There's got to be some way to measure self righteousness as a predictor of eventual guilt. pic.twitter.com/GWGBhkMqq0
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 5, 2017
Exclusive: A dozen sources tell me that longtime FNC host Eric Bolling sent lewd text messages to women colleagues. https://t.co/dW7XW0EFHS
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 5, 2017
This is a frank and uninhibited era, in which a man must abjure putting it all in the shop window. Rest assured any woman who wants to see your very special pictures will not be too shy to ask…
Breaking: Per Fox News Spokesperson, Eric Bolling has been suspended. An investigation will be conducted by law firm Paul Weiss. https://t.co/CvQmYzfU4O
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 5, 2017
Pity the Paul Weiss summer associate who has to catalog pics of Eric Bolling's sad pud. https://t.co/QV7XQzoH8i
— Sigh Hersh (@Ugarles) August 5, 2017
Eric's firing will be remembered as the Bolling Ween Massacre. https://t.co/uYPO3ylf6I
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) August 5, 2017
I remember reading that sexual predators tend to cluster bc most neighborhoods reject them.
This helps explain Fox News.
— Local Milk Grudge (@grudging1) August 6, 2017
Quinerly
OT….interesting piece from Digby’s site: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/maybe-they-are-laughing-at-us-by.html
Baud
Way to sex shame, AL.
NotMax
“We will conduct a long and hard probe into Mr. Bolling.”
chopper
@NotMax:
come on, haven’t we all pulled a few boners in our day?
Major Major Major Major
Well, I’m off to San Francisco. High school reunion: accomplished! Will submit On The Road pictures tonight :)
bago
Of all of the women I slept with, only one wanted a dick pick.
NotMax
@chopper
“Classic” Batman: #1 — #2.
;)
Frankensteinbeck
@NotMax:
You got to those before I could! It’s good to know Balloon Juice respects the classics.
p.a.
Do they make macro adapters for phonecams?
Sister Golden Bear
There seems to be this common thread of exposure among Fox News hosts and executives. Some source say the evidence is tiny. Others say the truth is so grotesque that what is seen cannot be unseen.
The true test is whether they can erect a firm defense, one that will stand up in court. While it would be premature to speculate, the flaccid support they’ve gotten from the new Fox management suggests their defense will deflate, leaving them feeling frustrated at the rapidly diminishing possiblities of release.
Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)
@NotMax: So Mark Hamilton has a personal army of Freddie clones in his basement?
zhena gogolia
I can tell this thread is not leading anywhere good . . . .
DCrefugee
@NotMax: “We must keep mounting an offensive to penetrate any crack in his defenses so we can to lay to rest his dominant position.” – G. Carlin
Baud
@bago:
How Lorena Bobbitt.
Gin & Tonic
@Sister Golden Bear: Going for quantity, are we?
PaulWartenberg
What was it like before the advent of camera phones and data service?
These were the guys hanging out in public parks exposing themselves.
The only thing that’s changed has been the delivery method. Which is nice, because it leaves a better trail of evidence.
PaulWartenberg
@Sister Golden Bear:
…
you just HAD to do that…
PaulWartenberg
@Gin & Tonic:
It sure as hell ain’t the QUALITY!
ding7777
OT question. Since the House has adjourned can Trump ignore the Sentate’s pro forma sessions and force the Senate to adjourn?
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Baud
@ding7777: Recess is different from adjournment.
lollipopguild
@Gin & Tonic: And Quality!
bystander
I’ve tried to follow the Bolling story but the information just comes in spurts. I wish we could get one long solid piece.
efgoldman
Seriously (only because I can’t think of any really bad puns) that these hideous sleazebags know they can get away with it for months or years.
But this is the 21st century. A picture or more ALWAYS gets out. Just not soon enough.
And they also know that like most abuse victims, the ::ahem:: “objects of their affection” won’t say anything for a long time, and no-one wants to be the first. In a place like Faux, careers and large salaries are also on the line.
ETA: There must be an Onion headline coming something like “Fox Anchor Always Acted Properly, Women Journos Say”
ding7777
@Baud: thanks
bystander
Also, too, if Weiner is a predictor about men who expose themselves unbidden, there’s a certain insecurity seeking validation but I just can’t get a handle on it.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Major Major Major Major:
Now I feel so inadequate, I’m still working on my Milky Way pics. ???
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: The other thing is that, once one person comes forward, lots of others come out of the woodwork.
Shep Smith.
lollipopguild
I am sure information will continue to dribble out.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@?BillinGlendaleCA: …and I’m off to another photo shoot tonight.
Immanentize
@PaulWartenberg:
Seriously — that was Polaroid’s business model
Felonius Monk
This gives dicktation a hole new meaning.
ETA: I guess this is now done with a dicktafone and that makes guys like Bolling dicktators.
Immanentize
@Omnes Omnibus:
Towards women?
schrodingers_cat
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Milky Way or something else?
Omnes Omnibus
@Immanentize: He is the only person over there who seems to uphold any standards.
schrodingers_cat
@Omnes Omnibus: IIRC, he is gay.
Major Major Major Major
@?BillinGlendaleCA: good luck! Or whatever!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@schrodingers_cat: Something else…Downtown LA from above Dodger Stadium. There’s almost a full moon out tonight so the Milky Way won’t be visible. I got a new filter(red intensifier) a week or so ago and could see tiny parts of the Milky Way in a shot of DTLA from above Glendale on a somewhat hazy night.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodingers_cat: I know.
Major Major Major Major
@schrodingers_cat: @Omnes Omnibus: glass closet though, right? Or is he out now?
Omnes Omnibus
@Major Major Major Major: I don’t pay a lot of attention to this, so I assume that, if I know, he is out. But I really don’t know.
eclare
@Quinerly: How is your eye? Hope it’s better!
schrodingers_cat
@Major Major Major Major: I don’t watch Fox, but I think he did make an announcement on air a short while ago. I remember reading about it.
Major Major Major Major
@schrodingers_cat: oh, I think you’re right actually.
Quinerly
@eclare:
A lot better today. Pain through the night that was rather startling. Then “poof” around 9 AM and mostly gone. Thanks for asking.
opiejeanne
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I still need to send in my Wyoming photos. As if I’m sooo busy these days.
J R in WV
@Quinerly:
I damaged a cornea walking in the woods before dawn with two friends, remote national forest land, early winter. It was intended to be scouting for deer season the next day.
They helped me walk out of the woods, and as we staggered in near darkness I decided to ask them to drive back to the nearest town. A stick got behind my glasses. Painful, especially walking out, but no real harm done. Hunting trip over before it began.
Now, 40 years later, I see OK for a guy wearing glasses since first grade.
Glad you feel better already!
I confess to using tears to moisten my eyes a couple of times each night. Sometimes during the day, not always tho. Aging is terrible, except for the alternative. gripe, gripe, growl…
ETA add details.
Quinerly
@J R in WV:
Thanks!