DramatistDreamer

Punishment (if you can call it that) has already been handed down.

Also Gael Monfils' birthday. Baby girl will be doing handsprings and back-flips when Serena will be trying to get her to focus on hitting tennis balls!

She's made multiple excuses, saying that things must be done in a methodical way and you can't force change too fast. When people are being burned out of their homes, really?? Another essential issue that might not get notice is that the skirmishes are also land grabs. The Rohingya are not only Muslim but many tend to be merchants who had thriving businesses as well as the land that the businesses occupy. To push them out, also means their property suddenly becomes available. Nevermind the fact that these people have lived on the land for at least a century, down generations yet are not considered citizens. It's shameful. When I first read about this 2-3 years ago, I thought it was barbaric and could only happen in a country where a military dictatorship had been in charge for a long time. Sadly, after this election and the aftermath of what has happened in the U.S., I am forced to think that it is no longer inconceivable for something similar to happen here.

And it's been going on for years now while Nobel Peace Prize winnter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has kept silent about it. The Rohingya have basically been stateless for the past few years now. I'd always thought of Buddhism as a peaceful religion so I was shocked by the images of monks violently forcing groups of vulnerable people out of their homes.

Totally Off Subject, but The Conversation with Gene Hackman is a great movie, I saw it a few years ago. Wow, a daytime promo during primetime! And I bet it was treated as a welcome sight rather than be regarded as an aberration, as it no doubt would be regarded as these days.

ITA and it just plain looks weird and exaggerated on her face. While some may blame Obama for Trump (a ridiculous assertion IMO), this writer makes a case for blaming the 1990s. The 1990s Gave Us the Trump Teens

Interesting video on lessons learned from previous hurricanes and lessons that have not been learned and how this has impacted Harvey's preparedness and contingency planning.

Republicans are going after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but a few GOP Senators are wary of possible public blow back from the public if the agency is dismantled. Republicans Want to Sideline This Regulator. But It May Be Too Popular. That seems so severe to me, especially when someone has no perceivable reason to do it. At least it seems safer than it looks, so in the case of people who may need facial reconstruction, that's a good thing, right?

You noticed those implants too? I have a couple of old magazine covers with JPS and her cheekbones didn't look nearly as prominent as they have these last few years.

Mixed messages from Sarah 'forked tongue' Huckabee Sanders, who claims that the administration is not ending DACA. 2030??! Good Lord, why so long in coming? If we all get nuked, none of us may be around to see that!

In less than a year, America's become a huge disappointment to me. Donald Trump may scrap plans to put black abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

Trump's America, ladies and gentleman, where nothing is considered beyond the pale and the racists and white supremacists revel in their newfound freedoms/protections bestowed directly from the top.

The U.K. probably wants to avoid having an electorate as ill-informed as the U.S. Sky stops broadcasting rightwing US channel Fox News in UK

Regressive in every way. Wonder how the women who voted for Trump feel about themselves now?

You're right, that is a concern and a big one. The one saving grace so far is that many of those Antifa twits seem to be too cowardly to venture into spaces where there are very large numbers of black and brown people. Like, you're not going to see any in Harlem, NY or Newark, New Jersey. What would a crisis in America be without greedy corporations trying to capitalize from the misery of others? This time- price gouging.

So, I have to admit that I've paid little to no attention to these Antifa folks. I guess my reason being that they have mostly come off as a small, but vocal cluster of unhinged nutjobs. Am I wrong to be paying so little attention? I guess when I see them occupying the halls of government, shaping our laws or public policy like the Klan or the white supremacists, I'd likely pay more attention.

For all the moaning about the WTA, the Protected Ranking loophole that Tursunov was able to exploit would never happen in the WTA as they cap the number of events that a player can use it for. At U.S. Open, Tursunov, as Usual, Finds Wealth if Not Success

ICYMI, Trump signed an executive order to eliminate Obama's flood protection standards...DAYS before hurricane HARVEY! Donald Trump scrapped Barack Obama's flood protection standards days before Hurricane Harvey

When it comes to making a fool of himself, Trump continues to up the ante.

In yet another instance of Trump wanting to undue anything that Obama has done, Trump is now going to lift the ban on military gear going to local police departments. Trump to lift military gear ban for local police

Apparently, Liberty University A.K.A. The Falwells own a South Beach hostel that is referred to as a flophouse and a "cesspool of vice". My Weekend at the Falwells’ South Beach Flophouse An interesting article about how the number of Ukrainian refugees has increased this year, thanks to a decades long (some might say outdated) migration program instituted during Soviet times. I see no problem with people who want to migrate for a better life but even most of the people interviewed admit that their lives are not in danger, rather they are mostly migrating for reasons of economic instability in the Ukraine. There are some whose lives are in jeopardy but they live near/on the Russian border and many of those people have already fled. Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge Also, Ukrainian migrants have a far shorter wait then say Yazidis trying to get out of Syria. The Yazidis have faced rape and torture and usually have to spend at minimum two years in refugee camps being thoroughly investigated, examined and fingerprinted/biometrics. Ukrainians who migrate often get permission within a year.

Earl Mitchell was more than Lisa's bf, he was her husband, LOL. I've got to see if I can read Farley Granger's autobiography because maybe there's more information in there but I don't see anything written about them being related. Farley's Wikipedia page does mention there being some confusion with a British actor with the same last name. Also, Farley Granger and Robert Calhoun were partners. Farley's wiki page sounds like bragging though as he mentioned the torrid affairs he had with both men and women (apparently sometimes in the same night- whoa!). I've gotta read that autobiography! Has anybody read it?

Anyone familiar with a writer named Percy Granger? I was watching an episode from the 1980s and in the closing credits decided to 'zero in' on the writing staff under Marland and my eye caught the name Percy Granger (my eyes usually see Meredith Post and then daze over because the names tend to go by quickly, at some point). Out of the blue, I decided to Google the name Percy Granger and came up with this fascinating obituary (a bit morbid, I know). They do mention his writing for As The World Turns and Loving waaaay at the bottom but one of his plays Scherazade was a sartire that took place behind the scenes of a soap opera and how soap opera can mirror life. I think I may try to see if I can find a copy to borrow through the library system. Percy Granger, 51, Author of Satirical Plays I wonder whether he might have written the episode that I just watched which contained a few zany scenes.