Happy St. Paddy's Day! Yes, Paddy, not Patty.

We never know how far these scandals will reach.

But last night I was watching The Godfather. There must be fifty brilliant sequences in that thing. And if you happened to be a teenage boy in the 70's, your admiration for scenes from the village of Corleone probably has a certain glandular sentimentality, because Apollonia.

But do the math: Stefanelli was born in '54, the film was shot in '71: That kid wasn't just electrically beautiful— She was as young as 17, maybe 16… She was freaking dewy. The's a miniature #metoo tempest just sitting there, waiting for someone to spin it up into a scandal.

The Economist gets around to asking what would happen if the US left Europe to fend for itself. The magazine is predicting a 15-year catch-up period of financial and political hardship.

Note: The article is behind a paywall, but you can sign up and read 4-5 articles a month for free.

We never know how far these scandals will reach. ~ Crid at March 17, 2019 7:33 AM

The scandal could be much broader than we think.

Y'know, Lori Laughlin was getting a much bigger ride out of life than I could possibly have imagined. But there's a collection headlines on Google News that's just stunning in its length and tawdriness. These people are like characters in a Tom Wolfe novel. You can hit them over the head and prosecute them and send them to jail and they will still not get it. A favorite:

According to The Daily Mail, just days after being arrested and posting bail, Lori Loughlin received six TV panels for a home theater delivered to her mansion in Bel Air on Saturday.

"According to The Daily Mail, just days after being arrested and posting bail, Lori Loughlin received six TV panels for a home theater delivered to her mansion in Bel Air on Saturday."

Geez, no wonder you're all aflame about your orange vulgarian. Lori didn't think to call to cancel that order because of the unplanned legal issue!

Assuming the typical Amazon shipment... How dare she receive things she actually paid for in advance!

She's not a person - she makes big money!

Balloon pop

The rich truly are different.

I've never known anyone in my circle to radioactively poison a model who came to one of their bunga-bunga parties, for instance.

I've never known anyone in my circle to radioactively poison a model who came to one of their bunga-bunga parties, for instance. ~ Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at March 17, 2019 10:06 AM

She should never have taken sides against the family.

> Geez, no wonder you're all aflame

Radwaste, you're a grown man in love with a television star. You're exactly the detached guy described by Carney book.

So be the best Patrick you can be! Sit & fume about the injustice of it all. Remember, the people out there are a conspiracy, and they're not giving you the respect you deserve.

Flail, Radwaste.

So maybe shared scooters were just a fad.

This all started in 2018, right? It's like the movement died in its first winter. Even here in Los Angeles, I see the scooters themselves blocking sidewalks everywhere, but I haven't seen anyone riding one in several months.

Acting!

The rich truly are different.

Yes, they have more money than we do, Gog. But wouldn't have been easier to just hire John Wick?

Hogwarts is . . . SO GAY!

As if we didn't tour in Europe before the fuckin' EU.

https://youtu.be/mN36q-0PZ1U

If I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die historic on the Fury Road!

https://youtu.be/oDgJtIUfTEs

Yes, this IS practically what it sounds like.

"Rachel Maddow Blows The Lid Off Trump’s Real Life Handmaid’s Tale"

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/15/rachel-maddow-scott-lloyd.html

Disgusting. As Maddow said, some of the girls aren’t teenagers. As in, pre-teens.

David is correct, but this is a nonetheless glorious end to the NYT story:

Felicity Huffman, an actress charged in the college admissions scheme, has long extolled the benefits of a parenting philosophy in which children are to be treated as adults. On her parenting blog, What the Flicka (which was taken down this week), she described raising children as “one long journey of overcoming obstacles.” In another post, she praised schoolchildren “for walking into a building every day full of the unknown, the challenging, the potential of failure.”

This week, Ms. Huffman was accused of paying $15,000 for an SAT proctor to secretly inflate her daughter’s test scores.

Coney, thanks for the connection to the Paddy story, had no idea.

Tried to come up with a links vs. Paddys joke, but failed.

So maybe shared scooters were just a fad.

Maybe... but saw a few in Portland this week.

Won't miss them if they disappear. Tougher than average to drive around here as is.

"I see the scooters themselves blocking sidewalks everywhere, but I haven't seen anyone riding one in several months."

Are a bunch of them still winding up in the river?

> saw a few in Portland this week.

I saw a couple last night, too. Apologies... Sampling error.

Wow, Crid. Now even ordering things online isn't real for you.

Get help. Your obsession with Trump - count the posts - has deranged you.