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5 hours ago, Juliajms said:

^ At first the killer was only identified as "a downtown bar owner". I said to my husband "I bet it's the guy who owns The Hive" and it was. He's a notorious racist and trans hater in Omaha. No way that's a coincidence.  I fully believe he had every intention of shooting a black person and of using the protests and unrest as a cover.

The reports are showing that the man that was killed jumped on the shooters' back right before it happened. Not a wise move. 

So, it appears that Lafayette park is having massive rioting. This ish is getting real. They are also saying Trump was taken to an underground bunker for a while. Figures. Trump is also saying things like "overwhelming force against the bad guys". I don't think is going to end well. 

4 hours ago, Juliajms said:

Here's a scene from Omaha. Meanwhile a white business owner shot a black man. I don't understand shooting people over property ever. Less so when you know damn well insurance will cover it. We are also under an 8 pm curfew for 3 days.

 

 

I absolutely will shoot somebody over property. IT has to be BIG property (a car or a house) It will always be a warning shot first, and then shoot em in the leg or something. 

1 hour ago, victoria foxton said:

 

 

    

It's too bad it's not accurate, those people arne't Amish. They don't allow themselves to be photographed.

Live video is showing massive looting in LA... figures the scum always rises to the top in situations like this. 

All these protest will be worthless if people don't get off their butts and vote. It would have made the difference in 2016. 

It seems like with things getting too much out of control, maybe it IS time for the national guard to be activated. Floyd's family isn't helping matters by ignorantly asking for a first degree murder charge. When that is clearly not even close to being appropriate.

Oh, my!! They are showing live footage of protesters in San Jose shutting down highway 101. There's going to be an enormous coronavirus spike after all these protests. 

5 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

 

I have 6 brothers and I'm worried all the time.  A few years ago, on Christmas day, my brother was in a car accident.  Elderly lady, who should not have been driving, hit is car.  It was a jag.  Thank goodness he wasn't hurt but the car was totaled.  His replacement car was a 2009 xxx.  Can't remember the make.  I asked why he downgraded.  He said he had been pulled over about 4 times for no reason.  He didn't want to deal with the degradation any longer.  I was pissed for him.  Not sure many of you know what's it feels like to be in constant worry every day.  Trust me, you don't want to!

Cops target sports cars in general for pull overs. I've had it done to me many times when I had my 1974 Javelin. I'm sure it's doubly worse when you put racial profiling on top of it. 

3 hours ago, Juliajms said:

I'm so tired of having an awful leader. It's exhausting.

 

Notice that he never threatened to bring in the national guard when white people stormed the Michigan state house? Also notice that when reports of black people rioting surface, you NEVER see people calling it "Fake news". I wonder why that is?

On 5/24/2020 at 6:00 PM, DRW50 said:

 

Immigration is Coulter's obsession and has been for many years. She also knows she is too old to have any real value in the party today. The same has been happening to her fellow anti-immigrant crusader and has-been Michelle Malkin.

 

https://thebulwark.com/michelle-malkin-mother-of-groypers/

Yes, she's getting far too old for her tight sweaters and portruding nipples to sway Republican viewers. 

21 hours ago, Darn said:

I doubt we'll ever go back to the 70s or even early 80s now. They've already done Victor and Nikki, there's no one left to connect to that era and they're not going to do a Paul Williams week. Unless they get desperate.

They could easily use the Crazy Edward climax episode on a psychos week or something. It's a very Nikki centered episode, and it's already been remastered. Easy peasy. There's even the 1984 episode episode where Traci dumps the banana split over Lauren's head. So much great stuff.

Betty Wright was WONDERFUL, and had so many great songs and collaborations. 

This is one of the best duets ever done, IMO.. should have been a huge hit. 

On 5/10/2020 at 4:59 PM, Faulkner said:

People are such @ssholes. I knew that was going to happen because of the similarity of the names. But they didn’t need to be callous about it. Someone important to a lot of people still died, even if they didn’t personally who know who it was. What’s that quote? “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”

Good grief. When I was a child, I use to mix up Betty Wright and Jean Knight, because their names sounded so alike. 

7 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

 

I don't think you would be making that kind of comment if you had actually experienced sexual harassment.

I have, actually. I didn't treat it as a big deal. 

18 hours ago, Chris B said:

She mentioned Brock Peters and she said in her upcoming podcast she’s going to speak more about the history of soaps. Why would you expect her to spend a limited amount of time focusing on things that she would have little knowledge of? It only makes sense she’d focus primary on her character and what came after since that’s the purpose of the videos, to celebrate Winters Week. 
 

Also, let’s not act like those actors you mentioned had the type of story the black characters were given in the 90s...

I'm mainly speaking about her statements over the last decade combined. And I disagree... they were given  a ton of story. I watched it .

11 minutes ago, Chris B said:

For those with Instagram, Victoria Rowell is going live for Winter's Week Thursday and Friday. Thursdays video is posted to her page now. She said she may have special guests joining her tomorrow. It was information, fun and very positive if anybody wants to check it out. 

 

 

One thing I loved is that she said Jess Walton is one of the greatest actors she's ever seen and she wished Mamie and John got together lol. She spoke of how Bill Bell hired her the same day and said the audience had been requesting black actors. She asked for a family which led to Olivia, Lillie Belle and Walter. Then once he felt the time was right they added Kristoff, Malcolm and the kids. She also talks of how she'd go to the Bell's home where they got to know each other better which led to things like the Devon foster care story and I'm sure all the other unique aspects we got with Dru and the Winters family. 

 

I must say Bill Bell is a genius, we know that, but I really appreciate the care he gave this story. All the soaps have attempted black stories, but the nuance and realism he brought to them while still keeping it soapy was special and I'm sure a large part of why they lasted so long. 

I don't know if she has never read a book on Y&R, has amnesia, or what? Every time she speaks about black characters on the show, it's as if Stephanie Williams, Jon St. Elwood, Brock Peters, and Phil Morris never even existed. 

7 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

With the exception of the tube, he looks much hotter in the after picture. 

15 minutes ago, Khan said:

I realize his narcissism makes it impossible for him to remain out of the public eye...but, man, I wish Matt Lauer would just take his millions and go far, far away.

Matt Lauer can sexually harass me anytime he wants to!

9 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Thank you! I will say that’s what great about her area: people look out for each other. But isolating there can be a struggle. I think folks are scared, though, because people they know are being infected and hospitalized. It’s no longer some crazy thing that’s happening in NYC. My mom was so afraid for me up here, and now the tables have turned.

 

Much of it is tied to chicken processing plants, which employ a LOT of people in my mom’s county:

 

 

Those processing plants are just a cesspool, they take advantage of the illegal workers and exploit them, then bad mouth them up one side and down the other. Complete asshatery. 

7 hours ago, Khan said:

 

Unfortunately, his warnings continue to fall on deaf ears around these parts (Oklahoma), as the deeply far-right, conservative types have convinced everyone else (well, ALMOST everyone else) that it is our God-given right to go out in public (WITHOUT masks and gloves) and either infect ourselves or others with a virus that, at the very least, will have lingering effects on one's respiratory system.

 

But, on the plus side, I now have a good reason to draw a monthly disability check, as I am literally too damn afraid to leave my house even for groceries and medicine.

Just do curbside everything. It's wonderful. And do this when you get the stuff home. 

11 hours ago, Wendy said:

 

I bet it's like "Lord of the Flies" behind the scenes in there. Couldn't happen to a better crop of monsters.

You got that right! Couldn't happen at a better time. 

On 5/6/2020 at 2:52 PM, DRW50 said:

 

That subway should have been down completely. 

6 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

When exactly did John Conboy depart the show? I noticed that they still have those big zoom ins and the lighting is very dark where’s i watched the 1981 New Year’s Eve episode at Paley in New York and didn’t think it seemed as dark as this one. 

I think he left in February of 82, so this is close to some of his last work. 

7 hours ago, Faulkner said:

K.T. Stevens would have freaked me the [!@#$%^&*] out as a child.

Take it from me, there was tons of stuff on Y&R to scare a young person. Leslie's stint in the looney bin was very scary to me. All those hard, crazy bitches stealing her food. Vanessa was so much more imposing with the veil... but K.T. Stevens was just so damn good at this part, one of the best villains daytime ever had. 

9 minutes ago, yrfan1983 said:

Does anyone know why Vanessa despises Lorie to this degree? I read that when Vanessa first came on the show, she wanted for Lance to never marry, so Vanessa would have Lance to herself. But in this 1981 ep, Vanessa's hatred seems to go beyond even that.

It's because she saw Lorie as selfish and manipulative. Lorie was also an aggressive personality. She loved Leslie, because Leslie was much more timid person. 

12 hours ago, Khan said:

Yet, if African-Americans were protesting, there would be attack dogs, gunshots and tear gas canisters aplenty.

 

I didn't see any tear gas or what have you in the Michigan protests, either. 

7 hours ago, Legacy said:

She was from any scenes I've seen her on she does such an amazing stellar performance and you can take her acting seriously a lot of performances aren't taken as such.

Your right victor and nikki were the boring part of this episode but became soo popular years to come and til this day i guess lol

She just captivated everyone and creeped them out. When I watched her in the original run, she scared the hell out of me, especially when she wearing the veil. I was 13 years old at the time this aired... it was even during the school year, so I might not have seen this particular one. Although I stayed home from school at least 1 day every week. 

11 hours ago, ltm1997 said:

My mom was telling me the other day that she read somewhere that this could go on until September. 

From her lips to God's ears. It would be a dream come true to have 4 months worth of classic episodes airing. They'll be STRUGGLING for a theme each week, but we can certainly get some good stuff, even if they keep to characters still on the canvas. Paul and Nikki and Sumiko would be a candidate, Traci dumping the banana split over Lauren's head, etc.