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I hope they will put it up for you (us...). Someone put up the closing credits of a 1988 episode today but they never reply to my comments.

Neither had I. It's odd to hear that Brooke and Caroline were best friends.

She's also in the Steve Kanalay interview in the Dallas thread.

Sometimes I forget it hasn't even been a year. I saw a report about Priebus trying not to get WH people to use private servers and I had almost forgotten that he was ever in the administration. It feels like a lifetime ago. I don't really know how we're going to make it. I honestly don't. I know there have been worse times in America and I know many people have suffered and are suffering in a way that doesn't involve wearing out a keyboard, but the combination of callousness and incompetence that we have at all levels of government is more numbing by the day.

Annette Taddeo ran for Congress 5-10 years back - if I remember correctly there was a lot of speculation that Debbie Wasserman Schultz kneecapped her along with others running for Congress in certain districts. Apparently this popped up again a few years later. http://progresoweekly.us/debbie-wasserman-schultz-still-sandbagging-taddeo/ http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/debbie-wasserman-schultz-blocks-miami-democratic-leader-annette-taddeo-goldsteins-bid-for-state-chair-6559697 As for Alabama, I don't know if that has much to do with Trump either way. Roy Moore (who terrifies me, but sadly is now part of the GOP "mainstream") is beloved in Alabama and nationwide. Luther Strange had a cloud hanging over him due to the nature of his appointment. This is likely going to bring a lot of headaches for McConnell in 2018 primaries, although what will likely bring him more headaches is that anyone who replaces someone like Bob Corker will be much more destructive, because the days of the GOP base electing anyone who seems relatively reasonable or establishment are long gone.

Sam seemed to be portrayed a lot differently as well - I guess they gave him some of Butch's personality after Butch died.

There were scenes before this in the episode where Sam and Butch actually threw rocks at Luke until he ran off (he'd come for one last attempt to win Tina). It was just shocking to watch, and to think of what the Dingles were then to the village and how they'd become such central figures by the early '00s. (although they made sure to keep Tina and Zak out of the worst as I guess at this point they were already building them up...)

@I Am A Swede I thought you might like this scene.

You know it's messed up when media darling Marco is actually trying to do something (although I imagine a camera being present is the main factor).

Many foreign policy experts are confused and unhappy about Chad being on the travel ban list. Some think it's because of Tillerson. Another decision that will be another long-term consequence/pain for the US most likely. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41388570

Yesterday I had a dream where Gary learned that Mack was secretly involved in criminal activities while hiding behind a badge. In a confrontation, Gary dropkicked him, and he stood trial. Mack, of course, got away with it, and the storylines went on. If the last 4-5 seasons had included a scene of Gary dropkicking Mack it would have filled me with immense pleasure, and improved on most of their stories too.

Dale Earnhardt Jr has come out in support of the NFL protests. My family loved his father so it's always weird when I see his name pop up. I imagine the crazies are in overdrive. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2017/09/25/dale-earnhardt-jr-quotes-jfk-says-americans-have-right-peaceful-protests/699171001/

I think where we disagree is that I think a lot of this stuff is technology which was being developed and was going to be tested no matter what. Trump has given them more high ground because he's behaved like a child and they can now say that they are being attacked by him so they can and will attack back, but ultimately I think the pieces were in place for this day no matter what. Susan Rice said that she felt various administrations had let it get this far. I think Obama handled it much better than Trump has but I feel like the day was coming no matter what where we were going to be threatened by North Korea and they would be confident enough to be in the position they are now. They just have even more comfort because Trump has made them martyrs and tough guys by not behaving rationally or in a way that was remotely intelligent.

I first heard about it getting worse last year as that was when the tests increased, and then later on we heard that Obama had been using cyber efforts to try to stop their missile technology advances. I think Trump did escalate it but I don't think we were at a stalemate - I think it was getting bad and we just weren't told. But who knows. He said something about Puerto Rico, but it's obviously not a priority.

Oh I agree with you there, I just think this has been happening and would have kept happening. He makes it more likely that they will directly attack us, but I feel like this was all going to be building to something and it just didn't get that much attention last year or in previous years because for a long time now many people and the media have dismissed Kim as a joke.

I have a lot of respect for people like Jimmy Carter or in some ways even W, because they knew when their time was over. Carter has still worked on justice and important issues, and he says things when he feels he should, but he let those who were after him have the spotlight. Blair is so personally invested in his image, in keeping what he saw as important for the UK's role in the EU, for the Labour Party, etc. that he has to make it all about himself rather than realizing that his time is over. I kept hearing Brexit backers say how thrilled they were that he got involved, because they knew it would move votes their way.

I think North Korea would be pushing in this direction no matter who was President, but what Trump is doing is making it more justifiable to many to turn a blind eye. They can say that Trump brought it on, even though most of this would be happening no matter who was in the White House. And what I hate the most is that I guarantee you most of the people running things in the WH know this but it doesn't matter because he just says whatever comes into his head, damn the consequences.

You can kind of tell this from her interviews and persona going back a long way. She's a beautiful lady (and presumably made wise choices in surgeons, unlike many her age in Hollywood...), but you always have to be wary of people who are too sure of their own intelligence. I still enjoy her more than I probably should, to be honest. She's actually pretty lucky because a lot of people who went as far as she did during the election season might have faced more career blowback but she seems to have gotten through unscathed. I guess at her age parts or recognition for women are already crumbs anyway.

I wasn't surprised about him being closeted but was saddened when he spoke of how self-loathing he'd been and in some ways still is. You could tell he probably wasn't expecting to be that honest during the interview. I did laugh at Joan Collins telling him he was too old to play her son. I had no idea Adam was supposed to be 25-26. Gordon was a gorgeous man but he did not look 25-26. It's nice to hear how close he is to both Stevens. The stuff about John Forsythe being in love with Linda Evans and channeling it through the characters fascinated me as well (although it's probably a bit of hokum). The bit about the reason for the aliens story (which I never understood even though it didn't bother me as much as it did him) cracked me up. A vision, indeed. And the bitching about the "reboot" warms my heart. Thanks for sharing that. I will enjoy reading Pamela Bellwood's when it's out as I always had a soft spot for poor Claudia.

I meant the international reaction. Most of the coverage I'd seen from outside Germany framed it as being a walk for Merkel (which I suppose it still was) and that the AfD was broken/cracked/missed their moment entirely.

I saw some "Merkel let a million migrants into Germany and got re-elected" type congratulatory tweets and it just reminded me again of how of touch many of us are as we see it as just her winning and losing, because so much of Germany's image to the world and the media is now wrapped up in her. Merkel herself knows it's far more complex than this, which is likely why she had such a sober reaction to the reality of all this - that her party and the party she had worked with in her last government took heavy losses, and that an extreme party many said had fizzled out are getting a foothold in power.