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Has it really been that long since Epiphany appeared? I don't ever get to sit and watch the whole show but I keep watching clips. It's great. I especially enjoyed the Patti Labelle sketch.

I saw someone speculating about whether Pompeo had threatened to quit if Trump had the meeting. I wonder if Trump would really care if Pompeo quit though.

I was talking about GL, which was the show that was mentioned for having bad camera work. Sorry if you were confused.

As awful as the film quality was, it still had more heart to me and felt more like the show again.

I saw a scare article in Politico about how Republicans have trapped Democrats as being the party of taking away burgers and plastic straws. I just rolled my eyes, because I just don't care anymore. If any idiot votes on that they're never voting for a Democrat anyway.

Jim Sensenbrenner is outta there. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/04/republican-jim-sensenbrenner-wont-seek-reelection-1481765 Back in the days of the Bush administration he was something of a bogeyman for Democrats at places like Daily Kos, which seems like a lifetime ago. I remember someone there who lived in his district and was a very active protester for many causes. He passed away a while back, but wherever he is now I think he'll be pleased. Susan Davis is also retiring. https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/04/california-democrat-susan-davis-wont-seek-another-term-1168795

Control of Parliament and therefore the Prime Minister job. Anyway, here's media darling Dan Crenshaw, bragging about how he just lets his friends borrow his guns.

https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2019/09/04/hosea-chanchez-shares-story-being-molested-friend-father.html

I wish that was around. I wonder what Peggy was like as a character.

A part of me thinks this was deliberately railroaded through to get a GE more quickly, but more likely, Boris and his equally craven advisers got too cocky and overestimated the splits between the Tory rebels, Lib Dems, and Labour.

Biden's campaign says Iowa is not "must-win." Maybe not the best idea to say this with months to go, but if it means one more step toward breaking up the Iowa and New Hampshire monopoly, I'm pleased. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/03/joe-biden-iowa-super-tuesday-1479854

Jim Crow laws are already in place - they just have different names.

Yes. I just find them both manufactured and desperate (I also think he's heading for a breakdown).

Great for Lizzo. And I'm very glad at who she kicked off the #1.

Can't wait for the BoycottWalmart tags trending on Twitter, even though most of the people in their communities have little to no choice but to shop at Walmart (or the dollar store). I guess blaming video games wasn't cutting it anymore. Laws are not changing anytime soon, even if a Democrat wins the White House, so this is the only real way forward.

Stephanie became such an awful caricature by her last decade on the show. I despised the thug life Stephanie we got of later years.

You know I felt that way for a long time until I actually went back and watched some of the episodes this year, and, sure, he gets a lot of focus, but considering he was by far the biggest star ever to appear as a cast member, other people also got attention - well the women generally don't, but that wasn't down to Eddie Murphy, it was down to producers and executives, who, among other things, supposedly asked them to lift up their tops for cash, told them they would be better off selling shoes, and in the case of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, asked her to straighten her hair for an entire season because it made her look more fuckable. As for Leslie Jones (I know you didn't bring her up, just joining the posts together), I think the way she was treated by the far right was disgusting, and I'm glad that she was able to stay at SNL as long as she was to get more comfortable oncamera and find some projects (she's going to be hosting a new Supermarket Sweep). She really came into her own in her last season. She had a sketch with Emma Thompson which was kind of a mess (it was seen by many as racist, for one thing) but it was broad physical comedy, and she more than held her own with Thompson, which was a real feat. She also had a funny sketch with Matt Damon:

The show is all plot, no character, no heart.

That last photo is...a shocker.

I tried to get past my longtime fondness for Al Franken as I do think he made mistakes, but still, I didn't know what to say because I just found her opportunistic and incredibly tone deaf politically, so...I guess you summed it up.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/28/gillibrand-exits-presidential-race-1477644

What did you think of that lady she killed...Dana?

Another day, another reason I am repulsed by NYT. (the person she is addressing is an NYT reporter who is fuming that Beto O'Rourke kicked Breitbart people out of an event)

Yep. I will say that the producer of that era was a d-bag, but he did a great job keeping Eddie Murphy as long as he did. It's a real contrast to Lorne Michaels, who has routinely fired or punished cast members for wanting to make an outside film.