Buffy the Vampire Slayer Creator and Noted Male Feminist Joss Whedon Is Hit By New Allegations of Abuse by Actresses

Every male feminist should be forced to hand out r@pe whistles to all women within 500 yards.

The actresses released statements on social media putting distance between themselves and the embattled director/producer/writer.
"While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don’t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon," Gellar, 43, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. "I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic currently so I will not be making any further statements. At this time, but I stand with all survivors of abuse and I'm proud of them for speaking out."
Trachtenberg wrote on Instagram, "Thank you @sarahmgellar for saying this. I am brave enough now as a 35-year-old woman....To repost this. Because. This must. Be known. As a teenager. With his not appropriate behavior....very. Not. Appropriate."
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"For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatized me to this day," the actress began her two-page note. "Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on sets of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. While he found his misconduct amusing, it only served to intensify my performance anxiety, disempower me, and alienate me from my peers. The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively."

Actress Michelle Tractenberg has revealed a suggestive claim:

On Thursday, the actress (who played Dawn Summers on the show) claimed that there was a rule on set that Whedon was not allowed to be in a room alone with her.
"The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He's not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again," Trachtenberg wrote in an Instagram post. In the same post, Trachtenberg had reposted "Buffy" star Sarah Michelle Gellar's social media post saying she "stands with all survivors of abuse and am proud of them for speaking out."
Insider contacted Whedon's and Trachtenberg's representatives for further comment but did not get a response.

Below, the complaint of Charisma Carpenter that started this.

Whedon called her "fat." She told him that that was because she was four months pregnant.

He then demanded to know if she was going to "keep it," with the suggestion that she was behaving selfishly by keeping the baby and being all "fat" for his stupid man-boy vampire fantasy bullshit show.

Sounds like Disney Material to me.

Posted by: Ace at 12:11 PM

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1 That whore was a major role in Firefly.

Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:11 PM (yK9py)

2 Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 15, 2021 12:11 PM (kTF2Z)

3 Whedon called her "fat." She told him that that was because she was four months pregnant.

***

I'm trying to think of the pictures I've seen of Joss. He's a bit of a neckbearded chunk IIRC.

Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:12 PM (yK9py)

4 Kind of an asshole. Well, more than 'kind of'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (lmikk)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at beautiful Chancre del Diablo ranch at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (II8j/)

6 I called the otters.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (kTF2Z)

7 I'm trying to think of the pictures I've seen of Joss. He's a bit of a neckbearded chunk IIRC.
Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:12 PM (yK9py)

Yeah, he is kind of potato.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (lmikk)

8 Scum in Hollywierd Who would have thunk that?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (yrol0)

9 I'm not sure that I really even know who these people are.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (yQpMk)

10 Anyway, like AtC pointed out so long ago, leftist women know how horrible leftist men are, and they know conservatives are MUCH worse, so just imagine how horrible conservative men must be.

Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:14 PM (yK9py)

11 Didn't allegations on this thoroughly odious a**hole become known a few years ago? Why wasn't he disemboweled (career-wise, of course) then? I'd love nothing more than to see that scumbag, in particular, destroyed.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 12:14 PM (O+I8R)

12 male feminist is just a mean dude who awkwardly wants to get in a chicks pants

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 15, 2021 12:14 PM (r4bSV)

13 All the actresses here were in Buffy. Carpenter is the only one besides Gellar that I can think of who did anything else- and even for her it was Cruel Intentions and.. the Scooby Doo reboot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (lmikk)

14
Was he handsy or a jerk verbally?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (UJgXw)

15 WOMXN ARE NOT ILLOGICAL AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL!

Believe all womxn.

Posted by: Rose McGowan at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (MFIrZ)

16 Lefty women think the worst of men because Lefty men are the worst of men.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) reminds you at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (yQpMk)

17 If only Charisma Carpenter hadn't titled it "My Truth." Ugh.

Wonder where Amy Acker is in all this. She starred in both Angel and Whedon's movie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (Bmy3R)

18 re: solar powered tanks ....

how do you armor up the solar pannels?

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 15, 2021 12:16 PM (r4bSV)

19 Male feminist? Well, it sounded good at the time.

Posted by: Josh Weedon at February 15, 2021 12:16 PM (W4eKo)

20
Gina Torres. I cant believe she let Josh have his way with her.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:16 PM (HiNDK)

21 Fucks given: zero point zero

Every one of these so called starlets is onboard the SJW train. They are part of why Hollywood is the cesspool it is. So to all his so called victims I give a hearty LOLGF..

I no longer have any sympathy for people who hate me.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 12:16 PM (hS+kz)

22 Was he handsy or a jerk verbally?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (UJgXw)
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If Whedon wasn't allowed to be alone in a room with Gellar, I'd say handsy.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (2SdPm)

23 11 Didn't allegations on this thoroughly odious a**hole become known a few years ago? Why wasn't he disemboweled (career-wise, of course) then? I'd love nothing more than to see that scumbag, in particular, destroyed.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 12:14 PM (O+I8R)

IIRC, he has always been known as a Cameron-esqe asshole (with more passive aggressive tendencies.) However, it was all papered over because Buffy was the beginning of the 5 foot 100 pound girl beating up 300 lb gorillas. The only other allegation was that he was banging Eliza Dushku (who appeared in a bunch of his stuff, come to think of it.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (lmikk)

24 4 Months Pregnant and 126 lbs?

*Makes Pig Noises*

I hope you are having triplets...

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (DGxRL)

25 OT: still no Rush. Got a bad feeling about this

Posted by: Dingbat at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (2tblE)

26 Wow. What a pig.

Posted by: Denny Crane! at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (uc+oy)

27 First-worthy.

Hey screw all these people. Him for being the ass he is and them for only speaking up now.

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (vZqvS)

28 13 All the actresses here were in Buffy. Carpenter is the only one besides Gellar that I can think of who did anything else- and even for her it was Cruel Intentions and.. the Scooby Doo reboot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (lmikk)

Cruel Intentions was enough though.

***shiver***

Posted by: browndog at February 15, 2021 12:17 PM (BgMrQ)

29 I don't see anything other than the guy was a dick. Where's the good stuff?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 15, 2021 12:18 PM (1ISKN)

30 Leftist hollywood women certainly do happen to associate with a lot of trash leftist men. Why does this keep happening to them? Will we ever solve this mystery?

Kristy Swanson, the one true buffy, and a righty-babe, would have kicked his ass.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 15, 2021 12:18 PM (u8Hsl)

31 14
Was he handsy or a jerk verbally?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (UJgXw)

As far as I have heard, he was just verbal. The closet is still getting emptied at this point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:18 PM (lmikk)

32 Whedon used the same actors and actresses over and over in each new show. I used to think it was because he worked well with them and wanted to work with them again. Now I wonder if it was because he knew who would keep his behavior a secret.

Posted by: G. Gnome, House Hunter at February 15, 2021 12:18 PM (OQcPl)

33 The alleged victims, who didn't utter a word until they couldn't, are only marginally more sympathetic than Whedon. They could have saved others but their personal finances outweighed their decency.

Cut the cord.

Boycott Disney.

Refuse to finance this garbage.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (puu6v)

34 Probably should find the link to the article Whedon;s ex-wife wrote about him. He's a special kind of harasser.

Also should be noted: this was kicked off by the recent action by the studio in response to a male actor's complaints of abusive behavior by Whedon on the set of "Justice League" movie. They intervoewed Carpenter as part of that investigation. The results? They fired the black actor.

So, Whedon doesn;t just survive sexual harassment charges, he gets a pass for racially abusive treatment, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (bDqIh)

35 "The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He's not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again,"

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Worst. Pnctuation. Ever.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (VVEnO)

36 Joss.

Who the fuck names a boy Joss?

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (DGxRL)

37 31 14
Was he handsy or a jerk verbally?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (UJgXw)

As far as I have heard, he was just verbal. The closet is still getting emptied at this point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:18 PM (lmikk)

That's what the allegations here look like. Verbal that is.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (Zm+LZ)

38 Whedon used the same actors and actresses over and over in each new show. I used to think it was because he worked well with them and wanted to work with them again. Now I wonder if it was because he knew who would keep his behavior a secret.
Posted by: G. Gnome, House Hunter at February 15, 2021 12:18 PM (OQcPl)

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Or, they leveraged his behavior.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (2SdPm)

39 Wonder where Amy Acker is in all this. She starred in both Angel and Whedon's movie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (Bmy3R)

OK...

I read that name as Adm. Akbar. Time for me to get some caffeine...

Posted by: browndog at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (BgMrQ)

40 29 I don't see anything other than the guy was a dick. Where's the good stuff?

"The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He's not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again"

All those periods she inserted say more than the words alone....

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (Bmy3R)

41 ""Abuse""

Look I hate Joss Whedon almost as much as AtC hates Bill Clinton....almost....but this is just asshole director behavior.

He was fucking half the females on Buffy/Angel/Dollhouse but most of that was the casting couch and most of THAT was initiated by the girls in question.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (uxJPn)

42 Hollywood job hazards...the sacrifices they make for us...

Posted by: BignJames at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (AwYPR)

43 This post is Alexthechick bait...

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 15, 2021 12:21 PM (jOcSX)

44 Michelle Trachtenberg should be impeached by the Vatican. Obviously.

Posted by: Sean Penn at February 15, 2021 12:21 PM (sWM8x)

45 Amen. The one truly Buffy is Kristi Swanson who is exponentially hotter than the TV Buffy.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 12:21 PM (hS+kz)

46 The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule.

***

hahahaha

Yeah, punctuation means things. There WAS a rule. Past tense, so it didn't apply any longer?

Did you help your uncle with his horse at any point?

Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:21 PM (yK9py)

47 Wonder where Amy Acker is in all this. She starred in both Angel and Whedon's movie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (Bmy3R)

Whedon certainly seemed to have a type. Willowy, petite brunettes, often with dancing background.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (lmikk)

48 Who the fuck names a boy Joss?

****

Word.
- Deonkay's mom

Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (yK9py)

49 Director: sleep with me and you'll get the part. All of Hollywood: ok

Posted by: Nckate at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (+6Fup)

50 @MAE, yeah about the casting couch, but, Whedon is a sanctimonious twit, so, I tend to like the fact this kind of thing is coming back to haunt him.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (2SdPm)

51 Sounds like Disney Material to me.

Posted by: Ace at 12:11 PM

James Gunn called, asked how old the baby is, because anything over 4 and he's no longer interested.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (oQ94s)

52 bullying? generally there are 2 sides to stories ...

Lee Jae-yeong and Lee Da-yeong (pictured left together in 2021 and right in 2015) both played for the Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders, the biggest women's team in the country, and were instrumental in securing South Korea's place at the Tokyo Olympics. They were accused by an alleged former middle school teammate of bullying, as well as stealing money and threatening others with a knife.

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (r4bSV)

53 40 29 I don't see anything other than the guy was a dick. Where's the good stuff?

"The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He's not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again"

All those periods she inserted say more than the words alone....
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (Bmy3R)

She doesn't want to make a direct accusation. Typically if a woman makes passive-aggressive implied accusations at a person it's bullshit. Then if it blows up somehow they deny and shift blame. Never seen that happen before?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (Zm+LZ)

54 well this surprises me not at all

poor Michelle

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (j9HX3)

55 In the end, they're all lefties so let them all take each other down.

Kristy Swanson, the One True Buffy, is a rightie. She rocks. And is still gorgeous.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (Bmy3R)

56 Greetings:

I am easily enthralled and completely convinced by the reports of people who recite the words and portray the emotions of others for a living.

Posted by: 11B40 at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (evgyj)

57 I'm changing. My name.

Posted by: Michelle. Trachtenberg. at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (sWM8x)

58 ...you know?

Like JosH but without that awful H.

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (wnjl8)

59 Joss.

Who the fuck names a boy Joss?

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:19 PM (DGxRL)

It's just asking for bad luck

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (uxJPn)

60 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (Zm+LZ)

Oh, I'm not saying I believe her. Just saying there's more than just verbal stuff alleged.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (Bmy3R)

61 Sounds like Disney Material to me.

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Cruz in trouble for retweeting Babylon Bee.

The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
Disney Posts Job Ad Looking For Strong, Fierce Women Who Are Also Obedient, Submissive, And Docile

Cruz made Newsweek mad. They said that he's so dumb he doesn't recognize parody.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (VVEnO)

62 Director's Rights Respected, baby!

Posted by: Count de Monet in exile at his Fortress of Solitude at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (4I/2K)

63 He was fucking half the females on Buffy/Angel/Dollhouse but most of that was the casting couch and most of THAT was initiated by the girls in question.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (uxJPn)

Yeah, but this is where the Bill-Monica stuff kind of comes in- at what point does power and control become undue advantage? When does it become grooming? Being in a position of authority, while accepted in Hollywood as the way to get laid, is still creepy to me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (lmikk)

64 "Them bitches lie for a living!"

- Joss Wheaten

Posted by: Mr. Gray 508 at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (yK9py)

65 Sounds like Disney Material to me.

Posted by: Ace at 12:11 PM

James Gunn called, asked how old the baby is, because anything over 4 and he's no longer interested.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (oQ94s)

10 Points to Burt

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (uxJPn)

66 59 Joss.

Who the fuck names a boy Joss?

Jazz singer Joss Stone is kind of hot. So that's better.

Posted by: N.L. Urker at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (lgiXo)

67 >>> 45 Amen. The one truly Buffy is Kristi Swanson who is exponentially hotter than the TV Buffy.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 12:21 PM (hS+kz)

And she's a vocal Trump supporter and consistently on the right. I would not be surprised if she was a sometimes lurker here. She would fit in fine.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (u8Hsl)

68 60 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (Zm+LZ)

Oh, I'm not saying I believe her. Just saying there's more than just verbal stuff alleged.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (Bmy3R)

She's very carefully not exactly alleging it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (Zm+LZ)

69 58 ...you know?

Like JosH but without that awful H.
Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:23 PM (wnjl

Josh was a bit too butch sounding to the Whedons?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (lmikk)

70 I'm not really reading much creepshow abuse from that so much as he's a stereotypical asshole director/producer. But I guess that's a cancellable offense now, and isn't Whedon vaguely SJW friendly? All these Hollyweird punks deserve each other.

Posted by: CppThis at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (zcf1k)

71 This Michelle charcter is not in any way sympathetic if you are asking me.

Sure. Guy is a douche. But she sounds like she might swing more than a little bit Karen.

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (wnjl8)

72 She's very carefully not exactly alleging it.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (Zm+LZ)

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She's not.... but several others have.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (HiNDK)

73 While I can empathize with the womenz, Hollyweird has been a cesspool forever. Nobody involved with movies or TV is in any position to claim victimhood IMO.
This behavior and far worse is and has been fostered and perpetuated. Choke on it.

Posted by: IP at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (pWrfh)

74 "...but I stand with all survivors of abuse and I'm proud of them for speaking out."

Why does no one ever talk about those who did not survive?

Posted by: Harris Junta at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (hupQC)

75 I find this great, and a little troubling.

First, great, because it's Joss Whedon, a sanctimonious left-wing a-hole, and it's good to see one get what he deserves. And some of this does appear to be sexual harassment.

But a little troubling, because some of this is just that he's difficult to work with, both for men and women. And while that can be an issue in and of itself, it's not harassment. I think Jeffrey Tambor got tagged with some of this at the height of the Me Too lynch mob. "He was MEAN to me!" "He yelled at me!" "Clearly he's a woman-hater!" I don't know these guys, and I'm not going to waste a whole lot of effort defending them, but I also don't think we should banish someone forever because he's a man, and he had a disagreement with a woman.

But yeah, also screw Joss Whedon.

Posted by: Wally at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (FJYfm)

76 He was fucking half the females on Buffy/Angel/Dollhouse but most of that was the casting couch and most of THAT was initiated by the girls in question.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (uxJPn)

Yeah, but this is where the Bill-Monica stuff kind of comes in- at what point does power and control become undue advantage? When does it become grooming? Being in a position of authority, while accepted in Hollywood as the way to get laid, is still creepy to me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (lmikk)

Sure it's creepy. But unlike Monica, the actresses 'get' something for bedding the neckbeard.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying this drama is a tempest in a teacup. This doesn't even approach Alfred Hitchcock levels of abuse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (uxJPn)

77 She's very carefully not exactly alleging it.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (Zm+LZ)

Kids memories are... suspect though. She mentions anxiety issues. How much is stuff her parents demanded -possibly fearing for their girl in Hollywood?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (lmikk)

78 Wonder where Amy Acker is in all this. She starred in both Angel and Whedon's movie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:15 PM (Bmy3R)

She also followed him, along with Eliza Dushku, to Dollhouse.

And on Angel, they not only killed her character, they destroyed her soul. That struck me as particularly cruel, for one of the sweetest characters he ever created. Then he had her character's face scarred in Dollhouse.

Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film, the one with Jamie Lee Curtis. I forget the name of it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (oQ94s)

79 >>Jazz singer Joss Stone is kind of hot. So that's better.

Isn't that a chick?

Also. She's no Jazz singer.

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (wnjl8)

80 59 Who names a boy Joss? They misspelled Jizz on the birth certificate.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (I58tH)

81

better start learning chinese if NATO wants solar powered tanks

SHOOT THE SOLAR PANNELS PONG-PING !!!!

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (r4bSV)

82 Wheldon is a member of the protected class, and is thus immune from any consequences of his behavior. At most, he will be 'fired', only to be brought back to great acclaim ala James Gunn.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (HmZuC)

83 Didn't allegations on this thoroughly odious a**hole become known a few years ago? Why wasn't he disemboweled (career-wise, of course) then? I'd love nothing more than to see that scumbag, in particular, destroyed.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 12:14 PM (O+I8R)

Yeah, we've heard this all before - or something that's similar. The only difference was it was during the absolute peak of marvelmania. Now that it's a floundering enterprise, Joss is more fair game than he was 4 years back. Ace is right, he's perfect for Disney. He'd do a great job continuing on the SW franchise taking it to entirely new unplunged depths.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (46GDR)

84 And she's a vocal Trump supporter and consistently on the right. I would not be surprised if she was a sometimes lurker here. She would fit in fine.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 15, 2021 12:25 PM (u8Hsl)

I would fit fine in her.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (jOcSX)

85 @Breaking911 3m

NEW: The Nebraska GOP is planning to hold a vote to formally censure Sen. Sasse in March -Lincoln Journal Star

I'm making a hand gesture over all these censures....BFD.

Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (cF8AT)

86 Whedon sounds like he's particularly out of joint with references to Christianity or religion. Why, it's almost as if he's evil and the very sight or sound of it makes him froth and recoil. Dude is quite disturbed.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (O+I8R)

87 I believe there was some speculation that the reason Carpenter has come forward now is that perhaps some NDA's have expired.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (vMCab)

88 I always got this knob confused with Will Wheaton of the Big Bang Theory.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (y7DUB)

89
She's not.... but several others have.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (HiNDK)

Maybe they're more credible. I don't really know anything about the guy or what he's made, just commenting on what we see here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (Zm+LZ)

90 I'm pretty sure his name is actually Joshua he (or someone) just got creative with his nickname

like Zander for Alexander, that sort of thing

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (j9HX3)

91 I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying this drama is a tempest in a teacup. This doesn't even approach Alfred Hitchcock levels of abuse.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (uxJPn)

Granted, just saying it's right or it's wrong. On the other hand, most of these gals were in their late 20s/early 30's when they were playing 'teens' on the show aside from Trachtenberg.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (lmikk)

92 yeah about the casting couch, but, Whedon is a sanctimonious twit, so, I tend to like the fact this kind of thing is coming back to haunt him.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 15, 2021 12:22 PM (2SdPm)

Jah, anything that makes Whedon suffer makes me happy.

But sure, fire Gina Carano for re-posting a non-offensive, truthful comment. Fuck Disney too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (uxJPn)

93 I'm making a hand gesture over all these censures....BFD.
Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (cF8AT)

It's something, and the reality is that I'm not sure how much power they have to do anything else.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (jOcSX)

94 I do not care if Joss was just an asshole. If he is a lefty I want him gone and made to play by his own rules.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (VDMus)

95 I'd like to think of myself as fairly strong-minded, and unaffected somewhat by the lefty thought toxins floating around us. But I think it gets us all.

I was just scanning links on YT and one of them was called "Black and White Sunset" (photography). I read it at first as "Black and White Supremacist".

Damn. No one is immune. And it's there every second of the day.

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (uEbPt)

96 Charisma was always the hot one. Don't these chicks have a guy that would politely tell Whedon to cut the shit or get the beating of a lifetime if he lives that long?

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (2DOZq)

97 Should I care?

Posted by: Ziba at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (S1hrL)

98 Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film, the one with Jamie Lee Curtis. I forget the name of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (oQ94s)

True Lies. Dear Lord that is awful. Tom Arnold.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (lmikk)

99 >>As far as I have heard, he was just verbal. The closet is still getting emptied at this point.

A few years ago Whedon's ex-wife wrote an article about him - he was sleeping with a lot of the actresses in his various projects, and IIRC, she implied that he pressured them into is.

Ket me find it -- I'd say it was likely more that "verbal" harassment w/some of them...

Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (bDqIh)

100 There is 3 inches of global warming here in SW Louisiana....

Tell me some more about "unprecedented warming" Goreons.

Posted by: sven at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (Lzpvj)

101 Joss Whedon is a sensitive New Age guy... and an asshoe.

Posted by: Pimp Daddy Welfare at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (WeNe+)

102 Maybe they're more credible. I don't really know anything about the guy or what he's made, just commenting on what we see here.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (Zm+LZ)

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Its been three or four years , but there was quite the kerfuffle about the actresses he WASs banging.

*side eyes Morena Baccarin

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (HiNDK)

103 Your Dog Died...

Action!

Cut, cut, cut...

I was just kidding about your dog. It was your Mom who died.

And...we're rolling, peple.
Action!

Posted by: Zombie Hitchcock at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (wnjl8)

104

joss is what you use to pay for shit in Mongolia right?

like 3 joss for that camel meat sandwich?

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (r4bSV)

105 If he is a lefty I want him gone and made to play by his own rules.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (VDMus)

Maybe we should start instituting *harsher* rules for them. Trying to make them live up to their own rules leaves them in control of the rules.

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (uEbPt)

106 @Breaking911 3m

NEW: The Nebraska GOP is planning to hold a vote to formally censure Sen. Sasse in March -Lincoln Journal Star

I'm making a hand gesture over all these censures....BFD.
Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (cF8AT)/i]

Shunning is about the most they can do. It will be hard for them to later support someone that they censored.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (yQpMk)

107 I detest Whedon with the fire of a thousand suns, so it pains me to say it, but his Much Ado About Nothing was f'ing brilliant. Clever as all hell, creativity bursting out the seams, genuinely funny, as entertaining as Shakespeare's ever gonna be on film...and he still stayed truer to the original script than just about anybody ever has in film adaptations.

I just really hate that he was the one who made it.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (Bmy3R)

108 dammit

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (yQpMk)

109 I'm making a hand gesture over all these censures....BFD.
Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:27 PM (cF8AT)

It's something, and the reality is that I'm not sure how much power they have to do anything else.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 15, 2021 12:28 PM (jOcSX)

The true test comes in future election cycles and if they support primary challengers.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (y7DUB)

110 48 Who the fuck names a boy Joss?

means ruck in srant ringo

Posted by: sushi boi at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (6iURM)

111 106 Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (yQpMk)

The GOP all-stars better remember they work for the GOP voters not the media and sure as hell not democrats.

Posted by: sven at February 15, 2021 12:31 PM (Lzpvj)

112 Here's what his wife wrote about him - he got off on publicly being praised as a make feminist while sleeping with actresses:

https://tinyurl.com/3cjswl43

Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 12:31 PM (bDqIh)

113 59 Who names a boy Joss?

someone who sells the 2nd suit for half price

Posted by: Jos A Banks at February 15, 2021 12:31 PM (oA+QO)

114 I just really hate that he was the one who made it.

yeah it sucks

my favorite painter was a raging Nazi (Gerhard Richter)

why does this happen? yet it does

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (j9HX3)

115 >>> Yeah, but this is where the Bill-Monica stuff kind of comes in- at what point does power and control become undue advantage? When does it become grooming? Being in a position of authority, while accepted in Hollywood as the way to get laid, is still creepy to me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:24 PM (lmikk)

They were all adults I think. Just as bad as if an employee helps their boss skim off the top. The sex as a resume booster is just a different kind of wrong. In all these situations there are women who didn't put out that are wronged.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (u8Hsl)

116 If the climate was unchanged within a small tolerance everywhere for two years, the Left would tell us it's the fault of humans because climate is *supposed* to change.

And then they'd show us the #Science.

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (uEbPt)

117 100 There is 3 inches of global warming here in SW Louisiana....

Tell me some more about "unprecedented warming" Goreons.
Posted by: sven at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (Lzpvj)

Are you in Lake Charles?

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (2DOZq)

118 Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film, the one with Jamie Lee Curtis. I forget the name of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (oQ94s)

True Lies. Dear Lord that is awful. Tom Arnold.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (lmikk)

Tom Arnold sexually abused Eliza Dushku?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (yQpMk)

119 115 Posted by: banana Dream at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (u8Hsl)

Donkey made these rules comrade, if they can take Bob Packwood's scalp we can take some of theirs.

Posted by: sven at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (Lzpvj)

120 All of a sudden, I have this vision of Joss telling gals, "Yeah, well, let's see just how well you can act. I know you won't like getting horizontal with me, but, make me BELIEVE you enjoyed yourself."

Gah.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (2SdPm)

121 I've head rumors that Hollywood may be a den of inequity. It makes me think that wealth and fame do something to the weak mind that turns them into depraved, twisted pieces of shit.

Oh! Gotta go! Buffy is coming on........

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (jvt6t)

122 He was fucking half the females on Buffy/Angel/Dollhouse but most of that was the casting couch and most of THAT was initiated by the girls in question.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (uxJPn)

No. Actually none of them have said they were forced to have sex with him. They said he was abusive, on the set.

As in, what one would legally define as workplace harassment. Whether one believes them or not, this isn't about the casting couch. It's about all the rest of this power dynamic stuff, which is real, and happens in virtually every industry. Not just Hollowood.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (oQ94s)

123 Tom Arnold sexually abused Eliza Dushku?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (yQpMk)

I'm not saying it was him... but he looks like the type, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (lmikk)

124 >> Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film

Now I kinda feel bad for all of those times I enjoyed her running.

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (wnjl8)

125 Whedon still might become the new Roman Polanski - "Oh, but he is sooooo talented", "It was just sex, you prudes!", "They weren't virgins!", etc.

Posted by: West at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (QY+6a)

126 Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film, the one with Jamie Lee Curtis. I forget the name of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (oQ94s)

True Lies. Dear Lord that is awful. Tom Arnold.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (lmikk)

Did not know any of that. Jesus.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (pxDdN)

127 I just really hate that he was the one who made it.

yeah it sucks

my favorite painter was a raging Nazi (Gerhard Richter)

why does this happen? yet it does
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (j9HX3)

Love the art not the artist. Being creative isn't linked to being an exemplary person.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (y7DUB)

128 117 Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (2DOZq)

An hour north, it was pretty funny we came out of the field a day early because "safety first, mission sometimes."

Posted by: sven at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (Lzpvj)

129 >>>I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying this drama is a tempest in a teacup. This doesn't even approach Alfred Hitchcock levels of abuse.

True, and the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood was a endless horror behind the camera. But Hitchcock and his fellow travelers didn't virtue signal while committing their evil deeds.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (HmZuC)

130 I don't know any of these people and I am glad I don't.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (Qm/Qo)

131 Joss Stone:
Fell in Love with a Boy
https://youtu.be/tZbkMrjUJYo

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (uxJPn)

132 124 >> Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film

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Any names that came out of that?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (jvt6t)

133 If the climate was unchanged within a small tolerance everywhere for two years
------

Here's the deal...... "Global Warming" has been on haitus for 21 years now.

"So.... Mr Mann..... did your modeling predict this 2 decade long holiday from measurable warming???"

"ummmm no"

Well then your models dont work very well now do they...

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (HiNDK)

134 @106:

Correct. They also could preemptively announce they will not support "X" in the primary, but, cucks.

God I miss Trump.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (puu6v)

135 Wow.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 15, 2021 12:35 PM (wGxSf)

136 Afternoon Horde! Just saw that "BOYCOTT PUBLIX" was trending (as an alert, not from twatter) and found out that the daughter of the founder donated $300,000 to the Stop the Steal Rally (therefore enabling white insurrectionists and traitors/) and to the Trump campaign. Time to shop there if ya can!Link goes to msn

tinyurl.com/1cf55mwa

Posted by: RedDish haz new computer at February 15, 2021 12:35 PM (AjwWO)

137 When you watch the shows that these creep, writers/producers/whatever, produce you see their own creep fantasies within them.

Gross.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 15, 2021 12:35 PM (FMoYW)

138 It's something, and the reality is that I'm not sure how much power they have to do anything else.
At the very least, it shows that they understand where their futures lie, and it ain't with the Sasses of the world.

Posted by: pep at February 15, 2021 12:35 PM (v16oJ)

139 116 If the climate was unchanged within a small tolerance everywhere for two years, the Left would tell us it's the fault of humans because climate is *supposed* to change.

And then they'd show us the #Science.
Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (uEbPt)
-------------
We need to have socialism now to stop Catastrophic Global Climate Stasis!

Posted by: zmdavid at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (xqRaG)

140 > history of being "casually" cruel.

casually?
does that mean, nonchalantly, superficial, by chance, informal?

Posted by: old chick at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (sOete)

141
Addie Joss > Joss Whedon

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (UJgXw)

142 Just for the record, I did not know about the Dushku abuse on True Lies and was kind of shocked when it was brought up- then immediately though of the comments Arnold's character makes in the film about Dushku (who did not look 12 there, more like 17 playing 16?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (lmikk)

143 41 Look I hate Joss Whedon almost as much as AtC hates Bill Clinton....almost....but this is just asshole director behavior.

He was fucking half the females on Buffy/Angel/Dollhouse but most of that was the casting couch and most of THAT was initiated by the girls in question.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:20 PM (uxJPn)

I gotta be honest, I have a hard time taking this MeToo stuff seriously because so much of it reeks of "fuck you, got mine" opportunism. But the infotainment industry is a notorious breeding ground for predatory assholes with a strong deleterious effect on the current state of affairs, so I have no particular desire to save them from the monster they created either...

Posted by: CppThis at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (zcf1k)

144 Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (oQ94s)

Amy Acker bounced back quite nicely in Person of Interest, as Root. Great character, and her real-life husband was on the show as well as a minor character.

I doubt that Whedon would have lasted long if Acker was touched on the set. Her hubby looks like the kind of guy that would have chopped him into little pieces if she told him about it.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (4tiP2)

145 Tom Arnold sexually abused Eliza Dushku?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (yQpMk)

I'm not saying it was him... but he looks like the type, no?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (lmikk)

It was a stunt co-ordinator, supposedly. Sounds like he was skeevy and made a very crass move on her but no sex or penetration. So less than Joe Biden.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (uxJPn)

146 They were all adults I think. Just as bad as if an employee helps their boss skim off the top. The sex as a resume booster is just a different kind of wrong. In all these situations there are women who didn't put out that are wronged.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 15, 2021 12:32 PM (u8Hsl)

Exactly. That's why Mira Sorvino was admirably better than her peers on the Harvey Weinstein thing. She said no, and was punished for it in Hollywood. But it makes you wonder, who said yes? Clearly, if Harvey was getting all "no" responses, that crap would have stopped. Who are the actresses who owe their careers to saying yes to Harvey? This stuff will stop when the men who do this are punished, and the women who say yes are publicly shamed.

Posted by: Wally at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (FJYfm)

147 >>Any names that came out of that?

IIRC, she named Arnold's stunt double

Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (bDqIh)

148 Here's the deal...... "Global Warming" has been on haitus for 21 years now.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (HiNDK)

They admit that - and yet you can still find a headline for nearly every "[insert year] is the hottest year on record!!!"

Amazing how that works.

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (jBRLB)

149
Are drill instructors now going to be accused of abuse? Coaches?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (UJgXw)

150 I have the mini series John Adams on. They are voting on the Declaration of Independence. The Founders were not a bunch of Harumphers protecting their phony baloney jobs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (I58tH)

151 Dushku, it is known, was sexually abused when she was 12, on the set of the Schwarzenegger film, the one with Jamie Lee Curtis. I forget the name of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (oQ94s)

True Lies. Dear Lord that is awful. Tom Arnold.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:29 PM (lmikk)

Tom Arnold sexually abused Eliza Dushku?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:33 PM (yQpMk)

I'm not sure where Tom Arnold comes in. The guy accused of abusing her was some production person. I don't recall who or what he did on the film, but Arnold of course, is a creep, and no doubt has some stuff in his closet.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (oQ94s)

152 Shunning is about the most they can do. It will be hard for them to later support someone that they censored.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:30 PM (yQpMk)

Yeah, they'll have a hard time showing any support for him down the road. Not saying they won't support him, because it's the GOP, but they'd have a lot of uncomfortable explaining to do.

They should also be conducting a search for primary challengers, though, and doing it in as public a manner as possible.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (pxDdN)

153 140 > history of being "casually" cruel.

casually?
does that mean, nonchalantly, superficial, by chance, informal?

Posted by: old chick at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (sOete)

I think the usage here is that he did it all the time without having to be particularly incensed to be nasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (lmikk)

154 >>Are drill instructors now going to be accused of abuse? Coaches?

*Throws Chair*

Posted by: Bobby Knoght at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (wnjl8)

155 Are drill instructors now going to be accused of abuse?

-----

Shark attacks are a no-no now.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:38 PM (HiNDK)

156 This helps me crystallize my thoughts that I've been playing with inre The Realm of Ends, spirituality, and processing the concept of The Language Of The Birds.

I will write them all down, maybe it's worthy of a guest post if Ace agrees and it isn't too rambling.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 15, 2021 12:38 PM (wGxSf)

157 155 Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:38 PM (HiNDK)

They are still legal where I work, of course that is because everyone who gets them has volunteered for a few things a few times.

Posted by: sven at February 15, 2021 12:38 PM (Lzpvj)

158 Sex in Hollywood is just another form of currency. When the bill comes do you just open up the vault and pay.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 15, 2021 12:39 PM (jvt6t)

159 Love the art not the artist. Being creative isn't linked to being an exemplary person.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:34 PM (y7DUB)

I wouldn't knowingly buy art (or support their work) or anything else from a nazi, commie or pedo.

Posted by: Nope at February 15, 2021 12:39 PM (15FT8)

160 *due

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 15, 2021 12:39 PM (jvt6t)

161 Joss Whedon is another privileged punk who wouldn't be anywhere near what he is if it weren't for latching on to his dad's coattails.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 12:39 PM (O+I8R)

162 SUPPORT PUBLIX!

They need to know they have the PUBLIX SUPPORT.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (Ndje9)

163 I believe I'm still able to separate the wheat from the chaff regard to these Hollywood accusations and try not to take a 'believe all women ' or opposite opinion.

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (2DOZq)

164 Buffy the cop caller.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (buTO7)

165 85 Tami,
Censure is useful because it signals to potential primary rivals that Sasse is now vulnerable in 2026 and puts a hole in any 2024 run nationally. It is also about all a state party can do regarding an officeholder not subject to recall.

It also signals to low information voters that Sasse did not support Trump in an unconstitutional and rigged proceeding and will damage Sasse's future fundraising for his career.

Posted by: whig at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (pO7gM)

166 155 Are drill instructors now going to be accused of abuse? Well, maybe trips to Ribbon Creek are off the table.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (I58tH)

167 136 Afternoon Horde! Just saw that "BOYCOTT PUBLIX" was trending (as an alert, not from twatter) and found out that the daughter of the founder donated $300,000 to the Stop the Steal Rally (therefore enabling white insurrectionists and traitors/) and to the Trump campaign. Time to shop there if ya can!Link goes to msn

tinyurl.com/1cf55mwa
Posted by: RedDish haz new computer at February 15, 2021 12:35 PM (AjwWO)

In one of the other threads I was bitching about the near impossibility of finding Near East brand rice pilaf. I was at Publix the other day and was delighted to discover that they had plenty of it, the steaks looked good, and their house brand cheese appears to come reasonably close to Kroger's rather excellent stuff.

So it's looking like Kroger is about to go down faster than Biden's VP at a Willie Brown lookalike convention.

Posted by: CppThis at February 15, 2021 12:41 PM (zcf1k)

168 NASA Says 2020 Tied for Hottest Year on Record

NOAA Analyses Reveal 2019 Second Warmest Year on Record

2018 Was The Hottest Year On Record For The Ocean

2017 was the hottest year on record without an El Niño

It's official: 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:41 PM (jBRLB)

169 Amy Acker bounced back quite nicely in Person of Interest, as Root. Great character, and her real-life husband was on the show as well as a minor character.

I doubt that Whedon would have lasted long if Acker was touched on the set. Her hubby looks like the kind of guy that would have chopped him into little pieces if she told him about it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (4tiP2)

Maybe that's why her character got killed off in Angel; she wouldn't get on the casting couch and Whedon was pissed. She did have a leading role in Much Ado About Nothing, though, so maybe not.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 15, 2021 12:41 PM (pxDdN)

170 I don't understand this Mr. Gray commentor, is it snark?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 15, 2021 12:41 PM (r+sAi)

171 OT: Annals of not thinking things through. Texas is implementing rolling blackouts during the coldest weather there in a century. Part of the reason is that the wind turbines used to create power have frozen over.
https://tinyurl.com/eyc6oyyz

Posted by: pep at February 15, 2021 12:41 PM (v16oJ)

172 Meh, nobody condones this type of lecherous depravity. But it sounds like people knew the deal. But up with the crap and maybe trade a little sex to get a part and make some dough. Now, years later when you're secure in you're multi million dollar lifestyle say maybe it want a great idea to be so promiscuous. Got it.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 15, 2021 12:41 PM (X8f1/)

173 Again why don't any of these guys get their ass whipped?

Do all these women date soy boys?

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 12:42 PM (2DOZq)

174 Oh, and the Publix staff were very friendly too. But I suppose they would be, because Publix has consistently received high marks for employee satisfaction.

There are certain benefits to not being a publicly traded corporation.

Posted by: CppThis at February 15, 2021 12:42 PM (zcf1k)

175 CppThis - no Publix near me, but I have stopped shopping at Kroger. Lived in Florida panhandle and LOVED Publix. They were the more expensive store imho.

Posted by: RedDish haz new computer at February 15, 2021 12:43 PM (AjwWO)

176 Scientists Say 2006 Hottest Year On Record In U.S.

2005 was the warmest year on record | New Scientist

NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:43 PM (jBRLB)

177 Whedon has a face thirsty for fists.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 15, 2021 12:43 PM (Jmy3b)

178 173 Do all these women date soy boys?

Two of his regulars, Alexis Denisof and Alyson Hannigan, are married. Bet that's why Hannigan's name isn't among the accusers.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:44 PM (Bmy3R)

179 Amy Acker bounced back quite nicely in Person of Interest, as Root. Great character, and her real-life husband was on the show as well as a minor character.

Root, or Miss Groves as Harold called her, was a fascinating character in that she wasn't quite as brilliant as Finch but understood that he'd coded enough failsafes in the Machine to keep it from going off the rails if he let it continually develop instead of rebooting it every night. I wish CBS hadn't pulled the plug on the show.

Which minor character was her husband? The kid who Harold kept from committing suicide who ended up having his own software company specializing in compressed data storage?

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:44 PM (y7DUB)

180 To pcircle pback to something someone else said about Whedon working with the same actors, it might be about similar behavior too. While I like Nathan Fillion's character go look up some of the stuff about the end of his show Castle and apparently not getting along with Stana Katic. And I'm being very polite in the not getting along part.

At least that's the way I read the stories when there was talk about continuing the show without her character.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 12:44 PM (vMCab)

181 149
Are drill instructors now going to be accused of abuse? Coaches?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2021 12:37 PM (UJgXw)

The drill instructors one I understand has already been happening. So drill instructors have had to soften up quite a bit.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:45 PM (Zm+LZ)

182 So has Joss declared he is going to live his life as a gay man fighting the NRA, and possibly going to convert to Judaism?

Posted by: Bete at February 15, 2021 12:45 PM (Ojki1)

183 Hollywood personalities behaving badly. Whoda ever thunk it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2021 12:45 PM (mzC78)

184 Arnold Ziffel > Arnold Schwarzenegger

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 15, 2021 12:46 PM (Qm/Qo)

185 50 years ago-

Hippy: Groovy baby, I dig your feminist vibe. Burn that bra! Wanna go back to my pad, we'll have a little party and crash there?

Some shit never changes.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2021 12:47 PM (z79tQ)

186 Hollywood is an exploitative industry just as Big Web Tech is.

Both industries involve substantial financial misconduct, restraint of trade, treatment of employees as chattel, treating audiences and end consumers as cattle, and attract some really unpleasant personality types seeking fame, fortune, and power.

In both industries, the end consumers have only the choice to consumer or not to consume--the gatekeepers have the real power over product.

Let them burn.

Posted by: whig at February 15, 2021 12:47 PM (pO7gM)

187 NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record
Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:43 PM (jBRLB)

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Dominion says Biden won in a record vote!!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 15, 2021 12:47 PM (jvt6t)

188 182 So has Joss declared he is going to live his life as a gay man fighting the NRA, and possibly going to convert to Judaism?
Posted by: Bete at February 15, 2021 12:45 PM (Ojki1)

Don't forget getting abused in the Tasty Freeze bathroom in '83.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:47 PM (lmikk)

189 184 Arnold Ziffel > Arnold Schwarzenegger

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 15, 2021 12:46 PM (Qm/Qo)

Ziffel at least didn't cheat on his wife.

Posted by: Bete at February 15, 2021 12:47 PM (Ojki1)

190 Disney Posts Job Ad Looking For Strong, Fierce Women Who Are Also Obedient, Submissive, And Docile

Posted by: Neo at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (jNSi9)

191 It was a stunt co-ordinator, supposedly. Sounds like he was skeevy and made a very crass move on her but no sex or penetration. So less than Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (uxJPn)

Joel Kramer.

Allegedly more than just being creepy, including allegedly rigging one of her stunts to try to cause an "accident."

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (oQ94s)

192 like Zander for Alexander, that sort of thing

Posted by: BlackOrchid

Why not just Der ?

Posted by: JT at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (arJlL)

193 Are there no real men in whoreywood to take care of these scum?

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (KnJdm)

194 Publix is a really great company. Jr. Black worked there throughout high school and while work was work, he enjoyed it. They take care of their employees, the place is always clean, everyone is pleasant, and it's one of the few places left where you can work your way up quite high without a college degree.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (O+I8R)

195 I'm not sure that I really even know who these people are.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2021 12:13 PM (yQpMk)
.......

I'm sure I don't and want to keep it that way.

Posted by: wth at February 15, 2021 12:49 PM (v0R5T)

196 Am I misremembering or wasn't it recently shown that all the global warmings occured after the Science fortified their readings?

Posted by: Mr Gray enjoys Lysenkos Mostly Abortion Free Bagged Lettuce at February 15, 2021 12:49 PM (1+b9Z)

197 165 85 Tami,
Censure is useful because it signals to potential primary rivals that Sasse is now vulnerable in 2026 and puts a hole in any 2024 run nationally. It is also about all a state party can do regarding an officeholder not subject to recall.

It also signals to low information voters that Sasse did not support Trump in an unconstitutional and rigged proceeding and will damage Sasse's future fundraising for his career.

Posted by: whig at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (pO7gM)

On a certain level, I get that. But...it's a threat for...2026? That's a lifetime in politics. And this will all be forgotten/forgiven if he brings more pork home to Nebraska in the intervening 5 years.

Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:49 PM (cF8AT)

198 I know it's really cold right now, but that just means that all the heat is hiding in the deep ocean.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 15, 2021 12:50 PM (kTF2Z)

199 Whedon has a face thirsty for fists.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 15, 2021 12:43 PM (Jmy3b)

Not the only one.
My fist would be pulp before I'd run out of punchable faces.

*punchables sounds like a snack food

We should just call them the punchables.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2021 12:50 PM (z79tQ)

200 Wasn't Michelle Trachtenberg something like 15 when she was on the show?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 15, 2021 12:50 PM (qlFIA)

201 Which minor character was her husband? The kid who Harold kept from committing suicide who ended up having his own software company specializing in compressed data storage?
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:44 PM (y7DUB)

Her husband was the doorman in Season One that joined a vet armed robbery ring to support his dead servicemate's family. He shows up in Season Five as part of a second team recruited by The Machine to help with saving more number targets.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at February 15, 2021 12:50 PM (4tiP2)

202 better start learning chinese if NATO wants solar powered tanks
SHOOT THE SOLAR PANNELS PONG-PING !!!!
Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 15, 2021 12:26 PM (r4bSV)

I'd rather ride into an NBC contested battle in a tissue paper & PVC pipe constructed armored personnel carrier than rely on anything at all NATO sourced for mission needs/requirements

Posted by: BifBewalski - eff NATO, bucha blue hat wearing pussies at February 15, 2021 12:50 PM (VcFUs)

203 Since no one else has pointed this out yet I guess it's up to me. Amy Acker had the best ass on television.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (VbI7r)

204 Joel Kramer.

Allegedly more than just being creepy, including allegedly rigging one of her stunts to try to cause an "accident."
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (oQ94s)

Damn. I always liked True Lies too. One of the- if not THE last great Arnold S movies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (lmikk)

205 Am I misremembering or wasn't it recently shown that all the global warmings occured after the Science fortified their readings?
Posted by: Mr Gray enjoys Lysenkos Mostly Abortion Free Bagged Lettuce at February 15, 2021 12:49 PM (1+b9Z)

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Yeah.... its why Mann refused to release his "raw unadjusted" data. Then destroyed it. Despite a court order not to.

He claimed deniers would use it to shoot holes in his theories and models.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (HiNDK)

206 FYI Michelle T was 14 when she started the show. She's the one he wasn't allowed to be alone with. Charisma was an adult, he tried to coerce her into an abortion and made fun of her religion.

Posted by: Melissa Lotze at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (appmN)

207
Yeah.... its why Mann refused to release his "raw unadjusted" data. Then destroyed it. Despite a court order not to.

He claimed deniers would use it to shoot holes in his theories and models.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (HiNDK)

One would think that this is the natural responsibility of the scientific community. One would be wrong.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (Zm+LZ)

208 Are there no real men in whoreywood to take care of these scum?
Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (KnJdm)

Uh...no.
Scum is the lubricant that keeps the wheels turning in that "society".

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (z79tQ)

209 To be fair, if I had been on the set of EuroTrip, they would have needed a "Trachtenberg" rule for me, too. Poor girl wouldn't have owned a single pair of panties by the end of the week.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (gKKH6)

210 203 Since no one else has pointed this out yet I guess it's up to me. Amy Acker had the best ass on television.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (VbI7r)

Charisma Carpenter had a great rack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (lmikk)

211 Kind of ironic how all these broads who play these allegedly strong women who can kick 12 men's grown asses in 5 minutes are the ones who let themselves be harassed or abused.

I mean, you scream GIRL POWER at the top of your lungs and you can't even fend off a potato like Joss Whedon?

Posted by: Scuzz at February 15, 2021 12:52 PM (rmiQg)

212 Are there no real men in whoreywood to take care of these scum?

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 12:48 PM (KnJdm)

LMAO

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:52 PM (jBRLB)

213 Censure is useful because it signals to potential primary rivals that Sasse is now vulnerable in 2026 and puts a hole in any 2024 run nationally. It is also about all a state party can do regarding an officeholder not subject to recall.

It also signals to low information voters that Sasse did not support Trump in an unconstitutional and rigged proceeding and will damage Sasse's future fundraising for his career.
Posted by: whig at February 15, 2021 12:40 PM (pO7gM)

Those are valuable tools. The sad fact of the matter is that, lacking something uncharacteristically self destructive, Sassy Pants is locked into being a one percenter for the rest of his life. The best we can hope for is to dent his massive ego and knock the smirk off his dick savoring mouth.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:52 PM (y7DUB)

214 I don't get why asking her to get an abortion would be hashtag mee too though.

the whole thing about abortions is that gals need it for their careers. well, this was for her career. she get pregnant, her character suffers in the fictional tv show she works on.

so of course any feminist would raise the abortion question when a career issue is involved.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 12:52 PM (5Bw0D)

215 QUIT FUCKING THE CHILDREN.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (Jmy3b)

216 FoxNews:
House Republicans demand answers from Pelosi on security decisions leading up to Capitol riot
Republicans say there are 'many important questions' about Pelosi's 'responsibility for the security'

Posted by: Neo at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (jNSi9)

217 11 Didn't allegations on this thoroughly odious a**hole become known a few years ago? Why wasn't he disemboweled (career-wise, of course) then? I'd love nothing more than to see that scumbag, in particular, destroyed.
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Whedon was involved in the MCU films, as film story coordinator and director of the first two Avengers films. that gave him muy mucho fan cred, and pushed aside complaints of his bad behavior and creation of a "hostile work environment" as the job training put it. However since then his creative star has been on the wane, and the #MeToo flap brought a lot of skeletons out of closets. He's vulnerable, and discovering that women can have long memories about wrongs done to them.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (W+kMI)

218 When will he be converting to Judaism and announcing his molestation at camp?

Posted by: WonkishRogue Tarrasque Enthusiast at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (2snAa)

219 QUIT FUCKING THE CHILDREN.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (Jmy3b)

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Im afraid its going to take bodies showing up mysteriously in numbers before they get the message.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:54 PM (HiNDK)

220 One would think that this is the natural responsibility of the scientific community. One would be wrong.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (Zm+LZ)

Two words: Government Grant$

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 15, 2021 12:54 PM (AiZBA)

221 @disclosetv

NEW - Half of #Texas' wind turbines frozen in winter storm, limiting state's power output.

Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:54 PM (cF8AT)

222 NEW - Half of #Texas' wind turbines frozen in winter storm, limiting state's power output.

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Hypoid gear oil gets...... thick..... when it gets that cold.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:55 PM (HiNDK)

223 Republicans say there are 'many important questions' about Pelosi's 'responsibility for the security'
Posted by: Neo at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (jNSi9)

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Are they gonna demand a hearing?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 15, 2021 12:55 PM (kTF2Z)

224 I gotta be honest, I have a hard time taking this
MeToo stuff seriously because so much of it reeks of "fuck you, got
mine" opportunism.

Posted by: CppThis at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (zcf1k)

In all likelihood, it runs the spectrum from truly heinous abuse we never actually hear about to completely made up bullshit by narcissists who lose control of a situation and this is their attempts at regaining some control. And that is not minimizing or discrediting any particular report of abuse; just a commentary on human nature.

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 12:55 PM (KnJdm)

225 these comments just reinforce the idea that maybe Shakespeare was right, back in the day, and just use dudes to play the female roles.

"i was abused because the director tried to direct me"

"i now have angina because the stress of pretending to be a vampire on tv was hard"

"when i was pretty, men would flirt with me and now that I'm in my 40's I realize that they don't do that anymore and that makes me eat too much"

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 12:55 PM (5Bw0D)

226 Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 12:54 PM

Now, if only there were SOME way to produce heat and electricity at the same time...

Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (gKKH6)

227 Hydropower > Wind Turbines

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (Bmy3R)

228 have been in and out reading the posts today. re: the rolling blackouts. is that in Texas? how the ever loving fook could my state fall this low if so?

Posted by: BifBewalski - electric grid overload? at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (VcFUs)

229 Her husband was the doorman in Season One that joined a vet armed robbery ring to support his dead servicemate's family. He shows up in Season Five as part of a second team recruited by The Machine to help with saving more number targets.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at February 15, 2021 12:50 PM (4tiP2)

Thanks. I remember both episodes if not his specific face.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (y7DUB)

230
I gotta be honest, I have a hard time taking this MeToo stuff seriously because so much of it reeks of "fuck you, got mine" opportunism. But the infotainment industry is a notorious breeding ground for predatory assholes with a strong deleterious effect on the current state of affairs, so I have no particular desire to save them from the monster they created either...
Posted by: CppThis at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (zcf1k)

There's certainly an element of that going on. I'm sure there are a lot of other victims of these jackasses though to that we don't hear about. I mean didn't Weinstein have a budget of pay off money for people that rejected his creepiness and threatened legal action?

This does play into what makes the #MeToo movement a joke that played out perfectly on Survivor. There was a guy being really weird and pretty handsy/touchy Biden level stuff with some of the females on the show. One girl was really uncomfortable about it all and kept bringing it up, and then 2 other girls said they agreed, and proceeded to use it to get her voted off the show and keep the creep on. And then it blew up and they had to kick him off the show.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (vMCab)

231 House Republicans demand answers from Pelosi on security decisions leading up to Capitol riot
Republicans say there are 'many important questions' about Pelosi's 'responsibility for the security'

Posted by: Neo at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (jNSi9)

Whoa! "Many important questions"???????

That language is getting pretty fiery there. Watch out Republicans, you might have enough heat there moderately soften some ice cream.

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (jBRLB)

232 He's vulnerable, and discovering that women can have long memories about wrongs done to them.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (W+kMI)

Real and imagined.
Hey, don't flame me! You know it's true, just sayin...

Posted by: Bill Burro at February 15, 2021 12:56 PM (z79tQ)

233 Texas frozen wind power - outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour

$9/KwH? Wow!!!

Posted by: Neo at February 15, 2021 12:57 PM (jNSi9)

234 FYI Michelle T was 14 when she started the show. She's the one he wasn't allowed to be alone with. Charisma was an adult, he tried to coerce her into an abortion and made fun of her religion.
Posted by: Melissa Lotze at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (appmN)

Yeah, the "she knew what she was doing" and "it's just a little harassment" comments aren't hitting home with some people here.

Fine, you want to say all actresses are whores, go ahead, but these circumstances are not that.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:57 PM (oQ94s)

235 Uh...no.

Scum is the lubricant that keeps the wheels turning in that "society".

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (z79tQ)
It was rhetorical.

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 12:58 PM (KnJdm)

236
I know it's really cold right now, but that just means that all the heat is hiding in the deep ocean.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Heat is mickle tricksie!

-- Maxwell's Demon

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 15, 2021 12:58 PM (pNxlR)

237 Hypoid gear oil gets...... thick..... when it gets that cold.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 15, 2021 12:55 PM (HiNDK)

So the wind turbines have an inner ear bone that needs lube?

Posted by: BifBewalski - Bite the pillow at February 15, 2021 12:58 PM (VcFUs)

238 these comments just reinforce the idea that maybe Shakespeare was right, back in the day, and just use dudes to play the female roles.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 12:55 PM (5Bw0D)

Yes, lets have all dudes in Whoreywood!

Posted by: Matt Daiman, Film Actors Guild at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (Ojki1)

239 210 203 Since no one else has pointed this out yet I guess it's up to me. Amy Acker had the best ass on television.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (VbI7r)

Charisma Carpenter had a great rack.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 12:51 PM (lmikk)

Guest role in an Episode of Burn Notice.

In a bikini.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (vMCab)

240 NEW - Half of #Texas' wind turbines frozen in winter storm, limiting state's power output.

Posted by: Tami

I saw a shot of petroleum-fuled helicopters spraying petroleum-based de-icer on the blades, trying to get them turning again.

Posted by: t-bird at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (DMQdU)

241 audit the vote by giving the rolling blackouts to Biden voters only

Posted by: x4 at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (oA+QO)

242 >>NEW - Half of #Texas' wind turbines frozen in winter storm, limiting state's power output.

Luckily for them they have their own power grid!

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (wnjl8)

243 Whedon majored in Women's Studies, BTW.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (VbI7r)

244 OH NOES!!! He must be destroyed!!!

He called me fat 30 years ago!!!

OK, do not condone bullying, but toughen up Buttercup. Did you say or do anything about it AT THE TIME??? Or did you continue to cash your checks as long as you could?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (oHd/0)

245 audit the vote by giving the rolling blackouts to Biden voters only

Posted by: x4 at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (oA+QO)

Too bad that would include 50-75% of the people here.

Posted by: ... at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (jBRLB)

246 Who are the actresses who owe their careers to saying yes to Harvey?

Gwyneth

Oscar bought and paid for.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (ZHVt1)

247 I mean, you scream GIRL POWER at the top of your lungs and you can't even fend off a potato like Joss Whedon?
True...but the other part of this to consider is Hollywood built a system to let them f*ck young women and kids, just like the left built a system to dominate the populace.

Why don't "we" do something about Biden? Because all elements of the government-media complex will be used against us.

Why don't actors/actresses do something about someone like Whedon? Because the full weight of the government of CA and the entertainment industry will be used against them. Remember what happened to then superstar Brendan Frasier when he went public with the fact he was sexually assaulted by a male producer?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (qlFIA)

248 225 these comments just reinforce the idea that maybe Shakespeare was right, back in the day, and just use dudes to play the female roles.

Whedon changed the character Conrade in Much Ado from a male character to a female character with only a handful of pronoun changes and no other changes to the script. Not for the usual current reasons, but because the character worked better as a female, and given that Shakespeare had to work with a very limited number of female roles because he only had a few males who could portray females, and he already had 2 leading "ladies" in this one, Conrade very well could have been intended to be female.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (Bmy3R)

249 CharlieBrown'sDildoOil

accept no substitute.

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (wnjl8)

250 >>Republicans say there are 'many important questions' about Pelosi's 'responsibility for the security'

I was wondering when we were going to get around to recognizing that the Capitol Police report to the Speaker of the HOuse, so just as the big city police cheifs are held responsible for police shootings, so, too, should Pelosi be held responsible for their lack of preparation that day (despite advance requests from the CP).

Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (bDqIh)

251 Whedon majored in Women's Studies, BTW.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (VbI7r)

The first thing abusers seek is access.

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (KnJdm)

252 I am not happy to find out the stars of a show I liked weren't having as much fun making it as I did watching it.
I also don't like that every cast member who hasn't already weighed in on Twitter is being pressured to produce a supporting statement.

Posted by: Downcast at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (bSUVF)

253 Whedon looks like he could be a founder of Lincoln Project.

Posted by: BignJames at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (AwYPR)

254 Root, or Miss Groves as Harold called her, was a fascinating character in that she wasn't quite as brilliant as Finch but understood that he'd coded enough failsafes in the Machine to keep it from going off the rails if he let it continually develop instead of rebooting it every night. I wish CBS hadn't pulled the plug on the show.

Also, the writers having her do some light lesbianism with Sarah Shahi was appreciated.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (6XLoz)

255 Your daily reminder: the GOP is a useless pile of dogshit.

Carry on.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (hS+kz)

256 OK, do not condone bullying, but toughen up Buttercup. Did you say or do anything about it AT THE TIME??? Or did you continue to cash your checks as long as you could?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (oHd/0)

Really?

Basically the guy tells her to get an abortion, and that her career depends on it.

You're ok with that?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (oQ94s)

257 East Coast, West Coast. Which coast raped and abused more minors?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (03n3v)

258 Texans always brag about their independent power grid.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 15, 2021 01:02 PM (63Dwl)

259 Republicans say there are 'many important questions' about Pelosi's 'responsibility for the security'

-

like why did the cops shoot someone?

like why did they just shrug and let folks in the capitol.

like why were some of the folks leading the "assault" actual antifas?

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 01:02 PM (5Bw0D)

260 At least the R senators are on record for their impeachment vote. There is still the issue of the secret ballot in the House to keep Liz Cheney in leadership. I have contacted my representative to ask how he voted, and he will not respond. Until the secret votes are revealed, I will assume that every R voted to keep her in leadership after her vote to impeach. My hope is McCarthy feels heat on losing any chance at a majority after the sleazy vote - and I am sure bribes involved - to keep a swamp creature in the leadership of their caucus.

Posted by: Kimmber at February 15, 2021 01:03 PM (Np17j)

261 I was wondering when we were going to get around to recognizing that the Capitol Police report to the Speaker of the HOuse, so just as the big city police cheifs are held responsible for police shootings, so, too, should Pelosi be held responsible for their lack of preparation that day (despite advance requests from the CP).
Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (bDqIh)

This has been a hanging curve ball all along that the GOPe eunchs have played Casey at Bat in the latest intallment of Failure Theater.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 01:03 PM (y7DUB)

262 163 I believe I'm still able to separate the wheat from the chaff regard to these Hollywood accusations and try not to take a 'believe all women ' or opposite opinion.
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If one woman says it, it's natural to be skeptical. This is several actresses spanning multiple TV shows though. Joss is coming across as a bad man here, one willing to use his position as boss to his advantage. You know, how the SJWs all say Conservative men are supposed to behave? I guess Whedon is a Republican now.

Seriously though, he's been accused of being a creep, and given the current Hollywood climate he either has to go to court or shut up & walk small for a while. He's got some star cred, but after box office meister Mel Gibson got shitcanned for a drunken rant or two, Whedon knows it could all end in a day.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 15, 2021 01:03 PM (W+kMI)

263 Fine, you want to say all actresses are whores, go ahead, but these circumstances are not that.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 12:57 PM (oQ94s)

What I AM saying, is this was 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS.

I have many much bigger problems to think about, than another typical Hollywood Scandal from TWO DECADES ago.

But the media will spin this as a hugely important story, while the Biden Family continues their corruption.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2021 01:04 PM (oHd/0)

264 Your daily reminder: the GOP is a useless pile of dogshit.

-

it seems like the GOP is now just in the business of tax breaks for banks and as such, they're currently in the market for a base that doesn't have icky, embarassing thoughts about America, gender, race, capitalism, responsibility, the police, and immigration.

I'm switching to independent.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 01:04 PM (5Bw0D)

265 like why did the cops shoot someone?

like why did they just shrug and let folks in the capitol.

like why were some of the folks leading the "assault" actual antifas?

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 01:02 PM (5Bw0D)

Like, why, if you had forehand knowledge, you did not secure the Capitol and warn all the snowflakes to shelter in place in their homes?

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 01:04 PM (KnJdm)

266 @RSBNetwork
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Posted by: Tami at February 15, 2021 01:04 PM (cF8AT)

267 Supposedly, the Utah GOP is circulating a petition to censure Rotten Rombley as well, for being an 'agent of the establishment deep state.' There's a news flash...

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 01:04 PM (O+I8R)

268 Basically the guy tells her to get an abortion, and that her career depends on it.

You're ok with that?

Also, not only was it shitty IRL behavior, it made no fucking sense in-universe what happened to Carpenter's character.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2021 01:05 PM (6XLoz)

269 House Republicans are getting ready to send a harshly worded letter to NAncy. I hear rumors there may be up to 3 exclamation points in some parts. And please send $100 ASAP so the GOP can keep fighting for you UE conservative values.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 01:05 PM (hS+kz)

270 Its more than freezing here in north Austin. Last time I looked it was 9 degrees. We lost power most of the night, the pool is frozen enough to walk across it and we are expected to lose power again soon. Its cold cold cold, but also unbelievably gorgeous.

Posted by: LASue at February 15, 2021 01:05 PM (Ed8Zd)

271 267 Supposedly, the Utah GOP is circulating a petition to censure Rotten Rombley as well, for being an 'agent of the establishment deep state.' There's a news flash...
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2021 01:04 PM (O+I8R)

If only they had some inkling of this 2 years ago.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (vMCab)

272 You know a power source that does not need it to be warm outside? Nuclear.

Although I guess the cooling system might work too efficiently if it got REALLY cold. Course then, couldn't you just push more power?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (lmikk)

273 256 OK, do not condone bullying, but toughen up Buttercup. Did you say or do anything about it AT THE TIME??? Or did you continue to cash your checks as long as you could?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2021 12:59 PM (oHd/0)

Really?

Basically the guy tells her to get an abortion, and that her career depends on it.

You're ok with that?
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (oQ94s)

As he pointed out she did continue to cash his checks as long as she could. If she won't stand up for herself, what business is it of ours? Some guy being an asshole to his employees 20 years ago isn't exactly something to care about, except for the fact that the guy is an enemy of ours.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (Zm+LZ)

274 "At least the R senators are on record for their impeachment vote. There is still the issue of the secret ballot in the House to keep Liz Cheney in leadership. I have contacted my representative to ask how he voted, and he will not respond. Until the secret votes are revealed, I will assume that every R voted to keep her in leadership after her vote to impeach. "

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the gop's who voted to impeach ... well, they'll be rewarded. right?

there were 500,000 people on the mall and 100 idiots entered the capitol, trump didn't do nothing. the evidence was stupid and faked and these 7 senators went along with it.

they should be outed and recalled.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (5Bw0D)

275 Why don't actors/actresses do something about someone like Whedon? Because the full weight of the government of CA and the entertainment industry will be used against them. Remember what happened to then superstar Brendan Frasier when he went public with the fact he was sexually assaulted by a male producer?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (qlFIA)

It's basically the same argument for why don't they do something about Stalin or Hitler or Mao or Kim Jong Un in North Korea.

Who? Who is supposed to "do something" about it? Everyone surrounding these people is loyal, because only people who are loyal are allowed to get that close. And if anyone thinks they're the one who would "speak up" if they were there, you don't really understand human nature.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (oQ94s)

276 Our power was shut off from 0300 to 1000 this morning. It only got down to 52 in the house, so not that bad, just slept longer. 25 miles west of Weird.

If the Nude Eel insanity continues, just get used to this. They always say Cali is their model after all.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (jvt6t)

277 Some women are willing to sleep with "the boss" to get ahead. This is one of those things we are supposed to pretend we don't know.

So how, as a society do you deal with that? The old rules were "shame the woman doing it". The feminists got rid of that and replaced it with, "women are never to be shamed for any reason". So...it is in any woman's interest then to sleep to get ahead if that is what they want but what about the majority of women that don't want to do that?

The PoundMeToo answer is to fire all the bosses that do that but...those people have power and most of them are connected to the left which means they can't be touched for ANYTHING they do - and seriously they are killing young black men and f*cking kids so I mean that literally.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 15, 2021 01:07 PM (qlFIA)

278 Really?

Basically the guy tells her to get an abortion, and that her career depends on it.

You're ok with that?
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (oQ94s)

Did she get the abortion? No. Good on her. Is the guy a scumbag? Yup.

Is this important to me? uh... no. But the press will portray this as a HUGEEEEEEE story!!!! and people will get all EXCITED!!!!

I'll just wander off I guess...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2021 01:07 PM (oHd/0)

279 QUIT FUCKING THE CHILDREN.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 15, 2021 12:53 PM (Jmy3b)
........

Why on earth did I read that as "CHICKEN"?

Posted by: wth at February 15, 2021 01:07 PM (v0R5T)

280 remember when the democrats were trying to storm the white house and trump used the national guard to keep them out and barricade the downtown area around the white house?

what do you think these demcorats would have done if the trump security team had just shrugged and let them in?

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 01:08 PM (5Bw0D)

281 Oh no you had a shitty boss who said mean things. Boo hoo honey, get over it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 01:08 PM (hS+kz)

282 Also, the writers having her do some light lesbianism with Sarah Shahi was appreciated.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (6XLoz)

Adding Shahi to the cast along with frequent Paige Turco appearances were definitely tossing us guys some primo bones.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 15, 2021 01:08 PM (y7DUB)

283 Hollywood, one of the first places infiltrated by the Soviet commies, in their march through our institutions. Our government had few fighting them, and we had lost to them by the sixties. Apparently our 17 intel agencies decided it was useful to have commies continue to march through our institutions? Or did they just take charge themselves at some point, with Epstein types collecting kompromat? --

idk, but the era of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart died and the perverse cancer in society continued to metastasize. Wholesome characters like Buffy ... do they still exist?

Posted by: illiniwek at February 15, 2021 01:08 PM (Cus5s)

284 Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:01 PM (oQ94s)

As he pointed out she did continue to cash his checks as long as she could. If she won't stand up for herself, what business is it of ours? Some guy being an asshole to his employees 20 years ago isn't exactly something to care about, except for the fact that the guy is an enemy of ours.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 01:06 PM (Zm+LZ)

Nonsense.

Your wife or daughter or sister or mother is dealing with the EXACT SAME SHIT right now.

This isn't about 20 years ago, and this isn't about "if you don't like it you can just quit."

That's not how the world works, and you either know that or you don't.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (oQ94s)

285 Several GOP County committees vote to censure Legendary Club for Growth Camp Follower Pat Toomey.

Posted by: kallisto at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (DJFLF)

286 Luckily for them they have their own power grid!
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Exactly! This is why blackouts never happen anywhere else in the country.

Posted by: Drc at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (0pc8A)

287 Texas frozen wind power - outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour

$9/KwH? Wow!!!
Posted by: Neo at February 15, 2021 12:57 PM (jNSi9)

What? I haven't heard that. Yikes.

Posted by: LASue at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (Ed8Zd)

288 Just heard on the radio a majority of Democrats in NY legislature support investigating Cuomo over the cover up of nursing home statistics.

The Trump Curse. It's real. And spectacular.

Posted by: blaster at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (FTIES)

289 Basically the guy tells her to get an abortion, and that her career depends on it.

You're ok with that?

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in lib moral universe, this is perfectly consistent.

abortions are for girls to have careers

fetuses are not actually people until they pop out of the vagina, they fetus could be a rabbit for all they know until birth.

so basically this was an encapsulation of their moral universe

Posted by: Tim Riggins at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (5Bw0D)

290 I keep wondering if Whedon's on set behavior in any way contributed to Nicholas Brendon becoming an alcoholic.

Posted by: Ken at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (FQKgp)

291 277 Some women are willing to sleep with "the boss" to get ahead. This is one of those things we are supposed to pretend we don't know.

So how, as a society do you deal with that? The old rules were "shame the woman doing it". The feminists got rid of that and replaced it with, "women are never to be shamed for any reason". So...it is in any woman's interest then to sleep to get ahead if that is what they want but what about the majority of women that don't want to do that?

The PoundMeToo answer is to fire all the bosses that do that but...those people have power and most of them are connected to the left which means they can't be touched for ANYTHING they do - and seriously they are killing young black men and f*cking kids so I mean that literally.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 15, 2021 01:07 PM (qlFIA)

Right. Slut-shaming is pretty effective at controlling female behavior which in turn prevents a shitty environment from forming. It is entirely ineffective against men because the small group of male bad actors don't give a shit about 'shaming'. Much like the daft attempt to educate men about rape. Men know rape is bad and rapists aren't ignorant of that.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (Zm+LZ)

292 Its more than freezing here in north Austin. Last time I looked it was 9 degrees. We lost power most of the night, the pool is frozen enough to walk across it and we are expected to lose power again soon. Its cold cold cold, but also unbelievably gorgeous.
Posted by: LASue at February 15, 2021 01:05 PM (Ed8Zd)

Always look on the bright side of life.
*whistles*

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (AiZBA)

293 Who are the actresses who owe their careers to saying yes to Harvey?

Gwyneth

Oscar bought and paid for.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 15, 2021 01:00 PM (ZHVt1)

There's a picture of Jennifer Lawrence showing what the ficus had to put up with on a daily basis.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (VbI7r)

294 This Whedon "scandal" is bullshit.

You have a heterosexual male, in a position of power, and you surround him with nubile young females. And then you act all surprised when he behaves as though these unattached females are his personal property? What the hell else would you expect to happen?

If you don't want crap like this, marry the females off before putting them into acting, and have their husbands on set (on the books as paid security guards) to ride herd on any stone-age impulses from competitors. That'll make all the woman-related property rights very clear, protect the delicate flowers of womanhood, and help the more impulsive leadership types control their temptations. Everybody's happy.

Oh, except said delicate flowers can't then whore themselves out to power and then scream rape when power doesn't keep them around. Such a loss.

Joss Whedon did nothing wrong. Nor did Harvey Weinstein.

Posted by: Rollory at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (HRDJV)

295 Is this important to me? uh... no. But the press will portray this as a HUGEEEEEEE story!!!! and people will get all EXCITED!!!!

I'll just wander off I guess...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 15, 2021 01:07 PM (oHd/0)

Actually they won't because they hope to protect Whedon. And have no problem with him trying to pressure a woman to get an abortion and mocking her Catholicism. So after the initial story they hope to move along and he can get back to making their propaganda in a few years.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (vMCab)

296 Nood.

Posted by: Bete at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (Ojki1)

297 Wikipedia:
In college, Whedon studied a theory called "womb envy", a concept he says observes "a fundamental thing that women have something men don't, the obvious being an ability to bear children. Men not only don't get what's important about what women are capable of, but in fact they fear it, and envy it, and want to throw stones at it, because it's the thing they can't have."

Posted by: SMOD at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (3aI0K)

298 247 True...but the other part of this to consider is Hollywood built a system to let them f*ck young women and kids, just like the left built a system to dominate the populace. Why don't "we" do something about Biden? Because all elements of the government-media complex will be used against us.

Why don't actors/actresses do something about someone like Whedon? Because the full weight of the government of CA and the entertainment industry will be used against them. Remember what happened to then superstar Brendan Frasier when he went public with the fact he was sexually assaulted by a male producer?
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Brendan who? ;P But yeah, he's right. That's why it was such a big deal when the #1 Oscar-winning producer was publicly accused of sexual harassment. A lot of guys in Hollywood came up in the ranks watching how the game was played back in the day. And they decided that when they got to be in charge, they were gonna have the perks too. The popularity = wealth and career power quantification in Hollywood means women and minors are perpetually exploitable, and thus exploited.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (W+kMI)

299 Texas' power grid was in the last ten years the envy of the world. Enter wind power grift and we now have a system that has a 13-15% dependence on a variable source without sufficient redundancy. It is criminal.

Posted by: Rando East Texas Poster at February 15, 2021 01:11 PM (QgW45)

300 Kevin McCarthy refuses to play hardball with Nanzi Pelosi. I recall when the Congressional Pharmacist made his suggestive comment saying he was surprised the older members (she is 80) could remember what day it was, given how much memory-assistance medication they are taking. McCarthy refused to attach that charge to Pelosi, even if everyone else did. "Comity" is more important to him, even if it is not to her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 15, 2021 01:12 PM (euCiN)

301 but in fact they fear it, and envy it, and want to throw stones at it, because it's the thing they can't have."

Posted by: SMOD at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (3aI0K)

The logical conclusion here is that Lena Dunham is really a man.

Posted by: 4 at February 15, 2021 01:12 PM (KnJdm)

302 >>What I AM saying, is this was 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS.

I have many much bigger problems to think about, than another typical Hollywood Scandal from TWO DECADES ago.
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Carpenter and others are speaking out now because of a recent case of Whedon being abusive on set -- in this case, toward a male actor in "Justice League."

That is, they are backing up recent claims, not simply deciding 'hey, it;s time to cash in on #metoo'.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 15, 2021 01:12 PM (bDqIh)

303 Wikipedia:
News website Digital Spy released in early 2015 an interview they had conducted with Whedon, during which he criticized the entertainment industry for its "genuine, recalcitrant, intractable sexism, and old-fashioned quiet misogyny"

Posted by: SMOD at February 15, 2021 01:12 PM (3aI0K)

304 Censure is the new addition to GOP failure theater right after letters and hearings.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 15, 2021 01:12 PM (hS+kz)

305 Nonsense.

Your wife or daughter or sister or mother is dealing with the EXACT SAME SHIT right now.

This isn't about 20 years ago, and this isn't about "if you don't like it you can just quit."

That's not how the world works, and you either know that or you don't.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 15, 2021 01:09 PM (oQ94s)

The money was more valuable according to her. She's also not my "insert connection here". No reason for me to play captain save-a-ho. It sounds more like you don't know how the world works. There's not an unlimited license or claim by all women on male protection.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 15, 2021 01:14 PM (Zm+LZ)

306 "I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic."

I like SMG as an actress, but she's focused on surviving a pandemic? Really? Are she or her husband or children in the demographic that Covid would be a concern?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2021 01:14 PM (VP4Cd)

307 Texans always brag about their independent power grid.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 15, 2021 01:02 PM (63Dwl)

The wind turbines are all backed up by gas turbine generators fueled by natural gas. The fact that none are turning isn't why Texas is having power shortages. Two factors in play, one the extreme high demand caused by the cold weather, and damage to distribution lines for the same reason.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2021 01:15 PM (mzC78)

308 Posted by: Rollory at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (HRDJV)

I hope you are a troll.

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 01:16 PM (2DOZq)

309 307 Texans always brag about their independent power grid.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 15, 2021 01:02 PM (63Dwl)

The wind turbines are all backed up by gas turbine generators fueled by natural gas. The fact that none are turning isn't why Texas is having power shortages. Two factors in play, one the extreme high demand caused by the cold weather, and damage to distribution lines for the same reason.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2021 01:15 PM (mzC7

Ah let 'em bash Texas. We don't care.

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 01:17 PM (2DOZq)

310 308 Posted by: Rollory at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (HRDJV)

I hope you are a troll.
Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 01:16 PM (2DOZq)

He is.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 01:17 PM (vMCab)

311 306 "I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic."

I like SMG as an actress, but she's focused on surviving a pandemic? Really? Are she or her husband or children in the demographic that Covid would be a concern?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2021 01:14 PM (VP4Cd)

Yeah she lives in CA.

Posted by: C 137 at February 15, 2021 01:18 PM (2DOZq)

312 Joss Whedon did nothing wrong. Nor did Harvey Weinstein.

Posted by: Rollory at February 15, 2021 01:10 PM (HRDJV)

I hear Harv is in prison....habeas corpus?

Posted by: BignJames at February 15, 2021 01:18 PM (AwYPR)

313 http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=392089

Comment 685 on this thread for evidence of troll.

Posted by: buzzion at February 15, 2021 01:19 PM (vMCab)

314 Joss Whedon looks exactly like I pictured him.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 15, 2021 01:31 PM (M+Lyo)

315 And in an inspiring sea change of public sentiment, the next day all actresses, pop singers, and celebutantes under 30 immediately quit slaving away in Pervwood, enduring the daily hypocritical abuse of male feminists in exchange for that 0.0001% chance shot at stardom.

Oh wait

Posted by: Swamposphere at February 15, 2021 01:36 PM (l4vYO)

316 Never heard of this guy but he looks exactly as one would expect if one only knew to look out for a guy who was making silly fantasy shows in his 50s while still using meanness to compensate for getting picked on in high school.

Posted by: Turnout Man at February 15, 2021 01:56 PM (7CyhL)

317 I worked in the film business for years, I've seen this kind of behavior in "one" guy, a director, but it was over the top, total pig this guy, we eventually ran interference around him to protect our lady co-workers but it was kind of a shock to see this guy act so shamelessly. Karma eventually crushed him though...

Posted by: Robert Kendall at February 15, 2021 02:16 PM (+UGno)

318 This is another one of those things that had been public knowledge for years, but he was allowed to get away with it because he spouted the correct bullshit for the left, so he was protected and those he abused (Male and female) were instead ruined.

My hope from this is that Iggy Pop (Michelle's dad in Pete & Pete) hears about this and proceeds to beat the ever living shit out of Joss (actually let's hope a lot of people do, as through acquaintances I've always heard she's a very nice person)

Posted by: Rbastid at February 15, 2021 03:18 PM (qY/59)

319 I can't be arsed to read through the comments to see if anyone else has posted this, but:

It's been an open secret forever that Whedon is Carpenter's baby daddy.

Although Whedon gets all the credit, Marti Noxon was the actual driving force behind Buffy. Her newest show, unReal, is a stealth roman a clef about how Whedon stole the show from her. He was also banging Noxon, and any other starlet he could get his hands on.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at February 15, 2021 03:27 PM (ArYuy)

320 One also has to wonder if this had anything to do with the extremely abrupt and brutal dispatching of Amber Benson's character Tara. Lot of lesbians were real pissed off about that, particularly after Willow went all world-destroying psycho over it.

Posted by: Joe Smith at February 15, 2021 03:49 PM (ce9mS)

321 They were going to continue Castle without Katic. Fillion had even issued a press release about her departure. Release said a lot of nice things, but Fillion's release speaks volumes by what it does NOT say.

Watch the last season and note how little time they were in the same camera shot. In a few big emotional scenes, when one of them is talking, you can tell that a body double is used for the other one.

Who knows what their relationship was at the end, and why. Maybe someday one or the other, or someone else in the know, will talk.

Posted by: Binkley at February 15, 2021 05:21 PM (xP8Wr)

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