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Switzerland poised to freeze Russian assets, says president. <snip> Russians held nearly CHF10.4 billion ($11.24 billion) in Switzerland in 2020, Swiss National Bank data show. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/switzerland-poised-to-freeze-russian-assets--says-president/47386960 Switzerland announces they will refuse to play their Women's Euros (soccer) opener in Manchester because their teams will NOT face Russia 'until further notice', as pressure grows on FIFA and UEFA https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10560069/Russia-Switzerland-announce-refuse-play-opening-game-Womens-Euros.html You know you've been ostracized when Switzerland is no longer neutral about you. _________________________________________ Update: Swiss government just voted to approve full sanctions on Russia. Switzerland will now block the assets of 363 individuals and four corporate entities. This includes Russian president Valdimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergii Lavrov. Switzerland followed suit with other European countries in closing its airspace to Russian flights. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-imposes-full-eu-sanctions-against-russia/47388280

Russia bombed some Ukrainian cities in the past several hours. (the strikes came from rocket-launchers). Lots of strikes to the city of Kharkiv. I don't have the heart to post the videos here. The shelling is coming from within Belarus.

(quoting the posted blurb from upthread) "As the devastated Abbott family reels from the loss of Keemo, a new mysterious young woman comes to Genoa City to establish ties to the city. Meanwhile Jack and Phyllis find solace in each other’s arms as Phyllis schools Jack on the importance of family." I think some of that is speculation. Phyllis and Jack work on this as friends, at least for now. Maybe they are just giving Phyllis something to do? Maybe there's a romance later, but I just don't see it. But what do I know. SOD says Jack and Phyllis go to L.A. to find out about Keemo's life before he died, and to find out who sent the texts. I suspect that they meet Keemo's daugther Allie in L.A. and she comes to Genoa City later?

Casting of Chance's therapist on the other thread: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/60647-sod/page/2/

YR previews week 2/28 Promo:

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Thanks for posting the comings and goings. I see they give no date for Chandler and Zach. They mention them only because of the mini-promo released during the Olympics. We know the various mini-promos are previewing episodes that each air at a different time from March-June. Hopefully Will and Sonny arrive soon. The Y&R and B&B appearances are all off by one day because of 24 Feb US preemption. Chance's therapist Dr. Huffman, played by Jeremiah Jahi. (the actor formerly known as "Orlando S. Columbus") https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1462915 https://www.instagram.com/jeremiah_jahi/ https://jeremiahjahi.com/ spoiler pic SOD says Chance meets with his therapist for "several episodes". With Griffith writing this, it will likely go nowhere.

#7639? This one?

B&B officially preempted Thurs 24 Feb for CBS live coverage of Biden talking about Ukraine. In some US markets (and maybe in Canada?), a B&B rerun aired instead. What episode was rerun?

BB promo week 28 February

Fyi, scrolling through the twitter feed of Daniel Dale @ddale8 He's known for fact-checking stuff in US government news. Still does that, but recently he has been retweeting factchecks of Ukraine. So if you see something happened in Ukraine, and you're not sure it's true, just scroll through his timeline and you might see something he retweeted for, example: "the explosion video you see here is actually something from Beirut in 2016" He was also debunking fake news from Canada last week.

re: Ukraine and Russia:

By all means keep Rafe away from Nicole! But don't suggest her with Tripp. Tripp is creepy and controlling towards women (with a facade of niceness). I'd rather he simply left the show.

(This aired Wed 23 Feb. )

A lot of stuff has been filmed out of order. Set availability and crew availability are limited due to covid protocols. Also sometimes they have had to reschedule shoots sometimes months later due to cast or crew getting covid. Jason47's estimate would put the coming week's scenes as filmed in late September - but his estimate is an overall average. https://jason47.com/days/productionschedule.html

That pic of Greg Rikaart on the front cover is a generic old pic. LOL the Y&R instagram account used the same pic today to wish GR a happy birthday. https://www.instagram.com/p/CacriRRBCnM/ Inside the mag, GR talks about ....

Lucas Adams DAYS Contract: March 23, 2017 - August 29, 2019. DAYS Recurring: September 4, 2020 - September 9, 2020. DAYS Contract: September 25, 2020 - Present. Kevin Spirtas DAYS Recurring: August 4, 1997 - August 8, 1997. DAYS Contract: March 25, 1998 - May 2, 2003. DAYS Recurring: February 24, 2005 - September 12, 2005. DAYS Recurring: August 28, 2009 - September 3, 2009. Last Blast Reunion Webseries: Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2020. DAYS Recurring: January 21, 2022 - Present. (The Last Blast Reunion Webseries was set in New York City.) Yeah as far as we know, Tripp and Craig have never met. Unless it was during Sept 2019-Aug 2020 when Tripp was offcanvas.

Thank you! I was *sure* that Mariah was the heir and not her husband. The Aztec jewelry/treasure/whatever was passed down through the female line. When I read the sites that said Mariah's husband was named Maximilian, that was the first time I'd heard that, but I figured I must be wrong, LOL. Should have trusted what I remembered.

LOL, yes. (I know, I know). The family still owns property in Texas which Maxie visits occasionally.

Technically Maxie's middle name Maximilliana wasn't just for her great-grandfather. It also reflected Felicia's distant ancestor, the Austrian archduke who ruled as Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico Maximilian's wife Carlotta bore him no children. Maxie's great-great-grandmother Amelia (Felicia's greatgrandmother Amelia) is supposedly descended from the real emperor Maximilian and his fictional(?) mistress who was an Aztec princess. https://www.reddit.com/r/GeneralHospital/comments/k7ouln/felicias_background/ Felicia discusses this with Frisco here - says she's glad she's not descended from the emperor's wife Carlotta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtt0NIafyZo I remember vaguely watching all that live when it aired, but there were no VCRs or internet in those days, so you couldn't go back an rewatch, and I didn't really connect all the details at the time. I remember wondering what all the princess nonsense was about. Didn't really understand until years later when I could read online.