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    The Politics Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Vee

    I probably would've voted for Nixon if I was still in NY, but her campaign made a number of mistakes and I am so, so, so tired of the angry white progressive journos whining and gnashing their teeth on Twitter every time their guy/girl loses and making it an all or nothing proposition.

     

    Yes, Cuomo sucks.

    Yes, I would've voted for Nixon.

    Yes, she made major mistakes.

    And yes, the will of the actual public has to be acknowledged and not condescended to or blamed. You don't get to blame Democratic voters for actually coming out and voting Democratic.

     

    Meanwhile:

     

     

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    "Designing Women" reboot in the works

    in Primetime

    Posted · Edited by Vee

    ABC picks up Bloodworth-Thomason's 'sequel':

     

     

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    Hollywood Sexual Harrasment/Assault Thread

    in Music & Movies

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    This is a jawdropper from the above:

     

    What these directors didn’t learn until nearly two weeks later, according to a CBS director and people close to the board, is that one of Mr. Moonves’s accusers was threatening to go public with her claims. Instead of reporting the situation, Mr. Moonves was in the process of trying to find the woman a job at CBS in order to gain her continued silence.

     

    When the board learned about this, even Mr. Moonves’s staunchest backers were stunned. Their belief in his credibility was shattered given his previous denials of anything untoward, these people said.

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    Hollywood Sexual Harrasment/Assault Thread

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    Hollywood Sexual Harrasment/Assault Thread

    in Music & Movies

    Posted · Edited by Vee

    I was just wondering how and why Linda Bloodworth-Thomason fell off so hard when she came up here not long ago. Now we know, and I should've known.

     

    But it's the same story with women like Janet Jackson, like Annabella Sciorra as a rising movie star in the '90s. We know now what happened to them. These men happened to them.

     

    4 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

    in Huey Lewis' case this must have been around the time he was in Duets - he could have had a hit for CBS

     

    That one was especially crazy.

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    The Politics Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Vee

    I don't think this is in any way some sort of double swerve to try to help the GOP - with the exception of Politico and some of the folks at the NYT, I don't think the media is interested in that so much as they get completely blinkered by Beltway thinking (which invariably leads to conservative sympathizing) and the horse race and treat things like a big game. Some journalists know it isn't. Some never will.

     

    And I do think most of the media want the GOP out of control of the House if only to stopgap Trump - I think most major media personalities do believe the GOP is corrupt and out of control and need to be handicapped this year. That doesn't mean they'll ever stop criticizing Democrats first once it's done. Like what we now see at Facebook, it is about the press' constant fear of 'liberal bias' and a generational slant towards not only conservative thought, but more importantly overcorrecting and reporting the conservative viewpoint to prove they are not 'too liberal.' What they've never understood is the GOP will never stop calling them liberal.

     

    I think the article is an accurate summation of the GOP's fears. Do I think they will lose the Senate? Probably not. But it is in play and I hope we can make it very close. 

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    Twin Peaks

    in CBS | Paramount+ | Showtime

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    A recent quote from TP producer Sabrina Sutherland, who is very close to Lynch:

     

    Q: Personally, would you feel satisfied if The Return was the last glimpse we get into the world of Twin Peaks?



    Sabrina: I definitely feel that it ended well. It has room for interpretation, and there’s more story, for me. So I like how it ended up, but I would absolutely love to have another season. Absolutely. But if it ends here, I’m totally satiated and feel like it was an experience, and a one-of-a-kind experience that’s so unique you can’t put your finger on it. And I think years from now, if there isn’t anything more, you can still go back to this and say, “wow, that’s a pretty incredible series”.

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    The Politics Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Vee

    We knew the latter paragraph here long ago, but seeing it in print from Woodward's book, backed up by witnesses, still makes my blood run cold.

     

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    A senior White House official who spoke contemporaneously with participants in the meeting recorded this summary: “The president proceeded to lecture and insult the entire group about how they didn’t know anything when it came to defense or national security. It seems clear that many of the president’s senior advisers, especially those in the national security realm, are extremely concerned with his erratic nature, his relative ignorance, his inability to learn, as well as what they consider his dangerous views.”

     

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    All the air seemed to have come out of Tillerson. He could not abide Trump’s attack on the generals. The president was speaking as if the U.S. military was a mercenary force for hire. If a country wouldn’t pay us to be there, then we didn’t want to be there. As if there were no American interests in forging and keeping a peaceful world order, as if the American organizing principle was money. 

    “Are you okay?” Cohn asked him. 

    “He’s a fúcking moron,” Tillerson said so everyone heard.

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