Rub Me Raw

Maybe something lighter today........

This study would have been more helpful to me, say, 49 years ago. 

But you can't tell a 13 year old boy anything.  Or one 13-30 years old. 

Song by: Warren Zevon

Drink to Me

While I'm far from regretting the decision to delete some 7,000 images from my iPhone, I'm just saying there is a method to my madness for having so many pics. 

<-------  Case in point. 

I took this photo back in 2015 (!!!) and have been holding onto it ever since. I knew - just knew! - someday it would come in handy. 

That day is a decade later. 

As it happens, I have not worked back to the 2010s for image deletion. At least not yet. Even if I had, this one wouldn't have made it to the trash file. I even remember not just taking the pic, but turning the car around after passing the street so I could snap the image. THAT is how committed I was. Am. 

You're welcome. 

Theres is a reason for all of this. I promise. 

First off - I don't want to be the bearer of sexual explanation per se to the unexpected public. So I'm just gonna link Urban Dictionary here for any of you who might be educated on the term/s "Felch or Felching".  Happy to steer you to it, but not man enough to spell it out for you here.  Just click the hyperlink. 

Serial cheater / Brain Worm Landlord / Dead Bear Trafficker / Whale Head Decapitator / Opioid User / Alcoholic / Secretary of Health and Human Services  RFKKK Jr has allegedly been sexting some woman. Had he been doing it from the bathroom of a Chili's ToGo he'd have been SextMexing. 

Out of all of the above, the sexting piece is still the least disturbing.  

Cheryl Hines denies it - as any serial denier might - but the other woman has receipts it seems. You know - the actual texts. And now the sextee's ex is in on the low down. 

Ewwwwwww.  On multiple levels. The least being the actual 'act'. 

First, you can say, "well, it's the New York Post". They are sensational for sure, but they are also VERY right leaning. So make of them publishing this what you will. 

I did not go further than the image that someone posted. No word on if RFKKK Jr likes to slurp his own after the act, or maybe that of another man. Maybe both.  

You know - let's go with both. 

If we are going with sensationalism, let's go all the way. And since this administration doesn't really care about "facts", I don't care if it's true. Just spread it like it is. 

That's what they'd do. 

Song by: Johnny Cash

I'm Goin' Down

Never Ever Ever EVER, in a kerjillion years, would this have ever been on my Bingo Card for the Absurd. Or any Bingo card in any realm. 

Full disclosure:  I have yet to click on any one of the stories surrounding the notion that BLOTUS went down on Bubba. 

Headlines are more than enough - even if 100% false. 

Even if it was a mock Monica Lewinsky reference /  going down "joke" that lasted 0.0001 seconds. And someone got it on 'film'. 

A moment on the lips..........   I suppose that explains those might hips. 

You know, even if it's not true, and it was a joke email exchange between brothers is enough for me. 

I know Lewinsky has a podcast (everyone else has one!) so this could be a wealth of episodes for her. Honestly, I feel bad for her. Ugh - to be lumped in with that fucking fat shitbag of a 'president' (the current one, and actually the past one) has got to be humiliating.  Still, she could have the Fellater in Chief 

I'd say humiliating for Hilary too, but I just feel bad for Chelsea and her kids. 

I mean...............I guess the author of this Tweet would know, right?  First "hand" knowledge. 

Allegedly the DOJ has been directed to looking into Clinton / Epstein shit, but not BLOTUS. Even though BLOTUS said all the emails are a 'hoax'. 

When is ANYTHING going to stick to this piece of shit?

And while I'm sure the full picture exists, I only found it in two parts. I didn't even bother to try to photoshoppe it. 

Both look drunk as fuck. However, there is not enough alcohol in the world where I'd allow that fat fuck to touch me. 

And since I didn't click on anything, read a paper or watch the news (though watching David Muir trying to discuss oral sex from two presidents would be HILARIOUS!)  I don't know any of the story behind it. 

It is very very sad to say, but that this would sit worse with MAGA than BLOTUS fucking children. They expect that by now, no? 

But GAY activity............with a DEMOCRAT?????  Something cannot be forgiven. 

Song by: Bruce Springsteen

Kids

Fewer things have made me happier this year than this video of Matt Gaetz trying to avoid people. 

I don't even know if they are the press - and I don't really give a fuck. 

I hope the man is hounded for life. 

I was unaware that for a human trafficking bill, Gaetz was the only republicunt to vote against it. Colour me surprised. 

I didn't read the Ethics report on him, but I get the gist. It also explains why he asked first term BLOTUS for a blanket pardon ahead of time. 

What absolutely confounds me is if the Ethics committee can get all this 4-1-1, why couldn't the local authorities have this chargeable info? Oh right. White republican male in a white republican district. DUH. 

As I rarely see news, I wasn't even aware Gaetz resigned from Congress. My friends had to tell me, and that he took a job at some right winged "news" network. 

They all cringed when I said, "well, that's why he got the plastic surgery, to be more video ready". Of course, I was kidding. He's a freak. And freaky looking. 

As they (I didn't know or remember the name) are a right winged new org, it's doubtful they have morals clauses in their contracts, but I suspect with people hounding him like this - Matt might not make his on air appearance anytime soon. 

Awwwww.......so sad. 

Dick. 

Song by: MGMT

Low

I don't know how many of you actually went beyond the Blogger warning they put up on my blog post. For those who did, I appreciate it.  For those who didn't, I totally get it. 

I'm not here to scream 'censorship' or anything. It would help to know which 'community guideline' I violated. 

One has to believe, I have used all those words in other blog posts. Granted, not in the same one or the same order, but...........

Was it the 'seaward'?  And I didn't spell it out or say it. I said, the 'seaward'.......but with 'c'. 

Was it the 't' word? 

The job of hands? 

Was it just saying "Lauren Boebert"?   I mean, THAT I get. Protecting innocents at all costs from having to deal with her on any level. 

I'm honestly baffled. I've written a lot of worse stuff, but about less worse "women". 

I suppose Harry Belafonte's estate filed a grievance, so that I'd understand. 

One of the comments yesterday said the guy in the video has also issued an apology. 

Lord. I haven't read it, but what could the apology be for, exactly?   That he got serviced at a mediocre musical touring company of a mediocre Broadway play?  Was it for 'exposing' himself to children, parents, thespians and cameras? 

Or - maybe, just maybe - that you went out with Lauren Boebert? 

Dude, there are not enough "I'm sorry's" for that. The only thing worse than going out with her is your absolute lack of judgement, self-esteem, character, moral compass and / or class. 

Considering who you "dated", that is saying something. The bar wasn't just low, it wasn't even off the ground and you still went under it. That chick is incredibly bad and somehow you are worse. 

Song by: Foo Fighters

Jump in the Line

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Martha, My Dear

I dunno, man. 

Yay, that an 81 year old woman can score the cover of Sports Illustrated for anything - let alone being a swimsuit "model". 

Yes, Martha looks great, but that was a team of plastic surgeons, stylists, make-up artists, airbrushers, fishing line, lighting technicians and Penn & Teller pulling tricks out of their hat. 

I mean, she has the means (read: money) to be able to look like that, but let's face it, almost no other 81 year old can pull that off - even with the crew listed above. 

So, after 50 years, SI is dodging the annual criticism of porn on the newsstand, sold under the guise as "sport". Or propagating a body type that isn't possible for 99.9999999% of women. 

In reality, the same can be said about Martha. 99.999999% of 81 year olds can't have a body like hers either, because they don't have a bank account like hers. 

That said, I'm not sure SI is physically printed anymore, let alone on a newsstand - or even if newsstands still exist. 

710 and I were discussing the cover yesterday on our dog walk. With on-line porn, boys and men don't need to buy the swimsuit edition to jack-off to. And since it was like 78 degrees out, I then looked around and apologized if anyone had their windows open and heard what I said. 

Since her prison stint and her PBS baking show, I'm pro-Martha. I don't really get high anymore, but her pairing with Snoop Dog on so many things just makes me laugh. I'm not saying Martha partakes, but you know - why not? 

I don't know if SI or women think this is the advancing the gender needs or wants, and it won't generate Cheryl Tiegs sales (wow.........I think I just dated myself with that reference), but they're getting the media buzz. And that's what it's all about. 

Song by: the Beatles

the Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

I knew way back when that we had eaten at Comet Ping Pong in Washington DC. 

What I seemed to have repressed was the fact that we helped fund Hillary's Sex Trafficking Ring™.

For those who might not be "in the know", Comet's is the place where Qanon and well....the GOP, which is pretty much the same thing, said that Hillary Clinton was running her child sex trafficking ring out of their basement

.....but you could get calzone too, if lil' Tyler wasn't enough to fill your palate. 

I am not sure if they actually have calzone.......and I think it was determined there was no basement, just like at the Alamo. 

I know you're thinking two things: 1. $378 for pizza.   And 2. those motherfuckers are cheap as hell and left no tip. 

First off, it turns out we paid for 14 people! (man, I've been writing this blog wayyyyy too long.)   And we bought four MORE copies of Becky's novel.  It was a pricy trip (well, if I remember, I was in DC for work, so they paid for the flight).

I have to assume someone else agreed to pick up the tip, as we really aren't that cheap. 

I suppose it's possible that HRC sent over some young uns over to our hotel afterwards, but I suspect I'd remember that. 

She had gotten further if she had sent over dessert.   ....or the kid's dad. 

Song by: Traffic

Whatever 'Gets' You Through the Night

Let's face it, best description of Matt Gaetz is "creepy". 

Honestly, look at this fucked up pic of him. Maybe someone tinted it, played with the exposure and saturation, but I'm guessing it's just his creepy self - down to the Burlington Coat Factory plaid suit, and the Billy Graham hair. 

Of course, there is his "adopted" 19 year old son. 

No no......he didn't adopt a kid who is NOW 19.....he allegedly adopted one in his late late teens. 

Of course, I don't know anyone has seen the adoption papers - much like BLOTUS' tax returns. And it's nicer to say that the kid is his adopted son, than say, that it's some kid he found that buttfucks him.  

Oh c'mon - you know Gaetz ain't the top in that relationship.  ....or any relationship. 

Still........a gay angle is still like GOP kryptonite. 

His brethren are kind of even defending him by regaling stories of how he was quick to show them picture / video on his phone of women he allegedly porked.  No doubt they were Canadian exchange student with whom he's already lost touch. 

So now, his story is about a girl. And sex trafficking. Sorry, possible / alleged 

A 38 year old with a 17 year old girl, isn't just more palatable to the GOP, it's in their fucking playbook - ask Roy Moore.......or BLOTUS (Jeffrey Epstein's good close friend!). Actually, 17 might be considered middle aged for that bunch. 

Gaetz is such a fucking dweeb, he's actually telling people, "my dad is out there trying to catch these liars, and is wearing a wire!".  Well MENSA Matt, way to blow that cover!  (which you know the whole thing is a total lie.)

Personally, I love that it was William Barr's DOJ that opened this investigation. Not Biden's. 

I get the interest in bringing this guy down, but it's fucking Florida. The trash rarely gets whiter or poorer than this. This is probably going nowhere, at the 17 yo will no doubt proudly be on some MTV teen mom show in 4.....3.....2........

Song by: Elton John & John Lennon

Love for Sale

You know, there are other things I'd rather be writing about other than Lady Graham (I think), but contractually, I am obligated to do so. 

And until yesterday, no one wanted to write (or read) about Ms. Linsdey's sex life - least of all me.

(honest to g-d, I wrote the above and had to take a mental break for 55 minutes before even thinking of continuing. 

It seems some FSSW (I had to look it up: full service sex workers) have started coming clean about being hired by Senator Graham. 

Their  - or at least the initial guy - was clear it was not about outing him, and it was written in a positive manner - to a degree. They are very sex-positive, even in regards to Priss Graham.  They're not (or weren't) making judgements on his sexual habits.  But still............it gets weird. 

That part of the story cuts off there....but it picks up here. And I am apologizing in advance for ruining your breakfast, brunch, lunch and / or dinner. 

I mean, the question of the 'on all fours' was answered, though it wasn't really a question, was it? 

The ladybugs / moles? Ew!!   If I were a betting man, I think he meant to say, "anal warts".  Either way:  Ew!!!

I don't give a fuck that Lindsey Graham is gay. It's hardly a shock. To anyone !!!  He's a 65 year old, single / never been married guy. The lilt in his voice could be from gay-hood, or just being southern. It's hard to tell. But Imma gonna go with 'gay'. 

I don't give a fuck that Lindsey Graham hired hookers. 

Sorry - every guy has got to get laid now and then, and honestly, how else was a self-loathing faggot like Graham going to get that to happen?  It's all about the Benjamins. As long as he didn't pay them with taxpayer funds, have at it - ladybugs and all. 

Naturally, his hypocrisy IS the issue. 

Graham scores 0% by the HRC on gay rights.  Shocking!  Not.  This includes inclusion, marriage, adoption, the entire works. Let's not forget family values. But GOP family values in relation to hookers is a thin thin line. They think of prostitutes like family, so........

I love that Graham had sex workers sign non-disclosure agreements. I'm not quite sure how "Brad" had power of attorney over Graham's affairs, or how those NDAs are even binding. 

I guess we are about to find out. 

The bigger question will be: will all this hurt Lady G in November.   

Fingers crossed!

Song by: Talking Heads

Choices

I don't know what to say about Handsy Pappy Joe.

Well for starters, I'm sure he could do better than Tara Reid. I'm not sure he can do better than Ian Ziering. I'm not sure any of us can.

Ok Ok, I know that Tara Reid and Tara Reade are not the same person. Unfortunate name coincidence though.

One is consumed by a possible STD from a strange man grabbing her and doing unimaginable things to her. The other was in Sharknado.......and has multiple STDs from a bunch of strange men, to whom she did unimaginable things.

Clearly, unlike everyone else on social media, I have no idea what truly went on way back when. Neither Pappy Joe, nor Tara and I are that close. We don't confide in each other. Nor was I there. But when push comes to shove, I generally believe the woman who was assaulted.

I've made no secret here about not being a supporter of Pappy Joe as the nominee - which technically, he still isn't - so I'm not going easy on him here.

"What?" you say - "but he's our best bet at beating BLOTUS!", you say.

True, whatever Pappy Joe did with Reade or some of the other women he got handsy with was not exactly grabbing her by the pussy, like BLOTUS brags about. Yet, that doesn't quite make him passable.

Yet, the Biden lovers are seemingly giving him a pass - even an NYT op ed piece: I Believe Reade, but Still Voting for Biden. 

See.......when it was BLOTUS, or Cavanaugh or the probable pedophile from Alabama (Moore), these same people were (and rightfully so) up in fucking arms.  Now? Not so much - should it serve their purpose.  Oh - but they don't touch on any of that. Ever.

Hypocrisy isn't just for republicans.

If they want to be honest, they'll just have to say, "yes, Joe is kind of scum, but hopefully not more than BLOTUS, and even if he is, he'll hopefully make better political decisions." then fine. But honestly, you'll have to shut up about the sexual behaviour of the others. It can no longer be played.

That all said, one would have to believe that the Obama campaign had to have vetted the shit out of their VP choice. Maybe they did. Maybe they found this shit out and deemed it didn't matter - or maybe it didn't exist at all.

Not to stereotype (though it does save time), but Pappy Joe from an era where touching a woman here and / or there wasn't the standard. I'm not saying it is right; I'm not condoning it. I'm just saying that will be the justification of just about anyone letting this slide.

IF the democrats are 'better' than the republicans, than they have to actually act better - and that might mean ditching Pappy Joe for someone else. If not, then shut the fuck up about BLOTUS and his infidelities. There is plenty of other shit of which he is guilty, but pick Joe and shut your pie hole.




Song by: Leonard Cohen

Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

This has been making the social media rounds - and it is quite powerful. The probable sad thing about it is, the men (and yes, women) who need to hear it won't. Or can't. Or both.


Be a Lady They Said from Paul McLean on Vimeo.



Cynthia Nixon does a great job.



Song by: Shania Twain

Baby, I'm a Star

Song by: Prince & the Revolution

Beat It

I'm sure I'll totally get copyright busted, but it will be worth it.

If you haven't seen the Kids are Alright, you totally should to back to the beginning and watch - not that they have to be sequential, but it helps a little.

710 and I could not stop laughing at this week's episode which semi-addresses a boy's exploration of self-love.  The parents are ineffective in speaking to the teen, so they enlist their oldest son to talk to the kid.

Hilarity ensues.  Or at least, I thought so.


There is no official clip of this of course, so with the DVR, my iPhone and YouTube, I'll make it yours, until it gets shut down for copyright infringement.

Song by: Michael Jackson

I Kissed a Girl

OMFG.

#1.  Because of this post, I felt the need to go - for the first time ever! - to the FAUX News site (and no, I'm not hyperlinking). 

#2.  CNN. FOX, not MSNBC, has this (or a version of) as their top story.  TOP.  Above the fold, as it were.  Well, MSNBC's is about at the fold.

First off - I'm not cutting Joe Biden any slack. Or much. And no longer do I know where the "line" is.  By the woman's own admission, it was 'inappropriate' but not 'sexual assault'.  To me, that sounds reasonable, but you know, I wasn't there.

Now, I don't think Biden should run for president. I've said it before, and well before this came out. I don't think this type of instance should stop anyone from running. Sexual assault?  Sure. And unplanned or unwanted kiss?  Meh.   If there was tongue, it'd be less of a grey area.

I don't think I'm making this up when I say there are different standards for the GOP and DNC.

For a Democrat, you're being told to step out of the race or quit your job in the Senate.  If you're in the GOP, you're elected to the highest office in the land, or a provided a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.

But yes, I went to FOX.  Since they were so headline-y about Biden, I used their own search function and typed in 'pussy'.

Care to guess how many hits came back on BLOTUS?   C'mon..................guess.  Just try. 

Ok. I'll give you a hint:  it's less than 1, but more than -1. 

The only thing that came up was "Pussy Riot". Lots of those references going back at least to 2012.  I stopped seven years back.  But naturally, the hypocrisy of the Biden story with a kiss versus a brag of a sexual assault is lost on no one but Fox.  And BLOTUS. And the GOP. And those who continue to vote for the GOP knowing all of this.

So Joe has two accusers.  BLOTUS had, I believe, dozens.

I don't even really know where to go with this - in blog form. #metoo isn't #metoobutnotifhesarepublican.  Except, it is.




Song by: Katy Perry (which, I do NOT own....just FYI)

This Boy

One would think that people would learn from other's mistakes - be it Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, Roger Ailes,  Matt Lauer and so on and so on and so on.  ....and in Jim Jordan's case, Jerry Sandusky.

Granted the sexually predatory doctor from THE Ohio State University infractions came years ago. One one hand, Jim Jordan should have gotten out in front of it regarding his knowledge, especially in light of Sandusky & Co.

On the other hand, I'm thinking he was hedging his bets that it hadn't really come up before so maybe he had dodged a bullet and no one would be any the wiser.

He lost that bet.

About a half-dozen wrestlers have publicly stated that Jordan would have had to know - and at least one stating he told him directly - about the 'abuse'. 

Yes, I put it in quotes. Lingering showers and lingering hernia checks are creepy for sure - and completely inappropriate, but sexual abuse?   These are men who dress in singlets and roll around on the floor with other men until they pin one to the ground. 

I call that foreplay.

I don't really mean to dismiss what these guys went through. Straight guys {cough cough} are probably very traumatized by the notion that another dude is holding their nuts for 15 seconds.

Maybe more went on than that. I haven't read a lot about it to be honest  - not the details.

It's Jordan's strike backs that are just so typical in this BLOTUS environment: Blame the media and liberals trying to bring him down. Unfortunately, in this day and age, it's a tactic what is quite effective.

Jordan is an ass.....and a hack, but he's one who'll probably secure in his job and probable re-election.



........and yes, I doctored  (read: completely made up) the title image. Thank you, Break Your Own News Generator!




Song by: the Beatles

Came So Far for Beauty

I'm not slut beauty pageant shaming, but c'mon ladies, when the corporate men at Miss America parade you around in swim suits and high heels - at the same time - (and with you seemingly being ok with it all) that you think they were wondering about the size of your cerebellum?  Your take on cold fusion?

I'm not saying you deserve the internal email exchanges on your looks or who you've slept with - or how many - but please dears, spare me the shock and awe about it happening.

We've all seen some weird-ass show / documentary on child beauty pageants. They are creepy - and not the judges, but the contestants and their parents.

As they age into the older circuit, exactly which part of the "pageant" isn't about objectifying the women?  And at what point does that lie they tell themselves become their reality?

Again, I get that men speaking this way - you know, "locker room talk", as the President says - but what part about any of this is "news"?  It's not right, but it is kind of expected.

For me, the bigger shock was that 49 former Miss Americas signed some petition. Naturally, I assumed it meant 49 contestants, but no......49 actual winners.  The biggest shock: 49 were still alive.

I had to look it up - the pageant is 96 years old.

Of the 49....oh hell, the 96....how many can you name?


Yeahhhhhh.......that's what I thought.  ......and you're looking at THE one up in the image.

I'm not saying that other Miss Americas have not gone onto good careers, but very few of them in the spotlight.  Phyllis George?  Lee Meriweather?  I want to say Anita Bryant, but I don't know she was a winner. Well, I know she was a loser, but that had nothing to do with Miss America.

But those other winners didn't go onto public careers like Vanessa Williams. And ironically (or not, actually), she violated the terms of being able to fulfill the duties of the throne.  She violated the morals clause, something the CEO and his folks didn't really have, but still paid the price.

And ironically (or not), Williams went on to fame with, in a way, the objectification of herself. Partially on her terms, partially not. Yet she used it all to her advantage.

As any normal man would do, I flash on Candice Bergen in Miss Congeniality, insisting this is a 'scholarship program'.

All you have to do is see the Q&A section of the show to know that it's not.



Song by: Jennifer Warnes

On the Other Hand

It was a no-win situation, of course - for him, Al Franken. 

But to a degree for the DNC, and his constituents too.

On one hand, how could he or the DNC rally against Roy Moore being potentially elected to the senate when on the other they had an accused in their own midst.

On one hand (there are a lot hands in this post) Franken admitted to potential wrong-doing, and seemed somewhat remorseful, when on the other, Moore continues to defame the women in question.

On one hand, the Dems think they have the moral superiority over the GOP, and often, but not always they are right. On the other hand, they've seen their fair share of infidels (the unfaithful kind, not the religious zealot kind).

On one hand, compared to others being accused of x, y and z, Franken's actions seemed less harmful and were a while back. On the other hand, there is no time limits or degrees of severity.  Well, there are.......but there are not, if you know what I mean.

On one hand, Franken had to go, as he was a distraction and a pawn in the quasi- moral . On the other hand, he should have stayed, and said he was staying as long as a sexual deviant inhabited the White House. Point out the hypocrisy. Make more people have the discussion.

On one hand he has to go. On the other, it could leave the Dems down a seat in the Senate.

One one hand, generally we like Al Franken and kind of want him to prevail. On the other, you can't quite look the other way.

It's a shame it had to happen. It's a shame he had to go. On the other hand, if the light shining on shit like this keeps the heat on BLOTUS' pussy grabbing moments and keeping Roy Moore out of the Senate, then it's all worth it.



Song by: UB40

Mercy of the Fallen

What I would have given to have lunch with Ann Curry yesterday!

I'd even have bought said lunch.  I mean, I'd probably have to, seeing that I have a job and well, you know, Ann doesn't.

Now neither does her former co-host.

I shant be buying his BLT and fries.

Not that I've talked to many people about Matt Lauer's seemingly swift fall, but not one of them was surprised in the slightest, present company included.  Besides being a fair-at-best interviewer (totally totally totally let pre-BLOTUS skate), he just seemed skeevy.

I mean, didn't his actions get some Today show news person relocated to the west coast after it was rumoured he fathered her kid....or kids?

NBC's self-coverage was quite pathetic. Savannah Guthrie (is there anyone in TV "news" more milquetoast than that chick?) was lamenting about her friend...........oh, and her colleague who had the courage to stand-up.  Oh yes, the victim came in second, at best. Make no mistake.

Guthrie tried to pull off, almost word for word, what Sarah Silverman said two weeks ago about Louis CK. Tried, as in: attempted.  Attempted, as in: failed.

But she was not the only one who failed in the broadcast. The NBC reporter and Lester Holt walked a high wire saying it was the first allegation against Lauer. But the televised report mentioned several complaints years past with which were said to fallen.

I believe that they believe an incident report to NBC News and ones NBC human resources are two different horses of two different colours, so Lester can say with a straight face: "the single occurrence".

Matt. Louis. Harvey. Charlie. Roy. Bill. Roger.

What is it with men who feel the need to expose themselves to women - in some semi-planned event............in the office?  Of course, it's the transgendered folk we have to look out for in bathrooms. To be fair - these guy just did it at the office.

All work and no play make Matt/Louis/Harvey/Charlie/Roy/Bill/Roger dull boys. It also makes them unemployed boys.

I'm thinking the soon to be ex-Mrs Lauer is breathing a sigh of relief. She probably put up with all that philandering because of the annual $20 mill. coming into the joint account. Since that gravy train won't be pulling into the station anymore, she may as well get her 50% and get out.

Of course, I love Matt interviewing Bill O and discussing how O'Reilly, even being the #1 guy a FOX would have to be let go because the allegations were true.  Rose did the same thing about everyone else's stories.  Did they really think: "oh, they don't mean me!"?

I just have to believe that Al Roker is just sweating bullets at this point. That kind of behaviour in that kind of work environment doesn't go unnoticed.....and Savannah knows it.  I bet Ann knew it too - which is why Lauer had her canned.  I bet Katie will do some talking.

My hopeful silver lining of all this exposure, such as it is, will have a trickle-up theory. Maybe, just maybe, assholes like BLOTUS will get their comeuppance for their past, current and future behaviour.

So as the blog image suggests - 'bye Matt. ....and good riddance.



Song by: Dar Williams

Domino

Some woman on Facebook commented - incorrectly, in my opinion - that why is it that someone took immediate action regarding allegations about Kevin Spacey while it took decades for anyone to believe women about Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein.

She seemed to imply - well, state, more than imply - that no one believes women, but men's stories are to be trusted.

Mind you, this was in some feed where I got a notification that a friend had commented in the thread. However they have their settings would have allowed me to comment should I chosen to, but I figured no good could come of it. Minds were made up......and to go back to the days of early message boards on the internet, why start a 'flame war'.

I think quite the opposite of Spacey. Yes, Netflix - and now some movie he was in (past tense) - took immediate action. But not because he was a man, or that it was a man who accused him. It is because of these women, their stories, their fight - and the tipping of that first true domino with Weinstein, that the gates are now open.

I said as much last week.

Who runs the world? Girls! They run this mother.

So, Amazon Picture president. Gone.  NBC reporter - shitcanned. Louis CK - you be in trouble. Ditto for you Jeffrey Tambor (sorry George Bluth....I wish it weren't true). Some chef I never heard of - 86'd.  And a few others since Harvey's downfall.

That is major progress, though Cosby is still on the loose.

Cosby aside, I don't know who was actually tattling on Weinstein. For years, McGowan and Olivia Munn told stories of inappropriate behaviour but mentioned no names. I don't know if it was shame, denial or more protective of their would-be careers over their self-esteem or knowing it was and would be happening to others, though they basically remained silent.

It's not victim-shaming. Still, if one is unwilling to name names, especially if it didn't happen to you (I'm looking at you Paltrow, Affleck and Jolie!), then you're complicit at the very least.

Justice was swift for Harvey and Spacey, though it's public opinion, but anything court-related.

I'm not sure there is a comeback in Kev's future. No more House of Cards. Allegedly the 6th season is or was shooting. I'm guessing not anymore - at least with him. A completed movie ready for release in a month (!) is being reshot with no Spacey - and replacing him with Christopher Plummer - 30 years his senior.  Ouch!

I'm guessing that would-be gig at Bonnie Franklin Dinner Theater might now just be for sound-guy or usher.

So no, I don't think it was a male / female thing with the expediency of Spacey's downfall compared to others. Actually, Netflix and that movie company did it for any number of reasons:  limiting their liability was #1.  Saving coin was #2 (but tied in to #1).  And I'm cynical enough to figure they did it for the publicity of being right, and letting everyone know it......and hey, if it helps sell more goods and services, so be it (see #2).

.....and let's face it, while male-female casting couches are standard, 'they' probably want to shut down any dude-on-dude talk. That, is unseemly.  While normally I don't think it is, when you add Spacey to the mix.....it is!

And while you can thank the countless women who have been harassed, fondled and raped for the change in culture, who everyone might want to be thanking currently is Ronan Farrow.

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