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Tuesday, November 08, 2022
I'm not crying for Cry Baby Kit Connor
If you missed it, cry baby Kit is an 18 year old actor that most of the world doesn't know. Titty baby came out as bi -- yeah, right -- and said he was forced to. Forced!!!!! By those mean people on Twitter.
I believe the phrase is: Bitch, please.
I've got a lot to say but I also spoke to C.I. about it so let me include that first.
I
asked C.I. about it and she said she disagrees with the hosts in the video above as well.
As an actress, she's played many roles. She did not follow her press.
If Kit can't handle Twitter, he shouldn't be acting. If he's not
emotionally mature, he shouldn't be acting. "He's a grown man and if
this is ripping him apart then he's still got some growing to do and
made a huge mistake in pursuing a career in the public eye. He needs to
stop being babied. He's clearly been babied enough."
Agreed.
What about the whole gay actors playing gay actors?
"I
absolutely agree with that. Scarlett Johansson is a great actress.
But, no, she shouldn't be playing a transgender character. It's not
fair. Roles are limited and when you've got trans actresses who are not
being cast in huge numbers, there's no way Scarlett should be cast as
one. No. It's like when Ava and I called out FAMILY GUY and THE
CLEVELAND SHOW for using White voice actors to portray African-American
characters. I believe we made a point that if it were like SOUTH PARK
-- or a new one coming up -- where the voices were done by two or three
people, we might okay with it. But when you have a cartoon on a major
network and you are refusing to hire African-American voice actors,
that's a problem. And that is what they were doing. They hired actors
for various parts and they didn't hire African-Americans."
C.I.
continued, "There are so few roles -- even today -- for out actors and
actresses. It's not fair to cast straight performers in them. LOVE
VICTOR and LOVE SIMON were supposedly about how it was great to be gay.
But it wasn't great enough, apparently, to cast out actors to play
those roles. Tom Hanks rightly noted that if PHILADELPHIA were cast
today, he shouldn't be cast in the film. Back then, when a large number
of performers hid in closets, there may have been a need to cast
straight actors in gay roles. May have. Armistead Maupin would
disagree. And he would disagree back in the 90s and more power to him.
But, in 2022, we should all be able to see the wisdom of the points
Armistead was making in the 90s. Gay performers come out and then, if
they're lucky, Ryan Murphy or Greg Berlanti might hire them after they
come out. But that's really about it. Colton Haynes came out and where
are the roles? Before he came out, he was a star on ARROW and on TEEN
WOLF. Now he's lucky to get a guest starring role. And Colten's
talented and photogenic. Where are the roles? Rupert Everett charmed
the world in MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING. The film industry joked about
him becoming the next 007 but, other than jokes, where were the lead
roles they should have created for him. Ellen? She doesn't have her
daily talk show. I have no idea what she'll do now but she's not going
to have a lot of opportunities. Laverne Cox is brilliant and she's also
got the drive and the energy for a long running career. So she needs
to be cast in the trans role. Why in the world would you cast Scarlett
in that role?"
I asked about the issue of writing.
C.I.
responded, "Love the two guys but they lost me on that. Writing is not
acting. If you're acting, you're playing a role. If you're writing,
you're creating a world. Big difference. And if you're creating a
world, that world better be diverse or you better be able to explain to
me why it's not. For example, if you're Alyssa Milano and you're a
producer on a TV show set in San Francisco, filming there for years, you
damn well better be able to tell me why it is that there were no gay
characters on the show you produced? And then you better tell me why,
as producer, you created no characters of color? Kat said that Ava and I were like Bobby in BROS. It didn't offend us. Hard calls have to be
made and we've made them for years. And the idea that you can say 'I'm
White so we don't have people of color'? Oh, no, it doesn't cut it.
Lisa Kudrow recently tried to pull that garbage and I wasn't having it
because I knew that she had produced a TV movie in 2019 with characters
of color so don't give me that crap 'Our creators were White, they could
only write White.' That's nonsense. We're all humans. You write a
character. You hire a great actor and they can shade it and deepen it
and make it even better. There's no excuse for creating a world of
generic vanilla. That's not art -- it's a bad photo copy and you need
to put in a new toner cartridge."
And
this Kit person? "Don't be an actor. What a stupid idiot. 'I don't
want people to know I'm bi.' Then shut up and don't tell them. No one
twisted your arm. You've made yourself a mini-star in a tiny pond and
that's on you. Quit whining. You chose to discuss it. You weren't
blackmailed -- the way Rebel Wilson was -- you made the decision to
share. Stop following your own press, you'll be a better actor. I get
it that the two hosts are looking at it in terms of 'omg it's a kid!'
No. It's an actor, a professional actor who is paid a nice sum of money
-- much more than the people he went to school with are making
currently. He needs to find a life and stop whining. And they need to
stop acting as though he's 12-years-old. He's old enough to vote in his
country, to drink in his country, to go off to war and die on behalf of
his country. Grow up."
And
let me point out, Ava and C.I. praised two child actors in one review.
Then a friend who had been a child actor asked them about it? She wondered
if the two had been bad, would they have noted that? No. And that's
why they don't note child actors at all now. They did it in one review
in 2006 and never again. Because you're talking about children. An 18
year old is a young adult.
I'm really getting tired of people -- this includes husband and husband
-- acting like gay is a bad thing. We already heard from homophobe
Julie Bowen last week, how she's tired of people coming out and she
longs for the day when that no longer happens. She doesn't seem to
grasp that before her marriage failed, she was all over the place boring
us with tales about her husband and their children. Exactly why, Julie
Bowen, are you allowed to do that but it's a tragedy if a gay person
shares details about their life? I don't watch MODERN FAMILY anymore as
a result of her remarks last week. I'm not joking. I grew up with my
brother being attacked and picked on and it wasn't right then. I sure
as heck won't go along with it at this late date.
Cry Baby Kit is another Julie Bowen What started it all was his pimping photos of himself holding hands with a woman. He was more than happy to advertise that.
Alistair and Zach need to get a grip. There's nothing wrong with being gay. Cry Baby Kit is bi and wants to whine and cry and pout. Grow the hell up. And, again, you were more than happy to play straight for your fans. You just cry now because they know you give head.
My brother is someone I love and I would love to take away the suffering -- real suffering -- that he went through because he was gay. I'll be damned if I'm going to let some little Brit pop tart pretend he's suffered. You didn't suffer, you made a spectacle of yourself. Grow the hell up.
Trying being Black and gay in the 80s and 90s like my older brother. Try that titty baby Kit and maybe then you'll have something to whine about.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Today we note the murder of Stephen Troell
in Baghdad, the death of Canadian military member Eric Cheung and the
conviction of a United Nations worker who drugged and raped women.
Violence
never ends in Iraq. Most of the time, however, the US media ignores
it. Today, they're interested because one of the dead is an American
citizen, Stephen Troell. Morgan Winsor (ABC NEWS) reports:
An American aid worker was gunned down in Baghdad on Monday, officials said.
Millennium
Relief and Development Services, a Texas-based international aid group,
confirmed in a statement that one of its workers was "shot and killed
by armed attackers as he returned to this home on Monday evening." His
name has not yet been released.
"We
are greatly saddened by the tragedy that took the life of our
colleague, near his home in Baghdad, Iraq," Millennium said. "An
investigation is ongoing and details on the assailants and the
motivation for the attack are not known at this time."
ALJAZEERA notes,
"Police sources also said that the man’s wife and child were in the car
with him but were not hurt. The attack occurred after the man was cut
off while driving in the
streets by one car, while assailants in another car shot him dead."
Along with the Tweets above, RUDAW also identifies the man murdered as Stephen Troell. I have no idea why the American press continues to go with "unidentified."
The murder came up in yesterday afternoon's press briefing at the US State Dept:
[Spokesperson Ned] PRICE: Happy Monday.
QUESTION: Before I get to a question on Russia, I
just want to ask real quick – because I don’t think you’ll have a lot on
this, but I just want to make sure – and that is the murder of a USAID
worker in Baghdad. Have you –
MR PRICE: You’re right.
We don’t have much to offer on this publicly just yet. We’re of course
aware of these reports. We’re looking into these reports. There is a
process that we would need to undertake, if and when we are in a
position to confirm that an American has been killed. We would of course
first notify the next of kin before making any public comment. So,
we’re still looking into these reports to determine what we can
regarding these allegations.
QUESTION: Okay. Well, does that mean that you’re –
that you don’t even know if someone has been – has been killed in the
circumstances that were described?
MR PRICE: There is no reason to doubt that someone
has been killed, as the reports indicate. But we want to be thorough in
determining that the victim in this case was in fact a U.S. citizen, and
of course then undertaking any necessary efforts to notify next of kin.
As
that took place, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre held a 58
minute press briefing and the murder never came up. "Now, let that sink
in for a second. Let that sink in for just a second." 58 minutes and
she never raised the issue nor did the press. An aid worker had been
murdered, an American citizen and she wanted to play cutesy about MEET
THE PRESS and other garbage. Does she understand her job? She offered
nothing but garbage and she violated The Hatch Act repeatedly while
repeatedly shouting out "Hatch Act" -- like it was "Tag, your it!" --
but she couldn't be bothered with the murder of an American citizen in
Iraq.
It's that kind of garbage that's resulted in the very bad image this administration has -- a bad image that crosses party lines.
When
Joe Biden is talking about his son -- who died in Maryland, not Iraq --
he tears up and cries and we're all supposed to be so touched. But
this administration can't even make a moment's time in White House press
briefing to note an American aid worker who actually did get killed in
Iraq?
An Iraqi police major (unnamed) tells REUTERS, "Our initial investigation and eyewitnesses showed that armed men were
trying to kidnap the American citizen." THE INDEPENDENT adds, "Iraq’s
prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that a committee will be
formed to 'investigate the circumstances of the killing of an American
citizen in the capital'." And AP notes, "The streets
of the middle class, mixed Christian and Muslim neighborhood where the
victim reportedly lived were empty of residents but heavily patrolled by
police Monday night. Such
attacks against individuals in the Iraqi capital have been rare since
the defeat of the Islamic State group in the country in 2017 but rockets
are sometimes fired toward the U.S. Embassy."
A little known group calling itself the Ahl al-Kahf Brigades issued a
claim of responsibility on Tuesday for the murder of the American man,
according to Iraqi media reports. The group was said to have claimed the
attack as retaliation for the killing of senior Iranian military
commander General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was the deputy head of a pro-Iran group, who were both killed in the same U.S. airstrike at the beginning of 2020.
The American is not the only foreign national killed in Iraq in the last days. THE CANADIAN PRESS reports,
"Capt. Eric Cheung, 38, died Saturday under what the military is
calling 'non-operational related circumstances,' though the exact
details are
now under investigation."
Cheung had been a member of the Canadian Armed Forces since 2009,
most recently as an operations officer with 38 Canadian Brigade Group
headquarters, based in Winnipeg.
He was in Baghdad as part of the
U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, a militant group fighting to establish
an Islamist state, when he died.
Canada has had troops in Iraq since 2014, when ISIS first captured a large swath of territory and declared an Islamic caliphate.
Let's drop back a week for Karim Elkorany because at least one of his rape victims was an Iraqi woman. AP reported last week:
The sentencing of a former United Nations communications specialist
to 15 years in prison Thursday was punctuated by the tears and eloquence
of some of his 13 sexual assault victims who said being drugged and
raped by a man who first befriended them left them shattered and hopeful
that justice might help them heal.
When they were finished speaking, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice
Buchwald told Karim Elkorany that it was particularly heinous that he
engaged in the “raping of women who believed he was their friend” as she
sentenced him to the maximum he could face after he pleaded guilty to
three charges in May.
The UN opened an investigation into Elkorany after a victim
reported being sexually assaulted in 2016 in Iraq, according to the SDNY
statement.
Nearly a year later, special agents with the New York FBI field
office interviewed Elkorany in November of 2017 outside his New Jersey
residence where he denied the allegations, according to the statement.
Prosecutors say investigators found that Elkorany “engaged in a
pattern of similar conduct involving many other women,” including
sexually assaulting a UN contractor in the United States and Iraq, among
other locations, on multiple occasions.
From around 2009 to around 2016, Elkorany sexually assaulted or
attempted to sexually assault at least five victims after the women were
rendered unconscious from consuming alcoholic drinks he had prepared
for them, according to the statement.
The US Justice Dept issued the following statement:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Former United Nations Employee Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drugging And Sexually Assaulting Victims
Throughout Nearly Two Decades, Karim Elkorany Drugged 20 Victims and Sexually Assaulted at Least 13 of Those Victims
Damian
Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New
York, announced today that KARIM ELKORANY, a former communications
specialist with the United Nations (“UN”) in Iraq, was sentenced today
in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge Naomi Reice
Buchwald to 15 years in prison for drugging and/or sexually assaulting
20 victims. ELKORANY previously pled guilty on May 24, 2022, to
sexually assaulting an internationally protected person and making false
statements to cover up another sexual assault. In connection with the
plea, ELKORANY also admitted that he drugged and/or sexually assaulted
17 additional victims.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Karim Elkorany perpetrated
monstrous acts against multiple women over nearly two decades. At
today’s proceeding, Elkorany was held accountable by the Court and also
by his victims, a number of whom confronted him with powerful statements
about the grievous harm he caused through his horrific conduct. We
express deep gratitude to all of the victims for their bravery in coming
forward and remain committed to doing all we can to bring perpetrators
like Elkorany to justice.”
According to the Superseding Indictment, public court filings, and statements during court proceedings:
Since at least in or about 2005 up to at least in or about April
2018, ELKORANY worked in international aid, development, and/or foreign
relations. From in or about October 2013 up to in or about April 2016,
ELKORANY worked for the UN Children’s Fund (commonly known as UNICEF) in
Iraq. From in or about July 2016 up to in or about April 2018,
ELKORANY worked as a Communications Specialist for the UN in Iraq.
In or about November 2016, ELKORANY drugged and sexually assaulted a
woman (“Victim-1”) in Iraq, where he was stationed while working for the
UN. ELKORANY drugged Victim-1 and brought Victim-1 to his apartment.
While at ELKORANY’s apartment, ELKORANY sexually assaulted Victim-1
while she was unconscious. In or around December 2016, Victim-1
reported the sexual assault to the UN. The UN initiated an
investigation, through which ELKORANY was notified of the substance of
Victim-1’s allegations against him.
On or about November 3, 2017, special agents with the New York Field
Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) conducted a
voluntary interview of ELKORANY outside of his residence in New Jersey.
During that interview, ELKORANY expressed familiarity with the nature
and substance of the allegations made by Victim-1 to the UN but falsely
stated that the drugging and sexual assault by ELKORANY that Victim-1
had reported to the UN did not occur.
ELKORANY also engaged in a pattern of similar conduct involving many
other women. Between in or around 2014 and in or around 2019, ELKORANY
drugged and sexually assaulted a woman (“Victim-2”), who was a
contractor for a UN organization at relevant times, in the United States
and Iraq, among other locations, on multiple occasions.
In addition to Victim-1 and Victim‑2, ELKORANY drugged and/or
sexually assaulted 18 additional victims between in or around 2002 and
in or around 2016.
* * *
In addition to the prison sentence, ELKORANY, 39, of West Orange, New
Jersey, was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered
to pay restitution in amounts to be determined.
Mr. Williams praised the outstanding work of the FBI.
The case is being prosecuted by the Office’s Public Corruption Unit.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lara Pomerantz, Amanda L. Houle, Daniel C.
Richenthal, and Robert B. Sobelman are in charge of the prosecution.
