DramatistDreamer

Also, this song by folk singer Woody Guthrie that mentions "Old Man Trump" (specifically Fred Trump, Donald's father) and his racist housing code policies.

9 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said: Yeah, I have been hearing stirrings of an "exit strategy" where Trump backs down, the way he's done in the past with threats toward North Korea (which, by the way, has also been a colossal flop). This man to Trump/wall supporters-- "B*tch, I've got your Money!!!"

I can call my relatives who reside in CT and ask them about Joe-- 'I lost the primary, so I'll just change my party affiliation so I can get more Republican votes' --Lieberman what they think. I guarantee their opinion of the man is very low. So yeah, I don't give two sh*ts about Joe Lieberman, who is now working as a foreign agent. The White House hasn't paid its water bill, huh. Why doesn't that surprise me that a man who gladly stiffed vendors and failed to pay his debts regularly would be in arrears with his utility debt?

Which is why I always found that argument about 'what are these women speaking out doing to the careers of these men' to be foolishness. Quite a few have already found a soft place to land, perhaps not as prominent a place as they had before but I have yet to hear one story of a prominent/famous man experiencing real hardship.

Yeah, I have been hearing stirrings of an "exit strategy" where Trump backs down, the way he's done in the past with threats toward North Korea (which, by the way, has also been a colossal flop). This man to Trump/wall supporters-- "B*tch, I've got your Money!!!"

I'm hearing that Andy Murray will retire at Wimbledon this year.

All I can say is someone needs to start drug testing Trump. I skip through most of his quotes because they 1) don't make any sense and 2) tend to change at the drop of a dime anyway. Best of luck to those who want to decipher the madness. Speaking of GOP kooks who spout gibberish.- King hasn't been censured because he is emblematic of the circus-like, carnival barker atmosphere of today's Republican party. King doesn't particularly stand out anymore because he is part and parcel of today's GOP, in lock step with racist, xenophobic ideology. Perhaps now that the Dems are the majority, a censure has a possibility but when there are already so many fires to put out, I imagine the racist in the White House is a bigger concern.

After that Oval office address that lasted a whopping 9 minutes. Boy, he's really putting in overtime.

I guess that Oscar campaign has her (re)thinking things...

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.