DramatistDreamer

What is says is that writers loved to use Craig to service damn near every woman in his age group, whether the pairing worked or not. After Ellie, it began to get ridiculous, although he had some chemistry with Sam. Writers completely ruined that character after the mid 1990s and I don't even acknowledge the years that came after.

Without having yet read this article, is it the Uighur population? China treats the Uighurs terribly and has for many years and Uighurs have rebelled by committing acts that China has labeled as terrorist. My guess is with Islamaphobia running rampant in the past 17 years, this has gotten very little attention.

The director of the funeral home handling arrangements for Aretha Franklin says that she paid for many people who could not afford to pay funeral expenses. Many of the stories that I've been reading have cited her as a genuine member of a community. It kind of reminds me of Prince and how he did many low-key and anonymous acts of charity. The Latest: Aretha Franklin covered burial expenses of needy

ICYMI.

Speaking of Kenya, after assailing Obama's Kenyan connections and referring to African countries as sh*tholes, apparently the Trump W.H. wants to strengthen "ties" with Kenya. Is this the new colonizer language?

Oh quelle surprise at Kushner and Cohen falsifying documents to try to push tenants out of rent-regulated apartments. Kushner Companies and Michael Cohen Accused of Falsifying Building Permits to Push Out Tenants

How many mass shootings has Florida had in the last few years? In recent memory, there was The Pulse nightclub shooting, the Parkland School shooting, and now this. Yet you can bet that the same canned statements from their politicians will be uttered while we all wait and hope that the next inevitable shooting doesn't happen somewhere in this country. I'm so weary of this cycle. The only thing I want to hear at this point is that some legislative action will be taken to stem the tide of bloodshed. I'm tired of the talk. I myself am tired of talking and posting about this, knowing on a nationwide scale that nothing is being to prevent the next horrible event from occurring.

It made a lot of sense since both were taking courses at Oakdale University (Sierra was pre-med, Frannie was a psychology major) so they had reason to be in each other's orbit. I think one had even mentioned seeing the other around campus sometimes. Marland constructed brief, simple scenes that could be built upon. I don't know why we don't see that with today's soaps. The Casey Peretti character was built off of those types of simple exchanges. Also that same year, it was interesting to look back at how some simple, flirty exchanges between Barbara and Tonio would lead to a full-blown affair later on when Sierra and Tonio's marriage began to crater.

R.I.P. to Senator John McCain. Although I didn't agree with much of his politics and I won't forget that vote against recognition of a Martin Luther King Jr. national day, I do recognize his trying to undo a lot of the damaging rhetoric coming from his own political party, like when he tried to convince a hapless woman in that town hall to recognize Obama's humanity as well as his eligibility for the office of President of the United States. Also, that very dramatic moment on the floor of Congress where he gave the thumbs down to the repeal of the ACA a.k.a. Obamacare was memorable. I'm not fans of the McCains but I do empathize with just about anyone who has lost a loved one to such a dreadful disease. There is a strange symmetry to the fact that Sen. McCain died 9 years to the day that Senator Ted Kennedy died of the same disease. Has there been progress in the fight against these insidious diseases like cancer?

Also, didn't Beatrice get a surprise phone call from her mother Mary McCallaghan during her wedding reception at that Irish pub? That episode is up on You Tube, I saw it like last year.

My God, somebody wrote that into existence?!

Forcible touching, sexual abuse and harassment.

Capitol might have had a stronger case for staying on the air had they embraced more true to life stories, in addition to the convoluted stories about wealthy playboy Arab-ish sheiks falling in love with reporter/heroines. Fridays are always newsday dumps in trumpland (well these days, it's everyday, isn't it?)

People's rights to perform their civic duties are still having to be defended in 2018.

Farrow is alluding to one of the tech-related expenditures that Cohen made.

It's actually not just David Pecker, the chief content officer at A.M.I., Dylan Howard has also been granted immunity by federal prosecutors. “HOLY [!@#$%^&*], I THOUGHT PECKER WOULD BE THE LAST ONE TO TURN”: TRUMP’S NATIONAL ENQUIRER ALLIES ARE THE LATEST TO DEFECT

That was what they did to a lot of the male "leads" in the '00s.

Some don't even make that distinction. When you mention NY or CA, the first thing that many people think of is Coast. Then some, 'Coastal Elites'. It's weird to me because growing up on the East Coast, our dairy was always from farms in NY, NJ or CT. Consequently, federal prosecutors have granted immunity to Pecker (sorry but what a name!). Is now a good time to open those floodgates?

Yes, I heard about that lone holdout on the jury at the Manafort trial. Wonder what her reasons for not finding Manafort guilty on all eighteen counts? This almost (almost) makes me believe that, given all the facts (not alternative but real facts), the American people could actually make fair, judicious, even wise choices. The media didn't do their job in 2015-2016 though--instead of facts, they choice to present narrative. Instead of true comparison and contrast of the candidates, they choice to present a horse race, rife with sports analogies and false equivalencies. And instead of a deep examination of issues like the history of voter suppression (why were initiatives like early voting dismantled in 2016?), they chose to prattle on about supposed voter apathy and predictions that many voters would stay home (which became a self-fulfilling prophecy, although there were no genuine discussions of what barriers might have led to low turnout). Also, why is there no discussion on the fickle nature of SuperDelegates and how they could be ruining the Electoral system? Now, we're stuck with an elephantine jackass in the White House. Speaking of that elephantine jackass in the White House, his immigration and trade policies are forming a deadly mix with climate change (which his environmental policies will cause more of) and is causing a crisis for farmers in New York state. I mean literally deadly as some dairy farmers have resorted to suicide-- perhaps those who have not been able to sell their farms. Interesting fact: the majority of farms in New York state are family owned farms. Farmers are now selling their farms at 4x the rate they did in previous years. People forget that farms are not just located in "flyover country". Blame Trump’s Tariffs and the Weather. New York’s Farmers Do.

Just thinking of how incredible it was to have Aretha Franklin singing your show's theme song! I took this for granted back then but thinking about it now, it was a big deal! Speaking of ADW.

And these days this is what is considered to be a slow news day.

This is breathtaking.

Bernie Sanders' son Levy is running for office in New Hampshire and shouting to everyone that he is different from his father, he's his own man. Levi Sanders Is Not His Father. He Keeps Telling That to Voters.