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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2018 / Truth in Advertising

Truth in Advertising

by John Cole|  August 22, 20187:22 pm| 143 Comments

This post is in: Election 2018

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The life of a West Virginia Democrat in one sign:

Pretty much. That’s friend Jamie Lynn Crofts, the legal director for the ACLU of West Virginia. I need to send them another donation sometime.

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143Comments

  1. 1.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    August 22, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    Short, true and to the point.

  2. 2.

    Mike J

    August 22, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    Heaven knows I’m miserable now.

  3. 3.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    Have any of our resident movie fans seen the trailer for Steve McQueen’s next movie, Widows? Because DAY-UM!!!

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6S3phVSi0tI

  4. 4.

    The Lodger

    August 22, 2018 at 7:33 pm

    @Mnemosyne: How does Steve McQueen have a next movie, being, y’know, dead and everything?

  5. 5.

    lamh36

    August 22, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    @Mnemosyne: yep, ya know I did…they had me at the teaser trailer!

  6. 6.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    @The Lodger:

    Damn Brits, always confusing people with their parallel names …

  7. 7.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    Low bar to crawl over.

    Couldn’t we throw WV back into Virginia and have Puerto Rico replace it as a state?

  8. 8.

    laura

    August 22, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    @Mike J: @Mike J: oh Mike J, you got right to the point…..
    Well done sir, Well Done!

  9. 9.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 7:39 pm

    Operation Darkness Falls Results in Arrest of One of the Most Prolific Dark Net Fentanyl Vendors in the World https://t.co/hJrTL5tdQl— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 22, 2018

  10. 10.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    This has been cracking me up all day:

    GOP operative sounds apocalyptic warning on midterms: 'The Republican Party looks like a criminal enterprise' https://t.co/ESvFwyjbGH— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 22, 2018

    It looks like a criminal enterprise because it is a criminal enterprise. RICO, baby.

  11. 11.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    @The Lodger:

    How does Steve McQueen have a next movie, being, y’know, dead and everything?

    The same way I can post on this blog even though Sir Roger Moore is dead.

  12. 12.

    Viva BrisVegas

    August 22, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    He was great in Bullitt!

    He’s done an amazing job and it’s good to see him getting recognized more and more, I notice.

  13. 13.

    The Lodger

    August 22, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I do that a lot. It took me a while to remember that Anna Devere Smith and Anna Nicole Smith are not the same person. Also Mark Helprin (author of Winter’s Tale) and Mark Halperin (whose career shall not be spoken of.)
    Does anyone else do this?

  14. 14.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    Also, my First World Problem Of The Day is figuring out how I can track down a 20 percent off coupon from Bed, Bath and Beyond so I can buy the mattress pad I want. It’s a hard life, I tell ya …

  15. 15.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 22, 2018 at 7:46 pm

    @Mike J: Morrissey would be a terrible senator.

  16. 16.

    Jeffro

    August 22, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    @Yarrow:

    It looks like a criminal enterprise because it is a criminal enterprise. RICO, baby.

    it’s the RICO/Russia combo plate! ;)

  17. 17.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 22, 2018 at 7:48 pm

    @Mnemosyne: you can do it!

  18. 18.

    p.a.

    August 22, 2018 at 7:52 pm

    Vote for X: too stupid to steal.

  19. 19.

    Schlemazel

    August 22, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    I have some codes tht are supposed to work online but to be honest I have no ide if they do or how much off they give
    V8WK-34PD
    VYDD6LLB
    VYDD-6LLB
    VYDD6LLC

    Best I can offer

  20. 20.

    Matt McIrvin

    August 22, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Reelection slogan: “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris Because Only Stone And Steel Will Give Me Their Vote”

  21. 21.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 22, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    @Matt McIrvin: this is much better than “it’s the bomb that will bring us together.”

  22. 22.

    Baud

    August 22, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    You know, there are entire states without any Democratic Senators.

  23. 23.

    kindness

    August 22, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    I wonder who the Stein/BernieBros in W. Virginia will vote for. Is Putin on the ballot?

  24. 24.

    JDM

    August 22, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    @The Lodger:

    How does Steve McQueen have a next movie, being, y’know, dead and everything?

    That’s nothing; James Stewart is dead and he’s a professional motocross champ. And black.

  25. 25.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Couldn’t we throw WV back into Virginia and have Puerto Rico replace it as a state?

    And seriously, do we really need two Dakotas? I think one would do just fine.

  26. 26.

    Domestic short hair tabby (fka vheidi)

    August 22, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    @The Lodger: yes

  27. 27.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    @Baud: Tell it.

  28. 28.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:
    @Schlemazel:

    I’m hoping to trigger their website to email me one I can use in the store and not have to sign up for text alerts to get it. Ugh.

  29. 29.

    dmsilev

    August 22, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    @Mnemosyne: How is that possible? BB&B coupons are like AOL disks back in the day, you could use them for (very depressing) wallpaper.

  30. 30.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    @JDM:

    That’s so weird — Steve McQueen came back as a Black guy, too! ??

    And British, into the bargain.

  31. 31.

    MomSense

    August 22, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I love Viola Davis. I’d watch her sit in a chair for two hours. That movie looks great.

    I saw your mention of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the show we both love. One of her charities gave me the idea for the business I’m starting.

    Today I found an investor!! Now I’m trying to research how to set up a trademark. The domain name is set. Last night I stayed up so late sorting and cutting fabric.

    Of course I am switching jobs in the middle of this. Even though I’m doing all the things at once, I’m also really happy.

  32. 32.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    @dmsilev:

    I think my husband has been secretly throwing them away, the rat. Now I can’t find a single one just when I need it.

  33. 33.

    Honus

    August 22, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I’ve got a whole glove box full of them. Hell, I use one one to buy a can of Williamsburg peanuts there

  34. 34.

    NotMax

    August 22, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    @Mnemosyne

    According to Mom, the BB&B she goes to willingly accepts expired coupons. So if you come across one past its expiry date, there’s that possibility..

  35. 35.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    @MomSense:

    Yay! Good luck with the new venture. When it comes to trademarks, I would definitely scrape a few pennies together and consult a lawyer. It’s a very tricky area and easy to mess up.

  36. 36.

    Steeplejack

    August 22, 2018 at 8:07 pm

    @Yarrow:

    “The Republican Party looks like a criminal enterprise.”

    Duh.

  37. 37.

    Matt McIrvin

    August 22, 2018 at 8:08 pm

    @TenguPhule: Virginia would probably become a red state again.

  38. 38.

    Viva BrisVegas

    August 22, 2018 at 8:08 pm

    In the meantime, on the other side of the world Rupert Murdoch has yet again decided to exercise his veto power over the Australian government.

    As a result we have this ongoing clusterfuck.

    A far right wing numpty, until now best known for his overt racism and resemblance to a potato, is about to be made Prime Minister.

    The takeover of Australia’s traditional conservative Liberal Party by ignorant, racist, sexist, homophobic jesus freaks is all but complete.

    Is was a long time coming, but folks we’ve been Trumped!

  39. 39.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 22, 2018 at 8:13 pm

    Probably already posted, but… Lanny Davis to Wolf Blitzer:

    Josh Marshall @ joshtpm
    “at this juncture I can only say that he was present during a discussion with junior and dad” about the Trump Tower meeting.

    hee hee

  40. 40.

    Honus

    August 22, 2018 at 8:13 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: you have to remember you’re talking about a state whose most popular politician is a woman whose father was a governor who went to federal prison for corruption.
    And I’m a native.

  41. 41.

    eric

    August 22, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    @The Lodger: I have wood

  42. 42.

    Smedley Darlington Mingobat (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    August 22, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Fuck that noise. We don’t want it, damn it.

  43. 43.

    Honus

    August 22, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: and my dad worked for Wally Barron.

  44. 44.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:19 pm

    Also, too, I mentioned this late last night, but if you’re in search of a pleasant, soothing competition show in the spirit of “The Great British Baking Show” that is not a slavish shot-for-shot imitation, I recommend the Amy Poehler/Nick Offerman show “Making It,” which is TGBBS with large-scale crafts. It’s adorable, with contestants who all seem to be very nice and sweet and help each other out when needed.

    https://www.nbc.com/making-it

  45. 45.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    @Viva BrisVegas:
    Wouldn’t the logical outcome be new elections rather than an intra-party coup? If this really pisses off the caucus, they should call a no confidence vote.

  46. 46.

    Eric S.

    August 22, 2018 at 8:21 pm

    @NotMax: Accepting expired coupons was S.O.P. for them for years. They have been cracking down on that, however, so it is a crap shoot at any given store.

  47. 47.

    RedDirtDirl

    August 22, 2018 at 8:23 pm

    I made a button years ago that said:
    Hold Your Nose And Vote For Kerry

  48. 48.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 8:24 pm

    @Viva BrisVegas: Rupert Murdoch is a cancer on democracy. Sorry it’s gone this way for you.

  49. 49.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I’ve seen a few minutes of that and it looks like a lot of fun. Love both of them.

  50. 50.

    ET

    August 22, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    Almost as bad as the “votvote for the crook it’s important” bumper sticker during the Edward’s v Duke race in Louisiana.

  51. 51.

    Honus

    August 22, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    @Eric S.:in the store they regularly accept mine that expired two or three years ago. But not online.

  52. 52.

    MomSense

    August 22, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I’ll check it out.

    I also recommend Big Dreams Small Gardens and Love Your Garden on Netflix.

  53. 53.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:33 pm

    @Yarrow:

    It’s definitely not for people who want something completely new and original, because they clearly took the GBBS template and just changed what the focus of the competition is. But Poehler and Offerman are funny and the judges are not mean, so I like it.

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 8:34 pm

    @Honus:

    I’m going to be using it in the store, so that should be fine. One of my friends at work is going to bring me one from his stack at home.

  55. 55.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    Good to see:

    Given the news yesterday, Judge Kavanaugh’s views on executive power are more important than ever. We need his full record, not just the parts we’ve been given. The Senate shouldn’t hold hearings until we get the missing documents.— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) August 22, 2018

  56. 56.

    Viva BrisVegas

    August 22, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    The current government is on the nose with the voters and has been behind in the polls for the past two years. It would be political suicide to call an election now. Besides, there are constitutional restraints on when an election can be held and it’s very difficult to call one until July next year.

    PMs are decided in party room meetings outside of parliament. Their legitimacy is tested by surviving no confidence motions in parliament.

    So even during coups such as this, with chaos outside of parliament, the majority party retains coherence inside parliament via party discipline.

    The object of this exercise seems to be that the far right of the Liberal Party seems to truly believe that rather than a semi-charismatic centre-right leader, the voting public would prefer a far right racist with all the charisma of his lookalike vegetable.

    By the way, I loved your work in Octopussy.

  57. 57.

    Yarrow

    August 22, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    @Mnemosyne: They’re so funny together and he’s such a good carpenter so he must have an interesting take on some of the projects.

  58. 58.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    @Baud:

    You know, there are entire states without any Democratic Senators.

    Low energy, sad states. Losers.

  59. 59.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    The same way I can post on this blog even though Sir Roger Moore is dead.

    Clones?

  60. 60.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @Viva BrisVegas:

    The takeover of Australia’s traditional conservative Liberal Party by ignorant, racist, sexist, homophobic jesus freaks is all but complete.

    Is was a long time coming, but folks we’ve been Trumped!

    This would explain why you’re the only trading partner we haven’t declared a trading war against.

  61. 61.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    @Viva BrisVegas: No, you’ve been Murdoched. Same thing he did in Britain, same thing he did here.

  62. 62.

    Mandalay

    August 22, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    Lanny Davis is a train wreck on TV. He makes Giuliani look sharp and knowledgeable. But my fantasy remains that after Cohen brings down the president it is revealed that Hillary Clinton had secretly arranged for Davis to become Cohen’s lawyer.

    Meanwhile, as pundits debate whether Trump and Giuliani are losing their marbles, Dershowitz is insisting he’s not defending Trump as he spouts his lunacy, and gets outwitted by Anderson Cooper.

    If only these assholes weren’t destroying the country it would be PPV entertainment.

  63. 63.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    @Viva BrisVegas: Which one’s the numpty?

  64. 64.

    tobie

    August 22, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    @Yarrow: Red State Dems can always use the process argument. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. We agreed when the GOP wanted to review all of Elena Kagan’s documents before her confirmation hearings and expect them to do the same with Kavanaugh. Righteous indignation is so hard for Dems to learn but they need to do it pronto. I believe there are some choice quotes from Chuck (Limited Grey Matter) Grassley on having all of Kagan’s White House record on hand before her confirmation hearing.

  65. 65.

    Haroldo

    August 22, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: @Viva BrisVegas: Peter Sutton, a very nasty piece of work.

  66. 66.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    “On or about May 19, 2010, in Santee, California, Margaret Hunter spent $307.72 in campaign funds at Target to purchase a tablecloth, three square pillows, a three-piece brush set, a metal tray, four temporary shades, four window panels, a white duck, two Punky Brewster items, a ring pop, and two five-packs of ‘animals.’ In order to conceal and disguise this illegal charge, Hunter falsely told the Treasurer that it was for ‘teacher/parent supporter events.'”

    CNN has more highlights from the Hunter charges.

  67. 67.

    NotMax

    August 22, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    @Honus

    Heck, when I went in while in NY and explained that no, I didn’t have a coupon because where I live there aren’t any Bed Bath & Beyond stores, they gave me the discount sans coupon.

  68. 68.

    Barbara

    August 22, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    @Yarrow: That’s about as bold as Mark Warner is capable of getting.

  69. 69.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    @Haroldo: Tracking. It wasn’t clear from the link.

  70. 70.

    Viva Bris Vegas

    August 22, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Dutton, aka Mr Potato Head.

    Until now the Minister for gaoling children, deporting long term residents and maintaining refugee concentration camps.

    Formerly of the Queensland Police Drugs Squad. The most corrupt unit of the most corrupt police force in Australia.

  71. 71.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 22, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    @TenguPhule: “two five-packs of ‘animals’”

    Huh? Lol.

  72. 72.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    August 22, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @Yarrow: Nice to see some consistent messaging from Dem Senators on Kavanaugh emerging. Repeat ad nauseum!

  73. 73.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @Barbara: We’ve switched Senator Warner’s chamomile tea with Black Insomnia. Let’s see if he notices.

  74. 74.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @Viva BrisVegas:

    Besides, there are constitutional restraints on when an election can be held and it’s very difficult to call one until July next year.

    OK. I thought you had a standard parliamentary system, where a no confidence vote would automatically dissolve Parliament and result in new elections. Having a system where the governing party can back stab the Prime Minister and replace him at any time seems like a recipe for unstable government.

  75. 75.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    “On or about March 4, 2016, in Washington, DC, Duncan Hunter spent $462.46 in Campaign funds for 30 shots of tequila and one steak at El Tamarindo restaurant during Individual 8’s bachelor party.”

    SMH.

  76. 76.

    frosty

    August 22, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Ask for the BB&B coupon in the store. The nice sales clerk who rang me up gave me one and I didn’t even know they existed.

  77. 77.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    @Viva Bris Vegas: Tracking. It wasn’t clear from the link. He seems nice.

  78. 78.

    NotMax

    August 22, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    @TenguPhule

    “Okay, who’s the wiseacre who ordered steak?”

    :)

  79. 79.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    @TenguPhule: Eating a balanced diet is very important.

    Hunter exemplifies that MARINE is really an acronym:
    Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Non-Essential

  80. 80.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: you noticed that but gave the white duck a pass?

  81. 81.

    Barbara

    August 22, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    @TenguPhule: I skimmed the indictment but missed that nugget. I must have been blinded by rage after seeing that they paid the household water bill with campaign funds. Also, dance competitions and RiverDance tickets.

  82. 82.

    Smedley Darlington Mingobat (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    August 22, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    When I was in graduate school, I lived right up the street from El Tamarindo. It’s a great restaurant. We went there a lot.

  83. 83.

    Viva BrisVegas

    August 22, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    It’s pretty standard. A no confidence vote can only proceed if the majority allows it. In a Westminster system the majority is the government, they vote in the way that has been previously decided in the party room. That is according party discipline.

    The government is not going to vote against someone they just elected in the party room. The exception is if the party splits. Which has happened, but very, very rarely.

  84. 84.

    raven

    August 22, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: His old man was in the ranger outfit attached to the Herd.

  85. 85.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    @Barbara: It gets even better.

  86. 86.

    Mandalay

    August 22, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Same thing he did in Britain, same thing he did here.

    Hardly. Murdoch was in bed with the Labour Party in Britain for 12 years.

    Those who go low would also mention that Tony Blair was in bed with Mrs. Murdoch, but that would be unkind and irresponsible speculation, so I won’t there. To be very clear, there is no evidence that BLAIR WAS HAVING SEX WITH WENDI DENG, and nobody should make any such claims.

  87. 87.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    @Viva Bris Vegas: The good news is that, apparently, some of your MPs aren’t completely nuts!
    From the link you supplied:

    Nationals MP Darren Chester has played an important role in all this. He’s not ruled out moving to the cross-bench with other Nationals MPs, should Dutton take the leadership. He’s also not guaranteed Dutton supply and confidence. We checked, and that position has not changed on Friday. Remember that the Coalition’s majority in the lower house is wafer-thin. He has a one-seat majority. Chester’s position would leave Dutton exposed to a no-confidence motion and an early election.

    Chester has just tweeted his disgust at the current situation in parliament.

    Outside the Canberra bubble there’s 25 million Australians dealing with real issues today. I’m appalled and bitterly disappointed with the events in Parliament House. Can’t wait to get home to #lovegippsland and spend time with some normal people. #auspol pic.twitter.com/gA27O3D37c

    — Darren Chester MP (@DarrenChesterMP) August 23, 2018

    Perhaps we could arrange for him to have a nice chat with Senators Flake and Corker.

  88. 88.

    Platonailedit

    August 22, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Ouch.

  89. 89.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    @raven: Yep.

  90. 90.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:03 pm

    @Mandalay: I’m aware. I’m also aware that Murdoch was a big backer of Brexit.

    And as someone who was living in Scotland at the time, I still think that one of the greatest tragedies of the last generation of British politics was the premature death of John Smith, which allowed for Blair’s ascendence.

  91. 91.

    scav

    August 22, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    OK, if the Hunters ever spent campaign dollars on a duck house, I’m going to a) die laughing b) bemoan the lack of originality in the world.

  92. 92.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    @Platonailedit: Personally I’ve been very fortunate to serve with a number of high speed, low drag Marines. But Hunter is 50 lbs of shit in a 5 lbs bag.

  93. 93.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    “On or about September 26, 2015, in Anaheim, California, the Hunters spent $229.44 in Campaign funds at Disneyland’s Star Trader shop on gifts, including two Minnie Mouse Ear headbands, a Star Wars droid knit beanie, and a raglan-sleeve black-and-gray Star Wars girls T-shirt. In order to conceal and disguise this transaction, Margaret Hunter falsely informed the Treasurer that the charge was for ‘food/bev.'”

    “On or about August 6 to 10, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada and elsewhere, the Hunters spent $2,448.27 in campaign funds on a personal vacation with Individuals 3A and 3B. During this vacation, the HUNTER family bank account began incurring insufficient funds fees until a check from Duncan parents was deposited into the account on August 10.”

  94. 94.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    @TenguPhule:
    One of the things that strikes me about the Hunter charges is just how mundane so much of this stuff is. There’s something deeply pathetic about dipping into the campaign chest to pay for a shopping trip to Target. If you’re going to get prison time for embezzling campaign funds, at least spend the money on something frivolous and expensive!

  95. 95.

    Shana

    August 22, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Saw that preview when we went to Crazy Rich Asians last weekend. Looked good.

  96. 96.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 22, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I don’t know if this will work out for you, but I joined their discount “Beyond Plus” program, which costs $29 a year. It gives you 20% off everything. That means you break even after you purchase $145. We spent at least twice that our first purchase after signing up, and have continued to save.

    I promise I don’t work for them. But I do like their stuff.

  97. 97.

    Platonailedit

    August 22, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    Thanks Alain and M4 for fixing both desktop and mobile versions. Are sticky logins back?

  98. 98.

    A Ghost To Most

    August 22, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    @Roger Moore:
    While stationed in Omaha, I learned that there are subtle differences between Nodak jokes and Sodak jokes.

  99. 99.

    Ruckus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    @MomSense:
    I’ve had the fun of cold starting a business.
    Y’all have fun now.
    And good luck, I hope it works out.
    I would say, take every step as an obstacle to over come, that way when it all works you will have enjoyed persevering. And if one of those steps does become an issue, it won’t blind side you. For example, before I rented a building, I went to the business license office and double checked that I could put the business I wanted into the location. Of course after I had then rented the location and went back to actually get my license I got a different clerk who told me flat out, no way no how. But I was persistent and pleasant and while it took about 2 hrs, I got my license. I do wish however that there had been an office of recessions that I could have checked with, that might have been nice.

  100. 100.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    @Roger Moore: They reportedly had only $1,000 worth of equity during that period. They were stealing just to maintain day to day living expenses.

  101. 101.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    “On or about August 6 to 10, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada and elsewhere, the Hunters spent $2,448.27 in campaign funds on a personal vacation with Individuals 3A and 3B.

    Are Congressman and Mrs. Hunter swingers? Would it be irresponsible to speculate? It would be irresponsible not to!

  102. 102.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    @Platonailedit:

    Are sticky logins back?

    Not permanent, they disappear once you close the page.

  103. 103.

    Barbara

    August 22, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    @Roger Moore: Like a trip to Italy or your kids’ tuition? They did that too.

  104. 104.

    Viva BrisVegas

    August 22, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Chester is what passes for the far left of the National Party, who are a kind of rural political appendix of the Liberal Party. He will make noises to try to assuage the concerns of his more liberal voters, but his party will see he toes the line.

    The rest of the National Party would regard Dutton as one of theirs, even if a bit of a soft hearted pinko.

  105. 105.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    But Hunter is 50 lbs of shit in a 5 lbs bag.

    Surely you mean 239 pounds, which I understand is the new standard.

  106. 106.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    @Barbara:

    Like a trip to Italy or your kids’ tuition? They did that too.

    I particularly enjoyed his “fuck the navy” in regards to Italy. I’m sure the navy will fuck him right back by recalling him into service and fucking him out of his pension.

  107. 107.

    Shana

    August 22, 2018 at 9:14 pm

    @MomSense: What are you going to be making? I sew so I’m curious.

  108. 108.

    Platonailedit

    August 22, 2018 at 9:14 pm

    New Fox News poll has Mueller at +22 approval. 59% approve, 37% disapprove.

    Last month, Mueller was at +8.https://t.co/oK2jVK1VrX

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2018

  109. 109.

    TenguPhule

    August 22, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Are Congressman and Mrs. Hunter swingers? Would it be irresponsible to speculate? It would be irresponsible not to!

    If Mr. Hunter turns out to swing both ways, I will LMAO.

  110. 110.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    @TenguPhule: He didn’t serve long enough to get a pension. He separated at O3/captain when his service contract requirement was up.

  111. 111.

    A Ghost To Most

    August 22, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    @Mandalay:
    Think of the pay-per-view for the hanging of Shitler. It could be billions.

  112. 112.

    AThornton

    August 22, 2018 at 9:20 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    I bet you thought WestWorld was “only” an HBO program.

  113. 113.

    Ruckus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:
    I served with one and have met a few others. I’ve also met a few that were like your example, 50 lb of shit in a 5 lb box. Also I do believe that 50 lb in a 5 lb box is worse that in a 5 lb bag. It makes them even less flexible and rigid, and it even more difficult for them to find their way out.

  114. 114.

    Shana

    August 22, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    @TenguPhule: Not to mention the Punky Brewster swag…

  115. 115.

    joel hanes

    August 22, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Murdoched

    Valar morghulis

    Rupert Murdoch is 87 years old
    I propose we lay preparations now to declare the day of his death a national holiday
    in the US, in GB, and in Oz.

    I can’t think of any other person who has done more damage to the world since 1960 or so,
    except maybe Pol Pot and Mao.

  116. 116.

    MomSense

    August 22, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    @Ruckus:

    I have a fear of recession in the background but I’m trying to keep it in the back background. This could all be a bust but I’m having fun. I was going to say I’m not quitting my day job but I did just quit my day job (I took a different one).

    @Shana:

    I’m taking cast away textiles and clothing (not able to be worn again) and turning it into home goods. The plan is to donate 10% of the proceeds to a charity that is complimentary.

  117. 117.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:31 pm

    @Shana: Leave Punky Brewster alone!!!

  118. 118.

    joel hanes

    August 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    They have boys, right?
    So possibly the transcriber simlply didn’t understand the brand, “Garanimals”
    https://www.garanimals.com/

  119. 119.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    They reportedly had only $1,000 worth of equity during that period. They were stealing just to maintain day to day living expenses.

    I have a bit of sympathy for them. A Representative who doesn’t live close enough to DC to commute is practically required to maintain a residence both there and in their home district. Both DC and San Diego have very high house prices, so that’s going to eat up a lot of money. I can see how somebody could discover they couldn’t maintain their lifestyle on a Congressional salary and think about taking a bit here and a bit there to make ends meet. So I can see how this kind of thing could happen, even if I don’t think there’s an excuse for it.

  120. 120.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    @joel hanes: Barney the Purple Dinosaur has. Also, Putin, Vladimir, Vladimirovich.

  121. 121.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    @TenguPhule: You deserve this.

  122. 122.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:36 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: I just with they could call cadence in actual words. “Hump hoop heep hah!”

  123. 123.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Wish. Or see it as a lisp if you wish.

  124. 124.

    joel hanes

    August 22, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Barney

    objection. “Person” was specified.

  125. 125.

    raven

    August 22, 2018 at 9:38 pm

    Well sports fans we are now the proud owners of a Kia Niro Graphite Hybrid. I never thought I’d do this but the girl wanted something she could count on and 100000/10 warranty sealed the deal. I didn’t know what to expect when I drove iot but it’s a car!

  126. 126.

    MomSense

    August 22, 2018 at 9:39 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Here’s my song offering on this subject.

    all the money or the simple life honey

  127. 127.

    MomSense

    August 22, 2018 at 9:40 pm

    @raven:

    Congrats!!

  128. 128.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:40 pm

    @raven: Congrats? I know nothing about the car. My brother bought a a Passat last week.

  129. 129.

    raven

    August 22, 2018 at 9:42 pm

    @MomSense: I knew I feel this way but I hate the “buying experience”. I don’t know if I got jobbed but I feel like it!

  130. 130.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    @joel hanes: Overruled. Don’t make me call Judge Ellis!!!//

  131. 131.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    @raven: @Omnes Omnibus: Motor Trend’s only negative comment was about the lack of an AWD option. Where you are, you don’t need that. Enjoy.

  132. 132.

    raven

    August 22, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yea, they supposedly ride a little low but we’re not off-roading. The girl should really enjoy it and it will blend in with my flat black 66 chev! We also had the hail inspectors come out today and both houses are going to have to have new roofs. 3k deductible!

  133. 133.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    @raven: I hope you had a good dealership experience as KIA is notorious for having bad dealerships. My understanding is that this, as well as the new Stinger, are major improvements over past KIAs. Is this a plug in hybrid or just a gas-electric hybrid like the Prius?

  134. 134.

    MomSense

    August 22, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    @raven:

    Buying a car is real ? ? ?

  135. 135.

    something fabulous

    August 22, 2018 at 10:13 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I have one! old-school, paper. I hoard them up for us to use at the rescue for cleaning supplies, but happy to share. Wanna do a hand off at a secret drop location? or meet for coffee? :)

  136. 136.

    Mnemosyne

    August 22, 2018 at 10:17 pm

    @something fabulous:

    Aww, we don’t need an excuse to meet up for coffee! Though I’m not sure when I’ll have time pre-surgery. Do you have my email addy? Mnemosyne dot muse at gmail.

  137. 137.

    J R in WV

    August 22, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    @Honus:

    you have to remember you’re talking about a state whose most popular politician is a woman whose father was a governor who went to federal prison for corruption.
    And I’m a native.

    I’m think the most popular politician state wide is probably the former governor, Arch Moore jr, former inmate of the Federal prison system, famous for taking his whole extended family to Europe, in-laws and all, on a suitcase full of cash money. I think he had to use a credit card for the airline tickets, everything else for a weeks long trip was paid for with US $Cash$~!!~

    He also had a desk drawer full of $100 bills, usually a quarter million $$ or so. Everyone he hired left an envelope full of money on his desk at the closing interview. If you didn’t, you weren’t hired! So Shelly Moore Capito learned at her Daddy’s knee how to do criminal without getting caught.

    Arch was busted by a trusted aide who wore a wire in the back of Arch’s Limo, where he recorded Arch soliciting bribes and receiving them. Arch,. a lawyer himself, tried to take his guilty plea back, claiming that he didn’t understand what he was doing for lack of proper representation. Did not fly, go directly to prison.

    Shelly votes against regulating banks on Thursday, her husband then becomes a VP of Wells Fargo in WV on Monday. Like magic!!

  138. 138.

    Bill Arnold

    August 22, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I still think that one of the greatest tragedies of the last generation of British politics was the premature death of John Smith, which allowed for Blair’s ascendence.

    Did this ever get any traction in UK conspiracy circles? Just curious. (In the US it would definitely get traction.)
    Tony Blair predicted John Smith’s early death
    “Heart Attack”, 12 May 1994 (aged 55). (His first heart attack was 9 October 1988, so move along, nothing to see here.)

  139. 139.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 22, 2018 at 10:39 pm

    @Bill Arnold: I don’t know.

  140. 140.

    J R in WV

    August 22, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    I have a bit of sympathy for them…. Both DC and San Diego have very high house prices, so that’s going to eat up a lot of money. I can see how somebody could discover they couldn’t maintain their lifestyle on a Congressional salary and think about taking a bit here and a bit there to make ends meet…..

    Yes, but some congressmen sleep on their office couch, and shower in the congressional gym shower, and manage on their federal income. Others do not, and steal to make end meet. Those should go directly to jail without collecting $200.

  141. 141.

    Bill Arnold

    August 22, 2018 at 10:50 pm

    @joel hanes:

    Rupert Murdoch is 87 years old

    And surprisingly lucid for his age. Amusingly, there are persistent (though sparse) rumors that he indulges in life-extending young-blood transfusions, e.g.
    https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/07/all-hail-rugpert-destroyer-of-the-west/, in a comment,

    There are stories of transfusions of youthful blood.
    The old vampire could suck the life out of Australia before he’s done.
    The foundation member of the Neo-liberal / globalised / Economically rational Capitalism movement, he has destroyed the cultural under pinnings of Western democracy…. and he has passed on his genes.

  142. 142.

    J R in WV

    August 22, 2018 at 10:55 pm

    @raven:

    Kia like that:

    The interior features an 8-inch touchscreen with navigation, Harman Kardon sound system with subwoofer, a 10-way power driver’s seat, and charcoal cloth and leather seats.

    When I bought my Lariat F-350, there was a heavy-duty rubber covered metal box under one of the back seats. I asked a guy in the shop what it was, and he didn’t know… turned out it was the sub-woofer. No wonder the sound was good in the truck! Enjoy your new wheels, keep up posted on your fuel mileage…

  143. 143.

    something fabulous

    August 22, 2018 at 11:18 pm

    @Mnemosyne: excellent! will follow up there.

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