I can't believe Jeffrey Toobin dropped trow on Zoom.

[RockHardNYC]

I never had any desire to see his cock, but apparently, others were forced to by accident. 

It forever amazes me how smart people can be so utterly stupid. One would think since Covid March, the very last thing you want to do in front of your computer, during a Zoom call, is drop your pants to expose your junk.

Zoom and Doom.

[AdamSmith]

Why in God’s name would one do this anywhere near a live computer?

[RockHardNYC]

9 hours ago, AdamSmith said:

Why in God’s name would one do this anywhere near a live computer?

Of course my son and I had a fairly strong debate on this one. Toobin has not fully explained the circumstances, which suggests the details may be embarrassing, or too private to address in public. My son insisted the details involved sex, but I wasn't convinced. I've always liked Toobin, so I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt.

It seems Toobin was on the call, but he wasn't necessarily "active." He was listening. So, imagine him getting bored and his mind wandering. What if he suddenly realized that his pubic hair was strongly stuck in his foreskin, causing pain in the sitting position. Wouldn't you stand up, drop trow, and fix the problem so the pain would stop? Sometimes that problem doesn't fully fix itself in the sit position. You need to stand, pull back, and release.

Or, what if he had a persistent itch and his mind wandered to the point of finally checking it out? How else does one discover cancer on the scrotum?

It's very difficult for me to believe that Toobin was engaging with porn viewing during a Zoom call. But when I think of the other possibilities, none are easy to explain away. What a way to have a very successful career on television and print disappear overnight. Very sad and mysterious. We may never know the full truth on this one.

 

[AdamSmith]

I mean, one can be out on the public street & adjust one’s privates through the pants pockets without attracting undue notice.

[RockHardNYC]

3 hours ago, AdamSmith said:

one can be out on the public street & adjust one’s privates through the pants pockets without attracting undue notice.

Out on a public street is one scenario, for sure. In the comfort of your interior space is a whole other animal. If the situation is protected (not assumed), discretion is really not necessary.

Speaking of out in public...

I have to confess to several public occasions when adjusting through pant pockets was not an option. Some pants don't have pockets, and some pockets aren't deep enough to reach. I'm a low hanger. My cock skin is sensitive, so I don't enjoy when it gets mangled in fabric. It can be the down side of wearing boxers. I can think of several occasions when I reached into my pants from the waist to quickly fix an issue. I was discreet in public, but I didn't really give a shit if someone saw me. It's not like I was attempting to jack off and put on a show. If some hidden security camera caught me touching my cock, I hope the security guard got a cheap thrill. There aren't enough of those these days.

[RockHardNYC]

Not good. KTLA is reporting that Toobin was caught rubbing one out on Zoom. I can't believe it, but there were many on the call, so someone has to know what they saw. Not sure how someone like this ever faces the public again, let alone gets reinstated as a TV legal authority.

Oh how the mighty and famous can fall.

 

 

[Buddy2]

At least Winchell, Kilgallon, Hedda and the dreaded Louella are not still around.

 

Although perhaps only Walter Winchell would have covered this.

[AdamSmith]

4 hours ago, RockHardNYC said:

Out on a public street is one scenario, for sure. In the comfort of your interior space is a whole other animal. If the situation is protected (not assumed), discretion is really not necessary.

Speaking of out in public...

I have to confess to several public occasions when adjusting through pant pockets was not an option. Some pants don't have pockets, and some pockets aren't deep enough to reach. I'm a low hanger. My cock skin is sensitive, so I don't enjoy when it gets mangled in fabric. It can be the down side of wearing boxers. I can think of several occasions when I reached into my pants from the waist to quickly fix an issue. I was discreet in public, but I didn't really give a shit if someone saw me. It's not like I was attempting to jack off and put on a show. If some hidden security camera caught me touching my cock, I hope the security guard got a cheap thrill. There aren't enough of those these days.

Agree in full. If it’s not in the public view, curiosity-seekers can consign themselves to hell.

[Buddy2]

A bit boring given that  Jeff  Toobin is a good guy and first rate politcal writer, but hardly a house hold name until now.

 

I hope he recovers quickly and  covers the possibility that Amy Barrett may reverse Trump hoping she will hand him the election

[AdamSmith]

Agree (somewhat contradicting myself above) this whole thing is a bit silly, and should go away. But imagine if a Walter Cronkite had made such a muddle?

[DelRetiro]

I thought I read somewhere that Toobin was multitasking:  work Zoom call while video-sexing in another stream.  He thought his work Zoom call was off, but much to his and his coworkers' horror, the camera was still on.

OOPS!

First, what kind of guy video-sexes while on a work call?  Even if you're just supposed to be listening, so not cool.  Second, how does he recover from this professionally?  I have to think he'll get fired from the New Yorker (it's certainly a fire-able offense).  Even if he keeps his job, it'll take a loooooong time to put this behind him.  Come on, how is any viewer going to avoid cracking up whenever they see lubin' Toobin on TV??

[Buddy2]

People are far more interested in the newest films on Netflix ( like "The Trial of the Chicago 7") than an excellent lawyer and journalist they barely know. This is apparently a gay obsession only.

[AdamSmith]

1 hour ago, Buddy2 said:

People are far more interested in the newest films on Netflix ( like "The Trial of the Chicago 7") than an excellent lawyer and journalist they barely know. This is apparently a gay obsession only.

We’ll see. Toobin is fairly well known and mainstream as a journalist, not just some obscure eccentric.

[RockHardNYC]

7 hours ago, AdamSmith said:

Toobin is fairly well known

That's quite an understatement. The Toobin story is international. Toobin has been a star legal reporter since Iran-Contra. The OJ Simpson trial made him a household name. He was born of TV producer parents in Manhattan. Toobin's television exposure is older and more substantive than Donald Trump's. He's written seven books. For many years, Toobin was the legal opinion juxtaposed with Dershowitz', on a variety of network channels. Perhaps Trump voters don't know who he is, but they're all cultural nincompoops. To all the news junkies and readers out there, Toobin is as well known as Fruit Loops.

[Buddy2]

The other site has jokes mixed in with  far more serious comments. A bit annoying, but probably reflects how most people are responding.

[Buddy2]

1 hour ago, RockHardNYC said:

That's quite an understatement. The Toobin story is international. Toobin has been a star legal reporter since Iran-Contra. The OJ Simpson trial made him a household name. He was born of TV producer parents in Manhattan. Toobin's television exposure is older and more substantive than Donald Trump's. He's written seven books. For many years, Toobin was the legal opinion juxtaposed with Dershowitz', on a variety of network channels. Perhaps Trump voters don't know who he is, but they're all cultural nincompoops. To all the news junkies and readers out there, Toobin is as well known as Fruit Loops.

Toobin is not a household name in most houses. I treasure his writing and television comments. But, there dozens of other people who are better known or equally well known 

[AdamSmith]

8 hours ago, Buddy2 said:

Toobin is not a household name in most houses. I treasure his writing and television comments. But, there dozens of other people who are better known or equally well known 

Very good to know. Whom?

[Buddy2]

2 hours ago, AdamSmith said:

Very good to know. Whom?

David Gergen

 

 

To start

[AdamSmith]

3 hours ago, Buddy2 said:

David Gergen

 

 

To start

You will — yet again — not very much like me saying this, but one knows him personally very well from years of living close by in Cambridge MA, and also both being originally from North Carolina. Many hours together at dinner parties & such talking & musing about national & various regional political contests.

Extremely intelligent, knowledgeable , perceptive. A great pleasure to be around.

[Buddy2]

10 hours ago, AdamSmith said:

You will — yet again — not very much like me saying this, but one knows him personally very well from years of living close by in Cambridge MA, and also both being originally from North Carolina. Many hours together at dinner parties & such talking & musing about national & various regional political contests.

Extremely intelligent, knowledgeable , perceptive. A great pleasure to be around.

I prefer house parties with Bobby Seale 

[AdamSmith]

On 10/22/2020 at 12:20 PM, Buddy2 said:

I prefer house parties with Bobby Seale 

Tell me in graphic detail about your parties with him. 

[Buddy2]

Ha ha

 

I spent a day with him mostly talking about his housing work for the unemployed. Just a little about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. We didn't talk about the trial of the Chicago 7 or 8

[Buddy2]

21 hours ago, Buddy2 said:

Ha ha

 

I spent a day with him mostly talking about his housing work for the unemployed. Just a little about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. We didn't talk about the trial of the Chicago 7 or 8

I am watching Netflix's Trial of the Chicago eight or seven. Did watch the trial on television in 1969. Because I was out of country during the 1968 convention,  I was confused.

The Bobby Seale I knew so briefly was nothing like the Seale in Netflix or the 1969 trial

[lookin]

Guess I'm one of those who finds this more humorous than horrendous.  Are there other western countries where a paucity of prudence and a dollop of diddling would crater a career?

What I can't figure out is what kind of camera setup he has.  I've  been on a few Zoom meetings recently with my laptop in my - er - lap and the camera pointing up at my face.  Had I done a 180 and turned it down toward my pudenda, I couldn't have seen the other folks.  

Not only do I hope that he returns with his luster intact, I also hope that the suspenders at the New Yorker will adjust themselves and not go all hypocritical about a little erection tampering.  

 

[Buddy2]

And just like magic, the story is over