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I have a hard time thinking Ron would go silent on this unless he either didn't know, is getting canned bc he's too expensive, or both. The last time I remember him going dark was when GH cut him loose.

Yeah, and I just can't see them bothering. Toss them, yes, but wipe them systematically - I can't see them giving a shīt.

I don't even know who these people are tbh. I've literally never heard of it before, it is not that influential in media outside some deep corners of lower Manhattan. I've heard of Red Scare, but not these people. It is interesting that this mess involves Peter Vack formerly of ATWT and Rockstar Games' Bully though, who I last saw performing hardcore porn in an indie a few years ago.

As expected, Sean Kanan (A.J., GH) will reprise his Karate Kid III character in the next season of Cobra Kai on Netflix.

The progressive discourse is largely against them on this one, though. People are very happy about the bill, so that leaves McKay, Sirota, etc. struggling to gnatfuck over the parliamentarian (which, if it had been overruled, would've lost us Manchin's vote and probably others). Oh well.

I'll just say I have a hard time believing P&G went out of their way to wipe everything. This isn't the '60s or the '70s, and the needs and time expenditure are different. Someone has an archive somewhere, and whatever the actual company doesn't have left there's always more among random affiliates, private collectors, performers, personnel, etc. I just can't buy that in this day and age. Not because I think they care about the soaps - they don't - but it just seems like there's too many ways in this day and age that this stuff could slip through the cracks and survive.

Tragic.

On a side note, given my now-ending bout with COVID over the last 9 days I am banking a lot of stuff about Knots Season 5. I doubt I'll do full write-ups on each of the episodes I've watched, but I'll try to sort of blend them together to save space. Or maybe I'll do something more staggered. We'll see.

Adam McKay and David S*rota are, predictably, not happy with the Inflation Reduction Act even though virtually every other major climate activist is. They are getting ratioed overnight and a lot of blowback and mockery from people who might normally support them. Josh Marshall has taken him to task repeatedly, leaving McKay retreating to 'well I just have a lot of questions':

It's done:

Sanders being obstructive won't be the story. But it is an annoying distraction.

And all were gone not long after Moonves became fully ascendant at CBS. (Though I'm not counting The Nanny.) Yes, Moonves was looking for success. He also had a clear focus on undoing a female-centric image at the network. i'm not going to rehash the entire discussion many of us had about CBS history while I'm recovering from COVID, lol. You can look it up yourself in that thread. It's not hard to search those names in there.

She was clearly drunk as hell. She's been deeply unwell for years, but I was hoping it had settled into casual eccentricity in recent times.

Oh, I think it's awful and sad, but it's also her own mistake and her own disease. That doesn't mean I want her burned alive lol. That's as far as I take it. She can live and pay the consequences of her actions.

The wind is in our sails recently with a series of excellent bills passing all at once at practically the last possible moment, including the new "Inflation Reduction Act" (which really doesn't have much to do with inflation) that's on the verge of passing which will include major climate action. The issue for the midterms will be the difficult uphill push of keeping control of not just the Senate that you mention here (I think it's likely we will keep hold of the Senate), but more crucially the House of Representatives, the other legislative body of our government. Traditionally, the party in power almost always loses seats and often control of either one of both arms of government in an American midterm election due to voter discontent or malaise, poor decisions, voter apathy about midterms vs. general presidential elections, whatever. It's fairly rare to retain control of both in a midterm. And the Democrats have had a very, very rough year which has left many unhappy. We're on a hot streak these last few weeks unexpectedly bc of these new bills, and because the public is increasingly galvanized to action and outrage by the Republican Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade and abortion rights. This may all help us, and so might the very good new jobs report today which confirms we are not in a recession. But keeping control of both the Senate and the House will still be an uphill battle, especially with election-rigging gerrymandering and corruption by Republicans in many states. I think it is possible to hold our majority, but I am not counting on it and I think it will be a hard fight. We have a better chance now than we did a few weeks ago, that's for sure.

Anne Heche is apparently expected to survive, but there's some gruesome shots of her on the gurney clearly badly burned. It's not exactly been a secret that she's still eccentric on a good day - dating the equally bizarre Thomas Jane - but I hoped she was clean and sober. I hope she gets well and heals quickly.

I'll believe it when I see it. I highly doubt that. I think he's guessing.