Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” says he’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.
Keillor told The Associated Press of his firing in an email. In a follow-up statement, he says he was fired over “a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.”
He didn’t give details of the allegation. Minnesota Public Radio didn’t immediately respond to messages.
For his part Keillor had this to say:
“I put my hand on a woman’s bare back. I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.””
When all is said and done there will not be a male hero left standing.
I want justice for women, I truly do, but I just want to make sure that people are losing their jobs for truly egregious actions, and not simply for staring too long at a bosom, or accidentally brushing a buttocks.
I am a woman and I agree with you, Gryphen. There is a distinct possibility that this will get out of hand; thus, delegitimizing real and serious sexual assaults made against women by men in power.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree, 6:28!
DeleteExaggerated claims destroy credibility. Meanwhile, Trump and the like get away with anything when the lines are blurred.
Wild Tortoise
I’m with you on this one as well. This struck me as going way overboard and extreme reaction. This discredits those who are bravely coming forward to finally call out rapists and predators.
Deletehttp://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/politics/al-franken-groping-allegation/index.html
DeleteArmy veteran says Franken groped her during USO tour in 2003
Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio, is the fifth woman in two weeks to accuse Franken of inappropriate touching, and the second person to allege that such behavior took place while Franken was on a USO tour.
I agree.
DeleteIt already has.
DeleteThat was the point. Planned. Delegitimize rape. Backfires.
DeleteOops. Didn't see that coming.
There isn't a man (or woman) who has not -- at some point in their whole life (!) done something "inappropriate" in today's terms. The pendulum for this kind of accusatory nonsense has swung too far in the other direction now -- typical for America who is spiraling out of fucking control as Trumpism and his dystopian vision infects your whole country's psyches.
ReplyDeleteFEELEY MEELEY (1967)
Delete'With the success of Twister in 1966, Milton Bradley quickly caught on to the potential for party games. In Feeley Meeley, players are asked to draw a card describing an item and then fumble around in a dark box to see if they can retrieve it. While the game came with props like small forks and plastic animals, it also encouraged players to add their own. For households with cruel siblings, it’s hard to imagine that didn’t sometimes include bugs.' Just Imagine...
LOBBY: A CAPITAL GAME (1949)
'“Here’s your chance to be a congressman! You can pass all your favorite bills and lobby against those you oppose.” Milton Bradley felt confident a game of governmental regulations and lobbying would be a hit with anyone
“old enough to read a newspaper.”'
NOW the Internet...
I am 62 and I have never engaged in any sort of "inappropriate" action in my long life.
Delete" Lauer “had a BUTTon under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up,” the piece revealed. In a story full of upsetting details—Lauer reportedly once gave a colleague a sex toy and was known to PLAT THE GAME “Fuck, Marry, Kill” with co-workers as the objects—the BUTTon stood out as one of the most horrifying, dominating social media discussion and showing up in other publications’ headlines summarizing the allegations that got Lauer fired."
Deletehttp://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2017/11/how_nefarious_was_matt_lauer_s_secret_door_locking_button.html
Anonymous at 8:06 am -- You might not think you have ever engaged in any sort of "inappropriate" action in your long life, but somebody from your long past may see this differently. A minute or two that you may not have recognized as "inappropriate" may have caused someone else to see this is weirdly inappropriate and they may remember this to this very day...
Delete@10:34 Yes True. 'Sorry is a start'...
DeleteI've even apologized to someone that didn't take it the way 'I reflected as to what i might have said' ~
then you know for sure.
Self reflection is always good.
Dear 8:06, I've always wondered what life was like in a total isolation chamber, Please share. We'll wait. It takes a while to disengage from all that bubble wrap.
DeleteHow long before some Republican nut job bribes, blackmails or threatens some luckless woman into accusing Barack Obama of rape.
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama has a very sterling past - a good long term marriage - only one marriage to First Lady Michelle Obama - and rape would be very difficult to prove against him. The majority of Americans would not believe it and would come out in masses to protect President Obama and his family members against that kind of bullshit!
DeleteWhere - were it Donald Trump - it would be believed in a heartbeat - similar to his 'p grabber' comment!
@7:47 -- where did "majority of Americans" get us on the Presidential election? Just (sadly) saying.
DeleteSomehow I fear America has crossed some psychotic line and we will never be able to step back into a non-partisan, fact-respectful time... the pendulum swings are getting wilder and wilder and something is going to break badly.
But tomorrow's another day: who knows -- the mental ship may right itself.
Don't give felonious (which is what his charge should have been) slimeball O'Keefe any ideas.
Delete‘This is not a drill’: Foreign politics expert warns US is slipping into fascism
ReplyDelete...He said what’s happening now in the United States lines up with the early stages of authoritarian regimes he’s studied in other countries.
“These things are happening on a daily basis,” Klaas said. “What I’ve been trying to say for a long time is, this is not a drill. This is not the thing where we move on to the next story tomorrow. This is a threat to our democracy and to the core values we stand for. Are we bigots who just smear Muslims and say that they’re hateful, anti-Christian criminals, and then just move on to the next piece of breaking news? No, we’re not.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/this-is-not-a-drill-foreign-policy-expert-warns-us-is-slipping-into-fascism/
Most Americans don't have a clue what Trump is doing to our country.
DeleteWhere are the Republicans in Congress? Assholes every one of them due to standing behind/supporting Trump!
This includes Lisa Murkowski of Alaska! Vote Republicans out of Congress next chance you get, Americans! We are the only ones that can change things - by voting to oust Donald (2020) and voting out Republicans in the 2018 elections.
Pretty much I'm giving it another 3 years - let's see what happens (and work damn hard to make it happen to flip Congress in 2018) and retake the White House in 2020. That doesn't happen I'll be ex-patting me and my family.
DeleteVote them out at EVERY level of government, from dog catcher on up.
DeleteThere’s an insidious strategy behind Donald Trump’s retweets
ReplyDelete...But it’s becoming increasingly clear that what sets Trump apart is his reliance upon paralipsis, a device that enables him to publicly say things that he can later disavow – without ever having to take responsibility for his words.
Just saying…
The art of rhetoric – or persuasive communication – can include any number of forms: speeches, essays, tweets, images, films and more.
Paralipsis (para, “side” and leipein, “to leave”) is a Greek term that translates to “leave to the side.” It’s thought to be an ironic way for a speaker to say two things at once.
For example, say you wanted to imply that your coworker takes too many coffee breaks without actually accusing him wasting time at work. You might say something like, “I’m not saying that he drinks more coffee than anyone else in the office, but every time I go to the break room, he’s in there.” You might also shrug and make a “something seems kind of off” facial expression.
Paralipsis is a powerful rhetorical device because it can also allow someone to make a false accusation – or spread a false rumor – while skirting consequences.
And Trump has become a master at wielding this tool.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/theres-an-insidious-strategy-behind-donald-trumps-retweets/
^^^^^^^ x 10k
Delete++++++++++++++
DeleteKinda like the ever present question mark after incendiary headline lies at FAKE Fox news?
Did Clinton Turn Back Reinforcements at the Embassy?
aka loaded question - when did you stop beating your wife?
Deletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pussy-remark_us_5a1f7268e4b0a8581e67e66d?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
ReplyDeleteOT?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/29/terrorism-problem-here-church-hosting-roy-moore-worried-al-qaeda-attack.html
I have to say, sexual harassment goes both ways. I have seen women grab men's butts and jewels. I have heard women brag about it. I am a woman.
ReplyDeleteWhat you want and what is happening are two very different things.
ReplyDeleteIf these pigs were conservatives you
would want them in jail.
Sucks to be you
Conyers is in the hospital, Pelosi announced she wants him to resign.
ReplyDeleteI think many of these women speaking out against certain men are doing it only to gain a bit of fame and media attention. I don't believe them for a minute!
ReplyDeleteThey are making it unbelievable for the ones that were actually sexually harassed.
Donald Trump has been a horrid influence on our country as potus. He has been proven to be a 'p---' grabber and is disgusting, a racist and liar!
Impeachment is the only answer for him. He does not represent me or the majority of Americans!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pussy-remark_us_5a1f7268e4b0a8581e67e66d?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Delete'‘First-Rate Pu$$y’' NOW RATED! A 10?
"Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson said Trump once told him HE gets “more pu$$y than you do” after Carlson made a jibe on air about HIS hair." {From a chronic Liar. I'd taken that bet.}
"“He says it didn’t happen,” the president told reporters of Moore earlier this month. “You have to listen to him also.”"<tinydjt
"When Abrams asked how Carlson responded to being "bothered," Carlson asserted, "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... hit him against the stall with his head, actually.""
https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2007/08/29/updated-carlson-claimed-that-after-incident-in/139707
Starting with the twittwat Tweeden
DeleteAnother woman here and I completely agree. Unless there are details missing, this instance sounds like a shakedown.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/roy-moore-blames-lesbians-and-socialists-for-allegations/
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/bernie-sanderss-wife-blasts-msnbc-host-joy-reid/
https://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-essay/
the Bern Fucked US all.
The public only hears about the final incident that breaks things wide open. The majority of the men, including Garrison, have a long history of this kind of behavior that has been well known by those who work around them. I've been appalled at the number of women coming forward as apologists. Stockholm syndrome or cosying up to power? It's about time this was public and I have no sympathy. PS: 6" under a shirt is NOT a casual touch...just one more man assuming he has the right to touch a woman.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Keillor has always given off a creepy vibe to me. I believe more women will come forward with stories of his misbehavior.
DeleteFuck you 8:07. Women who live in the real world and understand context. Tired of these whiners.
DeleteEx-cocktail waitress wit firm limits.
Really 9:56? I've always found him a wonderfully wholesome artist. So did my mom, and my aunts. His books are hilarious and filled with self-deprecating humor and even his jibes are never mean.
DeleteNot buying this story, especially if, as he claims, there's a no problem email.
Time to Talk Impeachment
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/opinion/impeachment-donald-trump.html
Nothing ‘to lose’: White House officials warn ‘quick-triggered’ Trump will go further off the rails
Delete...f you think the last few days of President Donald Trump’s presidency have been crazy, watch out. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
White House officials expect the increasingly emboldened president to become even more outrageous in the coming months, especially if Republicans manage to pass a major tax reform bill, reported both Axios and the Washington Post.
“Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured, more prone to confidently indulging wild conspiracies and fantasies, more quick-triggered to fight than he was during the Wild West of the first 100 days in office,” reported Mike Allen for Axios.
Trump, who overcame a never-ending deluge of scandals during his campaign, hasn’t faced any pushback from the GOP congressional majority.
“If there are consequences for his actions, Trump does not seem to feel their burden personally,” reported the Post‘s Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker. “The Republican tax bill appears on track for passage, putting the president on the cusp of his first major legislative achievement. Trump himself remains the highest-profile man accused of sexual improprieties to keep his job with no repercussions.”
...“Trump has internalized the belief that he can largely operate with impunity, people close to him said. His political base cheers him on,” the Post reported. “Fellow Republican leaders largely stand by him. His staff scrambles to explain away his misbehavior — or even to laugh it off. And the White House disciplinarian, chief of staff John F. Kelly, has said it is not his job to control the president.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/nothing-to-lose-white-house-officials-warn-quick-triggered-trump-will-go-further-off-the-rails/
Psychiatrist warns ‘villainous’ Trump is exhibiting signs of psychosis: ‘An extremely disordered, sick individual’
Delete...“When he goes back and denies reality, people have trouble understanding that,” Dodes said. “The simple explanation for it which people don’t want to hear, he is not in control of himself. This is what we say when somebody is becoming psychotic or briefly psychotic. So all of his delusional ideas come up when he is stressed in some way and then he loses track of reality because it doesn’t fit what he needs to believe.”
...“He is an enormous present danger to us from the standpoint of creating a nuclear war and even from the standpoint of doing what he can to destroy democracy as well as attacking ethnic groups the way he has done,” Dodes warned.
The psychiatrist later told O’Donnell that once people reach “he understanding that this is a very sick man, he is truly very sick,” his “delusional thoughts are not surprising.”
“Going forward, I would not be surprised by anything,” Dodes said. “If he would try to dissolve Constitution, that wouldn’t surprise me, fire the Supreme Court, wage nuclear war North Korea. These things might seem shocking, but they’re consistent, he has always been consistent in this. Once you understand he is about him, and it’s a very deeply disturbed issue. He has to protect himself from what he sees as an existential threat by denying the reality. Once you understand that, everything else follows, and it’s extremely dangerous.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/psychiatrist-warns-villainous-trump-is-exhibiting-signs-of-psychosis-an-extremely-disordered-sick-individual/
@9:05 Cause for Rage.
DeletedRumpf feels nothing.
Either way HE feels like HE is WINning.
That is the Rage.
Hahaha lifehacker, "who in the hll at nbc approved matt's in office six dungeon" hahaha
ReplyDelete'...We’re in the midst of a reckoning. It’s what toxic masculinity’s own medicine tastes like. And people should allow the consequences to unfold, regardless of how it affects those they consider to be friends. The only way to enforce seismic, cultural change in the way men relate to women is to draw a line deep in the sand and say: This is what we will no longer tolerate. You’re either with our bodies or against our bodies. The punishment for harassment is you disappear. The punishment for rape is you disappear. The punishment for masturbation in front of us is you disappear. The punishment for coercion is you disappear.
ReplyDeleteThis new rule upsets many people, men and women. But what they don’t seem to understand is, no one is saying a disappearance from the public eye has to be forever. (Well, Harvey Weinstein is forever.) I’m not talking about banishment. I’m talking about ceding the floor. The power of celebrity and cultural approval must disappear for the time being so that all women see and believe that consequences do exist.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/opinion/im-not-ready-for-the-redemption-of-men.html
Maybe congress should stop free blue pills on health care!!!!
ReplyDelete++++++++++++++++++
DeleteI still remember we had sexual harassment seminars at work in the early 90's: we all - female and male -turned out to be guilty of it to certain degrees by word and deed. It was eye opening and we all had to rethink our conduct. The slightest thing could be construed as harassment - seriously.
ReplyDeleteAnd is that REALLY the world we want to live in? Can you imagine sex in this world? Stopping every what? one minute to get another signature on a consent form for your next caress?
DeleteConsent and tea. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=932&tbm=vid&ei=Ys8gWrHCN4qLmQHo0brQCA&q=extreme+consent+satire+sex&oq=extreme+consent+satire+sex&gs_l=psy-ab.3...9476.10324.0.10664.4.4.0.0.0.0.98.337.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.2.184...33i160k1.0.LmWyh2fI8gU
DeleteThe Senate Is Rushing to Pass Its Tax Bill Because It Stinks
ReplyDeleteThis rush to the Senate floor has been orchestrated by Mr. McConnell, following the same playbook he used in the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The longer people have to study the details, the less likely the bill is to pass. People should know by now about the big stuff: the giant permanent corporate tax-rate cut, the small and temporary tax cuts for the middle class, the repeal of the A.C.A.’s individual mandate and the $1.4 trillion added to the federal deficit over 10 years. But other provisions are not as well understood and deserve to be called out. Here are three.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/opinion/senate-tax-bill-problems-rush.html
The more I read about this tax give away to the rich the worse it becomes.
DeleteWow tax savings of $100 for middle class,let's not spend it all in one place.
Tax increase for seniors, let them eat cat food!
I keep sending out the message that it goes down in flames.
Don';t forget it will likely cut Medicare. I just rescinded a letter of apology to McShame.
DeleteThe larger issue unfolding is not just about the relative severity of the sexual harassment, or debasement of the other. It is an exposé of abusive power dynamics. In all instances, whether Franken, Roy Moore or Kevin Spacey or others (though, I am loath to lump them all together, because that framing implies a reduction in severity of the latter two, or conversely, a greater, perhaps undeserved severity for the former) it is a situation of a more powerful person abusing their position to disrespect the personal space, wants, feelings of the less powerful.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s happening is that that kind of abuse of power is going to be less tolerated by individuals, and by society at large.
As this plays out, there will undoubtedly be collateral damage, and people who may deserve a slap on the wrist may be punished more harshly by society than they deserve. That’s unfortunate and is in the nature of big societal shifts. But all people with lesser power will be less vulnerable than they once were. That’s progress.
It is abuse of power,that is why so far the Franken stuff doesn't meet the criteria of sexual assault or harassment to me.
DeleteNot at all like Matt layer creepy stuff.
SICKENING.
ReplyDelete'...But let’s suppose the accusations are mostly true. Then from a conservative moral perspective, Moore is guilty of lying, trying to have pre-marital sexual relations with girls half his age, and pressuring them to do so without first determining that they reciprocate. There is no sugar-coating what he did. Moore was a dirt bag and is currently lying about his actions rather than confessing the truth and asking for forgiveness.
If elected, Moore would join the ranks of other undignified politicians who have been liars and fornicators. I have a 14-year-old daughter. If I caught him doing what was alleged, for starters I would kick him where it counts. Hard. That being said, I don’t think it’s wrong to vote for Moore.'
http://thefederalist.com/2017/11/30/alabamians-vote-roy-moore/
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/362538-conservative-site-gets-major-blowback-after-defending-moore-dating-teens-to
'We have yet another person explaining why we should vote for a guy credibly accused of child molestation. The piece is by Tully Borland at the Federalist and makes what the author claims is a Very Bold and Even Shocking Claim: “I am going to argue for the very unpopular, even shocking, view that, even if Roy Moore did what he is accused of doing, Alabamans are within their rights to vote for him, and they shouldn’t let Democrats and Never Trumpers shame them into not voting.”
Deletehttps://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/11/30/factual-problems-federalists-latest-defense-roy-moore/
How about trumpers, republicans and evangelicals shaming them into voting for him?
DeleteDamn it!!! After seeing the reason why Russell Simmons is trending.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/Yubbie007/status/936290533231808512
Garrison Keillor was in our town to perform last night -- the show was cancelled at 6:30. So he sat at a restaurant with a local reporter and just wondered what it was all about. He repeated the item about putting his hand on someone's back. I guess he flew home this morning. People had come from three and four hours away to see him perform, only to be told it wasn't going to happen.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that he did anything untoward.
There are gradations -- and the Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauers -- are put together with those who may have done something sexist but never grotesquely as the men listed. Garrison Keillor simply isn't in the same category, and his accuser should speak up.
I miss Garrison Keillor. When I had the radio on this morning, there was no poetry at 11:00am, a segment that I have enjoyed for years. It makes me angry to see something delightful and cultural disappear over such nonsense.
DeleteThis whole thing has gotten so out of control. As far as I (a seventy-three year-old woman) am concerned, sexual harassment occurs in the workplace and sometimes sinks to the level of sexual assault which is a physical, violent crime against a person of the opposite sex. Both are dehumanizing and despicable in differing degrees. However, I doubt very much that either Garrison Keillor of Al Franken have ever been guilty of sexual harassment or sexual assault.
Simply too much attention is being paid to this subject everywhere. What we should be focused on are the Trump/GOP plans to hand over billions of our tax dollars to corporations and billionaires and to make the rest of us pay for it forever - with disappearing tax deductions and credits, with automatic cuts to Medicare, with the decimation of Medicaid and the ACA, and with the coming assault on Social Security which the GOP has opposed since its inception in the 1930s.
Let's focus on what really matters. Our lives depend on it.
Beaglemom
hear, hear
DeleteYour O'Reillys, Roses, Trumps and Lauers are all on the record as 'skirt-chasers' at the very least. I personally know someone who was physically assaulted by Kevin Spacey.
Garrison Keillor? I'm not going to read anything into what MPR says is a small isolated incident that could get them a hefty increase in their insurance premiums if they hadn't taken the action they did. It's not like Keillor is still doing Prairie Home Companion, and he's well past retirement age, so they had no reason not to sacrifice him immediately.
We only have GK's words for what happened. A gentleman-- a real man-- would not have thrown a woman under the bus as he issued the statement. "I thought we were friends." My male friends do not touch my bare back and I'm a surfer! You can't pick and choose who to believe based on your opinions or you're just as bad as the Roy Moore crowd. This isn't about politics, it's about people who have suffered in the workplace getting a voice. Give MPR the benefit of the doubt for doing the right thing.
ReplyDeleteOh stuff it. Apples and oranges. Moore was with a 14 year old girl. He chased other teens.
DeleteKeillor's was a one time non-incident. With emails (purportedly) showing the woman accepted an apology.
But hey, "Surferwoman" next time you surf, please remind everyone not to touch your bareback. Hope they remember, cause you sound like the type to sue, even if the touch occurred in the course of your drowning.
"Trump appeared to deflect sexual harassment allegations against Lauer—who attended the billionaire's wedding to Melania Trump in 2005—and instead called for a probe of senior NBC executives."
ReplyDelete"O’Donnell captioned the picture “glass houses” and used the hashtag “#trumpRAPES.”'
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/rosie-odonnell-tweets-that-trump-is-a-child-rapist/
#TrumpResign #TrumpSexProbe
Delete"I did try & fuck her." list
https://twitter.com/funder/status/936316874316541954
You don't say what the punishment should be for staring "too long" (what period is that?) at a women's breasts. Should there be no punishment? Are our breasts simply accessories to be stared at, and if we don't like it why do we wear them every day?
ReplyDeleteReallllly.
Yea well some women shouldn't let them all hang out at work either.
DeleteIf you've kept them up and they are nice too look at I say ogle away!
DeleteI've had a large rack since age 12 so I got over men looking at my tits a long time ago. I've even asked guys if they wanted to have a feel since they seemed so entranced by two fat bags meant only to nourish infants.
And then, kimkk comes out nudie with gold paint only. Gee, weinstein go for that and leave others alone.
ReplyDeleteI know, she is not asking for it but, but,...
DeleteNo women don't need to wear black boxy paper sacks.
So what do we do?
So what do we do?
DeleteWear stomping boots.
http://images.more.mdpcdn.com/sites/more.com/files/styles/slide/public/doc-martens.jpg
Jewelry that says you don't mess around.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/19/e3/d7/19e3d795d77a4cf0272f220497f95820.jpg
Protection when in public
http://www.jackellis.co.uk/images/trading_standards(1).jpg?crc=185334112
Depending on your workplace, dress according to your comfort level.
How about dress as you want appropriate to the context. And just have the ovaries to say no clearly (forcefully if necessary.) And don't be a tease.
Delete7:09pm
DeleteHear, hear! I know when I wear something low cut exposing décolletage I certainly can't be offended when men, or women, take a peak, same with shorter skirts, it's expected and often appreciated.
Our sex drive is very strong, and for a very good reason, none of us would be here if men didn't find women attractive and vice versa, just like everything else in this life, some just take things too far.
Next up:Gerald Rivera
ReplyDelete'We are troubled by his comments': Fox responds to Geraldo Rivera's tweets seeming to support Matt Lauer as it emerges Bette Midler accused him in 1991 of groping her in the 70s Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5131397/Fox-responds-Geraldo-Riveras-tweets-supporting-Lauer.html
DeleteI checked old Palin to see how her writer is doing with their titles.
'Did you see this yet?' 'WOW...' 'Are you surprised? Who saw this coming?!' 'Didn't see THIS coming...' 'This is shameful. Have you seen this yet?' 'Wow...' 'Wow...' 'WOW!'
I don't go to the links, they are worse than the titles. They have a delusional view of Trump, their only stories are digs at liberals.
They had plenty about Matt Lauer, a liberal, and various other things. But Lauer is the worst thing to them. Let's see how many WOWs they will have for Geraldo. lol
'Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this. #MeToo' Bette Midler
"I turned around, and within seconds Donald Trump was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat."
ReplyDeleteNatasha Stoynoff
#TrumpSexProbe
https://twitter.com/funder/status/936315907869151232
Now, to my mind, that's sexual assault. She should have prosecuted. We'd all be better off now if Trump were either behind bars or permanently stuck in his penthouse.
DeleteBeaglemom
He would have settled.
Delete#DonaldTrump famously doesn't have many friends. Those he does have, have at least one notable thing in common. #GeraldoRivera #Trump #Weinstein #etc
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/InfiniteCoincid/status/936132147492085761
"I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, 'Oh my God, there’s a man in here'" Mariah Billado
ReplyDeleteFmr Miss Vermont Teen USA & other unnamed accusers say Trump walked into the dressing room unannounced while girls as young as 15 were naked. #TrumpSexProbe
https://twitter.com/funder/status/936315156845522947
Just five days ago the LAPD said it has 28 open sex-crime investigations linked to Hollywood and the media, and that it expects more will come.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5133259/Big-celebrity-accused-raping-personal-assistant.html
It looks like this is just getting started. I wish we could concentrate on our elected officials and offices, other public servants and try and clean up legislation and legislators.
Curry, during the same period, was winning two Emmy awards for hard news reporting in Los Angeles; she would win another in 2007 for her reporting from Darfur on the NBC Nightly News. But, hey, reporting on genocide in Sudan can’t compete with such cutting-edge work as Today’s popular feature “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?”(Couric, by contrast, conducted one of the sharpest on-air interviews of the 2008 presidential campaign when she sat down with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.)"Tackle the systemic sexism that allowed a self-important man of questionable talent to derail the career of an accomplished female journalist"
ReplyDelete"Co-anchors Hoda Kotb, left, and Savannah Guthrie embrace on the set of the "Today" show Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in New York, after NBC News fired host Matt Lauer. NBC News announced Wednesday that Lauer was fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior.""
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/11/30/matt-lauer-nbc-eileen-mcnamara?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2058
Years before the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape, the president crassly bragged about a woman’s private parts during a golf weekend at Mar-a-Lago.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-bragged-nothing-in-the-world-like-first-rate-psy
Donald Trump singled out a “young socialite” at his club at Mar-a-Lago by telling a reporter,
“there is nothing in the world like first-rate pussy.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dana-nessel-campaign-ad_us_5a1f1116e4b0d52b8dc25af9?section=us_politics
ReplyDelete"Sexual harassment is pervasive. Prominent men in media, entertainment and politics have, in recent months, had to answer a rising tide of sexual misconduct allegations. And there’s talk about how to change the culture and implement new procedures to stop such behavior from taking place again.
But Dana Nessel, a Democrat running to be Michigan’s attorney general, has a simpler idea: Elect more women.
Nessel is out with a new online campaign ad making the case that these days, simply being a man is a minus.
“If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it’s that we need more women in positions of power, not less,” she says in the ad. “So when you’re choosing Michigan’s next attorney general, ask yourself this: Who can you trust most not to show you their penis in a professional setting? Is it the candidate who doesn’t have a penis? I’d say so.”"
I've always said our country and the world for that matter would be a far better place to live if women were in charge.
Men have fucked it up for millennia. Time for women to take over.
Hurrah! Things will change since we have a female President now...
DeleteThis is all getting damned ridiculous. I spoke to an octogenarian friend of mine last week. We discussed #metoo Her responses (and she was a professional woman in a male- dominated field in the 60s and 70s) paraphrased:
ReplyDeleteWe knew how to handle this back then. For an unwanted touch, the offending hand was simply pushed aside with an " I thought better of you."
If the offending touch was against boob or butt, a swift, sharp slap in (feigned) surprise and social dissociation was the response.
For grabbing anywhere more intimate, a sharp knee (or whatever else was available) where it hurts a male most.
A whistle of appreciation isn't an assault. And some women DO appreciate it. Hell, many of us even whistle back, or first!
But as she and I both agreed (I'm a generation younger, most guys are pretty decent, even those offering the cruder unsolicited remarks. If we turned to them and said, "OK! your place, mine or right here," most would turn and run.
I too spoke with an older friend about it, she's 70 years old, and she's disgusted with the whole thing.
DeleteShe is of the opinion that men will always try to get away with something, a quick feel or inappropriate comment, she had to deal with it her whole life and "quite frankly these women are whiners and come off as really weak it's not like they were raped" was her response.
Many of the older folks see it as just another "snowflake" problem and I can't say I don't agree with them.
Two more women came out against Franken. Both from before he was elected. One anonymous.
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"Two additional women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), including an Army veteran who says she was groped while deployed overseas and a former elected official who told a news outlet that he tried to kiss her."
"Army veteran Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio, told CNN that in 2003 she was posing with the then-comedian for a photo in Kuwait, where he was visiting troops with the USO, when he cupped her breast.
“When he put his arm around me, he groped my right breast. He kept his hand all the way over on my breast,” she told CNN in a report published Thursday. “I’ve never had a man put their arm around me and then cup my breast. So he was holding my breast on the side.”
Kemplin, who was 27 and a military police officer at the time, said she was a longtime fan of “Saturday Night Live,” which Franken was a writer and performer on, and said she was immediately “embarrassed” by what happened."
"A former elected official in New England, who asked for anonymity, told Jezebel in a report published Thursday that Franken inappropriately tried to give her a “wet, open-mouthed kiss” during an onstage event in 2006.
The woman said she was invited to appear as a guest on a live taping of Franken’s radio show on Air America. After the taping was finished, she said she reached out to shake his hand onstage but was met with more than his hand.
“He took it and leaned toward me with his mouth open. I turned my head away from him and he landed a wet, open-mouthed kiss awkwardly on my cheek,” she said."
I'm not going to deny these women their say.
I will say, however these are two more from BEFORE he was a senator and one is anonymous.
Franken was a performer. Some of this behavior is show business juvenile behavior. Like the goofy faux groping pic. Performers also tend to kiss a lot of people.
When do you pass judgement on behavior previous to him being a senator and when do you ignore it?
No one should ignore Molester Moore's behavior. The more we know the worse it gets. Franken is no where near that level.
What has Franken done WHILE in office? That is what the ethics committee investigation should be focusing on. But I fear they'll be calling for Franken's resignation at the same time they were swearing in Molester Moore. And they would just love to get rid of Franken.
They'll be targeting Elizabeth Warren next.
Chickie-poo must be a really tiny person if a small man such as Al Franken could put his short arm all the way around her body and cup her tit.
DeleteSomething smells here.
Seems like since the bandwagon doors have been kicked wide open all sorts are hopping on board.
"Potential problem with #metoo? Finally a young, true feminist asks cultural leaders: what's your criteria when considering some sexual harrassment a joke, while claiming similar misconduct a mortal sin? She solves the problem:
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"What we need to look at is a real TRUE standard that needs to be set. But here’s a question. How do we pick and choose whom to hold accountable? Why aren’t we looking at all of the sexual harassment? Why are some things “just a joke” for some, and serious offenses for others? The solution is to come together and treat sexual harassment the same, no matter what side of the aisle you may be on.
DeleteThis isn’t a “Poor Palin Pity Party,” I’m trying to point out a very real issue – as a society, we cannot have double standards on sexual issues. We won’t fix it until victims of all political stripes are treated with respect and dignity!"
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