DramatistDreamer

Yeah, as I was just waking up, I saw the last few games where Zvonareva beat Pliskova. Vera looks fit! Sloane, lol. Clearly the season ends at the USO for her. Okay, did anyone see the Zvonareva/Pliskova match? Some people are saying that Pliskova tanked the first set. People are basically saying something similar about Sloane's efforts (or lack thereof) against Jabeur.

Another reason why Republicans are so desperate to remake the courts--they stay losing. Delayed Obama-Era Rule on Student Debt Relief Is to Take Effect

I remember when the 90s miniseries aired on PBS when I was a teen. I'll have to keep a look out for this. Would be great to hear Armistead Maupin's thoughts about this newest iteration.

Yet people want to chide folks for "bodyshaming" Trump. GMAFB!

Interview with Tarana Burke on the anniversary of the #MeToo going viral into the public's consciousness. She Founded Me Too. Now She Wants to Move Past the Trauma.

^^ It wasn't the U.S. embassy but the State Department that sent this photo out. The U.S. embassy in Australia issued the apology. A reminder though, that the U.S. has been without an ambassador to Australia for two years now. The longest period without an ambassador since WWII.

Aww, literally the cat's pajamas.

I am just so sick of these crooks and their constant conflicts of interest.

If anyone watches that Canadian comedy Schitt's Creek, they would know that Moira Rose, one of the show's main characters is a former soap star. In Season 4, episode 5 (R.I.P. Moira Rose), Moira expresses her concerns over the toll that her mistaken death announcement might have on her friends, admirers and colleagues and as well as having to appear unprepared before a camera crew that spontaneously appeared in front of her residence. One person that she mentions is Sir Tony Geary.

However, I suspect that they will. Trump won't do much of anything, given how on-the-hook his family business is to the Saudis. And the world is clambering once again for Saudi Oil. The U.S. in particular, has moved toward fossil fuels again and Trump, Israel, KSA have all ground the Iran nuclear deal into the dirt, so business between E.U. and Iran is virtually hanging by a thread. Yes, I believe among those 15 Saudis that were flown into Turkey, there was a forensic pathologist among them.

This is a major development.

That painting reminds me of dogs playing poker. Except far worse.

Some conservative allies of Angela Merkels lost some ground in Sunday's election but not to the right-wing anti-immigration parties but to the liberal Greens.

Looks as if Steven Mnunchin's old Yale roommate is stripping Sears for parts-spinning the most valuable assets to companies that Lampert owns, while collecting the profits. Is Mnunchin still on the board at Sears? Sears, the Original Everything Store, Files for Bankruptcy

So being an official at the EPA who cares about the health of children will land you on administrative leave without explanation. It's very clear who this administration could care less about.

Well, to be fair Borna, who is a younger guy with no perceivable injuries, couldn't manage Novak either.

Daniel Dale has a Twitter thread that goes in detail about Trump's 60 Minutes interview but honestly, I couldn't be bothered to read it all. I can see why Dale feels it's important to analyze his responses, but I'm beyond tired of parsing all of Trump's numerous lies.

How could I possibly overlooked Florida and their constant stream of voting shenanigans? Perhaps it is in the spirit of schadenfreude that I'm strangely, slightly bemused by watching these bankers, tech titans and the lot of them having to backpeddle and squirm over this conference in Saudi Arabia as others with half a conscience quickly back out of putting in an appearance. It just speaks to the lack of integrity of the Trump WH that they haven't done so at this time and are still trying to minimize the Khashoggi situation.

Apparently DelPo has a fractured patella.

Unfortunately, Bernie wasn't the only one minimizing the role of voter suppression in 2016. The media gave the issue short shrift as well. I was continually shouting to the heavens about it on my TL and only a few other, mainly black people were discussing it, amplifying the issue. Because there was little to no acknowledgement and reflection on it in the mainstream, it's happening AGAIN in Georgia as it has been discovered that voters have been purged from the voting roles. This comes off the heels of the discovery of voting places in predominantly African American districts being closed--was that Georgia too? Or South Carolina? The only reason anyone in mainstream media is paying any attention to this now is because one of the gubernatorial candidates is a black woman but apparently we're all supposed to be colorblind, right? Back to Bernie though...the man didn't know, understand or even want to learn the meaning of the word intersectionality. He had no grasp of how one's race can affect one's economic situation, health or healthcare prospects, etc. and he had no desire to learn or even acknowledge that such a dichotomy existed. That is truly what turned me off of him.

TBH, I never thought of it as optimism but I guess it comes off as such. Max mentioned the likes of the Whigs once being an active political party and being relegated to history and it reminded me that years ago, I was thinking of the Whigs and the Federalists and immediately thought of the GOP as the next likely political party to follow suit. It wasn't with any joy or glee that I thought about it, at the time. Just an assessment of how events seem to shift trajectories throughout the course of history. Not to get preachy but sometimes we think that we live in hardship that will never end but I always remind myself that slavery in this country lasted hundreds of years. That is truly an interminable amount of time where no doubt, people languished, believing that miserable state would always be. Unfortunately centuries last a long time but fortunately for me, not for all eternity. It's a somewhat bitterly depressing way to look at things but it reminds me that things don't last forever. Now will it change in our lifetimes is an entirely different question.

Yes, I agree that Hillary was the Democratic establishment's preferred candidate, part of that is because of Bernie's political affiliation but I also think that Bernie had some genuine problems reaching the many Democrats of color. Sanders definitely failed to strike the right tone with black voters and black women, in particular, who are not only a vital part of the Democratic voting base but the most consistently reliable in terms of voting. And we weren't voting for Bernie. Consequently, I can see Michael Bloomberg having some of the same issues, if not worse than Bernie, due to Bloomberg's shift back and forth between political party affiliations, among other issues. People in NYC regretted that third term pretty early on after he won re-election and national politics is often less forgiving than the local political scene where, perhaps pragmatism is overlooked, if not rewarded.