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Gloria Monty also gave a temp Frisco a new, central role for about a year or a year and a half when Jack Wagner returned, supposedly to send Wagner a message. She does, yes. I do wonder what happened with Garita as she got a lot of praise on Sunset Beach. I guess some people just can't move on to the next stady gig.

I'm surprised Faux News let Jennifer Griffin on to debunk talking points. I hadn't thought about it until I saw a few comments earlier saying that what this propaganda likely means is that Russia is going to begin using chemical weapons in Ukraine, and much of the media, along with the GOP, are going to claim it's Ukraine attacking itself. So heinous.

More of the propaganda being pushed and slowly heading into mainstream discourse (Qanon is also all over this). This account posted various tweets about this today and how quickly it's spreading.

Another example of how tone deaf William tends to be (even more than his father these days), and how no amount of glossy family photo shoots are going to hide that, or his inherent lack of charisma.

I was just watching Mork and Mindy yesterday. I had no idea he was still alive. He was one of the best parts of the show.

AJ Delgado, one of the leading Never Trumpers, was fervently defending Putin and claiming it was a false flag, which just reminds you again of how loathsome all Republicans are.

Sadly, not a surprise.

There's a Twitter account that has screencaps for each Colbys episode - often scrounging for highlights, many of which involve half-naked men. Here's one to enjoy:

And more chilling abortion restrictions on the way. @Vee So many times what the polls say doesn't seem to matter in policy, because the Beltway creates its own reality, but I hope this might mean some kind of sane policy going forward, if Republicans do not take over Congress, anyway.

As @Juliajms mentioned on the last page, our immigration processes are so backed up. I am already seeing the clampdown used by scumbag leftists like Hasan Piker to give pro-Putin talking points, jeering at the US and the UK for not letting enough refugees in. Unlike the UK, which is headed by a very zealous anti-immigrant figure (Priti Patel), I think Biden and those under him have more compassion (even if, realistically, we would not be getting a lot of Ukranian refugees anyway - they would be more likely to want to stay in Europe). It just feels like, similar to the Post Office issues and Merrick Garland at the Justice Department, there are so many combinations cautious, fearful officials and the far right figures Trump installed at all levels of government still being there to gum up the works.

Some of the members of the media being harassed by "truckers" in the "freedom convoy."

Lynda Baron has passed at age 82. A UK stalwart who had memorable roles, big and small, on everything from Doctor Who, to EastEnders, to Open All Hours. She was beloved by a generation of children for her leading part in the series Come Outside. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60647760.amp

Thanks as always for keeping this going.

A long, and demoralizing, thread on Putin's propaganda efforts in Russia and also on attacks in the Ukraine. Some have pointed out that this is unfair as the rallies are likely staged/forced,, but I imagine, similar to the US with Iraq, there are also many Russians who are happy to go along with this massacre.

I feel like these sources tend to start out as a minority then steadily creep their way up, as happened with a lot of COVID debate. But I know you are right. Here's another example of propaganda going around, disproven by someone working for loathsome Tom Cotton.

I hadn't seen that. Fallows is right. The media loves to build narratives and force everyone to go along. They have been more laser-focused on this with Biden than ever, from the start...to the point of trying to get the public to laugh at him for going to his son's grave. Maggie Haberman fired off a passive-aggressive, sneering response when it was pointed out that she is an access journalist (which she is!) On the topic of the NPR poll @Vee mentioned in the politics thread...what a laugh:

Some care, and could do more if we had any proper leadership out there more of that caring could be focused, but it's demoralizing at how much time and effort is spent framing any attempt at caring as "virtue signaling," and how this seems to end up becoming the default position of many in the public, over and over. A lot of this comes from bots and far right agitators then trickles down. I saw George Takei's tweet saying that we should accept higher gas prices and food prices to go against Putin. On the one hand, I get why people would feel a rich celebrity doesn't have as much to lose, but he has a point. Instead of just nodding along with the vague "drill baby drill" esque pronouncements that aren't going to do anything, we need to make harder decisions on a future that is coming whether we like it or not. There's a poll going around basically used to talk about how stupid the public is, because a majority of Americans in the poll do not want our troops in conflict, yet do want no-fly zones, which will speed up a nuclear holocaust. You would be less likely to get these types of results if you had clearer-communicating politicians and a media that is not full of attention whores and warmongers and bought and paid for assets. I'm not surprised at the result. I just hope something changes in the long-term because in a week, when people change their Ukraine flag avatars back, the problems this invasion is highlighting will still be there, and the next time will be even worse.