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Thank you for the pro-tip re arm, finger, shout. Will comply.

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I sound like a weirdo when I yell it, but it really feels more accurate than plain old "liar". It's not just lying about a fact or an action, it's about pretending a belief. Liars are bad, but dissemblers seem sneaky and hypocritical and gross.

I'm pretty sure you also need to fully extend your arm and point an accusatory finger while you shout the phrase as loud and deep as you can. Drama.

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Oh, we have it, but like most things in OC, it runs on moonshine and meth and is thus not terribly dependable.

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Outstate says Missourah.

Now the kids call it MiseryNow??? That's what kid me called it in 1980's.

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I'm soooo glad Greitens laundry got aired out on local newscasts here. That did more to hurt the Republican brand here than anything else could have. Not that the holier-than-thou God voters won't continue to vote for R's, but it sure took away their old argument that R's are socially conservative.

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Now the kids call it Misery. The only time you hear the word Missourah is campaign ads for rich white men who are trying to sound folksy. In real life the folksy people pronounce it Missouree.

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They got interweb down there in Ozark County? Shoot, I'm on dialup north of Mountain Grove

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Our evil leaders are gonna pull an Oklahoma & refuse to let Miseryuns have legal weed. OK said that because voters are dumb & weed is dumb, there's no need to have legal weed. Misery's evil leaders always follow the playbooks of our neighbors' evil leaders, and vice versa. I'm gonna move away in the meantime.

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Misery shout out! Woo hoo! (nebody wanna buy 40 acres of scrub brush? It's a short drive from dozens of gun stores, the roads are unimproved, there's no trash service or internet, lots of poor people, no decent jobs, but there is a local SPLC hate group church so u can talk to God about it!)

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What a mess, I'm sorry for you depressing choices. Missouri is pretty messed up, but at least we have some decent choices. And at least we FINALLY get to vote on Medical Marijuana. We've been trying to get it on the ballot for about 6 years. Maybe someone in the Repuglican legislature had a family member who contracted cancer, so they finally had some personal empathy, because that's what it would take.

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Well, the tale grew in the telling.It’s all about conquering the ultimate fear of death Once you get people to believe that , they’ll be yours to command

The Viking equivalence was that to get to Valhalla you had to die with a weapon in your hand

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I guess this means I'll have to leave a little note on his FB page reminding him of his signature so his constituents may see it.

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Oh yes, I heard about it. But they were only kidding!

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I think the last big political change in South Carolina was called secession.

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Hey! His dad-- he was the best darn dad, kept a diary. And he, he, kept one too because... he's a country club boy an football. His friend was the best wide-receiver. Biff! And his mom's a lawyer, she had a hard time which is wrong! She's not the type who should have a hard time!! She's not one of those who should get a hard time because she's his mom at the country club and everything.

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Do I really remember him sitting with John McCain and Joe Lieberman and saying "What if we three wanted to get married?"

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