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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Sitting Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, responding to Franken allegations, claims bedding 50 women
[CLEVELAND] Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, a Democratic candidate for governor, apparently trying to head off any criticisms from his opponents, revealed what he says are his sexual escapades over the years on a Facebook post.

A post on O'Neill's official Facebook said he was speaking up "on behalf of all heterosexual males" after allegations against Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken came to light Thursday. O'Neill, a Chagrin Falls native, said he had been "sexually intimate" with "approximately 50 very attractive females."

O'Neill said he was disappointed by the "national feeding frenzy about sexual indiscretions decades ago" and wanted to focus on the issues like legalizing marijuana and addressing opioid addiction. Over the last several weeks, numerous allegations of predatory sexual behavior against powerful men have come to light.
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Re Franken: She was a co-worker.

The Progs are proposing that voting for Moore is the same thing as voting for a person who, at the age of 30-ish, and an attorney, decided to roll the dice on “ If a person over the age of 16 has sex with a person under that age, they have committed second-degree rape, provided they are more than two years older than their partner.”

I believe His Honor must confront this head on, point out the various (and numerous) states with age of consent at 16 y/o, and emphasize all the bad guys he sent to jail for violating same. And, he must not in any manner, come off as a hypocrite, as he will be accused as such. imo.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/18/2017 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  For the Fallen it is allowable to be fallen. It's their cultural right at this time. But it is the righteous that must pay according to them. But they have forgotten, the sins of the righteous are paid in full. It is the Fallen who at the very end will receive terrifying justice. Amen.
Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 || 11/18/2017 1:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Former Sitting Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, responding to Franken allegations, claims bedding 50 women
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/18/2017 1:52 Comments || Top||

#4  O'Neill said he was disappointed by the "national feeding frenzy about sexual indiscretions decades ago"

Kudos to Bill.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/18/2017 3:04 Comments || Top||

#5  FWIW: Democrat tries to outsmart critics with Facebook posts of past peccadilloes. The move backfires.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 11/18/2017 3:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Bill O'Neill in "The Mighty Adventures of the 4 Incher". Or a show theme for Jerry Springer.
Posted by: Woodrow || 11/18/2017 5:57 Comments || Top||

#7  he had been "sexually intimate" with "approximately 50 very attractive females."

"some of them were almost awake, even!"
Posted by: Frank G || 11/18/2017 9:03 Comments || Top||

#8  Moore shouldn't to a anything. The Resistance did the same damn thing that happened last year in the election with the Trump allegations: Hit the "RAPE" button to soon, giving the electorate time to see through the BS.
Posted by: Charles || 11/18/2017 9:38 Comments || Top||

#9  Hit the "RAPE" button to soon, giving the electorate time to see through the BS.

Shhhhh!!!! Don't tell them!
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/18/2017 10:19 Comments || Top||

#10  Frequent flyer mileage at the Mustang Ranch?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/18/2017 10:47 Comments || Top||

#11  he had been "sexually intimate" with "approximately 50 very attractive females."

Female what, though?
Posted by: charger || 11/18/2017 11:58 Comments || Top||

#12  Moo....
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/18/2017 12:55 Comments || Top||

#13  All of a sudden there seems to be a huge cathartic movement.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/18/2017 14:29 Comments || Top||

#14  Were any of them alive at the time?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/18/2017 15:26 Comments || Top||


Florida Democratic Party leader resigns after report of 'creepy' behavior
[ORLANDOSENTINEL] Florida Democratic Party chairman Stephen Bittel is stepping down after a report detailing a hostile and "creepy" work environment he created for women.

"When my personal situation becomes distracting to our core mission of electing Democrats and making Florida better, it is time for me to step aside," he wrote in a statement posted on the FDP’s Twitter feed Friday. "I am proud of what we have built as a Party and the wins we have had for Florida families, but I apologize for all who have felt uncomfortable during my tenure at the Democratic Party."

Bittel’s last day will be Monday, and party vice chair Judy Mount will take over on an interim basis. The state executive committee will meet Dec. 9 to elect a permanent successor.

A Politico report published Friday detailed claims from six anonymous former staffers and consultants that he made inappropriate comments, ogled them and invited them to his house and onto his private jet. He also kept breast-shaped stress balls at his desk, which he said was a gag gift from a female former general counsel.

No one accused Bittel of physically groping or assaulting them, but the environment he created made women feel uncomfortable.

Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  made women feel uncomfortable
The very existence of men makes some women feel uncomfortable. Therefore men must cease to exist.
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/18/2017 1:09 Comments || Top||

#2  The guy's a classless jerk. That's not masculinity - it's just classless jerkiness.
Posted by: Knuckles Slineger2610 || 11/18/2017 7:44 Comments || Top||


Women On Clinton And Sanders Campaigns Allege Sexual Harassment
[HUFFINGTONPOST] Lilian Adams and Zoey Jordan Salsbury worked on opposite sides of the Democratic presidential primary. But they had similar problems.
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  they had similar problems

Yeah, men injured themselves running away.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/18/2017 2:02 Comments || Top||

#2  She should have just sat on him.
Posted by: gorb || 11/18/2017 14:01 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
IBM urged to avoid working on US immigrants
[DAWN] A coalition of rights groups laun­ched an online petition on Thursday urging IBM Corp to declare that it will not develop technology to help the Trump administration carry out a proposal to identify people for visa denial and deportation from the United States.

IBM and several other technology companies and contractors attended a July info­rmational session hos­ted by immigration enfo­rcement officials that discussed dev­eloping technology for vetting immigrants colonists, said Steven Renderos, organising director at petitioner the Centre for Media Justice.

President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
has pledged to harden screening procedures for people looking to enter the country, and also called for "extreme vetting" of certain immigrants colonists to ensure they are contributing to society, saying such steps are necessary to protect national security and curtail illegal immigration.

Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Change of priorities is in order. Identify the sweat shop labor immigration proponents first, then lock them all up for human trafficking and revoke their citizenships. After sentence served, ship them off to their choice of Kabul, Mogadishu or Tehran.
Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 || 11/18/2017 1:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Would these people feel better knowing the app will be be coded by cut rate H-1B visa contractors?

2016 Top 100 H1B Visa Sponsors
IBM is #3
Posted by: Glereth Ebberens5592 || 11/18/2017 10:05 Comments || Top||


Kid Wears Fake News Network Shirt To CNN Headquarters, Becomes American Hero
[DAILYCALLER] It’s time to crown a new savage for 2017. This time, it’s seventh grader Jaxon Jester of Dekalb, Georgia. This week, Jackson’s school went on a field trip to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters but he wasn’t too jazzed about it. So he wore a shirt making fun of CNN’s logo with the letters “FNN” and “fake news network” underneath.

Fortunately for CNN but very unfortunately for Jaxon, his school mandated he take the shirt off to participate in the field trip.

The Jesters were unhappy about this decision – and rightfully so. They claim it violated their son’s First Amendment rights.

Peachtree Charter Middle School later issued an apology to the Jesters but the damage was done. The town of Dekalb was ablaze with debate and online forums fervently discussed the ethics of the matter. Many people actually defended the school’s censorship and claimed it was the Jester’s responsibility to curb their kid’s political views.
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  he'll have a tough time in the indoctrination camps
Posted by: Frank G || 11/18/2017 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Particularly with a surname of 'Jester'.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/18/2017 9:09 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Fusion GPS Founder Told Congress He Regrets That His Research Ended Up In Kremlin Hands
[DAILYCALLER] The founder of the opposition research firm behind the Trump dossier told Congress this week that he regretted that the fruits of his investigation of a critic of the Kremlin were provided to and used by a top Russian government official.

A source familiar with Glenn Simpson’s testimony told The Daily Caller that the Fusion GPS partner also told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) that he knew that Remington Christopher Steele, the British spy who wrote the dossier, had provided briefings to the FBI during the campaign.

Simpson, who testified behind closed doors for nearly seven hours on Tuesday, denied knowing that research he did as part of a pro-Kremlin lobbying campaign ended up in the hands of Yuri Chaika, Russia’s prosecutor general.

While Fusion GPS was being paid by the Clinton campaign and DNC for the Trump investigation, the firm was also working for BakerHostetler, a law firm that was representing Prevezon Holdings, a Russian energy company that faced stiff penalties from the Magnitsky Act.
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Subpoena him immediately, Congress.
Protect him and yourselves. (The few that are not in on the take)

Do it Now.
Posted by: newc || 11/18/2017 2:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Might have to squirrel Simpson away like U1 whistleblower William Campbell.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/18/2017 14:33 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Hillary Clinton questions 'legitimacy' of Trump's victory in 2016 election
[FOXNEWS] One year after losing the presidential race, 2016 Democratic nominee Perennial Presidential Campaigner Hillary Crooked Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away...
is still questioning the "legitimacy" of President Trump’s victory, accusing Republicans of voter suppression tactics in swing states and Russians of influencing votes through a "disinformation campaign."

"I think that there are lots of questions about its legitimacy," Clinton said of the election during a video interview posted online Friday by the liberal Mother Jones website.

Clinton lamented how "we don’t have a method for contesting" the election in the United States and called for an independent commission to "get to the bottom of what happened."
Posted by: Fred || 11/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She needs to prove that she is not a slathering alien from alpha centuri who eats babies for supper.
Posted by: 3dc || 11/18/2017 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  She would rather threaten a civil war than be arrested.

I hear Mr. Trump is paying the legal costs of his team.

Jeebus. We live in truly amazing times.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/18/2017 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Open your Yap one more time Mrs Benghazi.

One more time and Congress does not have your hot little ass locked up in Quantico, I may be tempted to have a no confidence vote on the entire US Government for doing Soros bidding.

And then

And then!
Posted by: newc || 11/18/2017 1:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Little Miss Hitlery allow me to quote you. "At this point, what does it matter?"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 11/18/2017 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  Remember when Beest was worrying that Trump wouldn't accept the election results?

The one good thing about lefty accusations is that they always tell you what the lefty is doing, or planning to do.

Posted by: charger || 11/18/2017 12:01 Comments || Top||

#6  And come tomorrow, she'll bitch about Comey for the 200th time. What a freaking windbag, and to think that a fair number of Democrats voted for her simply because she's a broad.
Posted by: Raj || 11/18/2017 13:13 Comments || Top||

#7  Little Miss Hitlery allow me to quote you. "At this point, what does it matter?"

That only applies after two hears.
Posted by: gorb || 11/18/2017 13:58 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Resistance Royalty: Pelosi, Soros Headline Left's Biggest Dark Money Conference
[FreeBeacon] A secretive three-day conference where big money liberal donors are plotting the next steps of the "resistance" will be headlined by Friday speeches by billionaire George Soros and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The Democracy Alliance, a donor club of deep-pocketed liberal donors that each pledge to direct hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to approved left-wing groups, descended on California's posh La Costa Resort on Wednesday morning for its fall donor summit. The group continued its tradition of secrecy, promising all members and guests of the summit their participation would "remain confidential."

The first page of the conference agenda, which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon and can be viewed in its entirety below, lays out "participation guidelines," explaining that the Democracy Alliance is a "safe place" for donors and activists to meet. Guests are instructed not to share members' names with the press and not to post to any social media sites, to contact Democracy Alliance if "the media or a blogger" contacts them, and to "refrain from leaving sensitive materials out where others may find them."
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/18/2017 00:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Thanks for posting this.
It is my worst problem right now.

No funding and this idiocy goes poof and no one will believe it anymore because they all know it is BS anyway, all this leftists stool.
Posted by: newc || 11/18/2017 2:19 Comments || Top||

#2  So why a shooting massacre at a CW concert in LV?
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/18/2017 11:19 Comments || Top||

#3  These meetings are where we really need more folks like James O'Keefe.
Posted by: Raj || 11/18/2017 13:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Did Soros show up?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/18/2017 14:24 Comments || Top||

#5  I do not know about now, but, La Costa started as a Mafia retreat, I think Sicilian but not sure of that. Anyhow, one of the Italian-descent "interest groups." Nixon spent a lot of time there, lived not far away.

Word was back then, if you were hired at La Costa you did not quit. And as you can imagine, the employees were spectacular lookers, so the word had it.
Posted by: TopRev || 11/18/2017 18:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Our sni...observation team said "no reports"
Posted by: Frank G || 11/18/2017 18:53 Comments || Top||

#7  Emergency! Soros, Pelosi handing out new Resistance playbooks in Calif.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 11/18/2017 19:27 Comments || Top||



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