Jump to content

The Politics Thread


Toups

Recommended Posts

  • Members

This time, let's not allow ourselves to be distracted by cultural debates. Let's remember that an assassin was able to make a ghost gun, on his 3d printer, at home, because the GOP refused to regulate the practice. Regardless of motive, that feels totally preventable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 45.8k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Vee

    6816

  • DRW50

    5988

  • DramatistDreamer

    5521

  • Khan

    3459

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

  • Members

That's just plum crazy. What kind of idiots want ghost guns out there? I imagine this particular shooter could have come up with a gun another way, but why make it easier for people who are actually smart to make a gun without a serial number? I wonder why he didn't dump the gun? This is going to be an interesting case when the facts come out.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

much as i loathe the health care industrial complex, i’m with vanessa friedman regarding the sexual objectification of the shooter: 

“But in all the hoo-ha over hotness — and, potentially, the way such stories often get rewritten and recreated by history — what gets lost is the violence, as well as the victims.”

here’s the free link: 

luigi mangione

 jimmy kimmel went into even more detail:

jimmy kimmel outs his staff

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

At this point Nancy Mace is basically a soap opera psycho

https://newrepublic.com/post/189258/nancy-mace-attack-transgender-activist-truth

She lied and said an advocate for transgender people attacked her, but all he did is shake her hand. At this point she's probably going to throw herself down the stairs next and blame a Democrat (like Annie did to Reva on Guiding Light).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I haven't checked out from politics entirely, but I don't feel the need to follow and/or react to every move that the incoming administration makes either.  I just don't see the point.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

She's clearly mentally ill and quite dangerous. She repeatedly claims to be the victim of crimes in order to get attention. She is a conscienceless sociopath who's just looking for her own personal Emmett Till to frame. Even her own former staffers - of which there are many -  say she's an utter psycho.

The irony is that if she's ever really the victim of a crime nobody will believe her.

 

Same. The press wanted this monster back in office for clicks. By checking out I protect my peace *and* deny them engagement. I've checked out of national politics for the most part. Every success of the Biden administration just reminds me what's been taken from us and it enrages me meanwhile I refuse to give the Trump reality show any time or attention because we know what to expect.

As for the Democratic Party, I'm out. I'm sitting on the sidelines and waiting for Jaime Harrison's tell-all book. I'm trying to get more involved with local politics but my city council is an absolute clown show right now and I don't have the energy for it.

 

Edited by marceline
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

It's the same where I live, and it has been for much of my life, too.  As I've said in the past, the rest of the country is about to learn what it's like to live in Oklahoma, lol.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • Okay...I'm just going to call it. Ambyr Michelle is the breakout star of this show with the young set hands down! There is no character like Eva that pulls my heart strings, and she's playing it perfectly. If Eva and Leslie are on, it's a good episode! If written properly, Eva and Kat's rivalry is one that could go on for YEARS. Of course, it's fun to speculate about who is really whom, but I could see them developing as frenemies after some time. They really need a guy to tussle over to amp it up. Tomas is pretty, but the actor has got to loosen up some in his scenes, I think. He is improving though. It would be good to introduce a new young man in that story for a foursome.  Martin and Smitty finally feel like a real couple to me, too. Hopefully, they locked them into four year contracts.
    • I'll be that guy and say I don't think TMG is a fool. This is a popular contract role on a year-round soap opera for a woman of a certain age (to say nothing of a woman of color). If I'm her I pull a Kimberlin Brown and ride this til the wheels fall off.
    • Tbf it's not unusual for a family when they are dealing with some bad news that changes a life to use song to give out hope.Especially black families. I personally had to deal with that very thing this weekend. Partly off putting, but at the same time, I did get the point and it gave me a bit of hope in the moment.      MM is definitely acting. But Smitty is just so passive. It could turn into quiet strength at some point, but for now...passive IMO. 
    • Am I remembering correctly that the Madison's lived in a Spanish revival-style house? I have a vague recollection of the fireplace looking especially Spanish in style. It is unusual that Montecello had so many architectural styles.  Obviously, that might occur IRL.  But, look at other east coast soaps and there is a definitive style that is throughout (because it was styled by a set decorator) regardless of the income of the occupants.
    • @kalbir MSW was a powerhouse for CBS. Angela Lansbury was a superb actress. In 1985, TV viewers were tiring of the primetime soaps and the like. People wanted storytelling and MSW was great at that and had great guest stars. Storytelling -- an amazing and novel concept. CBS Daytime by 1985 was beating ABC so CBS was on the upswing.
    • I'd say just the opposite - conflict means they will find out and then be at odds. For the limited amount of time people on this show have conflict (if they aren't named Nina or Ric, I guess).
    • Totes mcgoats (aka I agree). But, now the character needs to move forward.  Clyde's exit was 12/11/24.  It is May.  She and Chad have been on one date. I don't think they've slept together. And she was only planning on sticking around for a year.
    • That is one of the best insults I've heard in a long time.  I burst out laughing when Kat called Eva that.  LOL Their scenes, of course, were really good.  Colby and Ambyr have so much chemistry.  The only thing I'd change is Kat saying "you're dead to me."  That's a phrase usually said about someone you care about.  I would've preferred something like "You will never be my sister," or something similar to that.  Nice contrast at the end with both mothers/daughters:  Kat comforting/consoling her mother, and Eva being locked out by her mother.  Yeah, I wasn't a big of fan of the singing either, especially after your daughter's life has been destroyed.  What?  LOL And I also agree with those that thought Dana/Leslie's scenes with the Dupree's didn't feel right since Eva is not a Dupree....unless she is.  But as of right now, she's not. 
    • Trisha Mann-Grant, Ambyr Michelle, Sean Freeman are destined for bigger and better things. They need to move on as soon as their initial contracts are done.
    • Daphnée Duplaix and Trisha Mann-Grant on Instagram live, 5/5/2025 just concluded, saved here https://www.instagram.com/p/DJSsYb7PDv8/                
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy