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During the VP debates, people will be asking, “Can’t these be our candidates?” Gawd.

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

It's a complete shitshow of a debate.  Joe is doing about as well with this kind of utter [!@#$%^&*] tornado as anyone could, and Chris Wallace humiliated himself - begging Trump to follow the rules and then just say whatever he wants. But some dumb advisor told Biden to stay calm and soft spoken to contrast Trump, and that was a mistake IMO. This debate isn't going to move the needle or the votes to any major degree, but the only way to dominate a debate like this is to be loud and strong. That being said, "will you shut up, man?" and "you're the worst president we ever had" lines will be the takeaways, and that, is what will matter. Joe has gotten more aggressive as he goes, and those hard attacks are what matter now.

Trump’s attacks on Biden’s sons (including Beau) are sooo low. Americans watched Biden grieve.

Trainwreck.

Wow and they just released her biopic.

From San Francisco  

Kelly is being sued by her management company, which just happens to be run by her (soon-to-be former) father-in-law.

I was looking for an appropriate place to post this and thought, hey Vivica A. Fox is an ex-soap star (Y&R, Generations), so let me slide this here.

This clip is making the rounds: Vivica co-hosts “Cocktails with Queens” alongside Claudia Jordan, Syleena Johnson, and LisaRaye. For LisaRaye’s birthday, her co-hosts decided to surprise her with an appearance from her sister Da Brat, who had gone public with her engagement to a woman earlier this year, ending years of speculation about her sexuality. 
 

The surprise appearance didn’t go so well (not because of Da Brat’s coming-out):

She looks amazing.

Cases spiking in NYC’s Orthodox Jewish communities:

The insanely compressed timeline of this storyline is absolutely ridiculous, but damn if JMW and TK aren’t selling it.

18 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Querrey is a boob.  

 

Stefano got a warning for taking too long and a few seconds later warning for coaching. Lyndsay Davenport was commenting on the match and says Tsitsipas is coaching Stefanos....once she said that...warning coaching Tsitsipas...lol

Looks like Stef is mounting a Rublev-style comeback (or Munar is flopping, which wouldn’t be surprising?).

10 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I knew Tsitsipas and Rublev would struggle.

Rublev looks like he’s turned things around (with some help from Querrey, according to Tennis Twitter).

Stefanos, though ...  

Potomac got a 0.34 18-49 for Sunday’s episode. Unsurprisingly it’s highest of the season.

Meghan had her baby. She’s only taking a three-week maternity leave, at least initially. Joy and Sunny look like they can’t be bothered lol.

4 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:

Could Kiki Mledenovic's luck get any worse?  She loses the 1st set because Siegemund didn't cop to a double bounce on set point.  Wow!  

I saw people online PISSED about what happened in that match. 

12 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

I never watched Jersey regularly, but have they really discuss their fights and how they look and how they felt and how it keys into the Jersey stereotype?

I watched NJ at the beginning, but admittedly it’s never been one of my favorite franchises, and I stopped watching not long after the Manzos left (checking in here and there since). It had to have come up at one of the reunions, I feel, particularly around stereotypes of Italian Americans (and a couple of my Italian-American friends refuse to watch NJ for that reason). Someone here might remember if they talked about it. All those post-Sopranos reality shows set in the Tri-State (RHONJ, Jersey Shore, Mob Wives, etc.) reveled in violent, damaging stereotypes about Italian-American culture to some extent and didn’t dig that much beneath the surface.

I wish Monique had the presence of mind to walk away, but she was so filled with lingering rage at Candiace and was ready to put her in her place. A few people might think it looks weak to cede ground to someone who gets in your personal space, but I think it looks far weaker to let some annoying little girl get you out of your character. Walk away, girl. Giving someone a good butt-whoopin’ might feel great, but that sh!t gets you locked up, and I have way too much to lose to have the momentary satisfaction of bashing someone’s head in.

Monique’s behavior was disturbing, from how long it took her to release Candiace’s hair to her walking around the building to attack Candiace a second time. I definitely don’t give her a pass, and if the other ladies voice that they feel appalled and uncomfortable with her behavior, I don’t blame them one bit.

That said, how many brawls and scraps have we seen on Jersey? What about Lisa Rinna on BH breaking the wine glass in front of Kim Richards in Amsterdam, shards of which ended up in people’s hair and could have easily cut or blinded someone? There are a few women on these shows who could use a bit of self-control.

From Brazil  
 

Lots of Mariah gems flooding the interwebs with the release of her memoir but I just saw this.