March 04, 2014
— Ace This is all very strange.
I don't get this. Do you? If you get this, let me know.
The baby-faced Farrow, whose parentage has been the subject of much speculation, sometimes seems to be more fame and prestige than flesh and bone. From a young age, he’s had no problem attracting the sort of people who prize those qualities. They pop up throughout the many public accounts of his brief life.There was Holbrooke, a loyal friend of Mia Farrow’s who hired Ronan as a speechwriter when he was 15. There is Holbrooke’s formidable widow, the journalist and socialite Kati Marton, the ex-wife of Peter Jennings. There is Diane Sawyer, Holbrooke’s ex-girlfriend, who is now advising Farrow. “I’ve told him, ‘If there is anything you want to do that I have a cautionary tale about, I’ll be there.’” Sawyer told the New York Times.
And there is Hillary Clinton, who, upon Holbrooke’s death, “took Ronan under her wing.”
Farrow has these people to thank for most of the jobs and awards that adorn his résumé. Marton last year presented him with the Richard C. Holbrooke Award for Social Justice. The New York Times’ profile featured Farrow receiving an award from a foundation that aids Holocaust survivors. Last week, after just three days on the air, Farrow picked up the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Journalism at an event at the Princeton Club in midtown Manhattan.
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Holbrooke, who had employed him at 15 and was, according to Marton, so loyal to Mia Farrow that he forbade Marton from watching Woody Allen movies, created a position for him in Hillary ClintonÂ’s State Department.
Farrow's job paid in the six figures. It was some kind of bullshit coordination/liaison type thing with NGOs. It was obviously bullshit, because this high-paid post was eliminated after Farrow left State. It was made just for Farrow, and when he left, they got rid of the contrivance.
Now, having done very little in his life except to look almost as much like Frank Sinatra as he does not look like Woody Allen, he's signed by MSNBC for a salary in the "low millions."
What I've left back at the link is his poor ratings (he's striking out with younger viewers, but doing well, for some reason, with people over 50 who really liked Frank Sinatra), and his bizarre backdrop, which contains (as @JohnEkdahl noted on the last podcast) bits of Ronan Farrow's resume in big letters.
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Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 11:57 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: pookysgirl at March 04, 2014 11:58 AM (kMnHs)
Why I never!
Posted by: M. Obama, Nutritionalitiviacityaismist at March 04, 2014 11:58 AM (jlOxu)
Either that, or the Beta male equivalent of Paris Hilton.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2014 11:59 AM (DPkKe)
Posted by: For some reason at March 04, 2014 11:59 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Kawfytawk at March 04, 2014 11:59 AM (EY4Et)
Posted by: Javems at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (ZnvRl)
The categories will get all blurred, and there's nothing he won't be able to do. Sex scandal? Nuh-uh-- teflon.
Posted by: Some midwest guy, sorta an Amos Singletary type at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (1/4XQ)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Idiots at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (hn70M)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (aq/zi)
Sinatra did Mia Farrow? Jeebus H., his taste was even worse than Clinton's.
Posted by: West at March 04, 2014 12:00 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 04, 2014 12:01 PM (jlOxu)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 04, 2014 12:01 PM (sBUAE)
(he's striking out with younger viewers, but doing well, for some reason, with people over 50 who really liked Frank Sinatra)
Because younger viewers don't want to tune in to watch a twinky douche who looks like a serial rapist on an episode of Law and Order: SVU?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 04, 2014 12:01 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (53Nsb)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (aq/zi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (t3UFN)
She was cute when she was very young, but rapidly aged into the horror-show you see in most photos.
But I'll bet a photo from 27 years will show a not-very-attractive b-list actress.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: arminius at March 04, 2014 12:02 PM (cDnhR)
Posted by: real joe at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (zqzdt)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (ZPrif)
If I got it, I would be really scared.
VDH:
The irony is that all this used to be called “privilege” or perhaps, in this particular case, even “white privilege.”
http://is.gd/DtM2bf
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: eureka! at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (xiXna)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (hq5sb)
Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: Kawfytawk at March 04, 2014 12:03 PM (EY4Et)
Posted by: tasker at March 04, 2014 12:04 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 04, 2014 12:04 PM (sBUAE)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 12:04 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: chuckinseattle at March 04, 2014 12:04 PM (EZU5/)
I have GOT to party with you, sir.
Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at March 04, 2014 12:04 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 04, 2014 12:05 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at March 04, 2014 12:05 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2014 12:05 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: real joe at March 04, 2014 12:05 PM (zqzdt)
*puts "industrial-strength gin" on grocery list*
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:05 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 12:05 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:06 PM (hLRSq)
It was obviously bullshit, because this high-paid post was eliminated after Farrow left State.
Nothing unusual about that.
Posted by: The Hospital what hired Michelle Obama at March 04, 2014 12:06 PM (A0sHn)
I would like to award you with the 1st Annual Weft Cut-Loop Excellence in Existence Award. Congrats.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 04, 2014 12:06 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:06 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:06 PM (0FSuD)
http://tinyurl.com/mj5jljj
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 04, 2014 12:06 PM (hn70M)
Looks like a Human Centipede of corruption to me.
Posted by: Stu-22 at March 04, 2014 12:07 PM (KbrNh)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 12:08 PM (t3UFN)
See also: ABEDIN, Huma.
Who filled an entirely similar position due to her Clintonworld links.
The world of the professional left is full of these cozy lucrative little sinecures.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 12:08 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: rdbrewer at March 04, 2014 12:08 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 04, 2014 12:08 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Stu-22 at March 04, 2014 12:09 PM (KbrNh)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:09 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 12:09 PM (z4WKX)
As Rush said today, this is just their latest attempt to create a lefty Rush, or cable equivalent. They see some kid that has good looks and they think they'll make him a Big Star who will convince the rubes to vote lefty, just like they think Rush manipulates them into voting righty.
And it's bombing, as it always does with contrivances.
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at March 04, 2014 12:09 PM (ClQSA)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 04, 2014 12:10 PM (hq5sb)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 04, 2014 12:10 PM (53Nsb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 04, 2014 12:10 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:10 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Harry Reid at March 04, 2014 12:10 PM (KbrNh)
Posted by: Lester at March 04, 2014 12:10 PM (2UPXV)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (0FSuD)
Sounds legit.
Posted by: University of Chicago Hospital that employed Moochelle at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (UIxS+)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (qFpRI)
Hey, Mr. Alternating Current, you are just the guy to find out if he's ghey or not. At least look up his anus and see if old Wood stuck any candy up there.
Posted by: Erowmero at March 04, 2014 12:11 PM (1gcFZ)
Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 12:12 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 04, 2014 04:06 PM (hn70M)
But what do they think about Woody Woodpecker Sinatra Farrow?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 04, 2014 12:12 PM (YgTB4)
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at March 04, 2014 12:12 PM (+9xNn)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at March 04, 2014 12:12 PM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:13 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Frankie Sinatra's Epic Rap Battle at March 04, 2014 12:13 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: zombie frank sinatra at March 04, 2014 12:13 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: L, elle at March 04, 2014 12:13 PM (0xqKe)
Its not conspiratorial, the machine has been in play for a long time. That's how Obama got his start, with the machine promoting up a talented youngster. Book deals, massive money to play with in the Annenberg education deal, legislative position, etc. This one looks like a dud though.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:13 PM (zfY+H)
and it also wouldn't be such a pill to swallow if it wasn't coming from the same lame brain dickwad crowd that is always talking about a "rigged system"
Posted by: chelsea danger at March 04, 2014 12:14 PM (KfDDN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
They think he's a f@g.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 04, 2014 12:14 PM (hn70M)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (h1D+w)
Because it's the only way a pajama boy can look unambiguously male.
Hence the hot new medical procedure in Brooklyn: hair transplants to the face, for guys who can't grow anything.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Zombie Strom Truman at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (hq5sb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (wqqv3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 12:15 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Dathi at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (9Nh6G)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (h1D+w)
Cuchi-cuchi, bitches.
Posted by: Fritz at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (PnMCP)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (53Nsb)
Posted by: tasker at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 12:16 PM (nfBpn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:17 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 04, 2014 12:17 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: Frank Sinatra at March 04, 2014 12:17 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 04, 2014 12:17 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Britain at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (0HooB)
See if you can figure out where I'm going with this.
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (TOk1P)
I guess for the same reason the lead guy in Arrow has a neckbeard even though that's supposed to be ugly and stupid. It makes them think they look more masculine, I suppose.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 12:18 PM (t3UFN)
Britney actually made something. Granted, not my style and don't care for her art, but she did have a resume; Farrow? Not a damn thing as far as I can tell. I guess he's going to be the Barack Obama of ... I dunno what you would call it. But whatever it is, he's getting the Nobel for it.
And this is why the MFM continues its systemic decline into irrelevance.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 04, 2014 12:19 PM (1CroS)
he must have some political ambitions
they are grooming him
Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:12 PM
He is a young creepy little old man who toadies. He learned how to do it to get attention in a household of 87 adopted children. Then he did the same farking thing at the state department. Then again at MSNBC.
Posted by: Lester at March 04, 2014 12:19 PM (2UPXV)
Sinatra sang a mean tune, and was a manly man, but don't put too much shine on that turd. There's a lot of crap in that man.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:19 PM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (ZPrif)
What surprises me is that people act surprised that this happens.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:19 PM (hLRSq)
Well when you have no talent or personal ability, you're jealous of the people who do.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:19 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 04, 2014 12:19 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at March 04, 2014 12:20 PM (wqqv3)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 04, 2014 12:20 PM (hq5sb)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:20 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Fritz
.............
Ahhh.. the Golden Age of entertainment.. *sigh*
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 04, 2014 12:20 PM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: jrcobbstr at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (OGuBw)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Ol' Blue Eyes at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (q/PkG)
Ronan Farrow....
Scorn and defiance; slight regard, contempt,
And any thing that may not misbecome
The mighty sender, doth he prize you at.
Thus says my king
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (r+7wo)
Its not surprise that it happens. Its surprise that it works so overwhelmingly well. Its one thing to leverage connections into a job, its another to get paid gigantic bank and get special no-work jobs at the federal government out of it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (hq5sb)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 12:21 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (fsLdt)
1) he has famous parents
2) he's attractive and/or charismatic
For a country who threw off their king, the US really loves their dynasties. With today's visual-centered media, more emphasis is being placed on how they look (the right isn't immune to this.. see George P. Bush)
Posted by: not the mama at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (5dxeo)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Soona at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (jT/qa)
Posted by: Adam at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (OetRc)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 04, 2014 12:22 PM (qFpRI)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 04, 2014 12:23 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:23 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Roman Farrow at March 04, 2014 12:23 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (naUcP)
A worthwhile read is to be had in Rajiv Chandrasekaran's _Little America_, which is his take on the American involvement in Afghanistan. (Bookended to _Imperial Life In The Emerald City_, his similar volume about Iraq.)
The portrait of Holbrooke is unsparing. Think of Joe Biden with less impulse control. Biden blurts out dopey shit and comes up with insane unworkable "plans", but Biden doesn't have the attention span or the stamina to try to force those dumb ideas into existence as policy. Whereas Holbrooke did.
So a recurring theme is Holbrooke ricocheting around madly, interrupting constantly, waking others up from sound sleep with bullshit phone calls, getting in other people's way, insisting that they use his dumb plans, blaming them when those plans fail, or taking credit for other people's work that he rubbished.
But in Clintonworld, as long as someone is considered a reliable ally of Ready for Hillary!, they are golden. Clinton never reined in Holbrooke despite the huge damage he was causing. SO nice to have the "adults" in charge of important matters.
Then of course Holbrooke abruptly dies in the middle of all this, and Clinton (already plotting her presidential run and on schedule to leave State) leaves all of the loose ends dangling.
As, meanwhile, American service members were dying or being crippled in heavy enemy contact every goddamned day of all this indecision and vacillation.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (h1D+w)
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 04:21 PM (zfY+H)
Pull and connections have always worked. There should never be any surprise over that or how effective they are in getting some otherwise middling schnook a big title and a nice payday.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Rock Hard , News Reporter at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (Kz9dH)
I'd watch that show.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 04, 2014 12:24 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: duke at March 04, 2014 12:25 PM (d3clc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:25 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 12:25 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 04, 2014 04:22 PM (qFpRI)<
My Mom loves her some Sinatra too. I just drove her home from FL. I had 3 days of her blaring the Sinatra Channel on satellite radio - all day, every day. My remaining grasp on my sanity is tenuous.
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (sjdRT)
Like SCOAMF.
When did milquetoast become attractive/charismatic?
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (ZKzrr)
"We live in a world now that rewards family connections and money over hard work and skills."
We have always lived in that world. It just wasn't talked about too much or agonized over. How many people have a job because their uncle or aunt or cousin knew someone and got them in? Or because they called in a favor?
It is as old as human history.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Rock Hard , News Reporter at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at March 04, 2014 12:26 PM (7ObY1)
Yup. That's arguably the best reason to go to college: building some connections.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 04, 2014 12:27 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 04, 2014 12:27 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 04, 2014 12:27 PM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 04, 2014 12:27 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: toby928© at March 04, 2014 12:27 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:28 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:28 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 04, 2014 12:28 PM (OetRc)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:28 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 04, 2014 12:28 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2014 12:29 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 12:29 PM (nfBpn)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 04, 2014 12:29 PM (vsWPl)
193 -
Yup. If you created a pantheon of SNL stars, Hartman is just below Belushi, and just above Bill Murray.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (TOk1P)
I thought you would all appreciate that.
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (ZKzrr)
Pure. Genius.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (1CroS)
------------------------------------------------
Yup. "Who's your daddy"?
Posted by: Soona at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (jT/qa)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (ZPrif)
I do.
Who's the father? (Hint/spoiler: Frank Sinatra)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (i2Lsf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:30 PM (DmNpO)
........
Thanks.. I always wondered which one it really was..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 04, 2014 12:31 PM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: toby928© at March 04, 2014 12:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 04, 2014 12:31 PM (IXrOn)
"...but doing well, for some reason, with people over 50 who really liked Frank Sinatra"
**
So he's Retro-Metro??
Posted by: dananjcon at March 04, 2014 12:31 PM (NpXoL)
139 What's truly sad is just how bad he is at it.
His timing is all wrong, his jokes fall flat.
Posted by: tsrblke
Well his mother wasn't much of an actor...she was like the Kristin Stewart of her day.
Mia was pretty in a waif-like way.
And it was during that time when Twiggy and Penelope Tree were kindy hot and trendy.
Sinatra was a better singer than he was an actor, imo.
He wasn't bad as an actor...but he was kind of one-dimensional.
Posted by: wheatie at March 04, 2014 12:31 PM (1fh2T)
Posted by: Some midwest guy, sorta an Amos Singletary type at March 04, 2014 12:32 PM (1/4XQ)
Everyone reading this blog and these comments is now $50,000 in debt thanks to fuckers like Ronan Farrow being paid six figures for do nothing jobs.
And then we'll throw some more shit on that for $1B to Ukraine for helping out their shitty economy and socialist policies.
Because freedom, or something...
Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 12:32 PM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:32 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: Iblis at March 04, 2014 12:32 PM (9221z)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
Angelyne
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 04, 2014 12:32 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:32 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: just a thought
...............
For his sake, I hope not.. They killed off JFJ Jr. to make way for Teh Won...
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 04, 2014 12:33 PM (Z7PrM)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 04, 2014 12:33 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Pajama Boy at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (ZPrif)
He wasn't bad as an actor...but he was kind of one-dimensional.
Posted by: wheatie at March 04, 2014 04:31 PM (1fh2T)
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"Ryan's Express". One of my favorites.
Posted by: Soona at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (jT/qa)
In other news, I posted on an ONT way back the proof that every ancient civilization had a story about the flood that wiped everything out - except for the Egyptians which did not state explicitly how their main god Ra wiped everyone out.
I thought it was only those cultures from 4000 BC or so. But lo and behold, the Greeks have the same fucking story of Zeus wiping out everyone with a flood and a guy and his wife as being the only ones that survived and landed in an ARK - YES AN ARK - on top of a mountain as the gods repented for destroying mankind almost completely.
History is awesome!
Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (tVTLU)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (0HooB)
NO ONE hires a 15-year-old speechwriter.
Or its some eerie Omen-type thing that caused him to reject his first name and take on the name Ronan, which means "oath".
Posted by: farmersusie at March 04, 2014 12:34 PM (ydb8s)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 04, 2014 12:35 PM (OetRc)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:36 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 04:34 PM (ZPrif)
Read the ewok's post again. It will come to you.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 04, 2014 12:36 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: Rock Hard , News Reporter at March 04, 2014 12:36 PM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: Roy at March 04, 2014 12:36 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet
- Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (hLRSq)
And we're getting back to fundamental historical perspective where the lords of the realm had no qualms about letting the peasants know who was the boss and rightly deserved the perquisites and pleasures of their exalted positions. For quite a while there, America's elites (at least the political ones) figured that a low profile was the best way to keep from annoying the serfs too much, With the advent of Barky and Mooshelle, the regal grandiosity is on full unapologetic display, and sets the tone for letting another untalented mediocrity like Farrow gain privilege just because.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 12:36 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 12:37 PM (tVTLU)
Posted by: eleven at March 04, 2014 12:37 PM (fsLdt)
Wait a minute. This guy was allegedly banging Diane Sawyer? GILFy
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 04, 2014 12:37 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 12:38 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 04:35 PM (DmNpO)
Who was a knockout. And a ginger.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 12:38 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2014 12:38 PM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 12:38 PM (nfBpn)
Posted by: insert rim shot here at March 04, 2014 12:38 PM (QupBk)
Or its some eerie Omen-type thing that caused him to reject his first name and take on the name Ronan, which means "oath".
Shoosh, I thought it meant 'noodles'.
Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at March 04, 2014 12:38 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 04, 2014 12:39 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 04, 2014 12:39 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at March 04, 2014 12:39 PM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:39 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Some midwest guy, sorta an Amos Singletary type at March 04, 2014 04:32 PM (1/4XQ)
Do you really have to ask?
Posted by: Soon-Yi at March 04, 2014 12:39 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 04, 2014 04:24 PM (hHFOx)
If Chelsea Clinton were pretty and charismatic we would be seeing "ready for chelsea" propaganda now instead of stuff for Hillary. She's neither, so she gets thrown an bone with an award or high-paying job once in a while but she's not the focus of media obsession she would be if she had beautiful features and some personality.
Posted by: not the mama at March 04, 2014 12:39 PM (5dxeo)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 04, 2014 12:40 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 04, 2014 04:35 PM (OetRc)
Cable tv and the internet make all of this information - which would never gotten out because there wasn't enough room in the few outlets - available.
Technology has changed things.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:40 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Some midwest guy, sorta an Amos Singletary type at March 04, 2014 12:40 PM (1/4XQ)
For Democrats, prison's a plus. Double plus if he's not white.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 04, 2014 12:40 PM (B/VB5)
238 Huh, how does Farrow getting paid millions put anybody here in debt? Am in debt cause George Clooney gets paid millions to star in movies I don't watch, too?
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 04, 2014 04:34 PM (ZPrif)
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How?
Here's how...
These leftist celebrities get thrust into the limelight...then they use their celebrity to promote leftist politicians, like Barky...who in turn bet elected and increase our Debt.
Posted by: wheatie at March 04, 2014 12:40 PM (1fh2T)
All I know is I predict he will do just fine to mock his idiocy since we don't have Piers to kick around anymore. At least once his balls drop and he is man enough to give his opinion.
How do I know he will spill idiocy? -----> msnbc.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 04, 2014 12:41 PM (gorVZ)
Since annual floods sustained Egypt, floods would not have resonated well with them.
Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 12:42 PM (4JkHl)
265 -
Funny, when I see the name "Tara" I don't think of Gone With the Wind, I think of all the goofy broads I've known over the years whose mothers named them after that goofy movie.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2014 12:42 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:43 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Pajama Boy at March 04, 2014 12:43 PM (0FSuD)
http://tinyurl.com/nbqzprq
They are reduced to pandering via fear now.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:43 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: insert rim shot here at March 04, 2014 12:44 PM (QupBk)
He was in government "service" with a couple of well-paying phony baloney jobs. Hillary put him in charge of her new "Office of Global Youth Issues", whatever-the-fuck that is.
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 04, 2014 12:44 PM (jlOxu)
Posted by: Ronan Farrow at March 04, 2014 12:44 PM (/AHDz)
"Farrow" means "to give birth to a litter of pigs."
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:44 PM (ZKzrr)
Cronkite retired 8 years before lil' Sinatra was born. I call more bullshit.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at March 04, 2014 12:44 PM (DQZLr)
Jean,
Indeed. Phps they were like ah, no big deal, as the flood came in and then were like, holy shit! But they weren't on mesopotamia so phps cannot be counted as one of the founding civilizations. Greeks had it though. Interesting stuff.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 12:45 PM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:45 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: insert rim shot here at March 04, 2014 12:45 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 04, 2014 12:45 PM (jlOxu)
Posted by: Ronan Farrow at March 04, 2014 04:44 PM (/AHDz)
It means one thing coming from Frank; it seems something else entirely coming from you.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke and Abortion Barbie at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (gOoFi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 04:39 PM (DmNpO)
USA is pimping some new "reality" series stari ng a seriously faggy-talking family patriarch called "Chrisley." Not sure what that is all about. Pretty sure I don't want to know.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 04, 2014 12:46 PM (OetRc)
Posted by: Sanford #2 at March 04, 2014 12:47 PM (8GKDa)
No mention of Huntley & Brinkley.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at March 04, 2014 12:47 PM (DQZLr)
Posted by: insert rim shot here at March 04, 2014 12:47 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2014 04:42 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: not the mama at March 04, 2014 12:47 PM (5dxeo)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 04, 2014 12:48 PM (kAvHW)
Posted by: coriolianus snw at March 04, 2014 12:49 PM (Jsiw/)
IIRC when they were excavating Pi-Ramses in the western Nile delta area between the Old and New Kingdoms strata they found signs of such. Unburied bodies and even the people reduced to cannibalism, knife marks on children bones.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:49 PM (kMyr1)
Mia's mother was Maureen O'Sullivan
Now that's teh hawt! Second Tarzan movie, Tarzan and His Mate?
It is possible that fapping has been done to that accompaniment.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 04, 2014 12:49 PM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 04, 2014 12:49 PM (ofGPd)
I may steal that. It sounds classier than "sperm uber alles."
Posted by: HR at March 04, 2014 12:49 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2014 12:50 PM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 04, 2014 12:50 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at March 04, 2014 12:50 PM (aTXUx)
The Sinatra-ian Candidate?
Posted by: LizLem at March 04, 2014 12:50 PM (BF+2f)
""Nincompoop" doesn't quite do it, though.:
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 04, 2014 12:51 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 04, 2014 12:52 PM (6Lkgf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 04, 2014 12:52 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: insert rim shot here at March 04, 2014 12:52 PM (QupBk)
Anna, very interesting. Thanks.
OT: The Aztecs, it is estimated, gave 250,000 people to human sacrifice, PER YEAR. That's a rate of 2 human sacrifices per hour.
But the conquistadors were monsters. haha.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 12:52 PM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 12:53 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:53 PM (kMyr1)
303 -
Heh, that reminds me of the movie "Ted," a film I really disliked, btw, except for the scene where they're trying to remember some girl's name, and the bear says "it's one of those trailer trash names," or something like that.
So Wahlberg starts coming up with names, and after each one the bear says "no," until Wahlberg speeds up, and rattles off what seems like dozens of these names.
I don't remember what they settled on, maybe Krystal (with a 'K').
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2014 12:53 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at March 04, 2014 12:53 PM (XWw96)
Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at March 04, 2014 12:53 PM (CnA98)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:54 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 04, 2014 12:54 PM (h1D+w)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 04, 2014 12:54 PM (mck3/)
In keeping with the Kenyan pastors edict women will not wear underwear to better receive Christ, I therefore invoke Ace of Spades rule #34 modeled after the Kenyan pastors rule. Lady posters, air it out for Christ!
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 04, 2014 12:54 PM (nQjHM)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 04, 2014 12:55 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Michelle Obama at March 04, 2014 12:55 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 04, 2014 12:55 PM (zfY+H)
I enjoyed Ronin more than I expected.
That smokin' hot Irish lass had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 12:56 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: toby928© at March 04, 2014 12:56 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:56 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2014 12:56 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 04, 2014 12:56 PM (Lrldw)
Posted by: Lost In Maryland at March 04, 2014 12:56 PM (CDGl8)
Posted by: AmishDude at March 04, 2014 12:57 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 04:56 PM (kMyr1)
Anxiously awaiting your informative post.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 04, 2014 12:57 PM (nQjHM)
Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at March 04, 2014 12:57 PM (hWsF4)
She was pretty hot in her day.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:32 PM (0FSuD)"
Confusing her with Maureen O'Hara?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 04, 2014 12:57 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 12:58 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at March 04, 2014 12:58 PM (CnA98)
Caution language warning.
A rant on the Boob Apron, aka 'titkerchief' from FB
http://tinyurl.com/myma8fe
And new thread up on NLRB and Senators.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 12:59 PM (kMyr1)
Posted by: Larry Hobson at March 04, 2014 12:59 PM (QupBk)
So a coddled child of privledge, a one percenter if there ever was one, is elevated to be a tribune of the people?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 04, 2014 12:59 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 01:00 PM (0FSuD)
Mia's mom's ass. Pretty hot for the 30's
That's a body double, an Olympic swimmer. Maureen is still pretty skimpily clad throughout the movie.
Hayes Code wasn't enforced until 1934. This was 32, end of the good old days.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 04, 2014 01:02 PM (A0sHn)
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Hey! That sock is all crusty and smells like semen! That's not a sock puppet, it's a batch rag!
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 04, 2014 01:04 PM (/AHDz)
Posted by: seamrog at March 04, 2014 01:04 PM (5/Wpg)
Yeah, he looks a hell of a lot like Frank to me. There is no Woody Allen in that gene pool. Which is amazing because Sinatra was SEVENTY-FRICKING-TWO when this child was born. WTF, man.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 04, 2014 04:11 PM (qFpRI)
The Chairman of the Board was definitely man enough to father a child at 72. What strain credulity is the idea that he would still be schtupping Mia in her mid-40s. She'd already turned crone by that time.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 04, 2014 01:05 PM (TIIx5)
Oscar Wilde covered all this in "The Importance of Being Ernest" which featured a .....handbag.
You would think the elite showbiz types would know these things.
Posted by: farmersusie at March 04, 2014 01:08 PM (ydb8s)
I voted against incumbents Pete Sessions (US Rep) and John Cornyn (US Sen) because until proven otherwise they're probably leading the silent amnesty charge. Voted against George P. Bush too because I'm anti-nepotism and anti-dynasty.
FWIW and as if it matters.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at March 04, 2014 01:09 PM (kUgpq)
Posted by: hillary bosch at March 04, 2014 01:09 PM (lB/5N)
Posted by: Future Headlines Today at March 04, 2014 01:10 PM (nbGZj)
Louise: It's for sure a white man's world in America. Look here: I raised that boy since he was the size of a piss-ant. And I'll say right now, he never learned to read and write. No, sir. Had no brains at all. Was stuffed with rice pudding between th' ears. Shortchanged by the Lord, and dumb as a jackass. Look at him now! Yes, sir, all you've gotta be is white in America, to get whatever you want. Gobbledy-gook!
Posted by: Jesse Jackson at March 04, 2014 01:14 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: elrobalo at March 04, 2014 01:16 PM (wH5Tk)
[Long pause]
Chance the Gardener: As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden. President "Bobby": In the garden.
Chance the Gardener: Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.
President "Bobby": Spring and summer.
Chance the Gardener: Yes.
President "Bobby": Then fall and winter.
Chance the Gardener: Yes.
Benjamin Rand: I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we're upset by the seasons of our economy.
Chance the Gardener: Yes! There will be growth in the spring!
Benjamin Rand: Hmm!
Chance the Gardener: Hmm!
President "Bobby": Hm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I've heard in a very, very long time.
[Benjamin Rand applauds]
President "Bobby": I admire your good, solid sense. That's precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill.
Posted by: Peter Sellers at March 04, 2014 01:16 PM (e8kgV)
Tom Brokaw was good in his own way, but he seemed to get old fast. What ever happened to him?
Posted by: Lazy Old Guy at March 04, 2014 01:17 PM (UoDnN)
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Posted by: Amichel at March 04, 2014 01:33 PM (dlG5h)
It looks like Ronan is being groomed to be the next Obama (or the last emperor of China.. I wonder, did Sawyer, Clinton, et al sniff his pooh, too?).
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"I'd publicly like to thank the NAACP for this chess set they sent me."
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