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bringing this over from the September thread... Nicole is a character with steadiness *and* dynamism, and one of the leads of the show. Yet her storyline all year has been "the woman whose husband cheated on her". She did have a few scenes this year with Martin and several sister scenes with Dani, but the majority of her scenes have been about her connection/nonconnection to a man. I want something about HER.

Nicole is a character with steadiness *and* dynamism, and one of the leads of the show. Yet her storyline all year has been "the woman whose husband cheated on her". She did have a few scenes this year with Martin and several sister scenes with Dani, but the majority of her scenes have been about her connection/nonconnection to a man. I want something about HER. (I had brought this post over to the October thread, too)

Love that BTG's fictitious HBCU is named after him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker

https://x.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1897001015498727478

GH is preempted for baseball Tues. Sept. 30, Wed. Oct. 1, and Thurs. Oct. 2. (Thurs. Oct 2 was a maybe, depending on results of the first two games.) It's now confirmed from those results: Thurs. Oct. 2 is a definite preemption. Looking forward to more Erika Slezak on Friday October 3rd!

My thoughts... Every time someone anywhere says "but they can't do that" .... Yeah I know the Constitution says they can't. But they don't care. They do it anyways. They want us to cower and submit. I'm still trying to find inner strength and not succumb to the fear they want us to feel. I'm an older person, and my parents were older when I was born. My dad served in World War II -- his older brother served in World War I. My dad served because he didn't want the n@zis to win. He used to talk about surviving the McCarthy era. We had friends from all over the world in many cultures/races/religions in our home because we believed the USA should be about love. My dad was a high ranking military officer who said wanted the military to uplift people, not oppress them. I have to hold onto his memory of surviving two world wars and the McCarthy era, and keeping his sense of humor and continuing to help people all his life.

-- I can't find the quote but Tr*mp declared that there won't be any restraint by the military/police/Guard/whoever anymore... when there are protesters who spit at police or who throw bricks at police cars. Trump said if any protester does that, then the cops/troops have full permission to do get out of their cars and "do whatever you want" to attack the the protesters violently.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/pete-hegseth-war-diversity-efforts-military Hegseth’s address focused on military culture and philosophical doctrine. Decrying “the insane fallacy that diversity is our strength”, Hegseth said he had chosen to fire previous generals because they had been personally invested in progressive ideas about diversity. “It’s nearly impossible to change a culture with the same people helped create or even benefited from that culture,” he said, adding that he expects others to leave. “If the words that you hear today make your heart sink, then you should do the honorable thing and resign.”

‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "Any place where tried & true physical standards were altered, especially since 15 when combat arms standards were changed to ensure females could qualify, must be returned to their original standard. Other standards have been manipulated to hit racial quotas, which is just as unacceptable" Aaron Rupar ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "For too long we've promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons -- based on their race, gender quotas, historic so-called 'firsts'...we've weeded out so-called 'toxic leaders' under guise of double blind psychology assessments. We became the 'woke department.' But not anymore" Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that sh!t." ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement for every combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest male standard only."

Aaron Rupar did video clips and quotes from the horrid meeting at the Pentagon. Posting here just the text of the bsky posts because I don't want to post videos of Trump and Hegseth. And also some bsky comments that replied to what is happening ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement." comment from katie spalding ‪@supermathskid.bsky.social‬ The headline surely is "Hegseth announces war crimes to be encouraged" ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells." comment from Will Stancil ‪@whstancil.bsky.social‬ The headline here is “Hegseth announces changes that will protect domestic abusers in the military.” Even though this is incontestably true, no news organization will use this headline, because telling the truth is deemed impermissible if the truth hurts the right too much Aaron Rupar ‪@atrupar.com‬ Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living." Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ Trump to generals: "Last month, I signed an executive order to provide training for a quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances. This is gonna be a big thing for the people in this room, because it's the enemy from within & we have to handle it before it gets out of control"

Trump and Hegseth just had a meeting at the Pentagon with all the leaders from all the branches of the military -- and commanded the military to declare war on cities. Update from The Guardian live blog on US politics: Trump says 'straightening out' US cities will be 'a major part for some of the people in this room' He criticizes Democrat-led cities like San Francisco, Chicago, New York and LA. “They’re very unsafe places and we’re going to straighten them out one by one.” “And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That’s a war too. It’s a war from within. Trump tells military generals 'we're under invasion from within' “We’re under invasion from within, no different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways, because they don’t wear uniforms,” Trump says. Trump suggets 'dangerous cities' should be used 'as training grounds' for the military and national guard “I told Pete [Hegseth], we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, national guard, but military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon, that’s a big city with an incompetent governor,” the president says.

Illinois Governor Pritzker https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lzytqbqrpc2b

Errol confirmed that GH is preempted Tuesday Sept. 30 , Wednesday Oct. 1; (and possibly Thursday Oct. 2) for the Major League Baseball postseason wildcard series. https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/09/general-hospital-preempted-abc-mlb-wild-card-serieshttps://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/09/general-hospital-preempted-abc-mlb-wild-card-series This is a two-out-of-three series for the two teams. So if one team wins both Tues. and Wed., then no game Thurs. and GH will air Thurs. If each team wins one game on Tues and Wed, then Thursday will be the deciding game and GH is preempted Thurs. Nathan Varni also confirmed the preemption when he retweeted the weekly promo. https://x.com/nathanvarni/status/1972647170441662867

Errol confirmed. GH preempted Tuesday Sept. 30 , Wednesday Oct. 1; and possibly Thursday Oct. 2 https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/09/general-hospital-preempted-abc-mlb-wild-card-serieshttps://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/09/general-hospital-preempted-abc-mlb-wild-card-series This is a two-out-of-three series for the teams involved. So if one team wins both Tues. and Wed., then no game Thurs. and GH will air Thurs. If each team wins one game on Tues and Wed, then Thursday will be the deciding game and GH is preempted Thurs. Nathan Varni also confirmed the preemption when he retweeted the weekly promo. https://x.com/nathanvarni/status/1972647170441662867

Errol confirmed. GH preempted Tuesday Sept. 30 , Wednesday Oct. 1; and possibly Thursday Oct. 2 https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/09/general-hospital-preempted-abc-mlb-wild-card-serieshttps://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2025/09/general-hospital-preempted-abc-mlb-wild-card-series This is a two-out-of-three series for the two teams involved. So if one team wins both Tues. and Wed., then no game Thurs. and GH will air Thurs. If each team wins one game on Tues and Wed, then Thursday will be the deciding game and GH is preempted Thurs.

MVJ thanks Sally Sussman Morina and Sally (ssm1693) replies:

In the above-posted Phideaux Xavier interview, he talks about being aware that viewers have annoyance with limited sets on BTG being used for characters meeting up, and he acknowledges this but says they have limits. He also talks about some of the crew having trained in film instead of TV soaps, so it's a different style of filming that the crew uses.

That is exactly what I've guessed from some of the scenes between Jan and Ashley -- last month or the month before -- that Jan was previously involved with an exciting but dangerous man who nearly destroyed her; and as a result, Jan went overboard in protecting Ashley. Don't know if the man was Joey or someone else, and don't know if the man was Ashley's father or not -- but regardless, Jan's past with him influenced how she raised Ashley.

I've noticed that B&B features Zende (and also previously Paris Buckingham) and other Black recurring and U/5 characters whenever there are fashion show episodes that the show is promoting via promos and worldwide. The *appearance* of diversity. During such times, there are videos and spoiler pics and articles that seem to feature a diverse cast of Forrester employees, models, visiting fashion buyers, and fashion reporters -- most of whom aren't shown again for another year, if ever.

Sept. 2, 2025 interview with Phideaux Xavier Excellent in-depth interview about the BTG directing process and more. Really worth watching. Really great. And fascinating, not boring.

During the 2023 investigation of creepy DAYS co-EP 'he who shall not be named' Alan A-r, many of the cast/crew of DAYS signed a petition for director Sonia Blangiardo-Goins to become the new co-EP, but she wasn't chosen. In 2024, Sonia Blangiardo-Goins went over to BTG as a director. I have no idea what Sonia's production view would be like, but it's interesting that some of the DAYS cast/crew had faith in her.

also, as someone said on another thread Veronica Bard - VB - Victoria Buchanan But I like yours: Victoria Lord-Veronica Bard same number of letters and with symmetry.