Posted on 08/21/2018 7:22:33 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
What is he doing in that picture, making sure his fly is zipped?
He may have slept through class and believed what his pals told him...
There is no written confirmation suggesting that Romans were swearing while grabbing their testicles. There are numerous passages that describe Roman oaths and customs in the Latin corpus, but there is no reference to this particular oath whatsoever. That being said, swearing on the testicles is indeed mentioned in the Old Testament as “grasping the thigh” but even that was on the testicles of the king, not on their own.
https://theuijunkie.com/testify-testicles-myth/
Another Obama-nut bites the dust...
I wish I had a recording device when I first started work at my company in the mail room back in the early 70’s. All those old ladies in the accounting dept who kept calling me honey or sweetie, now it’s just my word against theirs...........
That is weird. His gerrymandered district in Greensboro follows Elm Street so it keeps Irving Park out of the district for anyone who is familiar.
Let’s drink to that (gag).
‘If I kissed that one (her ankle tattoo), would it lead to more?’
US housing chief investigated for sexual harassment and assault
Saturday, 28 July, 2018
Mel Watt, the regulator of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, was accused of asking an employee about a tattoo on her ankle, saying, ‘If I kissed that one would it lead to more?’
Mel Watt, the powerful regulator of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is under investigation for alleged sexual harassment of an employee.
A Federal Housing Finance Agency staffer accused Watt, the FHFA director, of repeatedly making inappropriate sexual advances when she tried to discuss career and salary concerns.
The conversations included a 2016 meeting during which Watt steered the conversation into a discussion of his feelings for the woman, according to documents and partial transcripts obtained by POLITICO. In a separate encounter, Watt asked about a tattoo on her ankle, saying, “If I kissed that one would it lead to more?”
The employee’s lawyer, Diane Seltzer Torre, confirmed the investigation after POLITICO received copies of the documents related to the case.
The employee has filed an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint.“There is an investigation in progress,” Torre said. “Our preference is to let that investigation proceed.”
POLITICO is not naming the employee, who requested privacy during an ongoing investigation.
Through an FHFA spokeswoman, Watt, 72, released a statement calling the leak of documents political.
“The selective leaks related to this matter are obviously intended to embarrass or to lead to an unfounded or political conclusion,” Watt said in an email.
“However, I am confident that the investigation currently in progress will confirm that I have not done anything contrary to law. I will have no further comment while the investigation is in progress.”
An investigator working for the US Postal Service, which is handling the case, declined to comment. The FHFA inspector general’s office also declined to comment.
Watt, a former Democratic congressman from North Carolina, was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 to lead the independent agency and is in the final months of his five-year term.
The FHFA oversees the US$5.4 trillion mortgage portfolio of Fannie and Freddie, the mortgage guarantors that stand behind most of the US housing market. Fannie and Freddie buy mortgages, wrap them into securities stamped with a government-backed guarantee and sell them to investors.
Convicted US rapist’s lawyer says it was just ‘outercourse’
The employee, currently a special adviser at FHFA, has been at the agency since December 2014.
There are four types of attraction: emotional, spiritual, sexual or of friendship. So, the exercise is to find out which one exists here
MEL WATT’S REMARKS, ACCORDING TO A TRANSCRIPT DATED APRIL 2016
In a transcript dated April 2016, a person identified as Watt arranged for the two to meet outside the office “because of perceptions.” The conversation took place on the drive from the FHFA office to the Rosa Mexicana restaurant in Washington.
“Well, you probably want to know what I wanted to talk to you about,” Watt said. “I mentioned to you there is an attraction here that I think needs to be explored. In my experience there are four types of attraction: emotional, spiritual, sexual or of friendship. So, the exercise here is to find out which one exists here.”
The woman tried to shut down the conversation.
“If I gave you that impression in any way, that was not intentional,” she said. “My impression was that you wanted to discuss the work-related items I’ve been talking to [a superior] about. But, if that’s not the case, then I think I should take you back to FHFA. Because I don’t want any confusion here.”
Later, in a transcript dated June 17, 2016, Watt asked the employee about a tattoo on her ankle and suggested kissing it.
“Is that what we’re here to talk about?” the employee asked. “Because I already told you I don’t want to have conversations like that with you.”
“No, no,” he said, and then immediately redirected the conversation to “resolv[ing] the pay situation you’ve been bringing up.”
The employee claims that a promotion was withheld from her because she reported the harassment, according to documents.
In a third conversation dated November 11, 2016, Watt asked the woman “why you’ve rejected my advances”.
When she told him she was in a relationship, Watt said: “I love my wife too. Having an attraction for someone else doesn’t have to mean you don’t love them.”
Under EEO guidelines, a federal agency has 180 days to investigate a complaint before the accuser can file a lawsuit. The investigation into Watt has been under way for at least a month, according to the documents.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been under government conservatorship since 2008, when the Treasury seized control of the companies to prevent their collapse during the housing crisis.
Weird. The article doesn’t mention party affiliation.
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Funny how that always happens if its a Dem. One might suspect a pattern of bias in reporting.
Mel Watt, the regulator of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, was accused of asking an employee about a tattoo on her ankle, saying, ‘If I kissed that one would it lead to more?’
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Known to his friends as “Ready Kilowatt”
LOL.......more like Sexersizer Bunny.
Hmmmmmmm.......dollars to donuts Watt's wife would take issue with that. ROTFLOL.
Exhibit A:
Donna Rice, the woman who became infamous posing with Gary Hart aboard the S.S. Monkey Business, is today one of D.C.’s most powerful lobbyists.
Sadly, sleeping around WILL actually get you someplace.
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