by the way... I wonder if these stories got to print now because weinstein has not had much success recently and may not have the big money to give to democrats... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...eins-sexual-misconduct-allegations-2017-10-12
So Democrats print the stories, out a perv, fire him from his own company and it's still a conspiracy by Democrats. Republcians elevate their rapist pedo to the WH, but that's OK. Everything is a conspiracy benefiting Cons.
There is plenty of talk now about the fbi and the u.s attorneys office going after weinerstein. I wonder if that would be happening if loretta or hillary were in power.
Bannon was also in bed with Weinstein. REVEALED: Steve Bannon was in business with Harvey Weinstein before slamming Democrats for taking donations Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon reportedly profited from a business relationship with alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein before he slammed Democrats for taking donations from the movie mogul. The Associated Press reported on Thursday that Bannon participated in an “ill-fated joint venture” with Weinstein in 2005. Weinstein’s company owned 70 percent of Genius Products, a DVD distribution company, while Bannon served as chairman. The Associated Press pointed out that the Breitbart chief had recently criticized Democrats for connections to Weinstein. The ties to Weinstein open Bannon up to charges of hypocrisy given Breitbart’s intense focus on the scandal and its political fallout. In recent days the site has featured a blog with live updates on the story; headlines calling out Obama, Clinton and top Democrats for their ties to the producer; and stories attacking other news outlets for failing to cover the scandal with the same ferocity as Breitbart. “We are extremely honored to be in business with the new Weinstein Company,” Bannon told investors, according to a transcript obtained by the Associated Press. He added: “The Weinsteins have the most impressive track record in the film industry… Bob and Harvey are two of the most prolific studio heads in the history of Hollywood.”
I must have missed the part where Bannon was running for high public office on a platform that republicans are anti-woman and he was getting funded by Weinstein. Or the part where scores of high profile liberal actresses assailed politicians who associated with Weinstein. Hollywood is a jungle. Weinstein is like an older lion, once feared but now hobbled by age and easy prey himself.
now you are starting to understand. establishment republicans are almost as scum like as the cronies in your party. Have you no ability to take in facts. The powers in your party and the media knew this guy was a predator but allowed him to be a big democrat for years. Obama, Clinton all worked with him. Yet at the same time his company had a clause that allowed him to be a predator as long as he paid the settlements. Your team is dirty as can be. Your media is dirty and complicit. Most of the top people on your team don't give a shit about Americans just cronies. Establishment republicans are also on the same crony team. Do you understand that yet? The things you care about... just kabuki shit your party and your leaders put out to get morons to vote for it. What they want is a docile workforce with limited rights and pay coupled with cronies on the top telling them what to think and do. That is what you are enabling.
What Harvey Weinstein tells us about the liberal world Thomas Frank Harvey Weinstein seemed to fit right in. This is a form of liberalism that routinely blends self-righteousness with upper-class entitlement ‘The mogul’s liberalism could also be starkly militaristic.’ Photograph: Richard Shotwell/AP Saturday 21 October 2017 06.00 EDTLast modified on Sunday 22 October 2017 00.11 EDT Let us now consider the peculiar politics of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer. Today Weinstein is in the headlines for an astonishing array of alleged sexual harassment and assaults, but once upon a time he was renowned for something quite different: his generous patronage of liberal politicians and progressive causes. This leading impresario of awful was an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He was a strong critic of racism, sexism and censorship. He hosted sumptuous parties to raise money for the fight against Aids. In 2004 he was a prominent supporter of a women’s group called “Mothers Opposing Bush”. And in the aftermath of the terrorist attack against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, he stood up boldly for freedom of the press. Taking to the pages of Variety, Weinstein announced that “No one can ever defeat the ability of great artists to show us our world.” To call this man a hypocrite is to state the obvious. This champion of women is now accused of sexual harassment on an epic scale. This defender of the press was excellent at manipulating it and on one memorable occasion is said to have physically roughed up a reporter asking tough questions. Perhaps Weinstein’s liberalism was a put-on all along. It certainly wasn’t consistent or thorough. He strongly disapproved of Bernie Sanders, for example. And on election night in November 2008, Weinstein could be found celebrating Barack Obama’s impending victory on the peculiar grounds that “stock market averages will go up around the world.” The mogul’s liberalism could also be starkly militaristic. On the release of his work of bald war propaganda, Seal Team Six, he opined to CNN as follows: “Colin Powell, the best military genius of our time, supports the president – supports President Obama. And the military love him. I made this movie. I know the military. They respect this man for what he’s done. He’s killed more terrorists in his short watch than George Bush did in eight years. He’s the true hawk.” In Weinstein’s world, politics often correlated with conspicuous displays of luxury goods – it was something you did on Martha’s Vineyard, or on the Riviera, or in the Hamptons, toasting the candidate or raising money for the good cause. Here is a glimpse of a Weinstein event for Aids research held in Cannes in 2000, as described by Roger Ebert: “The private auction and the fashion show were followed by dinner and a public auction masterminded by Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein, who this year not only offered a massage by Heidi Klum, but persuaded [actors Kenneth] Branagh and [James] Caan to take off their shirts and act as subjects for a demonstration of her skills. The massage went for $33,000. ‘Karl Marx is dead,’ observed the director James Gray.” There are sleazebags in every party, as Donald Trump frequently reminds us. But even so, Harvey Weinstein was unusual: a militant and vocal backer of a faith he appears to have violated in the starkest way. lists of corporations-that-care always turn out to be led by outfits like Walmart, Goldman Sachs and Exxon-Mobil. In the world of the wealthy, liberalism is something you do to offset your rapacious behavior in other spheres. It’s no coincidence that, in Weinstein’s desperate first response to the accusations against him, he thought to promise war against the National Rifle Association and to support scholarships for women. But it’s also something deeper than that. Most people on the left think of themselves as resisters of authority, but for certain of their leaders, modern-day liberalism is a way of rationalizing and exercising class power. Specifically, the power of what some like to call the “creative class”, by which they mean well-heeled executives in industries like Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Worshiping these very special people is the doctrine that has allowed Democrats to pull even with Republicans in fundraising and that has buoyed the party’s fortunes in every wealthy suburb in America. That this strain of liberalism also attracts hypocrites like Harvey Weinstein, with his superlative fundraising powers and his reverence for “great artists”, should probably not surprise us. Remember, too, that Weinstein is the man who once wrote an essay demanding leniency for Roman Polanski, partially on the grounds that he too was a “great artist”. Harvey Weinstein seemed to fit right in. This is a form of liberalism that routinely blends self-righteousness with upper-class entitlement. That makes its great pronouncements from Martha’s Vineyard and the Hamptons. That routinely understands the relationship between the common people and showbiz celebrities to be one of trust and intimacy. Countless people who should have known better are proclaiming their surprise at Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuses. But in truth, their blindness is even more sweeping than that. They are lost these days in a hall of moral mirrors, weeping tears of admiration for their own virtue and good taste. Thomas Frank is a Guardian columnist https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/21/harvey-weinstein-liberal-world
Speaking of media, the house of cards continues to fall. Just not a good year for white guys in power. LOL. (Reuters) Mark Halperin, the NBC and MSNBC analyst who co-authored the bestselling 2008 election postmortem "Game Change," apologized late Wednesday after five women accused him of sexual harassment, CNN reported. The powerful journalist's alleged behavior occured while he was at ABC News, according to CNN, which said the five women's complaints were corroborated by others who did not personally experience the harassment. Halperin allegedly grabbed a woman's breasts without consent and pressed his clothed, erect penis against three of his coworkers. The "Morning Joe" regular denied those allegations, according to CNN, but did not specifically deny the women's accusation that he had propositioned them for sex. Halperin admited to CNN Wednesday night that his conduct was inappropriate, and he said he would take time away from his role as a senior political analyst at NBC and MSNBC. "During this period, I did pursue relationships with women that I worked with, including some junior to me," Halperin told CNN. "I now understand from these accounts that my behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain. For that, I am deeply sorry and I apologize. Under the circumstances, I'm going to take a step back from my day-to-day work while I properly deal with this situation."
^NOW he understands that grabbing tits and rubbing his boner on women without their consent is inappropriate? So much for the "enlightened" left. You would think that being a card carrying member of the party of intellectuals he could have figured that out beforehand.