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Morgado has taken a brief break from his obsession with Ana Ivanovic to report erroneous information, so I see? Good that Svitolina gave some clarification on her remarks because it was getting around that supposedly she was refusing to play against Russian and Belurusian players, which would sound similar to the refusal of some countries to compete against Israeli athletes (tennis had this own version of this a decade or so ago), which would be discrimination. When you have so-called "journalists" like Morgado spreading misinformation, it sure doesn't help things.

This is a good speech. I giggled when Will Smith mentioned that the Williams/Price family would not put their names on the film until they saw the final cut ("...cuz we do be messin' stuff up sometimes"). Venus looks gorgeous 😍.

Venus at the SAG awards.

As 2022 BHM draws to an unceremonious end, this piece is a reminder that the month is not just a valedictory of all the accomplishments and achievements, but also time for reflection of the struggles and the tragedies born of ignorance and why there is such a need to learn this aspect of history, if we ever hope to break that sad cycle. Reading this, it never left my mind that Trayvon Martin would have been 27 years old. I am left to reflect on what might have been, who he might have become, if given the chance.

Perhaps I might also post this in the Journalism/Media thread but I thought it would get a bit more 'sunlight' in this very active thread. 🙄 Journalists tripping over their own racism.

That's how I had hoped As The World Turns would end.😔

That was my first guess but it will probably be Brooke, in an alcoholic stupor, imagines being choked by Stephanie's ghost.

First Wonder Woman, now Catwoman/Batman. Could Been be getting some Marvel side money?

The shade of it all made me cackle.

Wow, you know he's one of the people who crossed my mind (along with Oksana Baiul) today? It never crossed my mind, however, that he would actually be in Ukraine right now! I hope he and his loved ones stay safe.

Considering the trauma she went through at the beginning of the pandemic, it's a good sign that she is not carrying those feelings into this diagnosis, but this time, at least she has the protection of vaccination.

This is incredible.

Interesting article, expressing so much of what I had been thinking about how the Russian people viewed Putin during Crimea vs how they view him now: so many are in shock over the man they thought they knew (but was likely there all along). When I lived in NYC, I went to a Ukrainian restaurant at least once and it struck me, the number of Russians who had eaten there regularly. There are even a number of Russians who concede that borscht is of Ukrainian origin, though they both love it, it just goes to show what I have felt since the beginning of this emerging conflict between governments- ordinary Russian people do not want this war, as they view Ukrainians as kinfolk. That is why we are finally seeing large crowds out in the streets.

Ketanji Brown Jackson was always the frontrunner for that SCOTUS nomination. She once clerked for retiring justice Breyer. Good luck to her in the Senate confirmation hearings. I hope the process will not be nearly as contentious as some have contended. Hopefully there will be enough votes for, at the very least, VP Harris to cast the deciding vote. Who know? Maybe Murkowski and wishy-washy Collins might want to make a nod toward history, in a good way. EDT: I meant "Who knows?" Geez!

Hasn't Vesely beaten him before? Seems like that's the only time Vesely emerges is to beat Djokovic.

Don't forget though that Putin had the tacit approval of a number of Russians who either agreed with his stance on Crimea or just didn't say anything, believing the issue not worth fighting about. Perhaps their opinions were really the only ones that Putin actually cared about to begin with, that he had enough tacit approval of Russia to "swing" the next election. Putin sort of set the bar for the leaders of many Eastern countries being indifferent to what the West really thinks and how they see them. I genuinely believe that Putin doesn't care what the West thinks, I doubt he ever did. Negotiations and summit appearances were a mere tool to him, to either stall or try to maneuver a way to get closer to what he wanted. For the past five years, the West has paid and continues to pay minimal attention to the African continent but Putin does. Read on Russia's activities in the Congo. And even parts of West Africa, in countries where the leadership leans autocratic, but weak.

I wonder if RT is still shut down?

JMO, but I don't think it has to be an either or...both can be true at the same time. He just seems increasingly desperate and willing to look this way if it gets him to achieve his aims that much quicker, whereas in the past, it just seemed as if the image of looking completely self possessed (and blame-free) was just as important as his ability to pour on the aggression. Putin, after all has always regarded himself as being well above the likes of Kadyrov, who he regards as something of a brute. Well, his behavior is much closer than ever to the Chechen despot these days. As for Xi Jinping, they are allies of convenience, as Xi would love to do to Hong Kong and Taiwan what Putin is currently doing to Ukraine. Mainland China has been trying coercion, ethnic cleansing (Tibet, Xinjiang, in particular), pressure tactics, veiled threats (Taiwan) and trying to claim uninhabited islands in the South China Sea (Japan, South Korea, Philippines, etc.). Xi is no doubt, waiting to see what happens and if he can do a similar maneuver with regions it considers to be part of it's own territory. China considers Taiwan to be a rebellious breakaway republic that they want to bring to heel. Hong Kong has a Sinophile for a Chief Executive, so they have made far more successful strides there. Tibet, well.😔Suffice it to say, Xi is watching what happens in Ukraine with keen interest.

Oh, I have never doubted that this was his aim, he has never made a secret of his disdain for the decisions made in the wake of Perestroika and Glasnost, as it goes against everything a former KGB/FSB man like Putin and he has always aimed to reverse the policies of Gorbachev.

When Coppola talked about how low a value Paramount placed on The Godfather, that the was a failure to properly preserve that film's negatives, it just made me think that if a company like Paramount can express such disregard for a big film studio production, think of how the likes of corporate-minded P&G must really place an utterly low value on its vintage soap operas.

For several years, going on a full two decades it seems, Vladimir Putin had apparently put a great deal of effort into cultivating this image of having a self-possessed persona (to the point of being bloodless and cold, some might say) but his recent actions now make him look unhinged. Perhaps he has gradually been getting to this point since the invasion of Crimea and it went all but unnoticed. For the Ukrainian people, it has to be a dire place in which to exist, at the virtual mercy of the unhinged and powerful "neighbor" intent on usurping your sovereignty with no foreseeable recourse for you to stop this.

JG just gets worse and worse. There's really no reason for me to ever return to regular viewing where this show is concerned. As someone who grew up watching Y&R, it should feel sad but at this point, I feel nothing but indifference. I really am just here for the comments when I visit this thread. You all keep it lively enough to keep my interested because it sure isn't the actual stories on this show.