Matt Lauer out, and I'm with The Donald on this one:
NBC fires Matt Lauer for alleged 'inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace'
- NBC News fired "TODAY" show's Matt Lauer, the company announced Wednesday.
- "TODAY" show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced Lauer's firing on-air.
- President Donald Trump tweeted about the firing moments later, saying "wow."
Who the heck is next?
Any word about what exactly "sexual assault" means in Lauer's case? I'd read earlier that it was merely "sexual misconduct."
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 11:49 AM
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 29, 2017 at 11:39 AM
think of it as created and saved ...
I think one of the legacies of the Obama years is going to be instilling 8 years of a culture of dishonesty in government (although that has been going on for many years).
Posted by: rich | November 29, 2017 at 11:50 AM
none at all Ex.
drunkend flirting ... drunk texting the hottie in the next cube over ...
texting his junk as ice breaker.
Posted by: rich | November 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM
Tammy Bruce was talking yesterday about how the Cokie Roberts comment shouldn't be allowed to just quietly fade away. Conyers conduct was something well known to these self appointed cornerstones of the country and they willfully kept a lid on it for his benefit. Frankly I think they all deserve to be fired for demonstrably not doing their jobs.
Amen, Captain.
A reminder Aug. 2016 - Cokie Roberts: Trump and Those Who Support Him are âMorally Taintedâ
https://legalinsurrection.com/2016/08/cokie-roberts-trump-and-those-who-support-him-are-morally-tainted/
Posted by: Janet đŹ | November 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM
Wait till Gutierrez plays middle man for the reconstruction of Puerto Rico...
He will rake in the dough then.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM
Yes, foolish me; Bernie got a free house out of his quixotic run. Speaking of the old commie, what's the latest on the charges against his whore wife?
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 29, 2017 at 11:59 AM
Katie Couric in 2012: Lauer âpinches me on the ass a lotâ
https://pagesix.com/2017/11/29/katie-couric-in-2012-lauer-pinches-me-on-the-ass-a-lot/
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 12:05 PM
TK: "jane: VDH has never been a Trump hater."
Has jane unblocked me?
Doubtless she responded to my post, not yours.
Shall we all agree to leave it there? :) :)
btw, on this one "I stand with jane!"
OK, now I need to give TK the last word, then I'll move on.
Posted by: JimNorCal | November 29, 2017 at 12:10 PM
some stories the media likes to cover, others not so much.
sort of how the Great Sex Panic of 2017 will end ... the media is just gonna stop reporting on it (maybe ... unless they can get some Rep scalps soon with something better than thinly sourced 40 year old allegations).
kinda like how the Awan Bros story just kinda disappeared into the ether ... I tried to convince someone how important it was and it was like "never heard of it" and "if it were that big the media would be all over it".
They had a bathroom server set up for the entire House Progressive Caucus dumping data from the house to the outhouse... access to member and staff computers and devices ... and some memebers were high ranking fuctionaries in the DNC ... and one of the wives worked for the DNC too.
Posted by: rich | November 29, 2017 at 12:14 PM
My last word..
:-)
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 12:15 PM
Somebody as old as McCain does not have any marrow in his ankles.
And nobody ever takes it from there on anybody anyway. You'd never stick a needle that close to a joint with terminal blood flow.
Agree VDH came around at some point. He often tosses a bone to NeverTrumpers, attempts to acknowledge how difficult it may be to support Trump's specific behavior, I think to get them to open up their eyes and see the light--that Trump is our only way forward!
How cute of Ted. I guess he and Harris are chummy. They are both HLS grads.
Posted by: anonamom | November 29, 2017 at 12:16 PM
The Las Vegas shootings are two months old and still no motive.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 29, 2017 at 12:17 PM
Posted by: JimNorCal | November 29, 2017 at 12:10 PM
no, nurse the grudge like a 12 year old scotch.
take it to other blogs.
Posted by: rich | November 29, 2017 at 12:17 PM
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 29, 2017 at 12:17 PM
that one too.
Posted by: rich | November 29, 2017 at 12:18 PM
They are both HLS grads.
Figures.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 12:20 PM
A Pigford-like settlement.
Trudeau Offers Apology, Tears And Money To LGBT Canadians
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 12:20 PM
Civil war violence gets closer.
Democrat Compares Female Trump Nominee to a Horse
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 12:22 PM
does anyone know of a web browser that would load just the text of a page and nothing else ...
not describing it well: the browser would open 2 pages and on the top page would only be the text and the other page which could be closed would be were all the malware would open ...
... maybe have the top page as print view of the content and a sandbox for all the other junk.
Posted by: rich | November 29, 2017 at 12:22 PM
MM "because of Ann Curry getting shafted."
Interesting choice of words there, MM; did Matt do her too?
Posted by: Old Lurker | November 29, 2017 at 12:24 PM
I won't miss Matt. How can I miss somebody I never watched?
And Cokie Roberts should be ashamed of herself.
Posted by: Comanche Voter | November 29, 2017 at 12:27 PM
The prairie home companion was shafted, apparently. Garrison Keiler fired for sexual misconduct.
https://twitter.com/ap/status/935922575804370944
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:27 PM
Oh noes, all my heroes are going down, Rose, Lauer, Keillor.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 29, 2017 at 12:29 PM
Sheldon should keep his flapping gums in his feedbag.
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM
rich, a note from Chicago:
Tell Rich to check his phone, or look at the Epic browser.
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM
LOL.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 29, 2017 at 12:32 PM
Garrison Keiler?
Hahahahaha! I can't take it anymore!
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 12:35 PM
That .gif is hilarious, TK!!
Posted by: Beasts of England | November 29, 2017 at 12:36 PM
That fat wheezing unfunny pile of shit just wrote an op ed on why his fellow terrible joke, Al Franken, shouldn't resign.
ANOTHER SUCKY DAY IN LAKE WOEBEGONE!
Not tired of winning.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 29, 2017 at 12:39 PM
The sexual harassment craze is typical of liberal/feminist memes, mixing problems. Surely the claims should be either sexual harassment or workplace harassment.
Posted by: Davod | November 29, 2017 at 12:39 PM
Felons getting signed up in AL. SEIU at it again. https://twitter.com/mooresenate/status/935917705730953219
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:40 PM
Can't wait to tell my bro, who paid actual money to sit and hear Keillor flap his yap.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 29, 2017 at 12:42 PM
Sorry TK, VDH is not even remotely sympathetic to the "never Trumpers". Au contraire, he is enjoying how they have tied themselves up in knots,and betrayed their conservative base while revealing their self-styled elitism.
I'm not going to detail a private conversation with him, but I know this for a fact.
Posted by: emzed | November 29, 2017 at 12:44 PM
The only thing that can ruin this day is a link to Truepundit.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 29, 2017 at 12:45 PM
President Trump called out Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for boycotting a White House meeting Tuesday afternoon, by leaving two seats conspicuously empty -- and accusing the no-show Democratic leaders of being "all talk" and "no action."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/28/trump-shames-pelosi-schumer-with-empty-seats-at-meeting-boycotted.html
Reminds me of our empty chair day.
LOL
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 12:46 PM
I know for a fact that he has failed more than once to represent himself that way publicly, emzed.
Maybe you can chat with him about that.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 12:48 PM
moar winning: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/29/npr-top-news-editor-sweeney-out-sexual-harassment-accusations/
Posted by: exdemocrat | November 29, 2017 at 12:50 PM
The Magpie gif, or the Trump meme, BOE?
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 12:50 PM
Some NPR news chief i never heard of just got axed for the "sexual" thing.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/268563/npr-chief-news-editor-and-editorial-director-out-daniel-greenfield
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:50 PM
I suppose its cheaper to create and employ your children at Lake Wobegon instead of paying real wages.
Posted by: Davod | November 29, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Oh MY! Juanita and friends storm Franken's office:
https://twitter.com/annvandersteel/status/935916275099877376
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Guy noir and his trenchcoat.heh.
Posted by: narciso | November 29, 2017 at 12:56 PM
Can't some of these dudes sue? How can it be legal to end a person's career over an "allegation" that may be false? Is there something in their contracts that stipulates termination at will for allegations? Whose lawyer would let them agree to that?
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 12:57 PM
Ext, the HR departments at these places may run like a college campus. SJW heavens. I assume if any of these men are innocent, they sue. Haven't heard any sue yet.
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 12:59 PM
I'd ask what's up in Minnesota -- but we're getting the answer to that question.
Posted by: Appalled | November 29, 2017 at 01:00 PM
Boy, I go out to deadhead the hydrangeas and all hell breaks loose! NPR news director and Garrison Keillor!
And Juanita Broadderick, Kathleen Willey and Melanie Morgan have stormed into Franken's office and demanded that he resign!!!
It's only 1PM, too!
Posted by: Miss Marple | November 29, 2017 at 01:02 PM
Jeeze TK. VDH has made his distaste for the business as usual bs trotted out by the establishment GOP pretty plain for years. He's just not rude about it.
Posted by: mad jack | November 29, 2017 at 01:02 PM
I guess things are not as perfect as they seem in Lake Woebegon. It seems that Uncle Garrison was caught in the barn with Cousin Darla.
I have no illusions left any more. Lauer, Weinstein, Spacey, Conyers, Gutierrez, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Halperin, Al Franken, Jan Wiener, Ben Affleck, Charlie Rose....
My heart actually is going pitty pat......It's like a St Valentine's massacree of the low and the sleazy. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of stiffs.
Posted by: matt - deplore me if you must | November 29, 2017 at 01:02 PM
I'm going to be honest--I am getting tired of this "winning."
Posted by: anonamom | November 29, 2017 at 01:02 PM
I still believe that "running for office" can be a highly lucrative endeavor
Ask Harold Stassen.
Posted by: sbw | November 29, 2017 at 01:05 PM
My complaint about him is simple and on a narrow subject, mad jack.
I have no issues regarding his efforts that you describe.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 01:09 PM
Not me, anonamom!
We still have Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, George Stephanopolis, and Chuck Todd!
I also want major dirt on Schumer and Pelosi!
Posted by: Miss Marple | November 29, 2017 at 01:10 PM
I am getting tired of this "winning."
Nope. You are not âwinningâ with this crowd until you have won. ... and salted the earth.
Posted by: sbw | November 29, 2017 at 01:10 PM
I am so, so angry that I didn't get through to Howie Carr with my Perv Pool pick. Just knew that sanctimonious prat would be golden.
I don't even have to disclose if I had Lauer or Keillor - my statement still stands!
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 01:11 PM
Can't they keep it to one every six hours, or something?
Franken's got to be getting nervous. Conyers hasn't resigned yet either, has he?
Posted by: anonamom | November 29, 2017 at 01:11 PM
sbw,
I derive great pleasure from the number of TV and radio news people cowering in fear that THEIR secrets might be revealed.
Posted by: Miss Marple | November 29, 2017 at 01:13 PM
First I'd heard of it, BlueOx. https://howiecarrshow.com/the-perv-pool-11-21-17/ I only get to hear his 6-7 segments.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 29, 2017 at 01:15 PM
Why did these all come out today?
Were people served papers? All at once? Government agency?
Posted by: Miss Marple | November 29, 2017 at 01:16 PM
Justin of Canada cries all the time. Have any of you music guys heard of The Tragically Hip? They are a Canadian band and their front man,Gord Downie died in October. There is a Netflix doc about the band's last tour with Downie. He had a terminal illness and was determined to go out on his own terms. Anyway,driving down to Florida we happened to listen to a show on Sirius XM about The Toronto music scene. Downie had passed a couple of weeks prior to the show. The radio host played audio of Justin of Canada and he was crying his eyes out. They were personal friends,so I understand his emotional statement,but geez, Justin of Canada should get a grip.
Posted by: Marlene | November 29, 2017 at 01:16 PM
Is there an online perv scoreboard somewhere? It's getting hard to keep track of all this Perv-O-Rama.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 29, 2017 at 01:17 PM
And not only secrets, MM. Any move they've ever made on a woman can be called "sexual misconduct," regardless of whether it was rebuffed or not. How great is that!
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 01:18 PM
As to why he was hired in the first place, it's because when he had hair he was good looking. That's the sine qua non for all of them.
Dan something or other, the weekend anchor on ABC, was told to his face that he would never be the No. 1 anchor because he was not good looking enough.
Do you think Dan Rather has two brain cells to rub together? He just looked the part in a trenchcoat.
It's not rocket science folks.
Posted by: middyfeek | November 29, 2017 at 01:19 PM
I just heard about Sweeney at NPR. Now Keillor?
We've had a lot of appetizers. Time for some indictment entrees.
Posted by: Porchlight | November 29, 2017 at 01:20 PM
Dave
I'm pretty positive Lauer was picked in the Perv Pool. Some lucky bastard has fabulous prizes awaiting.
And it didn't even take 10 days!
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 01:21 PM
Where's DuDa is the new game replacing Where's Waldo?
The biggest losers is their money bags, George Soros and Tom Steyer.
Posted by: Jack is Back (Again)! | November 29, 2017 at 01:21 PM
Dem Rep on Why Heâs Not Calling for Conyersâ Resignation: âCalling for the Resignation of Someone Does Not Create the Resignationâ
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 01:22 PM
Okay, Perv Pool Picks:
Dan Schneider of Nickelodeon
Don Henley
David Geffen
Those are my three Hollywood Babylon picks for the day.
Posted by: Porchlight | November 29, 2017 at 01:23 PM
Marlene,
Gord Downie had the same cancer as McCain.
He made it a year.
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 01:23 PM
Oh, and in some more Winning Wednesday news:
ESPN to lay off 150 employees
BuzzFeed to lay off 100
Posted by: Porchlight | November 29, 2017 at 01:24 PM
VDH isn't going to suffer by not having me as a loyalist to all that he writes.
I really don't wish to go down a baptismal path to cleanse my soul of one observation I have made about him. And I really don't want to try the same with his adherents.
I see subtle digs in his writings. They have diminished over time. He has come a long way I think he is still trying to convince himself as much as he is trying to help the rabid NeverTrumpers cope with a Trump Presidency.
VDH is 50/50 uppity/down to earth, IMO. He had no idea the Chick-fil-A crowd existed due to the tinted windows at Club NRO. He sees them now but acts like they just landed on earth.
I don't like the depiction. Sorry.
I'm done talking about him until the next notable quotable of his gets linked here. At which point I may or may not find fault with it.
Until then, to each their own.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 01:25 PM
Actually, it's not just "sexual misconduct" that can get you fired. Kiellor was fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior." Considering the vast set of behaviors the Left thinks are appropriate, that's a pretty interesting charge.
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 01:25 PM
The Ho be gone from Woebegone
Posted by: -peter from my phone | November 29, 2017 at 01:25 PM
What will really be good are the lawsuits, not only against the individuals but the organizations!
High dollars involved. Great salacious details for Page Six!
Posted by: Miss Marple | November 29, 2017 at 01:25 PM
Porch,
Under Howie's rules, your picks wouldn't qualify as all three have already been "outed" via the Everybody Already Knew They Were Pervs standard.
Hah!
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 01:27 PM
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/south-carolina-rep-jim-clyburn-defends-conyers-in-new-hallway/article_e2894674-d529-11e7-bb0a-9f0832cf7dc5.html
Watch the video.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 01:28 PM
Thank God Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans are dead is all I can say
Posted by: -peter from my phone | November 29, 2017 at 01:28 PM
#3 :https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/supergirl-flash-showrunner-andrew-kreisberg-fired-sexual-harassment-claims-1057390?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 01:29 PM
BlueOx,
Any overlap in the Perv and Death pools? It's not hard to imagine one of these disgraced elites eating a bullet.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 29, 2017 at 01:30 PM
I pick jake Tapper. Sanctimonious, and always looking down his nose at us.
Posted by: Miss Marple | November 29, 2017 at 01:30 PM
Assistant Dem Leader Avoids Question on If Conyers Should Resign, Suggests Different Standard for Elected Officials
Notice she didn't get into the elevator with them.
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 01:30 PM
Oh, got it, BlueOx. I thought it was "next to get fired or otherwise outed to LIVs."
Posted by: Porchlight | November 29, 2017 at 01:31 PM
Dave,
I have Jerry Maren, the last surviving Munchkin, in my Dead Pool.
If sure hope the Lollipop Guild doesn't end up being Pervy.
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 01:36 PM
I notice in the Hollywood Reporter link they have Supergirl above the caption "Supergirl" and they have the Ass Captain Cold homo french kisser above the "Flash" caption.
Did anyone watch the 4 hours of DC combo-comics on The CW?
What a disappointment.
Posted by: Threadkiller | November 29, 2017 at 01:36 PM
George Stephanopoulos. That would be sweet. This all started with little Georgie and Carville and Hillary fighting back against bimbo eruptions. They didn't believe the women and dragged them thru the mud.
Posted by: Marlene | November 29, 2017 at 01:37 PM
Miss M:
Interestingly, CNN has been missed thus far in the scandals.
When these media scandals first popped up, there was reporting that women of media had been putting together a list of media sexual harassers. I have a feeling the source of the current scandal-pa-looza is that list.
Posted by: Appalled | November 29, 2017 at 01:38 PM
They
didn'tbelieved the women and dragged them thru the mud anyway. fifyPosted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 01:39 PM
I see the NYT has gone full Dem activist on Twitter. Literally.
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 01:45 PM
Instapundit.com Retweeted
GOPChairwoman's avatar
Ronna McDaniel @GOPChairwoman
22m
NYT published Republican senatorsâ phone numbers in order to push their liberal agenda. Can we now stop pretending that the NYT isn't a political organization?
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 01:48 PM
re Garrison, is there a betting pool: woman, man, child, animal? Curious where the smart money is congregating.
Posted by: JimNorCal | November 29, 2017 at 01:51 PM
And here I thought yesterday started out great:)
Good Morning! Hope these things come in 3's like lightening strikes and airplane crashes.
BTW, DOW "flirting" with 23, 910!

Posted by: daddy | November 29, 2017 at 01:51 PM
Rush in Hour 2 just said that earlier Wolf Blitzer talking about these scandals of Lefty Icons was worried and on air asked something very close to this:
"Do you think Democrats are worried that they may be losing the moral high ground?"
WTF?
What a disconnect from reality, but boy is that a window into their narcism and hubris.
Posted by: daddy | November 29, 2017 at 01:57 PM
Pervalanche!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/supergirl-flash-showrunner-andrew-kreisberg-fired-sexual-harassment-claims-1057390?utm_source=twitter
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 01:58 PM
How long until Wolf is exposed?
Posted by: henry | November 29, 2017 at 01:59 PM
Rush having a ball this morning.
Now he's saying that even Brian Stelter of CNN is busting Savanah Guthrie of NBC for saying she didn't know anything about her good buddy Matt Lauer.
I love it when cannibals eat other cannibals.
OK, catch-up starts, but I doubt I'll ever catch up.
Posted by: daddy | November 29, 2017 at 02:00 PM
http://thefederalist.com/2017/11/29/calling-pence-a-liar-while-protecting-warren-is-why-people-hate-media/
If your friends make fun of you for falsely claiming you totally have a real, live girlfriend in Toronto and sheâs really busy so thatâs why they canât meet her, that doesnât mean they hate Canadians. ... But thatâs Jim Acosta. And publicly displaying ignorance of the difference between a fact and an opinion is kind of what heâs known for. ....
Far more troubling was the Washington Postâs fact check of Vice President Mike Penceâs claim that âThere are more Americans working today than ever before in American history.â Now, a fact check of that statement means you check whether itâs true that more Americans work today than ever before. (me: they didn't)
...
The fact check admitted there is precisely âno documented proof of Warrenâs self-proclaimed, partial Native American heritageâ but then concluded the fact check with a refusal to fact check. âWe will not rate Trumpâs claim, but urge readers to look into it on their own and decide whether Trumpâs attacks over Warrenâs background have merit.â
Posted by: JimNorCal | November 29, 2017 at 02:01 PM
"I assume if any of these men are innocent, they sue. Haven't heard any sue yet."
Most of them will sue. Not because they are innocent but because they want to be bought off. A lawyer says "I've got 7 counts that I can bring where you acted inappropriately in your dismissal. I'll drop the suit for $200,000,000 bucks." A deal will be struck.
Posted by: Jane - not "in" | November 29, 2017 at 02:03 PM
Who Is Funding The Leandra English Lawsuit For Control Of The CFPB?
Posted by: Extraneus | November 29, 2017 at 02:05 PM
An admiral visited one of the ships of the line under his command.
While eating breakfast with the crew, he was impressed to see the Naval insignia stamped on every biscuit.
He went to the Chief cook to ask how this feat was done, so it could be used on other ships under his command.
The Chief replied, "Iâd be glad to share that with you, Admiral. After each biscuit is cut, I just slap it here against my belt buckle, which bears the Navy insignia.
Horrified, the Admiral exclaims, "That's very unhygienic!"
The Chief shrugs and replies, "Well, If thatâs the way you feel, sir, I suggest you avoid the donuts.
Posted by: Jack is Back (Again)! | November 29, 2017 at 02:05 PM
Men fantasized about being him; women fantasized about sleeping with him (surely some of those men did, too). To an entire generation of aspiring television journalists, he represented the pinnacle." @brianstelter on Matt Lauer in his 2013 book TOP OF THE MORNING
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 02:05 PM
Stelter is a dead solid lock in the Perv Pool.
Posted by: BlueOx | November 29, 2017 at 02:06 PM
TK, VDH is a farmer, third or fourth generation, central CA. The root of his strong "legal immigrants only" stance. I suspect he is every bit if not more in touch with that "Chic Fil A crowd" as anyone who posts here.
I think like most of us here, he had somebody besides DJT he hoped to see as POTUS. I don't recall him ever opposing Trump, though his was one of the names on the cover of the infamous NRO "Never Trump" edition, so there is that. And I never read a word of it.
Posted by: anonamom | November 29, 2017 at 02:06 PM