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That's why I said "would be predators". I can't include a man who still got elected despite bragging about grabbing women's genitals or shooting someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

It's good that I haven't been watching this week because I'd be severely disappointed in the tennis. What's going on this week with Stuttgart though? Sloane got slaughtered in that match against CoCo and I heard she got booed. Did anyone see it? I always knew she was inconsistent but she only won 1 game in the entire match? Yikes! I'm seeing there has been a rash of retirements today. This is looking like the ATP.

Just saw the news and Wow! I hope that the victims feel some measure of justice. The entire thing leaves me feeling sad. Maybe this will be a deterrent for any would be predators to realize that they can/will have to face the consequences for their crimes. Harvey Weinstein now needs to be prosecuted with the same level of gusto as with Cosby.

One of the reasons why I do still read the NYT (albeit sporadically these days). A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It.

That scatterbrain former surgeon plans on raising rents for low income residents receiving HUD assistants. This comes on the heels of that big tax break for the wealthy. America is one giant sunken place right now.

Presumably the 90 days is for DHS to explain why they believe DACA to be unlawful, so the onus is now on DHS to come up with an explanation for their position because their stance right now, basically makes no sense.

Perhaps he was drinking when he declared Trump to be healthy?

Although this interview was done last year, I've never seen it. Kind of nice that he keeps in touch with Tamara Tunie (Jessica), Brian Bloom (Dusty) and Finn Carter (Sierra), who he had great onscreen chemistry with. ATWT/OLTL Alum Scott Bryce Talks About His Time on Daytime Soap Operas, His Role on 'The Good Fight' and Much More!

Wasn't born yet but this is the 50th anniversary of Columbia University's Student protests. In the past week or so, there has been a (belated) acknowledgement of the valuable role that the Black students played in the protests. Mark Rudd, president of the student organization wrote an Op-Ed piece that pretty much states that the contributions of the Black students were minimized, even though it was these students that were the most disciplined (many had parents who were active participants in the civil rights movement) and it was their actions that were the most effective. How Columbia’s Student Uprising of 1968 Was Sparked by a Segregated Gym @VeeMost people in the Trump administration, or connected to the Trump administration use shell companies to cover their unethical business maneuvers. See: Scott Pruitt.

Shania is canceled to me.

It wasn't hate for Nick, but personally, in terms of the roles that Irizarry has had in daytime over the decades, this one would not be among his finest, IMO. It seemed as if Irizarry was straining to make it work, at times. In one scene, I thought he'd pop an artery in his neck, he was straining so hard.

I once teased that perhaps a good deal of the Orange Menace's ire at Obama (besides Obama being Black and way smarter than him) had to do with the possibility that Melania might find him attractive. We're told that she already admires Michelle Obama, who's to say what her true feelings are about 44 behind closed doors. Having said that, that's all her problem, she should've gotten out of that marriage like the others did.

Hearing the song over the closing credits gives me all kind of feels. It took me quite a few minutes to figure out that the actress on the screen was actually portraying Mindy! I don't remember her (I only remember Tesreau, Simms and Crampton) at all but that year I was busy with school, so it's possible that I didn't really watch that year until the summer and my viewing was probably inconsistent at best. She's not a bad actress but I think the biggest problem is the transformation of the character (seriously, skeet shooting??!) on top of an unfamiliar actress, just too jarring! I enjoyed Alan-Michael talking about the Spaulding family legacy, while trying to draw Nick into becoming more invested in it. As for Irizarry, normally I enjoy him in a lot of roles but this one rings a little hollow to me. As a kid, I remember thinking how beautiful and graceful Jocelyn Seagrave was. Kat and David, The Toni Braxton song playing in the background-- so perfectly 90s. I love the energy of David when he's pitching the idea of him running Company to Ed. The Black characters that I see on soaps like Y&R are so staid and boring, it's refreshing to see a Black male character, in particular, being portrayed as being so full of enthusiasm and life! And yes, it is possible to write that type of character without the criminal past! Where is Amelia Marshall these days? Just feels like there is a vacuum in today's daytime that she could easily fill.

Kerber's draw in Stuttgart looks...well, challenging, to say the least. That Siegemund/Strycova match is either going to be fireworks or too annoying to watch. They each have a tendency to get on my last nerve. There is often something slightly entertaining about two highly irritating characters grating on each other, testing each other's patience during a match. Having said that, I think I'll pass on that match. And LOL @ that Sloane/CoCo match.

Speaking of the NYT, this was front page but it's not really most news media these days.

It's happening.

The regional NYC section still offers some decent in-depth coverage from time to time but no, I do not give them my money and cannot remember the last time I purchased a copy of the paper, online or hard copy. Anyhow,

Welp. Actress Allison Mack Arrested in Connection to Nxivm Sex Cult Case

Most of it is on YT, what isn't on YT is the episode where the murderer is officially caught/named. It goes up to the point where Emily and/or Ellie figure out who "dunnit" (I think) and I think the police are on the verge but there it ends. The next available episode picks several episodes later. Oddly, this is similar to the Tad Channing murder. We see episodes where Hal figures out that the murderer is someone that he knows intimately and recounts the steps but there are several episodes missing in between the time that Tad goes missing (he is assumed to have skipped town, leaving a trail of misery and destruction in his wake) and when the first suspect is (falsely arrested). The episode where a body must've been found is completely missing from You Tube. For example, 1986 (and 1991, to a lesser extent) are both good and bad years for episodes posted on You Tube. There is a lot that is there (thank goodness) but there are some key cliffhanger resolutions that are missing. We're literally left hanging in some stories.

Oh okay, at least now I don't feel so bad about missing that entire era. Thanks. As for PGP not taking videos down, I guess score one for total inertia-sometimes it can work in our favor.

A genuine kakistocracy is what the U.S has become.

I applaud any effort to preserve the soaps and make episodes available to the public but I'm often dubious of any site that has typos (The Aides Ball??). With SoapClassics, at least they had the backing of PGP, albeit only temporarily, so this ensured some quality control. I wasn't among those who streamed when the series was on the AOL Channel, I wonder why that got pulled, does anyone know why that didn't continue? Boy, nobody can dash the hopes of a soap fan like PGP/P&G!