Is it just us, or is everyone tired of grown-up people with male genitalia acting like those genitalia? Jeez. It seems like everywhere we look, there's a guy who seems hell-bent on repulsing us.
Thankfully, in some cases, books have been deservedly thrown. Martin Shkreli has just been hauled off to the hoosegow for soliciting assault. (Against whom, you probably know.) Anthony Weiner — you'll note that we don't confine this list to non-Democrats — is not just marked and humiliated for all time but is trying to stay out of the slammer himself. But other idiots are still enjoying unfettered fame and success. Like Floyd Mayweather, who seems to think assault is just fine — but of course, he hurts people for a living, doesn't he?
And then there's Donald Trump, who always wins the prize for being an offensive jerk or a clueless erratic, and who is currently doubling down on the latter just to try and take the spotlight off his 2016 rival's book tour. (Our opinion. But we've gotten a lot of likes for it on Twitter.)
We cats had just started wondering if all was lost when we stumbled across some reassuring news: "Sports Center" co-host Michael Smith refused to appear last night if ESPN made good on its threat to take his colleague Jemele Hill off the air. The network turned to two other male co-hosts to sub for Smith, who also told EPSN to take a hike. So the network backed down, and the show went on. Kind of like the Saturday Night Massacre, except without Archibald Cox getting fired.
Kudos to Michael Smith, and to all solid, smart, liberal guys who help us remember that not all men are pigs — it's just that a lot of the ones who are happen to hold political power right now. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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