Wendy

Another day, another mass shooting, another official offering prayer but no action. This time? Odessa, TX. Five dead and at least 21 injured. And yeah, the shooter was not an immigrant but a white male in his 30s, also shot dead. I'm just so tired of this. Read it and weep. Literally.

Well, I still know him more as CC, so... But Don seemed like a good guy here. And he did seem to have chemistry with Marlena. (I am not trying to be mean here, honest, but it was nice seeing Deidre Hall not all...well preserved a la plastic surgery...as she is now. I know, time. But still!)

More like heard/read about these years and have always been curious since, in August 1980, I was all of 7.

While that link wasn't directed to me, I want to thank you, too, @DRW50! So trippy to see young Marlena with Jed Allan's Don Craig, Doug with dark hair, and cool to see Neil Curtis again.

Figured this was the best place to put this. But I read on another board that Renee Props was actually on the season finale of Animal Kingdom on TNT tonight. It was said she still looked good, and the poster was glad she didn't go the plastic surgery route. So I am assuming she still looks like herself. (I don't watch the show, so I can't say first-hand.)

Please. Right-wing loons gave up "sense" and critical thinking skills ages ago. The Clintons have lived in their brains rent free since the '90s and now have the Obamas to keep them company. The tinfoil is strong with that crowd.

I don't think this investigation will necessarily stop, even if this pig is blessedly gone. There is still his girlfriend/procurer, Ghislane Maxwell, not to mention the big names in that book.

A nation held hostage by the NRA and the GOP.

Ah, okay. I have a very hazy memory of Flame down in the Bayou.

Rutanya Alda was on soaps? Never knew that! (And I watched SB during the time she was said to be on.) I recall her mainly from the Law & Order franchise. She was on the Mothership and she had a memorable turn as a woman on Criminal Intent whose character carried a "stone baby". Creepy episode! As an aside, I did look to see if she was related to Alan Alda and his family once. Nope! Who says this thread isn't educational?

This thread is making me feel old. But I agree with the Gen X sentiment, being a Gen-X'er, myself. (Born in 1972.) I recall the big deal when Bill Clinton was elected in '92 (the first presidential election I voted in) and MTV, before it was trash, had town halls and other such things with him, and Gen-X'ers were credited in helping to get a "younger" president elected. If only we had such power now. How far this country has fallen.

And in other news, pedo Jeffrey Epstein was found in his prison cell injured and in the fetal position. It was believed to be a suicide attempt.

Rand Paul and Mike Lee are pieces of s-h-i-t. Just your daily reminder! And this picture circulating on Twitter, as Evil Turtle passes a smirking Jon Stewart before the 9/11 vote says it all:

Yeah, I remember seeing it in all of its glory during those episodes. Such a shame!

Just saw Lonnie Quinn, a.k.a. the first nicer Will Cooney/Cortlandt on the CBS Evening News, doing the weather. So weird. I know he switched careers ages ago, but it's still kind of a trip. Still very recognizable, albeit older. Naturally.

I think the "United" States is done. I think blue states should secede from red and let's just coexist with different Americas and different laws. The trouble there is, blue states subsidize red, so... *shrug* I wish I had the answer.

Glad to be of service.

Just to clarify, that was from Law & Order: Criminal Intent. But yeah, that episode now looks like it was predicting the future by 14 years or so. (Think the episode was in S5, so about 2005.)

Funny how I even remembered some of the pictures! Thanks, @amybrickwallace!

Jeffrey Epstein, pervert and Trump buddy, in some big trouble again. Hmm. I wonder how many in D.C. are ensnared in this mess? Go, SDNY and Letitia James! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/jeffrey-epstein-taken-into-custody-in-new-york-on-new-charges-relating-to-sex-crimes-involving-minors/2019/07/06/06b86ed0-a058-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html?utm_term=.24a01a560f4f

The Army took over AIRPORTS during the Revolutionary War. Jesus H. Christ. We'd be better off if the Trump BALLOON were president. But screw that debacle. The Macy's fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge were GORGEOUS.

I know it is too early, but Biden seems to represent our last "golden time" - when our government cared for all its citizens, rather than the "base" and the corporations. I will vote for whichever person gets the nomination, save for Bernie (I just can't with him! But I won't vote for Trump EVER...). Frankly, though, I think Biden will hold on. People, for good or bad, seem to respond to him as a person. And, as we should have learned in 2016, while it should be, electability seems less about issues and is more about "cult of personality". And people like Uncle Joe. Shrug.

The gerrymandering decision has thrown out any legitimacy of this court, IMO. It's basically spitting on the idea that a vote really does count. I don't know if it can happen, but Dems need a complete majority in 2020, House/Senate/White House, and expand the court to 13 or 15. If the above doesn't happen, this "democracy" is basically done. There was an article in WaPo recently about some farmer in flyover country complaining about the "elitist" coasts. He stated that the coasts should be their own countries, and the rest of "salt of the earth" America would be fine. Well, I say, put it to the test. And stop letting the red states mooch entirely. Let's see how Blue America would fare versus Red America. Separate but equal. We stopped being the United States ages ago, anyway.

And the ACA is being threatened once more - thanks to 5th circuit judges appointed by Orange Tumor (Trump) and Toxic Turtle (McConnell). I ALMOST want them to repeal the ACA. Just imagine the fun the GOP will have in 2020 if that happens!

Aaaaaaaaand Trump starts his Twitter tantrum.