DramatistDreamer

Her entire reasoning behind this is that Jack Smith as special prosecutor is illegitimate (sounds very Trumpian). Please keep in mind that two of her judgments in favor of Trump in this case have already been reversed on appeal and the reversals came from a conservative appeals court.

How in the world is anyone surprised that Vance was selected?! I figured it out well over a month ago, when I first saw the list of proposed candidates. It’s obvious it would be him…uh, think about it.

Someone probably knows the ins and outs of that situation better than I but from what I can recall, he was saying that she spent years paying for the insurance policy only to discover that it would not offer comprehensive coverage for her medical needs/expenses when she most needed the coverage to kick in. It’s a sad fact that this often happens with people from all walks of life and at various income levels. It also happens with home insurance too, where people pay for a policy and assume a certain level of coverage, only to be told that their policy won’t coverage certain things (water damage when they suddenly are informed that they live in an emerging flood zone).

Has the NRA put out a statement yet? The difference between the statements put out by Representative Steve Scalise versus the statements released by Nancy Pelosi and Gabrielle Giffords are vastly different, in intent and tone. Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee issued a judgment to dismiss the classified documents case? Ooh, let me put on my surprise face. Even Cannon said that Smith had the ability to revive the case. I guess it will be up to him and the Justice Department.

People may say many things about her, but everyone knows to acknowledge that Doherty was a fighter and it is sad that she is no longer here to fight another day but here’s to the hope that she is now at peace. If only all the various entities would stop fighting each other and summon the resolve to fight for and against what really matters, defeating these life threatening diseases!

Does nobody check these articles before publishing them? https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/barbora-krejcikova-jasmine-paolini-jana-novotna-wimbledon-final

A weird choice to the “flight or fight” query. I’m no conspiracy theorist. It just seems like an odd response in a crisis situation. Reminiscent of January 6th 2021. Someone at the rally reportedly declared him a martyr. Another claimed this would win him the election. His fans are nutty, for sure. The shooter’s motives did come to mind, if those rally goers’ exhortations played into motive at the risk of speculating, which normally I am loathe to do in such situations. Maybe the information will reveal motives, maybe not.

Apparently Trump shouted “Fight! Fight!” and threw up his fist. What was his intention in doing that? The Secret Service kept trying to usher him away from the scene to safety and he kept resisting and talking about let him get his shoes. Obviously stunned and not in crisis mode.

In an article, it was reported that one of the few people in the bleachers area who knew instinctively to duck (it was bizarre to me that so many people were standing) after hearing the shots was a teacher, which says so much about the state of gun violence in America.

Yes, I just saw two critically injured. I have been trying not to focus too much on the chaotic news churn but I can’t help seeing the dripping of details. The news cycle that usually caters to right-wing interests will ignore the obvious concerns about access to weapons in favor of obsessive coverage with no particular focus on long term solutions to the violence.

Oh, so it was the shooter who was killed? Apparently shot by Secret Service?

Whoa, there is too much going on today. Those photos…he looks a mess. Many of those people who attend his rallies are carrying and are unbalanced. Some people are expressing doubts that it was an actual weapon, some are saying pellet gun? Who knows? Oh well.

Oh man, Dr. Ruth and Richard Simmons too?! There was a snippet about Simmons working on a project based on his life. Pieces of an era chipping away.

No, I haven’t seen the movie (but I take it the reviews were not good) but I caught a glimpse of the trailer and I am pretty open minded about unorthodox storytelling devices but it seemed scattered and odd. The article reminded me that she released a movie, a documentary and an album and then plans for a concert tour? That is a lot of saturation. Who advised such a thing?

Nah, I doubt it. If the GOP/TFG is focused on a daytime soap among so many other issues that would be an indictment against their priorities. The only thing I remember were those promos that would air during the mid show bumpers of the other CBS daytime soaps. I don’t remember those promos ever airing during prime time. TV may have had print ads from stills of those same television promos but I don’t remember so I am not sure. Also, from a writer’s perspective, I would put the smack down on anyone trying to leak anything right now. Folks would just have to sweat out the summer before any clues begin to emerge.

It might be a little bit too early to predict and I am just going to try keep an open mind. If by Thanksgiving, I see scant promotion, then I will know something is wrong but I would give to at least Labor Day before citing a lack of effort. And for people who might complain that it might get lost in the attention given to prime time television debuts, if promotion starts too early, people can start to ignore and eventually forget about it anyway.

The NYT published a seemingly sympathetic Opinion piece on Jennifer Lopez that was accompanied by a deeply unflattering photo of her. Geez, did they have to go there?! I may read the article but wonder what the purpose was of having it accompanied by this photo. EDT: Just read the piece and ooh-wee! It resurfaced some very controversial things that I had forgotten about, the use of a word in Spanish that is connotes insensitivity toward Afro-Latinas and those ghost singing and cultural appropriation allegations. This is one of those “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” type of pieces though the title claims that the author “Can’t Revel In J-Lo’s Fall From Grace”. She may not be reveling but is sure isn’t a testimonial.

It’s especially sad since the attacks have been occurring for years now. I can remember trying to report threats to her made on Twitter, which Twitter only pursued investigating a handful. It was disgusting. And that was years before Musk bought Twitter. Since 2019.

Measured promotion is a reality for most network television, I think unless you’re doing a reboot/revival or doing CSI, L&O or Grey’s Anatomy. I am hard-pressed to think of any new network television series that will debut next year that is getting a lot of promotion right now. I am not talking about “prestige television” series that are usually showing on some streaming platform anyway. When B&B debuted, I was in primary school so beyond those teasers shown in early 1987, I am not sure what major promotion was done beforehand. NGL though, I was hoping that Sheila Duckworth would put in an appearance at Essence Fest to at least mention that there was a breakthrough series on the horizon in January 2025. That seems like a missed opportunity, given the huge crowds who turn out for the festival.

June Squibb was nominated for an academy award for Nebraska which was a pretty quirky film too (Parker Posey seems to specialize in quirky as well) so it’s not beyond the realm of possibility for her to be nominated for Thelma though movies released before September usually need a re-release to remind prospective voters of the worthiness of the movie. I think it may also depend on what other movies are released and what impact they make- so far, a surprising number of flops but it’s still early.

And she went on to have a decent career in entertainment-on Broadway and film and television.

The press really hasn’t been covering it at all. I really hope that first time voters (including recent citizens who I have been trying to encourage to vote) do due diligence and acquaint themselves with the fact beyond the buzzwords and headlines because they can’t expect to get much information from media at this point. The media outlets with the farthest reach seem to be giving the least amount of solid information.

^^Aww, that was very cool! I do love how some of the actors have remained close friends from their days on ATWT (.e.g.-Tamara Tunie/Scott Bryce, Julianne Moore/Marisa Tomei, Hilary Scott Bryce/Bailey Smith/Gregg Marx, Colleen Zenk/Hugo Napier.

An unfortunate soul, who now at least, will be laid to rest with some dignity. Oklahoma identifies first victim in Tulsa race massacre mass grave

^^ Just this morning, I was thinking about this. I was wondering, what if Biden just said “yes, I have been known to make gaffes on occasion, or the odd misstatement but it was never my intention to mislead while my opponent has been known to lie, and to deliberately mislead)”.