DramatistDreamer

I don't know if this has been posted but this memoir has a connection to Santa Barbara, the real as well as the imagined and serialized place. Is It Soap Opera Or Real Life? It's Both.

Yuck. I think I'll be staying away from this thread for at least the next week. It's gotten toxic. 🤢🤮

In the case of France, don't forget about France's relationship as a colonizer to the countries that many migrants have come from. That makes it much closer to the likes of Great Britain (see Windrush Scandal). The difference lies in how isolated these migrant communities remain in the Paris suburbs vis a vis London.

Yes, but it seems to reach back to the Charlie Hebo related attacks a few years ago, no? There seems to be a connecting thread between these strings of terrorist attacks. An ongoing struggle over perceived values (religious vs. secular). France still insists that immigrants assimilate to the French ethos, even as they isolate immigrants to the banlieus without much hope for better. This seems like a recipe for radicalization. And since the supermarket terrorist attacks a few years ago, it just seems as though there is now a pipeline, with radicals, whether homegrown or newly migrant encouraged by previous terrorist acts to attempt their own acts of terror. Every nation struggles with some aspect of terrorism, but part of me cannot help but think that France is going about things in the wrong way.

France and Belgium seem to have recurring problems with terrorism, France most of all, with Belgium often seemingly housing sleeper cells that eventually seem to make their way to France. Nice seems to suffer an attack about once a year. That the French government seems content with ignoring their racism and repeating their well-rehearsed motto of 'French-ness' for all while relegating POCs to the banlieus and expect success is mystifying to me.

In my lifetime then, as opposed to 1965 or 1971 or some date before my time. One would hope that he would have evolved out of that thinking but it seems that most men who believe this only ever seem to change their views if they suddenly have daughters and since Connery had two sons...

Unable to see that Walters clip but yikes from the written description alone! What year was that? Also, does anyone know about DuckDuckGo app on Android? All of a sudden, embedded images don't show on this board.

I've never had a problem with Trent...his character, 'Henry (Fool)' on the other hand... an indie film reference, couldn't help myself. Shout out to Parker Posey on that one.

He was 90, still this news came as a surprise, which happens when the person is a true icon, as @I Am A Swede said. This can only compound the feeling of loss that has felt like the one constant this year.

Wasn't she the one who expressly avoided playing the US Open because she regarded it as a COVID-19 hotspot? Oh, the irony.

This is why it's ridiculous to assume that any Voters who vote on Election Day is an automatic vote for 🍊face.

Thank goodness that security guard is in stable condition and looks like he will be alright. There are some sick people out there who, no doubt, are looking for a reason to explode on someone, anyone. If it wasn't at the security guard over a mask and some hand sanitizer, it might be him or someone else over something else. Also, if these public-facing workers aren't getting hazard pay already then they should be because I doubt they signed on for this level of risk. not to mention, risk of exposure too.

Yeah, I saw that photo. When I saw it, the photo had yet to be verified but still an unnerving image.

When I first read that, I wondered if it was real but I guess it is, lol.

ATWT, I read, had already had a writer's livestream and it didn't include her. The writers that were included, I had no interest in hearing from.

Don't mess with Tish

I'll have to try to give it a look. Any mention of Jess Walton? I was in elementary school when the show got cancelled and had only gotten into it in the final year and a half of its run but I have always remembered Walton's sympathetic portrayal of Kelly. It's really the first place I remember seeing her.

Oh, I meant an official one. I know that there has been a drift has been happening since the days of the Tea Party but I wonder when the name and the letterhead will makes its way.

Wouldn't surprise me if there is am eventual split on the GOP.

Plus responds to Sasha's statement:

Speaking of tweets-

From hypothermia to heatstroke, these Maga rallies are a real threat to folks' health.