DramatistDreamer

Stacey Abrams and LaTosha Brown really did lay the groundwork for these Democratic election victories of the last two years. This was several years in the making. Senator Warnock ran a great campaign. He tried to subtly yet pointedly illustrate the character flaws of his opponent and how that would directly impact Georgia without going fully negative. He really did the best that any human could do. As for the margin of victory, yes, it should have been wider but I think some people greatly underestimate just how huge NFL/NCAA football is in the South and Herschel Walker is a massive part of that legacy, even those who didn’t and refused to vote for him acknowledged that. Heisman Trophy and HOF, that’s like name recognition times 10! Just try to appreciate Warnock’s win for all that it encompasses in the Senate.

The Black Friday deal was too irresistible to me. It just happened to coincide with the World Cup and there are some movies that I want to watch, plus I feel like revisiting the Frasier series.

This is a name that I had totally forgotten about.

Despite their penchant for facilitating access journalists to invade their platforms, the NYTimes, on occasion, does still produce well researched investigative reporting. This article is worth a read. A gift link, courtesy of a random account.

The Climate Thread

Yeah, I tried to watch a few post-Thanksgiving episodes and this is also the sentiment that I got while viewing. You feel as if the elements are there but there is no genuine motion to scenes, there is no movement. Also, just out of curiosity, when’s the last time Y&R did an honest to goodness sequence? Another thing that struck me as odd was how there is now basically one two minute or less scene (a few sentences of dialogue) before the opening. How long has it been this way?

Surprising to no one. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hate-speechs-rise-on-twitter-is-unprecedented-researchers-find/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670014377-1

That’s a great story @JaneAusten, it’s so affirming and a reminder that there are not just politicians in Congress, there are also genuine public servants. My mother is one of Senator Chris Murphy’s constituents. He works hard. His office once helped her with an issue, it was relatively small but but it was time sensitive, vexing and a source of frustration for her. I reached out on her behalf and not long after, his office reached out and worked with her until the issue was resolved. Whenever she sees his name on the ballot, she fills it in! The media doesn’t do this either, which is the larger problem. They are afraid of being seen as fawning over “the libs” but they can easily do this with Congresspeople of all political stripes who are actually doing genuinely good work for their constituents. Sometimes even on the local level, media neglects to cover this. Of course, part of the problem is how little local media outlets there are left (newspapers, independent broadcasters not owned at least in part by media behemoths).

Redaric Williams. Seems like he’s been getting steady gigs since his days on Y&R. Too bad he and Loren Lott were not on the show at the same time. They would have made a pretty couple and probably would’ve had good chemistry too.

Only in America can someone such abominable persons have a platform to spew such vitriol. One of the advantages of no longer having a Twitter account is that I no longer have a timeline and would have completely been able to avoid these types of tweets. Also I I at least know that my creative output (I.e. tweets) won’t be in service of a platform that would allow the likes of “Ye” and Trump back on. So I just saw on BBC that Elon suspended “Ye”? Elon’s governance of the platform has been helter skelter. Why bring him back to the platform in the first place?? A mess.

It’s good to know that Rep. Underwood is being recognized for how effective she has been in terms of doing her job, unlike those who are always on camera yet never seem to get any legislation passed.

Tennis will always gear up for a new level of craziness during the off-season. Marty Fish and Bob Bryan are being fined for promoting gambling. They also happen to be the U.S. Davis Cup coaches. What a bad look, for so many reasons. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/us-tennis-coaches-fish-bryan-fined-for-promoting-gambling/ar-AA14H8lQ

I guess someone is going to get taken to the cleaners in divorce court.

That was like National Geographic, caught in the wild type video, with shutters clicking.🤣 Yeah, I saw chatter about him but I mean previous to this, I never knew. I guess I never had reason to know, lol. Now people are claiming that the two have been separated, how people know all of this, I have no idea.

LMAO

TJ Holmes’ spouse is a lawyer and from all accounts, not someone to mess with. I had no idea who Robach is/was married to but either Holmes and Robach were deliberately being indiscreet or they’re morons.

The final two candidates in the general election were so bad. The people of Pennsylvania truly need to make better choices for their elected officials. I guess much of the same can be said for a large portion of the country.

The word “iconic” gets thrown around way too often but McVie had a voice that was distinctive and memorable, truly iconic and that’s saying something when it’s a band in which Stevie Nicks is a part of.

What’s this about TJ Holmes and Amy Robach embroiled in some cheating scandal? I haven’t watched GMA ages so the last time I watched Holmes was probably still on CNN shamelessly trying to flirt with Isha Sesay and Amy Robach was still on The Today Show.

Walker’s word vomit is reminiscent of Trump’s during his campaign in 2015-2016. The crazymakers intent on chaos will vote for the likes of Walker and Trump regardless of what idiocy spews from their mouths. Hopefully enough Georgians will not want to see the embarrassment that is Hershel Walker representing them and will vote to re-elect Senator Warnock.

And right with them are far-left wing who are complaining, without actually knowing what proposals are being discussed, that Congressional leaders will concoct an agreement that will undermine the railroad workers and side with the heads of the industry. Each far flank unhelpful in their own way. Jiang was the leader during the crackdowns on the protesters in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese government will probably put up wall to wall coverage to try to draw focus away from the protests against strict COVID-19 lockdowns but this may serve as a reminder of another time when intense restrictions were in place—at least to those who can remember 1989, as many younger generations of Chinese have been blocked by censorship from reading about that era.

🤑 Money is the reason why transatlantic slavery existed in the first place. It has been socially acceptable for people of means to exploit others and slavery has become an accepted part of the world economy and how corporations and institutions and even governments have done business over centuries, that’s why companies continued to work with “Ye” even after he said such a disgusting thing as that “slavery was a choice”. It is deemed an acceptable part of the narrative for countries and commerce, with little to no remorse for the suffering it caused and continues to cause. Tragically, exploitation equals money for people of means, governments, corporations, universities and even some churches were built from exploiting people. Kanye obviously is not at the bottom rung of society like the typically exploited but with his lack of normal mental capacity, he is exploitable. Social media is rife with grumbling from right-wing trolls who crave chaos and don’t want McConnell or McCarthy to work toward a solution to avert the looming railroad strike.