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First, a Dem candidate won a Pennsylvania state race: And now, Dem Thomas Suozzi has flipped NY-03, George Santos' old seat!

You continue to impress me, @slick jones!

If one counts old '80s commercials, a micro soap (i.e. about 30 seconds to a minute long) has already happened! Taster's Choice coffee had commercials/"episodes" with this couple surrounding coffee. Ditto Country Crock and another couple (although all we saw of them was their hands as they buttered stuff in between their drama!). Yes, I'm old.

Knew this guy looked familiar, then I saw the notification from you, @slick jones! Thanks for the obvious.

Funny the talk is still about abortion here [and in elections] because, in watching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on YouTube last night, Stephen mentioned that, despite so many polls that are screaming about Dump beating Biden, a Quinnipiac poll was released showing Biden ahead of Dump by a considerable margin - with women. I'm not dumb or arrogant enough to believe that Dump cannot have a chance to win again; the American electorate at large is that stupid. But, as has been said here again and again, women are still clearly angry at having their rights taken away. As much as the media is pushing for a horse race in the name of the Almighty Dollar and trying to sell the border and immigration as an albatross for Biden and Democrats, well...abortion affects the "every day life" of women voters. Immigrants trying to cross the border for better lives, not so much. Still, the media falls for "THE POLLS!" Every. Single. Time. This despite the fact that polls massively overstated GOP wins for the past two or three election cycles and with Democrats continuing to over perform. It is mere wish-fulfillment fantasy for the media, seemingly wanting that Dump drama to raise ratings and the financial bottom line. Because - God forbid - the news be about informing people and not trying to create news. (Which is why news divisions under the "Entertainment" banner at the networks have forever tainted what used to be a dignified profession.)

Some good news: A Democrat has won a special election for a state legislature seat and flipped it from red to blue - in FLORIDA.

This is insane, yet not at ALL surprising. The White House Pharmacy was basically a drug dispensary - more like a PEZ candy dispenser - during the Dump Administration. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-white-house-pharmacy-prescription-drugs-1234953535/ If it's pay walled, Stephen Colbert gives some details. I marked the start of that topic, so the video should play at that segment:

And, once more, I'm honored to be given such a great gift. Thank you, @slick jones!

While not unexpected, Bill Hayes' passing hurts. My heart goes out to his wife, Susan, and the extended Days family as well as his real-life loved ones.

While not unexpected, Bill Hayes' passing hurts. My heart goes out to his wife, Susan, and the extended Days family as well as his real-life loved ones.

ATWT was one of my Gram's (RIP) favorite soaps. So, sometimes I'd read some ATWT in the soap mags and watch casually so she could chat with me about it. (I was more an ABC [AMC] girl turned NBC watcher [Days/Santa Barbara] in my teens/20s - college].) I mention this because I'm surprised to not see Melanie Smith vs. Kelley Menighan (formerly-Hensley) as Emily on here. Smith's version seemed like the intense sexpot, impulsive type while Menighan just seemed neurotic, losing the intensity. Not to mention the actresses did not even resemble each other whatsoever.

The journalist in the episode was played by Brighton Hertford. She played little BJ as a child. Nice way of having the actress back so she could honor JZ, too.

Wow, I get my own subcategory. I'm honored, @slick jones!

Someone did mention Bob Barker, but otherwise, it does seem comprehensive.

I'd celebrate this if I didn't know it will probably be appealed to the SCOTUS, a.k.a. The GQP Court. Sooo...

The 2023 edition of TCM Remembers is now up. Soaps-wise, it includes Sharon Farrell and Shirley Ann Field. (Also includes some expected big names, i.e. Matthew Perry, André Braugher, and Tina Turner, to name just a few more.) Set to a cover of the Tom Petty song, "Learning To Fly"; the artist covering it is Christina Perri:

A car has apparently crashed into an SUV in President Biden's motorcade tonight. From what I read, Secret Service drew their guns on said car, but I don't know much else. But it seems no one was hurt and the investigation is ongoing.

Neil shouldn't count, either. When Sarah was a teen, she discovered Maggie's affair with Neil and, thus, hated him. So much so, teenage Sarah - just before leaving in 1990 - set it up so Maggie would see her in bed with an unconscious Neil. (If I recall, he was drunk or drugged?) (And apparently Sarah found a portal in Tennessee, where she lived with sister Melissa, that kept her from aging in almost 30 years. Lucky her!) Either way, she was furious on behalf of her father, Mickey. So, the crap when she came back when Maggie gave her Neil's stethoscope was ridiculous when you look at actual history. Neil even once tried to use that connection with Sarah, and she shut him down fast. (Not to mention, Neil himself was a retcon. Evan Whyland [then played by Lane Davies pre-Santa Barbara ] was the actual sperm donor. The writers pulled the Neil angle out of their ass during the Maggie/Neil affair.)

Great idea!

You're very welcome! I figured we all needed this...

"Skinny Santa" (a.k.a. former President Barack Obama!) greets children in Chicago.

If you can, do so. Frank Pembleton was so dynamic. Still get chills when I remember the character's stroke. And while the series had seen some decline in quality in later seasons, one exception was "Subway" in Season 6, with an equally-great performance by Vincent D'Onofrio, as a guy who either fell or was pushed (though it seemed the latter) into a subway track and certain to die once his body was freed, as Pembleton stayed with him 'til the end. That episode got a Peabody Award and a making-of documentary. Just sad it is not streaming anywhere. The only way to rewatch is buying the series DVD set.

So the theocratic Texas Taliban Court voted to murder a woman in the name of a fetus that faces certain death itself. This is a HUGE REMINDER about keeping religion OUT OF GOVERNMENT. If ladies don't want to become property of the state of Texas or other backwards red states, it's time to wake the hell up and vote these MF'ers OUT. Thank goodness Kate Cox has gone out of state to avoid giving said Taliban their jollies: A dead woman in the name of Jesus. https://t.co/bvpOmEN7gR

And a stark reminder of just why Democrats keep over-performing in elections: The Christo-Fascist right-wing Texas Supreme Court - at the urging of criminal Texas AG Ken Paxton - has blocked the ruling of a lower court judge who allowed a Texas woman, carrying a fetus with Trisomy-18 and certain to die, an abortion. And doctors have stated if this is not done, the woman could lose fertility, face sepsis, and worse. Instead, a criminal AG and the Texas Taliban are in control. (The stay is "temporary", with "no regards to the merits of the case", meaning this is ongoing, but no time line was given for when the stay would be revisited, and the woman is already 20 weeks along.) In the end? THIS is what is driving voting turnout, and the media is frantic to try to shrug off abortion because Dump means money. But so far, it's not working. And may that continue. And may this story above keep in the headlines to remind so many just what is at stake if the GQP and/or Trump prevails again.

Yes, back in September, and only two days before what would have been his 44th birthday.