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  • Samantha Bee will address vulgar comment about Ivanka Trump on-air (as advertisers bolt)

    06/03/2018 11:36:27 AM PDT · by Liz · 49 replies
    money.cnn.com ^ | 6/3/18 | Brian Stelter; Frank Pallotta contributed
    A TBS spokesman confirmed that Bee will address the subject when her show returns on Wednesday. The spokesman had no further details to share. But other sources with knowledge of the matter said Bee and her producers are working on an in-depth response that will lead Wednesday's episode.TBS and CNN are both owned by Turner, a subsidiary of Time Warner. Bee and the producers started brainstorming about what to say on Thursday, the same day she publicly apologized. Bee had gone after Trump for failing to take action to stop the separation of undocumented families. Bee added that the president...
  • Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue from 1811 becomes online hit

    02/25/2012 7:40:35 AM PST · by Renfield · 17 replies · 1+ views
    It was first available when Britain was under threat from Napoleon but it has now been re-published for free at the Project Gutenberg online digital library. The book includes gems suchs as 'ace of spades' for a widow, 'all-a-mort' to be struck dumb, and 'angling for farthings', which means to beg out of a prison window with a cap or box. The dictionary has already become an online hit. A selection of words can be found here. Explaining the book in the preface at the time, the author writes "The merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has...
  • California Secretary of State Shelley is accused of vulgarities

    08/24/2004 7:08:11 AM PDT · by John Jorsett · 7 replies · 356+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | August 24, 2004 | Herbert A. Sample
    Secretary of State Kevin Shelley made crude gestures and sexually related comments to an employee last year, according to a complaint filed by the former aide. The internal complaint stated that Shelley allegedly made hand gestures relating to masturbation, asked about the aide's sexual orientation and made references to the genitalia of the aide's ex-husband. The complaint, submitted on Nov. 10, 2003, was one of three the former aide filed that month alleging inappropriate behavior by Shelley. Carol Dahmen, Shelley's spokeswoman, said there would be no comment from Shelley, who has returned from vacation, or from Mark Kyle, his chief...