Kenny

Got an example? Wikileaks publicly identified a Saudi man as gay (which is punishable by death in the country), but Wikileaks is merely an unvetted , frequently irresponsible platform. I mean a legit news source that has cavalierly described someone as gay, followed by his or her life being devastated. I ask not because there might not be someone, but because I can’t think of any.

That’s called reporting. It’s a common term in the English language, as Michelangelo Signorile explains: “I was an editor at the time at OutWeek magazine, and among other stories, I’d written a cover piece, “The Secret Gay Life of Malcolm Forbes,” shortly after the multimillionaire’s death, using multiple named and unnamed sources. I simply considered this “reporting” on a (dead) public figure. There wasn’t a special word for bringing forth details on other aspects relevant to report about public figures, even if those public figures didn’t want such facts reported — from their tax returns and their business dealings to their latest girlfriends or boyfriends or their divorces — so why a term for reporting that someone is gay or has same-sex relationships?” The term “outing” was invented (and condemned) by a closeted columnist at Time. Who could have guessed? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelangelo-signorile/why-i-hate-outing-and-how_b_4560156.html

That’s what I was trying to say, ineptly. The ex-editor was explaining the Advocate’s blanket “no outing” policy.

I’m disappointed by one aspect of this column. “Outing” is not a public declaration of the homosexuality of a public person who doesn’t want it known. Outing is public declaration of the homosexuality of a public person who doesn’t want it known but who, in a position of power, works against gay civil rights. Hypocrisy by a public person is newsworthy, sexual identity is not. The distinction is important, though not well understood. I wish the column had made it.

Given that the initial headlines at places like ABC News and People were “Kevin Spacey comes out as gay,” and not “Kevin Spacey accused of pedophilia,” it’s easy to see why he wrote what he did, and to be relatively certain he had professional crisis management assistance.

Absolutely, unequivocally right. Even if the child, Anthony, was naked in bed with his ass in the air when the adult, Spacey, came into the bedroom, the appropriate response for the latter is “Get up, get dressed, go home.”

Yes, very true. And to which an observant adult could have said, "Let's talk," rather than "Here, let me lie down on top of you."

Many comments in this thread show very clearly why a lot of sexual assault victims (maybe most) never, ever come forward.

It gave me pause when Spacey said he "didn't recall" the assault on a child, but apologized if it did without issuing a denial. Rather than declaring the claim's falsehood, Spacey was in effect saying "maybe it happened," which suggests that he can't recall it because the episode was not unique.

The photos with a sheet of paper handwritten to say “9/2/2017” were funny. Like they couldn’t say “9/2/2024” or “9/2/1869.” It’s the thought that counts. But whatever happened to using a newspaper to certify a photo’s date? A few are still being published.

Yes, it does include them. Two-thirds of Americans aren’t putting any money into 401(k) plans. Only 14% of employers offer them, and less than half of their employees are invested in them. The idea that everyone, rather than just a minority, is benefitting from stock market gains is fantasy. Spreading the false claim encourages resentment: How come they are getting rich and I’m not? It’s pernicious. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-21/two-thirds-of-americans-aren-t-putting-money-in-their-401-k

So what? More than 3/4 of Americans own no stocks, of any kind. The investor class is fine, but that's hardly a surprise.

Sideways.

Would Santorum perform an exorcism on you while you're in bed? Or would his crossed eyes make that too difficult? (Asking for a friend.)

Technically, no, but reading some escort reviews I do occasionally wonder.

I think you need to get your digital auto-correct fixed: YET is an acronym.

Given the earlier muscle physique in the video, pretty clearly steroid pumped, his addiction predates whatever meth issue brought him down. Steroid addiction is self-destructive, just like any drug abuse. It is very hard to shake both in its own right and when one is constantly praised for the beauty of the body it makes possible. Enablers are legion.

Soon you'll be streaming live. So to speak.

The modern art collection in the house at Sunnylands is not real. They are (almost) all copies. The real ones were given to the Metropolitan Museum in New York a couple of decades ago.

Since the 110 ends a hundred miles from PS, however, you might need more than one cocktail.

Trivia: The house (which is actually in an unincorporated area of Beverly Hills) was a set in the movie "The Big Lebowski."

It's the Farnsworth House in Plano. (Speaking of the thread, I don't know if retirement in Plano is a good idea.) http://farnsworthhouse.org/

Johnson's Menil House in Houston is very good (though needing some TLC when I saw it a few years ago).

Johnson's Glass House will endure, but the rest is pretty iffy.

Mies sure is great, but since he's been dead almost 50 years, I don't think he counts as a "living architect." (Gehry is a spry 88.)