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Harking back to the NYC doorman, Ronan Farrow contributed a recent piece in the New Yorker focusing on the hush money case and specifically the doorman. Anyone familiar with Farrow might agree he is in a separate, more reasonable category from the hysterical talking heads on cable TV and YouTube. His article is a sanity check the hush money indictment is not the nothing-burger that too many Dems and RINO's are admitting they believe it is. When I think back to Farrow's book Catch and Kill I tend to not trust where these sound bites that throw cold water on DA Brag are coming from. Not that I suggest opening up some conspiracy rabbit hole, but rather to remind we've been lied to before, by NBC for example. Read Catch and Kill ! You'll have a deeper understanding of these players involved in the indictment, plus much more, e.g. the Harvey Weinstein cover up. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-hush-money-payments-that-may-decide-trumps-legal-fate?utm_campaign=falcon_FCzP&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=tny&mbid=social_twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Finally, I think highly of Ronan Farrow. I expect his mother and his husband are both very proud of him.

Though smaller potatoes I'm looking forward to the Rudy & Sydney Show

America needs to start taxing religion. It's total BS. But back to the Minneapolis. I escaped that place 20+ years ago and will never return. The people are too quirky for me and that's putting it nicely. They deserve having a Muslim horn blowing in their ears at all hours. One man's opinion.

The suggestion that the Wisconsin election is a warning to the GOP reminds me the night Obama won the first time, how the mainstream media predicted the times are changing for the GOP, that demographics heavily favor the Dems in years to come. Do we know how wrong that prediction was? There were many, many Obama counties in the Midwest where now the pendulum has swung so far to the right it seems stuck there. A lot of pundits try to explain what is going on with these voters. Bless them for trying. What scares me the most (and maybe this is part of our modern voting behavior) is how many Bernicrats thought Trump was clearly a better choice vs. Hillary Clinton and to a lesser degree with Biden vs. Trump. My nephew was attending U of Iowa in Iowa City (which is a very Blue place) when Biden ran. Obviously Biden was unpopular in Iowa. But I was shocked when my nephew parroted how strong the mistrust of centrist Dems, that when Bernie Sanders lost the nomination, his belief how Trump was as good a choice as any of the rest of the Dems. For example he definitely reflected the trend to hate on Buttigieg. Perhaps that is just an anomaly, how Buttigieg is gay, the lefties feel betrayed he is not positioned at the far left end of the teeter totter, just hanging on by his fingertip, where they believe all gays ought to be. But back to Wisconsin, if their Supremes can fix their gerrymandering problem, then yes the GOP might be a little worried. Beyond that, I wouldn't bet the farm on voting behavior.

Amazon Prime recommended it. I avoided paying for it before. I'm not attracted to Eichner's schtick. But now BROS is included with my membership. So I watched this morning. The reason I tire easily of Eichner is also the main theme of the movie: gay men that are a loud, whiny construct that have no off switch. Big surprise. Still, that theme would have been more entertaining if Eichner remembered that less is more. We still would have got it. That said, I loved Luke McFarland, Bowen Yang and Deborah Messing, plus a bunch of other funny supporting characters and clever jokes. Lot of good stuff. A well made movie that could have been better without Eichner playing himself.

Pence looks stunning He would need to keep sweeping up a lot of breadcrumbs to afford that shiny look!

A lot of tough men have been brought to tears by his arrest, tis true, that the Dems have pursued their champion over a mere fling with a woman, which Trump is known to deny ever happened. Such is the Repub's MO, totally forgetting their pursuit of Clinton over the blue dress.

Mary Renault portrayed same-sex affection and love in her books, although there were limits on what publishers allowed. The Last of the Wine (1956) portrays three instances when Alexias and Lysis made love. In The King Must Die and Bull From the Sea, the hero Theseus is not portrayed as homosexual yet being with another man was strongly suggested at least twice. It was within is nature in the right situation. These two books describe certain gay men and women characters as heroic. Her writing was so beautifully subtle and symbolic that some readers refuse to interpret a young man's attraction to another was more than a strong bond of loyalty. Renault and her partner lived in South Africa to avoid trouble at home in England. I recall her books were published in the States.

Whether or not true, 😉the NYC doorman paid off to kill the story about out-of-wedlock baby should have held out for more.

What if it's about hush money paid to 3 hookers, or 5 hookers. I wonder if Trump had a nice gaslighting session with Melania, to convince all the women listed in the indictment never saw his little winkie. If the payments broke multiple laws such as election law, tax fraud, tax evasion, money laundering what have you, that can result in a felony. (Sad trombone) Martha Stewart and Leona Helmsley did time. Why not Trump?

Could it be Trump's mother's fault? I wonder if she riled him, that he'll need to try hard, to compensate for that little toadstool winkie of his. But with MAGA Repubs, it's almost too easy for him.

Enough of the pvssies and weak little b!tches. Bring back the real GOP men. Just make sure they haven't fiddled with boys.

People blaming Buttigieg for supply chain problems don't understand supply chain theory. Yet why would anyone expect the MAGA crowd to get schooled on that or any other subject matter. Buttigieg is young and smart but the Bernicrats are already coming out of the woodwork again claiming he is a warmongering wolf in sheep's clothing and a failure on East Palestine. I'm tired of the lib-tards sh!tting on Pete and ready to surrender to the obvious. Biden needs to run again. He'll probably beat Trump.

Lately Santos is accused of being involved in an ATM skimming operation. Yet, do all his lies, cheating and stealing compare to Trump and his Org?

Does seem like his problems aren't nearly over. Will Murdoch ultimately fire someone? Bartiromo? Carlson? For now, the fake news chickens have come home to roost.

He has a patreon and does a lot of live vlogs. Lives up in Seattle area. Very funny, clever nice guy.

A great movie that I love was ignored by Outfest. I assume their woke police did not want to risk triggering the audience. That was a shame. The woke changes to West Side Story were too many. I still like the film, but the new version went overboard. Might have been better just to fix the obvious problems.

This thread discussed further back the no-hijacking rule over at the other site and also discussed the recent thread being locked. I just looked at that thread. The OP wanted to discuss hiring straight escorts. Sadly, members chose to be triggered by it rather than focusing on what the OP wanted to discuss. One can see where that ended up. Generally there are enough scatterbrained members alone as well as those that have zero empathy (let's talk about everything I know and fuck all what you want) that the "no-hijacking" rule was a worthy guideline. I used to try steering back to the OP to help out. I guess I have at least an ounce of empathy. But I was one of the boycotters last year and like Sukrates did, I ultimately dropped off that Forum. I spend the time that I used to burn over there by listening to political blogs on YouTube such as Bryan Tyler Cohen; Ben Meisales on MidasTouch; and a lesser known but very clever guy from NYC David Feldman. If not for David Feldman I wouldn't know Ann Coulter's term for Nicky Haley, "BabyCakes". But back to the OP, I agree with NYNakedTop, that forum was fertile ground for members coming from conspiracy sites to spread QAnon (and Kremlin IMO) talking points. What good does it do to engage them? Little or none.

I was way off on a picture of several parked cars. I judged by the year of the model car. The picture was much later.

I got blocked from posting in the Politics room on CompanyofMen last Fall. I had pushed back on particular QAnon/Kremlin talking points and got blamed by others for making it too personal. Fine, I was burning up too much time there anyway. I keep in touch with individual members off site. I hope to see them in PS this April. I found other sites where I spend more time and enjoy more commeraderie.

I'm leaving this board. My last reminder about TJ, is his post where allowed to use the N word.

Fox gave him grief about taking leave. One might wonder whether Pete and family are missing their spacious home in South Bend. Apartment life in DC must be a huge change for his hubby and dogs.

I haven't read her book but, from your post, might we assume she'd work for Buttigieg if he runs in 2024? I hope he does.

R.H. Don't hold back about it. 🤭

Buttigieg was recently on 60 Minutes. He was awesome. Anderson Cooper interviewed. Buttigieg still comes across as capable and a clever man. I wonder how long he'll remain as Sec. Of Transportation and if he'll run in 2024.