DramatistDreamer

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

 

This happens over and over in New Jersey. The media really wants those flips (that's one of the reason they loved Chris Christie so much) so they overhype these races every time. 

I'm surprised that people were surprised.  I always believed that Menendez would keep his seat (*shrugs*).

To no one's surprise, Andrew Cuomo wins reelection in NY.

JUST IN: Democrat Rashida Tlaib easily wins #MI13, becoming one of the first Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. #ElectionNight #Midterms2018 https://t.co/3DGIAOpUtX pic.twitter.com/dzcwgVXTE8

— Mic (@mic) November 7, 2018

BREAKING: Florida voters pass Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to 1.4 million people with a past felony conviction in what is the largest expansion in voting rights since the Voting Rights Act.

— Daniel Medina (@dmedin11) November 7, 2018

New Jersey voters were like "Eff it, we know he's a crook but we're not giving up that Senate seat, muthafuckas!" 

Hope this makes a difference.

BREAKING: Georgia NAACP wins a lawsuit, and voting times will be extended by three hours in two precincts near Spelman and Morehouse. Polls will now close at 10:00pm per court orders.

— NAACP (@NAACP) November 7, 2018

Wow, that's very sweet! Still can't claim to be a fan of hers but Sloane and Jozy sure do make a good looking couple!

16 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

 

Just now, Khan said:

I am SO happy to hear about the Native American turnout in ND.

Me too!  Something told me that they would stand firm though.

Today was Shanice’s first time voting! And to her surprise Law & Order actor, @samwaterston, gave her a ride to her polling location! #MakingHistory #FirstTimeVoter #TeamHayes pic.twitter.com/sVqYDsDRKj

— Jahana Hayes for Congress (@JahanaHayesCT) November 6, 2018

Things like this should not be happening.

One African American voter told @joshua_eaton she arrived here at 7 am and didn’t vote until almost noon. Her husband left the line because he had to go to work

— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 6, 2018

Her mentions are in shambles and it's what she deserves.

I wish that people had paid more attention to voter suppression before we got to this point.  It has been a consistent problem, particularly in areas with a large African American population. 

If this had been more of a talking point when talking about 2016 battleground states, perhaps we wouldn't be seeing what we're witnessing in Georgia right now. 

Perhaps Kemp wouldn't have managed to keep his position as Secretary of the state of GA while simultaneously running for one of the state's most prominent positions.

Neither rain, nor wind, nor darkness of overcast skies, kept me from my appointed mission today- I Voted!  Actually I went this morning so I voted as the first light drops began to fall.  I was outta there and back at my desk when the heavy rains started to come down.

Since I went at an off-peak time, my polling station wasn't crowded but it did have a consistent flow of people in an out, which will likely change after 3 p.m.  I'm hearing reports of long lines from friends who live in larger cities though.

Janet Jackson alludes to the fact that she'd been silenced over years.

Janet Jackson at the MTV EMAs: "Tonight I speak for women whose voices have been stifled. I am one of those women. I stand with you. You are my sisters. Women, our voices will be heard […] when we speak out for justice." pic.twitter.com/KL5AaqcCNm

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 5, 2018

11 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

I think Anderson has become slightly more dynamic in the past year or so IMO, but I agree that I don’t like to watch “ace, move to the left, ace, move to the right” and poor return games. It’s not fun. They can both be so dangerous, of course.

For me, it's not even about that specifically.  Isner's game is utterly predictable.  If a player can successfully manage the trajectory of the ball coming down from his ball-strike (especially on serve), they can manage his game.  The variety is almost completely non-existent.  It's usually a question of whether his opponent can manage the high bounces coming off his ball-striking. His movement is not as lumbering as it used to be but a crisp shot-maker and a very clean hitter of the ball who can find a target with accuracy and hit the ball right past or behind him pretty consistently. He causes discomfort to some players, mainly because of the trajectory of the ball coming off his serves but a good portion of the Tour is fine with playing him.

To a certain extent, you're right about Anderson.  He has shown more variety in his game by adding a bigger arsenal of shots to his game (which is what any player would want to keep opponents off-kilter) but for me, in terms of the sheer entertainment factor, I find Anderson to be lacking. 

It still depends on his opponent, whether I stay attentive or completely zone out in his matches.  He alone, under his own power, cannot keep me interested in watching his matches.

Since it's the debut for both Anderson and Isner, maybe they'll both crash out early.  Yes, it sounds mean but their tennis is just not interesting to watch.

Ben loves to post tweets like that, probably so that he can watch the infighting between fanbases taking place in his Mentions and subtweets.

Trump hates black people yet he cannot resist using aspects of our culture, including our music to try to boost his appeal. And according to his calculation, Rihanna would hail from one of those sh*thole countries he can't stop railing about. Hmph.  I hope Rihanna and Pharrell sue his ass off.

Interesting stat presented here.

The most under-covered trend in the 2018 campaign?

How many Democratic challengers -- not just liberals, but moderate Dems too -- are refusing corporate PAC money.

About 60% of Dem challengers in swing districts are rejecting these donations: a huge change in DC.

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) November 5, 2018

Hollywood is no different from any other industry in America where abuses happen daily but fail to get attention.

But since the thread does highlight Hollywood and speaking of Gayle King (who I knew was a TV news anchor before I learned she was Oprah's friend), this is a snippet of an interview with Mira Sorvino this morning.

“I could not have imagined that I would be joined by a chorus of like-minded people from around the world who would raise their voice and say #metoo and #timesup and ‘we want change.’" -@MiraSorvino on coming forward with allegations against Harvey Weinstein pic.twitter.com/5aBaZDNtbf

— Norah O'Donnell (@NorahODonnell) November 5, 2018

3 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

I'm like what mother names her son Karen....LOLOLOL....Isn't Agassi Armenian too? 

 

And Lawd Karen's uncle is hot....LOL...the one Sascha was complaining about....LOL. I see where Karen gets his good looks. 

It's more likely that his father named him since his father is Armenian. Yes, Agassi is ethnically Armenian, though his father was from Iran.

I don't know if you remember the tennis player Sargis Sargsian (he's friends with Andre) who retired sometime ago but he is also Armenian. 

Not for nothing but Serena's husband is Armenian-American too.

An article on the very poignant meeting between the pastor at Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston and the rabbi at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh.

Anguished by ‘Spiral of Hate,’ Charleston Pastor and Pittsburgh Rabbi Grieve as One

Karen is also half-Armenian.  The name Karen as a male name is popular in Armenian and other Central Asian/Near Mideast countries.

Wow, Karen Khachanov bullied that baseline today, lol!  Of the GenerationNex group, his volleys are a cut above the rest, from what I've seen.

Even if Nolé is fatigued, he's beaten people looking much worse than he did today, so Karen still had to go out there and take the match and congrats to him!

A tight race.  SMH.

GOP Congressional candidate in tight NC race says Jews must convert to Christianity for peace in Mideast https://t.co/PD9wwoz40q

— David Beard (@dabeard) November 4, 2018

Many of us knew of the danger and were diminished for speaking about it.  I do knew exactly why America ignored journalists of color.

Journalists of color were right about Trump, says @joelmmathis. Why didn't we listen? https://t.co/lnlCEQkw1M pic.twitter.com/IHLqpU4NmK

— The Week (@TheWeek) November 3, 2018

2 hours ago, slick jones said:

I wish they were, after seeing Patrick Horgan on The Doctors, I enjoy seeing anything he appears in.

Both Horgan and Rosemary Prinz could have made multiple appearances right up to the series finale.  Missed opportunities, for sure.

Some months ago, I was revisiting a classic ATWT from 1986 and saw a scene where Frannie Hughes and Casey Perretti were returning from a date and just as Casey was moving in to kiss Frannie a wail came from inside--it was from baby Christopher Hughes.  The crying disrupted the moment.  

In a half-joking, half-complaining tone, Casey laments the unfortunate timing of "Vinne Boombatz". 

I had no idea what Casey was referring to so I began to try to find out.  Initially, I had misspelled the name and got no answers and forgot all about it.  Today, something jarred my memory and I decided to search again and for some reason, I found who I think Casey was referring to.