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!

Twilight of the rock and roll Gods

It can't be much longer before the wave of whatever it is that just took down Weinstein is going to start nibbling away at the legacies of our rock and roll icons.

Ian Dury had a hit with "sex and drugs and rock and roll" back in the day.

Sex and drugs and rock and roll.

The drugs were ubiquitous and so was the sex, but here's the pivotal question; how "consensual" was the sex?

All these rock icons who boast of having had thousands of women may now be held to account.

I was an avid reader of Lester Bangs. Remember him? His reportage focused on sexual impropriety as much as it focused on music. Of course, back in the day, it wasn't "impropriety," it was liberation and letting it all hang out. And it was all good, wasn't it?

Sure it was! It's highly ironic that the high priest of licentiousness, Hugh Hefner, passed away almost without comment just before the Weinstein scandal broke. How does Hugh get a pass while Weinstein gets crucified? Weren't they all part of the same fame game?

As long as society worships fame and money and power, young people who crave fame will do whatever they can to ingratiate themselves with money and power.

Say what you will about Weinstein, but he was playing the game the way it's always been played. To pretend shock and dismay at the revelations coming out today is beyond disingenuous. Insofar as political correctitude is indeed a force, we'll be seeing a lot of careers crumble in the months ahead.

Wave bye-bye to your rock and roll icons...