tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2985564006573470499..comments2024-03-28T11:49:48.823-05:00Comments on Althouse: "So there was never a question of whether this narcissist millionaire shirt-unbuttoner would manfully rise to the defense of his poor, underprivileged pal Dominique Strauss-Kahn..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72167609769925500692011-08-09T17:49:05.361-05:002011-08-09T17:49:05.361-05:00Why so much childish hatred on a brilliant man? &q...Why so much childish hatred on a brilliant man? "Unbuttoner" isnt even a witty insult.You're just jealous,envious,of BHL's genius and fame.toygunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730518935131861494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58968260936095377062011-05-18T13:11:00.783-05:002011-05-18T13:11:00.783-05:00It seems that the woman who was attacked is living...It seems that the woman who was attacked is living in subsidized housing for people with AIDS.<br /><br />I guess Froggy might have got a little extra sauce for his baget.<br /><br />There is justice in this world sometimes. Just sayn'Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74129987025457566262011-05-18T10:10:54.446-05:002011-05-18T10:10:54.446-05:00...Strauss-Kahn's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, sa......Strauss-Kahn's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said at his client's arraignment this week that defense lawyers believe the forensic evidence "will not be consistent with a forcible encounter....<br /><br />I'll start popping the corn.<br /><br />verification is <br /><br />nutdogi?<br /><br />LOLOLSeeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90646229098235362602011-05-18T10:08:35.362-05:002011-05-18T10:08:35.362-05:00...The man, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, remained jaile......The man, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, remained jailed under a suicide watch Wednesday as a lawyer for the woman sought to rebut whispered allegations that her charges were a conspiracy and a setup....<br /><br /><br />Via Drudge.<br /><br /><br />Poor baby, can't stand 2 b amongst the common man.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53681068394734849632011-05-18T06:41:53.982-05:002011-05-18T06:41:53.982-05:00Re Ben Stein.
DSK is not just an economist.
As s...Re Ben Stein.<br /><br />DSK is not just an economist.<br /><br />As someone at work from Africa explained it to me the other day, he's got the business down, the academia side down, the government down. He's the complete package. And what's more, he's a leader.HThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164697644251374452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77899553266653249552011-05-18T02:13:57.927-05:002011-05-18T02:13:57.927-05:00Here's Ben Stein's second of 8 points:
Be...<i>Here's Ben Stein's second of 8 points:</i><br /><br />Ben Stein really should have stuck to hosting game shows.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24569120217154821862011-05-18T01:32:58.520-05:002011-05-18T01:32:58.520-05:00" the same "usual suspects" that ra..." the same "usual suspects" that rallied in Hollywood and Jewish-European intellectual circles to Roman Polanski's defense "<br /><br />Bwahaha. One of the usual suspects was the ol' flophouse masturbator C-fudd himself. The only time he sticks up for a Jooooo is when one of them turns out to be a molester. Not too surprising for C-fudd, the delegate from NAMBLA.Gary Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338791760274457388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15453493271365603302011-05-18T00:54:54.665-05:002011-05-18T00:54:54.665-05:00Looks like DSK is getting a little love from the r...Looks like DSK is getting a little love from the right, too. <br /><br />Here's <a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2011/05/17/presumed-innocent-anyone" rel="nofollow">Ben Stein's</a> second of 8 points: <br /><br /><i>In life, events tend to follow patterns. People who commit crimes tend to be criminals, for example. Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes? Is it likely that just by chance this hotel maid found the only one in this category? Maybe Mr. Strauss-Kahn is guilty but if so, he is one of a kind, and criminals are not usually one of a kind.</i>Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55806659739864816752011-05-17T23:50:13.358-05:002011-05-17T23:50:13.358-05:00I hope they get this guy in with the general popul...I hope they get this guy in with the general population at Rikers soon so that he has to fight for control of the Channel Switcher. Otherwise it might be all about him, that is, the news, might, be, all, about, him.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19249729625181094192011-05-17T23:44:30.780-05:002011-05-17T23:44:30.780-05:00Not boring enough to ignore, apparently.
I think ...Not boring enough to ignore, apparently.<br /><br />I think I'll type some more. I'm on a roll.<br /><br />Not sure why it's delusional to point out that actions have consequences and that the actions of any elite are observed by everyone as a signal for what's permissible. That's Theodore Darlymple's whole schtick. I'm hardly alone in saying these things. Not as well, of course, but it's not any less true.<br /><br />Libertarians are boring. It's all about them.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31764925232346333902011-05-17T23:35:57.077-05:002011-05-17T23:35:57.077-05:00It's the lying, betrayal and misery that's...<i>It's the lying, betrayal and misery that's the problem</i><br /><br />Your delusions were boring when you presented them the first time. They're still boring.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55979289622203989652011-05-17T22:04:13.423-05:002011-05-17T22:04:13.423-05:00Sex is fine. Great, even.
It's the lying, be...Sex is fine. Great, even.<br /><br />It's the lying, betrayal and misery that's the problem. Bringing up these ills is no more a blanket condemnation of sex than a hit and run is a condemnation of automobiles. The bad result is what matters, not the means.<br /><br />That tends to get left out. Why do so many people want to reduce sex to nothing but recreation whenever the consequences are bad? Isn't that strange? Why must sex be an unalloyed good in all circumstances, when nothing else in life is clear cut black or white? Isn't it complicated?<br /><br />If we want to talk about Clinton, even Monica Lewinsky felt betrayed by the end of it. And what about Hillary and Chelsea? And what example does that make for everyone else? That fling was hardly consequence free! Why give Clinton a pass for causing a constitutional crisis? His lack of self control was a problem for everyone. That's not just the fault of bible-thumping puritans. Evasion of responsibility when it comes to self control is a common behavior, but we don't have to let people off the hook.<br /><br />When you have responsibilities it DOES matter how you act. That goes from the poorest parent all the way to the President. <br /><br />Sorry, but the idea that sex occupies its own hermetically sealed compartment in our lives just isn't true. A lot of people would like it to be for their own convenience! <br /><br />Like Althouse likes to say, the worst things we do to each other are perfectly legal.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50896589671909790202011-05-17T20:33:49.996-05:002011-05-17T20:33:49.996-05:00I'm not capable of describing such. But it is ...I'm not capable of describing such. But it is the inflation of the entire matter that deserves commentary. In the sense that if 'Jacques' the elevator operator was the perpetrator this wouldn't even be news. I'm no anarchist, nor even a libertarian, but double standards have pissed me off for the last fifty or so years.<br /><br />We need some fucking outrage somewhere, somewhere where it matters. Though it is too late, I think.Lutherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901441364329385474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46727892100675428562011-05-17T19:54:14.745-05:002011-05-17T19:54:14.745-05:00I would have gone to bed with Feynman in a minute!...I would have gone to bed with Feynman in a minute! And, back in those days I was dropping eggs.<br /><br />It's also good to remember that Monica Lewinsky, while fat, turned her butt toward Bill Clinton. And, with her finger lifted the back of her thong. And, popped it like a rubber band.<br /><br />You can say "Bill Clinton was smitten." But actually he just got an erection. <br /><br />When he wanted Monica, he'd stay in the White House. But he asked her to go and buy a pizza. (Which she paid for, herself.)<br /><br />The rule pretty much is that sex interests women, too. <br /><br />And, back in the old days? When skirts were to the floor? They'd hold their fans a certain way. Or they'd drop their handkerchiefs.<br /><br />Why do we also blame the guy for being attracted?<br /><br />You've never seen a woman's eyes lighting up? <br /><br />More men are more shy than you'll ever know!<br /><br />Also, back in the old days? Females weren't students at Caltech. Richard Feynman still enjoyed teaching.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24428339133554559082011-05-17T19:20:59.761-05:002011-05-17T19:20:59.761-05:00I like how the "sex is icky and gross" c...I like how the "sex is icky and gross" crowd has decided to stick with the story that Feynman's mutually consensual sex life was "an abuse of power".<br /><br />What "power" was being abused remains a mystery. The power of his gigantic brain to lure women into his bed, presumably? :)Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25009700859249007852011-05-17T19:20:31.554-05:002011-05-17T19:20:31.554-05:00James - "A Socialist Jew attacking a "de...James - "A Socialist Jew attacking a "devout Muslim".... this one calls for Cedarford's unique analysis."<br /><br />I'm holding judgment on this, due to the high frequency of false rape accusations and nothing in this guys background revealing any preference for dark African meat.<br /><br />However, the same "usual suspects" that rallied in Hollywood and Jewish-European intellectual circles to Roman Polanski's defense seem to be gearing up to stand with Dominique Strauss Kahn as well. Or at least the Jewish European intellectuals.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55450849129299854322011-05-17T19:17:54.641-05:002011-05-17T19:17:54.641-05:00Given one particular allegation, the term "sh...Given one particular allegation, the term "shirt-lifter" might be appropriate.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520900676193170036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61721426522284662422011-05-17T19:07:39.008-05:002011-05-17T19:07:39.008-05:00Chip S. said...
Yesterday's defense was t...Chip S. said...<br /><br /> Yesterday's defense was that he was having lunch with his daughter when the alleged attack occurred. Today it's that the contretemps was consensual.<br /><br /> My client couldn't have committed this crime, your honor, because he wasn't there. And if he was there, the woman wanted it.<br /><br /> What law firm did he retain--Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe?<br /><br /> 5/17/11 11:38 AM<br /><br />___<br /><br />When I first heard that story about DSK not being in the hotel at the time of the attack, I figured that the people telling it knew full well it was pure BS, they were just trying to take up some space and time with a counter argument to get people thinking. I figured they wouldn't necessarily stick to it. It was a PR move. There will be others.HThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164697644251374452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66228485616024814262011-05-17T17:33:41.781-05:002011-05-17T17:33:41.781-05:00Allan, That's a great story, especially BHL...Allan, That's a great story, especially BHL's defense of his own stupidity: "fake but accurate." <i>The Sex Life of Immanuel Kant</i>! <i>Le Botulisme</i>!<br /><br /><i>Vraiment</i>, BHL?Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79713054922672758012011-05-17T17:20:16.089-05:002011-05-17T17:20:16.089-05:00In the current version DSK (Domin-Icky) says he ha...In the current version DSK (Domin-Icky) says he had the sex. But that the "MAID WANTED IT" ... So, of course, he took his clothes off.<br /><br />But then "he didn't flee" ... he went out to lunch with his daughter at a very fancy french restaurant in NYC. Where reservations are a must.<br /><br />He doesn't say that unlike NYC buses, that run by every few minutes. He had to wait for the plane ride provided by Air France. So why not eat?<br /><br />"Lover boy" sits in jail.<br /><br />And, maybe, this type of excuse works in france. But it doesn't sound like the maid "really wanted it."<br /><br />It also doesn't sound like he had the powers to force air france to take off early.<br /><br />There's a better chance that Princess Diana was KILLED, than this guy was "set up."Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78015236767607853162011-05-17T17:11:40.406-05:002011-05-17T17:11:40.406-05:00Is this clown's Bernard Henry-Levi or Bernard ...Is this clown's Bernard Henry-Levi or Bernard Helmsley? I mean laws are for the little people aren't they?<br /><br />One more French twit. It's guys like him that give the other one percent of French "intellectuals" a bad name.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377962123190780101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10804041460497186122011-05-17T17:03:40.119-05:002011-05-17T17:03:40.119-05:00Bernard-Henri Lévy a laughing stock for quoting fi...<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7019866.ece" rel="nofollow"><br /> Bernard-Henri Lévy a laughing stock for quoting fictional philosopher<br /></a>Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188695437268298621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34732204127615013482011-05-17T16:53:48.558-05:002011-05-17T16:53:48.558-05:00So while the French press is offended by photos of...So while the French press is offended by photos of DSK in handcuffs they have no problems publishing the full details about the alleged victim.<br /><br />Here's Slate French edition: <a href="http://www.slate.fr/story/38311/nafissatou-diallo-dsk-portait-guinee" rel="nofollow">SlateAfrique</a>Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567899161777565306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6833153899805375782011-05-17T15:50:11.458-05:002011-05-17T15:50:11.458-05:00Another neighbor, Assetou Kamara, 33, said the wom...<i>Another neighbor, Assetou Kamara, 33, said the woman is a devout Muslim.</i> <br /><br />Doesn't this mean she has to come up with four witnesses to the rape or risk being stoned for being a slut?Col Mustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964204495100091586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86971489966198088212011-05-17T15:11:13.981-05:002011-05-17T15:11:13.981-05:00Chip S.
What law firm did he retain--Dewey, Cheath...Chip S.<br /><i>What law firm did he retain--Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe?<br /></i><br />Crane, Poole and Schmidt?marinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435598676103731157noreply@blogger.com