13 – and Republicans got shellacked. Please proceed, Republicans…

  69. 69.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @hilts:
    “You leave my husband alone!” How about we not, Elaine? How about we torment you until you the day you die? How does that sound? Don’t like it? Tough.

  70. 70.

    The Dangerman

    @chopper:

    so cadet bonespurs is going to have a military parade for himself on veterans’ day.

    After the blue wave beatdown we all hope for, he won’t want to show his face. Maybe additional orange toner to hide behind.

  71. 71.

    efgoldman

    Fucking VW is advertising the new Jetta as a throbbing bass machine.
    Fucking inconsiderate fuckers need to be nuked from orbit

    Nym gone again. Please to fix the fucker before I’m too old to use it.

  72. 72.

    JPL

    @Jim Parente: I agree with that, but I don’t agree with language that will turn out their base.
    I saw the 6th in GA slip away, because Handel was a so called victim of white powder and ugly fliers. He base came out in force. Let sleeping dogs lie. Ossoff had a huge turnout, but ugly got in the way.

  73. 73.

    Jeffro

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: It’s almost like there’s a blue wave coming or something…

    I’m tellin’ you all, Trumpov’s gonna get caught on a hot mic (via the IC) pleading to Vlad to help him keep the House from flipping. He’s THAT dumb and THAT corrupt.

  74. 74.

    James E Powell

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    With all due respect and much love to the B-J Florida delegation, I have no confidence in a four-point lead over Scott this far out. No matter what they say to pollsters during the campaign, Republicans will always come home.

  76. 76.

    Mandalay

    I’m not sure why this story is slipping under the radar, but Trump in a speech in Duluth on June 20, bragged about his success at already having secured the remains of US troops returned from North Korea.

    We got back our great, fallen heroes, the remains. In fact today already 200 have been sent back.
    http://www.wbur.org/npr/622238086/fact-check-president-trumps-duluth-rally-claims

    Of course he was lying:

    Nobody here [in Seoul] had heard about the return of the remains since Trump had taken credit for getting Kim to agree to a fourth point on the slim statement they signed at the Singapore summit on June 12: “The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.”

    Since then, the North Koreans have conducted a dilatory process leading at last to an understanding by the U.S. command that the Kim regime is poised to return maybe 200 remains, maybe more, maybe less.
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-falls-for-kim-jong-uns-latest-bait-and-switch

    Trump has constantly bragged that he has been the first president to get North Korea to come to the table. The reality is the exact opposite: North Korea has finally found a president dumb enough to go to the table.

    There were good reasons for previous administrations choosing not to have unconditional discussions with North Korea. Trump has been played like a fiddle.

  78. 78.

    Jeffro

    @Joyce H:

    Just a reminder that the Virginia GOP pretty much made the 2017 election ALL about MS-13 – and Republicans got shellacked. Please proceed, Republicans…

    True enough, but Virginia *is* a blue state at this point, despite being labeled “purple” by the media. It is flipped but good.

    Repubs ran Lyin’ Ed Gillespie, supposed moderate, who tried a little “trumpov lite” and drove away a couple extra percentage points of GOP voters.

    This time, they’re running “Trumpovus Maxiumus” Corey Stewart and they’re going to do about the same, maybe a point or two worse.

    They can’t win here and I LOVE IT!

  79. 79.

    Brachiator

    Let’s see, a few primaries today, right? So the threads will be heating up. I’m leaving a bit early today, so since this is an Open thread, let me toss in a little whimsy.

    I had some fun reading about the wedding of the two actors from Game of Thrones

    Like something out of a fan fiction—I see and respect you, Wattpad writers—Kit Harington, the real Jon Snow, and Rose Leslie, Ygritte, tied the knot in her native Scotland over the weekend. (And for the real nerds: without an arrow in sight.)
    It was a hella cute affair and most of the Game of Thrones fam was in attendance; you better believe they brought the looks

    It’s funny. Rose Leslie played a servant on Downton Abbey and an uncivilized Wilding on Game of Thrones, and yet she comes from a posh Scottish family. This was underscored in a discussion about one of the guests, Richard Madden, another actor from Thrones, who came dressed in a kilt.

    It was appropriate. Madden is basically Glaswegian, and this was a wedding of the daughter of the Aberdeenshire Chieftain of Clan Leslie. As you’d expect, the latter and several of his male relatives wore their clan tartans to this shindig, so Madden was far from alone.

    I figured that the groom, actor Kit Harrington, was marrying up. But it turns out that he is the second son of the 15th Baronet Harrington, so once again, the elites are breeding amongst themselves. And the wedding party was held in one of the castles owned by the bride’s family. I guess you can’t have too many castles.

  80. 80.

    Jager

    @TenguPhule:

    I think she should challenge him to a stroll around Lafayette Park. He’d have to be air lifted to the ER at Walter Reed.

  81. 81.

    Major Major Major Major

    So I was allegedly going to hear back today about yesterday’s interviews, one way or the other. Quick turnaround, I know, but the HR recruiter was pretty insistent that This Is A Thing That Will Happen.

    It is of course now 6pm on the Eastern seaboard. I’ve been a nervous wreck since about 11, though now I’m just sort of cranky about it. Although startups do tend to open and close later in the day.

    End me update, thank you for listening

  82. 82.

    TenguPhule

    @efgoldman:

    Fucking VW is advertising the new Jetta as a throbbing bass machine.
    Fucking inconsiderate fuckers need to be nuked from orbit

    Does this mean you hate VW or you hate bass machines?

  85. 85.

    B.B.A.

    As a New Yorker in a congressional district with an unchallenged incumbent, I have nobody to vote for on this Election Day. I’ll still have two more chances this year, though – thank the idiotic split federal/state primary that our blessed Albany leaders accidentally created and have no reason to change.

    I am looking forward to voting for my state’s junior Senator in November, and again twice in 2020. I know some of you aren’t, but times are changing. Deal with it.

  86. 86.

    efgoldman

    @TenguPhule:

    Does this mean you hate VW or you hate bass machines?

    I hate the fucking inconsiderate fuckers that blast the bass so much that MY car shakes. Like to pull a “Clockwork Orange” on the fuckers.

  87. 87.

    ruemara

    @Brachiator: Which is why I often remind people that even success in such a perceived open field like acting – hides the support of upper class to elite families.

    I think I’ve figured out the issue. Hitting reload doesn’t refresh the feed from the website. I think a few have noticed that. But forcing a real reload does. It also then wipes your nym from the respective fields.

  89. 89.

    Mike in DC

    A military parade the week after flipping both houses of Congress would be awesome. “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS–IMPEACH THE TRAITOR IN THE OVAL OFFICE” should be a popular sign.

  90. 90.

    TenguPhule

    Democrats reject GOP’s narrow fix to Trump’s family separation policy, dimming prospects for quick action

    Democrats reject ransom demand. Kidnappers threaten to kill hostages.

    Via Wapo.

  92. 92.

    pat

    I can picture the scumbag in the stands lifting his right arm in a salute as the parade passes….

  93. 93.

    sukabi

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Re, Shades of Blue…Corrupt group of cops — including Lopez & Ray Liota (leader) going to war with another group of cops (intelligence) … Lots of cop on cop violence.

    Last season was corrupt FBI agent as main antagonist.

  97. 97.

    Brachiator

    @Mandalay:

    I’m not sure why this story is slipping under the radar, but Trump in a speech in Duluth on June 20, bragged about his success at already having secured the remains of US troops returned from North Korea. Of course he was lying

    Also, as wonderful as it would be to get back remains of US troops, little to nothing has been said about the need to return abducted South Koreans and Japanese nationals abducted by the North Korea regime.

    Instead, it’s been all about how great this meeting has been, or maybe one day will be, for the US and for Dear Leader Trump. It’s crazy.

  98. 98.

    Faithful Lurker

    BJ works very well on my Mac laptop (except, it won’t remember my gym and email, which doesn’t bother me that much). But it’s a mess on my iPad. Half the front page entries are gone. I can see the right half but the left half is blank. Annoying.

  102. 102.

    Brachiator

    @Calouste:

    You don’t have to be posh to be a member of a Scottish clan and own a tartan.

    Leslie’s father is the Aberdeenshire Chieftain of Clan Leslie, and owns a few castles. Maybe a tad bit more than working class?

  103. 103.

    TenguPhule

    The federal debt is headed for the highest levels since World War II, CBO says

    Government debt is on track to hit historically high levels and at its current growth rate will be nearly equal in size to the U.S. economy by 2028, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

    By the end of this year, the ratio of federal debt to the United States’ gross domestic product will reach 78 percent, according to the CBO, the highest ratio since 1950.

    The debt is projected to grow to 96 percent of GDP by 2028 before eventually surpassing the historical high of 106 percent it reached in 1946.

    Obviously, the solution is more tax cuts and cutting Medicare and Social Security. //

  104. 104.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @sukabi:
    I didn’t know it existed until a few days ago. From what I read it sounds horrible. The writers lack the skill to be able to portray Lopez’s character in a likable way without essentially agreeing with her horrific methods.

  105. 105.

    TenguPhule

    @raven:

    Veterans Day is for the living Memorial Day is for the dead.

    This is Trump we’re talking about.

  106. 106.

    J R in WV

    If I saw a person pulled over looking distraught, but with a Trump sticker or anything similar, I would pull over and politely ask if they needed help.

    If they looked relieved and said “Yes, thanks so much!” I would reply, “Well, you should have joined AAA and called them. I’m a disabled Veteran, and you’ll have to wait for Mr Trump to help you out!” Then drive off.

  107. 107.

    Ruckus

    @efgoldman:
    I may be catching up to you on this aging thing, what with having to type my name and info every time I have something to say.

  110. 110.

    efgoldman

    @raven:

    Veterans Day is for the living Memorial Day is for the dead.

    Could you pound it into my local nooz folks with a 2×4? Yelling at the teevee is no help.

  117. 117.

    raven

    @EBT: Queer Eye season 2 episode is about a F to M person here in Athens and they drive right down my block in the filming! It’s also a really good episode.

  118. 118.

    TenguPhule

    @rikyrah:

    The psychiatrist who’s been prescribing psychotropic medications to immigrant kids

    Someone needs to lose their license and be brought up before an ethics board.

  119. 119.

    Brachiator

    One more bit of whimsy….

    Well, I’ve seen Incredibles 2 twice now (something I rarely do these days) and enjoyed it immensely both times. The first time I just enjoyed watching the story unfold, including the action set pieces and the new adventures of favorite characters. There was a moment during the first Incredibles movie where I forgot that I was watching animation and felt I was just watching a well done caper or action movie (especially during the assault on the bad guy’s island lair). The second movie is not quite that magical, but it is still a superior piece of movie animation.

    This time around, I was paying more attention to the little details of the story telling and the wonderful ways the Pixar team uses animation to tell the story. I particularly liked how they put Elasti-girl (voiced by Holly Hunter) front and center and deepened our relationship to her by putting her in action sequences that emphasized her talents (and which also gave the animators room to … stretch out and have fun showcasing her powers and her fantabulous motorcycle) and by giving her some key supporting characters to bounce off of.

    There is also some fantastic use of shadows and the placement of characters, which would represent some very intelligent moviemaking in a live action film, bringing together the work of a director, production designer, lighting people and cinematographers. That they took the time to do this in a freaking cartoon is goddam amazing.

    VERY MINOR SPOILER FOLLOWS:

    Much of this shadow work involves the depiction of the talented sister of a billionaire industrialist who comes to the assistance of the Incredibles team. She prefers to quietly support her more ostentatious brother and so we often see her in a background shot, or sitting quietly out of the center of screen focus. I was aware of this the first time I saw the movie, but I didn’t realize how deftly these cinematic decisions were until I saw the film a second time.

    Lastly, I wallowed in the fun, jazzy score by composer Michael Giacchino, and Gordon Goodwin, conductor, arranger, & orchestrator. It’s so much fun that little kids were dancing and bopping around to the music as the end credits rolled. Fortunately, the parents of these kids weren’t hot to hustle everybody out of the theater as soon as the movie ended.

    All in all, a fun movie, even though it looks like the new Jurassic World movie is peeling off older kids and teens, in a battle of box office summer heavyweights.

  123. 123.

    TenguPhule

    Tyson Timbs would like his Land Rover back.

    The State of Indiana took it, using a law that lets it seize vehicles used to transport illegal drugs. Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Constitution has anything to say about such civil forfeiture laws, which allow states and localities to take and keep private property used to commit crimes.

    Mr. Timbs bought the Land Rover after his father died. The life insurance money amounted to around $73,000, and he spent $42,000 of it on the vehicle. He blew most of the rest on drugs.

    “Unfortunately, I had a whole bunch of money, which isn’t a good idea for a drug addict to have,” Mr. Timbs recalled the other day. “I used a lot, and eventually the money ran out. It was an addict’s life.”

    Mr. Timbs’s habit started with an opioid addiction and progressed to heroin. He used his Land Rover to get drugs and, on at least two occasions, to sell them. The buyers were undercover police officers.

    Mr. Timbs pleaded guilty to one of the drug sales, in which $225 had changed hands, and he was sentenced to a year of house arrest followed by five years of probation. He also agreed to pay an array of fees and fines adding up to about $1,200.

    But Indiana wanted more. Using the civil forfeiture law, it took the Land Rover.

    Next SC case regarding asset seizures. Thomas might be the swing vote on this one (shockingly). Apparently even he sees something wrong with $225 drug crime leading to a $42,000 vehicle seizure.

    Via the FTFNYT.

  125. 125.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @B.B.A.: You mean the one who cynically shivved our most eloquent voice in the U.S. Senate because he was standing in the limelight she decided needed to be hers? Ptui.

  126. 126.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    @TenguPhule: Being Unlicensed to practice on adolescents and children for ten years will probably cost this psychiatrist dearly.

  134. 134.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Major Major Major Major:
    More seriously, I’m sure you’ll hear back about it. I hope you’re hired and can move to the East Coast where things will hopefully be a little cheaper.

  139. 139.

    Mandalay

    Clarence Page is the latest Washington insider to clutch his pearls, and criticize Maxine Waters and protests with incivility:

    To avoid risking a backlash, Democrats and other progressives should leave the rude politics to specialists, such as Trump, who often conducts his job like a troll-in-chief.

    That’s why I can’t go along with Rep. Maxine Waters’ call for more harassment of Trump administration officials, even with the noble aim of protesting an inhumane immigration policy. “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd,” the California Democrat said last weekend in a Los Angeles rally and again Sunday on MSNBC. “And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere. We’ve got to get the children connected to their parents.”

    Fine. But there are smart ways and not-very-smart ways to pursue that aim…
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-maxine-waters-0627-20180626-story.html

    I wonder if Page found MLK to be uppity as well.

  143. 143.

    Ohio Mom

    @Major Major Major Major: Everything surrounding the job hunt are some of our culture’s most gratuitously cruel folk traditions. Really — think of how an anthropologist would describe the process.

    For one, they might describe a headhunter as a type of shaman, with powers to communicate on a plane mere job-seeking mortals can’t, and as guides to job-seekers who are trying to enter new dimensions.

    Then there is the aspect of having to wear special clothes, and knowing the secret passwords in response to the ritual questions (Tell me about yourself…what are you biggest weaknesses…why are you looking for a new position…where do you see yourself in five years…etc.).

    Anyway, here in southwest Ohio, we’re pulling for you!

  145. 145.

    MisterForkbeard

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: I think the clear answer here is that M4 has already been hired, but he’s just so damn excited by it that he blacked it out.

    Actually, this reminds me – I need to contact an applicant and tell them they didn’t get the job.

  147. 147.

    Ohio Mom

    @Major Major Major Major: Oh I could go on and on. You are currently experiencing one of those rituals where the person on the cusp of something new is sent off into the wilderness by themselves — either to prove themselves worthy of being “promoted” (like a coming of age thing), or to engage in introspective meditation and prayer in preparation for their new role.

  149. 149.

    cain

    @TenguPhule:

    NO. Apologies are weakness to the GOP. Showing weakness to the GOP inevitably ends with them lunging for your throat.

    1000x this. All you’ve done is given them a scalp. Worse, she’ll have to stay out of the public eye We should own whatever the fuck we said. Remember that the other side will warp anything into their favor. Maxine said and did nothing wrong. Fuck the democratic leadership. :)

  151. 151.

    WaterGirl

    @Major Major Major Major: It’s like the old joke:

    What’s the difference between a computer person and a used care salesman?
    The used car guy knows when he’s lying.

    I’m guessing that the HR person was sure she could do that, but she’s not the top of the food chain, so she has no control over that. Come to think of it, that bodes well for any company… when the HR person doesn’t run everything. :-)

    Sounds like this job is one you want, so I hope you get it.

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