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Get Your Popcorn Ready

by Tom Levenson|  June 20, 20237:26 pm| 44 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality

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N.B.: I know this was discussed in the thread below–but I’d written this just as WaterGirl was posting her piece, and I went for a bike ride rather than bigfooting her, and I’m damned if I’m going to let a perfectly good Hogarth engraving go to waste.  Enjoy!

Amidst the grotesque and existential threats to democracy and human flourishing embodied in the 2023 edition of the GOP, it’s always a boon to get a bit of comic relief.  George Santos wishes he could grow up and be evil; the best he can achieve is bathos–and we’re in for another dose soon.

You may recall that he is out on his multi-count indictment thanks to someone or ones putting up his bail. Those kind benefactors of one of the most wretchedly unfit people to serve in Congress (and that’s a high, or rather a very low bar to contend with) have, so far, been allowed to remain anonymous.  Not for much longer:

The identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed Thursday at noon, a federal judge ordered Tuesday.

The couple of days delay between the order and its execution are to allow those guarantors to withdraw their sureties if they choose.  Perhaps the lawyers among the jackals can let us know if doing so would mean the Hon. Santos (R.-Canadian Girlfriend) would be hauled off to the pre-trial hoosegow.

Get Your Popcorn Ready`

If they don’t, we will gain a bit of insight into the cui who gains from protecting the razor thin GOP House majority.  Either way, it’s popcorn time, wouldn’t you say?*

Chortle, smirk, gloat, and otherwise amuse yourselves and the rest of us in a thread as open as a used car lot on President’s day.

*Or perhaps, if the sun is over the yardarm where you are come noontime on Thursday, one could raise a Manhattan^ in the general direction of the Long Island Federal District Courthouse.

^Or a Cosmopolitan, if you really want to rub it in.

Image: William Hogarth, The Rake’s Progress, plate 7, 1735

 

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  1. 1.

    Citizen Alan

    June 20, 2023 at 7:32 pm

    I had thought that it had already been revealed that family members put up the money. If Santos and his attorneys made representations to the court to that effect and it turns out to be a lie, I wonder what sort of laws if you need that break

  2. 2.

    Jay

    June 20, 2023 at 7:32 pm

    Today we lost another Hero, @ZelenskyyUa just shared the story but here is the video from our guys on the ground. 1 Dead, 8 Injured, rescuers not soldiers. ruzzia is a terrorist state.I have no more words. #Kherson #Murder pic.twitter.com/3nT10OTMHY— Front Line Kitchen 🇺🇦 (@frontlinekit) June 20, 2023

  3. 3.

    Scout211

    June 20, 2023 at 7:36 pm

    @Citizen Alan: I had thought that it had already been revealed that family members put up the money.

    Reposting from downstairs.

    Link

    In court filings, Santos’s lawyer Joseph Murray has indicated that at least one bail sponsor was a family member, but feared they would back out of the bond if their identities were disclosed. One of the three people who originally agreed to sponsor the bond already dropped out, Murray said.

    Some have raised questions as to whether the bond was paid — including partially or indirectly — by Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire facing federal fraud charges that Santos began to vocally defend shortly before his indictment.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    June 20, 2023 at 7:36 pm

    Long Island Iced Tea?

  5. 5.

    Jay

    June 20, 2023 at 7:38 pm

    Headline of the day posted without comment. pic.twitter.com/uDPHps6kkr— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) June 20, 2023

  6. 6.

    robmassing

    June 20, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    It’s the day after a 3-day weekend and why do I crave a Cosmopolitan now?

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    June 20, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    “Judge Gives Whacks To Brazilian”
    //

  8. 8.

    H.E.Wolf

    June 20, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    How timely that I found this online a few months ago….

    Hoosegow [rhymes with children’s-book character Bert Dow], as slang for “jail”, may be from the Spanish “juzgado” (with “j” pronounced as “h”), which means “court” or “tribunal”; from Latin “judicare”, “to judge”.

    And yes: I hope that George Santos, as he calls himself, lands in the hoosegow sometime soon.

  9. 9.

    Jay

    June 20, 2023 at 7:45 pm

    For the 2022/2023 fiscal years, 🇺🇸 overestimated the cost of provided military assistance to 🇺🇦 by $6.2 billion. This technically means that 🇺🇸 will be able to provide additional military assistance for this amount before the end of the current fiscal yearhttps://t.co/toQSLfZvcd pic.twitter.com/F6dqcpcCA7— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 20, 2023

  10. 10.

    Chris

    June 20, 2023 at 7:45 pm

    Open thread pet question:

    One of the dogs I live with is prone to seizures and had one while out in the yard this afternoon with the other dog. I didn’t see it until towards the end of the episode, let them both in, he’s been fine since. On the other hand, the other dog has kept snapping at him all evening, to the point that we ultimately had to crate her.

    He’s had seizures before and it’s never led to the other dog doing this, though the last one was a long time ago, like a year and a half. Is this a normal reaction by other dogs and does it go away once the seizy dog goes back to smelling normal again? Anybody had to deal with this before?

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 7:50 pm

    @Citizen Alan: In an earlier comment, someone said it was the attorney who said “at least one” family member.  Interesting way to get the “it’s family” info out there because most people don’t read or listen carefully and then it gets repeated and loads of people can shrug and say “it was just family.”

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 7:54 pm

    @Chris: My beloved dog AC had seizures, but I don’t have the answer to your question.  In his case, all seizures weren’t the same, some were worse, some less so. It’s hard.  Is  the dog on seizure meds?

  13. 13.

    Baud

    June 20, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Probably people he met at Olive Garden.

  14. 14.

    Chris

    June 20, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    No. Vet recommended against it on account of, if I recall, major side effects, and the fact that the seizures seemed to still be mild and rare enough. There are meds you’re supposed to give him a dose of in his nostrils, but that’s while the seizure is happening and I got there when it was basically over already. There have been other times when he had the seizure without getting the dose, and usually nothing happens except that he’s more wobbly and clingy for the rest of the day.

    No aggressive reaction from the other dog before, either.

  15. 15.

    piratedan

    June 20, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    with the way that the GOP runs, I wouldn’t be shocked if one of the Santos bond posters ended up being RFK Jr.

  16. 16.

    Jay

    June 20, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    @Chris:

    some dog’s react badly to pack status changes.

    They also really pick up on their hoomans vibes.

    When Casey, Digger and I were chasing the bear, they constantly circled back to me. Casey could herd free range cattle, Digger chased 3 moose across half the Province in one go.

    We treed the bear, (I had no clue what we were chasing, I was just following the dogs.)

    I was “oh look, it’s a bear” and because I was calm about it, they were too.

  17. 17.

    TEL

    June 20, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    I agree that’s an excellent engraving for this post – even the little girl looks mighty angry!

  18. 18.

    Roger Moore

    June 20, 2023 at 8:08 pm

    @Citizen Alan:

    I had thought that it had already been revealed that family members put up the money.

    IIRC, that is the claim of Santos’s lawyer, but we don’t know for sure because we haven’t seen the names.  Santos is such a con man, I don’t believe anything that goes on around him.  Even if the names on the bond are of Santos’s relatives, that doesn’t mean it’s really their money; they could be acting as a front for someone who doesn’t want their identity known.

  19. 19.

    Chris

    June 20, 2023 at 8:13 pm

    @Jay:

    Thanks, I may have been part of the problem. I’m coming off of what was already an insanely stressful and frustrating day, and the seizures didn’t make it any better, so it may just be that the other one was picking up on that.

    It’s also the first time the dog’s ever had a seizure without his mom being around, which I’m sure also didn’t help them be at ease. (They’re not my dogs, they’re my roommate’s. They’ve known me their whole life and they love me too, but I’m not the parent – she’s the one whose room they sleep in every night). Then again, her coming home didn’t stop the other dog snapping.

  20. 20.

    mrmoshpotato

    June 20, 2023 at 8:14 pm

    R.-Canadian Girlfriend

    You’re paying for all of my funeral expenses. I’m dead. 🤣🤣🤣💀

  21. 21.

    Jackie

    June 20, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    @Roger Moore: Sounds like Santos’ hysterics about rather be jailed than divulge names was just theatrics.

    Another GQP drama queen.

  22. 22.

    Mike in NC

    June 20, 2023 at 8:19 pm

    Wife had a craving for microwave popcorn last night. I checked the box and it read “Best Before January 2018”, so I guess I need some fresher stuff for the pantry.

  23. 23.

    Uncle Cosmo

    June 20, 2023 at 8:20 pm

    @H.E.Wolf: I hope that George Santos, as he calls himself, lands in the hoosegow sometime soon.

    Slam him in solitary so he can call himself Hoosegowleiter of a Gow of uno. Less of a lie than most of the words he spews.

    (Santos must’ve had that venerable old IBM-SalesRep surgery, where they reverse the GI tract so he can talk out of his arse and shit through his mouth…)

  24. 24.

    jackmac

    June 20, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    @Mike in NC: You should have gone for Twinkies. They have an endless shelf life.

  25. 25.

    sdhays

    June 20, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @piratedan: Big con fish don’t put up cash for minnows like George Santos.

  26. 26.

    geg6

    June 20, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    @Mike in NC:

    As long as it still pops, it’s fine.  You’ll have more “old maids” (don’t come at me…it’s the industry term), but the ones that pop are good to go.

  27. 27.

    Jay

    June 20, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    @jackmac:

    how to say you have never seen Zombieland, with out saying you have never seen Zombieland.

    Twinkies have a shelf life.

  28. 28.

    geg6

    June 20, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    @sdhays:

    I wouldn’t put it past Guo.  He may be obscenely rich, but he seems kinda stupid to me.

  29. 29.

    sdhays

    June 20, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @geg6: Yes, Guo wouldn’t shock me. RFK Jr. doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who spreads his money around for influence. That’s what his daddy’s name is for.

  30. 30.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 20, 2023 at 9:06 pm

    Santos (R.-Canadian Girlfriend)

    SNORFLE!!!

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 9:12 pm

    @Chris: Wow, that’s great that they have a made you can give them during the seizure.  Let us know what the vet says when you ask about it?

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    @Chris: Oh my gosh, yes, stress can be very much involved with when they have seizures.

    The weekend my -ex and I split, my sweet boy had 4 seizures.  That broke my heart, which was already broken.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    @Mike in NC: I cleaned out my medicine cabinet last week.  Tube of sting-stop, 2019.  Repeat, repeat, repeat for anything with a date.

    On the plus side, my medicine cabinet is now much emptier.

  34. 34.

    Shalimar

    June 20, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: The original claim from the lawyer was family members plural, clearly meant to suggest they were all family members so people would stop speculating.  This “clarification” was only after it became obvious the names are coming out.

  35. 35.

    Ishiyama

    June 20, 2023 at 9:31 pm

    No doubt he will ask to have his bond lowered, since he hasn’t misbehaved since his last court date. It would be a fair request.

  36. 36.

    Chris

    June 20, 2023 at 10:01 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    In theory it’s fantastic.  In practice…?  I’ve never quite understood how the fuck you’re supposed to get the spray into the dog’s nostrils (much less the dog’s ass, which is also an option) when they’re in the middle of a seizure, with all the violent body movements that entails.  I’ve never had to do it; my roommate’s done it once, I think.

    I’ll share what the vet says – my roommate says she couldn’t get the dog in before Friday.  Fingers crossed, and thanks for the advice all.

  37. 37.

    Chris

    June 20, 2023 at 10:04 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Oof, that sounds awful.  The really “bad” period for this one was when he was having one every few months, which ended (until today) a year and a half ago.  I can’t imagine multiple times a week.  Sorry you had to go through that.

  38. 38.

    bbleh

    June 20, 2023 at 10:09 pm

    @Chris: argh. sounds from other comments like the decision has been to treat the symptoms and not try to diagnose or deal with the cause (which might well be very expensive and could be futile).  If so, I’d say, treat the other dog’s reactions as just another symptom and manage it along with the others — learn what triggers it, learn what mitigates it.  I’m sure s/he is distressed when it happens, and not just from your reactions.  Maybe the vet can advise on how to manage that when it occurs.

  39. 39.

    bbleh

    June 20, 2023 at 10:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: uh … omg.

    I hope things are better now …?

  40. 40.

    Chris

    June 20, 2023 at 10:26 pm

    @bbleh:

    She’s definitely scared/worried.  What worries me is whether they got into it before I was on the scene.  Normally, the seizy-puppy is never aggressive, he’s a big chicken.  But during seizures he’s growled at, snapped at, and actually bit humans before, so if he did that to his sister this time, that could explain why she’s so defensive where she never was before.

    Oh, well.  Fingers crossed that as he gets back to normal so do they.  They’ve been lying peacefully on the couch for a couple of hours now, so there’s that, but we’re making sure there’s always a human there too.

  41. 41.

    bbleh

    June 20, 2023 at 10:51 pm

    @Chris: well no dog psychologist here, but I can see where a bad brain-storm can lead to all kinds of bad behavior, not least because the dog for sure knows something bad is happening and is reacting defensively.

    All I can think to suggest is, find out what can be done (maybe regular medication?) to reduce the frequency &/or severity of the seizures, and find out what can be done to mitigate the symptoms — for the dog and his/her pack-mates — when they occur.  (Just spitballing, but maybe there’s a protocol, eg hustle them into separate rooms and feed them treats).

    One resource might be your local animal shelter.  I’m sure they have this sort of problem regularly.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 10:54 pm

    @Chris: @bbleh:  It was really horrible, glad that it was a long time ago.

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    June 20, 2023 at 10:55 pm

    @Chris: This may sound dumb, but maybe put on some calming music?  That might help you chill, and them, too.

  44. 44.

    bbleh

    June 20, 2023 at 11:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: yes, me too!

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