DramatistDreamer

Bencic takes out Halep.

Senator Richard Blumenthal said that the authorities did not even warn him that he was on the list. He found out about it while watching the news!

People will not pay as much attention to American mercenaries riding around with impunity in Haiti, carrying a truck full of automatic weapons as they have to Jussie Smollet.

Trump is really selling out the U.S. to the highest bidder.

The visual imagery of his is kind of cool.

I'd expect nothing less from Hsieh these days. Unless you can outpower her, she's making on court life miserable for the "finesse only" (and Muguruza) crowd on the WTA. And she's so unbothered, lol.

I'm glad I stopped subscribing to cable like 8-9 years ago. CNN is making basic cable look even more basic.

What is wrong with just about everybody today? Frances looked like he was fighting for focus on those points. All Evans had to do was to keep the ball in play and wait for Frances to make errors, which he did...in abundance!

Reading that article, details that I'm seeing for the second time, I'm reminded of the fact that the arts scene in the U.S. has often been built on the cult of personality of usually one figure. Even at some of the most esteemed institution there is often a centering around one man (it's overwhelmingly men who run the most esteemed arts institutions). NYCB is probably one of the most extreme cases, but only because most institutions and companies have at least one heir apparent waiting in the wings to take over when the person in charge steps down. This article also makes me think of how famed choreographer Bob Fosse was said to harass many of his dancers, some of whom seemed to excuse it as him being needy. I wonder, though, if you were to talk to those former dancers, in the context of today's #MeToo movement, would they feel the same? Needless to say, that upcoming biopic about Fosse and Gwen Verdon (who he cheated with and cheated on) should be interesting.

Interesting.

Not surprised really. Kiki is hungry since she hasn't had a good win in over a year and, as for Osaka it seems to have become the norm for many WTA to have a dip after such a winnings high. In winning back to back GS titles, Osaka surprised even me that expected her to win a major title in her career. I knew a dip was coming but didn't really know when.

While Tsitsipas claims that he was hacked.

Here here, 🍷 Cheers @DRW50!

When is he going to jail? I'm tired of hearing about this fool.

Most of us already knew that this happened in NC but it's that "substantially resourced" part that grabbed my attention. Also wondering when agribusiness and vulture capitalists will swoop in for land grabs.

Yikes!

I had wondered when this was coming.

The irony is that just last year, The New York Times began a section in the Obituary column that highlights what they refer to as obituaries of "overlooked" figures, mainly women and minorities who, for whatever reason (usually racism and misogyny) have never appeared in major publications (like The Times) despite how accomplished, esteemed or notable these figures were. And then they publish this. SMH. @Cat Just over the weekend, in the Canceled Soaps section, I posted that The New York Times is one of the places that does pre-obituary videos where they interview notable and famous people and ask them about their life and legacy. The video obituary allows the subject to talk in his/her own words. They did this with former NYC mayor Edward I. Koch. They've been known to do this over the past decade. A few years ago, NYT did an obit for a wealthy socialite whose family was mired in scandal upon her death and they did a much better job on her obituary. I barely know who Radziwill was but I can see that her obit seems deliberately cutting.

More on the MPs exodus from Labour.

@DaysFanatic777 It's nice to make your acquaintance. Thank you for the very kind words. I'm surprised at the amount and pace that I post here but the discussions with other posters are so engaging that I find myself posting, a LOT (lol). Other than the occasional troll, I really enjoy the level of discussion on so many topics on this board. @Khan Man, you are dealing with a lot. Your mom is your mom so, it's not like dealing with a distant relative, so it must be a challenge. I guess in that situation you've got to love your mom "through it" and hope that maybe some day there'll be an awakening in her political consciousness, and your brother's as well. My mom is pretty religious but she often prays for Donald Trump...to go away (lol)! She absolutely cannot stand the man! For me, I try not to talk to her about him too much for fear that he'll raise her blood pressure. The headlines have become so outrageous that it sometimes feels like it's becoming hard to discern what news stories are genuine and which are satire! Some of those articles I don't bother to post, like one today that was supposedly tweeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center. I swear that must've been a spoofed twitter page because I couldn't believe what I saw.