Author: Randy Slovacek

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Trump’s Lies Side By Side Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony

Earlier this week, the president of the United States stood before a crowd and openly mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

In a breathtaking lack of decorum or civility, Donald Trump told his followers that Ford testified that she didn’t remember hardly any details surrounding her alleged sexual assault by soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Now This put Dr. Ford’s testimony next to Trump’s crass rally display.

She doesn’t remember? Really?

And speaking of remembering, Charles Ludington, Lynne Brookes and Elizabeth Swisher, who attended Yale University from 1983 to 1987 with Kavanaugh, penned an op-ed for the Washington Post denouncing Kavanaugh’s lies during his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his drinking.

They should know – they were his drinking buddies.

We were college classmates and drinking buddies with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. In the past week, all three of us decided separately to respond to questions from the media regarding Brett’s honesty, or lack thereof. In each of our cases, it was his public statements during a Fox News TV interview and his sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee that prompted us to speak out.

We each asserted that Brett lied to the Senate by stating, under oath, that he never drank to the point of forgetting what he was doing. We said, unequivocally, that each of us, on numerous occasions, had seen Brett stumbling drunk to the point that it would be impossible for him to state with any degree of certainty that he remembered everything that he did when drunk.

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My Favorite Thing Today: “O’Leary Car Ride – Showtunes 2018”

Colin O’Leary and mom, Carol

Waaaaaaaait!

Stop, drop and scroll down to watch the awesomely over-the-top Colin O’Leary in his latest installment of “O’Leary Car Ride” videos.

This one, “Showtunes 2018,” laid me out. And lots of others as well since the videos been seen over a million times on Facebook alone.

Broadway luminaries like Tony Award winner Betty Buckley and Gavin Creel have shared and commented on the video.

Colin gets more and more creative as he moves from song to song, escalating the level of costumes and production values.

God bless his mom, Carol, for keeping a straight face.

Pay attention and see if you know what musicals each ‘performance’ is gleaned from.

After this week, we need this.

Make sure you don’t miss Colin’s triumphant finale 🙂

(h/t Collier Bell)

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20 Years Ago Tonight

Matthew Shepard

20 years ago tonight, a young man (21-years-old) was kidnapped and driven to a remote rural area of Wyoming.

He was was robbed, beaten, tortured, tied to a rail fence in near freezing temperatures and left to die.

He barely clung to life for 6 days before finally passing.

He was gay.

His name was Matthew Shepard.

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Gay Couple Brings Kelly Clarkson To Tears On ‘The Voice’

OneUp on ‘The Voice’ (screen capture image via NBC)

Adam Bastien and Jerome Bell, a gay vocal duo with hopes of winning reality talent competition The Voice, delivered a smooth-as-silk rendition of The Spinners’ “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love” this week.

The Motown steps, falsetto & full-on tenor vocals, plus obvious chemistry showed these two, who perform under the moniker “OneUp,” have what it takes to go far in the competition.

After three judges (Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton) hit the red button, Hudson asked how the two came together.

The answer was awesome and made Clarkson cry.

“We met, and then we fell in love, actually,” says Adam.

But Clarkson became even more moved when their family came out onstage and it was a veritable rainbow of gorgeous diversity.

“At a time in this country when its so divisive, this is such a beautiful thing,” said a clearly emotional Clarkson. “It is proof that in this country love is limitless. It can happen anywhere, any way…It’s the most beautiful thing that’s happened to me this season.”

Hudson chimed in saying, “I want to be in the family!”

Blake was patient for a while, but finally made a fervent pitch to coach the two pointing to his history of success with duos on The Voice.

“I have had the most success with duos of any coach in the history of The Voice. Why not pick a coach who has a proven track record with duos on The Voice,” said Shelton. “You need a cowboy, come on!”

After what Clarkson describes as a “Survivor tribal council meeting,” the boys decided their coach would be…?

And the video cuts to black before we get to see the pick.

Check out the boys blind audition below and then check in to The Voice on Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC to find out who OneUp chooses as a coach.

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Sens. Susan Collins & Joe Manchin Announce ‘Yes’ Votes To Confirm Kavanaugh To Supreme Court

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced during a lengthy speech on the floor of the Senate that she will vote ‘yes’ on confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Shortly after her announcement, red state Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin also announced he will vote ‘yes’ as well, which appears to give Kavanaugh the 51 votes he needs for confirmation.

Manchin, in a tough re-election fight in West Virginia, is the only Democrat to cross party lines and vote for Kavanaugh.

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Plumber Hooks Up With Closeted Gay Man Then Attempts Blackmail Him

(stock photo – not the guilty perp in the story below)

We all know that well-worn porn scenario of the hunky plumber who shows up to fix a ‘leaky faucet’ and then, badda-bing-badda-boom!

A plumber in the UK took that idea and flipped the script a bit by hooking up with a closeted, married gay man and then tried to extort blackmail to keep his secret.

Benjamin Muskett, a 31-year-old in Chester England, pleaded guilty in court to attempting to blackmail a married man over a sexual tryst in the country.

Muskett apparently spent months corresponding with his victim, who was only identified as ‘Mr. X’ in court papers, via a gay hookup site.

The two finally agreed to meet on Sunday, September 2.

According to the Chester Standard, Muskett got into the victim’s car, and after a brief conversation agreed to head out to the country for privacy.

After parking so that they could see any approaching cars, Muskett allowed Mr. X to perform “a sex act” on him in the car.

Along the way there was apparently a bit of pretending to fix a flat tire. Now, there’s a euphemism for you.

Once the deed was done, they headed back to town and parted company.

But then, Muskett contacted Mr. X and told him he’d recorded the sexcapade and wanted £5,000 in cash to keep the closeted man’s secret.

Frightened his friends and family would find out about the meet up, Mr. X contacted the police.

When the police arrested Muskett he admitted he’d never actually recorded the encounter. Yep, it was just a bluff.

Muskett eventually told police he has a female partner and children and he needed money to support them.

The judge, who called the crime “particularly vicious because it was planned and deliberate,” sentenced Muskett to 3 years in prison.

(h/t Chester Standard)

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The Daily Show: “Trump’s Most Powerful Tool Is That He Knows How To Wield ‘Victimhood'”

“Trump’s most powerful tool is that he knows how to wield victimhood. He knows how to offer victimhood to the people who have the least claim to it.”

The Daily Show host Trevor Noah took time between takes to speak to his studio audience about Donald Trump’s ability and talent to turn victimhood against accusers in this new world.

As Noah wisely notes, “People felt, because of Trump, like they were losing their country. They felt like America was losing. ‘Feeling’ is often times more powerful than what is actually happening.”

“One of the richest men in the world and he’s like, ‘We’re losing folks. The game is rigged.'”

“You’re a billionaire, Trump. You were a billionaire at 8-years-old. How are you losing?”

This is really worth your time.