Too big to fail and too big for #MeToo

I see where Roger Waters is taking some flack for his stand on the faux "benefit concert" Richard Branson is putting on for the benefit of the coup plotters in Venezuela.

What's astonishing is how the apologists for Branson are claiming he's a totally apolitical guy motivated only by his concerns for the long-suffering people of Venezuela...

Would that be this Richard Branson?



Oh lookie! It's Branson and Barry just goofing around!

And here's Ricky with Hillsie...



... and RB with the FIRST black president...



And just so you know, Sir Richard is totally bipartisan!



Sir Richard even makes time for some of the wannabees!



Justin: I love your hair man!

Sir RB: You're looking very fine as well, my good man!

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For a guy who is totally apolitical, Sir Richard sure sucks a lot of political ass!

Dictatorship of the pussy-grabbers

Can I be the only one who suspects that the entire good vs evil schtick that's been going down in DC is, at root... just that?

Schtick?

Think about it. The last couple of years US politics has looked like it's scripted by the same geniuses who brought you reality TV and the WWF.

In the blue corner... give it up for the most experienced, the most competent, the most presidential candidate in history... HILLARY CLINTON!!!

And in the red corner, welcome the one and only, the most evil character we could dream up, the most racist, most nativist, most misogynistic DONALD J TRUMP!!!

Mostly bullshit, if you ask me.

Donny J. and the Clintons go way back. They've palled around since forever. Here's a shot of Trump and Bill Clinton after what looks like a way fun afternoon at the golf course.



Here they're posing with the caddies who carried their bags. Note the Playboy Bunny logo on the shirt of Trump's caddy. Goddamn, that Hugh Hefner did so much to empower women, didn't he? HH was one of the greatest feminists of the 20th century, no doubt about it.

And Bill's squee... I mean caddy, looks like she could be a Russian hooker in her other job, when she's not shlepping Bill's bag. Either that or one of Trump's ex-wives.

These folks are all in on the joke. They've got themselves roles in the greatest reality show ever.

US politics.

But remember, even though these actors will do well for themselves with these roles, the producers are gonna make the real killing!

#metoo and Mick Jagger

I'm waiting for the next shoe to drop... a call-out of Sir Mick by the #metoo crowd.

Mick is of course one of our cultural icons over the past fifty years or so...

Mick does some cool shit with his band every now and then. He is also a very famous libertine. Is it even conceivable that all of Sir Mick's sexual encounters were fully consensual?

And what does that even mean?

I know for a fact that there's not a bevy of nubile young women waiting outside my door to treat me to a leg-spread. Believe me, I check the porch once in awhile.

Nothing.

Ever.

But I'm not Mick.

We've seen a few Hollywood bigs brought low by this wave of neo-puritanism.

Our rock and roll icons will be next.


After all, what did "consent" mean in 1964?