How 'bout we talk about Russell Brand today

 More murkiness.  Trial going on across the pond of one Russell Brand of whom you may have heard.  Six women have come forward accusing him of all forms and manner of rape.  However we're talking about allegations that are being made 25 or even 30 years after the fact as there is no statute of limitations in the UK the way we have here.  Also in Britain you don't need absolute unanimity to criminally convict someone.  10 out of 12 jurors will suffice.  Britain's legal system far inferior to ours as we go out of our way to be fair to defendants over here as it's their life we're talking about.  It has also been widely said the judge in the Brand case at one point explicitly took the side of one of the victims.  Wouldn't happen over here just sayin'.  Apparently these women only came forward after some TV documentary aired over there.  Trauma takes time but that's taking it to another level.  We have more of a structure to our legal system even if it ain't perfect. 

Brand was what you'd call a male nympho but has since made a rightward turn and publicly turned to God.  Back in the day we're not talking about classical stylized sex.  Anywhere anytime would do.  Mop room whatever.  The late Limbaugh once made a point with which I tend to agree.  He said if your whole life revolves around sex you're going to wind up in trouble someday and I paraphrase.  Once in a while I agreed with the man.  By Brand's own admission his sex life was what you'd call unsavory and I would add if you're in a perpetual state of horniness as Brand was you're practically inviting murkiness into your own life hence the court case least as I see it.

Of course we'll probably be talking about TRUMP in no time.  What else is there?

Batshit Crazy

 According to accounts President Trump asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to rename the Atlantic Ocean the Trump Ocean.  Pichai reportedly said they can't do that because oceans border multiple countries.  I probably would've just said you belong in a nursing home in the Alzheimer's wing and hung up.

TWO MORE YEARS OF THIS?!?!

Some situations are just plain murky

 The Case of the Cornell 7 as it's come to be known.  The frat party from hell.  The "Trauma Takes Time" movement.  OK so after going down this rabbit hole a little bit here's where I come down as a conservative.  Even if a young woman goes to a party and agrees to use drugs and alcohol and consents to having sex with more than one guy things can cross the line in a hurry.  Consent may not be given every step of the way.  One version of the events makes the alleged victim Jane Doe look bad.  Another version makes the  Cornell 7 look bad.  Yet another version makes everyone look bad.  Murky at best.

Does anyone go to college or university to learn anymore?  Costs a pretty penny.

Why do old houses appreciate over time?

 According to my real estate report my house was built in 1920 yet I still pay A LOT in property tax.  The math makes no sense.  Everything else depreciates over time.  They say once you drive a new car out of the showroom it starts to depreciate.  I think I got the housing thing figured out though.  Your home equity benefits banks.  They then offer you HELOCs and Home Equity Loans.  I get these in the mail all the time.  This would partly explain why my Yonkers property tax seems to go up a little bit each year instead of going down as you might expect.

There is an old old saying.  Follow the $$$$$$.

How woke got out of control

 Formerly PC or social correctness now it's just Woke.  Recently rewatched Last Tango In Paris a couple of times and then googled as part of my informal film studies.  Exaggerated commentary infected by woke all zeroed in on the butter rape scene and how it ruined actress Maria Schneider's life.  The woke crowd acted like this was a literal surprise sexual assault by Marlon Brando and orchestrated by Director Bernardo Bertolucci.  It was all in the script albeit tweaked late in the day and anyway even the NC-17 version is not hard-core with the actress just walking around in the nude a lot.  I doubt the woke critics have even seen the movie for the most part as the character of Jeanne shoots Brando's charactet Paul in the end make of that what you will.  No context as usual so the woke movement has only gathered steam and power over the years and moved on to other things.  Used to be if you were a grown adult it was your right if you wanted to become the other sex even if the rest of us didn't understand it now we got trans surgery for minors and you're somehow a horrible person if you have issues with this.  FF to the absolutely tragic Lindsay Clancy case.  Somehow it became the default position and somehow proven that Lindsay Clancy had absolutely no awareness that she was strangling her three young children during the 18 minutes it took her to complete the act aka post-partum psychosis.  Lone holdout juror was relentlessly attacked for acting completely within our system but disagreeing with the rest.  Most recent case of woke run amuck Shane Gillis' SNL gym joke which you all know by now.  Shane now contributing to rape culture and making it harder for ladies to go to the gym.  Now there are left-wing comedians out there, middle-wing and right-wing ones each with their own styles and takes.  They tackle a wide variety of subjects and make all kinds of social observations.  Shane didn't tell a Holocaust joke.  Free speech move on laugh or don't laugh you have a remote.  This is a long one for me but we've reached a crescendo of absurdity.  What's the next one gonna be and there will be a next one.

Maybe it's all Brando's fault;)

It doesn't take much to get people upset these days

 Reading about the Shane Gillis controversy.  Not familiar with him as a comedian.  Until recently never heard of him or Bill Burr.  Not up to speed.  Many years back SNL fired Shane Gillis but he's come back a couple of times.  Past my bedtime.  Most recently hosted SNL again and folks or certain groups were offended.  Let me find out.  So he said in his monologue he hasn't been to a public gym in a while and didn't know women dress like whores.  OK so I keep reading figuring I'll get to the part that got everyone upset...Oh wait that was it?!?  Fairly mild.  A jalapeño and not a habanero.  What can we say these days?

Never been to a public gym myself.  Doesn't appeal to me and not in my budget.  People obsessed with their bodies.  Germs and sweat and used gym equipment.  Don't know how their public restrooms are.  I might get on a treadmill and get a percolation in my bowels.  My YouTube search history filled with minor health issues.   I have trouble walking to my local bodega.  Gotta go feed the cats.

Random thoughts with my CB

 I see a lot of news stories on my phone but don't really click on them or go down the rabbit holes if you will.  The Cornell rape case only tangentially aware of the particulars so don't really have a firm stance on reopening or not reopening it but the thought occurs does anyone go to college just to learn and study and earn a degree anymore?

Tiger maulings.  Do we need signs at zoos now in addition to No Smoking?  Do Not Jump Into The Enclosure Containing The Tiger?  Few years back went to the Bronx Zoo.  I'm good with just looking at the creatures.  Don't really wanna shake hands with the gorilla.

Man falls to his death from some roller coaster ride at a Six Flags in Florida.  I thought the attendant operating the machinery makes sure everyone is safely buckled or harnessed in first.  LAWSUIT.

Trump tells a MAGA audience he can say the stupidest things and they'd all cheer and clap.  Is it all shtick?  

Not that long ago got an inflation rebate check from NY Governor Kathy Hochul.  $200.  More recently she sent most New Yorkers an energy rebate check to help with utilities costs.  Mine was $100.  Then there's Trump's theoretical rebate checks which never seem to arrive.  So far Hochul has Trump beat 2-0.

If movie critics know how movies should be made why don't they make the movies themselves?  It's easy to point the finger.

Have a good one;)