DramatistDreamer

So, does the Trump administration simply plan to terrorize people as a re-election strategy? He issues a threat to launch a strike against Iran, then pulls back at the last minute. Then he issues an order for I.C.E. raids in several cities all over the country, then rescinds the order at the last minute. To paraphrase @Khan, this is all so shameful! I'm still reading this article but thought I'd post before I forget because this seems like a recurring theme so far. I still think that there can't be a clear sense of anything (let alone front-runner status) until the debates begin. Presented without further comment.

What in the name of lawlessness???

So many Americans seem intent on ignoring the fact that Trump is a predator, a thug and a criminal. Will Ms. Carroll's account be added to the nearly two dozen other women who publicly proclaimed Trump to be a sexual predator, only to be discarded when Trump hurls insults? It's disgusting the level of criminality and scandal that Trump brings with him. It's constant, you can barely catch your breath! Another trash person who has managed to scale political heights despite also having zero regard for women. If they, in the U.K. had any sense at all, they'd dump him.

Meanwhile the kakistocracy known as the Trump administration is deliberately sowing chaos and confusion with provocation and reprisals with Iran, is anybody in West Virginia paying attention to this?

If my post alluded to the aspect that the U.S. is using Iran as a smokescreen for MBS/KSA, I should have been clearer-- I meant to say it straight out. Again, the provocation and reprisals with Iran is meant to draw attention away from MBS/KSA who is being scrutinized once again for their part in Kashoggi's killing. The U.N. wants further investigation, which the Trump administration and MBS/KSA obviously don't want because for them, it's bad for business. If you look at the social media of Agnes Callamard, who led the investigation and prepared the report for the U.N., you will see she is being swarmed by Saudi operatives, many who are paid to send out spam subtweets to harass her. It's an organized effort and it's become their M.O. Hopefully some further investigation will eventually be mounted.

Is she talking about herself? Or perhaps a friend in the business?

I hope so. The good thing is that it involves the son and not the candidate. It would be better though, if that paternity suit is the thing that turns out to be a bunch of nothing.

The GOP is feasting on this Hunter Biden thing. This is just going to remind people of his relationship with his dead brother's wife. Maybe the GOP is expert at maneuvering this type of thing but for Democrats, this has the potential to snowball. Already, it seems like this is becoming way too much baggage for one candidate, jmo.

Are people really complaining that Lauer's not in the montage? JT may be on my sh*tlist but this GIF never fails.

I meant to say "is", not "was", in regards to DelPo. Despite people's suggestions to the contrary, he is still regarded as an active player and it is his decision to make as to whether he stays that way (and for how long) or not. I won't be one of those people who tries to demand that a player be out of the game before they decide to be. Some people were kvetching about the dresses, in terms of color mostly but I think the lighting and the setting are pretty flattering. They all look good!

I'd like to wait for the debates to see how they pan out but it's well known that anyone who is perceived as the frontrunner (whatever that means at this very early stage) will draw a lot of scrutiny. It's going to be interesting to see how the words spoken will play out in debates. Not to be 'piling on' or anything but this does seem close to employing a Trumpian tactic. I just don't know who this type of response would appeal to, besides Trump voters (for various reasons).

The trials and tribulations of DelPo continue and it's sad to see. He was one of the few players that seem to relish playing the players at the very top. So many ATP have the talent but lack the confidence to do this. A change of scenery that will, perhaps lighten the mood?

While U.S. media is caught up in the purely preventable back and forth or provocations and reprisals, this is happening. I don't believe that it is a coincidence that the Iran/U.S. kerfuffle is going on at the same time as this.

The air and water is about to get a whole lot dirtier!

Hiding casualty numbers has become the M.O. of the Trump administration, so I tend to believe this is the case. They've stopped reporting deaths in Syria and Iraq. Todd Chuck is getting dragged again on social media, just reminds me to question how he still has a job on TV. I haven't watched MTP in ages but I've seen him enough times in press conference to know that he's awful.

I wish I hadn't looked at those pictures that were taken just moments before. When the pilot states that he was following orders despite the conditions, the fault really does lie with Landis who was insistent on the helicopter pilot flying closer to the action, which was where the actors were. Also, if it hadn't been for his skirting child labor rules, those two kids would not have even been on set that day. Just horrid! Has his reputation actually impaired his ability to work as a director or a producer? Despite social media comments, it just seems like he's still been able to have a career in the industry and his connections seem to have allowed his terrible son to carve out a place in the industry--at least up to now.

Every now and then, I'm reminded that John Landis directed Coming To America and other movies but only last week when this news started to break open publicly, did I read about people suggesting that the elder Landis was known to bully people on set. I wish I hadn't looked at Wikipedia because I started to read about those horrific deaths on the set of the Twilight Zone movie, of which I vaguely remember watching some E! Channel docu-show about Hollywood's most horrific incidents but this time around, reading about it in clearer detail, it made me shudder. Landis never seemed to take full ownership of the horrific events that happened on that set.

1 hour ago, Vee said: I think it's a bit more complicated. He seemed lovely going in with that beautiful family and a lot of great ideas, but we all mocked him after he took office because he became incredibly inept and tone-deaf. That crossed a lot of class lines, at least in terms of the perception of him. Meanwhile, in the UK, a modest proposal:

The fact that I had no awareness who this person was until recently, goes to show how much of a 'theatre-head' I truly am. While he went along raping women and using his familial connections to build his career.

It's been several years since I left NYC but I have noticed that DeBlasio gets the lionshare of criticisms from mainly from one group of NYers, so it's not surprising that there is such a disparity among racial and economic lines in how he is viewed. So to read this was interesting but not surprising. This is separate from my total bafflement as to why he's running for president.

You ever had the experience of coming across something intriguing but totally unrelated to what you were researching in the first place? This seems to happen to me quite a bit. Or maybe I'm just being easily distracted lately. I'd never heard of this show until today but then again, I haven't watched HGTV since 2010, which would be the same year this show began. Anybody ever seen this reality series or this episode? Apparently, Ellen Dolan and her husband were looking to sell their house, probably around the time ATWT was canceled. https://watch.hgtv.com/tv-shows/selling-new-york/full-episodes/smells-like-a-deal Smells Like a Deal/Selling New York The Ellen Dolan segment begins around 8:45

Good Lord...and to think, there are other children and families enduring something similar, albeit older children...like toddlers. Just inexcusable for any society that prides itself on respecting civil rights and civil liberties.

This is probably the reason why Harris didn't attend the BEA forum.