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Jennifer Lopez

JLo Nails Down Ben Affleck at long last: Jennifer Lopez rushed to marry Ben Affleck before he got ‘cold feet’: source

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are still on cloud nine after their surprise wedding in Las Vegas.

The lovebirds celebrated, Page Six is told, with pizza and Diet Coke on a private jet back to LA in the early hours of Sunday.

And while J.Lo posted on her OnTheJLo newsletter Sunday that they were joined by their kids at the shock nuptials at a drive-through wedding chapel, Page Six is told that the only ones in attendance were Lopez’s child, Emme, 14, and Affleck’s Sera, 13.

They have five kids in total between them. Emme has a twin brother, Max, and Affleck also shares Violet, 16, and Sam, 10, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

Lily-Rose Depp

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: ‘Lick It. Spank It. Drop It’: The Weeknd And Johnny Depp’s Daughter Release A Raunchy New Series

Pop singer Abel Tesfaye, known as The Weeknd, is making waves alongside Johnny Depp’s daughter, Lily-Rose Depp, in the new HBO series “The Idol.”

Footage from the teaser trailer revealed a fast-paced, party-infused lifestyle that stems “from the sick and twisted minds” of co-creators Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye, and the narrator reiterates the tone this racy new series will take.


“Lick it. Spank it. Drop it,” a voice said, during the introductory moments of the video. “Camera. Money. Ah-ah-ah!” could be heard during quick flashes of scantily clad men and women doing drugs and partying. “More, more, more, orgy!” shouted a woman in the background. 

Emily Skye (after)

Women  can be so cruel: Fitness Influencer Emily Skye Was Praised For Her Bikini Photos—Until She Got "Fit Again" And Lost Her Post-Pregnancy Weight

"When I was pregnant & postpartum & was carrying a bit of extra 'padding', people used to celebrate the fact I was confident & comfortable enough in my own body to wear a bikini," she wrote. "Now that I’m fit again & have lost what I’d gained during pregnancy, people say things like 'why do you have to wear a bikini?' 'mums shouldn’t show their bodies like this' or 'you love yourself!'. DAMN STRAIGHT I LOVE MYSELF - it took me long enough to!⁣⁣"

"Doesn't society tell us to love ourselves? But if we do we’re told we shouldn’t," she continued. "I love my body in all shapes & sizes & at all stages of my pregnancy & postpartum journey. I’m so grateful for it!"

She says she's the happiest "with the way I am now." Emily is proud of being "strong, fit, healthy," and she loves how she looks today. "I work hard to be this way & it makes me happy," she said.

Kylee Jenner

A Jenner/Kardassian acts like one: Kylie Jenner called ‘climate criminal’ after 17-minute private jet flight

Kylie Jenner is facing major backlash from social media users for boasting about her and boyfriend Travis Scott’s private jets and using hers to take short flights.

The Twitter account @CelebJets posted Jenner’s plane route after she flew from Camarillo, Calif., to Van Nuys, Calif., last Tuesday, estimating that the trip would take only three minutes as opposed to a 45-minute drive.

The page later clarified that the total flight time ended up being 17 minutes.

While the Twitter feed normally lists the pounds of jet fuel used, the cost of fuel and the tons of CO2 emissions, it did not do so for Jenner’s jaunt.

Three days after the quick flight, the reality star, 24, posted a black-and-white photo of her and Scott, 31, posing in front of their private jets. “you wanna take mine or yours ?” she boldly captioned the Instagram post Friday.

Good casting. Yasmin Finney Confirms Upcoming Doctor Who Companion Rose Is Transgender

Recently cast Doctor Who actress Yasmin Finney has confirmed that her character in the long-running British sci-fi show’s 14th series will be, like herself, a transgender woman.

Finney revealed her character’s transgender identity during a recent appearance at the July 9th London Trans+ Pride event in the eponymous English capital.

Addressing a crowd of attendees, as seen in a video shared by Pink News, Finney began, “I love this so much.”

“This is my first London Trans Pride ever,” she explained. “I feel so connected to my community more than ever and if the government is trying to eradicate us, like, we’re all here and we’re just duplicating Look at how many of us there are. Like, hello, [outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Bye!” 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Marine LeCourt up on time and under budget.

Tattoos for Tuesday

The news has not been fruitful:

The Wombat snuck Rule 5 Monday: Chris Noel in a day late.

#HimToo? Shep Smith Accused of Sexual Attack

From Stacy McCain: Anonymous Man Claims Shep Smith of Fox News Sexually Assaulted Him in 2004

Remember, we must believe the victims:

John Doe #1 says he met up with Smith at the now defunct Nation bar in Manhattan, a spot Smith used to frequent to play Golden Tee and hang out when he was not on the Fox airwaves.
“I wake up, and Shepard is on top of me, like, in a towel or a bathrobe. And he’s got his tongue down my throat and his hands all over me. Completely uninvited. I mean, I gave him no signal. There was nothing,” John Doe #1 says . . .
“I pushed him off. I was like, ‘Dude what are you doing?’ And he’s like, ‘what you don’t like it?’ There was like this, kind of like No!, and he kept going, he kept pushing. Like, pushing his hands on all these spots,” John Doe #1 said.
“He was just on top of me,” John Doe #1 said, calling the experience “definitely shocking.” John Doe #1 noted that “he finally stopped, but it took a lot of — it wasn’t just an immediate no, and then everything was like, so sorry.”
John Doe #1 said that Shep Smith lunged at him “three or four more times” after the initial attack.

(Hat-tip: Ace of Spades.) Democrats tried to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination with allegations that were arguably less believable than what “John Doe #1” is claiming, but as for me, I think we should reserve judgment until we hear Shep Smith’s side of the story. And by that, I mean, I want to see him deny on live TV that he’s ever stuck his tongue down another man’s throat. It would be helpful if he could also provide sworn affidavits and a polygraph test.

Or maybe even a penile plethysmograph.

Ace:  Big League Politics: Man Anonymously Accuses CNN-Curious FoxNews Host Shep Smith of Sexually Assaulting Him While He Was Asleep in 2004

Fox News has not responded to a request for comment. The claimant did not provide any outside corroborating evidence, or at least Big League Politics doesn't note any.

I don't know how far we want to go down the #MeToo rabbit-hole with dated allegations.

Though... of course you know my rooting interest here.

Big League Politics previously brought us the scoop about Ralph Northam's blackface, so they're not unreliable. I just don't know if this guy has anything to back up his word apart from his word.

Can we appoint a special counsel?

One Brave Lady

I'll say this, she makes the right enemies, both Islamic extremists and American journalists. Althouse:
"How do you know there's something not right with the coverage? When they simplify it all and there's no gray — there's no gray."

Yesterday, I tried the episode of the Mike Drop (Mike Ritland) podcast with Lara Logan, but it's over 3 hours long and the first half hour is lightweight warm-up chatter. Did she really say she drinks alcohol at breakfast and drinks a lot generally? How long did it take her to say what America means to me is freedom— 10 minutes? I do understand how these podcasts work, but I couldn't watch. This morning I'm seeing....

And I see a tip about where to begin, so let me cue you to there, about 8,000 seconds in, and it really does get very good:

And stick around for the section where she tells about the attack of the Islamic extremists in Egypt, and decide if you think admitting large numbers of them is a good idea.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Ski Bunnies! up and ready for action.

And not bad looking either:

Masshole Reporter Resigns After False Tweet

Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat

A reporter in Springfield, Mass., resigned from his job Friday after posting a Twitter message falsely stating that Maryland shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos had brought a "Make America Great Again" hat to the office of the Capital Gazette.

Conor Berry, who wrote for the Republican, tweeted an image of a MAGA hat Thursday, and suggested that Ramos had left it behind at the Gazette office after allegedly killing five Gazette employees.

Then Republicans pounced:

Backlash was swift. Berry deleted the tweet and apologized in a follow-up tweet Friday morning.

“Folks, My 21-year career as a “journalist,” a fancy term that makes my skin crawl, frankly, came to a screeching halt yesterday with one stupid, regrettable tweet,” Barry wrote. “Can’t take it back; wish I could. My since apologies to all good, hardworking reporters and to POTUS supporters.”

In his resignation letter, Berry conceded that his tweet “taints the good work of fair-minded journalists everywhere.”

Worse and sadly it seems more representative of the press than exceptional. He'll probably start a job as a PR flack for the DNC as soon as his notoriety dies down a bit.

Former Fox News Babe Rising Star at State

At State Department, Heather Nauert's star is ascendant

When the ax fell on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his spokeswoman was half a world away, a distance he and his inner circle preferred and enforced.
Now, it's Tillerson who's on his way out after his unceremonious firing by President Donald Trump, and Heather Nauert whose star is ascendant.

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Nauert are among the few women in the Trump administration with high-profile voices on foreign policy. Only three State Department officials — all men — now outrank Nauert, a former Fox News anchor who declined comment for this story.

Nauert's meteoric rise comes even though just a week ago she seemed not long for the job. Then Tillerson lost his.

She was denied the kind of close access to the boss that all recent successful State Department press secretaries enjoyed. So Nauert tried to defend Trump's top diplomat and explain his activities to reporters from around the world without being able to travel on any of Tillerson's international trips or attend most of his Washington meetings.

Frustrated at being sidelined, Nauert almost quit several times. She had been telling associates she was ready to move on.

The moment that Trump canned Tillerson by tweet, Nauert was in a Hamas-built tunnel on the border near the Gaza Strip, on a tour organized by the Israeli military to show U.S. officials the smuggling routes used by militants. Caught by surprise by the move back in Washington, Nauert cut the tour short and returned to Jerusalem to deal with the crisis. Soon, Trump also fired the undersecretary of state who publicly defended Tillerson.

A case of someone else's mistake making room at the top.

The president named Nauert to that suddenly vacant position, near the top of the hierarchy of American diplomacy. Nauert told associates she was taken aback and recommended a colleague for the job. But when White House officials told her they wanted her, she accepted.

The new role gives Nauert responsibilities far beyond the regular news conferences she held in the briefing room. She is overseeing the public diplomacy in Washington and all of the roughly 275 overseas U.S. embassies, consulates and other posts. She is in charge of the Global Engagement Center that fights extremist messaging from the Islamic State group and others. She can take a seat, if she wants, on the Broadcasting Board of Governors that steers government broadcast networks such as Voice of America.

Less than a year ago, Nauert wasn't even in government. Nauert, who was born in Illinois, was a breaking news anchor on Trump's favorite television show, "Fox & Friends," when she was tapped to be the face and voice of the administration's foreign policy. With a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she had come to Fox from ABC News, where she was a general assignment reporter. She hadn't specialized in foreign policy or international relations.

If you're going to say that as a Fox News babe she's unqualified to work for the administration, I urge you to read about  Tommy Vietor’s journey with Obama: From van driver to National Security Council spokesman

Wombat-socho has "Rule 5 Sunday: Nikki Nicole" ready for your digital pleasure.

Stuff to Read on A Snowy Morning

Can I get in to lick the plates?

The much ballyhooed "Bomb Cyclone" arrived last night on schedule, and is just about done here, leaving behind an inch or two of crystallized global warming. Pics later, maybe, when Skye forces me out of the house. She's busy enjoying the snow in the back yard for now, or harassing Georgia in the kitchen.

In the meantime, I have no earth shattering post for this morning, so I thought I might share a few articles from other blogs that drew my interest.

First, from Wombat-socho's "In The Mailbox: 01.03.18"

Twitchy: Gay News Anchor Has Best Take On Winter Storms, And It’s Not Even Close
Quillette: Why No One Cares About Feminist Theory, except that now 27% of California kids now identify as gender non-comforming.
American Power: Emily Ratajkowski Talks Feminism. because Emrat!
Joe For America: CNN Says Fox Does A Disservice To Its Viewers By Telling The Truth
JustOneMinute: FBI Irregularities In Clinton Investigation? Shocking!
Power Line: Fear And Loathing At The DOJ – Andrew McCarthy Comments
The always sensible Megan McArdle: Metrics And Their Unintended Consequences

From Maggie's Farm "Wednesday morning links"

2018 Will Be the Year Feminists Target Little Boys
Fed employees GET “MINIMUM WAGE” OF $100K - The bureaucracy that rules over us keeps getting richer and richer.
'Mapping the Swamp' report finds 30,000 feds earn more than any governor Congressional investigators find irregularities in FBI's handling of Clinton email case - Duh
2017 has Only Been the Apocalypse for Democrats
The Left’s 2017 Trump Predictions: An Array of Calamities That Never Happened

And at Ace's The Morning Report 1/4/18

Kobach Says PDT Cancelling Voter Fraud Panel Will Actually Speed Up Investigation
Grassley: Comey May Have Leaked Classified Memo to Friend
Obama Tipped Off Iranian Terror General About Mossad Plot to Assassinate Him
Somali Immigrant Allegedly Attempted to Rape Woman Going Into Labor at Rome Hospital
White House Warns Democrats Not to "Hold the Government Hostage" as Budget Talks Resume
Census Bureau: International Migration to US Dropped in 2017, Still Accounted for 48% of Population Growth
To Put It "Charitably," California's Tax Idea Is Nuts
Mitt Romney is the Last Person We Need in the Senate
Merely Strep Claims Dustin Hoffman Slapped Her Without Permission in "Kramer vs Kramer" (Sefton Snarky Rejoinder Redacted)
Rationing Underway by NHS in UK Hospitals (This is News? JJS)
Deconstructing Marxist Critical Theory

Almost time to shovel the driveway.

Wombat-socho has "Rule 5 Sunday: Jenna Jameson" and "FMJRA 2.0: Stop The Rock" up for your viewing pleasure.

I Got Nothing . . .

. . . today, except shoes that smell like fish. I suggest you go check out Wombat-socho's "In The Mailbox: 11.15.16", Maggie's Farm's "Wednesday morning links", and today's post at Larwyn's Linx: Democrat Luis Gutierrez Threatens War If Trump Enforces Immigration Law. Stacy McCain also has a post reminding us that "Yes, @kmo75947, Feminists Do Hate Men":

As of 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Education, there are about 12.4 million female students enrolled in American colleges and universities, compared to about 9.1 million male students. In order to achieve “gender equity” in college enrollment, we must either (a) do something about the anti-male discrimination in our nation’s school systems, or else (b) expel about 3.3 million college girls.

After all, don’t feminists believe that the absence of “gender equity” (e.g., the disparity between men’s and women’s average annual income) provesthat women are victims of sexist discrimination? By this logic, then, isn’t the shortage of male students on U.S. campuses proof that universities are discriminating against men?

If, as Lauren Barnes told Ms. Mo, feminism’s goal is “to give equality to everyone,” why aren’t feminists protesting against the inequality in higher education? And the answer is, because feminists hate men.

I would say "Feminists" hate men. Most women see themselves as "feminists" with a little "f". They believe in equality of opportunity, and generally gripe at men, but then, we generally gripe at women. Vive la différence!

Bay News Wakes Up to Presence of Dolphins in Bay

Today the Chesapeake Bay newsfeed is brimming with articles on the presence of pods of dolphins in the Bay:

Bay Journal - Dolphins more common in Potomac than previously thought

Annapolis (Md.) Patch - 'So Cool!' Dolphins Visiting Maryland Waters

CBS Baltimore (Md.) - Pod Of Dolphins Spotted Swimming In Anne Arundel County

You might remember that I posted about seeing large pods of dolphins up off Ann Arundel county back in early June one day when I was out fishing with Pete. So remember, you heard it here first, (or at least you could have):

Who Hasn't Wanted One of These?

A GE Transparent Girl:



I don't see why she needed the coat; I rather liked the effect.

The mega-links from Wombat-socho, "Rule 5 Sunday: Looking Back, All I Did Was Look Away", is up at The Other McCain.

Justice Scalia Dies

Justice Scalia, longest-serving on high court, dies after hunting trip

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, an important conservative voice on the high court, has died.

Scalia died in his sleep during a hunting trip in Texas, after telling friends Friday night that he didn’t feel well.

He was the longest-serving current justice on the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.
. . .
A federal official who asked not to be named told the San Antonio Express-News that there was no evidence of foul play, and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes, either Friday night or Saturday morning.

Friends in the hunting party checked on him in his room at a ranch where they were staying when he did not appear for breakfast Saturday morning.

This certainly raises the stakes in the next presidential election.

Too much to hope for.

UPDATE: McConnell: No vote on Scalia replacement under Obama. I'll believe it after it happens.

The Bare News

The first edition of "All the news that's fit to bare" in 2016. A sporadic feature whenever desperation the spirit moves me.

Edouard Manet's "Olympia"

Indecent exposure: artist arrested for nude pose in Paris museum

A woman has been arrested for indecent exposure after lying down naked in Paris's Musee d'Orsay in front of Edouard Manet's similarly nude painting of the prostitute Olympia, her lawyer said Sunday.

Museum-goers were enjoying an exhibition entitled "Splendour and Misery: Images of Prostitution 1850-1910" when Luxembourg artist Deborah de Robertis got undressed and took on the pose of the famed Olympia.

Another "performance" by Deborah de Robertis

Hoo Haa!

De Robertis "was wearing a portable camera to film the public's reaction. It was an artistic performance," said her lawyer Tewfik Bouzenoune.

She does seem to be focused on one object.

UK: Game of Thrones 'pornstar' strips naked to protest Russian space monkeys

British pornstar and Game of Thrones actress Samantha Bentley stripped of naked outside the Russian embassy in London, Wednesday, in protest against Russian plans to send four Macaque monkeys to Mars in 2017.

For a porn star, she seems awfully shy.

Well, Georgia is right next to Florida: Naked Woman Detained After Violent Rampage at Georgia Waffle House

A woman is facing several charges after going on a rampage at a Waffle House restaurant in Kennesaw, Georgia, all while completely naked.
. . .
According to police, the woman, identified as Jennifer Nicholson, stripped off her clothes, punched a woman in the face and then threw a plate at a window. She also threw several platters at patrons of the restaurant.

When police tried to subdue Nicholson, she fought back, scratching an officer.
. . .
Nicholson is facing several assault and public indecency charges.

Sometimes the service at Waffle house can be a little slow, but that's just going overboard.

But here's how they do it in Florida: Topless Florida Woman Wrecks McDonalds, Pauses to Guzzle Ice Cream

Howie at the Jawa Report calls this "The best naked protest ever".  I think he must be referring to the subject (The response of German women to sexual assaults in #Cologne ... #koelnbhf #Koeln), because, while it's good, it's not even in my top 5.

And in not-news, attention whore gets media coverage by taking her clothes off: Lady Gaga & Taylor Kinney Are Naked & 'Making Love for Peace' on New Mag Cover. Meh.

And not even close to Florida: Naked 'deranged' nurse strolls through St Peter's Basilica shouting 'I'm from Brazil' before being arrested

A 44-year-old Italian nurse has been detained by Vatican gendarmerie after stripping naked and marching into St Peter's Basilica in front of shocked churchgoers.

Footage shows Luis Carlos Giampaoli, who is of Brazilian origin, striding up and down the main nave of the Basilica while shouting church litanies and gesticulating at onlookers. 'Dear brothers and sisters, I'm from Brazil!' he can be heard saying in Portuguese while marching with open arms.

Giampaoli, who calls himself Cherubino - Italian for cherubs, angelic winged creatures - on his Facebook page, has been described as 'deranged' by Vatican investigative sources.

He has been taken to a psychiatric ward in Rome's Santo Spirito hospital.

And the feel good story of the lot:  Nudists rescue sinking yacht at start of Sydney-Hobart race

A group of struggling sailors in Sydney were given a surprising rescue when they found themselves being hauled to shore by a nudists.

A small wooden boat had sailed out to watch the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, which sees 100 vessels set out on Boxing Day every year. Michael Clarke, the recently-retired Australian cricket captain, was one of a handful of celebrities taking part in the 628 nautical mile race, which drew 600,000 to the Harbour to watch the start.

But as spectators were walking back along the coast, they saw a boat get in to trouble near Lady Bay Beach – a popular site for nudists.

"The boat came angling into the shore, which was a bit weird,” said Chris Pearce, a photographer with Getty agency.

Looks more like clothing optional than a real nude beach. Like most of Australia.

Mr Pearce said that a crowd of people swimming in the sea came to their rescue, in waters around three feet deep.

After the woman and child were rescued from the boat, those left on board started to see the funny side of the situation. Photographs of the rescue show at least one man on board grinning as nude men surrounded the boat, ready to lend a hand.

The spectacle, which lasted for around five minutes, was watched by hundreds.

"Everyone basically just stopped and watched and looked as this happened," said Mr Pearce. "When they were walking past everyone thought it was funny, because it was a nudist beach, and then this happened."

Three feet? Not exactly a terrible tragedy.

Wombat-socho has the mega "Rule Five Sunday: The Two Faces Of India" and "FMJRA 2.0: Jetpack Blues" ready at the Other McCain.

A Romp Around the News with Wombat-socho

The Wombat is back in news business with the recent resumption of his more or less regular "Live at Five" post. An interesting collection of news you might not run into in your daily paper or your chosen network, and I'll focus on the things I find interesting or amusing. From today's "LIVE AT FIVE: 12.30.15":

MISSOURI ASKS RIVERBANK RESIDENTS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS FLOODING CONTINUES - Residents of several states have paid an extremely high price for the warm, wet weather we've been enjoying.

Carrier Harry S. Truman Has Close Call With Iranian Rockets - In my world, the Iranians would just have had a close call with an American aircraft carrier.

Elodie Yung

ELODIE YUNG HEATS UP DAREDEVIL‘S SEASON 2 AS ELEKTRA - Might have to binge watch this one.

Norks’ Top Official In Charge Of ROK Relations Dies In Car Crash - I suppose it's remotely possible for a top North Korean official to die "accidentally", but I wouldn't want to put real money on it.

Texas asks Supreme Court not to review immigration case - I guess they don't feel confident of Justice Kennedy's opinion.

Former NY Governor Pataki Drops Out Of GOP Race - Who?

O’Malley’s Iowa Event Draws One Voter - Why so many?

Homeland Security Push Could Make Some IDs Invalid For Flying - Ready for internal passports?

Crude Slumps Towards $37 As Weak Outlook Prevails: - Yep, and gas is under $2 a gallon here. The Saudies are trying to kill fracking, and only partly succeeding. In the meantime, the rest of us are saving money.

Home Prices In Twenty U.S. Cities Rose In November - Mostly on the left coast.

Buffett Subsidiary Faces Renewed Misconduct Claims - Noted rich guy and democrat accused of taking advantage of minorities in "manufactured homes" sales.

Sonni Pacheco, the ex-Mrs. Renner.

Jeremy Renner Finalizes Divorce, Will Pay $13K+/Month In Child Support - Avengers star has revenge taken for poor marriage choice.

Whole Foods Pays $500K To Settle Pricing Dispute - With gross profits of about $5 billion (with a "b") in 2015, that's around 20 minutes work.

DuPont To Cut 1700 Jobs In January - Uncle Dupy has been a solid supporter of environmental science in the past few years, mostly as a result of their pollution in the previous 50.

Jobs to be cut include 80 percent of the 250 scientific professional positions in DuPont's Central Research and Development unit, though some of the Ph.D. principal investigators and their associate investigators may escape layoffs and be reassigned to product groups where most DuPont scientists now work. The scientists expect to learn their fate Jan. 4.

Rocco Says Madonna Treated Him As A Trophy, Not A Son - She's so sweet! But then, he's a teenager and presumptively a jerk.

Thousands In Scotland Without Power As Storm Strikes - How's that wind power working now?

Al-Qaeda Training Camps Reappearing In Afghanistan? - Remember how Obama said that Afghanistan was the "right war" that we were ignoring? Statement expired.

Burkina Faso’s First New President In Decades Sworn In - A small, and rare victory for representative government. I had to look this up to remind myself that it used to be called "Upper Volta".

Russia Names Chechen As Mastermind Behind Nemtsov Assassination; Cover-up Suspected - Suspected?

Diane Lane

Bloggy Stuff

EBL: Nature Vs. Nurture - Starring Diane Lane

American Irony: Fourteen New Year’s Resolutions For Liberals

3. Be more open-minded to only ideas I agree with.

Proof Positive: In Defense Of Samuel L. Jackson - Just saying what all the liberals were thinking.

Twitchy: Baltimore Leads 2015 With Highest Murder Rate Per Capita; 23 Were Children - To quote Insty quoting someone else:

"What I love about the Obama era is all the racial healing"

"Sara Winter"

American Power: Radical Founder Of Femen Brazil Renounces Feminism, Declares Herself Pro-Life, And Apologizes To Christians - Sara Winter, so soon old, so late smart.

American Thinker: Clinton’s Bimbo Eruptions Vs. Trump’s “Sexism” - No comparison. See Katherine Timpf (that goofy girl on the Greg Gutfeld show) ‘I will not stop talking about this’

Conservatives4Palin: The Democrats’ Theme For 2016 Is Totalitarianism - The rush to repeal the first and second amendments this year has been unprecedented.

Pamela Geller: Mob Rips Apart Woman Falsely Accused Of Burning Koran - ROP

The Gateway Pundit: Breaking Poll – 40% Of Blacks Back Trump, 45% Of Hispanics - Somehow I'm not shocked. They aren't any smarter than most people.

The almost always sensible Megan McArdle: The Force Awakens Has A Perfection Problem - Of course Rey is a Mary-Sue. Almost all women characters are Mary-Sues. Only men have flaws.

Abrams has replicated the structure of that story, but he has forgotten to give the other two main characters any actual reason to be there. Ten minutes of rewrite could have removed them entirely without significantly damaging the plot.

The Lonely Conservative: Video – 2015, The Year Students Went Completely Insane 

Grabien put together this video montage showing how US college students went completely insane in the year 2015. Hopefully none of those appearing here are going to be future US leaders, if so the country is doomed.

To be fair, the same thing happened back in the 60's. Maybe it's a solar cycle or something.

Wombat-socho has the ginormous "Rule 5 Sunday: Happy New Year!" ready for browsing at The Other McCain.

I Come Baring News

Another installment of "Barely News"

By way of Wombat-sochos "In The Mailbox: 11.30.15" and American Power Blog: "Oxford University women's rugby players strip off ahead of Twickenham debut against Cambridge to raise money for charity."

With the Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge set to be played at Twickenham this year for the first time, women's rugby is on the brink of getting a lot more exposure.

And some of the players on the Dark Blue side of the rivalry are now getting even more exposed, as they raise money for charity with a naked calendar.
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'The message that Beat promotes really fits with the positive body image and confidence that we promote at OURFC Women. Our calendar highlights the variety of women that play rugby and we hope it will encourage and inspire more women to try out rugby.

'The majority of the team had never considered doing a naked calendar before but it was obvious that everyone was really keen to give it a go.'

And Then, For Some Reason, Amy Schumer Took Her Clothes Off and Posed Nude for Annie Liebowitcz, And Then For Some Other Reason, People Began Saying She Was Beautiful

Eh. She's a very average looking woman. She's not really ugly or anything.

But also... not any kind of girl of your dreams, either.

It's just -- this is a weird double-game the sexual left plays. On one hand, they insist that no one sexually objectify them. On the other hand, they put out naked pictures of themselves.

That's not the only double game going on here, either. Because while Schumer is presenting herself in a sexualized manner -- here's my naked body -- she insists simultaneously that you do not score her according to the rules of the game she is playing. That is, when she appears naked (for no good reason), she doesn't want an honest assessment of how she looks naked; she still wants you to evaluate her by what she thinks is her inherent value as a human being.
. . .
Like I said: Meh.

NEW FEMINIST CAUSE: Going Topless on #GoTopless Day. Don’t Stare, You Sexist!!

It’s getting harder to keep track of all the different feminist causes for women. There’s body shaming, fat shaming, the nonexistent pay gap thing and growing super long pubic hair… well now it’s just going topless in public. Because men can go topless in public. Therefore women should go topless. Because equality. Also boners.

That’s right, women took to the streets of New York without shirts or bras. Their nipples were free. Their words, seriously. #FreeTheNipple is real. Welcome to Boobfest 2015. And really, there are worse things. Because I like boobs. And I generally like fests.

But it does beg the question, why can men go without a shirt and women can’t? – Bro-tip: if you have giant manboobs, maybe you should cover them up– Is it the male patriarchy again? No, not really. It’s actually because men and women are different. Yeah, yeah, sexism, blah, blah, I know. Men and women. Different. A woman’s chest has breasts, and they’re used best in feeding a child. Also, motor-boating. So give it a rest. Woman’s breasts, therefore, are used in a sexual/reproductive function, where a man’s nipples are decorative only. Decorative for what, jury’s still out. It’s kind of God’s equivalent to letting angels toss tinsel on the tree. He wanted them to feel useful, but at the end of the day, it’s not a pretty sight.
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At the end of the day, I don’t care if you show your breasts. I also don’t care if you get mad when we all stop and stare at your bare breasts.

Equality, ain’t it a bitch?

On a slightly better note: Naked Is Normal, Says Emily Ratajkowski

"Go to Europe. Travel. If you spend any time there you notice it right away — their comfort level is different." Ratajkowski continued: "You see more women being openly sexual like it's not a big deal, without them having to be oversexualized. They are celebrated. You see it on the beaches, daughters with their mothers. It's not a big deal to see your mom naked. It's actually quite normal."

But what makes us so dang uptight to begin with? "I don't know if it's about being frigid," she said. "It's more about the constant sexualizing [of] women without actually celebrating women. I think it's more a misdirection of values and femininity rather than the country being frigid."

New wedding dress trend leaves little to the imagination

Women allow themselves to be filmed stripping naked in the middle of a Russian nightclub to win an iPhone (and it isn't even a new model!)

Two nightclubbers have allowed themselves to be filmed stripping naked - for a chance to win the now outdated iPhone 5s.

The ladies - one of whom was married - whipped off their clothes on stage in front of stunned guests.

At one point the MC snatched away the underwear of one of the contestants as she tried to cover her modesty and threw them into the crowd.
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It is not known who actually won the mobile phone in the end.

I'll bet that would work in the US too.

Elizabeth Berkley in "Showgirls"

There’s no such thing as ‘artistic nudity’ — Hollywood is conning you, ladies

“It was all my fault.”

That was director Paul Verhoeven apologizing last week to actress Elizabeth Berkley. In 1995, Berkley, whose star was rising with her career on “Saved by the Bell,” was cast by Verhoeven in the movie “Showgirls.”

Berkley played the lead role of Nomi, an aspiring dancer who wants to make it in Vegas but ends up working in a strip club instead. Filled with nude scenes, lesbian sex and an icky shot of Berkley licking a pole, the movie was universally panned.

Berkley thought she was making a serious film. It turned out she was making porn.

“ ‘Showgirls’ certainly ruined the career of Elizabeth Berkley in a major way,” Verhoeven said. “It made my life more difficult, but not to the degree it did Elizabeth’s. Hollywood turned their backs on her.”

All the nude scenes have just been horrible for Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon's careers. . . (NSFW links).

Perverted Saudi prince ordered his entire staff to strip naked at his Beverly Hills mansion's pool and said: 'I want to see some naked p****,' court papers claim 

The claim is made in legal documents laying out details of the civil case against Prince Majed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 29, who was arrested in Los Angeles last month after neighbors spotted a crying, bleeding woman attempting to scale a wall of his compound.

He is also accused of failing to prevent aides from mistreating three female members of his domestic staff – with the result that they now also face charges, although Prince Majed remains the lead defendant.
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However, on Monday the Los Angeles District Attorney's office announced that felony charges had been dropped, with the case turned over to City Attorney Mike Feur.

It's good to be the King Prince.

Naked man in Spiderman mask confronts teenage girls in Solihull park

A former university student wearing only a Spiderman mask confronted two teenage girls in a Solihull park, a court heard.

Vincent Lam was later caught, fully clothed, but with the mask sticking out of a pocket, Birmingham Magistrates were told.

Lam, 27, of Sandhill Road, Solihull, admitted a charge of exposure.

He was fined £100, put on the sex offender register and ordered to pay £100 costs and a £180 criminal court surcharge.

'Drunk Sun Express plane passenger strips off and asks stewardess for sex' forcing flight to make emergency landing

A drunk man allegedly stripped off on an aeroplane and asked a stewardess for sex - forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. The Turkey-bound Sun Express flight is reported to have been diverted after the reported incident on Saturday.

It is claimed the Irishman boarded the flight from Dublin to Izmir with a large group of friends, reports AirLive.net. But as the plane took off it is alleged the man began stripping off, before taking off his underwear and starting to wave his penis around.

The plane is said to have diverted to Belgrade where it is thought the man was taken off the flight.

It's embarrassing once you get sober

And from Alaska: Woman accused of taking clothes off, trashing Subway in custody

The 35-year-old Anchorage woman accused of taking her clothes off and trashing an East Anchorage Subway Tuesday night was arrested and is being held at Anchorage jail, police spokeswoman Anita Shell told Channel 2 News.

Nikki Abrell went into the Subway on Tudor Road around 5 p.m. Tuesday and locked herself in the bathroom for two hours and refused to come out, Shell said.

A Channel 2 viewer at the scene, Tina Anaya says she was planning to pick up a sandwich for dinner when she pulled up to see the restaurant being trashed.

"When I pulled up, I saw a bunch of the Subway workers outside and I thought they were taking a smoke break," Anaya said. "But when I looked inside there was a naked woman literally tearing the place apart."

Family Shocked By What Little Girl Finds in Her Bed

Oksana Bobrovskaya

And part of Mark Steyn's "Premature Explodiation" also courtesy of Wombat-sochos "In The Mailbox: 11.30.15"

~Speaking of not-so-happy endings, there was a did-the-earth-move-for-you? moment in Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia. Oksana Bobrovskaya is - was - a glamorous member of the duma. I'm not sure if the picture at top right is a standard pose for Russian parliamentarians, but, if so, she looks better in it than Mitch McConnell. At any rate, Ms Bobrovskaya was having sex with her husband in the back seat of their Toyota RAV4 when the car exploded, killing both of them:

Police sources alleged the couple has rowed before the fatal incident and he had accused her of 'cheating' on him with a wealthy lover.

Eyewitnesses who rushed to the scene said that when the bodies were removed from the car, both the MP and her husband were 'naked below the belt'. . .

Wombat-socho provides "Rule 5 Sunday: Tigers On Top" this week.

The News Exposed

Time for another edition of the Naked News.

Today is the last day of the Burning Man Festival, that sun and dust soaked orgy in Black Rock Desert of Nevada: New Sheriff Overseeing Burning Man to Crack Down on Naked Rule-Breakers

A new Nevada sheriff tasked with overseeing the upcoming Burning Man festival plans to crack down on the annual desert debauchery.

Jerry Allen, 39, who was elected Pershing County Sheriff in January, said he plans to tighten law enforcement for the tens of thousands of festival-goers journeying to the remote Black Rock Desert next week for the annual event, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported on Tuesday.

Bonus Burning Man. Go see Katy Perry try to ride a segue for the first time, in the middle of a dust blizzard. Warning, no nudity.

In recent years, many attendees at the weeklong event — where nudity is the norm, drugs flow as if on tap and orgies litter the desert — have not been charged for crimes like marijuana possession, according to federal reports on the event, but the new sheriff in town said he has a tougher police protocol in mind.

“We don’t have the personnel to issue citations to 70,000 naked people on the playa, but we will be upholding the law to the best of our ability,” Allen said. He added that Burning Man “brings nothing … except for heartache” to the conservative, rural county.

Burning Man organizers said they remain optimistic because the low number of arrests in years past suggest more festival-goers are abiding by the law.

I guess we'll find out soon.

Isn't getting naked and doing drugs the primary reason for Burning Man? I think it's good to let them practice anarchy out in the middle of the desert. When something goes wrong, just don't answer the phones.

In our last episode, "Nudes in the News", we saw how Bill DeBlasio and the Democrats were trying to find ways to crack down on the "desnudas" of Times Square, the girls dressed mostly in body paint who offer to pose with people for a few bucks. They've been infiltrated by a reporter, who goes out of cover to bring you their side of the story:

Amber Jamieson

I went undercover as a topless performer in Times Square - By Amber Jamieson

A little girl in a hot pink T-shirt looks up at me as if staring at a princess. “You’re so pretty! Can I take a selfie with you?” she asks.

“Of course!” I say, crouching down so my feathered headdress and star-spangled painted boobs fit into the picture, her little brother also squeezing in.

The girl, around 7 years old, beams for the camera.

“I’m sending that to my mom!” she shouts, immediately texting it. Just another happy customer for me, the Scourge of New York City.

At least she has the body for it. Imagine if Bob Woodward had tried this expose'.

The painted ladies of Times Square have become Public Enemy No. 1 this summer. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says they remind him of the bad old days; Mayor Bill de Blasio immediately created a task force to try to ban them.

“It’s wrong. It’s just wrong,” tutted de Blasio.

I knew I had to join them.

So on Monday night, I stopped one of the performers, Saira, 29, after work. “Are you a desnuda?” I asked.

Turns out calling her ­“Naked Lady” in Spanish was a little too blunt.
“We call ourselves painted street performers,” she ­replied.

So, how did it work out?

At 10 p.m., the day’s finally over. We go to a nearby bank because it’s well lit and there are cameras, and Chris counts out the $286 I made. I’m such a newbie I forgot to count the cash before I gave it to David, so I can only assume that’s everything I made. Chris rounds it to $300 and gives me $210.

Not bad, but hardly worth getting an apartment in Manhattan for.

Susan Goldberg writes: What the Times Square Topless Girls Will Teach My Son

So, dear topless women of New York, thank you for making my job as a parent all the easier. Women like you were once the stuff of hushed whispers and wild imaginations. You would inspire a young man’s intrigue and lure him into dark places or lurid pay websites. Now my son can see you for what you’ve allowed yourselves to become, and what you’re encouraging every modern woman to be: more trouble than you’re worth.

Sorry Mom; it just doesn't work that way.

The Naked Cyclists Amass in the City of Brotherly Love:

Thousands of bicyclists in various stages of undress have pedaled their way around the city for Philadelphia’s annual naked bike ride.

The ride began at Drexel Park on 32nd Street and Powelton Avenue around 3 p.m. Saturday.

Debbie Kaighn, who was riding in the popular annual event for the third time, wore shoes, socks and body paint. On her front were streaks and splashes of yellow and green paint, and on her back was the message "Live free, ride nude."

"I'm a naturist, and I believe in body freedom," she said. "And I'm also a cyclist."

The 12-mile ride through the City of Brotherly Love is among many related to the World Naked Bike Ride movement. Riders on the twisting course wheeled through University City, around the Rittenhouse Square park, down to City Hall and through Chinatown. Giddy crowds cheered them on while shooting photos and videos on their cellphones.

The whole parade can be viewed here; fair warning, it's not called the City of Brotherly Love for nothing. . .

Speaking of brotherly love, the irrepressible Zombie recounts his visit to the "Up Your Alley" Street Fair in San Francisco on July 26th. If you really want to find out who's providing the margin for Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Fienstein and Barbara Boxer, visit this page. Otherwise you would be well advised to steer clear of it.

State Of Florida Passes Law Which Makes Nudity Legal At All Public Beaches - But here's a twist, they tax it:

The state of Florida has made a bold change to its laws concerning nudity at public beaches, and this one might ruffle some feathers. Beginning August 1st, full nudity will be legal at all public beaches – as long as you obtain a Florida State Nudity License (FSNL).

Governor Rick Scott approved the bill passed by the state legislature making public nudity at state-owned beaches legal, and he encourages tourists and residents to make use of new law. “Today is a great day. Not only will it be legal to hang out at the beach totally nude, but we encourage you do to so,” Governor Scott said. “As long as you are a fairly attractive person, nobody is going to complain.” . . .

Sadly, it's only a parody site. It was such a good idea.

But this is apparently real: Woman Caught Breastfeeding Child While Driving

A Washington State Patrol trooper pulled over the woman while she was driving on Interstate 5 in Everett.

Trooper Mark Francis, public information officer for Washington State Patrol District 7, tweeted that someone called 911 to report a baby was riding on the mother’s lap while she was driving. When the trooper pulled her over, he realized she was breastfeeding the child.

According to KIRO, the woman told the trooper that the child wouldn’t stop crying and that she’s breastfed while driving before.

She was cited for a child restraint violation.

I'd give her a break.

He Paints Celebs With His Penis

I suppose if Katy Perry or Susan Saradon need their body paint touched up for Burning Man, I might consider it. . . .

. . . But that is exactly what artist Tim Patch did when creating his remarkable lifelike portraits. He paints with his penis and other body parts more often found inside his boxer shorts, when he’s not at work. It’s why Tim Patch is otherwise known as Pricasso.

These works are not so much a statement on the state of politics but rather a unique painting process that the artist has developed.

“Firstly, I grab my penis and testicles and plunge the whole lot into a pot of paint,” Patch tells The Daily Beast. “The combination of balls and dick holds lots of paint, so then I just scrub them all over the canvas, which I hold in one hand until the canvas is sufficiently covered.”

Oh, you mean he paints pictures Of celebrities with his penis, not celebrities! That headline was a little misleading. Maybe he should get together with the lady who pulls yarn out of her vagina to knit with. Who know what kind of joint art venture they might create.