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Ex-Politico and GOP shill Blake Hounshell loses it with James Fallows, and lets the mask slip when he reminds us all that we should be focusing on Republicans 'sharpening their message': Meanwhile:

They slow-rolled them at least in part because it's not Joss, and Spencer/Trina are intended by FV ultimately as a B-couple and sidekicks like what Starr and Cole had on OLTL. We'll see how the new girl works out. I agree SM was also green, but like Chavez she had charisma and spark.

It's very obvious where their priorities are.

War aside, we have personally killed much better men than Putin for much less. The difference between me and Lindsey Graham saying that is I am not a high-ranking government official. But if it ever got traced back to the States (and it likely would) it would be catastrophe and things would tip over.

I'll take my apologies from everyone who said I was being 'too negative' on this point last year on engraved or embossed parchment. Scented optional!

As an admitted outsider to this show I do know they hired Cyrus Nowrasteh to work on the final season, an infamous right wing propagandist who later did the Path to 9/11 right wing hitjob miniseries in the 2000s. Like most right wing dudes in Hollywood, Nowrasteh was clearly an action junkie, trying to turn a glossy old fashioned primetime soap into something atmospheric like Miami Vice. The show was obviously very different and that is very evident in even just the opening credits sequence - I liked the new theme music, but as I am no FC fan I am in the overwhelming minority, and it's obvious they were doing something very tonally jarring with what came before (you can't sell a show with Rod Taylor and Jane Wyman in the credits as Crockett and Tubbs), and infatuated with Gregory Harrison. I doubt any of their audience cared about that and it screams tryhard. I do like the music though, and that opening with the omen of the dead falcon.

Yeah, the RBMK reactor is discussed at length in HBO's excellent Chernobyl miniseries. There is a significant difference.

A thread is that is either wise or soon to be bleakly humorous:

The clip from a few days ago of the propaganda anchor checking his watch and asking 'is Trump back yet?' after reporting on the loss of his Italian villa due to sanctions was hilarious.

A known hack strikes again. Thread:

I don't see much evidence of that in the mainstream polling or mainstream media. This war is reviled, and Twitter spaces for far left cranks are not a reflection of broad public opinion. Those things you mentioned all exist, but they are not gaining larger traction outside of presold demographics (and even some of those, like Fox, are flagging at best).

It's not really playing in the West though, and even Fox knows how badly this war is polling for their audience which is why Carlson had to weakly backtrack.

A fascinating beat I do not remember and have never seen before, from the otherwise wholesome family days of late '93. Laura and Lucky are unpacking hand me down furniture and discover a disco strobe light. Laura's reaction here (timestamped below) is very telling for people who know the history (a strobe was prominent in the infamous rape scene). I wonder if this beat was scripted or if it was Genie's choice.

I mean, she's been kind of nuts since the '70s IMO. Even Mary O'Brien's Heather had wheels within wheels, all but stalking Diana. But I do agree RC made Heather into a total cartoon and less is more at best at this point.

I don't understand how Doug Sheehan's character apparently didn't have a major pairing with anyone ultimately, or so it seems. That guy was hot as hell.

I don't see anything! Oh, there it is. Who is that??

This same shít happened with RC's Teen Jessica's story on OLTL and it's exasperating. I like LG a lot more than a lot of the board. I blame the writing and stories.