Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

Allen's a fucking creep ten times over.

I agree!

I never said "the kid is lying." This take from 2 years ago is fairly close to mine:

http://enchantedmitten.blogspot.com/2015/07/on-woody-allen-ignorance-and-degrees-of.html

Another?

http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/arizonas-trent-franks-expected-resign

https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/12/07/mike-flynn-signs-his-name-with-a-smiley-face/

Many of the female senators who called on him to resign visibly emotional as they hugged him

— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) December 7, 2017

I know John wouldn’t have punished me at work had I not been interested in his advances; if he had, that would have been harassment, and not OK.

*scribbles furiously*

I didn't think much of the Slate article, but the New Republic article is very good at articulating why - thanks, xyzzzz__

Charles Pierce: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a14381583/al-franken-resign-moral-high-ground/

That grates

Interesting how he doesn’t trot out his Thesaurus Rex defending a fellow funny old guy

in short, the Republicans are awful so why should we even try to be decent human beings

i get the sense that pierce is trying to say that he thinks many of the accusations against franken are fishy without actually saying it, what w/ bringing up the "political hijacking" of the paul wellstone funeral and praising franken for not confessing.

in short, the Republicans are awful so why should we even try to be decent human beings

― Nhex, Thursday, December 7, 2017 7:40 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm literally struggling mightily with motivation now for this reason. not with people I already know and care about, but complete strangers, I almost feel shocked and amazed when I have an interaction with one that isn't a complete shitbag. which I mean...is a gross overexaggeration but this administration has me like screening everybody I interact with much harder.

And maybe all of us should have been all along. Women always had to. This is a rough time to be a guy. Piper demands payment.

Yeah its really rich to have some guys clutching their pearls now and being worried/upset about their careers, integrity etc. Cmon! You think we dont know what thats like? Look at how many of the Weinstein women, people in this vert thread commented "geez I wondered what had ever happened to her career".

relatively unrough to be a gay

Spacey’s victims matter too. Although his pattern of behavior has been litigated in several fields over the last few decades, because of prejudices against gays.

relatively unrough to be a gay

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius),

dunno what kind of guys you're seeing

Harrumph

So Singer looks done.

https://deadline.com/2017/12/bryan-singer-sued-sexual-assault-underage-boy-yacht-2003-1202222501/

Did Takei really blame his accusation on Russian internetbots?

was just going to post that. interesting. Is his attorney's statement about the Egan case true? "The attorney behind this lawsuit is the same lawyer who represented Michael Egan, the convicted felon who sued Bryan Singer in 2014. In the end, Egan was forced to dismiss that case once the facts came out and his story completely fell apart. Egan and his attorneys then found themselves as defendants in a malicious prosecution action brought by some of the individuals who Egan previously sued. In an apology to those individuals, Egan’s attorney acknowledged the claims that had been filed were ‘untrue and provably false.’ "

Did Takei really blame his accusation on Russian internetbots?

Yes.

takei accusation withered up and disappeared rather quickly

nothing to fire him from?

having only one accuser seems to help

I'm literally struggling mightily with motivation now for this reason. not with people I already know and care about, but complete strangers, I almost feel shocked and amazed when I have an interaction with one that isn't a complete shitbag. which I mean...is a gross overexaggeration but this administration has me like screening everybody I interact with much harder.

― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Thursday, December 7, 2017 7:56 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And maybe all of us should have been all along. Women always had to. This is a rough time to be a guy. Piper demands payment.

― El Tomboto, Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:42 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Welcome to being black in America! I hope you brought a dish; this picnic is potluck.

i brought hot dish

Why don't you put that down allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way over here

wait actually, is it tater tot hot dish because that jive can go up front next to the ribs

and i brought MN 'salad'*

*multicolored jello with bits of celery and tunafish in it; topping = cool whip

that goes there *points at trashcan*

tater tot hot dish is the premier hot dish imo

*goes over to trashcan*
*gets attacked by ravenous state fair hornets*

Lest we forget:

Explain hot dish

hot water cornbread in an aluminum pan over sterno or gtfo imo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Hotdish.jpg

This tots topping is blowing my mind.

― A Memorable Fancy (Abbott), Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:05 PM (seven years ago)

tater tot hot dish is king of all foods

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:09 PM (seven years ago)

This is probably enough of a digression in this thread:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/entertainment/melanie-martinez-timothy-heller-rape/index.html

Also, what exactly did Franks resign for? Has there been his promised press statement yet?

sounds like a weird cover story, but maybe they understand in pro-life land

New Dustin Hoffman Accuser Claims Harassment and Physical Violation on Broadway

Didn't know that Hoffman was bald

probably a bald wig if he was doing Death of a Salesman

Hm.

NEWS — TRENT FRANKS has resigned effective immediately, after he says his wife was admitted to the hospital in DC.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 8, 2017

@passantino
AP Exclusive: Former aide says GOP Rep. Trent Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child.

indecent proposal movie poster meme in 3, 2...

Just saw a lefty clickebate thing about Hillary supporters trying to place false allegations against Bernie.

#EveryDayIs2016

NEWS: @farenthold's harassment problem continued even AFTER Lauren Greene sued. @marianne_levine & @MaggieSeverns say he brought in his OWN investigators -- who, shockingly, cleared the office https://t.co/JctvUQtSWU

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) December 8, 2017

Lawyers for “Girls” writer Murray Miller — who has been accused of sexual assault by actress Aurora Perrineau — had initially claimed that Perrineau had demanded money from Miller. Now his lawyers are apologizing, saying that claim was incorrect — and that she’d never requested damages.

In a statement to Variety, Donald Walerstein and Matthew Walerstein wrote, “In a previous statement to the media, we stated that Ms. Perrineau sought substantial monetary damages from our client Murray Miller. Neither Ms. Perrineau nor her attorney have ever made a demand for money. Our previous above statement was incorrect and the result of a good-faith misunderstanding.”

This seems like a reasonable time to post this:

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/yes-himtoo-how-would-you-react-if-a-man-you-know-and-1821028948

Multiple women say appeals court judge Alex Kozinski asked them to watch porn or subjected them to sexually inappropriate comments https://t.co/v7VbysRsxG

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 8, 2017

the result of a good-faith misunderstanding

says you

While I wish there was some tenable standard in place, this sort of house cleaning is long overdue.

twitter suggests that a lot of people knew about kozinski