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I saw a lengthy article on Politico about how Democrats are so upset and anxious over being seen as "wet rags." This has been a real running theme with the media, a narrative they use hand-in-hand with their GOP. We've also seen it on SNL recently. They are setting people up for the inevitable and in many cases rigged wins for Republicans in November - it will be because Democrats aren't "tough enough." And then the twofer will be when Democrats do become more vocal, the media will say they are "angry" and can't be trusted to lead the country because they are out of control.

Google+ is shutting down in a matter of months. This is the main place that 'new' Y&R episodes have shown up this past year, aside from those @YRfan23 shares with us, so it sucks. Hopefully that Pannoni uploader will find somewhere else we will know about.

Many seem to have already written her off. The funny part is that the Republicans didn't even bother to give more than lip service to Manchin's vote - McConnell said that's great, but he still needs to lose, and Trump Jr called him a liar and told people to vote for his opponent. I tend to wonder if these are Manchin's actual views anyway, beyond just being a sellout. I just don't believe West Virginia voters would have rejected him over this particular issue. Yes they are very conservative, but I don't believe this particular topic would have gotten that type of backlash.

I feel like it just stuck with Argento and McGowan because they were two of the first voices through the Weinstein story, and they were both happy for the publicity. Even with Alyssa Milano, although she at least seemed more willing to give credit to the woman who started #MeToo, has taken on a presence that I find confusing - why was she at the Ford and Kavanaugh hearings, in a prime spot for camera time? Was this about her or about Christine Ford? I don't think #MeToo was a fad, now ruined by cold, hard reality - I think that it can survive with some changes, I don't think it has been mortally compromised - but the Hollywood-focused elements need to be refocused or scaled back completely.

I can't imagine Shana Alexander's comments being on a news show today...

Three from Corrie. Ugh Jodie Whittaker really is doing a bargain basement Tennant. If I was a bigger fan of his I might enjoy it, but I'm not. At least the trailer created this:

I never thought I'd be seeing statements from Bonnie Bartlett. Very powerful. Rose McGowan, like Argento, seems deeply disturbed, and Rose seemed to be looking for huge validation and adulation from this movement that was never going to be possible. She wanted it to fix her when she can only fix herself. She needs a lot of help.

I think things like the "girl squad" or whatever they were called (some of whom, like Selena Gomez, decided it was a great idea to go All Lives Matter on Twitter in response to criticism) and Taylor's "special place in hell" comment about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler set up a negative picture of a cold, calculated image of white feminism as elitist, uncaring, etc (something Fey herself has been criticized for in more recent times). I guess it became easy to see the worst of Swift because this type of Internet talk became so loud and there was nothing else going out beyond talk of rivalries or boyfriends, etc. It sounds like the far right candidate in Brazil became more popular in part because of a stabbing. Apparently assassination attempts are very common in the political system there - one of the factors in a number of black women running this year. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/inspired-by-their-murdered-colleague-these-black-women-are-running-for-office-in-brazil This couldn't come at a worst time (the shift to hard right in Brazil) as it looks like we're in deep [!@#$%^&*] by 2040 in climate changes. The way things are going it will probably be sooner than that. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html

I always forget it was 1988 and think it was 1987. Maybe that's from all the years Brenda spent telling us she got the show to #1.

1988 was another of those transition years for the show in some ways, with Leanna and Cassandra (Cassandra in particular bringing such a shift in style and letting Bell get back to some of his favorite themes he couldn't do with increasingly familiar characters). I think I have just seen a few that were uploaded a while back, like one where Cricket was arguing with Jessica.

Those 1988 clips are really fascinating to watch. Did Jack tell Leanna all that about the abortion? I don't know how Ashley ever forgave him. I'd read about this story but reading it and seeing it are so different. Ashley's agony is so palpable it is hard to watch. I imagine those who felt this story was anti-abortion didn't have their minds changed by moments like these. The reporters are ludicrous, but it's all good melodramatic fun in true Bill Bell style. I wonder if Bell was inspired by all the Trump frenzy going on around this time. This is just about it for Eileen, isn't it? I feel like they have softened her look. Did they already have Brenda in mind? I always used to get confused when people would say that Eileen and Eric have chemistry, but I can really feel it in the '80s episodes. That hug was so bittersweet. I love the Asian woman in the kicky hat and earrings, sharing a knowing smirk with her fellow tabloid reporter. She should have gotten a bigger role.

I don't mean that they care about people, I mean they care about how people see them. Many Republicans are obsessed with their legacies above all else. That's why they get so easily bruised when things don't go their way. It's also one of the reasons McConnell hated Obama so much.

Kanye has talked about not taking his meds and has clearly had manic episodes in public view. The way that the media treats him is deplorable - I was disgusted by the hypocrisy of SNL in having Pete Davidson dress him down on Weekend Update for giving a big pro-Trump speech when they knew exactly who he was and what he was likely to say when they booked him as a musical guest. It's one thing for people to be angry about his pro-slavery comments and for supporting Trump and for feeling he's betrayed them, but the media outlets who have made money off him and then act shocked at the behavior they exploit? It is just nasty and it exposes how empty the business is. I don't believe Taylor Swift is a Democrat either. I think she is likely a conservative in many ways - maybe just not socially. The problem is the GOP has moved so far to the right on every level, and beyond right-wing views, is now full of mouth-breathing insanity, that she had to make a choice. Given that much of her audience is women, likely women in their teens, twenties, and thirties, the choice became clear to her. She will get a ton of backlash, but I guess she's rich enough to where it won't affect her anyway.

They're lying to themselves. They know what their legacy will be. He can smirk all he wants but he knows that more and more people are on to him and are calling him out. That means once he finally decides to retire it won't be based on what he wanted (a steward of the Senate, a fighter) but what he is (a sociopath and a stooge).

Capaldi was much more than "Cranky Grandpa." I really haven't heard anything good about the premiere and very little good about Whittaker's performance (I saw someone saying she was trying to be like David Tennant, someone I grew to find unbearable). Not sure it's worth watching.

Here's the comment about it: The Celanese Players included a group of soon-to-be-famous comedy writers and performers, including Steve Martin and Howard Hesseman. Under this revolutionary $3 million ad campaign, the Players improvised a different 1-minute commercial for each "Tonight Show" for a year. I'll always associate him with Nurses, but he was great on Sledge Hammer. That show was ahead of its time, yet also of its time.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/06/kavanaugh-confirmation-reaction-221087

He looks like a waxwork. His wife is giving him the side eye. I have a feeling the last few months have just confirmed many things she has always suspected...

Dynasties are only a bad thing if Democrats are involved - the Clintons, the Kennedys. I remember the years of breathless press about how Jeb Bush was the "smart" brother and he was sure to be President someday, asking Barbara Bush about what it was like to have a dynasty, hyping Jeb's son George P Bush. And now I see that Trump's bootlickers Mika and Joe are pushing the line that Ivanka Trump will run in 2020, which is ludicrous, yet shows the feverish Beltway need for these bad melodramas. (you have to laugh at everyone knowing the ugly brothers have no chance)

I don't think he'd need any encouragement. He's run over and over and over even after being thrown out of office. He believes he has a calling.

I guess the show must pay well but I wonder why LVP stays around. It sounds like hell and tedium every year.

I saw the tweet where he was complaining about whataboutism. If he had any self-awareness I'd say he was trolling. The media has destroyed so many pillars this country stood on. I just hope that they don't have the influence they once did even a few years ago. It's the only hope one can have at this point.

Kavanaugh was always getting confirmed. The media will spin it the best way they can to blame Democrats but he was always getting confirmed. I notice that right wing bastions like CNN, the Washington Post, and Chuck Todd are banging this drum. They know what gets their checks in the mail. Collins never wavered and Flake never really did either. Do I think that people on the left put Avenatti on too much of a pedestal and yet again fell for the "we need a fighter" daddy issues that also led us to Bernie Sanders and his incoherent shouting being seen as the ideal...yes, I do. But Avenatti didn't do anything that wasn't already going to be done. It was the media who really made him what he was, because he was flashy, loved going on TV, and was happy to make himself the story. They could use him to demoralize Democrats and help Republicans, and they did. Stormy Daniels always seemed much smarter than he did, anyway. You don't survive as long as she has in such a toxic business if you are an idiot. He rode her coattails. Hopefully the ride is over.