Rep. Blake Farenthold first sitting Congressman to have been identified as using congressional account to pay off accuser.

Courtesy of Politico: 

Rep. Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by his former spokesman — the only known sitting member of Congress to have used a little-known congressional account to pay an accuser, sources told POLITICO. 

Lauren Greene, the Texas Republican’s former communications director, sued her boss in December 2014 over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. 

Greene claimed in the lawsuit that another Farenthold aide told her the lawmaker had “sexual fantasies” and “wet dreams” about Greene. She also claimed that Farenthold “regularly drank to excess” and told her in February 2014 that he was “estranged from his wife and had not had sex with her in years.” 

When she complained about comments Farenthold and a male staffer made to her, Greene said the congressman improperly fired her. She filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, but the case was later dropped after both parties reached a private settlement. 

No information was ever released on that agreement.

You know if somebody had asked me which sitting politician that I thought was definitely going to be called out during this #MeToo campaign I would not have hesitated for a second in point out Farenthold.

I mean not only is this guy Fifty Shades of Creepy, but he looks like he could not get laid in a whorehouse while wearing a suit made of $100 dollar bills.

Oh, and I also wrote about this case back in 2014.

It looks like conservative darling actor James Woods is about to be Harvey Weinsteined.

Weeds star Elizabeth Perkins holds sign naming actor James Woods as she joins hundreds of women at the #MeToo ... https://t.co/Ugqs9d76p4 pic.twitter.com/7f3AiQ1Wyf

— Hollywood Mine (@Hollywood_Mine) November 13, 2017

Courtesy of the Daily Beast:

Elizabeth Perkins called out the actor James Woods on Sunday, holding a sign bearing the words “James Woods #MeToo” as she joined a Los Angeles march designed to raise awareness of sexual assault and sexual harassment, and to demonstrate solidarity with the victims. 

It is not clear if Perkins is accusing Woods of sexual misconduct.

Oh I think it's clear.

James Woods is a well known sexual harasser in Hollywood.

In fact actor Amber Tamblyn came forward just last month to reveal that Woods tried to pick her and a friend up when she was only sixteen years old: 

Amber Tamblyn, 34, took to Twitter on September 11 to allege that now-70-year-old actor James Woods had "tried to pick [up]" her and a friend and that he invited her to Las Vegas when she was 16. According to People, Amber's tweets came in response to actor Armie Hammer tweeting to Woods, "Didn't you date a 19 year old when you were 60.......?" following Woods's criticism of Armie's upcoming film, in which he plays a 24-year-old dating a 17-year-old. 

"James Woods tried to pick me and my friend up at a restaurant once. He wanted to take us to Vegas. 'I'm 16' I said. 'Even better' he said," Amber tweeted.

Tamblyn went on to write a much longer article about her treatment in Hollywood, and about the perverted James Woods in particular.

Oh, and trust me she is not alone.

Much like Moore the conservatives are going to fight hard to discredit any allegations against James Woods, but seriously can anybody look at this face and NOT think he is a pervert?

Hillary Clinton's new book discusses her campaign, her time on the debate stage, and the fact that Donald Trump is a creep.

I don't typically like to post videos from Morning Joe, but this is the best reporting on this book that I could find online.

Here is what WaPo had to add: 

Hillary Clinton said her “skin crawled” as Donald Trump loomed behind her at a presidential debate in St. Louis, and added that she wished she could have pressed pause and asked America, “Well, what would you do?” The words, Clinton’s most detailed public comments about what happened during one of the campaign’s more memorable moments, are included in her new book, “What Happened,” which she called an attempt to “pull back the curtain” on her losing bid for the presidency.

In the recording, Clinton noted that she wrote about moments from the campaign that she wanted to remember forever — as well as others she wished she could “go back and do over.” 

The moment from the debate appeared to fall into the latter category. 

“This is not okay, I thought,” Clinton said, reading from her book. “It was the second presidential debate and Donald Trump was looming behind me. Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. 

“It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled. It was one of those moments where you wish you could hit pause and ask everyone watching, ‘Well, what would you do?’ Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren’t repeatedly invading your space? Or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, ‘Back up, you creep. Get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women, but you can’t intimidate me, so back up.’”

Obviously she should have gone with that second instinct.

Not really sure that would have made any real difference though. 

I am definitely going to buy this book as I am a political junkie and quite fascinated with what must have been going through Hillary's mind during this batshit crazy campaign season.

Donald Trump watches his interviews with the sound off. Yep, nothing creepy about that.

Courtesy of Mediaite:  

During an interview with POLITICO’s Glenn Thrush, NBC’s Chuck Todd pondered some of the more striking observations he has made about Donald Trump after covering the mogul as much as he has. 

The wide-range interview covered a variety of topics, but when the president-elect came up, Todd said there were a few ticks he noticed about Trump where “[It] drives me crazy.” According to Todd, Trump is so concerned about his visual image that he will frequently watch clips of himself with the sound off. 

Todd quoted a source close to Trump who said that whenever the mogul finishes an interview, he’ll ask about how he looked, but not as much about how he sounded or what he said. 

“The amount of time he spends after the interview is over with the sound off — he wants to see what it all looked like. He will watch the whole thing on mute,” said Todd. “He’s a very, visual guy. He thinks this way, and look, it’s an important insight in just understanding him. The visual stuff is very real beyond just himself.”

Hey look, there is something that I have in common with Donald Trump.

I also turn off the sound when I see him on TV.

Maybe he hates the sound of his voice as much as I do.

The article suggests that the reason might be based on advice that Roger Ailes gave him as he used to also watch potential hosts give interviews with the sound off. Probably so he could imagine them saying things like "Oh Roger it's so big," or " I find a man with six chins and the body of Jabba the Hut to be such a turn on."

Personally I think it is because Trump is more concerned about the camera capturing an unflattering image of him, like this one:

Or this one:

Or this one:

Than he is that he might say something stupid.

Which of course explains every interview and tweet he has ever sent.

We finally know how Ivanka Trump responded to hearing her father say if she wasn't his daughter he would like to "date" her. Update!

Never saw much reporting on Ivanka's response to Trump saying he wanted to date her: "If he wasn't my father, I would spray him with Mace." pic.twitter.com/RVlP4DdIc1

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 24, 2016

By the way there is also this Trump quote that was apparently removed by WaPo before the story was published:

Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wrote that President-elect Donald Trump once asked, “Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife?” — but the quote was quietly removed before the syndicated column was published Tuesday. 

Trump was reportedly referring to his daughter, Ivanka, who was 13 years old at the time. 

The quote was circulated Monday in a draft of Cohen’s piece “Our Next President, The Godfather” that was sent to outlets that syndicate the column, a source told BuzzFeed News. The quote did not appear in the later, final version of the piece carried by the Post and other outlets. 

Jesus! And this pussy grabbing possible pedophile is who this country just allowed to win a presidential election.

Good job America!

Just when the rest of the world had started to respect is again.

Update: Well it looks like Snopes strikes again. 

Dammit! I should have known that quote was too good to be true.

Ted Cruz suggests that young heckler should be spanked.

Courtesy of Politico:  

A youthful protester who interrupted his rally late Sunday evening should get a spanking, Ted Cruz suggested to his audience in La Porte, Indiana. Such a punishment, he added, would have gone a long way in changing the behavior of Donald Trump. 

“All right, apparently there’s a young man who’s having some problems," Cruz said, as the young heckler shouted, "You suck!" 

Cruz responded, "Thank you, son." 

“Children should actually speak with respect," he continued. "Imagine what a different world it would be if someone told Donald Trump that years ago.” 

“You know, in my household, when a child behaves that way, they get a spanking," the Texas senator remarked, echoing similar comments he made in January in reference to Hillary Clinton, suggesting then to voters that they should "spank" the former secretary of state at the ballot box for her handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks. 

Why do I get the idea that Ted Cruz is really stimulated by the idea of spankings? 

Just like a dominionist to believe that corporeal punishment is the way to control the behavior of children. 

Respect is earned, not beaten into a person.

You know the more I learn about creepy Ted Cruz the more I worry about his daughters.

Oh and by the way that kid's not wrong. Ted Cruz does suck.

The eighteen year old Ted Cruz was even creepier and more megalomaniac than today's version.

Courtesy of Politico:  

Off camera, the teenager identified as an 18-year old Cruz is asked about his life’s aspirations. 

“Aspirations? Is that like sweat on my butt?” a sardonic Cruz says at the start of the 30-second clip, wearing jeans and a tucked in shirt. "No no, oh I see, what you want me to do, what I want to do in life." 

Cruz squints his eyes tilts his head to the sky. "Well my aspiration is to, uh, oh I don’t know, be in a teen tit film like that guy who played Horatio. You know he was in Malibu Bikini Beach Shop,” he says. The reference appears to be to a 1986 movie, The Malibu Bikini Shop, which came out two years before the video was filmed. 

"Well, other than that,” Cruz continued, "take over the world, world domination, you know, rule everything. Rich, powerful, that sort of stuff.” 

Apparently that video was provided by a high school friend of Cruz's who wishes to remain anonymous.

Personally I don't see a lot of difference between the arrogant prick in this video and the one we see today.

Except I would imagine that today's Ted Cruz would not allow himself to be filmed suggesting that he wanted to be in a "tit film."

Though I bet he still does.

New human like robot is already creepy, but it also looks alarmingly like Sarah Palin. So you know, even more creepy.

Courtesy of The Daily Mail:

A humanoid robot named Yangyang is the latest to be revealed in China. 

Dressed in a full-length coat, the android can display a wide range of facial expressions and can speak, move its head, and raise its hands to greet people convincingly. 

And the machine bears an uncanny - yet apparently accidental - resemblance to former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. 

So the Japanese have made an emotionless humanoid like creature that looks vaguely like Sarah Palin.

Which is kind of ironic since today Sarah Palin appears to be an emotionless humanoid creature that looks vaguely like Sarah Palin.

Yeah, I'll take the robot.

New book about Purity Balls attempts to defend and legitimize the practice. Yeah, good luck with that.

So the book by David Magnusson, called simply "Purity" contains photographs of fathers standing with their daughters in the kind of poses that would make the hair on Chris Hansen's stand straight up, and an explanation from the author about why our perceptions are all wrong.

Here is a taste: 

“When I first heard about the Purity Balls I imagined American fathers terrified of anything that might hurt their daughters or their families honor. But as I learnt more, I understood that the fathers, like all parents, simply wanted to protect the ones that they love – in the best way they know how. It was also often the girls themselves that had taken the initiative to attend the balls. They had made their decisions out of their own conviction and faith, in many cases with fathers who didn’t know what a Purity Ball was before first being invited by their daughters. 

The more I learned, the more I was surprised that I had been so quick to judge people I knew so little about. I was struck by the idea that what set us apart wasn’t anything more than how we had been influenced by the culture we grew up in and the values it had instilled in us. In Purity I wanted to create portraits so beautiful that the girls and their fathers could be proud of the pictures in the same way they are proud of their decisions – while someone from a different background might see an entirely different story in the very same photographs. 

To me, Purity is about how we are shaped by the society in which we grow up and how we interpret the world through the values we incorporate as our own.”

Uh huh. Well I guess you can blame my background but I am not picking up anything sweet, or nurturing from the photos.

And what I am picking up is more about obsessive control and an unnatural interest in a young girl's sexuality. Must be my background.

(H/T to The Godless Place.)

The word of God wants to grope your wife. I think that's what this means.

Is anybody a little creeped out by this?

I wonder what happens if she reads Penthouse Letters?

Sarah Palin makes Glenn Beck seem creepier than ever!

Oh! This is absolutely one of the most disturbing interactions I have EVER seen on television!

Glenn Beck damn near offers to lick Palin's boots.

Damn my skin is still crawling!