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Who is the woman with Jess Walton? She looks like old school Gail on Corrie.

Is relief money for Missouri on hold unless other areas are cut? http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/24/cantor-disaster-relief/

In special election news, the seat opened up by Congressman Chris "Craigslist" Lee has been won by a Democrat, Kathy Hochul. This is the first time since the 60's a Democrat has won this seat. This wasn't supposed to happen, mostly because, unlike other NY special elections in recent years, the Republicans and the Conservative Party were generally united behind Jane Corwin. The GOP is saying that she lost because there are two Democrats in the race, but one of the "Democrats," Jack Davis, is a kook who has been a member of both parties and then filed as an independent. The GOP's grandstanding over Medicare, along with putting a cold and distant figure like Paul Ryan at the heart of their party, is probably what cost them this seat. Hochul attacked again and again on Medicare cuts. Corwin, meanwhile, ran ads about Nancy Pelosi. It may be a short-lived victory, but kudos to Kathy Hochul for reminding Washington that even a very Republican district is not interested in a message of gouging the poor for the sake of a few wealthy elites. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55644.html

McCain won because so many other major candidates were seen as unacceptable. He then imploded. That makes it unlikely they'll do that again. They will pick a true believer even if they don't think he's the most electable. Daniels would have always had too much hate and fear coming from those who control the party now. My guess is that "T-Paw" will win, barring some flub. He is very hard right, he's spent years pandering to extremes in Minnesota, and the media has spent years fawning over how smart and "nice" he supposedly is.

Sorry, I should have PMed-ed you. Mine go up to what I have so far from 1983-1988, and some 88-92.. I have some other 88-95 stuff I haven't finished yet.

Why do you think the show lost interest in Jim and Shana? I wish I could see Patty. How long was she around again? What did you think of the first two who played Cecilia?

I have some more too, if you are interested in reading them - I've just taken a break for a bit. The summaries are for two weeks of shows. It gets confusing, but, from what others here have said, SOD was about 2 weeks behind, so that means if, for instance, you see a Digest from April 15, 1988, that would mean you're reading material that went from mid-March to around April 1.

Neither did I until recently. I wish we could see how he did. I think one episode from his time is available but I'm not sure he's in it.

Another new "hunk." Not all that bowled over with the photo. http://www.e4.com/blog/hollyoaks/post/tfplpq0nbb6w4ei75aifj/view.e4 Here he is dancing.

I was a little thrown by that Zainab/Syed scene. "Squeeze my hand tighter." What is that about? I hope they weren't implying she has some incestuous feelings. Christian should have known Zainab can't stand humiliation, or people knowing about her pain. I felt a little sorry for her in that moment, even if he didn't mean any harm. I think the Syed/Tanya friendship does a lot for both characters. It's not pathetic or overly intrusive, the way Christian/Roxy and Tanya/Jane are. Poor Greg. His line about "Greg's booty" and "Max's booty" needed a very dirty response. Given that they have the nicest asses on the show. I guess, from Jack and Sean, that is Tanya's "type."

July 5, 1983 Digest.

July 5, 1983 Digest.

Also in this issue.

June 1970 TV Radio Talk. Had you ever heard of this woman?

She was right, for sure. It's a shame that Sydney never became the classic character she could have been.

That's very pretty.

I didn't know Sydney was originally named Lauren.

This must have been close to the end. I think Ron Hale said he wasn't on long before it was canceled.

Thanks for all the fun clips. They did a great job with Sharon's return. Soaps generally fail at returns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5AwpMooKAE

Many of those actors weren't even around by mid-1995, and with a few exceptions they weren't exactly replaced by greats. The beginning of the end for the show in a lot of ways...

I don't think it made a difference in terms of the show's fate, but I thought the actor had a very natural appeal and sincerity, and he made TR more tolerable (she seems very fake to me in the other scenes). I don't get why he was killed off. Who was Suzi again? She was ill in this episode. For some reason I thought Suzi was already gone by this time. I thought the live episode was Search's highest rated on NBC. It was the Jo kidnapping story?

Seeing her attempt dramatic acting would have been interesting. At that time she really had that primetime soapy look.