DramatistDreamer

No surprise here.

Yeah, the GL Twitter feed is far more active than the ATWT Twitter page. I realize that both are run by volunteers but it seems like the GL one keeps current more consistently.

Isn't there a Governor's race in OH? I know it's not Congress but Cordray who used to run the Consumer Protection Bureau during the Obama administration (new at that time) is running as the Democratic candidate. OH electing a Dem for governor for the first time in I-don't know-how long, would be big news, if it were to happen.

Came across this on Twitter.

I am disgusted.

The Saudi Arabia invite is causing a lot of controversy but when I heard about the floods affecting Mallorca, I immediately though of Nadal and knew he'd be helping somehow.

I would hope like hell that Americans are smarter than to let the presidential race get down to two 70something billionaire white guys. By then, we'd already be in trouble. Don't assume Bloomberg has learned anything from Stop and Frisk but should he try to promote that, he would likely lose most of the Black and Latino vote of anyone under the age of forty, chief among them Black women (funny how Black women stand up for everyone else's rights while we get nothing in return). Also, don't assume that Bloomberg would mount a strong defense of women's rights either, given some of the statements that revealed about him when he mounted his mayoral campaign. Although sadly, many Americans have proven that they are willing to vote in a man who doesn't care about women's rights. When so-called businessmen take over the U.S. economy, the result is almost always a recession in the making.

Oops.

Dianne Feinstein. In terms of demonizing your opponent, I guess any woman will do, as for as the GOPers are concerned.

He and Trump have more similarities than you think. They are both advocates for Stop and Frisk, a policy that had torn asunder civil rights for Black and brown men in, particular in NYC with negligible results on the crime rate. Bloomberg tried scare tactics to leave the policy in place, claiming gun crime would escalate. DeBlasio, for all his faults, did the right thing in stripping the Stop and Frisk policy and letting judge Shira Sheindlin (no relation to Judge Judy) deem Stop and Frisk unconstitutional, letting it die and rightfully so. And guess what? Crime (with the exception of sexual assault which is not normally connected to guns anyway) continued to decline without Stop and Frisk. With Bloomberg, you ought to be careful what you wish for: it's not just about soda and "nanny tactics", it is also about his blatant disregard for working and middle class, his billionaire friendly policies and his lack of care, in terms tracking foreign "dark money" moving real estate (of which Trump was a beneficiary). Don't expect him to be an advocate for eliminating dark money from politics. But hey, Central Park looks great, huh?

Damn Kei! I could just imagine how rocking that crowd must have been when Wu won that first set! Wu is one of those players that I usually only see at Chinese tournaments and he seems to love to play at home tournaments. Yes, there tends to be a rivalry between China and Japan but I think it tends not to extend to tennis, a highly individualized sport. I mean, Kei has Michael Chang who is a Chinese-American.

Please don't let this man run for President. The homeless population in this country will explode as it did in NYC with him as mayor.

Here's the piece of BGM again with a different scene. It was pretty popular from '86-87. via ytCropper

Okay, quite awhile ago, I mentioned the possibility of posting clips of some of my favorite pieces of BGM from ATWT. The online editing software that you don't have to download to use leaves a lot to be desired, nevertheless, I am posting my favorite piece of BGM. This one is my favorite and probably the most memorable one because ever since I heard it as a child, I've never forgotten it. So when I heard it again a few years ago, for the first time in decades, I wasn't surprised at how I clearly I could recall it. The only surprise was that there was a longer version than the one I remembered. Again, the software is pretty limited, so apologies. via ytCropper

TBH, a faster surface at the end of the season is kinder than a slow grinding court. Yeah, the flip side is that guys like Rafa and Thiem who do well on slower surfaces are usually at a distinct disadvantage but most of the year the hard courts tend to be slow, which is a disadvantage to anyone who prefers a faster hard court. Cilic lost to Nicolas Jarry of Argentina. I didn't see the match so I can't figure out what happened. Cilic can sometimes be perplexing. He has a big serve but it can sometimes go off and become wildly inconsistent. Also, he's subject to nerves and plain old unsteady play when you least expect it. He seemed to be like, a game away from taking the match when I checked the score--the next time I checked, he had lost, LOL.

What a ridiculous time we are living in.

Okay, a reminder that Haley has done more than I recalled..,and none of it good. In my defense though, who can keep up with the events of this WH?

This is the Trump administration we're talking about. I'm pretty sure another sex scandal is just around the corner.

Yeah, looks like the ethics watchdog consortium CREW requested an investigation into ethics violations just yesterday. The timing of this resignation is interesting, to say the least.

The masters of the internet universe have no intention of ever policing themselves, or even holding themselves accountable. Like I mentioned yesterday, Yahoo! was a festering cauldron of vitriolic bile towards minorities, Twitter tolerates Trump's almost daily rants, Facebook is a screed of gun selling marketplaces and hatred/intolerance and Google+ is both irrelevant and insecure. Facebook, Yahoo! and Google+ all have the distinction of having huge security breaches whose details would leave you breathless! Actually most of the internet has an amazing lack of security and is likely putting all of our our security at risk for clicks. People get doxed all the time and there's never been any effort to even curb that behavior. Death threats are thrown around daily on social media with rarely any consequences. As for Nikki Haley...I don't see why anyone should get their nose out of joint over her resignation. She made no impact during her time at the U.N. and this is just another day at the WH in terms of the revolving door of resignations that have taken place since day one of the Trump WH.

When these GOPers enrich themselves to their content, they begin to look for ways to flee the sinking ship, I guess.

This may answer that question.