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re david’s funeral: any thoughts re kim’s hair? not her best look

I didn't see this up, so here's the very in-depth WSJ story on the prisoner swap. one thing caught my eye. evan’s mother was the driving force, so there was a lot about her. but, it was also, “her husband, mikhail,” never “evan’s father.” so much so that i checked to see if mikhail was evan’s stepfather. but mikhail is indeed evan’s father. very strange.

well… sure, it galvinizes his base and if they were the only ones listening. but what he doesn’t seem to realize is that people who are on the fence are listening too. same with ‘never have to vote again’ . upthread, someone asked why is his campaign signing off on his bullshit — and who — inquiring minds want to know. i’ve had a hard time watching her since that 2016 60 minutes piece where she badgered valerie jarrett. https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/05/please-enough-schmooziness-theory-presidential-power/

for the record, that’s new york magazine, not the new yorker. here’s the new yorker’s current cover: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine re trump’s ‘won’t have to vote’ comment: there’s was a time when something like that would have been met with a 40-point headline and editorials from major publications expressing outrage. instead: To the Editor: “Trump Tells Christians, Vote ‘Just This Time’” (news article, July 29) contained critical information about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our democracy. Mr. Trump’s quoted statement was an admission that his plan is to subvert the democratic process and lead our country into authoritarianism: “Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore, you know what? Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.” The reporting was clear, concise and easy for any reader to understand. Unfortunately, this article was buried on Page A15 of your newspaper. Can I ask, What is more important for a free press to publish on the front page than this direct and clear attack on our democracy by one of our two presidential candidates? Robin Perls-Shultis Shokan, N.Y.

from the ny times: deeply disturbing how little importance the new paper of record, at least east of the mississipi, attached to this existential threat to the american way of life. To the Editor: “Trump Tells Christians, Vote ‘Just This Time’” (news article, July 29) contained critical information about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our democracy. Mr. Trump’s quoted statement was an admission that his plan is to subvert the democratic process and lead our country into authoritarianism: “Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore, you know what? Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.” The reporting was clear, concise and easy for any reader to understand. Unfortunately, this article was buried on Page A15 of your newspaper. Can I ask, What is more important for a free press to publish on the front page than this direct and clear attack on our democracy by one of our two presidential candidates? Robin Perls-Shultis Shokan, N.Y.

re trump’s “won’t need to vote again…” i had dinner with friends last night who pointed out that there wa a time when a. comment like that would have been met with 40-point headlines and editorials in major newspapers expressing outrage. but the news cycle is so crowded, it’s loss in the shuffle. but, you gotta love this from lindsey graham. lindsey graham huff post

some thoughts on the vp derby: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/us/politics/kamala-harris-vice-president-attorney-general.html?smid=url-share

setting aside the delay, the whole thing just has an odd, hokey vibe to it. even if the obamas were in different locations, there was more than enough time to record a proper endorsement. here’s the ny times take: ”Somehow, the Biden-turned-Harris campaign managed to make former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, once America’s coolest political couple, sound like parents in a Lifetime movie calling their child at summer camp.” wonder if there’s some subtext that will eventually emerge.

exactly! why waste money in a state you know you can’t win. but, as i said, new hampshire is a swing state next to a blue state. so in a presidential election year, we here in eastern massachusetts are barraged with political ads, both for the primary and general election. can’t wait for what’s coming:)

agreed. however, this isn’t just about gender. i live in massachusetts — a very blue state — but new hampshire, a swing state, is in the boston media market. and in 2016 hillary’s ads were nothing more than how catastrophic trump would be — nothing about what she would do as president — just that she wasn’t him. and her campaign carpet-bombed the media with those ads — sometimes 6 in an hour — so much so that for some undecided voters they may well have been counter-productive and they either voted for trump, or not at all. assuming this was the case in other swing states — this strategy may well have played a significant role in her defeat

yes, we do! kamala has really learned from hillary’s missteps in 2016: this ad is such a striking contrast to hillary’s in 2016, which focused only the threat trump presented — absolutely nothing about why to vote for her

yes — and i hope that along with the bidens understandable frustration, anger, and disappointment, there’s also some sense of relief.

Was that when Corday declared war on SOW because they named the Gina and Submarine sex stuff as Worst Story of 1999 and was mad SOW kept pointing out the plummeting ratings? don’t remember the details — it’s been a while:) — but certainly could be.

iirc, it was ken corday @ days…

free ny times link: renauld white obit

as the world turns: jessica and duncan 1992

i’m confused. please explain.

free link. not mentioned, one of my favorite roles: the father in ‘dirty sexy money.’ donald sutherland’s ny times obit

re tony lo bianco: according to his imdb page, his first tv roles in the early 1970s were on ‘love of life; and ‘the doctors.’ thought i remembered him as rose d’angelo’s father. on ‘world turns; turns out that was tony musante:)

some interesting soap connections in that episode: the physician who performed the abortions was played by judson laire, who was on both love is a many splendored thing and as the world turns; kathleen widdoes (another world and ‘world turns) played the young woman who had the abortion; augusta dabney (too many soaps to list) was also in the cast. also remember that episode being featured in a mad men episode.

not surprised that james mitchell would refuse to play a homophobic bigot. i wasn’t a regular viewer at the time, but, according to soap central, it was palmer and opal who took kevin sheffield in and helped him deal with his parents, who were not taking the news well. what i do remember is a powerful scene in which palmer confronted kevin’s mother, judith, in public place — country club, restaurant. always thought how satisfying it must have been for james mitchell play that scene. while mitchell may have been in the closet, according to both arthur laurents’s and farley granger’s memoirs, he was extremely popular back in the day.

years ago, i was digging through the p&g holdings at the wisconsin historical society, and have a vague recollection that on atwt, margo was originally called julie.

i think ‘who you calling flighty’ is what they called a colloquialism.

this is such a huge issue for soap writers. years back, i had a friend who wanted to break into soaps. she could spin two years of story without taking a breath, but couldn’t write believable dialogue if someone were holding a loaded pistol to her head. so, she never got anywhere despite the fact that she may well have made a great headwriter. conversely, i had a conversation with the late gene palumbo, who told me that while he had not been a great script writer, having done it made him a better breakdown writer (and ultimately, headwriter) because he knew what scriptwriters needed in a breakdown. as toups pointed out, there are different skillsets involved. of course, that while like football head coaches, headwriters capture the media’s attention, the fact that a great script writer doesn’t have the capacity to shape longterm stories, should in anyway diminish their success.

that was the vibe i got, as well.