DramatistDreamer

These folks just need to go on ahead and drink the Kool-Aid so that the rest of us can salvage what we can and get a fresh start.

Wow, I guess that photo of her with her lawyer that I saw on social media now makes sense!

That is odd. I've been to Cuba and felt perfectly safe. Hope the cause is revealed.

"Trump Chicken" looks far more useful than its namesake, so already I'd rather the inflatable chicken. But what is this?

I just saw pictures of an inflatable chicken that bore a resemblance to Trump online. How did someone get it behind the White House? It does fit in with the state of this presidency though.

Hm, a timeline of events.

Yeah, I realized this as I read an actual news article. The article wasn't clear about which of his three houses was raided either.

@Soaplovers I thought about Grant too and he likely could've worked but it seemed as thought with each visit, the writers made the character looked more dubious. Also, if he and Lisa didn't get together the other many times he visited in the past, though Grant remained single all those years (and Lisa a few of them), I didn't see the writers committing to writing them as endgame. Sadly, the writers didn't care either way about one of their longest running characters and what many consider daytime TV's first vixen.

The FBI just searched Paul Manafort's home. This investigation is being stepped up, Bigly!

I'd thought of that too! Especially since Lisa was really the 'lost Hughes wife' with her tight connection to Penny Hughes and her complicated, yet loyal relationship with Bob and Kim. The one "wrinkle" in that plan is that the last actor to play Don died in '09 (I believe), so they would've had to do a recast. Perhaps if there were another actor to have played Don previously and who was still alive in 2010, you may have still been able to pull it off but the actor who played Don in the 80s when he returned for various family gatherings had a good combative chemistry with Eileen Fulton's Lisa, so a romance between those two would've have been very interesting-- almost on the level of a John and Lucinda. I too think that Lisa, who was the endless romantic of the show, should've been afforded the opportunity to have a romantic ending with another love and a Hughes man would've been perfect.

@Nothin'ButAttitude In those final years, the show messed up many obvious stories they could have written based on the serial's history. Lyla should've been brought back after Brad's death. Who would've understood better than Lyla what it's like to lose your husband while caring for a very young child??? Katie could've have begun to lose herself in her work to numb the pain of loss, then it dawns on her that this must've been exactly what her Mother did for years and Katie begins to understand Lyla in a way that she didn't as a child and starts to lose the resentment she had toward Lyla for the feeling of coming in second to her Mother's career. That would've been an opportunity to repair the damage that was done in the 'butcher-backstory' that was written for Lyla character when adult Katie first returned to Oakdale. That was such an obvious story but I guess that would've required too much effort on the part of the writing team.

WAPO also wrote about this 'Nicole Mincey' (well, mentioned anyway). By the way, I can spot those fake 'Black conservative' Twitter accounts a mile away! The curious case of ‘Nicole Mincey,’ the Trump fan who may actually be a Russian bot

The Trump trolls who insist that Trump is good for the stock market, this one is for you.

The North Koreans know that Trump has ZERO discipline and are trying to bait him into conflict.

@Nothin'ButAttitude LOL, I was one of those folks who suggested Hunt Block play Rick Ryan, then the smarmy attitude would've worked but ATWT wasn't about making much sense by then! Lots of people couldn't have cared less about the Janet and Dusty pairing. Lots of people were "meh" about Katie and Chris as well. I know some (the few who still watched) were indifferent about the fact that Lily and Holden were likely to remain apart, either because they'd felt the pairing had ultimately run its course or because they didn't see much chemistry between Noelle Beck and Jon Hensley. This is probably why the show felt so compelled to bring back John Dixon for a limited run to reunite with Lucinda, because at least they were a pairing that people had felt strongly about at one time.

I can see why Obama felt the need to speak out about the Kenyan election. People (if not the politicians) may actually listen. In any case, his voice does carry some weight. Obama Weighs In on Kenyan Election, Urging Calm

In the show's last decade or so, ATWT seemed overly fond of making many of their characters as sleazy as can be. Craig and Larry are but two examples of how the show seemed to relish tearing down any narratives that previous regimes had thoughtfully created, only to replace it with poorly constructed characterizations that made little sense in the context of the show's history. IA about Allison and Casey, didn't care for them or about them. Unfortunately they weren't the only ones, I could probably say the same for most of the couples that were created in the show's last year and a half.

Interesting scenes right now in South Africa as a secret ballot (but raucous proceedings) by MPs takes place in regards to whether to oust Jacob Zuma.

And who says the U.S. is losing prominence in its ability to influence other countries and their culture(s). As Kenya’s Vote Nears, Fear That ‘Fake News’ May Fuel Real Bloodshed I distinctly remember when candidate Obama urged an end to the bloodshed in Kenya during their 2007-2008 elections. He was so upset with how badly the candidates and their supporters had conducted themselves that when newly elected, he opted to make his first African trip as President to Ghana, not Kenya, which the Kenyans were embarrassed and upset about but afterwards Kenyatta, who ended up being elected as well as his challenger Odinga vowed peace and a better way to resolve differences and for awhile it seemed as if the Kenyan electorate had reformed their ways and the next election was a lot more peaceful, with fewer incidents as everyone aspired to be more like Obama. Now I see they are again modeling themselves on what the U.S. has done during its elections season but for all the wrong reasons. In 2012, it was the Obama effect with higher standards and aspirations. Now its the Trump effect, opting for the lowest common denominator, fake news included.

Wasn't this guy a big Trump supporter?

You're not even supposed to touch cancer meds with bare hands unless you're the patient. I'm dubious, to say the least. Apparently the tests are unable to discern whether this was a one-time violation or done repeatedly. Also, despite the ITF's insistence that they were eliminating the silent ban, this whole process has been ongoing since April, the tribunal happened last month all behind closed doors.

Apparently, what she used is a known "masking agent", which is also prohibited. Decision in the case of Sara Errani Read more at http://www.itftennis.com/news/267585.aspx?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral#1uuwi9bOhg4FzCmC.99