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    As The World Turns Discussion Thread

    in DTS: Cancelled Soaps

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    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.

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    The Politics Thread

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    1 hour ago, Juliajms said:

    ^ Good news.

     

    I had no idea about this was happening. How awful and I doubt any human rights agency or government will be able to step in and save them.

    "The sheer scale of the internment camp system, which according to The Wall Street Journal has doubled in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region just within the last year, is mindboggling."

     

    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.

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    The Politics Thread

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    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?

     

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    The Politics Thread

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    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.

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    As The World Turns Discussion Thread

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    23 minutes ago, Limenade said:

    ^ Thank you for the April 1986 episode - vintage Marland and one month before the May sweep showcasing the Doug Cummings murder trial.  But revisiting it, I was struck by the seemingly mundane exchange between Frannie and Sierra (about 29 minutes into the clip), where Frannie hoped that they could become good friends.  A simple, understated scene of friendship-building swirled by much meatier story lines.  It is a credit to Marland that their friendship did develop in 86 and by the time they ran into each other in London at the end of the year, their scenes seemed so organic.

     

    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.

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    The Politics Thread

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    Posted · Edited by DramatistDreamer

    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?

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    As The World Turns Discussion Thread

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    49 minutes ago, Mitch said:

    Remember when they had poor Mickey Horton perve out on his younger maid (Judi Evans..chewing as much scenery as Deas there...) after his wife was brutally "murdered," and the actor had the good sense to quit so he was replaced by that weird Edward Quatermaine replacement? At least Gautman  never had Bob perve on a younger woman or choke Nancy Hughes to death with a donut..so there is that!

     

    My God, somebody wrote that into existence?!

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    The Politics Thread

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    9 minutes ago, Khan said:

    This is the kind of story, by the way, that I would have loved to see on daytime BITD.

     

    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?)

     

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    The Politics Thread

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

     

     

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    The Politics Thread

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    1 minute ago, Juliajms said:

    ^ I grew up north of Albany.  I'd say a lot of people consider upstate NY figurative fly over country.  :lol: It was very Republican when I was growing up.  Really the Adirondacks are very nice, although I could never live there again.  We had to drive about 20 miles just to get to a real grocery store. The guy who drove my school bus was a diary farmer and the western part of the state is full of farms.

     

    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?

     

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    The Politics Thread

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    Posted · Edited by DramatistDreamer

    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.

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    The Aretha Franklin Thread

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    7 hours ago, Khan said:

    If nobody else needed to sing the ADW theme song after Aretha sang it, then why did the producers have Boyz II Men come in and redo it for the last season?

     

    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.

     

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