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I was reading yesterday about Allison Mack (Chloe from Smallville) allegedly being "second in command" in the cult Catherine Oxenberg's daughter is in. I'd wondered what had happened to her since Smallville, but I hadn't expected this. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5063683/Former-Smallville-actress-second-command-sex-cult.html (they are showing a photo of a dog mauled by a child on their main page, just to warn)

It will make a difference - he'll win by an even bigger margin. The allegations remind again of the sickness that pervades much of the "family values" crowd. It reminds me of that man from [!@#$%^&*] Dynasty who was going on about marrying younger women in order to control them, or whatever he said. This is what that crowd represents. They don't care about happy families. They care about bigotry and their own twisted desires. It physically hurts to know that he's going to have a landslide in spite of or even because of this. That's where we are in the world today.

Thanks.

Geez. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5064261/Melissa-Hancock-Little-Women-Atlanta-arrested-DUI.html

If you ever wonder what happened to Shane McDermott (AKA the only Scott on AMC I ever had any interest in): http://www.tmz.com/2017/11/08/all-my-children-star-shane-mcdermott-arrested-drunk-public/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5063655/Shane-McDermott-arrested-public-intoxication.html Considering it's been 20 years he doesn't look too bad.

I've rarely heard of anything like this. Wow. Has this happened before? This movie was getting a big push for Oscar hype so I guess that's one of the reasons why they're going this route (and Ridley's had a few flops lately so that's another reason). Christopher Plummer is a good choice. Now Jeffrey Tambor is being investigated: http://deadline.com/2017/11/jeffrey-tambor-sexual-harassment-claims-amazon-1202204220/

I saw a tweet saying that even if Malia Obama III was elected President, Politico would still do these Trump voter stories. They're probably right, but the stories do serve one purpose - to show that none of this is about politics for a large subset of voters, and that they are desperate to make him whatever they need him to be. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

The show only pushes generic gym bunnies.

I loved her reply when asked about him after she won - that she couldn't speak ill of him as he was now her constituent. Classy and effortless shade.

Kyle and Rinna will never leave the '90s (late '80s in Kyle's case), but it works for them, I suppose.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-jersey/articles/2017-11-08/politician-who-joked-about-womens-march-defeated A New Jersey woman runs and defeats a man who posted sexist comments after the Women's March. This made me laugh out loud, repeatedly, especially Mika's barely concealed pleasure at the thought of Northam losing. And why am I not surprised to see Harold Ford on that awful channel. I've seen some pundits say "Well of course they did well - people hate Trump," which is a shame, as from what I've read these candidates in the lower races worked their butts off, as did others like Tom Perriello. And in races elsewhere that won't get much attention but will be important down the line, like in Georgia. https://www.vox.com/2017/11/7/16622128/georgia-election-results-state-senate You could feel a lot of the media very eagerly writing a narrative as they'd already spent so much time building it up with Dems in disarray, Donna Brazille, etc. Some Bernie supporters/both-parties-are-evil types were also building that narrative and don't seem pleased at all. The latter I guess because this was supposed to send a message about capitulation and moderation, and then it didn't happen, which means we'll still be having these arguments and purity contests on and on for the next year. I can see why people would be unhappy after the sanctuary cities flip-flopping, but I hope these people are at least happy that Virginians won't have their lives made hell (not by their state government, anyway). If we actually care about people, surely that should be the case.

It shows the importance of running people in as many seats as possible. And of the party supporting and encouraging diversity, as the winners were a very diverse group - a lot of women, Asian-American, Latina, black, lgbt, etc. One of the winners was the boyfriend of the reporter who along with a cameraman was shot to death on-air. http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/a-life-turned-upside-down-led-chris-hurst-to-politics/article_34e544f0-bb57-11e7-b610-67c6c0d82ab3.html

Bob Marshall has been defeated by Danica Roem, making her the first transgender state legislator in the US. Marshall has caused hell for lgbt people and women in the state for many many years. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/11/one-of-the-most-anti-lgbt-lawmakers-in-the-country-might-lose-his-seat-to-a-transgender-journalist/

Phyllis.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/06/562390335/taylor-swifts-attorney-rebuked-over-letter-demanding-article-s-retraction

I had to laugh at this. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/07/omarosa-manigault-wedding-photo-white-house-dysfunction-244640

I don't think it would, as long as they don't trash Zoe if he returns. That's my main fear.

Absolutely. Even if the show barely ever notices it aside from random perv moments.

Holy [!@#$%^&*]. I can't believe this is real life. All this with the agents pretending to be advocates so they can manipulate and get information out of his victims. I thought McGowan might have been somewhat deluded in claiming she was offered a deal and so on but after reading this it sounds like his people put her through the wringer.

Another article on the VA race (which, by the way, has not featured a Trump appearance, which tells you how personally unpopular he is). The interesting part is the mention of the hate campaigns being used in various other races across the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/06/the-many-reasons-that-democrats-are-worried-about-the-virginia-gubernatorial-race/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.53947826ac4b

I've never read the play but I saw the movie - it's beautifully acted and has some gorgeous moments (like the scene where they're dancing to "The Look of Love"), but it's the epitome of self-loathing and unpleasantness (although I think those are eternal in gay men, as much as I'd love to say it's dated now). I could see Tuc Watkins being pretty good in it though.

Thanks. What do you think of the Easy and Ringo stuff on UU? I know some felt it was needless to make Easy gay.

I think it's either Moira (with Adam taking the blame and going away) or she killed herself. I agree a suicide without the mystery would have worked better. I guess at least it isn't as awful as the Robert shooting story.

I can't stop looking at Ivanka's Pepto Bismol pants suit. It looks like something Ann Marie would have worn while meeting Donald's parents.