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TW for sexual assault, csa, victim blaming
REST IN PISS KEN STARR
"Ken Starr is dead. I’ll never forget how he had a woman wear a wire so he could humiliate her friend [Monica Lewinski] on national television for giving a blowjob, then got fired from his job as university president when it turned out he’d covered up the football team’s years-long rape spree. RIP"
"And he helped negotiate a plea deal for Epstein that meant no jail time for raping a bunch of girls!"
"Today the rapist community mourns one of its most passionate allies"
"Also he co-signed a letter opining that a teacher who molested at least 4 girls under 14 should get community service instead of prison (TIL) (Image is a screenshot describing his support for Christopher Kloman, from Starr's wikipedia page)"
Thread: https://twitter.com/samthielman/status/1569800611088011264
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Kenneth Starr, the lawyer known for investigating Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, mishandling sexual assault cases as president of Baylor University, and helping Jeffrey Epstein secure a sweetheart deal, died Tuesday, Sept. 13. He was 76.
Starr’s family confirmed his death, saying he died from complications from surgery at St. Luke’s Medical center in Houston, Texas.
Starr was a stalwart conservative foot soldier throughout his career. He started as a lawyer and was nominated by Ronald Reagan to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1983, a post he maintained for about six years before resigning. George H.W. Bush later appointed him solicitor general, and he was even briefly in the running to fill a Supreme Court vacancy later taken by David Souter.
Though always lurking around the right wing, Starr really started to rise to prominence in the mid-’90s, when he was tapped to investigate Bill and Hillary Clinton’s alleged involvement in an Arkansas real estate project. Neither Clinton was prosecuted, but Starr’s probe expanded to include an investigation into Paula Jones’ claims of sexual assault against bill Clinton, as well as Clinton’s affair with Lewinsky.
The “Starr Report,” released in Sept. 1998, claimed Clinton lied about about his affair with Lewinsky and cited obstruction of justice, perjury, abuse of power, and more as reasons for impeaching Clinton. The report led to Clinton’s impeachment in the House of Representatives, but he was acquitted on all counts in the Senate.
After making a name for himself investigating Clinton’s sexual impropriety, Starr returned to his career as a lawyer and found himself involved in a handful of prominent cases. He successfully represented the Juneau, Alaska, school board and principal that suspended a student for unfurling a “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” sign as the Olympic torch passed through the the city. He failed to secure constitutional immunity for the mercenary firm Blackwater after its contractors slaughtered four unarmed civilians in Fallujah. And he also failed to uphold Prop 8 in California, the ballot measure banning same-sex marriage that was later overturned in the courts.
Despite being busy defending opponents of same-sex marriage and private military contractors, Starr found plenty of ways to return to the world of sexual impropriety. With his plethora of connections to George W. Bush’s administration, Starr joined Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team and played a crucial part in pressuring the Justice Department to drop its sex-trafficking case against the billionaire. For his efforts, Starr helped his client secure the infamous sweetheart deal that landed him in prison for just 18 months and effectively ensured him immunity from future prosecution.
Epstein wasn’t the only alleged child molester Starr tried to help either. In 2013, he wrote a letter of support for Christopher Kloman, just before he was sentenced to 43 years in prison for molesting five girls while teaching at the elite Potomac School in the Sixties and Seventies.
Three years after that, Starr resigned as chancellor of Baylor University, and a professor at its law school, not long after being removed from his post as president. The reason? An investigation found that Starr and other administrators mishandled numerous accusations of sexual assault — including multiple rape allegations — against the school’s football players.
For his final act, the man who made a name for himself trying to take down one president tried to help another stave off the same fate. First as a TV talking head, he argued against impeaching Donald Trump over the Mueller report, claiming it would be “bad for the country.” Starr later joined Trump’s legal team when he was impeached (the first time) for abuse of power and obstruction of justice after he allegedly tried to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden.
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Ken Starr, scourge of the Clintons, dead at 76, (four illos from NYPress).
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July 4th Special Review: Celebrity Deathmatch : July 4th Spectacular W/Bonus Match (Comissioned by WeirdKev27)
Happy 4th you happy people! It’s america’s birthday and sadly it hasn’t been her proudest year what with a bunch of lying , selfish, overpolicing assholes deciding to ban abortion and cost people their lives and freedoms because they don’t agree with them, even worse given one of said assholes is a woman herself yet felt this was remotely okay, and two others are out and out sex monsters who somehow got to supreme court. And yes I am indeed opening with that as while I love this country, I feel what happened in the last few weeks was disgusting and hope despite overwhleming odds we get it overturned.
It’s been a few weeks caked with dread and being disapointed in our country, so I was thankful to take this review on as it’s a nice break, to take a second and not look on in shame at our country but look at what it’s capable of: a bunch of clay puppets beating each other to death in over the top slapstick while one of the ringside refs pretends to be a vietnam vet. You know something for everyone. So it’s time to get back in the ring with Celebrity Deathmatch
For those less familiar with the show, quick recap: Celebrity Deathmatch was beautifully animated and wonderfully stupid show on MTV, pitting various celebrties dead or alive, they had a time machine after all, in as you’d expect, fights to the death, basically taking the WWE Attiude Era style of the time with it’s violence and crassness and adding in celebrity parodies, wonderful claymation and slapstick yet gory deaths. The result is as you can imagine hit or miss: Some eps i’ve watched haven’t been very good with gilbert gottfrieds guest spot being unreviewable... he was naturally the best part.
But i’m happy to say today’s selection is a keeper. While there is some dated ness to some of the comedy here and there, this is the first ep i’ve watched where only a joke or two in the matches has aged badly. The rest of it works wonderfully and i’m happy to show it to you this america explosion day. I’m also throwing in a cool bonus, a match from another episode i’m doing completely free because i’ve been on a beavis and butthead kick for obvious reasons. You can guess which one. So let’s ring the fucking bell and get ready to rumble shall we?
Wraparound: As usual the show has a running plot with our commentary team, the infalppable Johnny Gomez and wacky screwup who keeps a great deadpan Nick Diamond. Today’s match is set on the 4th itself , and besides celebrating the day with america themed violence , some vetrans are present, including Johnny himself who served in grenda.. a country we invaded and was called out by various countries as “fucked up man”.
So Nick fakes being a vetran and Johnny while clearly suspcious just sorta rolls with it because he wants to get on with the show. We also get our delightful image form that as Nick sneak attacks Johnny just to prove he was in nam.... and to show off his severed ear necklace. The punchline that he stole all his war paraphenlia including the ears is also great, as is them beating his ass. God bless our men in uniform.
Opening Musical Number:
The episode is padded out after the card is laid out with one minute and 30 seconds of what I THINK are supposed to be the ramones performing a rock based version of various patrotic tunes.
Match 1: Bill Clinton Vs Ken Starr
This is easily the weakest match on the card... in part because it’s a match between a serial sexual harasser who lied to the country, ruined a young woman’s life by seducing her (Though Mrs. Lewinski has not only bounced back but was a writer on the American Crime Story season covering the whole affair, which was excellenty), stringing her along and then throwing her under the bus to save himself, and a selfish republican asshat who went after clinton not because he was legit in the wrong, and he was, but because they wanted to bring him down and whose legal team harassed Monica for a full day, keeping her imprisoned illegally. Neither of these men are ones I care if they win. They both suck and I really don’t get what the point is. That Bill Clinton was charming enough to escape the consequences of his actions? That people loved him but piled shit on monica? Yeah as you can tell watching American Crime Story: Impeachment really.. didn’t make this the best watch, but unlike some matches i’ve watched it wasn’t unwatchable either as they did some shockingly good jokes on clinton’s word salad attempts to avoid perjury, and given how trod the road was at the time that’s impressive, and the finish is awesome: Starr in a rage attacks the crowd and clinton punches the fucker into the liberty bell cracking it.
I may no longer like the man.. but damn that’s fun.
Match 2: James Van Der Beek (W/Bill Clinton) Vs Sadam Hussien
Look I haven’t watched Dawson’s Creek and with the Iraq War since this and the massive loss of life.... yeah this shouln’t of worked. But the sheer lunacy of the match makes it work: Teen, at the time, hearthrob and future best thing abotu don’t trust the b in apartment 23, and that show had Krystn Ritter so i’ts a high bar to climb, James Van Der Beek versus Sadam Freaking Hussien is just too insane for me not to love it from ref (lovingly dressed up like uncle sam) Mills lane checking him for weapons, to James using the asknig about the relationship cliche of teen dramas to sucker Sadam, to BILL CLINTON RUNNIN GIN WITH A STEEL CHAIR, to WMD cheeseburgers, this match is just too lovingly nuts for me to hate and you can’t not like James Van Der Beek finishing off a dictator with the american flag. Him getting arrested for it not so much but still a fun match.
Main Event: George Washington W/Teddy Rosevelt vs Abe LIncoln W/Richard Nixon
This one is just pure crack in the best way. It’d be fun enough taking two cultural icons and having them try and murder each other.. but the show added in by having manly man and big drinker Teddy Rosevelt and walking garbage fire Richard Nixon as the cornermen, with Nixon naturally talking Washington into fighting dirty, from handing him an axe to convincing him he’s the best. Seeing Washington play heel is amazing and the best use of our founding father i’ve seen this year.. and i’ve seen him as a cannibal. It’s just such a contrast and adding in him using quarters as throwing stars it’s just marvelous. LIncoln meanwhile tries to be civil.. till Washington destroys his hat
Though he looses a leg to the axe, and for once a ref is useful in something resrembling wrestling as Mills Lane orders Nixon out and when he naturally refuses because Sewer Monsters don’t listen to orders well, Teddy decaptates his ass. I mean.. it won’t really stop him from doing his usual stuff
But it’s a valiant effort. We also get lincoln using lady liberty’s tourch to BURN GEORGE WASHINGTONS TEETH. This... this is why I honestly dont’ have a ton of jokes for this one. It’s just so glorious on it’s own what do I fucking add?
The final joke is also great as we get a mount rushmore of president heads, with Nixon in place of jefferson because shut up. All in all a glorious, goryious match. Go find this episode and because you stuck around here’s a bonus treat
Bonus Match: Beavis Vs Butthead
This was part of the episode Fandemonium III though you can find the complete match on the offical mtv youtube. And I recommend you do as this was fun. The writers of CDM got beavis and butthead to a point, and we even get them being slapped greatly after Beavis, as you’d expect, asks if he can do mills lane’s grandughter. Mike Judge even guest starred to do the animation and the voices. So combined with good writing it comes off exactly how you thinmk it would: The two, given a bunch of cartoony weapons, being entirley stupid and not getting their fighting to the death , instead screwing around with weapons and nearly killing each other, going claymation thanks to fire extinquishers, and generally being themselves. We even get adults not getting how dumb they are with Nick and Johnny assuming their hurting each other is brillant strategy and not you know, a normal thursday for them. The finish is also awesome as we get THE GREAT CORNHOLIO who destroys butthead and shreds him .. and plans to use the shreds as teepee fo rhis bunghole which is horrifying but perfectly fittng. Thanks for reading and happy fourth
#mtv#celebrity deathmatch#the 4th of july#indepdence day#beavis and butthead#james van der beek#richard nixon#bill clinton#george washington#ken starr
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MSNBC, filling their ranks with more dubious, biased Leftists. Don't they look cozy?
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Kenneth Starr, who died last week, left behind a complicated legacy. He’s best known as the independent counsel whose lengthy investigation of an Arkansas real estate deal involving then-President Bill Clinton ended with a salacious report and Clinton’s impeachment for lying about his intimate relationship with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. And Starr ended his profession defending then-President Donald Trump in the first of his two Senate impeachment trials and overseeing a sexual assault scandal at Baylor University.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria asked Clinton on Sunday if he had any thoughts on Starr’s death, and Clinton stated it is nice that Starr was loved by his family.
Lewinsky shared a similar sentiment on Twitter.
Source: Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky had similar responses to Ken Starr’s death
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9/14/22
West Virginia passed a near-total abortion ban except for cases involving life of the mother. Abortions for rape or incest will be up to eight weeks for adults, fourteen weeks for minors.
The grand jury for the Durham inquiry expired. If you haven't been following, in 2019 the Justice Department opened up a special counsel looking into any inappropriate misconduct into the Trump-Russia investigation. Many Trump supporters were hoping this investigation would reveal the "deep state" they have been discussing. Durham got one guilty plea from former FBI attorney Clinesmith for altering an email so he could obtain a surveillance warrant against a former Trump campaign advisor. He also accused a former Clinton campaign lawyer named Sussmann of lying to the FBI when said Trump had ties to Russia, but the jury returned a not guilty verdict to that. And the final person was a Russian expat named Igor Danchenko, whose case is still ongoing. With the grand jury expiring, that means the inquiry is more or less wrapping up, and Durham will have to submit a report.
Google lost its EU appeal to overturn an antitrust fine to the tune of $4.33B. That's right, billion.
The European High Court of Human Rights ruled that France had violated the European Convention of Human Rights by not repatriating two female nationals and their families. Many countries are not willing former wives of ISIS members to return to their countries, seeing their departure as a betrayal. The court in this case is not requiring France repatriate the women, but says it should look into the matter.
Ken Starr, whose investigation into some real estate ventures the Clintons had eventually turned into the Monica Lewinsky scandal, died at age 76. He later served on Trump's defense team during his first impeachment trial.
1) WV Metro News 2) NYT, Politico, CNN 3) WSJ 4) Le Monde 5) NYT
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KEN STARR DEAD AT 76..
Ken Starr, the former president of Baylor University who earned nationwide notoriety as the independent counsel who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness.
Starr, who served as Baylor president from June 2010 to May 2016, was 76.
“Judge Starr was a dedicated public servant and ardent supporter of religious freedom that allows faith-based institutions such as Baylor to flourish,” said Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone.
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CNN: Ken Starr, independent counsel who pursued Clinton, dies
CNN: Ken Starr, independent counsel who pursued Clinton, dies.
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Gay Byrne asks about families, and it turns very awkward very quickly. The Beatles' appearance with Gay Byrne and Ken Dodd, Granada Television Studios, 25th November 1963 - part 6 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) (x)
#it's funny how different john and paul's reactions are#john - knows it's awkward but is mostly amused#paul - slowly dying inside and can't want for it to be over#and by 'funny' I obviously mean incredibly painful#I'm not sure what ken dodd found so funny about john having a kid but there you go#the crew found it hilarious though#but it was still lovely to hear john talking so matter-of-factly about being a dad#john lennon#paul mccartney#george harrison#ringo starr#the beatles#it was sixty years ago today#november 1963 was just the best month#javelin’s gifs#november 1963
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A song featuring George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Ringo and George, 1966
A hitherto forgotten soundtrack created more than half a century ago, featuring Maestro Saroda Ustad Aashish Khan performing in tandem with the iconic Beatles By George Harrison and Ringo Starr has now been found, restored and released - much to the delight of fans and music lovers.
The soundtrack, titled ‘Radhe Shaam', which was allegedly recorded in 1968 at Trident Studios at the height of Beatlemania, was released on November 10, 2021. In a song produced and written by Suresh Joshi, a veteran journalist and TV presenter with a long track record, soulful performance Ustad Khan is gracefully accompanied by a rhythm guitar George and Ringo's drumming.
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Mister Joshi, who was friends with George Harrison, was the very person who introduced him to the famous Indian musician Ravi Shankar, who had a great influence on the star and, as is known, taught him how to play the sitar.
At that moment, George and Ringo were taking a break from recording Hey Jude in the studio.
“I was working on the music for my documentary ‘East meets West’ when George (Harrison), who was a good friend of mine, offered to play for the soundtrack. As soon as he decided to participate, Ringo also kindly came to the rescue,” Joshi recalled.
George with engineer Ken Scott at Trident Studios in late October 1970.
However, as soon as the recording was completed, Suresh took the master tape to his attic in his Birmingham home and forgot about it until years later he met Deepak Pathak, co-founder of Maharaja Organics.
“I became friends with Deepak when I was alone at home during the pandemic. During one of our conversations, I told him that I had produced and recorded a song with maestro Saroda Ustad Aashish Khan, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, which was never released,” Joshi explained.
“At that time The Beatles were in the process of breaking up, and they had various problems, so no one wanted to [release the track],” Aashish also said.
Pathak convinced Joshi to let him listen to the soundtrack.
As soon as Pathak heard this ‘fundamental work’ and became convinced that it should be released to a wider audience. He sent the master tape to the music producer Suraj Shinhu, who restored it and prepared it for release.
“I am delighted that we have managed to save this fundamental work of Suresh. I persevered with the recovery process, which was technically difficult, but extremely effective,” Shinh said.
John Barham, Ringo and Suresh Joshi
Despite the fact that this song was written more than fifty years ago, it is still relevant and will be close to modern youth, Joshi agreed.
“The song revolves around the concept that we are all one, and that the world is our oyster shell, something that we all realized during this pandemic. A song written more than 50 years ago is more relevant today than ever,” Joshi concluded.
Earlier, the track was given to 100 visitors of the Liverpool Museum to listen to The Beatles. Museum Manager Paul Perry said that the invited audience who listened to the song, including Mr. Joshi, “fell in love with it.”
“Without any doubt, it was George's guitar, [and] it felt like he was here among us. And, also, without a doubt, the drums belonged to Ringo.”
However, opinions and memories about the time and circumstances of the track's recording differ.
From Matt Hurwitz:
“Actually, this is not 1968, but the song was recorded at Trident on March 10, 1970, as described in detail in my article about the recording of "All Things Must Pass". George helped Aashish Khan, who was asked to write an Indian-themed pop song for an Indian director, but the track was never used.”
The session was dedicated to the future project of Aashish Khan and John Barham. The musicians were Hashish Khan, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and Klaus Voormann (Foreman). Everyone, with the exception of Khan, will take part in the recording of the album George's “All Things Must Pass".
So he plays the lead guitar Clapton, and George plays the rhythm guitar. Khan talked about a song called ’In Praise Of Lord (We Are All Children Of God)' that they were supposed to record ten years ago. It looks like they also recorded a song by Mr. Joshi ‘Radhe Shaam'. At that time, the song had no title, which may explain why it was not mentioned for many years.
Pete Drake and George
Album John Barham and Aashisha Khan was released in 1973 under the name ”Jugalbandi" on Elektra Records, both superstar tracks of March 1970 did not hit it.
#Youtube#george harrison#ringo starr#beatlemania#music#my music#music love#musica#history music#rock music#pop#rock photography#ken scott#1970s#John Barham#Suresh
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Dear Santa...
With three weeks until Christmas, here’s my list for Santa:
1. Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men (and women, and the non-binary, too).
2. A 10 percent raise in worldwide IQ.
3. A 20 percent raise in Pittsburgh-wide IQ.
4. A benefit concert performed by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Julian Lennon, and Dhani Harrison. And, Dave Grohl, too. Because, why not?!
5. Alex Trebek’s (now Ken Jennings’) job on Jeopardy! (And a tennis ball gun to fire at contestants who give bonehead responses!)
6. A copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio.
7. Someone (I'm looking at you, Kenneth Branagh!) to make a good film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
8. A franchise quarterback for the New York Jets.
9. A publisher for my novelette Heroes Rise Again. And, for Peter Jackson to turn it into three movies!
#Christmas#Santa Claus#Santa#peace on Earth#peace#IQ#world#Pittsburgh#Paul McCartney#Ringo Starr#Julian Lennon#Dhani Harrison#Dave Grohl#Alex Trebek#Ken Jennings#Jeopardy!#William Shakespeare#Shakespeare#First Folio#Kenneth Branagh#Romeo and Juliet#New York Jets#Jets#New York#Peter Jackson#publisher#Heroes Rise Again#The Mad Sonneteer#Bud Koenemund#Koenemund
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POWER GIRL BY KEN ROCAFORT (edited by me)
#comicedit#dcedit#power girl#kara zor l#karen starr#kara zor el#dc#dc comics#kenneth rocafort#ken rocafort#superfam#jsa#batman/superman#cover art#dcladies#dcmultiverse#cbnetwork#comicswomen#superfamedit#and by edited i mean covering her breasts kxvjksdaf#but it turned out nice esp comparing it to the original version#p: kara zor l#edit#***
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