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  1. https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/25/santos-lists-new-treasurer-who-denies-working-for-him/ Santos Lists New Treasurer Who Denies Working for Him January 25, 2023 at 8:25 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 214 Comments “With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his use of campaign funds, embattled Rep. George Santos’ campaign appears to be left without a treasurer,” ABC News reports. “On Wednesday, several fundraising committees associated with the freshman congressman from New York filed amendments to their statements of organizations, notifying the Federal Election Commission of a new treasurer.” “But the newly listed treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, a veteran campaign finance treasurer who has served on multiple other political organizations, says he does not work for the Santos campaign and that the filings were signed under his name without his consent.”
  2. Oh he's gay. My guess is that his marriage to a woman was related to some immigration thing, and his "husband" was just his boyfriend who fucked off and went back to wherever he's from (word is Brazil) when the pressure ramped up. There's something shady there, of course, and I'm sure that'll drop eventually. For now he's a ghost.
  3. Nope. There's been no sign of him. George didn't bring him to his signing in, no longer mentions a husband in his bio (curiously all of the other lies are still there) and isn't wearing a ring. As for husband's history, people have been digging a bit but drawing blanks. For instance, he is supposedly a pharmacist based in NY but there's no record of his license with the state.
  4. OK. Back to your regularly scheduled programming: This is significant. George Santos Admits 500K Personal Loan to Campaign Wasn’t ‘Personal’ It’s been one of the biggest mysteries surrounding George Santos: Where did he get his money? In an amended filing, Santos admits a big chunk wasn’t his. https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-admits-500k-personal-loan-to-campaign-wasnt-personal?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=230124-Digest PM&utm_term=G List Daily Beast Newsletter PM
  5. If Deadwood is wrong I don't want to be right.
  6. Pfft. Allow me to tell you the story about a little 8 year old Hooch who snuck out of his room late one night and decided that some movie on HBO called Deliverance looked cool: Not cool. Not cool at all.
  7. I read the book before children. It was a great piece of writing, but there is no way on God's green earth that I could have gotten through it if I had already had kids. I won't watch the movie, and I'm sure as hell not going to read it again. Blood Meridian on the other hand is about ready for another read. Not that it's any less grim really, but at least I don't internalize it.
  8. I drive an older Silverado and love the utility of it. I don't put a ton of miles on it though. Honest question: In TX (and I suppose other warm weather states) what is the ratio of 4X2 trucks to 4X4? I remember 4X2s being really common in TX, but they're nowhere to be found in MN- for obvious reasons.
  9. This is good. It's an interview with 2 people from the only newspaper (The North Shore Leader) that actually sounded the alarm on Santos before the election. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/episodes/local-paper-sounded-alarm-george-santos-nobody-listened (first 23 minutes). It's a nice perspective from some locally (and politically) connected folks who were on the ground while the whole thing developed. There's one thing in particular that the editor said that I hadn't heard, or even considered. It is his opinion that the $700,000 that Santos lent his campaign doesn't exist, and never did. His belief is that it was just a lie to fundraise. By pretending to loan the campaign money he could establish credibility as rich, successful, and serious enough to put his own skin in the game. We'll see...
  10. I fell asleep during episode 2 (tired, not bored) but I like season 4 so far. I hope they correct the captions though. Currently, they correctly identify Arabic captions but incorrectly label Hebrew as English. Wasn't a big deal once I figured it out, but that opening chase scene in Ep 1 was confusing as hell.
  11. Alright, ya'll owe me. I just watched this hour-long interview from 2020. The entire thing is fascinating(ly horrifying), but here are some things that stood out to me. Blames his opponent at the time of only being motivated by government pensions @ 5:05. (note that a former roommate recently recalled a conversation in which "Anthony" cited lifetime healthcare and pension as a motivation to run for congress.) Waxes poetic about the importance of "Truth" @ 11:20. Talks about his inability to do 2nd grade common core math even though the has an economics degree and works in finance @36:10. Talks about his family- including him Mom's executive position at Citigroup- @ 42:00. I don't even know how to explain it, but just a ridiculous conversation about the 2nd amendment @46:40 Talks about the degradation of the traditional family unit and the importance of the nuclear family @53:18-55:38 I'm not going to lie (hehe), this guy has tons of charisma. But, he is so clearly playing a part and- as this was 2 years ago- he was still perfecting the script. At a couple points in the interview he recognizes that he's made the interviewer bristle a little and he effortlessly qualifies the answer and shifts to a more palatable response.
  12. While I believe that he could very well be someone's useful idiot, does anyone really think this whole thing was conceived and orchestrated by a foreign actor? I don't buy it. It would have been way, way cleaner. I'm willing to be those people exist at high levels of our government, but this clown aint it.
  13. There was a poll about a week ago that said 60% or so of voters polled in his district said he should resign. It's got to be higher now. It's true that they're wealthy, but no one likes to be made a fool.
  14. And now it's back. Again. Weird, but why should we expect anything less.
  15. Great question. I don't think anyone really knows yet. Here's an article that gives a little more info on it. https://www.mediaite.com/weird/george-santoss-official-congressional-twitter-account-mysteriously-suspended/
  16. That is 100%, no doubt, him by the way. Just look at the crease on the left side of his chin (right side on the pictures). Exactly the same.
  17. No mention here though of his battle with brain cancer. (One of his more obscure claims- he probably doesn't know it's out there.)
  18. Appears to be an AMC series, not Prime. Amazon is just teasing the 1st episode free. Does look good though.
  19. Man, I haven't thought about Harry Knowles in years.
  20. Shamelessness is truly a super power. Not the good kind though. The shady kind like invisibility or x-ray vision.
  21. https://people.com/politics/george-santos-resume-similarities-former-boss-pablo-oliveira/
  22. Exactly. Critics reviews can give you a better sense but user reviews are completely unreliable for projects like this.
  23. Glad this has its own thread. Quoting again my favorite bit from the article about the guy who's pushing this narrative:
  24. Yeah, I think so. There was a recent article in the Intelligencer entitled "Here's every Lie Told by George Santos". They actually missed a few (brain cancer survivor, one of the 1st Covid patients in the US), but they noted that his citizenship as about the only thing he's said that is true. They didn't show their work, but I take it to mean it's been verified.
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