Tipping Point - Sexual Harassment In America

[DaveC]

thanks for the update, cori & erstem! glad everyone is doing well.

[MrsSpringsteen]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/u...t-in-2008.html

[corianderstem]

Gross.

Also of note today: Steve Wynn accused of pattern of sexual harassment; Wynn Resorts stock drops

Wynn, also the finance chairman for the Republican National Committee, paid $7.5 million to settle claims brought by a former manicurist at his resort who said the executive pressured her to have sex with him.

I'm sure any minute now the right will start jeering at the GOP for associating with a rapey creep, like they did with Weinstein and the dems.

[MrsSpringsteen]

Steve Wynn just oozes sleaze to me

[BVS]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

She posted on FB earlier today. Baby is here, and looks like all is well with both baby and mom. :-)

Yay!

Rumor is divad, nhoj, and dlanod are the front runners for names

[LuckyNumber7]

Is it a yob or an lrig?

[corianderstem]

Girl!

[Moonlit_Angel]

Thrilled to hear that about anitram and her baby . Thanks for passing the message on, Cori .

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

Girl!

Then Dlanod is going to be a weird name.

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by MrsSpringsteen

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/u...t-in-2008.html

A devoted man of faith:

Mr. Strider, who was Mrs. Clinton’s faith adviser, a co-founder of the American Values Network, and sent the candidate scripture readings every morning for months during the campaign

[MrsSpringsteen]

Originally Posted by Hewson

A devoted man of faith:

Yeah, nice huh? Shame on her for that one. And on him, obviously.

[MrsSpringsteen]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

Girl!

I didn't feel appropriate asking, but that's nice. Obviously healthy baby is all that matters. And healthy Mom.

[mama cass]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

She posted on FB earlier today. Baby is here, and looks like all is well with both baby and mom. :-)

great news!!

[mama cass]

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

Are you taking credit for Nutella now?!?

it's Ferrero, so technically Italian, but adopted by the French for forever - bit like (Belgian) Jacques Brel... i first tried it on baguette in 1985 on my first trip to France and it was basically the reason i decided i wanted to live here, and freshly made nutella crepes hot off a Parisian street stall are actually the best thing known to (wo)man

so we had it looooong before UK or US did

(i know that because every trip to France since then we would buy it in bulk to take back to the UK, and when we moved to France, would always take supplies back to the UK for friends)

(personally, i now mostly buy the posh organic palm oil-free equivalent these days though)

[LuckyNumber7]

It's not "technically" Italian, it IS Italian! There's an incredibly strong history with the hazelnut there... if you've ever been to Piedmont, there isn't a coffee shop/cafe that doesn't have it 20 different ways, or a grocery store that doesn't have a whole section of Nutella and Kinder product, or similar products. I get that it's insanely popular in France (and Germany, and all of Europe really), but the chocolate hazelnut spread is quintessentially Italian.

And I dunno why you're bringing the US or UK into the conversation like that 🤷*♀️

[LuckyNumber7]

mama cass is sexually harassing Nutella.

[Irvine511]

I associate Nutella with Germany, because the first international trip I ever took was to Germany when I was, like, 12 or something.

I remember eating Nutella for the first time in the way that some people remember losing their virginity or first taking Molly.

My world totally changed. I haven’t been the same since.

That said, I wouldn’t stampede for it.

[DaveC]

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

mama cass is sexually harassing Nutella.

you two are the most adorable FYM adversaries of all time

[mama cass]

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

It's not "technically" Italian, it IS Italian! There's an incredibly strong history with the hazelnut there... if you've ever been to Piedmont, there isn't a coffee shop/cafe that doesn't have it 20 different ways, or a grocery store that doesn't have a whole section of Nutella and Kinder product, or similar products. I get that it's insanely popular in France (and Germany, and all of Europe really), but the chocolate hazelnut spread is quintessentially Italian.

And I dunno why you're bringing the US or UK into the conversation like that ������*♀️

i know, i'm just joshing with you re. "technically"

it's the same here tho (obviously can't compete with Piedmont in that case tho) - Nutella is pretty much a staple of the French family breakfast or snack... our fave coffee shop in town has various nutella options for its hot and cold drinks, and Kinder are huge here too.. my kids grew up on Kinder stuff (particularly Pingui and Chocobons haha - although they both LOVE Marmite - so still have a bit of Brit in there somewhere too ha)... i still get my (now adult) kids a giant pack of Kinder Chocobons each to go in their stockings every Christmas haha

holy crap tho, my daughter made me try this Italian product she discovered in Aoste last summer - acacia honey blended with hazelnut and cocoa, like a honey version of nutella (it's an Italian company who make all kinds of honey products, blended with fruit, nuts, to make really nice spreads), and i have to say i nearly cried it was so good!

i love Italy, but only know Tuscany/Florence really - amazing feeling going into a supermarket and it's just filled with all your favourite foods...

France versus ROW? - just continuing the theme

[mama cass]

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

mama cass is sexually harassing Nutella.

what can i say? it's a very versatile product!