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JIM TREACHER:
“…The other day I wrote about the guy who’s suing Don Lemon for assault, and I pretty much treated it like a joke. I was skeptical that it actually happened, and I made jokes about it because I think Don Lemon is a jerk. But now there’s a witness. Now it doesn’t seem so funny.
The former boss of a bartender who earlier this week filed an explosive lawsuit against CNN host Don Lemon, accusing the newsman of a strange, sexually charged assault, told Fox News he witnessed the incident and corroborated his onetime employee’s claim.
In an exclusive interview, George Gounelas, who managed Dustin Hice at the Old Stove Pub in July of 2018, detailed what allegedly occurred on the night of the bizarre encounter at Murf’s Backstreet Tavern, which is located in the prestigious Hamptons area east of New York City. Gounelas is named in the suit filed by Hice…
Gounelas’ version of the story is the same as Hice’s: Hice offered to buy Lemon a drink, and Lemon declined. A few minutes later, Lemon came up to Hice, put his hand down his own shorts and rubbed his fingers on his genitals, and then shoved his fingers under Hice’s nose and uttered that now-immortal phrase: “Do you like pu*sy or di*k?”
That’s what Gounelas says happened too. And then he sums up my sneaking suspicion about this story:
“As his boss, I was kind of making fun. I feel bad now,” Gounelas said.
#MeToo. At first I just thought it was funny, if it even happened at all. But now Hice has a witness, and it sounds like the incident really hurt him.
What say you, libs? Anything to add, #TimesUp? Either we view unwanted sexual advances as a serious problem or we don’t. Is there a particular reason Don Lemon should be exempt? Don’t the rules apply to him as well?…
Deroy Murdock:
“…These political and personal factors bode well for an Anglo-American free-trade pact. Optimists speak of concluding an accord that would commence on November 1, the day after the U.K. will leave the European Union, as Johnson promises — an amicable exit, if possible, otherwise through a divorce as frightful as Halloween itself.
“I’m sure a new free-trade agreement, with Boris and your excellent ambassador in London, Woody Johnson, pushing it, will come quickly,” predicts Lord Borwick of Hawkshead, a Conservative member of the House of Lords and frequent visitor to America. He expects that U.S. ranchers and farmers will savor the result.
“European rules prohibit the importation of good American beef, but I’ve never seen an English Beefeater refuse a Texan steak in the States,” Lord Borwick tells me. “Similarly, the Europeans prohibit American chickens because they are washed in chlorinated water, even though we wash our children in chlorinated water in every British swimming pool, and I never have seen an English tourist refuse to enter a Kentucky Fried Chicken shop.”
Lord Borwick hopes an Anglo-American bargain remains simple. He says: “If we make anything legal in the States legal in the U.K., and vice versa, as Dan Hannan MEP has proposed before, and Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) has proposed for U.S. pharmaceuticals, then we have a free-trade agreement that can be summarized in one sentence that everyone can understand.”
Daniel Hannan, a Tory member of the European Parliament, is considered the Father of Brexit. Like Ted Cruz, he is a thoughtful and magnificently eloquent advocate of conservative ideas. Hannan argues that both sides should “emphasize the open nature of a U.S.–U.K. deal, to underline that it is about mutual recognition instead of standardization. This mutual recognition should apply to goods, services, and professional qualifications.”…”
JIM TREACHER:
“…This is a bad week to be a prime-time anchor on CNN. First Fredo Cuomo went impazzire and became a national laughingstock, and now the guy he hands off to every night is accused of some pretty ballsy behavior.
A man is suing Don Lemon, claiming the CNN host attacked him at a Hamptons bar last summer…
Dustin Hice claims that Lemon attacked him at Sag Harbor dive bar Murf’s in July 2018…
“Mr. Lemon, who was wearing a pair of shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt, put his hand down the front of his own shorts, and vigorously rubbed his genitalia, removed his hand and shoved his index and middle fingers in Plaintiff’s moustache and under Plaintiff’s nose,” the suit says.
Hice said Lemon repeatedly shoved his fingers in his face and asked, “Do you like pu*sy or di*k?”
Well, keep in mind that asking questions is a big part of Don’s job. And besides, what’s zestier than Lemon rind?
CNN is claiming that Mr. Hice “previously displayed a pattern of contempt for CNN on his social media accounts,” and that he demanded Lemon give him $1.5 million not to file the lawsuit. Which might be true, even though CNN is reporting it…”