Everything posted by Chris B
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
OMG this Eva still is killing me lol. I can't believe it's taken this long but I'm glad she's finally being called out. It's funny because I expected Eva to have a quiet season considering she's pregnant. I guess she said she had time!
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The Politics Thread
The media wants impeachment for the ratings, but in the end they don't want Trump impeached so they'll continue these types of story and commentary. Notice how common it is to mention that aid WAS released, but they skirt over the fact that it was released after the whistleblower complaint became public. If you rob a bank and return the money when the police find out you did it, it doesn't mean you get off the hook. Somehow the media is allowing that to be a narrative. My hope with impeachment is that it helps turn public opinion enough to help Democrats in 2020, but even then they'll have to deal with the media "both sides-ing" the election and working to help keep Trump in office.
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The Politics Thread
We were just talking about Asian voters so this is promising. Shocking that neither party is trying to reach out to them though.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
It was an unpopular opinion last season, but I really enjoyed it. I felt it was a nice transitional season and having just finished episode two of RHOA, I am LOVING this season. I feel like it's building nicely from what they developed last season and the return of Kenya has been a smashing success. Despite the drama surrounding her exit, it wouldn't have made sense when you consider she had a high risk pregnancy and wouldn't have been able to do much anyway. Plus I feel leaving on a positive note and coming back with a baby and husband makes me appreciate her more. The best part of this season is that it's giving me old school Housewives feel with the soap storytelling. Two years ago they would've edited Nene, Tanya and Marlo into every episode regardless of when it filmed. I LIKE that they're slowly and organically allowing the story to develop. The first episode had Kenya's return, then Marlo tonight and Nene and Tanya arrive next week. It gives you something to build towards. Kandi - She's always consistant and entertaining. This season she's been featuring less of her co-stars so far which is nice because you can focus on her and her relationships with the girls. I loved seeing Todd and Ace so far and the baby story interests me. Cynthia - Normally I can take or leave her, but so far she is bringing it. I like the Mike story and it was nice seeing Noelle again. I also like that she isn't going to cry and beg Nene for forgiveness. She has a lighter energy which is working. Porsha - I still can't believe how much I hated her and now she is not only watchable but enjoyable. The Dennis stuff is conflicting because everybody warned her, but it still sucks seeing what has happened. I hope she doesn't take him back, but she's always been a fool so she probably will. Eva - I still don't see how she has a peach. I don't dislike her, but she is just there. Once again it looks like she's going to continue throwing jabs behind peoples back then back tracking and !@#$%^&*] poppin when called out. I can't stand when she does this! They better not give her another pass and let this hoe have it. With that said, I'm still hoping she moves to Dallas for her new job and relocates to RHOD with Claudia Jordan. She's a small fish here, but with Claudia they could make Dallas watchable. Marlo - I saved my favorite for last. I know many don't like her, but I've always found her entertaining. I follow her closely on social media and always felt she should be a HW because she does so much that isn't featured on the show that could round her character out. I was so happy that when she returned they included her nephews. I was curious how that would be handled. It was nice seeing her be vulnerable. She almost didn't even seem like the same person. Seeing her bond with those boys the past few months on social media and now on the show has really made me respect her. I doubt she wanted kids, but she stepped up to the plate and has made those boys the center of her life. It isn't just for the show, this is her life and I applaud her for that. Not many with her lifestyle would take on that responsibility. Now going forward, I can't wait to see my favorite petty Moose next week! I hope Nene is as sour faced and bitter as ever! I have missed her hating ass!
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The Politics Thread
Kamala has met with Asian American communities in California and Nevada. Her roots are deep with those groups in CA just from her previous work.
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The Politics Thread
I agree with this. The KHIVE can be annoying at times, but they've done a lot of good for getting her back in the game IMO. Hell, they did a fundraiser on Twitter last weekend and raised around $15,000 just tweeting. They also do a good job of correcting the record and amplifying her when she has a town hall or TV appearance. With the disinformation campaign against her After School Care plan, they got lots of journalists to correct the record and they've been pushing for Kamala to do more black media and her campaign acknowledged what they were saying and have beefed that up. When pre-debate coverage is super negative always asking if she can make a comeback and then she has a good performance and gets zero coverage, you must understand her followers being upset. This is why I truly don't believe the polls. She's been making a comeback lately and I feel even if she doesn't win, her placing will be better than the polls suggest.
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Basketball Wives on VH1
I remember enjoying every season of LA. It was strong from the jump and I always felt it was more balanced because you didnt' have an Executive Producer as a cast member. The only bad thing is that they bring on promising newbies and they almost always get dumped the following season.
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Developing: 90210 Reboot with Original Cast!
The idea of a CW reboot was smart, but I wish it was written by people who liked the original. As bad as nuDynasty has gotten, I appreciate that the writers clearly know the original and throw in lots of easter eggs when they really don't have to. CW totally botched it. Mentioning Hannah Zuckerman but not actually including her or Andrea in the cast? Stupid. Bringing back Kelly was smart, but the handling of Dylan was horrible. The new Walsh family also sucked and they did a horrible job with Brenda's return. Still, I understand why they made it. Now with a continuation, especially on CBS All Access, you can't tell me it wouldn't have gone on for years. It literally could've been the Knots Landing/Desperate Housewives of this generation. Those characters were ripe for a reboot and considering Tori really needs money, she's stupid for not pursuing one. I also feel like Melrose Place is a series I'd consider revisiting. Maybe not set at the complex due to their ages, but something in LA with those characters. I just feel like because these are soaps people don't take those ideas seriously, but they're missing out.
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The Politics Thread
I've always felt Bernie could never win in 2016 or 2020 and since Warren is similar to him in plans I wonder if it's the same with her. The biggest problem for Warren is that she can't fight. She was able to rise because Harris was completely knocked out with the Russian troll dump and media onslaught against her. That Harris is still running and rebounding shows great strength considering. While Harris has had to field off endless attacks (mostly false), Warren has had GLOWING media attention and almost no vetting. She did TWO LGBT forums and was never questioned on being a republican during the most difficult crisis's facing LGBT people. Now that they ARE starting to vet her she is falling apart. We saw on Breakfast Club she couldn't answer any questions about minorities or the Native American thing without getting tripped up. She has ALWAYS lost that war with Donald Trump. Then in the last debate Mayor Pete and Amy Klobuchar easily rattled her and now her Medicare for All plans has gotten her endless bad press. My worry with Warren always has been how she will handle being the actual nominee who will be getting Hillary/Kamala style attacks from all sides. If she can't handle one on one confrontations, what makes yall think she can handle it from Russia, the media and republicans? Biden is another who will fall apart in this regard. I don't want Bloomberg or anybody else to run, but there is a reason people BTS are running scared. You have four press darling frontrunners who in reality are very flawed candidates. We need minorities and young voters mobilized and the top four won't do that.
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Developing: 90210 Reboot with Original Cast!
Good for them getting a quick pay day, but they were stupid not to pursue a real reboot which would've likely been renewed and gotten them more money. I doubt anyone will pursue another reboot now so this is likely it for them.
- Jimmy Kimmel Presents Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons" and "All in the Family" Live on ABC
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The Politics Thread
Between that and stealing Kamala's voter data, Tom Steyer really needs to drop out. I wouldn't even do the next debate.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Looks like all our suspicions that the show was boring and nothing was happening were correct lmao! Camille is making her midseason return! Next I bet we will hear of Kim or Brandi filming. Probably gonna throw money at LVP to sit down with Kyle. This is hilarious! I just don’t understand why they didn’t make Camille full time from the beginning.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Lol I know I’m probably wrong and this season is gonna be horrible, but that’s too sad for me to accept just yet. I need a tired promo first! As for Denise @Cat, rumors are saying she hasn’t been filming much due to her acting career, but despite heavy airtime, I don’t think B&B could be taking up THAT much of her time. Kyle has been going back and forth to film the new Halloween for at least two months but there haven’t been any negative reports about that.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Ive convinced myself this season is going to be fire! Every picture or bit of news we get is so incredibly boring that I’m choosing to believe they’re keeping all this great drama behind the scenes. I refuse to believe they’re gonna go into their tenth season by putting us to sleep! I need this ATL premiere and NJ later this week. Since Potomac ended I’ve been in a Housewives depression lol.
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The Politics Thread
Buttigieg couldn’t successfully run a city with a population of 100,000 so I don’t understand why people think he could be president. I think his fundraising and heavy press attention is solely because he’s young and white plus his being gay means they can say it’s groundbreaking. He did an interview with Showtime saying he Feels the race is between Warren and him. He came off so arrogant. How can you be sure it’s against the two of you when you’re polling at 0% with blacks and Latinos? With Warren I feel she may have peaked too early. She did an interview saying two million jobs would be lost with her Medicare For All. Conveniently the next day she released the way she’d pay for her plan. Neither add up and if the press decides to report on the details of both things I can’t see that helping her. It’s still very fluid though. I can’t begin to think what will happen. I feel it could go so many different ways depending on a lot of variables. After Trump I don’t really like to predict anything. Tulsi could get it for all we know lmao.
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The Politics Thread
I know many feel it’s down to Biden, Warren and Sanders, but seeing the reaction to her on the ground makes it hard to believe Harris is done. It doesn’t show in the polls, but the reaction to her in Iowa has been so strong you can’t convince me she isn’t making inroads. This speech tonight was electrifying and probably the best I’ve seen her. She seems to be building momentum.
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Star Trek returns with streaming series
I watched the first few season one episodes as they originally aired and I absolutely hated them and stopped watching. I've read that the show improved and I'm excited for the time jump (my biggest gribe was another unnecessary prequel) so I decided to re-watch. I feel mostly the same about season one. I absolutely hate the look of the Klingon, them exclusively speaking their language and how dark they were taken. I know they were villains at one point, but I found them too dark for my tastes. Eating humans and talking about how to season them is just not how I want to view Klingon's. As the season progressed and there was less focus on them I did enjoy it more. I LOVED the Mirror Universe episodes. The twist with the Captain being from another universe I somehow missed and I was impressed by that. I also love that they brought Michelle Yeoh's Mirror character to the main universe. I'm not 100% sold on Michael, but that is down to the way the writing keeps shifting for her. Now that I'm a couple episodes into season two I'm absolutely loving the show. The cast is gelling nicely and I love Captain Pike! I look forward to meeting the other crew on Enterprise. Another high point is that I haven't seen any Klingon's and the tone feels more like Star Trek. More about exploring and adventure and less about death, darkness and war. I hope it remains a fun ride! After marathoning this it's going to be hard to go back to week-by-week episodes of both this and Picard, but I can't wait! It's exciting to finally after decades see what the future brings for the Federation. I hope both series do justice to the brand.
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Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin indicted in bribery case
Here’s what I genuinely don’t understand. If the feds said I bribed someone with $500,000 I’d of course plead not guilty bc I don’t have any damn money so obviously it’s false. These people knew they did it so why did they continue to fight charges?! They knew they did it! Even the initial charges carry a substantial jail term. I truly don’t understand and I’m not trying to be sarcastic. They obviously have lawyers. How could you advise or allow them to continue to fight something you know you guilty of?!
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The Politics Thread
Unfortunately, Hilary was right. Looks like Tulsi is running third party thus confirming our suspicions. To think so many of these idiots running for president ran To defend her.... Also, press favorite Mayor Pete continues to baffle me
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I must admit I’m so far behind I haven’t met Kary yet. I’m still trying to give season 3 a shot lol. I know people say Dallas is amazing but it’s not easy for me to get through.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
RHOD Midseason Trailer w/ racist drama: https://www.etonline.com/rhods-midseason-trailer-brings-explosive-drama-and-allegations-of-racism-exclusive-134844 It always amazes me when these ladies tell on themselves. This is the most blatant case since Julia in Auckland. And the fact that Leanne keeps going on and on it a damn shame.
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The Politics Thread
I think Hillary is at a point where she's free. Everything she's been saying has been coming true so now she feels comfortable speaking her mind. She already did her service to her country so she has no need to hold back anymore.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
@Cat Don’t quote me, but I believe Nov 3&6 for ATL/NJ. Here is an article that says filming is going poorly for BH. They’re still early in so I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a mid season return of Brandi or Camille if this is true. Also, take it with a grain of salt bc the website is very pro-LVP and reported Erika was fired which obviously isn’t true. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised since we still haven’t heard anything interesting coming out of filming and everybody is still liking everyone’s posts on Insta so they likely are getting along just fine. Link: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rhobh-season-10-bravo-execs-reportedly-ready-to-fire-some-of-the-cast-over-lackluster-footage.html/
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The Politics Thread
I feel like Bernie and especially Warren will be making it a point to have a black VP if they get the nomination. I'm stunned Warren hasn't done more to reach out to black voters since they're so important to winning the nomination. I also was ready to throw up with all the Buttigeg talk after the debate like he's a real contender. He has *no* black support and only started paying attention to black issues after being forced. Until he at least hits 1% I don't want to hear about him being a contender, but still all the post debate coverage was centered around him, Amy Klobuchar and Warren. I feel Joe Biden is becoming an after thought.