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Even MLK got tired. I meant the U.S. has a history of aggression that has worked for the people in charge. People who act out in this manner are usually feeling powerless and may not have the tools to react otherwise. People spent more than a year saying as much to explain Trump voters but this explanation is now no longer valid. At least acknowledge the frustration and helplessness, perhaps this would do better than endless lecturing. Obama was POTUS and was always being behaviorally monitored. If he so much as swatted a fly, people gasped. Are we really going to try to claim that Black men (even one in high office) are given the same leeway as White men in this country? Anyone who believes this has never been Black in America. The same people who are urging people to remain civil are urging Obama to go down to one of the detention centers and throw himself in acts of civil disobedience and get arrested. Honestly, if I were Obama, I'd tell people to go f*ck themselves right now. And yeah, Obama tried his damnest to be civil, even in the face of people who called him derogatory names and yeah, yes, it did get Gorsuch, because only he was complying with the terms of engagement. Where he would've been had he acted like Trump? Probably not alive has a history, especially with powerful Black men. Just as MLK. Oh wait...! The midterms are in November and with a whack job in the WH, I seriously doubt lack of civility will be the sole focus, especially since there is a proven lack of an attention span among American. People will move on to the next crisis (and there will be a next crisis). But my point is, all the hand-wringing about civility has got my eyes rolling back because either way this changes little. I thought it was a faux outrage issue with Wolffe's WHCD monologue and my opinion hasn't changed. I can have all the best manners in a store but guess what? If a person wants to have a security guard follow and harass me in the store because I'm a Black woman, all the manners in the world won't prevent it. People get fed up, especially if people feel hopeless. I just get tired of the people who want to play respectability politics and dictate rules of engagement to one side. It's more likely that that the more people are lectured, the more likely they are to dig in even deeper. But yeah, lecturing people in the most condescending way will really help quell the situation.

People decrying the lack of civility while conveniently forgetting America's history is rich. Til this day we all have to hear about the god*damned Tea Party, which was, in truth, a riot. Maybe the reason why people are citing that Republicans are practicing rudeness and lack of decorum is because it has clearly worked for them. Perhaps many Democrats have realized that civility got Neil Gorsuch who is helping to strike down laws that protect civil rights for certain groups as we speak. When I look at U.S. history, honestly, I don't see a whole lot of civility, except when you look at the groups that have been hosed, bitten by dogs, bombed out, pistol-whipped by authority. I also see a lot of gains made by groups that have kidnapped, enslaved, beaten, tortured, raided entire villages and lynched people. No wonder people think being aggressive has worked in America. Civility works in America? History says otherwise.

And The Boodles exho is on live stream on You Tube. There was a match between Dimitrov v. Tsitsipas which just ended.

What's interesting is that the fact that the U.S. has experienced church bombings, abortion doctor's murders and intimidation, not to mention the woman who was backed over in Charlottesville and I don't remember this much hand-wringing over civility. It seems that these lectures are reserved for kneeling, public shaming and acts that are deemed 'bad optics'. At this point, it's beyond whether it achieves anything or not (which is debatable) but whether some types of protest/expression draw more censure and public outcry than others. It inspires a lot of eye-rolling from me. Meanwhile,

Maybe both gave her more time off to do theater, movies and with Sheffer, Law & Order.

To tell you the truth, the last decade of ATWT with how the Marshall Travers and Doc Reese characters were portrayed, it was some of the worst portrayals of Black male characters the show has ever had.

Very interesting interview that Eddie Earl Hatch in the late 1980s. He does not have very flattering things to say about his time at ATWT. This is not how you spell 'role'. Dynamic Roll Pulls Hatch Back To Soaps Tucker, who I believe was out before Marland came, was treated the worst, IMO. ATWT, like most daytime soaps does not have a good track record with Black characters. The writing was always incomplete. Tamara Tunie's exit, after all her years on the show, was written with as much care as Hatch's--none.

From what I can see, other than being Steve's more financially savvy business partner and sidekick, the show did little with Tucker. Heather Dalton had a father, at the very least, did we even know where Tucker came from? His exit wasn't given even so much as a passing glance. Here's a clip of him from a few years ago for a reunion for a movie he was in called The Warriors.

THIS. Thank you.

I've seen this promo on a number of occasions. What I'd really like to see is the episode where Whit and Dorothy argued about telling Kurt, or was that done in flashback?

Stan's never done particularly well on grass, even when fully healthy and winning a lot on other surfaces. It should come as no surprise that Andy won in straight sets.

There's no way that I would claiming that ICE could be abolished during a Trump administration (it would likely take at least a decade, under the best of circumstances), I was addressing the Sanders response to the question which shows that this, like a lot of issues that affect POC is clearly not on his radar. As for making promises that cannot be delivered upon, when has that ever stopped Sanders before? I guess the impetus is very different when you personally know people whose lives are on a knife's edge because of these policies. It's not just something in the abstract or simply a news story to turn away from. Then again, there were many that claimed that some of us were being reactionary to the possibility of Trump's election jeopardizing lives. And the call for abolishing ICE did not originate from politicians. There have been people calling for the abolition of ICE almost since its inception. It's an issue that has a grassroots origin and has come to the politicians attention only because of the current crisis. An attempt beyond talk.

Roseanne girl, don't sell yourself short-- it's both.

Well, right as we debate this, you have teenage kids in this Walmart converted "care centers" walking out and into the void unaccounted for. Nobody mentions that these centers cannot keep legally prevent them from walking out, even if they have safety concerns. Raising the issue of ICE and making politicians (especially those possibly seeking higher office) answer questions and at least, consider a plan would be a lot productive than shouting on about whether people should practice civility to a bunch of deplorables. Bernie and the other purity ponies should also have to answer and come up with a plan...don't they always have the answers, so they say? Politicians should be put under the microscope and have to answer the "What next?" question. Why are folks suddenly lowering the bar for every politician under the sun now? People wanted Obama to make bread out of stone but suddenly, we can't even try to accomplish anything. Shouldn't even attempt to change a system that's clearly inhumane.

A an organization that lacks dysfunction perhaps? People may not realize that ICE was created in 2003, yes, the U.S. did indeed function with INS and earlier organizations. ICE has probably been the worst of any of the immigration enforcement organizations. They're definitely the least cognizant of people's civil and human rights. Reading this article made me think of HOC. Very unfortunate, highly unprofessional, to say the least. How an Affair Between a Reporter and a Security Aide Has Rattled Washington Media

Weren't they cousins? Frank was played by Jacques Perrault. Sadly, the actress who was playing Frannie in the 1984 episode, Terri Vandenbosch died several years ago. I do think that Julianne Moore was a good recast and like Scott Bryce and Hilary Bailey Smith, I though Moore and Marx were believable as siblings (even the light hair). This August 1984 episode leads right into Whit's murder because in the soap summaries, it says that right after that party, Jay's mother Dorothy has an argument with Whit over his broken promises to marry her as well as whether to tell Kurt the truth. In this episode you can see there is setup toward the murder because both Jay and Steve have public outbursts in regards to their animus toward Whit and Craig will be one of the last people to see Whit alive, which happens in this episode. Boy, now I wish the next episode were posted online, LOL.

The tennis powers that be are so stupid. Banning social media accounts from posting GIFs. Oh, and I think what Kyrgios did was unnecessary and immature yet I see that he got a higher fine than that 'silent fine' that Pliskova must have gotten for causing actually property damage.

Okay, I just checked and that channel has the episode but it's chopped up in clips. The music cues are terrible on this episode, lol.

I remember clips of this performance posted on the WLS blog but has the complete episode been posted? This episode has a lot of music. They must've had a deal with Jermaine Jackson or something, lol. It looks as though they're leading up to Whit's murder. He's already got Jay and Steve angry with him. From what I've read, this was sometime in the first week of August, 1984.

I was surprised at Cilic winning without much of a first serve today--his serve appeared to have deserted him. People remarked at how they thought that Novak had shown improvement but still appeared winded at some point in the match, so endurance might still be an issue.

The Croats on the come-up this weekend!!

I would imagine that every POC in Congress is at some point subject to racial slurs. That much about Congress is a lot like life itself.

@P.J. My point was that TPTB had plenty of time. Wagner didn't go in her 70s like McLaughlin, it wouldn't have even had to have been a "final" scene. It could've been done 10 years earlier, as part of another story... just a simple "Good Night, dear". Soaps never think ahead, was my point. By the way, the NYT does interviews with people about their legacy, way before they die, you'd be surprised at the number of people who actually would like their laurels while they're alive. People like to know that they can actually contribute to the building of their legacy and how people will see them after they're gone.