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Wait, Bill O'Reilly blamed God for his being a sexual predator? Really? God: "Bill, my son, thou MUST have SEVERAL seats."

Remember the Black woman who came for Jeffrey Dahmer in the courtroom? If not for the bailiff and others restraining her, she would have given that sick mofo the beat-down of his wretched life. My point being: if it ever did come to blows between Trump and Mother Waters, I've a feeling that Mother Waters could more than hold her own. Authorities are told that a Caucasian male resident has threatened to kill and all they can do is shrug. However, let these same authorities get wind of some "suspicious-looking" African-American teenagers hanging out in front of a convenience store, and before you can say "probable cause," they're there, at the scene, armed to the teeth with weapons and protective gear, with helicopters flying above, and SWAT team members, agents from the ATF, CIA, FBI, and NSA, and even troops from the local National Guard, all standing by. THAT is the America we live in. Yep. He and Bob Corker want to pretend that this is not the Republican Party they know. However, the truth is that this IS the Republican Party they know. They just did a better job of hiding the fact.

Not quite like someone throwing a pie in Anita Bryant's face, but still satisfying in its own way. Flake: "This spell will pass, but not by next year." Me: I'm not so sure "this spell" will pass at all.

As we speak, they're rummaging around the Internet, looking for something with which to discredit her. Sooner or later, one of those two chuckleheads will say, "Yo' mamma!"; and that's when it'll get ugly.

I'm always amazed by her performance in this episode. To me, it's almost eerie how she channels Carol Burnett's take on Eunice.

Just the other day, I was thinking about how scribes like Bill Bell and Agnes Nixon had certain pet themes that they would take with them from show to show. Bell, for instance, seemed drawn to sibling rivalries, as they were a significant part of his stories on DAYS, Y&R and B&B. And Nixon REALLY loved writing about girls from the proverbial wrong side of the tracks, who grew up without fathers and craved the "good life."

True. However, the fact that it's happening within this particular industry hits me hard, because it's the one industry I've always wanted to be a part of.

Poor Jan. Always the bridesmaid.

I actually had to look up Toback on IMDB. I'm sick with grief over just how pervasive this sort of behavior is within the film and TV industry. Meanwhile, does anyone else think someone working at one of the soaps or the networks will be outed as a serial sexual predator? Because, I'm getting the feeling that one of the PTB will be "named and shamed" sooner rather than later.

UO: Relying on total abstinence to prevent pregnancies -- not to mention, many diseases -- is not necessarily a bad idea. But it's unrealistic to believe men and women will abstain (or practice the "rhythm method"). Which is why we NEED unrestricted access to contraceptives, as well as sex-ed programs that educate our youth about the risks of unprotected sex. Doesn't seem to be taking up TOO much of his time, though, since every time I see a photo of Putin, he's half-naked and riding some form of livestock.

What is your opinion, then, of Howard McGillin, who succeeded Hauser and was the last actor to portray Greg, I think (save for returns by Jim Houghton and Hauser)?

Years later, when Kerwin joined the cast of OLTL, an interviewer asked him to speak about his Y&R stint. IIRC, Kerwin declined, saying only that he didn't enjoy the role or working on the show. IIRC, too, one of the many grievances that JLB had against TPTB was that the actors' dressing room was large, drab, and drafty as [!@#$%^&*].

Something new to distract the masses from his many, many, MANY failures: Shiny. I'm sure many are salivating at the thought of the JFK assassination files containing some sort of bombshell. ("Oswald didn't act alone! LBJ/The CIA/The Mafia was in on it! BENGHAZI!!" Oops, wrong conspiracy.) I think it'll end up being another Geraldo Rivera at Al Capone's secret vault.

I didn't know that, DD, but once again, I'm not surprised.

Wow, that is just so...random. I wonder whether the scene in question (between Erica and Hugo Napier's Mike) has any significance for ST2.

Oh, man. I knew about what had happened in Toronto, but not in Cleveland. That's...exasperating. I mean, the movement has, at its core, the right intentions. However, leave it to those few, bad apples who want to spoil the rest of the proverbial bunch. Don't these people realize that actions like those (violating permit laws, blocking roads, etc.) only play into the mindset of the "All Lives Matter" crowd, as well as all those right-wingers like Sean Hannity who'd love nothing more than to defuse the entire movement? Except, this time, I think they could go through with quarantining. It'd HAVE to be up to Supreme Court once again to put a stop to it.

If it ain't about Obamuslim or Crooked Hillary, they don't give a [!@#$%^&*].

The first time I made THAT observation was when I was still in high school and noticed how cliquish the white girls were in comparison to everyone else. Now, the Black girls (and other girls) kept to themselves as well -- and I'm not saying they were incapable of talking smack behind each other's backs. But the TRUE "mean girls," the ones who set out to make the other groups' lives miserable, were all white.

What were the other parts? (If you don't mind my asking? I'm just being curious.)

It wouldn't surprise me to know that HW was challenging his termination. He doesn't strike me as the type to leave quietly, if you know what I mean. (Which is why I KNOW there'll be a book and "exclusive, one-on-one interview" down the road. Because, if he's going down? He's gonna take a whole bunch of people with him. Count on it.) But I hope his efforts to reverse his firing prove fruitless, and that he's forced to pay through his pug-ass nose. He deserves nothing less. Apparently so, lol. But seriously. People who knew about HW's predilections but said nothing out of fears of legal reprimands never realized that NDAs are non-binding if they're being used to hide unlawful acts. IOW, Harvey, you could make me sign all the NDAs you want, but if I'm inclined to blab about all the times you sexually harassed and molested women without their consent, I'm blabbing. Oh, they're coming, lol. Harvey, I feel, is just the tip of this proverbial iceberg. I mean, we've already seen collateral damage in the form of the dude (whose name escapes me) who was running Amazon Studios. He was shown the door after a producer on "The Man in the High Castle" came forward with her story about how he harassed her at Comic-Con. I think there are more on the way.

Agreed. The election was an eye-opener, not just for WOC (who realized that white women will NEVER have their backs), but for progressively minded white women as well. (As I heard at least one commentator say, yes, white women DO hate each other, and the election proved it.)

In a way, I feel especially sorry for the actors of color who have been raped and/or harassed by predators like HW. It's tragic for ALL the victims, regardless of ethnicity or skin color. But when you remember how Black men and women, in particular, have been viewed in times past by White men.... If the employees "have nothing to hide" by releasing this, then why is it anonymous? (And don't give me the same old jive about "non-disclosure agreements." Those are way past being null-and-void.) Women throughout the industry have spoken publicly about their encounters with him and with others -- and they have done so, I might add, at great risk to their careers and reputations. Surely, Kevin in Accounting could've remembered where he had kept his balls and then signed his name at the bottom of the statement.

If I heard it once from a white woman during the campaign, I heard it one hundred times: "I'm not going to vote for Hillary JUST because she's a woman." Okay. Well, then, how about voting for Hillary (or Jill, or Gary) because Trump has a record of being sexist and misogynistic? That would be a deal breaker for most enlightened women out there, right? The sad fact is that the feminist movement of the late '60's and early '70's had absolutely nothing to do with WOC; and that's primarily because (to put it simply) WOC had to go out and work, because they had no choice. And they had to put up with menial jobs, shitty pay and gross mistreatment by their male, white employers, because no one was out there for marching for THEM the way they were for white women. Ironically, though, I think most African-American women hold more traditional values than even most white women. Because they were largely raised by Judeo-Christian values, they truly believe, for example, that the husband IS the head of the household; that marriage IS defined by one man and one woman; that a woman is not to serve as the head of the church; that things like premarital sex and abortion are to be avoided, etc.

Seriously, I am a HUGE fan of "Annie Hall," but even I felt Woody Allen needed to retain his seat through this.