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    Bright people doing supremely stupid things

    I wonder what he will do with the rest of his life

    The New Yorker said on Monday that it had suspended the staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after he exposed himself during a Zoom call last week with employees of the magazine and WNYC radio, according to two people familiar with the call.
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    I saw the headlines on this yesterday...I assume this is another talking head of whom I'm unfamiliar...Welcome to self-unemployment, whoever you are......Ben
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    No one without at least a small thread of perversion could do that. Third eye blind I guess.
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    From what I read it was more than a simple exposure. Fool!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    From what I read it was more than a simple exposure. Fool!
    It simply astounds me It seems as if half my life is now on zoom---but I am unwaveringly aware that the camera is on. My camera has a blind (a physical shutter) on it. If I have to "scratch my ass"---the blind is closed---I don't trust the "mute" feature. The most common use of the shutter is if I have to go to the rest room---I don't want anyone knowing that below my dress shirt is a pair of sweat shorts

    Another, step I took is to use a virtual background. I was distracted for an entire meeting by a picture behind me that was crooked
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    It’s a bit more obscene than that. He was administering “self pleasure” to himself while his zoom session was, unknowingly to him, still active.

    https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/...mself-on-zoom/

    Toobin is probably one of those who argue that no one is daffy enough to give his loaded laptops to a computer repair shop and forget what he did...even if high on crack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    It’s a bit more obscene than that. He was administering “self pleasure” to himself while his zoom session was, unknowingly to him, still active.

    https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/...mself-on-zoom/

    Toobin is probably one of those who argue that no one is daffy enough to give his loaded laptops to a computer repair shop and forget what he did...even if high on crack.
    What would you expect---he's a lawyer

    It wasn't necessary to stoop to the level of dimbart to get the details---and I really didn't need them. I had all the information I need with the word exposure---after that it was simply academic.
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    All in the interest of “full exposure,” and what is the term of art in vogue now — ahh, yes, “transparency.”
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    I don't believe this is the first time he had to apologize to his family. I believe I heard that he recently got to introduce another sibling to the kids at home. Darn DNA tests
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    You are right. It is probably too late to fix the problem he has with his fly

    From Wikipedia:

    In 1986, Toobin married Amy Bennett McIntosh, whom he met in college while they worked at the Harvard Crimson. She is a 1980 Harvard graduate, holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School,[1][17] and has held executive positions at Verizon Communications and Zagat Survey.[18] They have two adult children, a daughter and son.[18]

    Toobin had a longtime off and on extramarital affair with attorney Casey Greenfield.[19] She is the daughter of American television journalist and author Jeff Greenfield and the ex-wife of screenwriter Matt Manfredi.[20] They had a child in 2009, which Toobin initially resisted acknowledging.[18][21] Ultimately, Toobin's paternity was confirmed with a DNA test and separately, a Manhattan Family Court judge ordered Toobin to pay child support.[19]
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    My penis hasn't always make sound decisions either. I suppose if he was more prominent he might have made more public appearances.
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    Best I not comment
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    More on Toobin’s infamous history abusing women —

    https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/...toobin-n266638

    He’s a CNN kind of guy.
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