Comments on: In news that is a surprise to no one on earth, Fani Willis admits …

By: Turtler

Turtler — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 05:08:06 +0000

Part of me wonders if this is part of the plan or at least something they can roll with as a pretext to drop the case and not pick it up again in this venue without admitting to how politicized and baseless it was. Paranoid or overthinking it? Sure, maybe. But it comes to mind.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 01:10:09 +0000

Sidney korshak was the real life tom regan mob fixer with hollywood

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:49:44 +0000

Of course, Jill St. John dated, ahem, a remarkable number of celebrities:
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Between marriages, St. John dated entertainment, sports, and political personalities including Ben Barnes, Gianni Bulgari, Sammy Cahn, Michael Caine, Oleg Cassini, Barry Coe, Sean Connery, Ahmet Ertegun, Robert Evans, Glenn Ford, David Frost, Jack Haley Jr., Bill Hudson, Henry Kissinger, Sidney Korshak, Peter Lawford, George Lazenby, Jim Lonborg, Trini López, Tom Mankiewicz, George Montgomery, Joe Namath, Jack Nicholson, Hugh O’Brian, Ogden Mills Phipps, Roman Polanski, Alejandro Rey, Tom Selleck, Frank Sinatra, Robert Vaughn, Giovanni Volpi, Adam West and David L. Wolper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_St._John#Personal_lifK/i>

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:45:37 +0000

Re: Kissinger / power / aphrodisiac

There is a “Futurama” episode where in the 31st century the Nixon head in a bottle sends the Kissinger head in a bottle to negotiate with evil aliens. Someone questions whether the Kissinger head is a good choice:
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… looking like that, he talked his way into Jill St. John’s bed. Nuff said!

–Nixon head, “Futurama”
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Nuff said!

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:23:37 +0000

In the other circus
https://twitter.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1753554703647228325

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:21:56 +0000

“Drunk on power” says it all. Her admission against interest should be the end of the case. Because it opens the door to a useless swearing contest —did Fani have inappropriate feelings for her prosecutor “too soon,” i.e. when she was still deciding among candidates? What evidence can be adduced except her (useless ) denials, and the opinions of those around her who might describe her way of making calf eyes at her soon-to-be paramour? How many weeks of testimony do we need to uncover the obvious? Why should we, and the court, and the defendant have to suspend the honest and professional pursuit of justice while this entr’acte, worthy of a failed Jerry Springer episode, plays out?

By: Sgt. Joe Friday

Sgt. Joe Friday — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:57:03 +0000

Ah yes, Kissinger’s quip about power being the ultimate aphrodisiac.

It’s a little more complicated than that. At that time, Nixon and Brezhnev were arguably the two most powerful men in the world, and I don’t recall either of them having to fight the ladies off.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 20:47:22 +0000

He was appointed in 2022 not 21

By: huxley

huxley — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 20:20:40 +0000

I think both were drunk on power – the ability to bring the evil Trump down – and we all know that power is an aphrodisiac.

–neo

And Revolutionary Power, even more so. Cue Bruce Cockburn:
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When you’re lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you’re made to feel as if your love’s a crime—
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight—
Got to kick at the darkness ’til it bleeds daylight

–Bruce Cockburn, “Lovers In A Dangerous Time”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IX4gWkFqvU
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The Revolution has a deeply romantic, sexual component. Not that anyone here is surprised by that either.