Sunday, November 26, 2017
Kendall Jenner Tops the List as the Highest Paid Model in 2017
At Forbes:
Announcing the world's highest-paid models of 2017:
— Forbes (@Forbes) November 21, 2017
1. Kendall Jenner
2. Gisele Bundchen
3. Chrissy Teigenhttps://t.co/hgRXVPBCez pic.twitter.com/1fBqmsEV3E
Kendall Jenner Nips in See Through White Top - https://t.co/nq6XcTDOM9 - pic.twitter.com/x6i7AXd2TN
— Taxi Driver (@TaxiDriverMovie) November 22, 2017
Gail Z. Martin, The Summoner
I'm on a fantasy posting jag, lol.
Here's more, at Amazon, Gail Z. Martin, The Summoner (Chronicles of the Necromancer, Book 1).
Here's more, at Amazon, Gail Z. Martin, The Summoner (Chronicles of the Necromancer, Book 1).
Vita Sidorkina
At Sports Illustrated Swimsuit:
😎 https://t.co/7EbO1kouSe pic.twitter.com/69ngKMGIEV
— SI Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) November 25, 2017
Nancy Pelosi Defends John Conyers on Meet the Press (VIDEO)
Folks were tweeting about this like crazy.
Pelosi defends Conyers as 'an icon' https://t.co/uZwWdV3uXr via @kelseytam pic.twitter.com/HnCq8STgPH
— POLITICO (@politico) November 26, 2017
Zero tolerance for alleged sexual predation ... unless you've done good things in your life and you're in the right partyhttps://t.co/hh59Z8Y9xO
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) November 26, 2017
.@NancyPelosi: Accused Congressman Conyers is an "icon" in our country. #MTP pic.twitter.com/4QlKKJTIJP
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) November 26, 2017
Nancy Pelosi: John Conyers is "an icon in our country" and "deserves due process."
— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) November 26, 2017
Also Nancy Pelosi: Roy Moore is a "child molester!" https://t.co/B4KWvJXJ9q
Hard for Ds to claim moral high ground on sexual harassment when they respond like this to one of their own https://t.co/VIbTihKOoF
— amy walter (@amyewalter) November 26, 2017
Nancy Pelosi on MTP was pathetic and partisan regarding sexual harassment/assault.
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) November 26, 2017
#NancyPelosi proves that this so-called “accountability” moment we’re having, on sexual assault and harassment, is completely partisan. #MeetThePress
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) November 26, 2017
Cyber Monday is Going to be Yuge!
Lol.
Online shopping has really taken off. I love it, heh.
At USA Today:
Online shopping has really taken off. I love it, heh.
At USA Today:
Cyber Monday is forecast to be huge. The reason: can't shake a shopping habit https://t.co/YS8sDmqLKS
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 26, 2017
Radicalism on the Rise in American Politics
From Joel Kotkin, at the Orange County Register:
Still more.
The Republican Party’s road to the 2018 mid-terms looks increasingly like Pickett’s Charge, the Confederate assault on fixed Union positions that marked the high-water mark for the southern cause. After achieving its greatest domination of elective office in 80 years, the GOP seems likely to get slaughtered.We live in interesting times, that's for sure.
As at Gettysburg, bad generalship, an unpopular, clumsy Donald Trump, constitutes one cause for the imminent Republican decline. But the officer corps is also failing, as the congressional delegation seems determined to screw its middle class base in favor the remnant of those corporate plutocrats who finance their campaigns and the Goldman Sachs crowd to whom Trump has outsourced his economic policy. Steve Bannon’s support for demagogues like Roy Moore can only further weaken the party’s appeal, rapidly turning much of the business community, out of sheer embarrassment, into de facto Democrats.
Only one thing can save the Republicans from themselves: the Democrats. Although they have shown remarkable unity as part of the anti-Trump resistance, the Democrats themselves suffer deep-seated divisions. Most critically they are moving left at a time when more voters seek something more in the middle. Certainly this progressive tilt has done little to reverse their own declining popularity; public approval of the party has sunk to the lowest levels in a quarter century.
The rise of the radical base
“Who the goods wish to destroy, they first drive mad.” Today this old Greek adage seems particularly applicable to the Democrats. In the past the party produced leaders, and endorsed positions, that appealed across a broad swath of the population. With the Republicans forced to defend Trump, and ally with the marginalized far-right, a more centrist approach seems almost guaranteed to create success, as we saw recently in the Virginia elections.
But, sadly, the much heralded “resistance” to Trump has radicalized the party’s grassroots, giving enhanced power to militant groups like Black Lives Matter, as well as the most extreme green and gender fundamentalists. Clustered increasingly in large urban centers, Democrats are moving more quickly to progressive extremes than the GOP is shifting to the right; the percentage of Democratic voters tilting left since 1994 has grown from 30 percent to 73 percent. Moderates in the party, argues Wall Street investor Steven Ratner, face a “freight train coming at us from the left.”
The centrist approach used in Virginia should show the way, and succeeded largely by winning moderate voters from the affluent D.C. suburbs. But in California or New York rank and file, suburban Democrats have little voice against the organized and strident habitués of the core cities. The various cultural imperatives of the media, the universities, the progressive non-profit and well-funded community groups wash out all other voices.
Positions that threaten a Democratic resurgence
Three critical positions threaten a national Democratic resurgence. The first, and the most divisive, is immigration policy. Most Americans do not embrace the xenophobia of the Trump base, but they also do not favor such things as sanctuary cities, even here in California. They are not likely to celebrate immigrant law-breaking as does state Senate Leader Kevin de León, now challenging the more centrist Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s bid for re-election.
The second vulnerability revolves around a strong move to a single-payer federal system, a position endorsed by increasingly powerful groups like the Democratic Socialists of America and New York’s Working Families Party. To be sure, this may be more attractive to most Americans than GOP attempts to scuttle the current Obamacare system, but it would require a massive tax increase that would alienate moderate, middle-income voters. A plan to impose this system on California was deemed so expensive — essentially more than doubling the state budget — that Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon had to table it to the chagrin of the progressive lobby.
The third, and perhaps most critical, policy area relates more broadly to culture. Just as the antediluvian stances of a Roy Moore may make middle-of-the-road voters gag, many Americans also would have a hard time embracing such things as reparations, race and gender quotas, transgender issues, campus speech codes and even football protests celebrated by progressives. This aversion to identity politics appears particularly true for the middle American voters who swung in 2016 to Trump and the GOP.
Still more.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Black Friday Mayhem
Following-up, "Black Friday Crowds Not So Bad, As Online Shopping Attracts More Holiday Consumers."
Turns out there was some of the usual mayhem this year, although not as bad as in the past. People still getting crazy out there.
At London's Daily Mail:
Turns out there was some of the usual mayhem this year, although not as bad as in the past. People still getting crazy out there.
At London's Daily Mail:
Black Friday mayhem: One shot outside Missouri mall as brawls close Alabama shopping center https://t.co/ksMNqiknfW pic.twitter.com/tZZE6lWHoy
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) November 24, 2017
Black Friday Crowds Not So Bad, As Online Shopping Attracts More Holiday Consumers
Well, I picked up my toaster yesterday, and the line was around the store at my local Kohl's (below). Turns out that was mostly shoppers hunting down the "doorbuster" deals. I went back a little later and it wasn't so bad.
In any case, at LAT, "Black Friday mayhem may be a thing of the past":
In any case, at LAT, "Black Friday mayhem may be a thing of the past":
The line at Kohl’s in Irvine. All the way to the back of the store. *SMH* #BlackFriday pic.twitter.com/3VqHSnxyOp
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) November 24, 2017
Chae Woong Bae and his girlfriend had steeled themselves to brave the Black Friday shopping chaos they’d watched on TV back home in South Korea.
But when the pair arrived at 4:30 a.m. Friday at a Target in North Hollywood for their first Black Friday outing, they were the only ones in line. No one else joined the queue for an hour, ahead of the store's opening at 6 a.m.
"On the TV, we see people fighting each other, so at first, we were a little scared to come today," said a disappointed Bae, 22. "I didn't expect it to be so quiet."
Once known for frenzied crowds that jostled for deals in packed stores, Black Friday in Southern California has become a more subdued scene. The rise of e-commerce has made savings available to anyone, anywhere — at any time.
To compete with online sellers, and each other, brick-and-mortar retailers have pushed discounts days and even weeks before the day once considered the critical barometer of the holiday shopping season.
The result: Consumers said stores and malls were less packed and more relaxed. It was a welcome change for some.
"If I had walked in and there was a massive crowd, I would have walked right out," said Amanda Solomon, 25, as she shopped with her mother at the Macy's at Westfield Century City mall.
"It wouldn't be worth the savings," her mother, Irene Castaldo, 63, chimed in.
National retail chains that open on Thanksgiving have largely moved doorbuster deals to Thursday night, making Black Friday a calmer shopping experience.
To get the same type of crowd "you've got to have the same type of early-bird specials on Friday as Thursday," said Britt Beemer, chairman and founder of America's Research Group, who has tracked holiday sales trends for 30 years. "And nobody does that."
Though stores may not seem as busy on Black Friday as in years past, analysts expect holiday retail sales to jump in 2017, a result of higher consumer confidence and gains in employment and disposable income.
The National Retail Federation predicts that retail sales in November and December could total between $678.75 billion and $682 billion, up from $655.8 billion last year.
Meghan O'Sullivan, Windfall
This looks awesome!
At Amazon, Meghan O'Sullivan, Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power.
At Amazon, Meghan O'Sullivan, Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power.
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time, Boxed Set
Great for under the Christmas tree.
At Amazon, Robert Jordan, "The Wheel of Time," Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn.
Also, "The Wheel of Time," Boxed Set II, Books 4-6: The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos.
At Amazon, Robert Jordan, "The Wheel of Time," Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn.
Also, "The Wheel of Time," Boxed Set II, Books 4-6: The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos.
Friday, November 24, 2017
Jennifer Delacruz's Cyber Saturday Forecast
It's the big shopping weekend --- tomorrow's "Cyber Saturday." I'll be hanging out, working on my car, shopping for books and stuff, and otherwise dawdling around.
More later.
Here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
More later.
Here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
Shop Best Deals
In Electronics and Accessories, at Amazon.
Also, Shop Home and Office Printers.
More, Videos and Electronics.
And, GPS and Navigation Systems.
Still more, Deals on Televisions.
Here, Black Friday Deals.
Plus, Shop Selection of Drones.
More here, Cameras and Accessories.
And, Shop Watches.
BONUS: Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.
Also, Shop Home and Office Printers.
More, Videos and Electronics.
And, GPS and Navigation Systems.
Still more, Deals on Televisions.
Here, Black Friday Deals.
Plus, Shop Selection of Drones.
More here, Cameras and Accessories.
And, Shop Watches.
BONUS: Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.
Black Friday Shopping
*BUMPED.*
I actually need a new toaster, lol. Mine blew out yesterday so I need to head out into the Black Friday scrum, heh. Probably going to head over to Kohl's here in a bit. Might be fun, for some shopping combat experience at least. Other than that, I'm going to buy some Christmas presents online. I hope you are too, and that's awesome if you're using my Amazon links for some of that.
Thanks again.
At Amazon, Today's Deals.
And especially, Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Maker and Warmer.
Save on Robot Vacuums, and especially, ECOVACS DEEBOT N79 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner with Strong Suction, for Low-pile Carpet, Hard floor, Wi-Fi Connected.
More, BLACK+DECKER 2-Slice Toaster, Red, TR1278RM, and Hamilton Beach Brushed Stainless Steel 2-Slice Toaster (22910).
Here, Amrapur Overseas | Goose Down Alternative Microfiber Quilted Reversible Comforter / Duvet Insert - Ultra Soft Hypoallergenic Bedding - Medium Warmth for All Seasons - [Queen, Coral Blue/Oatmeal].
And, Naukay - Business Travel Backpack,Durable Slim Laptop Backpack for Women & Men,College School Computer Bag Daypack with USB charging Port，Anti Theft Water Resistant backpack for 15.6 inch Laptop and Notebook.
More here, Craftsman 230-Piece Mechanics Tool Set, 50230.
Finally, LG Electronics OLED55B6P Flat 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart OLED TV (2016 Model).
BONUS: E.L. Doctorow, Billy Bathgate: A Novel.
I actually need a new toaster, lol. Mine blew out yesterday so I need to head out into the Black Friday scrum, heh. Probably going to head over to Kohl's here in a bit. Might be fun, for some shopping combat experience at least. Other than that, I'm going to buy some Christmas presents online. I hope you are too, and that's awesome if you're using my Amazon links for some of that.
Thanks again.
At Amazon, Today's Deals.
And especially, Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Maker and Warmer.
Save on Robot Vacuums, and especially, ECOVACS DEEBOT N79 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner with Strong Suction, for Low-pile Carpet, Hard floor, Wi-Fi Connected.
More, BLACK+DECKER 2-Slice Toaster, Red, TR1278RM, and Hamilton Beach Brushed Stainless Steel 2-Slice Toaster (22910).
Here, Amrapur Overseas | Goose Down Alternative Microfiber Quilted Reversible Comforter / Duvet Insert - Ultra Soft Hypoallergenic Bedding - Medium Warmth for All Seasons - [Queen, Coral Blue/Oatmeal].
And, Naukay - Business Travel Backpack,Durable Slim Laptop Backpack for Women & Men,College School Computer Bag Daypack with USB charging Port，Anti Theft Water Resistant backpack for 15.6 inch Laptop and Notebook.
More here, Craftsman 230-Piece Mechanics Tool Set, 50230.
Finally, LG Electronics OLED55B6P Flat 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart OLED TV (2016 Model).
BONUS: E.L. Doctorow, Billy Bathgate: A Novel.
Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt
You'll get hooked once you sink into Robert Jordan's "Eye of the World" series.
Fantastic reading.
Here's the second volume, at Amazon, Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, Book 2).
Fantastic reading.
Here's the second volume, at Amazon, Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, Book 2).
Laura Ingraham, Shut Up and Sing
I posted Laura Ingraham's Billionaire at the Barricades a while back.
She's been pounding the populist hammer for some time, though.
See also, at Amazon, Laura Ingraham, Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the Media are Subverting America.
She's been pounding the populist hammer for some time, though.
See also, at Amazon, Laura Ingraham, Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the Media are Subverting America.
Marriage and Kids vs. Dogs and Netflix
I'd like to see actually statistics on this, but if it's anywhere near majority opinion, we can be relieved that humans will die out by self-extinction over the near few generations.
My god, what is wrong with these people?
It's Lauren Southern, in the U.K.:
My god, what is wrong with these people?
It's Lauren Southern, in the U.K.:
Hundreds Dead in Egypt Mosque Massacre (VIDEO)
Well, that's not going to be good for those Thanksgiving memories.
At the Telegraph U.K., "Egypt mosque attack: At least 235 killed as militants shoot at fleeing worshippers after detonating bomb":
At the Telegraph U.K., "Egypt mosque attack: At least 235 killed as militants shoot at fleeing worshippers after detonating bomb":
Egypt was last night reeling from the bloodiest terror attack in its history after suspected Isil fighters slaughtered at least 235 people during prayers by detonating explosives inside a Sinai mosque and then killing the worshippers in a hail of gunfire.More.
The terrorists struck a mosque in the remote town of Bir al-Abed in northern Sinai where hundreds of people had gathered for traditional Islamic prayers on Friday afternoon.
The attack began with a powerful explosion at the al-Rawdah mosque and gunmen leapt out of four off-road vehicles to kill people as they fled. Security officials and witnesses said the attackers used their vehicles to cut off escape routes and opened fire on ambulances as they reached the scene. More than 100 were wounded.
The gunmen appear to have escaped from the scene after the massacre before Egyptian security forces could arrive.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but suspicion fell on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (Isil) affiliate in the Sinai desert, which has waged a bloody insurgency against the Egyptian military and the country’s Christian minority.
The worshippers at the al-Rawdah were mainly Sufis, who adhere to a mystic form of Islam. Isil considers Sufis to be heretics and has threatened them in the past.
The town of Bir al-Abed is home to around 2,500 people, all members of the Sawarka tribe. In conservative rural areas of Egypt it is usually only men who attend Friday prayers. With an attack so large it is believed that a significant portion of all the men in the village were either killed or wounded on Friday.
Abdel Qader Mubarak, a man originally from the village, said his entire family had been killed in the slaughter. "I can't talk, all my family are gone," he told The Telegraph.
The massacre is the worst terrorist attack on civilians in modern Egyptian history, and its death toll outstripped the 224 deaths caused when suspected Isil militants blew up a Russian airliner shortly after it took off from Sharm el-Sheikh in 2015.
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s president, promised to respond with “brutal force” against the attackers.
“We will remain steadfast and will fight back with an iron fist. This attack will only add to our persistence on overcoming the tragedy and we will win the battle against the forces of evil,” Mr Sisi said.
"The army and police will avenge our martyrs and return security and stability with force in the coming short period.”
Despite Mr Sisi’s pledge, the security forces have struggled to contain the jihadist insurgency in Sinai and suffered heavy casualties...
Here's Jennifer Delacruz's Black Friday Forecast
She usually works the holidays, but the video wasn't up last night in time for my blog weather report.
Any time's good for me, though.
Here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
Any time's good for me, though.
Here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Kyla Grogan's Black Friday Forecast
Ms. Kyla's the new on-air meteorological talent at CBS News 2 Los Angeles.
It's been record Thanksgiving heat today, not to complain, of course.
Temperatures will be subsiding over the next few days, but it's still going to be lovely.
It's been record Thanksgiving heat today, not to complain, of course.
Temperatures will be subsiding over the next few days, but it's still going to be lovely.
What It's Like to Be the Only Trump Fan at Thanksgiving
You gotta read this. The best, heh.
From Mark Bauerlein, at Politico:
From Mark Bauerlein, at Politico:
Heh. This Is What It's Like to Be the Only #Trump Fan at Thanksgiving Dinner. https://t.co/iBBTsZ9Sxu pic.twitter.com/yw3i483L5D
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving Shopping
Well, time to get going on your holiday shopping.
It's a great time of year! Tomorrow's Black Friday. There'll be all kinds of sales.
So get crackin', lol.
At Amazon, Today's Deals.
And see especially, ILIFE A4s Robot Vacuum Cleaner.
Also, GOOLOO 800A Peak 18000mAh Car Jump Starter (Up to 7.0L Gas or 5.5L Diesel Engine) Portable Power Pack Auto Battery Booster Phone Charger Built-in LED Light and Smart Protection.
More, Craftsman 9-31794 Slotted Phillips Screwdriver Set, 17 Piece, and Craftsman 56-piece Universal Mechanics Tool Set.
Plus, Pyramex Cap Style 4 Point Snap Lock Suspension Hard Hat.
And, AmazonBasics AA Performance Alkaline Batteries (48 Count) - Packaging May Vary.
Here, Samsung UN65MU6300FXZA 65" 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2017 Model) Plus Terk Cut-the-Cord HD Digital TV Tuner and Recorder 16GB Hook-Up Bundle.
BONUS: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator.
It's a great time of year! Tomorrow's Black Friday. There'll be all kinds of sales.
So get crackin', lol.
At Amazon, Today's Deals.
And see especially, ILIFE A4s Robot Vacuum Cleaner.
Also, GOOLOO 800A Peak 18000mAh Car Jump Starter (Up to 7.0L Gas or 5.5L Diesel Engine) Portable Power Pack Auto Battery Booster Phone Charger Built-in LED Light and Smart Protection.
More, Craftsman 9-31794 Slotted Phillips Screwdriver Set, 17 Piece, and Craftsman 56-piece Universal Mechanics Tool Set.
Plus, Pyramex Cap Style 4 Point Snap Lock Suspension Hard Hat.
And, AmazonBasics AA Performance Alkaline Batteries (48 Count) - Packaging May Vary.
Here, Samsung UN65MU6300FXZA 65" 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2017 Model) Plus Terk Cut-the-Cord HD Digital TV Tuner and Recorder 16GB Hook-Up Bundle.
BONUS: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator.
Think Twice
About communism.
From Laura M. Nicolae, at the Harvard Crimson, "100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice":
From Laura M. Nicolae, at the Harvard Crimson, "100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice":
"My father left behind his parents, friends, and neighbors in the hope of finding freedom. I know his story because it is my heritage; you now know his story because I have a voice. One hundred million other people were silenced." https://t.co/qgSm47yOMZ @lauramnic pic.twitter.com/AhAhPEvgQf
— Victims of Communism (@VoCommunism) November 21, 2017
In 1988, my twenty-six-year-old father jumped off a train in the middle of Hungary with nothing but the clothes on his back. For the next two years, he fled an oppressive Romanian Communist regime that would kill him if they ever laid hands on him again.Keep reading.
My father ran from a government that beat, tortured, and brainwashed its citizens. His childhood friend disappeared after scrawling an insult about the dictator on the school bathroom wall. His neighbors starved to death from food rations designed to combat “obesity.” As the population dwindled, women were sent to the hospital every month to make sure they were getting pregnant.
My father’s escape journey eventually led him to the United States. He moved to the Midwest and married a Romanian woman who had left for America the minute the regime collapsed. Today, my parents are doctors in quiet, suburban Kansas. Both of their daughters go to Harvard. They are the lucky ones.
Roughly 100 million people died at the hands of the ideology my parents escaped. They cannot tell their story. We owe it to them to recognize that this ideology is not a fad, and their deaths are not a joke.
Last month marked 100 years since the Bolshevik Revolution, though college culture would give you precisely the opposite impression. Depictions of communism on campus paint the ideology as revolutionary or idealistic, overlooking its authoritarian violence. Instead of deepening our understanding of the world, the college experience teaches us to reduce one of the most destructive ideologies in human history to a one-dimensional, sanitized narrative.
Walk around campus, and you’re likely to spot Ché Guevara on a few shirts and button pins. A sophomore jokes that he’s declared a secondary in “communist ideology and implementation.” The new Leftist Club on campus seeks “a modern perspective” on Marx and Lenin to “alleviate the stigma around the concept of Leftism.” An author laments in these pages that it’s too difficult to meet communists here. For many students, casually endorsing communism is a cool, edgy way to gripe about the world.
After spending four years on a campus saturated with Marxist memes and jokes about communist revolutions, my classmates will graduate with the impression that communism represents a light-hearted critique of the status quo, rather than an empirically violent philosophy that destroyed millions of lives.
Statistics show that young Americans are indeed oblivious to communism’s harrowing past. According to a YouGov poll, only half of millennials believe that communism was a problem, and about a third believe that President George W. Bush killed more people than Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who killed 20 million. If you ask millennials how many people communism killed, 75 percent will undershoot.
Perhaps before joking about communist revolutions, we should remember that Stalin’s secret police tortured “traitors” in secret prisons by sticking needles under their fingernails or beating them until their bones were broken. Lenin seized food from the poor, causing a famine in the Soviet Union that induced desperate mothers to eat their own children and peasants to dig up corpses for food. In every country that communism was tried, it resulted in massacres, starvation, and terror.
Communism cannot be separated from oppression; in fact, it depends upon it. In the communist society, the collective is supreme. Personal autonomy is nonexistent. Human beings are simply cogs in a machine tasked with producing utopia; they have no value of their own.
Many in my generation have blurred the reality of communism with the illusion of utopia. I never had that luxury...
CBS and Dish Network Failed to Reach Agreement on New Carriage Deal
My wife's bummed. She watches a lot of TV, and of course CBS has some good prime time programming. She came to me last night and said, "That's a bummer about the CBS blackout." I'm like, "What blackout?" I thought it related to Charlie Rose's firing from CBS, heh. Don't know why we'd lose access to the entire network because of that perv, lol.
At Deadline, "CBS & Its Stations Go Dark On Dish Network As Deal Deadline Passes."
I'm going to watch football today, and CBS has the Chargers on this afternoon, so I'll miss that. Oh well. I'm only now returning to watching pro football, since it looks like the league's going to crack down on the anti-flag protests. The consumer boycotts have definitely had an impact.
At Deadline, "CBS & Its Stations Go Dark On Dish Network As Deal Deadline Passes."
CBS & Its Stations Go Dark On Dish Network As Deal Deadline Passes https://t.co/48ad1RKEEF pic.twitter.com/O1PXuu6i7m— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) November 21, 2017
I'm going to watch football today, and CBS has the Chargers on this afternoon, so I'll miss that. Oh well. I'm only now returning to watching pro football, since it looks like the league's going to crack down on the anti-flag protests. The consumer boycotts have definitely had an impact.
LaVar Ball's Big Con
I feel bad for his boys, especially Lonzo, who's on the Lakers now, and a success in his own right. I wonder how long until Lonzo cuts his dad loose. LaVar's already damaged his other two sons' chances of making to the NBA, and that's not counting LiAngelo's shoplifting arrest in China. Troubles in the family, and it's too bad. Of course, it had to turn political with LaVar not thanking President Trump for his help in securing LiAngelo's release.
Here's Bill Plaschke, at the Los Angeles Times, "The big blowhard: LaVar Ball has made a living off the backs of his children":
Here's Bill Plaschke, at the Los Angeles Times, "The big blowhard: LaVar Ball has made a living off the backs of his children":
LaVar Ball has not stayed in his lane; he's become shameless huckster running a con on the backs of his children https://t.co/aw8GMQx7At
— Bill Plaschke (@BillPlaschke) November 22, 2017
Just in time for the holidays, LaVar Ball has been good enough to advise us on one way to obtain a pair of his company's odd $495 sneakers.More.
The father of UCLA freshman basketball player LiAngelo Ball has spent the last week telling the world his son and fellow Bruins Cody Riley and Jalen Hill didn't really do too much wrong when they were caught shoplifting in three stores during the team's recent trip to China.
They were detained, confined to the country beyond their scheduled departure, released with the help of two presidents, publicly admitted their wrongdoing and are serving an indefinite team suspension.
But according to the family patriarch, a man whose publicity-seeking craziness has been excused because he is a good father, theft isn't that big of a deal.
To ESPN recently, Ball actually said, "It ain't that big of a deal.''
On CNN Monday night, he doubled down on the ignorance, saying, "The way I look at it, OK, [LiAngelo] was shoplifting. He wasn't physical. He returned it. He fessed up to it. … Nobody got hurt.''
Nobody got hurt? Nobody except the three shops from which the kids stole the items, his son's now-depleted team and, most of all, his son's shamed university.
When LaVar Ball said nobody got hurt, he meant LaVar Ball didn't get hurt. While his son was confined by the school to his Hangzhou hotel during the investigation, his father was out hawking shoes in cities as far as two hours away. While his son was watching his team's first game against Georgia Tech while sitting in that hotel, his father was actually in the stands, because who needs the kid on the court when you can peddle a branded T-shirt on TV?
LaVar Ball once seemed like a genius salesman worthy of examination, but in recent months the curtain has been drawn to reveal a shallow and shameless huckster. He once enhanced the Los Angeles sports landscape, but now he only infects it by continuing to bleat messages filled with delusion and disrespect. For someone who once epitomized sexism by telling a female sports-talk show announcer to "Stay in your lane,'' Ball has veered far from his original lane...
Lindsay Shepherd
This is really troubling.
Best thing is, she recorded her inquisition, ha!
At Inside Higher Ed, "The Interrogation of a TA: University president apologizes after recording reveals how a graduate student was questioned over use of a video, which offended at least one student, of debate on nontraditional pronouns."
And the National Post, "Wilfrid Laurier University's president apologizes to Lindsay Shepherd for dressing-down over Jordan Peterson clip."
And watch Ezra Levant, at the Rebel, with excerpts from her recording. It's good:
And at tweet from Jordan Peterson on the abuse he's enduring. It's bad. Really bad:
Best thing is, she recorded her inquisition, ha!
At Inside Higher Ed, "The Interrogation of a TA: University president apologizes after recording reveals how a graduate student was questioned over use of a video, which offended at least one student, of debate on nontraditional pronouns."
And the National Post, "Wilfrid Laurier University's president apologizes to Lindsay Shepherd for dressing-down over Jordan Peterson clip."
And watch Ezra Levant, at the Rebel, with excerpts from her recording. It's good:
And at tweet from Jordan Peterson on the abuse he's enduring. It's bad. Really bad:
Those who consider themselves my enemies have been posting these all around my home neighbourhood. pic.twitter.com/zF3Mc7Imsy
— Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) October 26, 2017
Leeann Tweeden
Following-up, "New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Al Franken."
Franken didn't assault this woman, Leeann Tweeden, but the photo of his mock-fondling her breasts is heavily damaging. And with more women coming forward, it doesn't look good for the guy. He was considered a 2020 prospect for the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination as well.
Heh, too bad.
Ms. Leeann posed on Playboy a while back, and other photos circulating online indicate she's got a huge rack:
Franken didn't assault this woman, Leeann Tweeden, but the photo of his mock-fondling her breasts is heavily damaging. And with more women coming forward, it doesn't look good for the guy. He was considered a 2020 prospect for the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination as well.
Heh, too bad.
Ms. Leeann posed on Playboy a while back, and other photos circulating online indicate she's got a huge rack:
New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Al Franken
He's not up for reelection until 2020, but I don't know if he's going to make that long. The pressure for his resignation is significant, and a Morning Consult poll out yesterday found half saying he should resign.
Not good for Al Franken, at Huff Post:
Not good for Al Franken, at Huff Post:
BREAKING: Two more women accuse Al Franken of inappropriate touching https://t.co/TdTJijO8LV pic.twitter.com/BIuhhadviG
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) November 23, 2017
There are some extremely depressing quotes in this story. https://t.co/S3xoM8aMAB pic.twitter.com/abGtO4OWng
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) November 23, 2017
Piers Morgan Chews Out Dating Guru: ‘You Are A Repulsive Individual’
At Huff Post:
Piers Morgan chews out dating guru: "You are a repulsive individual" https://t.co/t2eRoVb5a8 pic.twitter.com/OVH6eOjtps
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) November 23, 2017
This seduction expert thinks British women are 'overweight' and 'entitled'
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) November 22, 2017
Watch the full debate: https://t.co/vuw078VG5o @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/Xfc21gRb6C
Republican Congressman Joe Barton Apologizes for Rude Nude Selfie
Well this kind of thing isn't so great for your career.
And, the issue for some is whether the good congressman is a victim of "revenge" porn. See this thread, "Earlier today Texas Tribune posted a story concerning Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis) that he issued an apology statement after it was learned a graphic image of him nude (apparently showing his penis), was circulating via social media."
And at the Texas Tribune:
And from Elise Viebeck, of the Washington Post:
And, the issue for some is whether the good congressman is a victim of "revenge" porn. See this thread, "Earlier today Texas Tribune posted a story concerning Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis) that he issued an apology statement after it was learned a graphic image of him nude (apparently showing his penis), was circulating via social media."
And at the Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton has apologized for a graphic nude photo of him that circulated online. https://t.co/6JuABqgUEA pic.twitter.com/mWIOYQJ7S6
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 22, 2017
And from Elise Viebeck, of the Washington Post:
Rep. Joe Barton said he would report his lover to the Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life, w/ @mikedebonis: https://t.co/e4hcofGnA6
— Elise Viebeck (@eliseviebeck) November 23, 2017
Here's what @RepJoeBarton told his lover when she learned he was involved with other women. He doesn't leave much out. pic.twitter.com/xOyS5BI5qd
— Elise Viebeck (@eliseviebeck) November 23, 2017
Worth noting that the woman says she and Barton would text for hours, including when he was in committee meetings and on the House floor: pic.twitter.com/J359oRdzZY
— Elise Viebeck (@eliseviebeck) November 23, 2017
For those wondering about the revenge porn issue: good question. We listened to the tape. Barton brought up the Capitol Police because he was mad the woman learned about and was making contact with his other lovers. She was mad; he brought up the idea of an investigation.
— Elise Viebeck (@eliseviebeck) November 23, 2017
Here's what Barton had to say about it: pic.twitter.com/4UtoZ4OABt
— Elise Viebeck (@eliseviebeck) November 23, 2017
Finally, to sign off: if you were inappropriately propositioned by Rep. Barton or another member of Congress, we'd like to hear your story. Email us at mike.debonis@washpost.com and elise.viebeck@washpost.com.
— Elise Viebeck (@eliseviebeck) November 23, 2017
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Los Angeles 'Travel Crunch' (VIDEO)
Wasn't too bad driving home this afternoon from work, but these videos of the L.A. traffic are murder.
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Nice Samantha Hoopes
Ms. Samantha's wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
We can all be thankful for this new @SamanthaHoopes video! https://t.co/V8woksEWM6 pic.twitter.com/4kmeb1Xfvx
— SI Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) November 21, 2017
The Soft Bigotry of School Discipline Reform
This is an amazing piece, at the Fordham Institute:
More at the link.
Simon Whitehead, a former teacher, gives his take on why not all forms of #school #discipline reform are working: https://t.co/Kw24DiPpih
— Fordham Institute (@educationgadfly) November 22, 2017
I am here today because I am very worried about the direction some of our urban and suburban schools are taking.He's right. This is the main problem with our schools. I deal with these things all the time. I'm lucky I'm not white. Seriously. I hate to do it, but I can turn the race card around on anyone who makes any issue about race. It's too easy for progressives to scream "racism." But I'll throw it back in their faces. Ideology has taken over public education. I'm fighting a tough battle, and sometimes I find myself going too easy on my students, because I get tired of playing campus cop all the time, 24/7. But unless you keep up a unified front, things happen, and it takes a cascade of disruptive behavior to remind you you've got to maintain high standards. You have no idea sometimes. (I'd like to retire, in fact, but it's just not happening any time soon, and it's for precisely these reasons).
Over the past four to five years, there have been strong expectations to discipline students differently depending on their race. We were told that too many students of color were being suspended and this looked bad, especially in the case of African American boys. This was definitely the case in Minneapolis.
However well-intended, this policy actually disrespects a whole class of students by lowering the expectations for their behavior, their work ethic, and inevitably their academic progress. When students walk though my classroom door, I have high expectations for them—no matter what they look like.
Another great area of concern is that students are now increasingly emboldened to get together and collaborate to “get teachers in trouble.” Those teachers can lose their jobs and their entire careers. The teachers who tend to be targets are those who have a more traditional way of teaching. By this I mean holding all students to high expectations—such as punctuality, respectful behavior, teamwork, good work ethic, following school rules, politeness, meeting deadlines—and providing consequences for not reaching those high standards.
This has led, in my opinion, to a generation of teachers who are “walking on eggshells,” trying very hard to not say anything or do anything that might remotely get them reported. I believe that many teachers now turn a blind eye to school policies not popular with students: they inflate grades, ignore dress codes violations, don’t give deadlines for handing work in, and put up with bad behavior that would previously had prompted disciplinary action. It is a culmination of these “little expectations” that has led to an erosion of the overall school climate of academic rigor, as well as an erosion of student and staff safety. In addition, if there’s a student exhibiting significantly bad behavior, many teachers feel helpless because they know that a behavior referral will be fruitless; assistant principals will return that student to the same classroom that day or the next day. Order in the classroom deteriorates, and learning suffers.
When you have given twenty-five years to teaching city kids, it hurts to be called a racist, as I have been many times. It’s upsetting to be verbally abused on a daily or even hourly basis, and in some cases even physically abused.
What other profession has to tolerate this?
This is a key reason why we are losing great teachers.
I like to think I ran a pretty tight ship. I like to think that we got a lot of learning done in fifty minutes. I would teach up to two hundred students a day. I was the head varsity coach of two sports in my school. I was in the hallways every day, passing time, keeping order and greeting students. But under the current conditions, I cannot and will not teach any longer in Minneapolis.
African American students will never reach their full potential when they are getting conflicting messages from radical activists who tell them they are, and will be, victims of discrimination, who promote the ideology of white privilege (code for “you have no chance”), and who get them all riled up and angry in school so that they’re protesting at every opportunity. It is tough to learn when you are angry.
These students need to hear the same strong, uplifting, and positive message from teachers, parents, counselors, principals, and district administrators that they can achieve success with hard work, dedication, and determination...
More at the link.
Beware the Rape Allegation Bandwagon
Folks have been warning about the radical left's virtue signaling on the sexual harassment allegations train. All aboard! You too --- #MeToo --- can make bogus accusations of sexual assault, and bring down your powerful ideological enemies!
There's obviously a real problem going on right now, but just this afternoon I learned of the progressive journalist Jordan Chariton's firing by Cenk Uygur at the Young Turks. This looks like total scam, a scheme hatched to destroy this guy, with the Young Turks throwing the dude under the bus faster than you can say "perv!" (See Politico, "‘Young Turks’ reporter vows to sue over his firing.")
And this reminds me of Michelle Malkin's piece from last month, "#MeToo May Exaggerate Prevalence of Sex Crimes":
There's obviously a real problem going on right now, but just this afternoon I learned of the progressive journalist Jordan Chariton's firing by Cenk Uygur at the Young Turks. This looks like total scam, a scheme hatched to destroy this guy, with the Young Turks throwing the dude under the bus faster than you can say "perv!" (See Politico, "‘Young Turks’ reporter vows to sue over his firing.")
And this reminds me of Michelle Malkin's piece from last month, "#MeToo May Exaggerate Prevalence of Sex Crimes":
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 18, 2017
#MeToo" is the social media meme of the moment. In a 24-hour period, the phrase was tweeted nearly a half million times and posted on Facebook 12 million times. Spearheaded by actress Alyssa Milano in the wake of Hollyweird's Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, women have flooded social media with their own long-buried accounts of being pestered, groped or assaulted by rapacious male predators in the workplace.Keep reading.
Count me out.
It's one thing to break down cultural stigmas constructively, but the #MeToo movement is collectivist virtue signaling of a very perilous sort. The New York Times heralded the phenomenon with multiple articles "to show how commonplace sexual assault and harassment are." The Washington Post credited #MeToo with making "the scale of sexual abuse go viral." And actress Emily Ratajkowski declared at a Marie Claire magazine's women's conference on Monday:
"The most important response to #metoo is 'I believe you.'"
No. I do not believe every woman who is now standing up to "share her story" or "tell her truth." I owe no blind allegiance to any other woman simply because we share the same pronoun. Assertions are not truths until they are established as facts and corroborated with evidence. Timing, context, motives and manner all matter.
Because I reserve the right to vet the claims of individual sexual assault complainants instead of championing them all knee-jerk and wholesale as "victims," I've been scolded as insensitive and inhumane.
"TIMING DOES NOT MATTER," a Twitter user named Meg Yarbrough fumed. "What matters is what is best for EACH INDIVIDUAL victim. You should be ashamed of yourself."
CNN anchor Jake Tapper informed me, "People coming forward should be applauded." But applauding people for "coming forward" is not a journalistic tenet. It's an advocacy tenet. Tapper responded that he was expressing the sentiment as a "human being not as a journalist." Last time I checked, humans have brains. The Weinstein scandal is not an excuse to turn them off and abdicate a basic responsibility to assess the credibility of accusers. It's an incontrovertible fact that not all accusers' claims are equal.
Some number of harrowing encounters described by Weinstein's accusers and the #MeToo hashtag activists no doubt occurred. But experience and scientific literature show us that a significant portion of these allegations will turn out to be half-truths, exaggerations or outright fabrications. That's not victim-blaming. It's reality-checking.
It is irresponsible for news outlets to extrapolate how “commonplace” sexual abuse is based on hashtag trends spread by celebrities, anonymous claimants and bots. The role of the press should be verification, not validation. Instead of interviewing activist actresses, reporters should be interviewing bona fide experts...
“The most important response to #metoo is ‘I believe you’ 🙏” @emrata @marieclaire #powertrip pic.twitter.com/ftP7yLIF1Z— meika hollender (@missmeiks) October 17, 2017
Pre-Thanksgiving Shopping
It's that time of year again.
It'll be "Black Friday" day after tomorrow, which officially kicks off the scrambling holiday shopping season. I don't blog for money, but I'd be lying if I didn't say how much I appreciate the reader support over this last year or so of my Amazon book blogging. I'm having a lot of fun. I'm reading more these days than I have since graduate school. Reader purchases help finance my book addiction. It's healthy for me, since I don't get bogged down in all the political and ideological hatred online. I don't watch the news anymore, in any case, as I've noted many times now. So, thanks again. I hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving and a relaxing weekend. Shoot, you might as well watch a little NFL football. All of those Colin Kaepernick protests have hammered the league, so the boycott message has definitely gotten through. Just enjoy. Don't watch the anthem, though, lol. Tune in after the kickoff.
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It'll be "Black Friday" day after tomorrow, which officially kicks off the scrambling holiday shopping season. I don't blog for money, but I'd be lying if I didn't say how much I appreciate the reader support over this last year or so of my Amazon book blogging. I'm having a lot of fun. I'm reading more these days than I have since graduate school. Reader purchases help finance my book addiction. It's healthy for me, since I don't get bogged down in all the political and ideological hatred online. I don't watch the news anymore, in any case, as I've noted many times now. So, thanks again. I hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving and a relaxing weekend. Shoot, you might as well watch a little NFL football. All of those Colin Kaepernick protests have hammered the league, so the boycott message has definitely gotten through. Just enjoy. Don't watch the anthem, though, lol. Tune in after the kickoff.
In any case, at Amazon, Today's Deals.
See especially, Atlin Snorkel Mask [Full Face] for Adults, Teens and Kids, GoPro Compatible Snorkeling Swimming & Underwater Mask with 180° Panoramic View Anti-Fog, Anti-Leak with Adjustable Head Straps.
And, Buck Knives 0863BRS SELKIRK Fixed Blade Survival Knife with Fire Striker and Sheath.
More, Car Concealed Seat Back Gun Rack to Hold 3 Rifles. (In stock on November 25, 2017 - Order it now!)
Still more, AmazonBasics AA Performance Alkaline Batteries (48 Count) - Packaging May Vary.
Plus, AmazonBasics Lightning to USB A Cable - Apple MFi Certified - Black - 6 Feet /1.8 Meters.
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Masha Gessen Will See Everything Through the Prism of Authoritarianism
I don't have time right now, and will try to watch later, but I'll bet yesterday's Monday's press conference with Sarah Sanders wasn't as bad as Masha Gessen makes out. Gessen's a defector from Putin's Russia, though, and she's also a radical left-wing lesbian, so you can imagine where her ideological affinities lay.
I'll try to follow up, but read this from the perspective of someone who viscerally hates the president and his "minions."
At the New Yorker:
I'll try to follow up, but read this from the perspective of someone who viscerally hates the president and his "minions."
At the New Yorker:
In which the journalists took part in the awfulness. The Degrading Ritual of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Pre-Thanksgiving Press Briefing https://t.co/Z7E9xwuJlB— masha gessen (@mashagessen) November 22, 2017
Beautiful Kelly Brook
I've been neglecting this luscious lady. My bad!
On Twitter:
On Twitter:
🕵🏻👄🖤 pic.twitter.com/7ZkTN34dhL
— Kelly Brook (@IAMKELLYBROOK) November 3, 2017
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Charlie Rose Fired by CBS, Dropped by PBS, After Sexual Harassment Allegations
At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Charlie Rose fired by CBS, and PBS drops his talk show over sexual harassment allegations."
And don't miss Norah O'Donnell's comments from this morning's broadcast, below:
And don't miss Norah O'Donnell's comments from this morning's broadcast, below:
Charlie Rose fired by CBS and PBS drops his talk show over sexual harassment allegations https://t.co/POnAOxpgu6 pic.twitter.com/RXHchNyscX
— San Diego Union-Tribune (@sdut) November 21, 2017
Here is the statement I made at the top of the show on @CBSThisMorning: pic.twitter.com/uAO5yV3wV7
— Norah O'Donnell🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) November 21, 2017
Just....... wow. https://t.co/DwsVEFnkBC
— Liz Habib (@LizHabib) November 21, 2017
Eiza Gonzalez at Baby2Baby Gala in Los Angeles
She's a beauty!
Are we more happy Eiza Gonzalez might be the next Catwoman or that she's showing off her huge cleavage? https://t.co/OUHPGDsYpN pic.twitter.com/ER12KF4WCF
— Egotastic! (@egotastic) November 18, 2017
So utterly impressed by what @baby2baby has achieved. Thank you so much for making me part of… https://t.co/bQTvcJLbav
— Eiza Gonzalez Reyna (@eizamusica) November 12, 2017
Demi Rose in Revealing Gold Gown
At London's Daily Mail, "Demi Rose comes dangerously close to a wardrobe malfunction in VERY revealing gold gown as she hops to her second party of the night in London."
And at Drunken Stepfather, "Demi Rose - House of CB Christmas Dinner in London."
And at Drunken Stepfather, "Demi Rose - House of CB Christmas Dinner in London."
Demi Rose comes dangerously close to a wardrobe malfunction in VERY revealing gold gown https://t.co/iYscqBOt3X
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) November 21, 2017
NFL Owners Mull Keeping Players in Locker Room During National Anthem
Well, you'd think? At WaPo, "NFL owners could change anthem policy next season if protests continue":
NFL owners could change the league's national anthem policy for next season, by having players remain in the locker room until after the anthem, if the protests continue all this season... https://t.co/vFI2zvOYoD— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) November 21, 2017
Some NFL owners believe there is a strong possibility they will enact an offseason change to the league’s national anthem policy if players’ protests during the anthem persist through the end of this season, reverting to a previous approach of keeping players in the locker room while the anthem is played, according to several people familiar with the league’s inner workings.More.
“I think that if players are still kneeling at the end of the year, then it could very well happen,” said one person familiar with the owners’ deliberations on anthem-related issues.
That person said it was “too early to tell” for certain if the change to the anthem policy will be made by owners and the league. The person was “not sure” if a formal vote of the owners would be required to enact such a change but said, “I think most owners would support it, particularly if players continue to kneel this season.”
Those sentiments were echoed by several others with knowledge of the owners’ thinking on the matter. They said they did not know at this point exactly how many owners would favor such an approach, and they cautioned that there have been no detailed discussions yet about leaving teams and players in the locker room for the anthem because owners did not consider it appropriate to make an in-season change to the policy...
Monday, November 20, 2017
Danielle Gersh's Monday and Tuesday Forecast
Here's the lovely Ms. Danielle from this morning. I missed the fantastic Ms. Jennifer Delacruz this weekend, for some reason. My bad.
It was chilly when I left home this morning around 7:40am, so this is accurate, for sure. Nice in the evening when I left work though.
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
It was chilly when I left home this morning around 7:40am, so this is accurate, for sure. Nice in the evening when I left work though.
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Eight Women Accuse Charlie Rose of Sexual Harassment
I don't watch news anymore, but I'll still catch tidbits of CBS This Morning now and then, especially if my wife has it on. Charlie Rose is really one of the last on my list to suspect of predatory behavior. I don't care either way. He's pretty left-wing, and not my ideological soulmate, by any measure. Still, I'm blown away by how far and intense this sexual purge (reckoning?) has gone. It's freakin' major.
Here's the blockbuster report, at WaPo, "Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls":
This is major, major. Man.
Also at Memeorandum.
Here's the blockbuster report, at WaPo, "Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls":
Rose used the shower technique, just like Weinstein. Did these guys share stories or something? https://t.co/ZA1LOj6lWp https://t.co/Sd69TZviZ3— Kim Priestap (@kimpriestap) November 20, 2017
Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas.Keep reading.
The women were employees or aspired to work for Rose at the “Charlie Rose” show from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011. They ranged in age from 21 to 37 at the time of the alleged encounters. Rose, 75, whose show airs on PBS, also co-hosts “CBS This Morning” and is a contributing correspondent for “60 Minutes.”
There are striking commonalities in the accounts of the women, each of whom described their interactions with Rose in multiple interviews with The Post. For all of the women, reporters interviewed friends, colleagues or family members who said the women had confided in them about aspects of the incidents. Three of the eight spoke on the record.
Five of the women spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of Rose’s stature in the industry, his power over their careers or what they described as his volatile temper.
“In my 45 years in journalism, I have prided myself on being an advocate for the careers of the women with whom I have worked,” Rose said in a statement provided to The Post. “Nevertheless, in the past few days, claims have been made about my behavior toward some former female colleagues.
“It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings, even though I now realize I was mistaken.
“I have learned a great deal as a result of these events, and I hope others will too. All of us, including me, are coming to a newer and deeper recognition of the pain caused by conduct in the past, and have come to a profound new respect for women and their lives.”
Most of the women said Rose alternated between fury and flattery in his interactions with them. Five described Rose putting his hand on their legs, sometimes their upper thigh, in what they perceived as a test to gauge their reactions. Two said that while they were working for Rose at his residences or were traveling with him on business, he emerged from the shower and walked naked in front of them. One said he groped her buttocks at a staff party.
Reah Bravo was an intern and then associate producer for Rose’s PBS show beginning in 2007. In interviews, she described unwanted sexual advances while working for Rose at his private waterfront estate in Bellport, N.Y., and while traveling with him in cars, in a hotel suite and on a private plane.
“It has taken 10 years and a fierce moment of cultural reckoning for me to understand these moments for what they were,” she told The Post. “He was a sexual predator, and I was his victim.”
Kyle Godfrey-Ryan, one of Rose’s assistants in the mid-2000s, recalled at least a dozen instances where Rose walked nude in front of her while she worked in one of his New York City homes. He also repeatedly called the then-21-year-old late at night or early in the morning to describe his fantasies of her swimming naked in the Bellport pool as he watched from his bedroom, she said.
“It feels branded into me, the details of it,” Godfrey-Ryan said.
She said she told Yvette Vega, Rose’s longtime executive producer, about the calls.
“I explained how he inappropriately spoke to me during those times,” Godfrey-Ryan said. “She would just shrug and just say, ‘That’s just Charlie being Charlie.’ ”
In a statement to The Post, Vega said she should have done more to protect the young women on the show.
“I should have stood up for them,” said Vega, 52, who has worked with Rose since the show was created in 1991. “I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.”
Godfrey-Ryan said that when Rose learned she had confided to a mutual friend about his conduct, he fired her...
This is major, major. Man.
Also at Memeorandum.
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