DramatistDreamer

According to this Op-Ed piece that I am currently reading (every now and then I read one or two), the number of uninsured in the U.S. has risen by 7 million people under Trump. This doesn't surprise me at all but it's disheartening to see the numbers.

Turns out Iran's seizure of the British tanker was in retaliation for the British seizure of one of their tankers, which is why at least one U.S. official is trying to downplay the incident. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/irans-seizure-of-british-vessel-further-roils-gulf-region/ar-AAEA4y9

The Iranians were far from perfect (they had to be prodded and admonished) but IMO they held to the deal well enough under the previous administration but once this administration abandoned the deal they had no reason to stay. Actually the Iranians actually stayed in for about a year after Trump pulled out of the deal so they didn't abandon the deal immediately, they actually seemed as though they were hoping that the EU would come up with a solution but this year, it became obvious that the EU couldn't provide any answers. Also the added sanctions probably tweaked the Iranians just enough that they felt they had license to go completely HAM but they did not immediately abandon the agreement, shockingly they held on for about a year. That was surprising. I think the Iranian government was actually hoping that adhering to the agreement would end up bolstering their economy in trade as other companies were starting to do business in Iran and the government wasn't going to pass up the chance of making that $$$$ (a la China which had an agreement with their people who traded on human rights in exchange for greater prosperity). It was when the added sanctions came in and the U.S./EU businesses pulled out because they didn't want to violate those new sanctions. So I don't fully agree that it was certain that they wouldn't have adhered to the agreement-- they did so for a year after the U.S. abandoned it. It was when they started to lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to the tougher sanctions that they let the rest fall by the wayside. I just hope we are not seeing shades of 1979-1984 Iran. Detaining oil tankers is one thing (China also does this in the South China Sea, by the way) but taking hostages is a whole other bag that I hope we don't see.

^^That's what happens when the U.S. pulls out of an agreement, then levels sanctions. Iran had no incentive to follow rules of engagement when it's already been proved that agreements and rules can be broken so easily. The Europeans tried to keep the Non-Proliferation agreement together but with the U.S. dropping out then making demands, it became impossible. Iran is obviously acting out now. Hey maybe Kim Jong-Un will advise them on how to go rogue and make it work for them.

Has anyone tried to petition Procter & Gamble/PGP for permission to start/run an official As The World Turns Twitter page? Maybe a photo like this is already on the Daytime Emmy Twitter page but I feel like photos and video clips should be accessible in one dedicated space for the show. Also, as much as I appreciate the various YouTube channels, there should be a dedicated As The World Turns channel where the best quality clips (and perhaps episodes too) can be culled and placed there. I don't know who runs the As The World Turns-Topic channel but it looks disheveled, disorganized and piece-meal. I only mention this because if there were one dedicated, comprehensive channel, viewers/fans would flock there and we could truly see just how many views ATWT videos are getting-- who knows, it may get P&G's attention if they saw a good number of views per month. Not to bring back the show but to even sell/stream more classic ATWT because they'd see that there was actual interest. I guess that everyone (fans, actors, etc.) wants to operate their own separate YouTube channels though.

Trump began his entire professional career spewing crap, so I don't see him stopping that anytime too soon. Americans could end this with a very simple solution-- stop accepting his crap. Period. Stop letting his crap work in his favor. The GOP are still laboring to try to make Trump look "presidential" so expecting them to grow a conscience is a lost cause. The sad fact of the matter is that many Americans are just not into hearing the truth, so liars like Trump get by on that. Americans are very much uncomfortable with telling it 'like it is'. People like Trump can't operate in a vacuum, they are parasites that feed off of what is already there. The crap would be "cut" when Americans decide that they no longer want to ingest on a steady diet of it.

Those people must have been beyond desperate to even talk to him. I mean, desperate as...their lives and the lives of their people are dependent on him. It's even more telling that his clueless cabinet/staff thought that somehow this would be a great photo-op for him, this makes him look even worse, if that's even possible.

Disengaged and indifferent. This man exudes both qualities in abundance.

Dusty's piercing blue eyes were one of the aspects that kept young girl me tuned in. Someone needs to ask Martha if she has any classic episodes that she can upload to YouTube, preferably one that hasn't been uploaded before, a la Patricia Bruder.

The frustrating thing is that there have been blacks, women, South Asians, Jews and LGBTQ killed during this administration's time in the White House and some people have decided to crystallize it to only being about Congresswoman Omar. What is happening to her at Trump's command is horrible (as what he's been saying about Pressely, AOC and Tlaib) but let's not forget about the other people who have been imperiled and harassed (including many non-famous Muslims in the U.S.) and killed during the time that Trump has taken the oath of office. Also, people are just finding out that the U.S. does this to people?? Folks need to open a history book. I'm not trying to get graphic but this is the same country that used to lynch pregnant black women, cut their stomachs open and take pictures of the woman and discarded fetus with hordes of smiling white folks. Pro-life my as*!

When I posted this, I knew that there basically was no case to prosecute in MA. The American case is hopeless but there is still a pending case in the U.K.

Why would anyone want to revisit ATWT's last years?? Unless they were looking for a guide on What Not To Do for a TV series.

@ChickenNuggetz92 Oh, I remember Nikki and Diane's Dynasty-level catfight, lol. In fact, as I was watching that sequence with Sandra Nelson as Phyllis, I instantly began to remember having seen that 'keep away' sequence between Cricket, Danny and Phyllis back in the day, but I had forgotten how funny it was. It must have been a hoot for all the actors to perform that one! I'm not an active part of soap twitter but since I stopped watching the show last summer, I sometimes go on twitter to see viewers' tweets about certain aspects of the show and that's when I came across your tweet. It's cool that you can find ways to have fun with Y&R's content.

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Came across this today and it made me laugh. This sequence looked fun.

Someone should ask Trump the exact same question?

Nope, can't say that I am surprised at all. Sadly. Eric Garner's mother lost a son Eric at the hands of police and his daughter Erica who spent so much of her life trying to champion the cause of justice for her father and had a rapid decline of health as a result. Very tragic.

What we certainly already knew: locking up and/or detaining children is profitable for these unconscionable folks. I wonder how many Trump officials have investments in these shelters?

Oh my goodness, I'm not sure I remember this promo but that is a "lewk" for Jill with the lenses, lol.

Gah, just how many Casey Hughes recasts were there?! No wonder the show was so unstable in the last decade?