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I would suggest that perhaps Toobin‘s episode is a stark example of how multi-tasking can go horribly awry. Perhaps like many individuals (I would suggest some amongst us as well), he was in the habit of looking at porn or engaging in sexually explicit communication with someone else on the internet, and jacking off during such activities. Like many of us as well, during this pandemic, the Zoom technology has enabled us to hold meetings of a business nature on our computers, the same ones we use for sexual diversions. It is self evident one should not do these two things at the same time, trusting that by throwing a mute switch, that one audience is thereby excluded from the other activity. I don’t know if this is what happened here, but it sure looks likely.

I don’t know if you do watersports as a top but that is one way to offer juice from a different reservoir but delivered the same way. Some clients like me think it is an acceptable alternative to cum, whether or not that is in temporary short supply. Just an idea. ?

Yeah, did you see the bottle of lube beside his computer screen. Talk about forensic evidence!

Don’t try the Jeffrey Toobin way, though, unless you have an OF site.

And like the US Treasury, you get to control your own supply of Benjamins. ?

I said until the virus is suppressed more or less worldwide but what if the only vaccine they come up with in the next year or so is only 50 percent effective. That would mean still around 30,000 daily cases in the US unless other measures can be taken. For those who have a low threshold for risk, this would not change things from where we are today.

The NYTimes is suggesting the second call was a phone sex convo.

Your nephew, perhaps.

Nice to know. The hotel has been recommended to me by a London based escort that I have been with several times on his visits to Canada.

They can’t prevent it, just protect against it when it happens. Lol.

I don’t get hard spanking. It hurts. And when I was a boy, I attended a private school for boys where being beaten on the buttocks was practiced by the masters and prefects. It left an indelible mark on me and while my parents paid good money for me to suffer corporal punishment, I wouldn’t spend my own money for the same.

That is a good point. He doesn’t hold himself out as a reporter but as a commentator. He can usually hold his own with reporters on the facts of any given political situation however, which makes his commentary that much more credible, even if only to those on the more liberal side of politics.

Off the top, I can’t think of anyone else they can turn to quickly who would fill his spot as a credible source on legal issues combined with his deep background on political aspects of legal issues. And he knows all the political actors in Washington, which many legal experts don’t. Toobin is definitely the guy “inside the beltway”. His absence will be a big loss for CNN.

I’ve always liked Jeff on CNN and his commentary on any variety of topics that have a legal angle. He is well informed and makes legal issue easy to understand, not always done by other legal talking heads on TV. I can’t remember his mother’s name but she was a Hollywood columnist, I believe. So he has to be media savvy, bred in the bone. So to speak. So this gaffe is somewhat unbelievable. Is this pandemic madness surfacing on Zoom?

I like cash because as you count out the 100 dollar bills, you appreciate just how much you are forking over and so does the provider. Nothing like seeing a stack of 100’s at breakfast after an overnight. So much more impressive than a few digits on a payment statement, whether credit card or PayPal or Venmo etc. To me it represents hard earned cash, by both sides of the transaction.?

There should be no embarrassment in contacting sexual partners if you have contracted an STD. I think it is at least a moral obligation and in fact in many jurisdictions is a legal obligation. At least here in Canada, the public health organizations have the legal means to enforce compliance in revealing partners in sexually transmitted diseases, like syphilis.

Was Guy Lombardo playing with his band, The Royal Canadians? I noticed his portrait in the bar lounge off the main lobby. His band played there for many years. And no, the rooms had probably the same decor as when you were there for your prom. But the bed was comfy, even for three.?

Last fall I stayed at the Roosevelt Hotel in mid-town and one night had two escorts to my room. We all went in together coming from dinner and the lobby is so vast and busy around 10pm that we didn’t stand out at all. My two guys were one white, one black and over 40 and 30 years younger than me respectively. We might have drawn attention in a smaller hotel with a quieter lobby. I think if I had had four escorts trailing me in, it wouldn’t have made any difference. Except my room wasn’t large enough to accommodate that sort of gangbang.

I will check that out. I have a copy of William’s diary.

I totally understand your position and your quandary about hiring in this time. It all comes down to one’s personal risk tolerance and one’s particular circumstances, especially regarding your personal health status and age. These are all risk factors. One also has to assess how important sex is in your life. If escorts are the only viable source of satisfying your sexual needs, then you have to consider whether you can live without sex for an indeterminate time. Until a vaccine is available and the disease is more or less suppressed worldwide, then you need to think about whether you can hold out for the next several years.

I think that’s true about crime in general. Wrong place/wrong time. When I was in Rio nothing happened to me over a 10 day period. My nephew, who is much younger and 2 inches taller than I am, at 6’ 1”, was robbed at knife point in broad daylight right outside the Palace Hotel at Copacabana. That happened three weeks after I was there. Had it been the other way around, I can just imagine what my brother would have had to say about it. LOL (Note: my nephew is straight. I am the gay uncle.)

Just for fun I checked all the travel advisories on the US Dept of State website. They have 4 levels going from 1 (normal caution) to 4 (Do not travel). Colombia is a 4. But so is the Bahamas. Canada a 3. A lot of it is as a result of Covid. But the same cautions re crime are listed as on the Canadian site for Colombia.

One escort i remember the owner sent me told me he was a policeman and did this as a side gig. I thought it a hoot getting fucked by the law.

I checked with our (Canada’s) travel advisory on our government website for foreign affairs this morning and the advice they give for Medellin is that theft and petty crime occur in the city Center and areas not covered by the metro system. “Express” kidnappings are frequent and often occur in affluent areas. In these episodes the tourists are taken off the streets or from taxis and forced to withdraw funds from ATMs and can be held overnight so that another withdrawal can be made the next day. Street crime is common, particularly in the larger cities such as Bogota and Medellin. Armed robberies occur even in the safer areas of cities and may occur on streets, in buses and taxis. Avoid flagging taxis in the streets. And a host of other concerns. Here in Canada, we are being advised to avoid all non-essential travel abroad, even to the United States. The US is different and you should be guided by your own authorities. After all, if something bad happens, you will turn to them to try to help you. God Bless!

I’ve only been to Brazil in SA and then with a small group of friends to Rio. I took a 3 day side trip to SP by myself during the vacation of 10 days overall and was comfortable being there alone. Of course Brazil is familiar to many gay North Americans but Colombia less so I would say. The questions I would ask are have you been there before? Have you been to other S American countries? Are you familiar with the language? Would you be staying with this young man or at a hotel? That city is a well known drug capital. Are you familiar with the local conditions. I’m assuming there’s is an American Consulate there. Have you checked the local travel advisory at the State Department. How long would you be going for. How good a feel do you have about this young man. Has he been open about his circumstances. Are you convinced?