DramatistDreamer

Justin Hartley is in the cast of Little, starring Regina Hall, Marsai Martin and Issa Rae.

As justification for airing Trump's address in prime time, the media claimed that this was Trump's attempt to 'make his case' for funding the wall to the American people. The media made it seem as if it was some monumental deal to air this address, probably hoping to further avert criticism over their decision not to give Obama airtime when he requested to address the nation about immigration. Well, like I said, I didn't watch the spectacle but, from what I've heard it was a whopping 8-9 minutes. Is that long enough to make a case for a $5-7bn price tag? I've also read that it was a poorly executed speech, clumsily read from a TeleprompTer. Was that really going to convince anyone who believed that funding the wall would be a waste to change their minds? The media inevitably will 'both sides' this TV thing but was it the Democrats' idea to take this thing to prime-time? It seems to me that the decision to cede time to the Dems for a rebuttal was a last minute decision anyway but this thing was first, and foremost, presented as a presidential address to appeal to the American people. Given what I've read about it this morning, I would have to say that it didn't at all achieve the goals that were seemingly set for this thing. The networks will never admit that they wasted theirs and everyone else's (who watched) time on this but I keep hearing the word "pointless" being mentioned.

Sloane managed to escape her inexperienced opponent in the previous round but not Putintseva. Sloane has only won one match in Australia in 5 years!

I'm watching tennis online.

I definitely did NOT bother to watch.

Incredible. Their failure to redact seems to have exposed a direct tie between Kilimnik and Manafort in regard to the 2016 campaign.

Can we just admit how low the bar is set for white guys in this country? It's not any special hatred of Obama from the media, it's hatred of non-white guys. Kamala Harris hasn't even announced and there are forces in the media already training their arrows on her. In their evident racism, Obama is not even special in that regard. It would be any intelligent black person who doesn't adhere to their stereotypical notion of what 'a black' is. I see all the constant stories of black people being harassed for doing everyday things and it seems pretty clear that the hate is real in this country, not just in the U.S. media, and not just for Obama. There are a good number of people, not just ardent Trump supporters who don't like to see black people live. Obama must have absolutely infuriated those people...he still does and he's not even in office anymore. And let's be honest, they hate Michelle Obama too, millions of books sales or not.

That match against Alexandrovna was the first match she's won in Australia since 2015! LOL. Sachia's Instagram is always good for some good laughs.

When you put it that way, it's no wonder that people have tuned out of networks and onto Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. I feel really good about the fact that I never bothered to watch The Apprentice and thanks to my inconsistency in watching SNL over decades, I thankfully only heard about his appearances on SNL. Not even Lester Holt can get me to watch their evening news. I remember watching clips of Matt Lauer's treatment of HRC during that town hall. I think I could only stomach two debates because I didn't really care for most of the moderators in 2016. If this is the case, I really don't know what there is for the networks to ponder.

I think you're right. It's headlines like these that back up your suspicions. Instead of placing blame where it is due, this is where NBC chose to focus it's headline.

I don't think people are saying it's not of its time. I think that when you go too trendy with the look of a series, it just tends not to age very well. If you go with timeless (certain items of clothing OTOH never go out of style), you rarely encounter that issue. Personally, I don't have an issue with it. It looks like a time capsule but that's okay. If nothing else, it gives a sense of where the show was production-wise at that moment in time.

Ugh, I forgot about that one. Fortunately, it seems that most women politicians tend to leave the petty behind, so I don't expect Sharice Davids to be carrying a grudge for twenty years like the GOP men who have gone after HRC year after year for decades. Like I said, governing is different from campaigning and both Davids and Ocasio-Cortez are just starting their governing careers.

AOC has made some early missteps (more like, verbal faux pas) but I said before and I say again, I intend to reserve judgement because when the work of actual governing begins, people often turn out to be more pragmatic than they may appear as candidates. When HRC ran for the Senate, people made all types of judgements of who they thought she would be and I see some similarities, tbh in how Republicans viewed her. In the end, HRC was quite pragmatic in her governing style, seeking to help decent legislation along that actually had a hope of passage. Much to the NY state legislative opposition, she was not some raging harpy looking to burn everything down. I'm going to go on ahead and guess that perhaps, just maybe AOC may want to pass an actual piece of legislation, rather than dig in her heels and not have anything meaningful to show for it legislatively, a la Bernie Sanders.

There are a bunch of withdrawals this week, for some reason. It seems as if the draw in some tournaments were put out too late for many players and some are opting out, citing various reasons. Points seem to be the least of this ATP Cup's problems. The fact that they are trying to stage on event in three separate cities, likely displacing WTA events is a big concern. The points seem to be an attempt to lure more players to this event, especially seeing as one complaint that had arisen over the years was tournaments (e.g. Davis Cup) that had stopped awarding points. Who even knows if this will work? The clusterf*ck to the already scrambled schedule, as well as how it affects a whole other tour (WTA) has to be a concern.

Congratulations to Susan Zirinsky. It still remains, though, that a highly qualified woman only seems to get serious consideration for a top-level job after men have thoroughly messed up. True progress would be, not having to go through that additional layer of chaotic mess.

I'm too tired to think about the ramifications of all this other than to know that the first word that comes to mind is clusterf*ck.

And here I thought the Apocalypse Now music they used in a dinner scene was distracting but that horror movie music was next level, LOL. I do wish we had more episodes from 1985 uploaded though.

Hey Kei! Hope he can stay healthy this season, at least for most of the season... a big ask, I know.

I read the newspaper(s) so much faster because I avoid the types of articles that he speaks of.

When the man that Zhou had accused of grabbing her and focibly kissing, groping her threatened to sue her for emotional distress and reputational harm, Ms. Zhou countered with a lawsuit of her own, for damage to her dignity. Her words "Let's get ready to fight". It's no wonder that she's become a hero in China's emerging #MeToo movement. She’s on a #MeToo Mission in China, Battling Censors and Lawsuits

This is one of the reasons, I roll my eyes when people excoriate liberal Hollywood and media. The people who are truly in the upper echelons of these industries are rarely liberal, they are usually conservative, at best and right-wingers, at worst. Norman Lear may be an unabashed liberal but Lear is certainly not in charge of the television industry. Whereas Rupert Murdoch has enormous clout in the media industry, both TV and print. We don't have to guess which political persuasion he belongs to.

I doubt that anyone will ever have that ability to get through to Trump, it's coming on two years and he still fails to grasp even the basic concepts associated with his office. He will NEVER get it. Anyone who relies on the services of federal employees. (*Gotta fly? Want a measure of air safety while you're doing it? Need social services? What about tax refunds/IRS?*). Pretty much, God save us all from this terrorist in the White House.

If you mean that he's running it down into financial ruin the way he did with his six bankruptcies, then yeah, he's pretty much running the country like he ran his businesses. The difference is there is no Fred Trump to bail him or the U.S. out.