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Any nice guy Ron writes is deep down a stick in the mud or a controlling creep. That is the nature of how he writes most men on his shows these days - staid controlling throwbacks or wild renegades/murderers/rapists, etc. There's rarely little in between. Didn't used to be how he wrote but it is now. So nah, I'm okay with Tripp.

Unbelievable that we should have to say this, but no, the Russians are not capable of dropping the ISS on anyone deliberately. Please stop taking your news from clickbait mills like the Hill. Also, before it gets posted, the "Ghost of Kiev" does not exist. (It's okay to not be fully briefed on a specific piece of news or part of the world. If you don't know something for sure, verify it or ask other people, or leave it to them. I am no expert on the Russian geopolitical situation, but I can take the time to look into something and do research and then post it or not; it's what we should expect of any of us here.) Meanwhile, it is coming up on dawn in the States on the East Coast and the Russians still do not appear to have taken Kyiv. They also have not taken Kharkiv.

Deception could still be a bigger part of the show than it is. I think I was one of the only fans of bringing Laura into it about 20 years ago, but that time has passed. Until today I had no idea Lucy left the show with Seinfeld's John O'Hurley (Greg Bennett). I know nothing about the character, though I knew Lucy left briefly at that time while Lynn did DAYS (I think). Reminds me of when JFP fobbed Dorian off of OLTL with "Drake Faraday" played by Leigh McCloskey.

It's Tulsi Time!

Spoke too soon on Horizon! Chris McKenna (Joey Buchanan, OLTL), Christopher Sean (Paul Narita, DOOL) and Sterling Sulieman (Dre Woods, AMC) all also have roles in the game. Maybe more soap stars that I'm unaware of thus far, one never knows with games, which have been employing daytime people heavily in recent years both for voice work and physical modeling-performing.

A very good point from the amoral Peter Baker:

Stateside, the impact is interesting: The GOP is blinkered on this topic as a whole, struggling to find a way to condemn a war which is suddenly going badly for Putin and try to detach themselves and Trump from it. Biden's sanctions and response thus far are strong (and Putin acted as he predicted, despite left, right and centrist media poohpoohing it for weeks up til the last few days). And for the first time I'm not sure Putin will be in power in a month. It's an awful thing happening, but the Ukrainian response is something to see. What a time to live in.

Russia Today, a state media arm broadcasting at least in part to the West which a lot of useful idiots on the right and left in this country are part of or sympathize with.

That's what I thought.

Brittany Allen has become a minor star in horror and genre cinema and is doing great work - she is unrecognizable, talent-wise - but she never improved while on AMC, IMO.

Was Taggert and co. the whole run with Joan Collins as Alex, Phillip and Olivia and Richard being euthanized, or am I thinking of Labine? I am not super-educated on GL changeover.

This may or may not be the man either Larry Mollin or Rosin mentioned in interviews as Spelling having a grudge against Shannen for introducing her to, who was allegedly abusive. Several of the Heights people got other Spelling jobs when it went under. Cheryl Pollak [sic] went on to play Susan, Alison's college friend who dated Billy on Melrose Season 3. I liked her and she had a great look, but looking back recently I'm not sure if she was much of an actress. God, I'd forgotten all about Joe. I still can't understand how that went on so long. It seems like an Aaron choice. Vincent Young was hired off a hit series of Pepsi commercials or something, IIRC, and was their nth attempt to clone Dylan. He was not much of an actor, was locked off to Donna's story, and when Dylan returned he was rendered completely superfluous. I seem to remember by the end he was off in some C-plot with Josie Davis or something, but I barely watched any of the last two seasons.

I think it's just historical loyalty, which I can understand to a point. Missy was a lifer and put in a lot of great years. And I'm sure Missy still has many fans in the audience, casual and otherwise, who likely don't know of her stances or behavior. But if it was me, I'd have made a clean break. And tbh glancing at her IG I don't think Missy is really interested in acting or glossing herself up as Jennifer anymore; she seems much more focused on being a grandmother and being with her family. In that position I can say more power to her, even if I find her politics repugnant. But yes, I'd let her go be with her family and make Cady full-time.

^^ This is why I voted to put Kate out to pasture years ago. I like LK and all but there is almost nothing in town Kate has not slept with. If a dude comes to town, dollars to donuts he will be [!@#$%^&*] Grandma Kate! That would be interesting, because the dynamic of a soft/sweet male with a more ambitious or scheming woman is too rarely explored in daytime seriously. And the age difference angle would also be interesting. It's too rarely done.

Carrie-Anne Moss (Models Inc.) is many lightyears from Hooker Hell in her new major role, both onscreen and voice, in the video game Horizon Forbidden West, a series increasingly far too relevant to our times.

Taibbi and co. have been on the wane even in more ardent leftist circles for awhile now, but this may just about kill that. I could swear Taibbi, like Glenn, is now a regular Fox News panelist.