Archive for October 2020
The Media Hothouse of Sanctimony and Jeff Toobin
Joe Berkowitz’s prissy “Four Minute Read,” a Fast Company article called “I can’t believe we need to say this, but it’s never okay to masturbate during a work meeting,” unloads on Jeff Toobin as a kind of media-celebrity sex offender. Berkowitz reminds us of the “unspoken precedent of never whipping your dick out during office hours.”…
Read MoreJeffrey Toobin’s Crime of Masturbation
The story of the downfall of Jeffrey Toobin because he was caught maturbating during a video call interests me, because not for the reasons you might expect. What’s fascinating to me is the reaction of his colleagues to Toobin’s behavior during this infamous Zoom call, not Toobin’s own colossal lack of judgment. A Colossally Ordinary…
Read MoreHumiliating Rudy Giuliani Is Just the Beginning
The photo of Rudy Giuliani with his hand in his pants is a Currier and Ives miniature of the whole Trump mob with their hand in our pants. The irony is just stunning. Giuliani went to this hotel room anticipating an hour (more like five minutes) of bliss. Who Will Cleanse the Sins of the…
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