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The Curse of Beauty

Posted on | October 14, 2014 | 40 Comments

Her name was Gia Carangi and she was, for a couple of years in the late 1970s, the hottest model in the fashion industry.

Only 18 when she arrived in New York and rocketed to success, appearing on the covers of magazines like Cosmopolitan and Vogue, she was the favorite model of legendary photographer Francesco Scavullo. “I have never known anyone so excitingly free and spontaneous, constantly changing, moving — she’s like photographing a stream of consciousness,” Scavullo raved in 1982.

By then, however, Gia Carangi’s career was nearing its tragic end. Her heroin addiction and erratic, unprofessional behavior had already gotten her blacklisted by many major names in the industry. By 1983, she was finished as a model. By 1986, she was dead.

Her sad story was brought to my attention by a commenter on my earlier post about Cara Delevingne, who is not the first lesbian supermodel — Gia was an open (and very aggressive) lesbian. At 15, she was already going to gay bars in her native Philadelphia:

“Gia just loved women and she fell for them whether they were straight or gay,” says one high school friend. “And the problem was that everyone fell in love with her, whether they were straight or not, male or female. She went after people and she always got them.”

Did you catch that? “The problem was that everyone fell in love with her” — why was this a problem? Isn’t this the kind of “problem” everybody wishes they had? Alas, Gia was a broken soul:

“Gia was prone to needing someone around all the time,” says another of her lovers. “Sometimes it was almost like she needed a baby sitter.”
“I think she mistook caring as sexual,” says one of the many straight women with whom Gia fell in unrequited love. “She needed people so badly that she pushed them away by putting expectations on them they couldn’t possibly fulfill.”

You can read the whole thing, which is full of bitter ironies. For example, Gia took delight in turning down propositions from men — she once turned down Jack Nicholson — but her heroin habit meant she associated with dangerous people in dangerous places:

“There were times in New York when people just took advantage of her. I guess you wouldn’t really call it rape because she wasn’t screaming, but there were a lot of times when that happened and she didn’t want it to happen. Being as high as she was, she couldn’t argue, she didn’t even know what planet she was on. She had a lot of anger about that.”

She turned down movie stars, but a junkie  isn’t usually in much of a condition to turn down anything. Gia died of AIDS at age 26.

Is there a moral to the story, other than “stay the hell away from heroin”? Maybe. Probably feminists will find a way to blame Gia’s fate on the patriarchy, because they blame everything on the patriarchy. But I think we have to look at how a blessing can be a burden.

To be one of the most beautiful women in the world — well, how many girls dream of the glamorous life of a famous supermodel? Yet we should not envy the beautiful woman, who is always to some degree trapped by her beauty, and we should not imagine that their beauty exempts them from the tragic dimensions of human life.

 

Category: Celebrities, Gays, Sex

Lesbian Supermodel?

Posted on | October 14, 2014 | 68 Comments

Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) is a lesbian. Allegedly, I hasten to add, but this has been the press reaction after the 22-year-old supermodel celebrated “National Coming Out Day”:

She has never commented on her sexuality despite being linked to stars of both sexes — but it appears as if Cara Delevingne is finally ready to open up.
The 22-year-old supermodel — whose last serious relationship was with bisexual actress Michelle Rodriguez — shared a picture of herself wearing a ‘We Are You’ T-shirt in honour of National Coming Out Day and added an enigmatic message.
She wrote: ‘Doesn’t matter who you are or what you believe it, we are one! Go get yourself one of these shirts right now!’
‘I’m late for National Coming Out Day but better late then never. Don’t be scared to be who you are. Please follow @iolovesyou and @selfevidentproject because #WEAREYOU.’
Cara’s message was posted on Monday, two days after National Coming Out Day but her ‘better late than never’ message has been interpreted by some fans to mean she was actually coming out.

Whoa! What the hell is happening here? You’re telling me that with 3.5 billion men on this planet, there’s not one of them interested in dating Cara Delevingne? Or are you telling me that, of these 3.5 billion men, not one of them is good enough for Cara Delevingne? Or are you telling me that Cara Delevingne is hopelessly dysfunctional?

Some background on Cara’s ex-lover, 36-year-old Michelle Rodriguez:

In July 2006, Rodriguez told Cosmopolitan magazine that she is not a lesbian, but had “experimented with both sexes.” In November 2006, her openly bisexual Bloodrayne co-star Kristanna Loken made comments to The Advocate that were widely interpreted by the media as an admission that the two were in a relationship. . . . In June 2007, the lesbian magazine Curve ran a cover story that claimed Rodriguez to be bisexual. . . .
In October 2013, Entertainment Weekly quoted her saying: “I’ve gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks.”

Anyway, after hooking up with the young supermodel, the bisexual Rodriguez then decided Zac Efron was more “intriguing,” but you know what they say: Once you go Rodriguez, you never go back.

So it appears that Cara is now “playing for the other team.”

Gentlemen, this is a crisis for the heteronormative patriarchy.

We could afford to shrug off a few lesbian celebrities — Melissa Etheridge, Jodie Foster, Ellen DeGeneres, etc. — and say, “Who cares?” But when Victoria’s Secret supermodels start deciding they’d rather be having dinner at the All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Buffet? This indicates an existential menace to our male-supremacist franchise.

Obviously, one of you guys is going to have to take one for the team here. Sure, I know, these supermodel types are “difficult,” high-maintenance, prone to dramatic outbursts and emotional instability. But unless and until Cara Delevingne is properly oppressed, she’s going to be causing trouble for Team Hetero. Ask Justin Bieber: Selena Gomez allegedly hooked up with Cara in St. Tropez. And Cara may be making moves on Suki Waterhouse. An international supermodel turned predatory lesbian? Something must be done, and you know what it is.

Patriarchy requires sacrifices, and a conversion/rehab job like this won’t be easy. Cara Delevingne is damaged goods. Heck, she probably doesn’t even know how to make a sandwich. But 5,000 years of worldwide male domination is at stake, and one of you guys has got to do this job. Good luck. Everyone here at Team Hetero headquarters is counting on you.

 

Category: Celebrities, Gays, Sex

Lawyer: Convicted Sex Teacher Has ‘Significant Psychological Issues’

Posted on | October 14, 2014 | 87 Comments

Lauren Harrington Cooper, 32, was Exhibit A earlier this year in my argument “that America’s public schools are staffed by sex-crazed perverts.” Every day brings new reports of teachers who cannot restrain their depraved craving for teenage flesh. Ms. Cooper was an English teacher in Pennsylvania whose modus operandi involved giving boys blow jobs in her car. Last month, she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to “9 to 23 months in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, followed by five years of probation.” This quote from a Huffington Post story about her case caught my attention:

In court, Cooper’s lawyer told the judge his client, who is still married, has severe emotional problems.
“She has been diagnosed with some significant psychological issues of inadequacy,” Joe D’Andrea said. “You would think that she’s a pretty, young girl, that she would feel good about herself. But her self-esteem issues have really troubled her all of her life, and she found comfort and solace in some people giving her attention, as wrong as it was.”

In other words, his client — the English teacher who performed oral sex on teenage boys — is not really responsible for her crimes, because of her “issues of inadequacy.” She’s “troubled.” She suffers from a self-esteem deficit, and what she was seeking from these teenage boys was “comfort and solace.” Also, the taste of their semen.

Ms. Cooper was interviewed Friday on ABC’s 20/20:

“I’m glad I got caught,” she told ABC News’ “20/20” exclusively. “I went against what I know is right, and I did wrong. And there is no way to explain that away. I have no defense of myself. I was wrong, plain and simple.”
Her forbidden affairs began after she opened a dance studio in her town with her husband, Raphael Cooper. The new side-business was time-consuming and took a toll on their marriage.
“It turned into more of a business relationship than a marriage,” she said. “With us deteriorating in our marriage and having less and less of a relationship, I didn’t feel attractive. I didn’t feel wanted.”

And so she started sucking on teenage boys. Isn’t that the obvious thing to do, if you don’t “feel attractive,” don’t “feel wanted”? Because your feelings are all that matter, see, and if your marriage is less than fully satisfying in terms of your emotional needs, it is imperative that you do something to make you feel better about yourself, i.e., give a teenage boy a blowjob. Violating every ethical code of your profession? Betraying the trust of taxpayers and parents? That’s OK, because your marriage is unhappy and you don’t “feel wanted.”

But wait, the criminal has more self-serving rationalizations:

“It wasn’t so much that I even needed a physical connection. It was just being able to interact with someone who made me feel valued and worthwhile,” Mrs. Cooper said. “As crazy as this might sound to some people, he’s very intelligent. I could have real conversations with him about real life issues.”

And, as crazy as this might sound to some people, Ms. Cooper’s rationalizations are the same as every pedophile, ever. That is to say, her explanation of her crimes is not really unusual, it’s typical. There is a bright line — very hard to overlook — between your need to “feel valued and worthwhile” and the crimes that will send you to prison. People who cross that line always have an excuse, an explanation for why they did what they did, and this story the criminal tells invariably involves an element of self-pity. The criminal wants to be seen as a victim.

The criminal uses euphemisms (“a physical connection . . . interact with someone”) that have the effect of minimizing her crimes. The plain fact of what the criminal did must be obscured and her perverse motive must be hidden behind psychobabble about the criminal’s emotional needs. Why? Because Ms. Cooper doesn’t want you to see her as what she actually is, a sexual deviant with an appetite for teenage boys.

Law enforcement officials in Pennsylvania are angry about Ms. Cooper’s 20/20 interview. They say she misrepresented her crimes:

In the eyes of Luzerne County investigators, former Wyoming Valley West teacher Lauren Harrington-Cooper lied to the world Friday night in a television interview. . . .
“The bottom line is she pled guilty to all the charges,” said Luzerne County Detective Charles Balogh, the lead detective in the teacher-student sex case that has made headlines around the globe. “She’s not accepting responsibility or guilt for what she did. She accepted the consequences, but doesn’t want to admit to the facts. It doesn’t make sense.” . . .
On the show, Harrington-Cooper said, “I did do wrong, but I’m not a monster,” a comment that drew ire from Balogh.
“I think she is a monster,” Balogh said. “She’s a true predator.” . . .
In addition to Victim No. 1, prosecutors accused Harrington-Cooper of performing oral sex on a 17-year-old boy and sending sexual messages to two other boys, aged 16 and 17. Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Jenny Roberts, the lead prosecutor in the case, maintains Harrington-Cooper was trying to deny what she did. She said the denials fly in the face of the overwhelming evidence against the former teacher.
“Obviously, she does not want the public to know the extent of what she actually did. But she did admit her guilt in court with a factual basis that covers all four victims,” Roberts said. “I guess she doesn’t want the nation to know the full extent of her crimes.” . . .
While Harrington-Cooper admitted to having sexual encounters with the 18-year-old, she was very deceptive in the interview about how the relationship developed, Balogh and Roberts said.
She told “20/20” that the 18-year-old senior, Victim No. 1, sent her complimentary text messages after getting her cellphone number. His compliments bolstered her sagging self-esteem, she said.
Local investigators say Harrington-Cooper was the one who pursued the teen.
“She blamed Victim No. 1 for chasing her, when, in fact, she was the one who reached out to Victim No. 1 by reaching out to his sister. She provided her cellphone number and said she thinks he’s hot,” Balogh recalled.
The way Roberts interpreted it, Harrington-Cooper was insinuating she was playing “hard to get” when the teen started texting her.
“That’s not what happened at all. There was no playing hard to get,” Roberts said. “She was pursuing him.”

You see the profoundly immature aspect of Ms. Cooper’s personality. She’s already been convicted and sentenced to prison. Yet her narcissistic self-esteem — how she feels about herself — is still controlling how she talks about her crimes. She minimizes and rationalizes and uses esuphemistic language because it would make her feel bad if people thought she was a “monster” who gets her sick thrills by performing oral sex on teenage boys. Perverts like her are everywhere:

  • VIRGINIA — A Henrico County art teacher was arrested and charged with taking indecent liberties with someone less than 18 years old after an incident at Highland Springs High School.
    Police arrested Tessa Monique Hairston, 31, on Friday.
    “The charge stems from an inappropriate relationship involving a juvenile male that occurred at Highland Springs High School while Ms. Hairston was employed as a teacher by Henrico County Public Schools,” Henrico Police spokesman Lt. Chris Eley said in an email.
  • ARKANSAS — A Siloam Springs teacher that was accused of having sex with a student pleaded not guilty on Monday (Oct. 13), officials say.
    Mary F. McCormick, 32, was arraigned before Circuit Judge Brad Karren on Monday, accused of raping and exchanging explicit photographs with a 13-year-old boy.
  • LOUISIANA — Destrehan High School teachers Shelley Dufresne and Rachel Respess were drinking alcohol on the night they engaged in group sex with a 16-year-old student, according to records released Thursday by the Kenner Police Department. . . .
    The student, now 17, had told St. Charles Parish sheriff’s deputies that he had sex with the two English teachers at Respess’ apartment in Kenner on Sept. 12. That was a Friday, the night of the Destrehan Wildcats-Helen Cox Cougars football game.
  • CONNECTICUT — Stamford High School Donna Valentine and assistant principal Roth Nordin have been charged with not reporting an alleged sexual relationship between a teacher and student.
    Police say English teacher Danielle Watkins, 32, had sexual relationship with the 18-year-old student for about 10 months. Police also say Watkins assaulted the student when he tried to end the relationship. Watkins is also accused of selling marijuana to the 18-year-old and a second 15-year-old student.
  • VIRGINIA — Erica Lynne Mesa, 27, a geometry teacher and freshman volleyball coach at Colonial Forge High School, “admitted to police of having sexual relations with at least four students,” according to court documents.
    Mesa is charged with three counts of custodial indecent liberties and three counts of using a computer to solicit a minor. She was arrested Sept. 29. Detective Sgt. Chris Cameron wrote in affidavits for search warrants that the incidents started in 2012 and continued up until a week before her arrest. Court records list the students’ ages as ranging from 16 to 18.
  • TEXAS — During the 2013-2014 school year, five teachers at Permian High School were charged with sexually molesting students. In May, Alisha Carrasco Knighten, a 25-year-old assistant softball coach and a junior high physical education teacher, resigned amid rumors of an inappropriate relationship with a female student (she was subsequently indicted). A week after Knighten resigned, another teacher Mark Lampman, 47, committed suicide after resigning amid allegations that he had sex with a student.

They all had some “self-esteem issues,” I’m sure.

 


 

Category: Crime, Education, Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.14.14

Posted on | October 14, 2014 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Hospitals Rethinking Ebola Precautions In Wake Of Nurse’s Infection

Workers move disposal barrels outside the infected nurse’s apartment

Retraining to include hands-on training with personal protective equipment
CDC Director Frieden facing rising tide of criticism
Frieden says more health care workers could have Ebola after claiming “any hospital” could handle the virus

Netanyahu Blasts UN Conduct In Gaza During Meeting With SecGen Moon
Moon blathers about Israeli “occupation” of Gaza

Cyclone Hudhud Kills 24 In East India
Fear of flooding in Andhra Pradesh, Orisha states



POLITICS
Abortion Barbie Doubles Down

As Instapundit says, she apparently hasn’t learned the First Law of Holes.

“The ad is just about Greg Abbott’s hypocrisy.”

McConnell, Grimes Tangle Over Obama, Coal, And Jobs In Heated Debate

Judge Sets Halloween Court Date For Rick Perry

Pentagon Calls Climate Change A “Matter Of National Security”

Fauxcahontas Hits The Campaign Trail In Iowa

MN Independent Candidate Butthurt Over Exclusion From Debate

Oregon’s First Lady Admits To Buying Land For An Illegal Pot Operation

Mitt Romney Campaigns For Joni Ernst In Iowa

Chicago Teacher’s Union Boss Karen Lewis Has Brain Cancer, Won’t Run For Mayor



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Hits New Multi-Year Lows As The Glut Goes On: WTI $85.09, Brent $88.15
Fiat Chrysler Debuts With A Thud On Wall Street
Abby Johnson Ascends To CEO At Fidelity
Wall Street Ends Monday Sharply Down On Late Selloff
Gold Holds Near Four-Year High As Stocks, Dollar Drop
S&P 500 Posts Worst Daily Drop Since 2011
France’s Iliad Drops Bid For T-Mobile US
Hackers Stole Snapchat Images
Google’s Schmidt Says Amazon, Not Bing Or Yahoo, Is Google’s Biggest Search Rival
Dropbox “Password Dump” Publishes Previously Hacked Passwords
“The Evil Within” First Impressions



SPORTS
Kaepernick Rallies 49ers To Victory Over Rams

49ers QB Colin Kaepernick passes in the second quarter of last night’s game

Down 14-0 in the second quarter, Kaepernick leads 49ers to 31-17 win

Stamkos’ Hat Trick Finishes Lightning’s Rout Of Habs

Cards Keep Injured Molina On Active Roster

Sens Shut Out Panthers 1-0

Avs Beat The Clock And The Bruins Too

Ducks Romp To 5-1 Win Against Sad Sabres

Will The Loser Of The Florida State/Notre Dame Matchup Still Have A Playoff Shot?

Donald Trump Is Salty About Not Owning The Bills

Can The Nats Rely On Ryan Zimmerman At First Base In 2015?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Penelope Cruz: Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive

Well, that’s just Esquire’s opinion.

Too many words about bullfighting and not enough pix of Penelope

Iggy Azalea Cusses Out Paparazzo: “I Hope You Get Ebola And Die”

Kat Dennings And Josh Groban Are Dating

Amanda Bynes’ Psychiatric Hold Has Been Extended For Two Weeks

You Take A Run At Martha Stewart, You Best Not Miss

Zach Galifianakis Thinks The Way Hollywood Congratulates Itself All The Time Is Gross

Robert Downey Jr. To Join “Captain America 3”

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Team For Syfy Drama

“The Mortal Instruments” To Return As TV Series

“The Patriot” Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak Died Of Accidental OD

Bill Murray To Sing Christmas Carols In Upcoming TV Special

“Walking Dead” Returns To Record 17.3 Million Viewers

“American Horror Story” Renewed For Fifth Season

Katie Holmes To Reprise Jackie Kennedy Role In “After Camelot” Miniseries

Amal Clooney Gets Back To Work – In Greece



FOREIGNERS
Catholic Bishops Publish New Policy On Gays
Hong Kong Police Remove More Barricades
Great Successor Reappears In Public – With A Cane
El Salvador Reports Some Damage After 7.4 Magnitude Quake
Protesters Burn Government Building In Guerrero State
Houthis Accept Bahah As New Yemeni PM
British Parliament Passes Symbolic Measure On Palestinian State
Turks Deny Deal On Base Use
Protesters Mark Six Month Anniversary Of Nigerian Schoolgirls’ Kidnapping
Cataloonies Cancel Independence Referendum
Everybody’s Butthurt Over BBC’s Planned Format For PM Debates Except UKIP
Dutch Experts, Investigators Return To MH17 Crash Site
Three Arrested In UK Terror Probe
Saudis: Iran Must Withdraw From Syria
Cyclone’s Body Count Reaches 22, Visakhaptanam A City In Ruins



BLOGS & STUFF
Louder With Crowder: A Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day Education!
First Street Journal: Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
Michelle Malkin: Look Who’s Data-Mining Your Toddlers
Twitchy: Boom Trifecta! ICYMI – This MTV Star Flogged “Dummy” Kristen Bell For Minimum Wage Idiocy
American Power: Richard Engel – ISIS Hasn’t Been Degraded At All
American Thinker: Camille Paglia’s Prescient Meltdown
Conservatives4Palin: Andy Puzder – Minimum Wage, Maximum Politics
Don Surber: Why Liberals Hate The Disabled
Jammie Wearing Fools: Here We Go – NIH Director Says We’d Have An Ebola Cure If It Weren’t For Budget “Cuts”
Joe For America: Michigan Toddler First To Die From Enterovirus Strain
JustOneMinute: Whiplash! Or, Smart Diplomacy In Action
Pamela Geller: Obama Sending Our Best, Most Decorated Troops To Fight Ebola In West Africa
Protein Wisdom: Oikophobia – “The Straight White Middle-Class Man Needs To Be Dethroned”
Shot In The Dark: Promises, Promises
The Gateway Pundit: Ferguson Protesters Hold Surprise Protest At Upscale Plaza Frontenac Shopping Mall
The Jawa Report: 100% Proof Allah Hates ISIS
The Lonely Conservative: The Technology Exists To Kill Ebola, Why Aren’t They Using It?
This Ain’t Hell: Bernie Sanders Blames Bush For ISIS
Weasel Zippers: Kneel Before Rehana – Female Kurdish Fighter Kills Over 100 Jihadis In Kobane
Megan McArdle: Politics And Ebola Don’t Mix


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Category: Live at Five

The Redskins Should Hire Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly As A Spokesman

Posted on | October 13, 2014 | 26 Comments

by Smitty

We live in the age of Tedious Lefty Assault (TLA). If it isn’t the #WarOnWomen, our self-appointed elite are on our cases about Global Anthropogenic Climate Disruption Change Warming, or even more piffle-icious crap like the WarOnTheRedskins. I guess it’s easier than doing honest economic reporting.

So the President of the Navajo Nation sat with the Redskins owner at a game, prompting this blog’s Advertising Department to come up with some suggested copy, should Shelly be hired as a spokesman for the ‘Skins:

“Sometimes the foolish undertakers,
Sitting triumphally, feeling über-hip,
Sharing that frivolity unearned,
Should take five, utilizing
Silence to foment understanding.”

Category: Uncategorized

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.13.14

Posted on | October 13, 2014 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE: 10.13.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
Dallas Nurse Second In US To Test Positive For Ebola

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Daniel Varga fields questions about the stricken nurse

Nurse was part of the team that treated Thomas Duncan
CDC blames infection on failure to follow protocol in treatment of Duncan
CDC head criticized for blaming protocol breach
Confirmation of second Ebola case rattles Dallas

Iraq Pleads For US Ground Troops As ISIS Nears Baghdad
Anbar Province on the verge of falling to jihadis, opening door to Iraqi capital

Turkey To Permit US Use Of Its Bases In Fight Against ISIS
Turkey to train “moderate” Syrian rebels?



POLITICS
Federal Judge Strikes Down Alaska’s Gay Marriage Ban

Plaintiffs in Hamby v. Parnell share a smooch after oral arguments


Judge cites 14th Amendment equal protection clause

Senator Roberts (R-KS) Accuses Valerie Jarrett Of Involvement In IRS Scandal

Poll: GOP Likely To Retake New Hampshire Legislature

California’s Insurance Exchange Awards $184 Million In No-Bid Contracts

NY GOP May Win Its Fight To Keep State Senate

Louisiana, Iowa ObamaCare Premiums Increase By Double Digits

Can Massachusetts Republicans Step Up Their Ground Game Enough To Win?

Army War College Revokes Masters Degree Of Sen. John Walsh (D-MT)



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Recovers Slightly On China Data: WTI $84.69, Brent $89.04
China Trade Growth Rebounds In September
CSX Rebuffs Canadian Pacific Merger Proposal
Boeing Wins $5 Billion Order From Indonesia’s Garuda Airlines
Philadelphia Developer Buying The Pier Shops At Caesar’s In Atlantic City
Fiat Chrysler Moves To NYSE In Challenge To Big Two
Salesforce Conference Takes The Cloud To New Heights
Bose Agrees To Dismiss Suit Against Beats
Lenovo Launches New 13″ Tablet With Built-In Projector
Samsung Promises 4.6Gbps Wifi, Maybe Next Year
The Doctor Will See You Now – Through Google



SPORTS
Kolten Wong’s Sayonara Homer Evens Up The NLCS

Wong celebrates as he rounds the bases


Cardinals pull even with the Giants after 5-4 win, but may lose Yadier Molina

Royals Return Home After Taking Two At Camden Yards

Alabama Edges Razorbacks 14-13 #rolltide

Surging Cowboys Shock Seahawks 30-23

OKC Superstar Kevin Durant Out 6-8 Weeks With Fractured Foot

Mississippi State #1 After Beating Auburn 38-32

Leafs Thump Rangers 6-3

Harvick Wins At Charlotte, But Is It Just The Undercard To Talladega?

Lakers Rout Jets 4-1



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Guess Who’s The 2014 Billboard Woman Of The Year?

Can’t shake this off


First artist to be so honored twice

Father Of Missing “Frozen River” Actress Fears She’s Suicidal

John Luke Robertson From “Duck Dynasty” Gets Engaged

Amanda Bynes Hospitalized On Involuntary Psych Order

Twerking Nine To Five

It’s Dame Angelina Jolie To You, Peasant

Reese Witherspoon Getting Ready To Direct

“Lego Batman” Spinoff Movie In The Works At Warner Brothers

Iggy Azalea Denies “Sham” Marriage As Ex Reportedly Files For Divorce



FOREIGNERS
London Mayor Boris Johnson: Little Doubt Ebola Will Reach The UK
Hong Kong Police Remove Barricades But Say Protesters Can Stay
Bolivia’s Morales Claims Victory, Third Term
Thirteen Killed, 32 Injured In Baghdad Car Bomb Attacks
Suicide Bomber Hits NATO Convoy In Kabul, Kills Civilian
ROK Warns Norks Of Strong Response After Exchange Of Fire Across DMZ
Kerry Pushes For Mideast Peace As Donors Pledge $5 Billion For Gaza Reconstruction
Indian Relief Teams Go To Work After Cyclone Slams East Coast
Chinese Reopen Embassy In Mogadishu After 23-Year Absence
Modi Seeks To Revive “Zombie Factories”, Not Abandon Them
Putin, Poroshenko To Hold Ukraine Truce Talks



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: What Is It About Telling The Truth That So Bothers Democratic Candidates?
Sarah Rumpf: Wendy Davis Attack Ad Backfires
Milo Yiannopoulos: How To Lose A Public Relations Battle On The Internet
American Power: Despite Left’s “Tea Party Fear” Meme, Democrat Voters More Scared Of Ebola
American Thinker: The Emperor Of Plagues
Conservatives4Palin: Democrat Senator – Obama Should Focus On Crises And Stay Away From Me
Don Surber: They’ve Even Abandoned The Crack Houses
Jammie Wearing Fools: Neighbors Go Nuclear On Useful Idiot Gwyneth Paltrow After Obama Lovefest
Joe For America: Michael Brown, Ferguson, And The Rioters
JustOneMinute: Knucklehead Epidemic
Pamela Geller: Army Refuses To Release Bergdahl Report Until After The Midterm Elections
Protein Wisdom: School Officials Abuse Five-Year-Old Who Drew Something Resembling A Gun
Shot In The Dark: Trulbert! Part 0 – Prologue
The Gateway Pundit: Photos Released Of Vonderrit Myers With Gun, Flashing Gang Signs
The Jawa Report: HuffPo Muslim Contributor Strays From The PC Plantation
The Lonely Conservative: Media Ignores Dems’ Sexist Attacks On Female Opponents
This Ain’t Hell: Hippies Worried That The Truth About Vietnam Era Will Get Out
Weasel Zippers: Ebola Spreading, ISIS Winning…Obama Spends Sunday On The Golf Course
Megan McArdle: Pay Amazon Workers For Standing In Line


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Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Sunday: The Cheerleaders Of October

Posted on | October 12, 2014 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Apparently there have been some complaints about the pic of the hideous Andrea Dworkin posted earlier today in another post; evidently one of our Loyal Readers mistook it for the Rule 5 Sunday post and was understandably traumatized. I offer no apologies; when I do Rule 5 posts, I sign my work. Check the bylines carefully, people, and accept no substitutes. Only accept approved Rule 5 content provided by authorized marsupials, Comrades!

Mmmm. Oregon elbows.

As usual, not all of the following links are safe for work, so exercise discretion when and where you click. The management is not responsible for domestic disorders caused by failure to observe this disclaimer.

Laughing Conservative checks in this week with Dolicia Bryan, Goodstuff explores the Concept of Love, and Animal Magnetism contributes Rule 5 Friday along with the Saturday Gingermageddon. Ninety Miles from Tyranny has Morning Mistress, Hot Pick of the Late Night, and Girls with Guns, while First Street Journal has American soldiers of the female persuasion: Don’t Mess With Them. Also, from Blackmailers Don’t Shoot, Rule 5 With Edward Snowden’s Girlfriend.

EBL’s herd this week includes Ole Miss cheerleaders, PETA protesters, Lena Headey, Naomi Wolf, Doris Day, and the Seahawks’ Seagals.

At Soylent Siberia, it’s morning cupcakes, Evening Awesome Red Rider Reflection, Monday Motivationer Further Reflection, Tuesday Titillation Autumn Leaves, Humpday Hawt Or How I Failed Calculus, Overnighty International Minion, Fursday, Overnighty High Caliber, Corset Cameo, T-GIF Friday – I Was Going To Save It…, Happy Hour Hawtness, Weekender Woodwork with Lenka, and Bath Night Bonanza.

At A View from the Beach, Hu’s Up Next?, Possible Good NFL News, Wombats Have Birthdays?, Large And Small, Well, That’s One Way To Pick ‘Em, Best iPhone 6 Ad, Redskins vs. Seahawks?, Jon Gruden Back To The Raiders?, and Shake Yer Ya Yas.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Grace Potter, his Vintage Babe is Chili Williams, Sex in Advertising is covered by Felicity Cross this week, and of course, there’s the obligatory 49ers cheerleader. At Dustbury, it’s Toni Braxton and Gillian Anderson.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 Sunday is midnight on Saturday, October 18.


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Incest, Witchcraft and Other Forms of ‘Moral Progress,’ Ancient and Modern

Posted on | October 12, 2014 | 39 Comments

Jesse Bering (@JesseBering) proclaimed that legalizing incest between adult siblings is “moral progress” Thursday at Huffington Post and the remarkable thing is that almost nobody noticed. Just another “expert” endorsing our society’s rapid descent into perverse decadence:

“I suppose I take an unpopular view that it’s actually moral progress,” Jesse Bering, who is the author of Perv: The Sexual Deviant In All Of Us, told HuffPost Live’s Josh Zepps. “There are certain caveats that we need to include with our analysis of whether incest is wrong or right, but for me, the biggest point is a matter of harm.”
After Zepps pointed to Elijah and Milo Peters, two Czech-born brothers who have performed in gay adult scenes with each other, Bering noted, “The fact that they’re violating this… taboo notion of your brother or your sister being completely off-limits from a sexual perspective, I think, attracts… a large contingency of the viewing public.”

See, it’s democratic: Because an expert says there is “a large contingency of the viewing public” that wants to watch twin brothers have gay sex with each other, who are we to say no? However, if we put it to a vote, and a majority of people said no, then we’d get a lot of lectures about our hateful bigotry — incestophobia! — until a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court issued its ruling overturning all laws against incest.

Notice that tolerance is a one-way street and it’s always straight downhill? That’s because our decadent elite are doing everything they can to destroy our nation. “Progress” is a highway, paved with good intentions, and its destination is the gates of Hell. Speaking of which, in my earlier mega-post about feminist Andrea Dworkin — who in 1974 said it was “essential” to abolish the incest taboo — I mentioned how Dworkin asserted that 9 million (that’s NINE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO) witches were killed during three centuries. This “gynocide,” as Dworkin called it, was offered as proof of how the Christian church persecuted innocent women. And, as usual when feminist offer statistics to “prove” their point, Dworkin was totally wrong:

Since witches were women, it’s surely a feminist issue? Popular knowledge of the ‘Burning Times’ owes a lot to our vision of witches as prototype feminists, as the ultimate martyrs to male domination. It was patriarchy gone mad — a time when women were burnt just for being women.
Adding academic fuel to the pyre was the blossoming of witchcraft studies during the second wave of feminism in the sixties and seventies. . . .
Soon angry cries were raised of nine million women killed — a gynocide! . . .
You may be surprised to discover for a start that witches were not burnt in England and around 25% of those executed (in Europe and North America) were male, a figure rising to 70-80% in areas such as Finland and Russia. . . . Most scholars now agree that around 40,000 men and women lost their lives in a period roughly between 1450-1800.

So, 40,000 accused witches were killed, not 9,000,000?

Let me check my calculator.

Andrea Dworkin only exaggerated by a factor of 225-to-1.

A minor math error, compared to calling incest “progress.”

 

Category: Feminism, Gays
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