The Reckoning: Sexual Harassment

[okie john]

That’s... weird. But in all fairness, ‘Deep Throat’ was a phenomenon when it was released. It made several million when it first came out, which was a fair chunk of change in the early ‘70s. A lot people didn’t realize what variety of movie it was.

Still though, watching it with your mom is something you should definitely lie about after the fact.

It's also the kind of thing that nobody ever thought to put on a security clearance questionnaire.

Until now.

From this day forward, it will be known as The Hickenlooper Test.


Okie John

[willie]

As long as they didn't go to the drive in it's ok.

[Baldanders]

As long as they didn't go to the drive in it's ok.

I say we call this the Willie rule.

Willy rule?

Or the Willy Exception to the Hickenlooper Test?

Ok, even if you didn't realize that the film involved close-up fellatio, how did neither mom or son leave the theater once that became clear?

[Chance]

From BBC News:

Former US Senator Al Franken has said he "absolutely" regrets resigning from his post in 2017 following a wave of accusations of sexual misconduct.

The Minnesota Democrat stepped down just three weeks after allegations of unwanted touching first surfaced, amid mounting pressure from colleagues.

Mr Franken told The New Yorker he wished his case had first been examined by the Senate Ethics Committee.

Now, seven of the 36 Democrats who demanded he resign say they regret it.

....


As pressure from his colleagues escalated, Mr Franken recounted a late-night meeting with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in which Mr Schumer issued an ultimatum: Mr Franken must quit or the minority leader would rally the entire Democratic caucus to call for his resignation.

Through a spokesperson, Mr Schumer denied that he threatened to turn his caucus against Mr Franken, but confirmed he called upon the Minnesota Democrat to step down.

Mr Schumer's demand came before any independent investigation or Senate Ethics Committee hearing had taken place.

"I couldn't believe it," Mr Franken told The New Yorker. "I asked him for due process and he said no."

Several Democrats told the New Yorker they regret their own role in Mr Franken's downfall during the winter of 2017.

Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, called his role in Mr Franken's resignation "one of the biggest mistakes I've made" in his 45 years in the US Senate.

Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth echoed Mr Leahy's regret, and lamented the absence of any investigation or hearing into Mr Franken's behaviour.

It is important to acknowledge the trauma of Mr Franken's accusers, Ms Duckworth said, but added: "We needed more facts. That due process didn't happen is not good for our democracy."