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At last! Something "both sides" can agree on, lol!

I don't even recognize her from before!

You are a total savage, @DRW50, and I love you for it.

I definitely agree with Obama that that is what we should be doing. First, though, let's get Trump's speechwriter a freaking map of Ohio.

Well, authorities in Dayton are saying there is no evidence that the shooting there was motivated by racial bias. Yet, the majority of the deceased were minorities. So, I guess you could say the fact that he killed mostly POC was just...what...dumb luck?

Yep, @DRW50 was right: we're never gonna leave the '80's and '90's behind. Because, here we go again with the "Must be the video games they're playing!" b.s.: https://www.vox.com/2019/8/4/20753725/el-paso-dayton-shootings-video-games-gop-mccarthy

You know, when people his age start losing their balance like that, it's a pretty good sign that the end is nigh.

If their goal is at least to make POC scared even to leave their homes, then from where I sit (with one eye peeking through the curtains), they're doing a bang-up job.

IKR? Same goes for Glenn Gordon Caron. He might be a brilliant writer, but he's a lousy show runner.

As far as the GOP and the NRA are concerned, these lunatics are killing all the right people.

It amazes me to know 20 million people watched Steve and Betsy's wedding. Were they really that popular?

I'm literally shocked the security officer who saw him with the gun and the kids didn't shoot him on sight.

Perhaps that's the way to beat back Russian attempts to interfere with our elections. Just sic the Beyhive on the hackers. He couldn't stand the heat, so he got the hell out of the kitchen: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/02/trump-rep-ratcliffe-out-of-the-running-to-be-national-intelligence-director-1445150

I shouldn't be laughing about that, but I just can't help myself, lol. Yup!

Same here, DD. You never want to hear news like this about anybody. :(

“It’s a popular show. Michael is loved by our audience,” Kahl said. “Even after these allegations came out, people continued to watch.” Translation: "Michael Weatherly may not be good for women's safety in the workplace -- but he's damn good for CBS!"

Agree.

Ah, yes, the backroom deal. The true grist of the American political system's mill.

I've a feeling, though, that if and when the recession does come, enough people on the right will spin it so that Trump ends up once more looking like the hero/savior to his base.

Frankly, I don't think there's anything wrong with updating a long-running series in order to attract a newer or younger audience. In the '80's, however, soaps' attempts at modernization often came at the expense of older fans' continued loyalty. Either TPTB took for granted that they'd continue watching, or they wanted them to go away and never return. Plus, and maybe it's just me, but I think the shows tried too hard to capture the youths' attention; and if there's one thing that teenagers and young adults hate, it's a poseur. That's how you end up with misguided efforts such as Jay Connors' MTV wet dream posted above. What I'm saying is, there's a way to court 'em without rendering yourself unrecognizable. Look at Y&R throughout most of the '80's. Even with the significant cast turnover at the start of the decade and the push toward new and younger characters, Y&R still felt like Y&R.

Well, I give the soaps props for attempting to appeal to the MTV demographic. And if used to advance story or reveal character, then musical interludes, for lack of a better word, are okay. In that instance, however, the set up was wrong. Were Jay and/or Frannie dancers? Had they danced memorably together before this? Otherwise, why is he fantasizing about dancing with her in a music video? Also, there is a way to choreograph these things w/o making the Solid Gold dancers look butch by comparison. I'm just saying. This was during the Daytona Spring Break storyline, which was still part of the Mary-Ellis Bunim regime, I think. (I can't remember who was head-writing the show at that time, though. Maybe Tom King and Millee Taggart?) That was perhaps the most in(s)ane part. Is he running in place? It would've better just to intercut the music video stuff with more shots of Jay's running on the beach.

Except, I think this country has become even more entrenched in its' racism since 2016, if such a thing were possible. Because Trump's and others' behavior has been normalized by the media, more people today feel bold enough to express their opinions -- no matter how racist, sexist, ageist, anti-LGBTQ or xenophobic those opinions might be. You can't tell me that won't affect how this country votes in 2020. And thanks to the GOP, he'll probably have help again from those same factors, and even more. I'll do my part in keeping him out of office for another four years by voting in 2020, but I really don't hold out much hope for the rest of the country. And I wouldn't put it past the GOP and/or the media to drum up another "crisis" right before this election as well. Something that will suddenly make voting again for Trump (or sitting out) look like a better alternative. They've done it before, and they'll do it again. This. All this. Speaking (again) of future "Tic Tac Dough" reboot host, Chuck Todd: https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/msnbc-chuck-todd-mueller-testimony.php

I don't think Trump's numbers were all that great in 2016 either. However, he had on his side an opponent whom much of the country -- not to mention, much of the media -- felt lukewarm about at best. Now, Trump might not have another opponent who is as polarizing as Hillary Clinton was and continues to be, but whoever ends up running against him better be prepared for his or her own "Server-gate" scandal, which the media will use to poison the waters against them and help Trump snag re-election. Yup.

Yup. And even if his strategy isn't successful the second time around -- meaning, he doesn't win re-election -- it still will be more successful than it ever should be, for anyone. Either way, I'm left unsettled.

Yet, people continue to stand behind this man, because "he doesn't lie." Never underestimate the stupidity of the human race.