By David Futrelle
Another day, another batch of atrocities and embarrassments, from Donald Trump challenging his secretary of state to a public IQ-test bakeoff to the release of a vomit-inducing tape of Harvey Weinstein demonstrating his, er, pickup technique.
Let’s start with that one, huh, because it’s somehow even worse than it sounds — so much so that you may want to think twice before listening to it.
Weinstein, in conversation with Gutierrez, admits to groping her. Here’s the audio: https://t.co/zSQbK5NV0c pic.twitter.com/vmrrSUp43w
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 10, 2017
You can’t help but wonder how many dozens if not hundreds of times Weinstein has had similar, er, conversations with young, vulnerable women.
In other Harvey Weinstein news:
NYT: Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie say Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them when they were young actresses. https://t.co/1n7FgrNmoW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/917526296925683713
https://twitter.com/xeni/status/917805989511913472
In non-Harvey Weinstein News That is Not Actually From The Onion, No Really, This is the World We Live in Today:
NEW: Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ face-off with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron.’ https://t.co/kuCOSALDUl
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 10, 2017
How long before Trump tweets a screengrab of an online IQ test.
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) October 10, 2017
I challenge Donald Trump to a public Buzzfeed "Tell Us Your Food Preferences And We'll Reveal Which Instagram Cat You Are" quiz showdown.
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) October 10, 2017
Still have not heard back from the White House on this one.
More news from the alternate reality we’re now stuck in: Melania Trump is feuding with Ivana Trump (yes, Ivana, not Ivanka) over who is the true First Lady.
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/917450380044390400
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Henry Kissinger is definitely alive and absolutely not being Weekend at Bernie’s-ed pic.twitter.com/xdYNUlrwdC
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/917583613918695424
https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/917808982819033088
https://twitter.com/lyssfame/status/917127717820153856
Now, cats:
— ねこばす (@neko_bus2010) October 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/MeetAnimals/status/917260879430811648
Ok, some dogs too:
https://twitter.com/dognkitty/status/917382725610332160
https://twitter.com/awwcuteness/status/917244228836691969
Ok, bye.
@Iseult ? That made me laugh, thank you!
http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/after-harvey-weinstein-terry-crews-shares-his-own-story.html
Holy shit, I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
On the cat topic, because my ancient old Birman is a better man than most of those mentioned above…
When we moved, it turned out he had three – THREE – households who regularly fed his fat ass and thought he was theirs. I had been wondering why he was not losing weight…
Well they’re just so piteous you can’t help but feel for the poor, suffering dears.
I mean if I didn’t feed my fat cat MYSELF every day, I’d think he hadn’t eaten in DAYS from the way he acts.
Since we’re on the subject of pets, does anyone have good advice for helping and comforting a dog that’s missing her human? My dad is out of town for about a week and a half. Bailey is very attached to him. He’s only been gone since this afternoon and she’s already a bit upset because he’s not here in the evening like he’s supposed to be. I have a good relationship with and she likes me plenty but I’m not him. He’s her absolute favorite person.
My plan so far is to give her lots of love. Stick to her normal routine as much as possible. Sleep with my bedroom door open so she can lay down next to the bed if she wants. When the weather permits, take her down to the creek for long walks to wear her out and distract her. Anything else?
My cats are kept at home, but no doubt if they roamed they’d beg for food everywhere. We have a local tomcat who drops in every day, and acts like he’s dying of starvation. He lives next door and is very well looked after.
Speaking of animals visiting for food – last night the brushtail possum mum & baby came by as usual and I got to pat the baby while it ate its banana ohmygod.
(this pic isn’t of them, but looks exactly like)
And for no real reason, here is Shiro posing with an azalea that I haven’t managed to kill yet, amazingly.
http://78.media.tumblr.com/34ea71a62018098d7ed521c21078bba6/tumblr_oxmz5ivYgE1tp4oe0o1_1280.jpg
@wwth – those are all very good ideas, she’s lucky she has you looking after her.
I have the same issue with our dog when my son (HER BOY) is gone to his father’s. She likes me fine, but I’m not HIM. He is sometimes gone for a week at a time and she is pretty miserable the entire time. I do all the things you’re doing, just trying to give her extra love and attention. She usually has a t-shirt of his (unwashed) that she’ll lay on, and she continues to sleep on his bed even though I leave my door open in case.
Your dog friend probably won’t eat as much as usual, and probably will mope around. Keeping her tired and occupied is good. I will fill a hollow femur with peanut butter and freeze it, for a treat after a good long walk and time throwing the tennis ball.
Even with all that, this is how she spends all her time in the house – watching for her boy to come home.
http://i63.tinypic.com/vobvrt.jpg
ETA: OMG @Mish, those possum are soo cute! Lucky you! And Shiro is gorgeously fluffy.
@WWTH – sounds to me like you’re doing everything right for Bailey already. Hope she’s ok.
Holy shit those possums are adorable, we only get the o-possums.
I mean, we feed them ’cause they eat ticks and don’t hurt anything, but they’ll cut ya.
Aww, so many cute animals!
In further Weinstein news:
Harvey Weinstein’s Wife Announces She Is Leaving Him
By Madeleine Aggeler
Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman has announced
http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/harvey-weinsteins-wife-announces-she-is-leaving-him.html
^Nice.
Yeah, because not only is it not your fault that you sexually assaulted so many vulnerable women, but it’s the responsibility of the women in your life to make you do better. Got it.
Just gross. What a fellow. Glad she’s ditching him.
Did everyone see the e-mail he sent out just before he was officially fired? BEGGING and groveling for support and to give him another chance. Kind of satisfying, actually, and I’m very glad it didn’t seem to work.
Ooh. I might try that peanut butter thing. Bailey loves bones and carries them around, bats them around and chews on them even after the meat and marrow are long gone so there’s always hollow bones lying around.
As of just a couple of days ago, Georgina Chapman was sticking by Weinstein. I’m cynical enough to suspect that the change of heart has more to do with pressure from the Project Runway producers or concerns over Marchesa sales. Maybe she just got shaken out of her denial though.
Whoops, I missed the edit window. The e-mail text:
The article I used (but there are several).
@ CleverForAGirl
What the FUCK HW. With your demands of therapy and what not.
NO!
YOU SHOULD BE MADE TO SUFFER! Because you know who aren’t able to access therapy? Fucking victims of rape and sexual assault and monsters like you!!! WE get priority. NOT YOU. So until you can take your head out of your fucking entitled ass, you do NOT get to access services that are denied those of us who did nothing wrong.
Sorry for the caps, all. I’m angry, and I’m tired, and I’m hurting.
Also, those white critters are not dogs. They are floofs with little legs and cute noses. But not dogs.
Damn, if you’re going to be talking therapy, you should offer therapy to people like, ya know, your victims. This scrabbling around to find an out is just kind of transparent and pathetic.
@PoM, I once heard movement in the storage shed and went out there to make sure there weren’t any trapped ferals. The shed is super dark so I walked in and made my way to the lightswitch, flipped it on and about a foot away was a hissing opossum and her babies. I just turned out the light and backed out real slow while apologizing to Mrs. Opossum as prettily as I could. (They’re not usually agressive, but I’m not one to mess with a pissed off mama-anything, like a 20 pounds o’ demons in a 5 pound sack.)
Also left the door cracked so they could get out.
@WWTH
Make sure the dog has access to things that smell like your dad. During a time when my dad travelled a lot, my mom said their dog would go into his closet, stick her nose in his clothes and take deep breaths, and then wag her tail.
But you also need to remember that dogs don’t have the same kind of memory we do. For them it is very much out of sight (or more likely, out of smell) out of mind. I’m sure the dog misses him badly now, but in a day or so, the missing will ease up. That doesn’t mean she’s forgotten him, it’s just that the memory just isn’t as immediate. Though, when your dad gets home be prepared for a deleriously happy greeting. My son is often away for more than a year at a time, but my dog, who is very much MY dog, gets down right hysterical when my son walks in the door. They’ve been friends a long time and Jack is always so happy to see him that my son has to sit on the floor with Jack in his lap to calm him down.
As horrible as it sounds to say, I’m glad Jolie and such are on the victim list this time. It makes me hope that people will fucking listen this time because they’re “important”. Maybe this will change things faster (because they are, in fact, changing. Just unbearably slowly.).
I did laugh out loud at trumps secretary of state calling him a moron. And he goes off showing his insecurity again. Oh dear.
On the topic of dogs missing humans – there really isn’t more to do than giving them extra care and attention, keeping them tired and close to things from their favourite human. I’m the favourite human for my dog and she’s heartbroken whenever my mom takes her because of exams, but at least in her case it’s something she’s getting used to. But yeah, more snuggles. All the snuggles!
It’s like he thinks that saying “a lot of the allegations are false, as you know” and then expects a leave of absence for counseling so he can return and go back to the sexual harassment and sexual assault routine he’s been doing while enjoying a resurrection in his entertainment industry high powered career…is not showing the world how little actual concern for the effects his actions have had on others he truly has?
The Weinstein Company still has one Weinstein, a partial not-people-who-have-also-been-fired board remains, and firing Harvey is the right decision, he also shouldn’t get to come back and work in an outside or any capacity. If the revelations about him cost the company so much that it folds once it issues all the settlement payments and such, that won’t be a terrible thing either.
Rose McGowan’s ‘did I fuckin stutter?’ look in that header pic is killer. 1 down, who know’s how many to go
According to people who use IQ as an argument, I should always use my work computer (processor clock speed 3.4Ghz, 4 cores) to run my mortgage spreadsheet, because my home computer only has a processor with 2.9Ghz and 2 cores and it’s probably a lot less likely to give me accurate results.
Not quite an accurate analogy to IQ…but illustrative enough.
(Also I notice a lot of people citing their IQ seem to not truly understand that, for example, 2 in 100 people have an IQ of 130, which is…quite a lot of other people around you, especially in the Internet age)
Unrelated hilarity: This is it. I’ve finally found it. The dumbest tweet – nay, the dumbest thing – ever posted on the Internet.
Bask in its ludicrous glory.