Wouldn't one expect it to be a suburb of the big city?

Proving the party attracts a significant number of masochists.

WASHINGTON — Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won't be needed after Trump eliminates "thousands of regulations" in his next administration.

Musk and Ramaswamy, who Trump last week named co-heads of a new Department of Government Efficiency, singled out in a Wall Street Journal op-ed federal employees "who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections."

The duo pointed to recent Supreme Court decisions to argue the incoming president has the executive power to nullify many regulations unilaterally without Congress, pursue "large-scale firings" of federal workers and relocate some agencies outside of Washington. They said "a drastic reduction in federal regulations" would require vastly fewer federal employees.

"DOGE intends to work with embedded appointees in agencies to identify the minimum number of employees required at an agency for it to perform its constitutionally permissible and statutorily mandated functions," their op-ed reads.

Musk and Ramaswamy, two loyal Trump allies, were tapped to lead the effort to "dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies." Although dubbed a department, the Musk/Ramaswamy-led effort is effectively an outside advisory commission − not a formal agency − with no legal authority.

The incoming Trump administration is expected to revive a plan to convert some employees to "Schedule F," status which strips them of job protections, among other efforts to cut the workforce.

Musk and Ramaswamy said the number of federal employees to cut "should be at least proportionate" to the number of regulations that are eliminated. "Not only are fewer employees required to enforce fewer regulations, but the agency would produce fewer regulations once its scope of authority is properly limited," they said.

They did not specify how many workers could be downsized, or which agencies would be targeted, if their plan is carried out. They said "employees whose positions are eliminated deserve to be treated with respect, and DOGE’s goal is to help support their transition into the private sector," without providing specifics on how such a transition would work.

Trump would be able to use existing laws to give targeted federal workers incentives for early retirement and provide voluntary severance payments "to facilitate a graceful exit," they added.

Musk and Ramaswamy acknowledged "conventional wisdom" might suggests civil-service protections prevent the president from firing federal workers. But they argued Trump has the broad power − under the Supreme Court's 2021 Collins v. Yellen decision − to pursue "reductions in force" that don't target specific employees.

They also floated the possibility of requiring these workers to return to in-person work five days a week, predicting it "would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome."

"If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home," they said.

"We are entrepreneurs, not politicians," they wrote in the op-ed. "We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees. Unlike government commissions or advisory committees, we won’t just write reports or cut ribbons. We’ll cut costs."

61 years.

How did we get from JFK to his brain damaged nephew?

92% on RT and it seems clear that Ariana and Cynthia will both be nominated for Oscars. The critics LOVE them.

I’m afraid for Scotland; first came Cheetolini, now this….

Tips for our UK folks regarding blizzards and heavy snowfall:

1. Stay inside. This is a shit show. Somebody will eventually plow you out or the shit will melt. Stay home.

2. If you MUST drive, remember that you have anti-lock brakes. Remember that a nice low speed helps you navigate stops better.

3. You may have to scrape the inside of your windshields if it’s really bad.

4. Big folk are the best ballast you can have. Invite eaters to sit in the back seat of your car.

‪Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‬ ‪@aoc.bsky.social‬ · 1h

Post Hidden by Muted Word Hide Fwiw she is pretty widely disliked even by her GOP colleagues. She’s all over the place. Messy. Fights with them too.

This is the most attention she has gotten in ages despite her many attempts, hence the differences in tack some have taken in this whole brouhaha. She really craves it. It’s weird

The Gladiator II star, who said he has been sober for 10 years, revealed he is now focused on getting stronger after Lenny Kravitz hooked him up with a trainer

This is not an Onion headline.

... what we are really looking at is a one-term presidency with a two-year lame duck period built into it.

So why are we freaking out and panicking?

I'm not spending one more minute panicking about what this idiot will be able to get done in two years. Because in two years, we will probably re-take the House and then the conversation starts about what (and who) comes after Trump.

And no, I do not think Trump or the Republicans will be able to rig the system so that they stay in power forever. We would truly have to abandon the Constitution for that to happen.

I have no confidence that Democrats have learned their lesson and will change their policies and shift the constituents they serve. None.

Starring Donald Trump as the Piglet. Carry on!

Previous thread below.

(yes, in this version there’s a piggy).

He's a hateful, far right douche

Bluesky now has 21 million users, ALLOWS PORN, and has more daily active users than Threads.

Basically, if you're still using Twitter and posting their shitty links here, you're either MAGA or your work is making you. They show previews here just fine, if not better than Twitter.

More info at link.

What class!

Cynthia Erivo when she learned that Ariana Grande was cast as Glinda in ‘Wicked’:

“Absolutely no surprise whatsoever. Thank goodness, because it was not the two ladies that I was auditioning with.”

Russians. Maybe the Yakuza.

Потрахался и узнал

めちゃくちゃになってバレた

A very good friend of mine played with Alabama governor George Wallace’s children when he himself was a child.

And he’s not even 65 years old yet.

What personal anecdote can you offer to suggest history really wasn’t that long ago?

Part One comes out this week.

Would they have had as much success if they had been The Four Bottoms?

Did all four run a train on Berry Gordy's ass?

Is it true that Sugar Pie Honey Bunch was their nic for Smokey's hole? Is that why they couldn't help themselves?

This is sad. You boys need to rethink your career goals. Most on this list died young.

Lots of legitimate reports coming in from a lot of battleground counties that did not count democrat votes.

And they just keep coming.

Now I’m staring to believe it…

Los Angeles, the second largest US city, is setting itself up for a standoff with President-elect Donald Trump over immigration.

On Tuesday, its city council passed a "sanctuary city" ordinance to bar using local resources to help federal immigration authorities.

LA's public school system also reaffirmed itself as a "sanctuary" for undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ students in a series of emergency resolutions.

Trump, who will be sworn in in two months, has promised mass deportations once he returns to the White House. His chosen "border czar", Tim Homan, has urged sanctuary cities to "get the hell out of the way" of federal immigration crackdowns.

The term "sanctuary city" has been popular in the US for more than a decade to describe places that limit their assistance to federal immigration authorities. Since it is not a legal term, cities have taken a variety of approaches to becoming "sanctuaries", such as setting policies in laws or simply changing local policing practices.

Aimed at making a 2019 executive order into city law, the city council's sanctuary city ordinance prohibits using city resources for immigration enforcement, including cooperating with federal immigration agents, NBC News Los Angeles reports.

I have learned throughout life that living in a neighborhood with a majority of any specific culture gets old fast.

Some examples are living in an area with a significant Black population, in a gay ghetto, and in a suburb with a vocal Jewish population. Everything was racism! Homophobia! Anti-Semitism!

stop it already!

I'll start:

"I can't find my phone."

It's on Hulu with Rob Lowe as the host. I like it, but the contestants annoy me.

Can be for movies, TV shows, porn, concerts, music videos, specials, etc...anything.

It has recently come to my attention that this is a gay amateur porn trend that I don't know about.

Coming soon to Netflix.

It was between that and "Death Becomes Tammy Faye."

¯_(ツ)_/¯

So fetch.

I mean what a douche but he I would still let him fuck the shit out of me.

The Irish actor, a usually intriguing presence, doesn’t hold the screen here so much as he vanishes into its tumult. Of all the ways in which he feels miscast, the most fatal may be his utter inability to seem like someone other guys would follow to their deaths. Mescal’s career to date has been heavily delineated by women — from his breakout role in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People to the part in Charlotte Wells’s debut feature Aftersun that made him a critics’ favorite — and he has excelled at playing elusive objects of longing. But he’s terrible at giving the rousing speeches that were so iconic in Gladiator and that Gladiator II, which has a clunkier script written by David Scarpa, attempts to re-create. His instinct is to underplay these moments rather than bellow theatrically, which is a problem, especially when saddled with somewhat confusing slogans like “Where we are, death is not!”

Omnisexual.

Former President Bill Clinton said during a recent interview that the country may not be ready for a female president following Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to President-elect Donald Trump, and suggested a Republican woman might have an easier time getting elected.

"Maybe," Clinton replied to CBS' Tracy Smith's question about whether the U.S. isn't ready for a woman president. "I think in some ways we've moved to the right as a reaction to all the turmoil. And I think if Hillary had been nominated in 2008, she would've walked in, just like Obama did."

Clinton spoke to Smith about his new book, "Citizen," and was asked if the country had changed following Harris' loss. The book also reportedly details his frustration while being questioned about his infamous affair with Monica Lewinsky.

"Well, I think all these cultural battles that we're fighting make it harder in some ways for a woman to run," he said.

"So, you think it has more to do with party than gender?" Smith followed up.

"No," Clinton responded. "Although I think it would probably be easier for a conservative Republican woman to win."

The former Democratic president said it was because that was what Margaret Thatcher did and added, "I still think we'll have a female president pretty soon."

It's more for the potential of stopping alcohol addiction, although losing the weight is an added/needed outcome as well.

I'm spending about $300 a month on alcohol so I don't see that this would be an extra expense for me. I also already have gastric attacks because of alcohol.

I need help with this. I'm willing to take a gamble if it can change my life. It's already changed the life of my best friend (weight/sugar cravings/high sugar levels). she also reports having no desire for alcohol whereas she was having at least a glass of wine a night (or more).

Willing to be on it for the rest of my life if it relieves my need for alcohol.

I'll start. Master of None, Thanksgiving episode, starring Angela Bassett and Jackee as Dev's best friend's mom and aunt. Poignant, hilarious, sweet and cozy. Hand's down THE best Thanksgiving episode of all time.

As we all know, the concept of "fit fat" originated here at the datalounge. This popular body type is a perennial favorite being both accessible, homey yet hot.

The clue is FIT fat. Not fat fat.

Not unfit fat.

No unfit fatties allowed on this thread.

Trump's the reason, not my dead career!

I swear the breaks between shows are so long now it's easy to forget them.

Ridley Prometheus'd again.

I guess we were really fortunate he let someone else direct the Blade Runner sequel.

I saw this online and agree with a lot of it.

Yes, I think the Democratic Party needs to make some tweaks and changes, and I'd be happy with any party that could execute the tricky task of appealing to the middle and working class voters without alienating big corporations - a party that could strike a balance for inclusion without alienating the "middle America" base.

Anyway, this is what I saw on social media. Credited to Craig Cree Hardegree. ___________________________________________________________ In 2008 President Obama got 9.5 million more votes than John McCain — it was the largest landslide victory since Reagan’s win over Walter Mondale in 1984. President Obama was so strong that he ushered in a whopping 257 House seats for Democrats, compared to a paltry 178 for Republicans — a 79-seat majority! And in the Senate, President Obama’s coattails were so long, 60 Democrats rolled into the upper chamber — neither party had seen 60 seats since Democrats controlled 61 during Carter’s presidency from 1977 to 1981.

Remember how Republicans humbly decided to respect President Obama for his enormous across-the-board victory? Remember how Republicans felt chastened because they had obviously been supporting policies that were out of touch with the majority of the American public?

Remember Republicans entering a period of soul-searching and hand-wringing, rethinking their positions and revamping their message?

Remember Republicans soberly saying, “the people have spoken; it’s time to let the Democrats run things for a while because obviously the American people prefer the policies President Obama ran on, like tax subsidies for health insurance”? Remember all the Fox News morning hosts shuttling up to Chicago’s South Side to kiss President Obama’s ring and make nice with him before he was sworn in?

Yeah, I don’t remember any of that, either. Because none of it ever happened.

President Obama’s seismic victory over Republicans, and the American public’s total repudiation of Republican policies, were totally dismissed by Republicans. They were not chastened; they were not humbled; they did not feel reproved or rebuked. They did not worry if they had been out of touch or if their messaging needed to change.

No… they were livid; they were seething mad. In fact, President Obama’s unparalleled success upset them so much that they became permanently enraged — they are STILL mad about it, even today.

On the night of his inauguration when President Obama and Michelle were still dancing to Beyoncé crooning “At Last” at the Inaugural Ball, Republican leaders gathered at The Caucus Room Brasserie in downtown DC to plot a strategy of bringing government to a standstill by opposing President Obama on everything he tried to do, even if they agreed with what he was doing. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that his number one legislative priority over the next four years was to make sure President Obama would only serve one term.

Bitter evangelicals spent every waking minute demonizing President Obama, calling him a terrorist and the Antichrist. Mad-as-hell Republicans formed the Tea Party to stand in open defiance of everything President Obama tried to accomplish. The Tea Party later evolved into the MAGA movement, trademarked by the same level of out-of-mind anger and fury. Republicans, who had caused the Great Recession of 2007 and the Housing Market Crash of 2008, tried to blame President Obama — who didn’t take office until 2009 — for the economy they themselves had wrecked.

The Republican minority in the Senate used the filibuster to sabotage President Obama’s every effort to fix the economy they had broken. And now the same Republicans who refused to acknowledge President Obama’s 2008 earth-shattering victory as a mandate, are claiming a “mandate” for Trump when he barely won by the skin of his teeth.

Just breaking now on MSNBC.

“Do your own research.”

Definitely one of the hottest guys ever!

Continue here...

I am a Larry Shipper, a Larry believer if you will/

Released 10 years ago this week, I thought it would be fun to discuss the mystery thriller Gone Girl. The film follows a husband as he becomes a suspect in his wife's disappearance.

Directed by David Fincher

Written by Gillian Flynn, based on her novel.

Starring Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Emily Ratajkowski, David Clennon, Lisa Banes, Lola Kirke, Boyd Holbrook, Missi Pyle, and SELA WARD

Up to twenty inches of rain

Starts Sept. 18.

Link has cast members including: Jon Lovett: As a podcast host, I get to travel the country with Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It,

Pick your top 3 and winner.

Kyle, Genevieve, Andy.

Winner: Andy

There must be some DL gourmands here. And no, I am not considering the Times Sq Olive Garden.

Considering - Le Veau'd Or, Cosme, Cecchi's, Don Angie, maybe Le Rock. Help, DL!

2 days after the fallout, Joe claims he was flooded from calls from around the world congratulating him. He continued to say, "there is a massive disconnect between Social Media and the real world." [bold]No Joe, the massive disconnect is between you and reality. That's why you turned off the comments on your own videos.

Smiles everyone, smiles.

You can get anything you want.

I’m off to buy Rye whiskey!

Yes, this should be an afternoon thread, but there’s been a time change, an administration change, and too much trifling for my bad nerves.

I need bitters.

I always see them roasting in the roasting thing, and people are lined up for them. I've never gotten one. Are they really that good?

@madonna After struggling for days in LA , listening to producers and agents Tell me why I couldn’t make my film —I(been working on it for 4 years!!!) downsize-down scale -think smaller-they say—I realized that everything in my life is going to be challenged. No easy rides for me. I guess I should be grateful.. It forces me to think outside the box. I did not have a normal life.

I cannot make this in the normal way.

Spending time with my creative friends was just the fuel I needed to keep going!

We all agreed that we need to be even more fearless!!!

Art =Survival

We cannot shrink and make ourselves smaller. If you want something badly enough in life— the whole universe will conspire to hel you get it.

Should I make the story of my life into a series or a feature Film. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Think before you answer !!

The trailer to the new “Cruel Intentions” series is here!

Looks fun!

I hate it and leave the room, every time. What mind control does this game have?

Well?

Previous thread posted below:

QUEEN.

And that's a fact!

I’ve outgrown my days of post-gym protein drinks for “gains”. I also wake up without an appetite for a proper breakfast. Is there any benefit to drinking old-people shakes like Ensure for breakfast relative to having some coffee with toast and fruit?

I was a Carnation Breakfast devotee for a couple years, but I’m an itinerant and I travel a lot from city to city. I can’t always find it at local supermarkets.

What are your favorites? Are they worth their weight, or would one be worse for wear?

But the older I get, the more I see AIDS took that away.

You know it's coming.

Now that the election is over and Biden's on his way out, can we please free Hunter Biden from whatever corner he's been sitting in for the last year?

I think we should OK a plea deal where he's pardoned for any and all crimes, as long as he walks around nude and erect for a few weeks. We can all walk by, like when someone lies in state, and take a look at the magnificent tower of meat between Hunter's legs.

I think so.

Lots of incels will have some explaining to do!

He certainly looks different from how he did in the 90's and looks a lot older than I thought he would. I remember him being on MTVs House of Style all the time. He kinda disappeared in the aughts. What happened?

The Apocalyptic world beacons and The View finds itself attached to the Mouse Propaganda machine as bad as Fox.

What have you done for trans awareness over the last week?

To honour our fallen trans siblings I left the toilet seat up in the gender neutral toilets.

And when I spoke to the homeless woman outside the jewelry store and told her I don't give money to beggars I told her my pronouns.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET THIS BE IT!!!

Katie Couric took a swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris for her non-answers in various interviews leading up to the presidential election.

On Thursday's installment of her podcast "Next Question with Katie Couric," the veteran broadcaster had a lengthy post-election conversation with MSNBC host and longtime Democratic spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who said she thought one of Harris' "better interviews" was her Fox News sit-down with Bret Baier.

"I always find that people do better when they're asked really challenging, pointed questions. I always felt that way about Hillary Clinton," Couric said. "If you are giving them these almost weird, like, amorphous softballs, it's really hard to kind of hone your message and be succinct and say what you really need to say."

"I also felt that, and again, I think [Harris] really did well in so many areas, but I was frustrated by her inability to really succinctly answer questions at times, Jen," Couric continued.

"Like, if she was asked about changing the Supreme Court at that CNN town hall, she had an opportunity to talk about ethics and what, you know, [Supreme Court Justices Samuel] Alito and Clarence Thomas were doing, and she answered, like, in one sentence, and then went on to something that had nothing to do with the question," Couric said. "You know, people notice that, and it's like, ‘Answer the g-dd--n question, please!’"

She then pivoted to Harris' now-infamous comments on "The View" where she was asked about what she would do differently from President Biden, calling it "one of the most damaging things."

"Ok, Jen, you're an insider. Why didn't Joe Biden say, 'Listen, I know you're going to have to separate yourself from this administration. Let's talk about areas where you can, where they're legitimate, and God speed,'" Couric wondered. "Because it- I think somebody wrote that it was almost as if they were more afraid of hurting Joe Biden's feelings than winning the election."

Psaki, who served as Biden's White House press secretary before joining MSNBC, responded by saying it was a "unique and painful summer" for Biden and that there "was a fragility" about him being sidelined by the Democratic Party. She also pointed out that Biden was "beloved" by the party when he stepped aside and that Harris had "navigated the politics of that in a very tricky way."

"It seems to me, if I were running for president, Jen, I would sit down with my brain trust, and I'd be like, 'Okay, let's play out these questions. What am I gonna say?'" Couric said.

"And I would have had a template that I would have carried around with me in every interview, and I would have reviewed them and said, you know, 'This is what I believe, and this is how I'm going to handle a question like that.' Now, why didn't they- it just didn't seem like that was done. Am I crazy?" she wondered.

Couric also knocked the vice president for going several weeks without doing any interviews when she first emerged as the Democratic nominee, saying it was "making me crazy as a consumer."

"What was that?" the former "Today" host asked.

"I don't know," Psaki responded before speculating that the Harris campaign was prepping for the debate.

"She should've been everywhere," Couric later added.

Joe Rogan has endorsed Donald Trump, shoring up the former president's appeal to young men in the final 24 hours of the election.

In a social media post on Monday night, Rogan – whose podcast The Joe Rogan Experience is widely estimated to be the most listened-to- in the world – said his most recent guest Elon Musk had made a "compelling” argument for four more years of Trump.

"The great and powerful Elon Musk. If it wasn't for him we'd be f***ed. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way," Rogan said on Musk's social network X, formerly known as Twitter.

"For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump. Enjoy the podcast."

What with the Putin and the nuclear and the war stuff.

I am about a 6 if I look at the news

The definition of class.

Can someone explain to me what that is under her lower lip?

It's become more noticeable in the past year and I can't exactly figure out what she had done.

This person who writes for Variety said Paul Mescal would be nominated for Gladiator 2

Then the reviews came out

[quote]The Democratic Party is a party ferociously committed to looking backwards. They yearn for 1995, when the future was neoliberal deregulation, triangulation, and the Clintons. When Fukuyama announced that history had ended, it seems like a lot of Democratic officials stopped reading.

[quote]Now, you might be thinking to yourself, what the hell does this all have to do with the election just passed? Surely, you’re not arguing that the Republican party is the counter-weight here, the anti-capitalist foe? Not at all. No, the Republican party is capitalist, hyper-capitalist. They have, however, faced the reality that the status quo will not continue as is. There won’t be a future where a diverse, global family shares in the wealth produced by capitalism, where the poor are raised up to become the global middle class and globalization saves the wretched of the Earth.

And like Persephone, we descend into Hades as winter approaches.

I think with mashed potatoes and stuffing, mac and cheese, is an unnecessary starch and unneeded. Thoughts?

Pete likes to keep it tidy. New details emerge on the DOD nominee

"The woman told police that she remembered seeing Mr. Hegseth’s dog tags hanging around his neck as he was over her. After Mr. Hegseth ejaculated [on her stoach], she said, he told her to “clean it up,” and she found her way back to her hotel room."

NYTimes / 11/21/24

I had to show that off a bit. He said it’s fine as long as I blur his face.

SEN

FUCKING

SATIONAL

The entire production is spectacular— first preview. Tightening is needed here and there, but Audra? Jesus Christ. She’s funny, moving, powerful, sly. It is a virtuoso performance .

This compromise is acceptable.

That upbeat theme - Cyndi Greco singing "Making Our Dreams Come True" - ends with L&S in a factory, Shirley having nicked a beer, Laverne sending a glove down the line, and both of them looking dreamless.

It's also revealed what a backwater country it is.

YOU 🚬S CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT DRUNK DRIVING 🐮S, 🐀S MARRIED TO BEADY EYED 👸S, PRETENTIOUS 🪓WOUNDS AND, OF COURSE, ME, THE FUCKING ⭐️OF THIS 💩SHOW!

KEEP GOING BITCHES! I NEED YOUR HELP CONVINCING THAT ✝️👀✡️TO BRING ME BACK!

Well?

More from Walford here.

As our celebration of Transgender Remembrance enters its sunset phase let's discuss our favourite movie performances by cis actors as trans people.

Who made you laugh? Who made you cry? Who made you adjust your underwear because you were feeling a bit uncomfortable?

CHICAGO — In a stunning move, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the convictions for former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, finding that a special prosecutor’s decision to retry him violated his rights after the Cook County state’s attorney’s office previously dropped all charges against him.

The high court’s decision turns another page in perhaps the most controversial and closely-watched low-level felony case in Illinois in recent years.

“We are aware that this case has generated significant public interest and that many people were dissatisfied with the resolution of the original case and believed it to be unjust,” the opinion said. “Nevertheless, what would be more unjust than the resolution of any one criminal case would be a holding from this court that the State was not bound to honor agreements upon which people have detrimentally relied.”

The court remanded the case to the trial court to enter a dismissal.

Smollett was convicted by a jury of five of six counts of disorderly conduct in December of 2021 for lying to the police on Jan. 29, 2019, when he reported that two men attacked him in the Loop, hitting him, yelling homophobic slurs and placing a noose around his neck. He was sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months of probation and $130,160 in restitution.

But he has yet to serve the sentence, as a lengthy appeal has wound its way through the system. A lower court previously affirmed the convictions in a split 2-1 decision, but the Supreme Court agreed to hear the actor’s appeal.

Central to his appeal was a decision by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office to drop charges against Smollett, a move that at the time embroiled State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office in controversy.

Cook County prosecutors had charged Smollett with disorderly conduct for concocting the hoax with brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who testified that he paid them to perpetrate the attack, but about a month later prosecutors dropped all counts against him, noting that he forfeited his $10,000 bond and had done community service. Foxx previously handed the case to deputies, saying she had recused herself.

“Finally, it defies credulity to believe that defendant would agree to forfeit $10,000 with the understanding that CCSAO could simply reindict him the following day,” the court wrote in the opinion.

I just had a heart attack.

The recipe in this cookbook requires TWO goat heads, not one!

Big dicked Peter from Sean Cody's glory days gave up porn, enlisted in the military, got married, had kids, and became a devout Christian.

So naturally, he'd start up a construction business in Florida and run a scam to cheat clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including one client who died of cancer before their case could be rectified.

Gay porn -> Florida -> Arrest record

I'm guessing he's full MAGA now, too.

I know we've done this many times before. Fuck it -We need it!

I'll start us off:

Two old ladies meet up at the mall. The first one asked her friend, Did you come on the bus?”

“Yes,” she replied, “but I made it look like an asthma attack.”

It's not too early to start the horserace.

$400 in tips on a Tuesday night.

Came in to work at 4:45 p.m. and finished at 9:15 p.m.

Waited on four tables.

WTF???

Damned little brat.

Just a boy and his horse

Voters rejected it. What gives?

Seven years after they last spoke to him, MSNBC Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski traveled to Mar-a-Lago over the weekend to meet with President-elect Donald Trump.

The duo, who used to be friends with Trump, turned into fierce critics during his first term in office, and he returned the favor, occasionally ripping into them in posts on X (formerly Twitter). At the top of Monday’s program, they disclosed their trip, acknowledging that his decisive win influenced their decision.

“Joe and I realized it’s time to do something different and that starts with not only talking about Donald Trump, but also talking with him,” Brzezinski said. “For those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us, I guess I would ask back, why wouldn’t we? Five years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the country.”

The pair said that Trump was upbeat during their meeting, and noted that the only communication they have had in recent years was a phone call Scarborough made the day after the assassination attempt over the summer.

As for what they discussed: “We talked about a lot of issues, including abortion, mass deportation, threats of political retribution against political opponents and media outlets,” Scarborough said. “We talked about that a good bit. It will come as no surprise to anybody who watches this show, has watched it over the past year or over the past decade, that we didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so.”

“What we did agree on was to restart communications,” Brzezinski added. “My father [former Jimmy Carter national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski] often spoke with world leaders with whom he and the United States profoundly disagreed. That is a task shared by reporters and commentators alike.”

“I will tell you a lot of Democratic leaders we have talked to this past week since the election have told Mika and me, it’s time for a new approach,” Scarborough added.

Legitimately curious if this has ever happened. Or is the power imbalance/dynamic too drastic to overcome?

Continuing our discussion originally started by Voice of the Night.

Prior thread:

Just watched this holiday classic- He was ashamed to bring his two lesbians friends to his Grandmothers house for dinner because it might give away that he was a closet fag so he basically tried to feed bullshit to Patti and Marcie intending to meet grandma later that evening-did I get it right?

Ted Danson as a mild-mannered widowed professor hired to go undercover as a spy at a nursing home to catch a thief.

Danson is great, as is the rest of the cast: Margaret Avery, Susan Ruttan, Veronica Cartwright. And I get all the praise for Sally Struthers on the theater threads. She's probably the best one of all.

This is like "Murders in the Building" with all the twee gone and just genuine easy comedy.

Do you consider her to still be relevant?

Joan Crawford had one of her best vehicles of the '50s in "Sudden Fear." This slick "woman in jeopardy" film noir paired Joan opposite Jack Palance, both formidable in their roles as newlyweds. Then Crawford finds out Palance is only after her money, with the help of vixen Gloria Grahame. The cast is great, plot is clever, suspense is far-fetched fun, & production top notch. My look at 1952's "Sudden Fear":

I remember watching MY FAIR LADY as a child.

I remember finding the scene of Eliza in the bathroom very disturbing. She was ordered to take her clothes off quite brusquely by Mrs. Pearce, but she didn’t want to take her clothes off. Mrs. Pearce behaved like that one porn director yelling at Irene Cara to take her clothes off in FAME.

Eliza starts screaming as the servants grab her and start removing her clothes. She’s screaming “Get your hands off me!!”

But there is so much steam filling the room that we can’t see what the women are really doing to Eliza. You can hear Mrs. Pearce saying, “I just want to wash you Eliza.”

Wash Eliza WHERE, you closeted dyke?!?!?

Vivienne Westwood has unveiled the new necklace for her new collection, and yes, it’s a dick!

It’s Audra’s turn!

I am so sorry, friends. I didn't realize we were as close to finishing the last thread as we were Hopefully you can all find this one.

The bed was.... painful. I think my lower back may be too far gone for me to just have a few good night's sleeps and it to magically repair. I was in terrible pain all night. I tried every position and setting and I finally had to knock myself out to get even 4 hours sleep.

I brought it on myself, though. I had the hubris yesterday morning to tell my friend I was feeling good, and I'm being punished for it. This always happens to me. I should know better at this stage in my life. Just shut up.

Kyle's getting the villain edit this season.

Erika continues her Ozempic journey.

They swapped out last season's token black cast member for another one that looks like a drag queen.

Dorit and Sutton continue to be boring.

Jennifer Tilly!

Discuss

DALLAS — Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean in his apartment six years ago, was ordered to pay the Jean family $98.6 million in a civil trial Wednesday.

Guyger was convicted six years ago of shooting and killing Jean in his apartment, which she said she thought was her own.

She's currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for murder.

Guyger told authorities she confused Botham's apartment for her own. Her body-worn camera was not recording during the shooting because she was off duty. She appealed the conviction but lost her appeal two years ago. She became eligible for parole on Sept. 29 of this year.

The civil lawsuit against her accuses the former police officer of using excessive force in Jean's death.

Attorneys for the Jean family, which includes civil rights attorney Ben Crump, released the following statement after the verdict:

"This verdict stands as a powerful testament to Botham's life and the profound injustice of his death. On September 6, 2018, Botham was doing nothing more than sitting in his own home, eating ice cream, when Amber Guyger –– an off-duty officer –– wrongly entered his apartment and fatally shot him. This case laid bare critical issues of racial bias and police accountability that cannot be ignored. Today's verdict sends a clear message that law enforcement officers who commit crimes cannot be insulated from the consequences of their actions."

Attorneys for the Jean family say they most likely will not ever see any of the $98.6 million verdict and they insist they wanted to make sure that Guyger could never profit financially from having killed Botham Jean. They said they are exploring legal options to hold the city accountable and urging people in Dallas to demand change and more from city leaders.

Guyger chose not to attend the trial in Dallas.

He was a lead soloist for the Mariinsky Theatre. A beautiful man and dancer, just 39 years old.

Accidents obviously happen, but he was a high profile person who had spoken out against the war...just saying.

Mama likey!

If external actors and the American GOP cheated with the voting machines, we all watched them set this up in the previous two election cycles, and did nothing to secure the machines.

If Trump incited and caused a murderous insurrection, we all watched Biden and the Senate somehow countenance Garland slow-walking it, and just doing nothing, until past the critical point the if he did something, it wouldn't work. Thanks are due, however, to the Dems and Republicans in the House of Reps, who at least produced a fabulous investigation to clearly proove prosecutions and justice were required.

We all watched as congress and executive branch allowed the Supreme Court to be wrecked.

Of course the Republicans are shameless cheaters, liars, and grifters and they are the bad actors in these deplorable events and developments.

But why are elected Democrats, in general, in the long view, such pushovers?

Willy's childhood friend, Zeke, comes out. First of all, Zeke is hot. Secondly, that show was like taking a tranquilizer.

Puh.

Theh.

Tic.

Rhymes with Turducken.

In honor of Thanksgiving.

KooKoo (1981)

Rockbird (1986)

Def, Dumb & Blonde (1989)

Debravation (1993)

Necessary Evil (2007)

You can vote below in the poll for your favorite album.

A friend of mine's family makes fresh sausage every year over Thanksgiving. One of the benefits of living in a semi-rural area. I ordered two pounds of cased. So fresh it's still oinking right now.

It truly is delicious, but here's my problem.

Every year, I've made sausage, peppers, and onions in the crock pot. Now I sort of feel over that.

Any good, relatively easy (I'm no chef) recipes out there to use two pounds of cased sausage?

The Ladies of Monaco are royally pissed over the dismissal of Princess Kelly from GH.

Queen Carmina, or even Princess Kelly herself, leaked details of her termination from GH to the media. Princess Kelly even threatened to spill secrets.

A vast effort from fans to ensure that Princess Kelly retain her position at GH were in vain.

Queen Carmina even took it upon herself to reveal personal information & retweet spoilers regarding Princess Kelly's final days working at GH.

How will the Monaco Monarchy persevere? Is there another job on the horizon for Princess Kelly of Monaco? Will she marry her younger lover? Or is she destined to live a life of modesty in the Poconos?

What's their deal? Are they random military people or elite military types? There's something kinda hot about them.

Continue your discussion of each day's game here.

And then went on to lead otherwise standard heterosexual lives with wives and kids and middle management jobs. (Our DL stalkers have ID'd a number of them)

Do you think they ever look at a good looking guy and wonder what the sex would be like?

Ever fantasize about the guys they had sex with?

Or is porn just too mechanical and non-sexual for it to even be a thing and it was just a way to make some quick money when they were still young and good looking.

I'm talking guys who did say 5 to 10 videos max, not the ones who made careers out of it.

Did everybody know this but me?

Seems like it should the number one headline right now. I don’t think most people know about this.

83 people died in American Samoa due to his meddling in measles vaccines. Is there anything more depraved than killing children to make money for his 20 million dollar company?

On to the end of the season and the short off season.

Coco wins the WTA year-end championship.

Shapo won in Belgrade.

Is it weird that I had a dream I was topping Bowzer from Sha Na Na?

I think I really like his shiny, slick hair, low-key wanna find a bottom boyfriend with a greaser pompadour who opens his mouth so wide and flexes 🤤. Ideally he would be around 80 ish and retired too

I feel like a sound like a total weirdo for saying this 🫣. Plz tell me I’m not the only guy who low-key finds bowzer hot.

Don't worry; she ain't dead.

I was just remembering her the other day and listened to some of her old music.

I always liked her and found her to be very mellow and relaxing but also interesting in her viewpoints, but I never really realized before now that most of her music is meant to be uplifting and to make people more conscious and conscientious and feel grateful.

10,000 Maniacs was fine but I am really thinking about the solo music she wrote herself beginning with the album Tigerlily.

What do you think about good ol' Nat?

I love Sharon Horgan — especially in "Pulling" and "Catastrophe" — so I was interested in this immediately.

Five Irish sisters, one of whom is married to a complete asshole. He ends up dead, and the series uses flashbacks to spell out who did it and how.

I've only watched one episode, but so far it's a great dark comedy and Horgan is terrific.

Cher darling, YOU ARE NOT SONNY’S WIDOW! STOP ACTING LIKE TOU ARE. You spent 29 years dumping on the guy, but once he was dead you starting acting like you were Jackie Kennedy ( without the fashion sense). You come off as desperate.

😵‍💫🫵🏼

Our office Fraus love these things, and always arrange at least 5 potlucks between now and December 31.

I'm an introvert, and I hate socializing with strangers.

It's even worse having to sit down to eat with them, while trying to make conversation.

Would it reflect badly on me if I just refused to go, and sat at my desk instead?

PENSACOLA, Fla. − Files containing statements from witnesses who gave damaging testimony against former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, were hacked on Monday, attorneys say.

The hacked files include an unredacted deposition of a woman who reportedly claimed to have had sex with Gaetz when she was 17.

The attorneys are involved in a federal defamation lawsuit against former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg brought by former state lawmaker and lobbyist Chris Dorworth in 2023. The lawsuit accuses Greenberg, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, and several of Greenberg's family members of "conspiring with Joel’s sex trafficking victim ... to falsely accuse Dorworth and Gaetz of sexual misconduct."

Greenberg's attorney, Fritz Wermuth, notified other attorneys in the case that unredacted documents were accessed from a secure document sharing service by an "unauthorized third party" on Monday afternoon.

In an email obtained by the USA TODAY Network to attorneys in a Florida defamation lawsuit, Wermuth warns that unredacted files with depositions of several witnesses were accessed.

"The exhibits included, for instance, unredacted copies of the deposition transcripts" of three witnesses, including the alleged trafficking victim, Wermuth wrote in the email.

Witnesses in the case said the 17-year-old alleged trafficking victim had "access to the bedrooms in the Dorworth Residence to engage in sexual activities" as well as "alcohol, cocaine, ecstasy also known as molly, and marijuana."

Several of the witnesses in the defamation case have also testified before the House Ethics Committee.

Florida Attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News on Monday that he represents two women who testified that Gaetz paid them for sex through Venmo, and one witness said she saw Gaetz having sex with her then 17-year-old friend at a Florida house party in July 2017.

Gaetz has vehemently and repeatedly denied the allegations.

The House Ethics Committee is expected to meet Wednesday behind closed doors to discuss whether to release its report on the allegations against Gaetz. Speaker Mike Johnson has publicly urged the bipartisan committee to not release the report because Gaetz is no longer a member of the House. House Ethics Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., told Politico the committee would make its own decision regardless of what Johnson said.

"We Are So Fucked!" by Dusty Smith.

Discuss.

I guess she loved The Substance LOL

[quote]Her description of herself as demisexual got a lot of viewers wondering what the term "demisexual" means.

[quote]It's a word used to describe people who only develop a sexual attraction to others after forming a deep bond based on their personality, rather than feeling an instant connection.

[quote]They may not fancy someone based on things like the way they look, smell or sound.

I don't want to fuck Big Lola who works down the chip shop and stinks of vinegar. Does that make me a demisexual?

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The 82 year old is known for her witty law and order approach on the bench.

I’ll stick with Armie Hammer.

Sebastian isn’t very hot. And in the 90s, we had the nerve to set this in high school.

He’s BASKING in the attention.

I love Thelma Harper.

Democrats need to not let him say this for the next 4 years. I know I said no more Trump threads but this important. You have to call out the lies. And you must do so constantly. Instead of crude jokes and one of inane comments focus on real shit. Do not let this man claim a mandate for the next 4 years or they will lose again

This thread will be about:

What’s next? How fast will it be? How can you protect yourself?

And finally, remove all fear from this thread. We are past that. This is about acceptance, not denial. If you aren’t ready for that, it’s ok, but we cannot have hysteria.

I know people. I have insider info plus open source, though I will not connect to any of my sources, you’ll need to verify what I’m telling you on your own, and you SHOULD do that.

Stranger Things Season 5 takes place in fall of 1987. What 80s songs will it feature?

My predictions:

“Alone” by Heart (Will wants to get Mike alone and tell him how he feels)

“I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany

“Lady in Red” by Chris de Burgh

“Livin on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi (after all, Eleven is married to his son)

“Bizarre Love Triangle” or “True Faith” by New Order

“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by Kim Wilde

“Touch Me” by Samantha Fox

Continuing our discussion of the stars, storylines, and Sapphic sisters of the Lawrence family of Pasadena.

More pressure being exerted on Whoopi.

Idk if I should mention it yet because we have only had 2 dates but there is this guy that I like, I met him on Grindr a few weeks ago he’s 32 has black hair and is very my type the only problem is I have a thing for Red hair, not ginger red, I mean like unnatural fire red hair, and I want my future boyfriend to have red hair, so I was gonna ask him if he is open to letting me dye his hair manic panic pillarbox red. Should I wait abit longer or do you think I should slip it into conversation, I’m supposed to be meeting him again tomorrow.

This looks fantastic. Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, Ali Larter, and Demi Moore star in Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s new show ‘Landman’. Sheridan teams with Boomtown podcaster Christian Wallace for a drama set in the broiling, bug-infested Texas oil fields. “This was probably the hardest thing I ever did,” Thornton says.

It must have been pretty urgent or important to stick his finger in his mouth and swirl it around in public like that. What do you think it was?!

Assassin!

Inspired by the "I just can’t fight anymore" let's talk about Tina's mid 90s smash hit, recorded to promote the Angela Bassett movie.

Love it, hate it or just indifferent to it?

It was written by LULU and LULU's brother!

It should have been an Oscar nominee but that year was dominated by Philadelphia, Sleepless In Seattle, Beethoven's 2nd and a Janet Jackson film.

It is cute, the eldergays here might enjoy it.

In the era of Instagram and overexposure and every celebrity wanting to push products and be your best friend, who still has that Old Hollywood sense of mystery and intrigue about them? You know, the quality that made Garbo so iconic and enduring? Or is this type of star a relic from a bygone era, never to be seen again?

The mystery was solved 44 years ago on November 21,1980. My mom and aunts were big Dallas fans so I'm sure they were watching. I was a toddler so I don't remember it. But I do remember when Pam found Bobby in the shower.

Senator Bob Casey has conceded in the race for reelection to Republican Dave McCormick

Anybody else watching. Such good reviews but I’m finding the acting or dialogue a bit cringe this season. Ellis is a hottie, the main smiley character is the stuff of nightmares.

Snoop Dogg and Mick Jagger both seem to have good senses of humor, for all their fame.

Same with Henry Winkler. His Instagram is endearing.

Who else?

She is against gay adoption and gay marriage.

Pics or videos linked preferred.

My choices::

The Bellagio Horror

Graxy

Elaborate Scenario

Jealous bitches?!

Doing Yard work or working out.

They can put the woman behind bars, and she will be a political prisoner, but the music will never die.

I don't think she gets enough credit or is in the spotlight enough for her A level cuntery.

I've never seen a cat so loving and affectionate. Does anyone know what breed of cat this is?

Do any of you have a cat this affectionate?

This is the golden thread that never ends.

She certainly has a cavernous mouth that can hold a lot of dicks.

Stay tuned to find out, but prepare now to miss all the action..

Do they discuss Mommie Dearest at all?

Hosted by Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist, the program features in-depth and informed discussions that help drive the day's current political conversation. The show attracts a wide variety of guests, including top newsmakers, Washington insiders, journalists, and cultural influencers, representing a diverse set of voices and opinions that provide keen insight and analysis around the day's biggest stories. Since its debut in 2007, the show has also covered major political events from the heart of the action, including presidential conventions and inaugurations.

Network: MSNBC

Executive producer: Alex Korson

Release: April 9, 2007 –; present

There are actors where the first time I saw them in roles of significance, I ran to IMDb to check their names. Some people are simply talented.

However.

There are many, many, more I thought would go on to get great roles but didn’t. Sure, many have enviable careers that 99% of actors would kill for. But I expected more. That they would have more buzz surrounding them. Maybe that they would be more be bigger stars, or work consistently with world class or be competing with A-Listers for the highest quality shows or movies. Certainly, that they would have good roles in stuff that I like.

Harry Lloyd from Great Expectations.

Jason Dohring from Veronica Mars.

Natalie Dormer from The Tudors.

Matthew Lillard in Serial Mom.

Michael Biehn in The Terminator

Mischa Barton in Lawn Dogs.

Romola Garai from I Capture The Castle.

Shailene Woodley in The Descendants

This stupid!

How is this guy supposedly the picture of masculinity? He’s a disgusting slob. He’s broke, a criminal, and doesn’t pay his subcontractors, let alone his taxes.

He didn’t do a single thing for this country except line his own pockets and further his own interests.

Let’s discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow-Up, with Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin, Veruschka, and scored by Herbie Hancock.

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder.

Do you believe in God or a higher power?

How was it comfortable, or even doable, to sleep on the top of his house?

Is it weird that I had a dream I was topping Bowser from Mario bros?

I think I really like his bright red hair, low-key wanna find a bottom boyfriend with bright red hair that wears the studded bands he wears 🤤. Ideally he would be around 30 ish and hairy too

I feel like a sound like a total weirdo for saying this 🫣. Plz tell me I’m not the only guy who low-key finds bowser hot.

Part of II Things that Annoy you, now in its 600th post.

It's a new year, so time for a new thread! Let's start from where we left off in 2023...

In an interview with USA Today (full interview in thread linked below), Lange revealed the following:

“She shot a film version of “Long Day’s Journey,” which she hopes will be released later this year. And in early 2025, she’s excited to star in a film adaptation of Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking.” But she gets the most joy from nature and her grandkids. And she's ready to take a well-deserved breather after “Mother Play,” which she’s found “tremendously exhausting” to perform eight times a week.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) launched a blistering critique of former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's potential bid for Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, slamming the Democratic establishment's donor-focused approach. "There is a disease in Washington of Democratswho spend more time listening to the donor class than working people," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "If you want to know the seed of the party's political crisis, that's it."

The sharp rebuke from the progressive congresswoman came after veteran Democratic strategist David Axelrod publicly pitched Emanuel, the current U.S. Ambassador to Japan, to lead the DNC when current chairman Jaime Harrison's term concludes in March.

I recently discovered the benefits to drinking one strong cup of coffee first thing in the morning, It quick starts my brain, then helps to move my bowels. I don't particularly care for the taste, but I'm willing to tolerate it for the benefits.

I want a strong but economical, reliable mix. I usually buy from Trader Joes but willing to shop elsewhere. It's my understanding that light mixes actually have the highest content of caffeine, which is what I want.

Recommendations? And feel free to correct any misinformation.

She's gravely ill and her insurance was cut off.

Our beloved friend, Sally Kirkland, has graced the stage and screen, inspiring audiences and lifting the spirits of countless many both in and out of the Hollywood community as an actress, teacher, and minister. A lifelong member of the Actors Studio over the last six decades she has starred in over 300 projects including "The Sting", "Private Benjamin", "EdTV", "Bruce Almighty", "The Haunted", "Best of The Best", "Revenge", "Coffee Date", "Roseanne", "JFK", "A Brave New World", "Anna", and is currently starring in the 2024 indie hit film "Sallywood".

I would love to see all of the footage from this interview.

A celebration and honoring of beautiful, perfect, inviting, delectable, asses

When people stop being polite, and start getting real.

I like watching him host the 4 pm FirstAlert 4 newscast weekdays . He’s really good on camera and seems genuinely nice. I’d love to meet him for a coffee sometime. We both love music and dogs. Hope he sticks around KMOV for a while.

How are you spending your summer days in Genoa City?

Enjoying the Chancellor-Winters escapades?

Waiting for Diane and Kyle to get into a full scale war?

Savoring Victor's impending revenge against Jack?

Counting the days until Jordan escapes prison and returns to get revenge on Nikki and the Newmans?

These guys are spending their entire lives in the gym. Five, six, seven days a week, lifting weights for hours. Nothing else matters to them.

Eric, Stefan & Fiona have been shipped off to new adventures away from Salem.

Newbie Javi gave NuGabi & especially Rafe some much needed family energy.

Newbie Joy seems to have seduced Rockin' Johnny from Chanel for 1 nite only.

Brady is now free as a bird & hanging out at Ava's cozy bird feeder.

"Body & Dull" seems to be sucking up lots of airtime with very little payoff.

Discuss.

Amazon only has season one!!

Over 3 decades later, Jaleel White is still not over Bianca Lawson. At age 16, he took 13-year-old Bianca on a date to the video arcade and she was only showed an interest when he gave her coins to play the games. Upon discovering some time later that she too acted, he wondered if she was only interested in him for his fame as Steve Urkel.

And his Gabrielle Union told him the reason no one liked him at UCLA because he would flash his money around and blast his music from his Range Rover.

I like smoking in my car, double parking and carrying around a ton of loose garbage. Is there a car out there for me?

She told me that I’m a horrible human being. She’s vegan. I told her to fuck off.

He’s back on Days of Our Lives and on General Hospital. What do we know about this silver daddy?

Dear Lord.

I doubt it!

I Love Lucy without Fred Mertz would shift the dynamic of the show in a way that could arguably make it more streamlined and focused on the core relationship between Lucy and Ricky. Here’s why the show might be better without Fred:

1. Tighter Focus on Lucy and Ricky's Relationship: Fred often acted as a third wheel in the dynamic between Lucy and Ricky. While the show is famous for its ensemble of characters, the real heart of the show lies in the comedic tension and affection between Lucy and Ricky. Removing Fred would allow more screen time to explore their relationship without the interruption of Fred’s frequent interjections. This could lead to more intimate, character-driven humor, making the comedy feel fresher and more centered around their evolving marriage.

2. Greater Flexibility in Plot Development: Fred's role, while comedic, often served as a foil to Lucy’s antics, providing him with a predictable set of reactions. Without him, the show could have explored new comedic directions, with Lucy’s schemes facing more direct opposition from other characters, like Ricky, or even creating entirely new dynamics with the neighbors. This could lead to fresher plotlines and less reliance on the same old formula of Lucy and Ethel pulling off a ridiculous scheme, only for Fred to disapprove and offer predictable banter.

3. Stronger Female Empowerment Themes: Fred’s presence often meant that the show had to balance Lucy and Ethel’s antics with male perspectives or commentary. Without Fred, I Love Lucy could have leaned more heavily into the women’s friendship and comedic agency. Ethel would have had a more prominent role as Lucy's partner in crime, and the two women could have taken on more sophisticated or independent schemes, allowing the show to explore themes of female camaraderie and empowerment more thoroughly.

4. More Room for Ethel to Shine: Fred sometimes overshadowed Ethel, even though both were meant to serve as comic relief. If Fred were removed from the equation, Ethel could have played a more substantial role in the show’s comedic plots. Her interactions with Lucy could have been given more depth, and without Fred's constant presence, there might have been more opportunities for the two women to take center stage in the show’s comedic moments, giving the series a more balanced dynamic.

5. William Frawley was ugly/Vivian Vance

What are some films set in 1700's France?

Thanks!

The suit alleges McMahon, her husband, the WWE and TKO Group Holdings, the league’s parent company, knowingly allowed employee Melvin Phillips Jr. to use his position as ringside announcer to sexually exploit children.

The filing alleges Phillips would recruit children to work as “Ring Boys,” helping him set up and take down wrestling rings at WWE events. However, the job was a guise for sexually exploiting the children, which Phillips would do even in front of wrestlers and executives in the locker area, the lawsuit alleges. He also would often film his sexual abuse, according to the filing.

“Phillips lured and manipulated the young boys with promises of meeting famous wrestlers and attending the highly popular wrestling shows, experiences that were otherwise unattainable for these kids,” the lawsuit alleges. “(The McMahons, WWE and TKO Holdings) allowed Phillips and others to engage in, and foster, the WWE’s rampant culture of sexual abuse.”

I haven't been to Taco Bell in ten years so I've never had one but I'm thinking of making a special trip just to try these.

Oh how I miss the FRIED apple pies from McDonald's years ago.

Am I alone?

WASHINGTON — Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Tuesday that her effort to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol is a direct response to the election of Sarah McBride, who is set to be the first openly transgender person in Congress.

Mace introduced a resolution Monday to prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from "using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex." She was asked by reporters Tuesday if the move was in response to McBride.

"Yes and absolutely, and then some," Mace told reporters, adding, "I’m absolutely 100% gonna stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women’s restroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way."

Mace said she would like to see her resolution incorporated into the House rules package for the next Congress. She said she's also working on legislation that would ban such a dynamic on federal property and legislation that would ban it in schools funded by the federal government.

In a post on X on Monday night, McBride said, "Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness."

McBride's spokesperson declined to comment further Tuesday.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Mace’s legislation “doesn’t go far enough.” Greene also suggested she’d be willing to get into a physical altercation if McBride uses women’s restrooms.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Tuesday that Republicans are trying to resolve the issue but that they will make accommodations for McBride.

"This is an unprecedented matter, so we’re going to, we’ll find a resolution that that solves the problem, but we’re working on that ... and stay tuned for how we respond," he said.

He added: "We welcome all new members with open arms who are duly elected representatives of the people. I believe it’s a command we treat all persons with dignity and respect. ... This is an issue that Congress has never had to address before. We’re going to do that in a deliberate fashion with member consensus on it, and we will accommodate the needs of every single person."

The new series starts on Channel 4 next Tuesday Sep. 24.

I only see one rather cute guy in the lineup, but maybe the others have winning personalities.

Strange instructional film about using the telephone. The woman is stranger than the man. I do not remember this from my childhood even though I was 8 years old in 1974. I am the person who started the thread about how boring datalounge is lately so I decided to post this film I found on youtube because it is a slightly amusing period piece.

At Sotheby's, a Tiffany window smashes the auction record, as the femme fatale auctioneer gives off sinister and sexy vibes. Watch this bitch!

It’s a weak year with the frontrunner as of now being little-known Mikey Madison in little seen Anora

God knows the Hollywood liberals would love to give it black woman after what happened to Kamala

Erivo would be only the second Black actress to win the Best Actress Oscar, and the first Black-Black actress to do so.

The texts also mention Trump and his inauguration

Weird, it's almost like these people are more of a threat to kids than drag queens

I just got my first pair. Everyone says you need to get used to them.

The main issue I’m having is I’m not use to the larger size of the glasses. Plus the whole thing just feels weird.

I have 45 days to return them. Any advice?

Tonight I made a 3 egg omelette, I stuffed it with feta and cooked spinach and some pumpkin seeds and a bit of thyme. Cooked it in an olive oil and butter mix to crisp it up. It was really good. Then I felt kind of saddened that many basic home cooked meals like an omelette are going to disappear. Young people don't cook meatloaf, omelette, or lasagne! These meals will die out.

Goldie Hawn celebrates her 79th birthday today. She's come a long way since her "Laugh In" Days, with a successful movie career which earned her two Oscar nominations / one win. I recently saw her movie 'Sugarland Express' on TCM, thought it was just 'meh' (but I understand why it has gotten so much attention over the years because it was Spielberg's first big theatrical film he directed after 'Duel').

Of all the Hawn movies, 'Butterflies are Free' and 'Private Benjamin' are my two favorites, followed by 'First Wives Club'. 'Foul Play', 'Death Becomes Her', 'Seems Like Old Times', 'Protocol' and 'Overboard' all seemed to have missed the mark for me. I haven't seen every one of her movies, but plan to over the next few months (I've been on a Hawn kick).

Anyone else here a fan of Hawn's ?

It was bound to happen.

I’m sure he’ll make lots of friends

Could she Catherine Zeta-Jones to Cynthia’s Renée?

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Monday said he would resign as head of the U.S. Social Security Administration to run to head the Democratic National Committee.

O'Malley told President Joe Biden he would resign effective Nov. 29, the New York Times reported.

"We must connect our Party with the most important place in America — the kitchen table of every family’s home. Jobs, Opportunity, and Economic Security for all. Getting things done. Hope. A 50 state strategy. Now," O'Malley said in a posting on X. Advertisement · Scroll to continue

O'Malley, who mounted a short-lived presidential campaign in 2016, ran for DNC chair after Hillary Clinton's defeat to Donald Trump, but lost out to Tom Perez, who held the role from 2017 to 2021.

O'Malley is the first candidate to openly seek the DNC leadership spot as the party tries to reshape itself after the bracing 2024 presidential loss and Republicans' takeover of both chambers of Congress.

Other contenders for the DNC post include Ben Wikler, head of the Wisconsin Democratic Party; Minnesota Democratic party chief Ken Martin; close Biden aide Mitch Landrieu, also a former New Orleans mayor; and Senator Laphonza Butler of California, who was appointed to fill the seat of late Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2023 and chose not to run for a full term this year.

Current DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, of South Carolina, is not expected to seek a second term after the decisive defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris by Republican Donald Trump this month raised questions about the future direction of the Democratic Party.

Enough. So tired of the Kelce family. Make it stop.

It's Jo and Blair!

Is anyone else seeing this trend?

As soon as you get that pizza on the table the sooner they will be able to eat it. People who eat here want to have an experience.

Her daddy is a hottie and wants her to eat her soup but she’s stupid as hell and refuses to. She even makes up some horse shit story about there being an ugly face in her bowl of soup. Stupid ass bitch. I would have slapped her silly. The video explains this.

Name your three iconic divas from the entertainment world who have the talent to back it up ( Not just being bitchy or demanding). Me- 1. Maria Callas 2. Barbra 3. Diana (Get out of my way) Ross

Pollster Nate Silver said President Biden should resign in a post on the social platform X on Wednesday.

“Is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now? It’s a very difficult job,” Silver wrote in his post. “It’s a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months.”

Silver’s post also featured a screenshot of a report from The Washington Post, and a link to the article. The Post reporting centered on Biden’s relationship with the press as he prepares to exit the White House. Biden, according to the Post, did not spend much of his time talking publicly during his recent visit to South America.

Biden has faced questions about his age and mental fitness throughout his presidency, but they increased especially in recent months following a rough presidential debate performance against President-elect Trump.

The questions and fears about Biden’s age and mental fitness ultimately led to him being replaced at the top of the Democratic ticket by Vice President Harris. She lost to Trump about three-and-a-half months later.

Jamal Simmons, a former aide to Harris, also recently called for Biden to resign so the vice president could have take the role for a short time.

“Joe Biden’s been a phenomenal president; he’s lived up to so many of the promises he’s made. There’s one promise left that he could fulfill: being a transitional figure,” Simmons said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“He could resign the presidency in the next 30 days, make Kamala Harris president of the United States,” he continued.

But few Democrats agree, publicly at least. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) mocked Silver’s suggestions on Wednesday.

“Senator John Fetterman Calls on Silver to Stop with Shitty Polls and Takes Immediately,” Fetterman said Wednesday on X, in response to a headline from The Daily Beast about the post from Silver.

Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have moved to rural England, put their Montecito estate on the market and plan to never return to the United States, telling friends the election of Donald Trump was their primary motivation, a person close to the former TV host told TheWrap.

Though the incoming Republican administration was the cited catalyst, a fresh start couldn’t hurt: DeGeneres has been open about being “kicked out of show business” after reports of toxic workplace behavior at the syndicated “Ellen” show in 2022.

The other thread was greyed out.

The series starts next week on Sky in the UK and Peacock in the US.

Lashana Lynch is the woman on the hunt for Eddie, having made an impact in No Time To Die as the new 007.

Also in the cast is Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance and the always reliable Lia Williams, not to be confused with Lia Thomas.

Jimmy Kimmel commented on Donald Trump’s nomination of former Fox Business host Sean Duffy for secretary of transportation during his Tuesday night monologue, calling it “one of his least embarrassing picks.”

Though Duffy served as a U.S. representative for Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019, he started his career in the ’90s as a reality star, which Kimmel was quick to point out.

“Duffy served in Congress for eight years, but you know what he did before that? He was on ‘The Real World’ and ‘Road Rules’ on MTV,” Kimmel said. “[Trump] hired the guy from ‘Road Rules’ to be secretary of transportation, because of course he did — the word ‘road’ is right in there.”

Kimmel continued, “And that’s one of his least embarrassing picks. Maybe he’ll pick one of the Teen Moms to be secretary of labor!”

He cracked that Trump’s appointments are like a “season of ‘Dancing With the Stars.'” Other new nominations to Trump’s cabinet include Brendan Carr to head the FCC, Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and former WWE executive Linda McMahon as secretary of education. To that, Kimmel asked: “What the WWF is going on here?”

Kimmel also circled back to Matt Gaetz, Trump’s selection for attorney general, who was — until his cabinet appointment — under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. He has also been the subject of a federal investigation for allegedly sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl. Gaetz has denied all allegations against him.

Kimmel noted that the House Ethics Committee is set to meet on Wednesday to decide whether or not to release the report from their investigation.

“Matt Gaetz, also known as the caucasian Diddy, is in the hot seat right now,” he said, noting that “at least two women have testified before the House Ethics Committee claiming Gaetz paid them for sex.”

After playing a clip of one of the women’s lawyers alleging that Gaetz paid them using Venmo, Kimmel called him the “Venmolester” and said: “The fact that Matt Gaetz was stupid enough to pay for sex with Venmo, that alone should be disqualifying.”

Since it's Fall, will start with "Foliage." Fo-LEE-ij. Often heard as FO-lij and FOIL-ij. "Realtor" (REAL-tor) has become real-UH-ter.

Martha hates it already

I shit you not.

This could also be titled “I had to save my own ass”. It seems like the one at #10 with Sabrina Duncan is very very anticlimactic. A lot of Kris Munroe saving her own ass. I was gripped with fear then frustration as Kris kept an alligator from eating guest star Jamie Lee Curtis. And for the #1 spot? You guessed it…. My fave angel!!

I don't like completely anonymous sex (at least in RL, I don't mind the fantasy). For me, in order to enjoy casual sex, I need some form of connection to the other guy--preferably a friendship, but usually it's enough if I know a bit about him (like having talked to him for a while) and if I like him. I've always preferred fuck buddies/friends with benefits over a random hook-up via some app.

Usually, I wouldn't bother (not everything has to have its own neat little category), but I wondered if there is a term for this. After all, we're living in a time when every little sexual preference/orientation has its own strict definition (and flag)...

If there are Letter Carriers here, what are your pet peeves? My carrier said no apartment number on envelopes at a building with 200 units.

Any suggestions?

They are well reviewed and from a legit gig service so I won't have to lock up my priceless Madame Alexander collection.

They are moving my exquisitely boring Fat Lava and Wiener Werkstätte collections.

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He's still a loser.

It shows the reality of the Israeli occupation of West Bank and the brutality of the Israeli armed force.

And looks like a bobblehead now. Here she is last year (link).

In next post, I'll show you how she looks now.

Women sabotage themselves and really do want to be protected by men

I’ll Start - Ronald Dump. Also, all of Hollywood.

Turkey can be a year round star, not just in November and December.

Releasing on Netflix in 2025

Brazil is more functional and civilized than the US now. Feels great, doesn't it?

I’m the “I Want” song.

I will miss Monica but I know the rest of these bitches will bring the crazy. Let's go!

They also found that he had eaten staples. Video has gone viral.

Trump voters are about to get what they deserve.

YES!!!

Tried a cornbread stuffing last year but thought it was too much like a custard. I want a moist yet drier one this year. No oysters.

TIA

What could the storyline be?

This is not a surprise because autistic people love cults. Extremely high correlation between cult followers and autistics.

Fairly easy to spot: glassy or cowlike eyes; doesn’t look at anything while they speak.

That yahoo in Oklahoma who bought all the Trump bibles started doing interviews yesterday and I could tell right away. Then there’s Speaker Mike Johnson. And Elon of course.

Belgium, the 6th ranked team in the world were beaten 1-0 by Israel, ranked 81st in the world, in the UEFA Nations League.

Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Petra De Sutter was furious and called for Israel's immediate ban from all sporting competitions. Former gynaecologist and lesbian De Sutter, 61, said "This is disgusting and cannot be allowed to happen. We tolerated the Israelis taking part because no one wanted to play them, but they are not allowed to win, in the football or in the war against Hamas".

In response Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retweeted De Sutter with 3 donkey emojis and the letters GTF.

Despite ending the group stages with the same points record as Belgium, Israel are knocked out on goal difference.

I was so looking forward to normal, intelligent just decent people in the White House.

Daniel Craig is practically willing himself into the Oscar race

Movie has a mid 78% rotten tomato score

I like Starkey but he really must have gotten a hold of a monkey's paw to go from Outer Banks to here

A prominent New York doctor is facing a federal, four-count indictment after he was accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients, including minors, for more than five years beginning in 2015.

New York authorities arrested Dr. Darius Paduch, a 55-year-old former urologist at the New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, on Tuesday morning.

Paduch is charged with two counts of inducement of a person to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity and two counts of inducement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity "for his yearslong [sic] sexual abuse of two victims who were his patients and who were minors during part of the period of abuse," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced Tuesday.

He had a good run.

With President-elect Donald Trump's recent announcement of former surgeon-turned-TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), questions are swirling about whether changes could be coming to the government programs.

If his nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Oz would, as CMS administrator, oversee Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. At least 145 million Americans are enrolled under one of the three programs, according to federal data.

Oz has previously expressed support for an option that could lead to more Medicare privatization. Although Oz has not revealed his views on Medicaid, some Republicans in Congress have expressed support for changes that would slash the budget of the program.

CMS administers Medicare, the federal health insurance program for those mostly aged 65 and older. More than 66 million people in the U.S. receive coverage through Medicare, the program says.

However, Oz has expressed support for Medicare Advantage, a Medicare-approved plan run by private insurance companies. The plan must follow rules set by Medicare, such as limiting out-of-pocket expenses and covering all services covered by traditional Medicare.

"Medicare Advantage has definitely become a much more important part of the Medicare program. It's now the most popular coverage option within the program," Joe Albanese, a senior policy analyst at the right-leaning think tank Paragon Health Institute, told ABC News.

"It's grown very rapidly in popularity over the past decade," he continued. "And that's going change the way that the government interacts with Medicare and Medicare beneficiaries."

In an op-ed co-written for Forbes in June 2020, Oz said Medicare Advantage offers better care due to there being competing plans. He said Medicare Advantage could also be expanded to all Americans who are not on Medicaid, which would be funded by a 20% payroll tax. He has also promoted Medicare Advantage on his show, "The Dr. Oz Show."

Trump, too, has promoted Medicare Advantage, touting new benefits for seniors who were enrolled in the plan. What's more, Project 2025 — a plan of conservative policy proposals proposed by the Heritage Foundation — has proposed Medicare Advantage be the default option for Medicare coverage.

"I don't know what plans would be for such a proposal in Congress or in this administration," Albanese said. "I can say that some of the proponents of a default Medicare Advantage enrollment approach say that [Medicare Advantage] plans are typically able to offer comparable, if not lower costs."

However, critics argue making Medicare Advantage the default option could privatize the program and limit people's options when it comes to receiving care because many doctors and hospitals don't accept Medicare Advantage.

"To move to a default option, I think it'd be hard to get that, particularly in an administration [that] is in favor of less regulation because Medicare Advantage requires a strong partnership with regulators," Daniel Polsky, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of health economics at Johns Hopkins University, told ABC News. "It's making a lot of requirements to ensure that the private insurance companies are using federal dollars wisely and acting in the best interests of the patients that they're responsible for."

If Medicare Advantage became the default option, Polsky said, it would increase spending, and the program would not be able to negotiate with as many providers as traditional Medicare can.

"You have to take the good with the bad with Medicare Advantage if you're going to lean into that program," he said. "There are just going to be beneficiaries that will not be served by that program because they need specialized care with specialized providers that they can't access in that program."

Gotta say I'm amazed there isn't already a thread. Spoilers obviously.

Currently, it's nothing but dark sky and clouds. Sort of sucks and I have low energy because of it.

That belt is not doing Brianna any favors.

She seemed poised for global stardom after Japanese Boy. What happened?

This is an accurate portrayal.

The forceful tariffs promoted by President-elect Donald Trump would likely lead to higher prices for consumers, according to a top executive at Walmart, the U.S.’ largest company by revenue, a notable warning on the potential inflationary effects of Trump’s favored trade policy tool.

And compared Trump supporters to Nazis

Good riddance.

After the unparalleled success of the Favourite Pamela, Favourite Jo, Favourite Val, Favourite Paul, favourite Michael, favourite Jan, favourite Harris, favourite Benjamin and favourite Sally threads let's talk about our favourite Margaret!

No hetero man is this neurotic

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) plans to introduce a resolution Monday that would bar transgender women from using the women’s bathroom in the Capitol, according to her office. The move comes ahead of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) being sworn in as the first transgender lawmaker in the United States on Jan. 3. The resolution is not under privilege, meaning the House does not have to immediately vote on it. Even if the resolution were to be adopted this year, it would have to be reintroduced and passed in 2025 to be in effect for the 119th Congress.

Most of the period details are still there. And the price is incredible.

I love it!

The cable giant on Wednesday said that it was planning to officially move forward with its proposed split, which will see MSNBC, CNBC, E!, Syfy, USA, Oxygen, Golf Channel, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes spun out into their own company, which will be led by Mark Lazarus.

But the deal brings with it a slew of complications, and executives seem to have few answers to them as of now. What happens after the split is complete could reshape the channels, and the TV industry as a whole.

Nowhere are the questions more acute than in Comcast’s cable news channels MSNBC and CNBC. An MSNBC source described the mood at the network as “depressed,” while a CNBC source described the mood as “annoyed, but probably fine.”

It’s a dynamic that makes sense. MSNBC has benefitted enormously by its close ties to NBC News, with its own talent gaining broadcast exposure, and many NBC anchors also filling time on the cable channel. MSNBC has relied on the vast reporting capabilities of NBC News, which it has supplemented with its own more opinion-driven programming.

CNBC, meanwhile, has long operated with a high degree of autonomy. Its executive offices, newsroom, and studios are in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (it has satellite studios at The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq), and it has only been since Cesar Conde took over the NBCUniversal News Group in 2020 that CNBC resources had begun to be integrated with the larger news operation.

Staffers there are uncertain of what is to come (don’t expect discounted theme park vacations anymore), but are more confident in their ability to execute outside of the larger NBCU enterprise. CNBC began reporting to Lazarus yesterday, getting a head start on the new structure.

Lazarus on Wednesday met with top MSNBC talent, joined by MSNBC president Rashida Jones, according to a source familiar with the company. Lazarus was upbeat, but acknowledged the complexities and uncertainties of the deal, some of which will cut very close to MSNBC’s identity.

Consider: Will the channel continue to be called MSNBC? Will it still be able to use the Peacock emblem? Will the channel cut a financial agreement with NBC News to continue using its reporting? Or will it pursue other options? They are big questions without clear answers, and at MSNBC in particular the devil will be in the details.

The new SpinCo will have plenty of entertainment, with USA, E!, Oxygen and Syfy all in the space to varying degrees. NBCU was in the process of spinning up more scripted fare on USA when the deal was announced.

But there is no question that in recent years, the bulk of NBCU's entertainment investments have gone to Peacock, the NBC broadcast network, and to a lesser extent Bravo, with the cable channels doing what they could with fewer resources.

Will the new structure allow them to make more entertainment investments? Possibly. It could also allow them to be buyers from more producers, giving them optionality. The standalone company could also presumably cut its own streaming deals, letting it license its own entertainment to other streaming platforms. But cable is just not the home of entertainment anymore, as NBCU's own actions demonstrate. Suits was a hit on USA, but it became a phenomenon on Netflix. The company's upcoming spinoff, however, will live on NBC and Peacock, leaving USA in the lurch.

A quirk in the deal: NBCU is keeping one, lone, cable channel: Bravo.

It makes sense, Bravo has forged without question the strongest brand in the company's cable portfolio, with its reality shows not only generating substantial TV viewership, but also viewership on Peacock. If any brand were to survive the shift to streaming in the company, Bravo would be it.

But the deal raises questions bout how long Bravo the cable channel will survive.

While Bravo will have the NBC network to help it retain carriage (more on that below), it will be left without its cable channel siblings in the larger portfolio (putting aside the Telemundo channels, with that business remaining intact).

One doubts Miss LuPone will be rushing to rebook her ticket.

They can't even have a short period of peace and harmony to savor their victory

Let's post any stories about broken promises, dashed hopes, bitter recriminations, and general #ETTD here. Ric Grenell must be feeling kind of bitter and used right about now.

[QUOTE]There’s a chill in the air over Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s courtiers remember that while Trump demands loyalty, he’s hardly loyal himself. A stark reminder of this came last night, when The New York Times reported that Trump was passing over Ric Grenell to likely select Marco Rubio for Secretary of State. Anyone who has spent time with Trump over the past eight years knows that Grenell has been at his side, soldiering on next to him even in his darkest hours of post-January 6 exile, when Rubio took to the Senate floor to denounce the chaos that had erupted that day. “Ric busted his ass this campaign,” said a senior Trump advisor. “For years, actually.”

[QUOTE]Some Grenell supporters are convinced that Trump only chose Rubio—viewed suspiciously as a Republican establishment-adjacent war hawk by the isolationist MAGA movement—so that Lara Trump could be appointed to his Senate seat in Florida. Meanwhile, I’m told Governor Ron DeSantis was not clued into whatever switcheroo the family braintrust is concocting. On the contrary, I heard he woke up to the Rubio news in Italy, a sign of the real and metaphorical distance between the two camps. It’s certainly a rift that DeSantis could endeavor to mend with a quick appointment of Lara over, say, his own chief-of-staff, James Uthmeier, who could be a place holder for DeSantis when he needs a new job in 2026.

[QUOTE]In any case, the Grenell snub is only the latest in a series of Trump choices that are sure to be controversial with one or another constituency. Some Republican allies have privately expressed concerns after Trump plucked two members of Congress, Elise Stefanik and Mike Waltz, to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor, respectively, placing additional pressure on whatever slim majority Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work with. Other MAGA members of the House didn’t bother pitching their services, believing that there was no way to get into the administration because of that margin, and are now irked to see their colleagues get the nod. There are also gripes that “establishment” staffers who have resumes connected to Elaine Chao and Bill Barr, two ex-secretaries non-grata, are involved in the transition, rather than MAGA soldiers from the campaign. It’s all of a piece with the broader resentment bubbling to the surface as the president-elect elevates old political hands with Washington cred over fringier grassroots characters who have been waiting in the wings.

[QUOTE]As for Democrats, they’re bracing themselves for a particularly bruising photo-op tomorrow, when Joe Biden does the classy thing and invites Trump to the White House to discuss the transition—an official act that Trump wouldn’t perform in 2020. Of course, the Democrats are already throwing stones at Biden, but this difficult day for him will be the only picture anyone is looking at.

Well?

While the press spends the week engaged in their favorite activity (flogging Democrats), there is quiet chatter on social media about election interference. At this point not much more than chatter, but what is clear is that the math ain't mathin' in the election results.

Several states elected Dem congresspeople, Dem governors - *and* Trump;

Most of those states are showing 200,000 - 300,000 vote discrepancies between total votes for Congress and for President. (yes states like NC are known for splitting votes, but this many states, by this many votes?)

The GOP by staggering odds won all 7 swing states;

The GOP showed vote gains in every state of the US except Washington State. Coincidentally, Washington is the only state where all votes are conducted by paper mail ballots.

Donald made several verbal slips in the last 2 weeks, talking about the fact that "I don't need your votes".

On today's podcast Joe Rogan gushed about Elon Musk having "an app where he can predict the election 2 hours before results are public".

The government made noise in December 2023 about voting machines being hacked, which was largely ignored.

I'm hearing that Elon's Starlink system was used to transmit voting data in at least one state (no confirmation at this point).

So a mountain of circumstantial evidence, which may never go beyond the internet rumor stage. I personally believe the discrepancies are getting investigating under the table right now and they're waiting for gather enough solid evidence to drop the bomb.

The only thing I can think of is LOL, we are ruined.

O face is perhaps to mild a description, it’s somewhere in between “double penetration” and “werewolf transformation”

My God his hair is nice

You can’t be a spa without the spa. The pool, hot tub, steam room have not worked since 2018/2019. Occassionally one or the other will be up for a week or two, then goes down again.I used to enjoy the hell out of those facilities, but they’ve spent the past five years giving dog Ste my homework excuses to outright lies why tbe amenities are down. The latest? The “heating element” that powers everything is broken. Outright lie. There is no single heating element. I know from discussions with the various managers, the corporate office, and other staff, that the pool, hot tub sbd steam room all have their own heaters. It takes money to make money. I remember when that place was hopping with guys, that’s been gone long before tbe pandemic. They have to be losing money hand over fist and are keeping the place open do losses can offset profit from their others clubs, or they are laundering money. What day you? I figure they’ve lost about $600 a year from fees. Over 5 years, that’s $3 grand. I bet an investment of 30 or 30 grand, regular maintenance, and sone programming would bring in another $600 thousand to a million dollars a year. Of course a lot of that is operating e lenses, but still, they could be making a solid profit, but they don’t seem to be interested in profit. There’s gotta be a reason.

So, on the Bonnie Franklin thread, we were having a discussion of why some people who were in fact quite homely or at least quite average were presented as "hot" sexbombs on TV shows back in that era. Bonnie Franklin and Mac Phillips were the subjects at hand but of course there are others.

But the practice seems to be dying off? The last instance of this I can detect is Ted Danson. Is this still a thing?

The 2024 season is set to start on September 17.

I'm still glad there is no Tyra Banks despite her leaving over a year ago.

I am currently reading her book, I cant believe shes been gone for almost two years. What is your favorite Lisa song?

We haven't had one in a long time & I know Muriel hates them because

they mess up the search engine but it's been messed up without these type of threads so...

Have some fun while this thread is still up!

Tinted windows on a car always make me wonder what the owner has to hide.

He looks ill

Or bi. Fucking finally! It's been a long time coming.

And a fucking moron, too. She can't even spell "Fauci" correctly.

Drag the bitch.

I've been told this one from Monte's Diner in Madison is it.

If yours is better, please oblige.

Just because I love this picture...

What a spineless piece of shit.

Is he winning the Oscar?

Why did such a young singer sound like Dot Cotton after a fifth of grain alcohol?

What celebrities will die in 2025? Do you think Jimmy Carter will be able to hang on that long?

Make your predictions here!

How can it be?

91 critic score with 100 reviews, 99 audience score from previews

I'm a sanctuary city.

Senator Tim Scott and Rep. Byron Donalds were outspoken surrogates for Trump in 2024. No matter how noxious, offensive or ridiculous his ravings, they made themselves look like c00ns on television defending him. Both have been loyal. Both were -- allegedly -- on the shortlist to be his VP pick. Senator Scott even married a sad, sorry-looking white lady to bolster his chances.

What is their reward for sacrificing their integrity and dignity?! Every other moron is being picked for Trump's cabinet, I hope he doesn't overlook the Black guys who destroyed their own souls to support him.

…by someone who apparently has never seen a Luca Guadagnino film.

Trump 2.0 is a reality television program. His cabinet will be full of big personalities and billionaires. They are going to have a brutal wake up call that if you are not the president, you are staff.

Who do you think is going to be voted off the tribe first?

Although there are still the persistent political threads.

I'll take it. I was pretty sick of the constant threads on the current topic du jour.

Call it Room, SVU.

20 years after being imprisoned by Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Sir), Shanola Hampton (Gabi) runs an investigation firm with other kidnapping victims including Kelli Williams.

The hook is that she has Sir chained up in her basement, helping her solve cases, like Hannibal Lector.

Sad last days...

Gorgeous. I really am taken aback by how gorgeous he looks. He is the moment.

Lard Channel are taking a long break so Junkie Niko can go to rehab. Greasy Niall is still rotund and has just finished a 90 date world tour. Poor Lewis Fataldi was forced to take a career break because of his Tourettes, so he's inactive as well. Nevertheless, we'll still find plenty to talk about!

WOW! In less than two weeks, the media has been oversaturated their reporting with the words "wrecking ball", "guard rails" and "clown cars".. Everyone commenting or reporting on the election and its aftermath, has to include these three phrases within the first 40 seconds, or so it seems.

Any other 'attention grabbing words' coming out of their mouths lately which I've been missing ?

Essentially, Ukraine launched 12 British missiles into Russia that almost certainly required operational support from British military which, if true, means the UK is now directly at war with Russia.

Although I think there’s still enough wiggle room for all three sides (Russia, UK, rest of NATO) to argue either way depending on how much each of them fancies getting involved in a nuclear war.

Aren’t they amazing?

When I was 15 yrs old….

A boy followed me into the restroom one morning. I thought nothing of it. He cornered me and then he pulled out a knife and stuck it at my chest. He said.” I want that jacket and I want it now. I said, get that fucking knife away from me before I turn it around and put it in your eyeball. He was stunned. He said who the fuck are you? Said who the fuck are you right back at him. Then I shoved him back. Hard. He flew about 6 feet and landed on his ass with the knife still in his hand. He got up, called me a fucking bitch and ran out of the bathroom. I just stood there in the mirror, wondering what was happening looking back I don’t blame him. He was desperate and he just wanted my coat. And mine was the coolest jacket in the school.

This is his first podcast I listened the whole way through because it was actually interesting and a brief 36 minutes.

His friend would tell him he was making bad and reckless decisions and he would ignore them. He appears genuinely surprised that some of his friends’ female friends cut them off because of their association with him, like the thought had never crossed his mind. Much of the podcast is of the poor me, poor me variety, and the friend has to remind him that his actions caused immense suffering for his wife, and Hammer is like “Oh yeah that too.” He says that at the time of his troubles he had the emotional maturity of a kid, and “You can’t get mad at a kid for being their age.” (Hammer was in his mid-30s when this happened.) It just goes on and on.

Hammer admits he was purposely reckless with his online behavior because he actually hated his movie star persona and was trying to destroy it. He hated being told he had to brush his hair or put on a clean shirt when leaving the house. His friend recounts an innocuous memory from their youth which he remembers as a happy memory, and Hammer counters that the event was actually stressful for him and he needed drugs to cope with it. He is talking about Imposter Syndrome. The link between neurodivergence and Imposter Syndrome is well documented. Neurodivergent people understand they are “different” at an early age and must mask to meet expectations from others, which can lead to lifelong feelings of fraudulence.

Because this is his close friend there’s a greater degree of unmasking and the neurodivergent tics are off the charts - heavy manual stimming, the inability to sit straight, glazed expression over the eyes. Hammer is obviously not on the autism spectrum but other details of life like his self-acknowledged impulsive behavior or his struggle with school (high school dropout) point to ADHD.

The jailed rioters await their pardons. This will be jetfuel to the Maga Youth groups.

Michael Sheen, Ruth Wilson.

[quote]Explores Emily Maitlis' journey as a News night journalist and Prince Andrew's disastrous interview with her.

Three episodes, out September 19.

It’s called sticker shock. And if you haven’t been to a dealer’s showroom since before the pandemic, you might want to prepare yourself.

Americans paid a whopping $47,612 on average for a new car in October, according to data from Edmunds. That’s a jump of almost $10,000 from October 2019, ahead of the pandemic. That means new car prices have risen much faster than most goods and services.

The price jump has multiple origin stories: The pandemic snarled supply chains and limited essential car parts. Buyers increasingly prefer larger cars with more features, continuing the decades-long shift to bigger, more expensive SUVs and trucks.

But much of the reason Americans are paying nearly $50k for a car is that automakers decided to go all-in on expensive cars. The more they charge for a car, the more money they make off it.

“You’d be hard pressed to find anything under $30,000 from an American automaker,” said Ivan Drury, director of insights at Edmunds. “They’re hacking away at models altogether, and basic trim levels, which are no longer the bulk of the business. They’re raising the floor prices.”

Today’s cars come with all manner of driver assist features, including automatic braking, adaptive cruise control and blind spot warning systems.

“People didn’t know they wanted them (these features) until they had them,” said Charlie Chesbrough, economist and senior director of industry insights at Cox Automotive. “It’s a mix of what consumers want, and what industry is moving to. The market is abandoning the below-$35,000 price point.”

There are also more electric vehicles, as well as growing demand for hybrids, both of which are more expensive than traditional gas-only cars.

The cheaper cars remaining are generally from foreign brands. The average price of a Nissan sold in the United States in the third quarter stood at $35,362, and that includes sales of its luxury Infiniti brand.

The traditional Big Three of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which sells under the Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler brands, have virtually abandoned the sedan market to focus almost entirely on SUVs and pickups.

Ford sells only one traditional “car” these days, the Mustang, a two-door coupe rather than a family sedan. The last non-SUV or pickup Chevrolet will roll off the line this month.

The exclusion of almost everything that isn’t a big, high-riding crossover or SUV has already raised the average sales price to $50,922 at GM, $54,963 at Stellantis and $55,632 at Ford.

While average prices are down $142 from a year ago, they could be heading higher soon.

Eldergay this, eldergay that. What is your definition of an eldergay? What age does a gay become an elder? Are you sure you're not one already? You probably are to someone...

The objects of fascination the year I joined the DL "family" (2005) were Anderson Cooper and Mariska Hargitay.

Christina Aguilera loves her ultra skinny figure, but it’s caused a lull in her love life, according to an insider. The source exclusively tells Life & Style that her long suffering fiancé, Matthew Rutler, is tearing his hair out in frustration.

“Christina’s all about looking as sexy as she can these days. She’s constantly showing off her body and parading around in skin tight clothes,” the insider reveals. “Most people probably assume she’s got a hot sex life to go with her hot body, but it’s actually the total opposite.”

The source continues, “Apparently, she and Matt used to have a way better sex life, but these days it’s DOA because she’s just never in the mood. It’s not something that’s ever been an issue in their relationship before so of course Matt is blaming her drastic weight loss. Plus, although Christina denies taking Ozempic or any of the other weight loss drugs, decreased libido is one of the possible side effects so it’s not hard to put two and two together.”

However, according to the insider, the “Genie in a Bottle” hit maker, 43, “doesn’t seem to think it’s a problem.”

“She’s so caught up in looking good and all the stuff going on with her career, but it’s certainly doing a number on Matt. He feels like their connection’s just not the same as it used to be. He’s been complaining to friends and saying he wishes she’d gain some weight and start acting like herself again,” the source concludes.

The news of Matt’s concerns about their love life comes on the heels of fans worrying that Christina might be taking her weight loss too far.

“Christina has been losing weight for the past year and is feeling more confident than she has in ages,” a separate insider told Life & Style on Thursday, October 10. “Still, people are starting to wonder if perhaps she’s taking it too far. She looks smaller than she did in her teen years. It’s really shocking to see in-person.”

The “I Turn to You” singer has never addressed whether or not she’s used weight loss medication to shed some pounds, but the source said she feels “pressure to compete with the younger pop stars.”

However, when Christina sat down for an interview with Glamour in August, she explained that she didn’t want her children to obsess over their weight due to society’s often unrealistic standards similar to how she felt as a teen.

“Your kids trigger things in you that you don’t want them to go through, and it’s almost like you’re reliving this whole thing again,” the “Lady Marmalade” songstress told the outlet on August 15. “When you’re a teenager, you have a very different body than when you’re in your 20s. I started to fill out, and then that was unacceptable because it was like, ‘Oh, she’s getting thicker.’ Then I had industry people: ‘They liked your body and how you were as a skinny teenager.’”

As for the rumors about how she lost weight? Christina said she was past the point of worrying about what people whispered about.

“I have a maturity now where I just don’t give a f—k about your opinion,” the Burlesque star said. “I’m not going to take it on. It must be your responsibility to take up your space. Other people’s opinions of me are not my business.”

Washington reflected on watching Spacey win an Oscar in 2000 for his performance in 'American Beauty' in a new essay for 'Esquire'

Denzel Washington says many people in Hollywood had suspicions about Kevin Spacey decades before the House of Cards actor faced allegations of sexual assault and harassment.

On Nov. 19, Esquire published a five-part, first-person essay written by Washington, 69, in which the two-time Oscar winner remembered moments in his life and career ahead of the release of Gladiator II. While Washington reflected on attending the 2000 Academy Awards — at which he was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in The Hurricane — the actor recalled watching Spacey, 65, win that year's award instead.

"I’m sure I went home and drank that night. I had to," Washington, who also wrote much about his decision to live a sober lifestyle over the last ten years, wrote in the piece. "I don’t want to sound like, Oh, he won my Oscar, or anything like that. It wasn’t like that."

"And you know, there was talk in the town about what was going on over there on that side of the street, and that’s between him and God," he added. "I ain’t got nothing to do with that. I pray for him. That’s between him and his maker."

Spacey won that year's Best Actor Oscar for his role in 1999's American Beauty; it marked his second Academy Award win after he won Best Supporting Actor in 1996 for the crime thriller The Usual Suspects. 17 years after Spacey won that second Oscar, the actor's career unraveled when Anthony Rapp became the first person to publicly accuse him of sexual assault, with several more accusers coming forward in the years that followed.

In 2022, a jury in New York found that Spacey was not liable for battery in relation to Rapp’s accusations; the following year, a U.K. court found him not guilty of nine counts of alleged sexual assault, with additional initial charges in the case struck as well.

Allegations against Spacey have continued to amass in documentaries like Investigation Discovery's Spacey Unmasked, released in May. Spacey, who has denied all claims made against him — and received criticism for coming out as gay in response to Rapp's initial accusations in 2017 — said in a June interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored that he is struggling to pay his legal bills and that his home in Baltimore was being foreclosed on as a result of the criminal prosecution against him and other lawsuits.

Washington's new movie Gladiator II releases in theaters Nov. 22.

50% forehead. 50% teeth. 100% man.

😍😍

Two years after the "Twin Peaks" director, 78, was diagnosed with emphysema, he finally stopped smoking — and now he's urging others to quit too

I doubt it. He looked dirty and unkempt, and his dirge like output didn't get any gay dancefloors jumping, that's for sure.

Any "grunge gays" here? Did you wash back then?

For your upcoming appointment on November 24, 2024

What are your preferred pronouns?

He/Him/His .... She/Her/Hers .... They/Them/Theirs .... I Don't Know / I Don't See Myself Here .... Prefer Not To Answer ......................................................................................................................

What do you think about pronouns?

Oh, dear lord.

Please post a Christmas/holiday/winter song to this thread.

I'll start with "Merry Christmas, Baby"by Ike & Tina Turner

That Trump's solution to high gasoline prices will be to nationalize the oil companies. That would tear his coalition apart.

That late 70s/early 80s vibe. Strolling along the Upper West Side.

This was 10 years ago. Anyone know what happened to him? Mental illness, I’m guessing.

…

Bryan Travis Smith was friends with Julia Roberts, used to live with Drew Barrymore — and he was married to “Charmed” and “Pretty Little Liars” actress Holly Marie Combs — but now he’s homeless on the streets of New York.

Smith, 47, who had parts in “Bugsy” and “Boxing Helena,” recently wrote on Instagram: “I’m a goldfish banging my head on the glass until someone notices. I’m homeless, that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop eating Eggs Benedict.”

Richard Dupont, the Andy Warhol protégé, was close to Smith in the early ’90s.

“It’s so sad. Everyone was always trying to help him. But he couldn’t cope with his demons,” Dupont told me. “Annette Bening tried to help him.”

Smith was hired in 1992 by director Peter Bogdanovich to star in “The Thing Called Love” with Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock, but he missed a table reading.

“It would have been his big break. Instead, River Phoenix got the job,” Dupont said.

Until eight months ago, Smith was tweeting as @homelessbryan, but then he stopped.

Combs, who divorced Smith in 1997, lives in Burbank with three sons from her second marriage.

He was then caught acting nuts walking down the street nude. What was the name of that animal everyone latched onto?

It’s like if Santa went to Easter Island and became a statue!

Secret secrets... hurt someone.

How does one acquire it?

Discuss which actors acquired it and what its hallmarks are.

I bet most of us were watching The Facts of Life. It's Your Move started a young Jason Bateman and that guy who played Steve on Married With Children. Parents complained that Bateman's character was a bad role model and the show was cancelled.

An American man is the third person suspected to have died after a mass drink poisoning in Laos that killed young Danish women and left two Australian teens fighting for their lives.

The US State Department on Thursday confirmed the death of one of its citizens in Vang Vieng, a tourist town where at least 10 people became seriously ill last week from drinking spirits believed to be laced with methanol, a cheap and deadly form of alcohol mostly found in crude or criminal brews.

Melbourne friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles had been backpacking there alongside travellers from all over the world until a night out on November 11 and 12. They had been drinking at the bar of their accommodation, Nana Backpacker Hostel, but their movements in Vang Vieng after this were unclear.

The State Department said it was “closely monitoring” the situation. The spokesperson declined to provide specific dates or details about the American victim but said that he died while still in Vang Vieng. Most, if not all, the other victims were moved to bigger hospitals in the capital, Vientiane, or in neighbouring Thailand.

It was up to local authorities to determine the cause of death, the US said. While this has not yet happened, or at least not publicly announced, Laotian authorities are believed to be investigating it as a poisoning.

Denmark’s Foreign Ministry had earlier confirmed two of its citizens, aged 19 or 20, had died.

This masthead has also been told the case had reached the highest levels of the Laos government and that senior figures had ordered further work.

Accordingly, police appeared to be escalating what had been a lacklustre and low-profile investigation.

More than a week after people became sick, a group of officials, including a police chief, went to the hostel on Wednesday and confiscated bottles for testing in Vientiane.

It was unknown whether investigators from the other visit, which happened shortly after victims emerged, had taken samples. In any case, the bar at Nana continued to serve guests despite its links to at least some of the victims.

The manager of the hostel, Duong Duc Toan, said this week that he served the Australian 19-year-olds free shots of local vodka but denied this was what made them sick.

He said other guests notified staff that the Melbourne teens were unwell. They failed to check out as planned on November 13, and he said the hostel then arranged hospital transport for them. Both were flown to Thailand in critical condition.

Toan said the Australian women had joined more than 100 other guests for free shots of Laotian vodka offered by the hostel as a gesture of hospitality.

The hostel said the women started drinking at the bar at 8pm and left about 10.30pm, going elsewhere for the rest of the night and returning in the early hours of the morning. He said no other guests reported any issue.

When this masthead visited the hostel on Tuesday afternoon, Toan produced a bottle of Tiger Vodka he said he served the women, pouring himself a drink and finishing it.

The bottle said the vodka was 40 per cent alcohol and distilled in the southern part of Vientiane. He said he hoped the police investigation would clear his name.

Wow.

I was scrolling through an actor's Instagram page, and just by chance he happened to have a photo of his kids at an Atlanta Braves game.

Ralph Macchio was there, and he took pictures with them.

It was kind of mind blowing to me how good he looks for his age. And the photos were posted 20 weeks ago, so they were taken this year.

The guy is 62 years old, and he still looks amazing!!

What's his secret? Do Italians just have youthful genes?

Damn.

This takes the place of “I See Me” in the show.

With Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo.

[quote]In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

Out May 5th.

Probably fake but still funny 😁

Old lady attacks a young guy in Panera wearing a "PALESTINE" shirt.

Can't we all just get along?

I thought this would be helpful for you broke bitches.

I was reading there’s a new trend amongst women to get an abortion once a year (more often is debilitating) to take advantage of the female hormone rush that happens during the first trimester.

Supposedly this sudden influx of hormones gives a dramatic boost to hair, skin, and nail growth, making them extra healthy, soft and glossy.

While I support every woman’s right to choose, I’m concerned about this trend because the entire pregnancy is only engineered (then yanked out) for cosmetic purposes. What are your thoughts?

At this point, I am hoping for the best and making my small part of the world as good as it can be. If I can do anything else, I will.

I'm not ignoring the significance but I can't continue to live in negativity, as it is suffocating.

I need DL to be a release from reality not a glaring reminder...

Elegant? Refined? Thoughts?

If not, how much longer will it grow?

Him or her, I shall follow.

It seems like every day there are more and stranger stories of Republicans going off the rails.

Let's compile them here

Good Riddance

When mami has paid more motherfucking taxes, contributed more to social security than their basic asses will in a lifetime.

People who speak in text speak are annoying.

A new rumor doing the rounds online is claiming that Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, Deadpool and Wolverine is in talks for a role in Simon Kinberg's Star Wars trilogy...

Could our previous big-screen Superman take flight in the galaxy far, far away?

Last week, the news broke that Lucasfilm is developing a new Star Wars trilogy, with Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) tapped to write and produce all three films, and a new rumor claims that none other than Henry Cavill has met with Lucasfilm about a potential role.

Cavill has appeared in a number of major comic book, sci-fi and fantasy franchises over the years, playing the Man of Steel in the DCEU, Geralt of Rivia in Netflix's The Witcher, and a Wolverine variant in this year's Deadpool and Wolverine. He also has the lead role in the Highlander reboot on the way, and there are rumors that he might be in line to play another character in the MCU.

The actor has spoken about his love for the Star Wars franchise in the past, and scooper MTTSH is now claiming that he has had discussions with the studio about possibly taking a role in the new trilogy.

Here's what Cavill had to say about his appreciation of Star Wars several years ago.

"I am a fan of them. I would have to read a script and speak to a director before I could possibly say if I’d be interested in being a movie it’s not as simple as you know. Yes, it’d be fun and ideal but what if the script sucks…you’ve got to keep your fingers crossed that it works."

It was a “plandemic.”

Donald?

Her former husband spoke to the parole board before they issued their decision. I can't imagine the pain that poor man has been through.

I'm thinking we're about to get a lot of Franco and Thatcher, with a dose of South African Broederbond.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - A former youth pastor is now facing nearly 100 sex charges against children in four North Central West Virginia counties.

John Radcliff, II, of Nicholas County, has been charged in Lewis, Harrison, Braxton and Nicholas counties for the sexual abuse of children that occurred between 1987 and 2003, according to West Virginia State Police.

Radcliff was originally arrested in Nicholas County in September for incidents that occurred in 2018 and 2019, which led to many victims being interviewed and a multi-county investigation.

According to court documents from Lewis County, Radcliff began abusing two young girls when they were just 3 and 4 years old — both of whom are Radcliff’s nieces. Both girls, who are now adults, told police about numerous incidents that occurred in Lewis County, in which Radcliff made them perform sexual acts on him and sexually assaulted them in other ways throughout their childhoods.

One of the victims told police about a time Radcliff, along with his wife, Kathy Radcliff, made her and her cousin, who was around the same age as her, come into their bedroom and watch a pornographic movie with them while the couple performed sexual acts on one another. The girl said she ran out of the room to hide, and Kathy later came to find her to ask her if she was okay.

Kathy has also been charged in relation to the above-mentioned incident in Lewis County with displaying obscene matter to a minor and accessory, as the victim told police Kathy was aware of everything that was happening at all times.

Both John and Kathy are currently in the Central Regional Jail. In total, John’s bond is over $1.7 million in Lewis, Harrison and Braxton counties, while Kathy’s is set at $75,000 in Lewis.

Anyone that is or was a victim of these individuals or has information relating to this investigation is asking to contact TFC. R.C. Watson at the Weston Detachment of the West Virginia State Police at 304-269-0500 or 304-637-0200.

Radcliff is facing 98 total charges throughout the four counties, 77 of which were filed on Monday. He is facing the following charges in the following counties:

Lewis County

Radcliff was charged with seven counts of first-degree sexual abuse, five counts of first-degree sexual assault, 12 counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian, five counts of incest and one count of displaying obscene matter to a minor for incidents that occurred between 1987 and 2003. Bond is set at $1,000,000.

Braxton County

Radcliff was charged with 15 counts of first-degree sexual assault, 15 counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian and 15 counts of incest for incidents that occurred between 1995 and 2000. Bond is set at $250,000.

Harrison County

Radcliff was charged with one count of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian, one count of first-degree sexual assault and one count of incest for incidents that occurred in 2002. Bond is set at $450,000.

Nicholas County

Radcliff was charged with five counts of second-degree sexual assault, eight counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian, and eight counts of incest for incidents that occurred in 2018 and 2019.

2 years, 2026

Also, 40 years of her being the biggest female music artist in history!

I can’t imagine why anyone who has the money would choose to live here, you can get a $10.8 million apartment overlooking the lake or Lincoln Park and not have cars honking below.

And there’s always Lake Forest where you can cosplay as Beth Jarrett.

1. Your neighbors rev up their vehicles and slam their car doors all hours of the night.

2. The same neighbors have loud, raucous house parties even on weeknights.

3. Your pissed off.

I’ve always eaten fast because I’ve always enjoyed the perfect bite whether hot or cold. Why would I want to take 45 minutes eating a hot dish to suffer through eating something that isn’t even lukewarm anymore.

On the other hand, why would I want to eat ice cream that’s been melting for 30 minutes? Let me enjoy it when it’s still frozen.

My parents would always tell me to slow down while they took over an hour to eat one medium sized plate of food. My god, I’m surprised they didn’t get botulism by the time they finally got around to finishing their plate.

Yeah, I know, I type fat.

A storm that will bring strong winds to Washington state has been intensifying quickly off the Pacific coast. According to Maddie Kristell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle, the storm will reach levels that are rarely seen in the region at this time of year.

“We do have an anomalously strong low pressure system offshore. It has deepened its intensity, dropped pressure pretty significantly in the core of it,” Kristell said in a phone call with McClatchy.

In an interview with KIRO Newsradio, University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Cliff Mass said that the system is approaching the strength of a hurricane. However, Kristell said that NWS’s forecasts suggest Washington will likely be spared the storm’s worst effects.

“It does remain offshore. The track does seem to take it closer to northwestern Vancouver Island, so we’re not looking at a direct impact of the lowest pressure on our shores,” Kristell said.

But that doesn’t mean Washington will be completely in the clear. According to Kristell, gusts of wind will approach 65 miles an hour in parts of the state.

“Certainly through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and along the coast, that’s where we’re going to see our strongest winds, where sustained winds could be between 30 and 35 miles per hour, with gusts between 60 and 65 miles an hour,” Kristell said. “The lowlands and up through the Bellingham area will probably see gusts more in the 35, 40 miles an hour range.”

The storm is expected to hit Washington the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 19, around 4 or 5 p.m., and will last until the following morning, according to Kristell.

Several reports have referred to the storm as a bomb cyclone. The term refers to a storm that intensifies incredibly quickly. For a pressure system to be considered a bomb cyclone, it needs to drop 24 millibars within a 24-hour period.

According to Kristell, it’s unclear whether the storm approaching Washington meets that definition.

“We haven’t been following the exact amount that it’s dropped,” Kristell said. “It definitely could have, because it’s a lower area of pressure than we typically see.

Additionally, Kristell said that at lower latitudes, a lower drop in pressure can still effectively amount to a bomb cyclone.

“That definition of the 24 millibar drop in 24 hours is a rule of thumb that’s normalized to 60 degrees north in latitude,” Kristell said. “We’re not sitting up there, we do have to take that definition with a little bit of a grain of salt for where we’re sitting at in the latitude.”

NWS has already issued both wind and flood advisories for the areas that will be affected by the storm. According to Kristell, while the storm will bring some rain, water levels aren’t as much of a concern. The coast could see flooding, but wind will likely be the primary effect of the storm on the Puget Sound region.

“Wind will be our primary concern on this one,” Kristell said. “There will still be some rain with it, but the focus of the rain is actually more to our south.”

It's nonsensical to drink a raw animal product, like eating raw meat, now we wait until it mutates and we have human to human transmission, stupid people.

Apparently getting a lot of watchers, but I have been lied to. Dude looks like he should have been one of Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

Damn you Netflix

I think it's about time they remade this film.

Not my juicy hole, you perverts, You can see this beauty, but unfortunately you can't smell it, pity that is, frost may come next week

This should be interesting.

…if you’re a fan. 42 years ago—Nov. 20, 1982.

By that I don't mean have you felt just sad necessarily, but also: have you felt especially anxious, distracted and forgetful, even suicidal?

Please no judgments. This thread should be about how you're feeling, not what you SHOULD be feeling.

SO i have Told my hubby to stop donating to anything....It doesn't work...We had four years of "talk".....The country spoke and Trump won...Every state that was a "swing".... We are very liberal gays but i think the next 4 years we should step aside and chill ....We would have lost money had Kamala had her tax stuff go though......We are far from republicans but my view is to let them kill each other over prices and stuff....As of now Trump will not affect my gay marriage ......we make to much

Time to take the pants to the tailor to let out the seams.

As vain as Trump is he can't be happy Musk posted this photo

His boobs are nice and round

God I loved it.

Did this air yet? Did anyone see it? Absolutely chilling. Poor Mark Milley and family.

Going on MSNBC at 7 to talk about this.

NBC EXCLUSIVE: Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible court-martials

I will be in New York during the first two weeks of January. I would love to know which shows I should try to see. I've been out of the country and am somewhat out of the loops. What is the word on the play "English"? The show "Stereophonic"? I am open to the opera too. I would appreciate any advice.

He's been a fun channel to follow on Youtube this week - he's been having a great time at the DNC. Comer Pyle is a good one. Mike can really talk some shit. Tucker Fucker Carlson.

It's from writer/director Jacques Audiard who made the exceptional The Beat My Heart Skipped, Rust And Bone and A Prophet.

The film stars Latinxs Selena Gomez. Zoe Saldana, Edgar Ramirez and Karla Sofía Gascón who is tipped to become the first tranny to get a Best Actress nomination, despite being a supporting character.

It won best actress at Cannes for the ladies involved and reviews have been good but it doesn't feel like anyone is talking about it other than critics?

What you say Datalounge?

Diddy or didn’t he?

Carry On!

Please explain the pivotal role he plays in your life.

Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe.

Kjaer, an animal protection advocate who works in the diamond selling business, beat out Miss Nigeria at the end of 73rd edition of the competition in Mexico City. Miss Mexico placed third.

It is the first time a Danish contestant has won Miss Universe.

Oh, Dataloungers, this is the *ultimate* Tasteful Friends edition, a pinnacle of some kind of "taste," and an exhausting one at that with 200+ very, very busy, colorful, almost visually assaultive pictures.

I cannot even begin to describe this place. The sellers appear to be some kind of OCD "artists," maybe? Lovers of Gaudi? Themed rooms, appliquéd toilets, elaborate tiled floors, frescos on the ceilings and walls, a Viking ship-inspired kitchen table, custom-made everything including some nice woodwork. Not an inch of space goes undecorated.

Who would buy this and what would they do with it? I think I'd need to be paid to live there.

There's no narration. Just shows him setting up a camp.

392K views - I wonder why

Who else finds attorney Joel Leppard (the lawyer for the two women accusing Gaetz with having sex with underage girls) incredibly sexy whenever he's on TV? WOW - there's something about this guy that oozes sexiness to me. Does anyone have any info on him ? Does he play on our team ?

They had a big year! These are the Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue stars for 2024.

JFC.

Hardly worth posting you say since sexual assault is practically rite of passage for the modern GOP, right? He plied a woman with alcohol and raped her while she was passed out. OK, unsurprising. Well... It was his 21 year old DAUGHTER!!! He pleaded guilty after the election, he never took his name off the ballot despite having been arrested in June.

Bizarre story. It's a custom for him to take his kids to Vegas when they turn 21 (weird right?). She was the youngest. He didn't want her boyfriend to come along, but the grandma and step grandpa were on the trip and in the adjacent room as her son was raping her granddaughter. She suspects he may have planned it.

Poor woman. Talk about the ultimate betrayal.

I’ve been to Vegas a few times and usually have the same experience. I’m doing some light gambling, I’m eating a ton of great food and hanging by the pool and going to shows, just having a blast. And then it happens: for a moment I am paralyzed by the realization that this city encapsulates everything that is wrong with American society and hyper-concentrates it a hundredfold into the space of a few blocks, wave upon wave of horror crash upon me as I gaze into the angry flashing lights imposing themselves upon me, I feel so small and helpless against this force and while I thought I was the consumer, the whole time the city was actually consuming ME.

And then the moment passes and I get a sundae.

Any plans?

[QUOTE]Many of Rodgers’ passes are either late, off-target or bad decisions. That throw he once made look simple, where he turns and throws off his back foot, is no longer hitting the mark. He looks finished.

Shocking testimony today. The girlfriend of Jose Ibarra, who is accused of brutally murdering College Student Laken Riley, told the court the pair were staying at hotel in NYC (paid for by the government). They then requested a flight to Atlanta where his brothers lived, which the government paid for.

Why is the US government providing free flights to the desitnation of their choice to illegal aliens? Who then hop off the plane and almost immediately stalk and murder college students?

Enough dreary and terrible news about politics and the dying planet….new Timmy content is here to save us.

Hallelujah!

The "new" New York ladies are back. And this time they're not fighting about cheese.

I bought a can of Chicken of the Sea mackerel at the grocery store. First time. It’s supposed to be a healthy source of Omega 3s. It had bones in it. I had to debone a large portion of it. It reminded me of catfish bones. It is cooked and flaky like tuna only tastier. I put some of it on my salad.

Turn tricks? Engage in the oldest profession?

I know there have been a number of threads here with posters asking about hiring an escort but this is a different question......

MSNBC, CNBC, E!, USA, SyFy, Oxygen and Golf

This will be an interesting couple of months as a wave on consolidation is expected in media with expected M&A leniency from the Trump Administration

Who's leaving? Where's everyone going? How did you decide where to go? What was the process you took or are taking to make it happen? All tales and practical suggestions are welcome. Thanks, everyone!

I was planning on Panama, but now I'm having some doubts, because the cost of things there is going up. I still haven't ruled it out, but now I'm thinking about Ecuador, even though there are problems with their government v. drug gangs. Hmmm.

Please share your stories and progress here.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1." According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in the White House.

Here's a look at what Trump has said he will do in his second term and whether he can do it the moment he steps into the White House:

Make most of his criminal cases go away, at least the federal ones

Trump has said that “within two seconds" of taking office that he would fire Jack Smith, the special counsel who has been prosecuting two federal cases against him. Smith is already evaluating how to wind down the cases because of long-standing Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted.

Smith charged Trump last year with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Trump cannot pardon himself when it comes to his state conviction in New York in a hush money case, but he could seek to leverage his status as president-elect in an effort to set aside or expunge his felony conviction and stave off a potential prison sentence.

A case in Georgia, where Trump was charged with election interference, will likely be the only criminal case left standing. It would probably be put on hold until at least 2029, at the end of his presidential term. The Georgia prosecutor on the case just won reelection.

Pardon supporters who attacked the Capitol

More than 1,500 people have been charged since a mob of Trump supporters spun up by the outgoing president attacked the Capitol almost nearly four years ago.

He called the rioters “unbelievable patriots” and promised to help them “the first day we get into office.”

As president, Trump can pardon anyone convicted in federal court, District of Columbia Superior Court or in a military court-martial. He can stop the continued prosecution of rioters by telling his attorney general to stand down.

“I am inclined to pardon many of them," Trump said on his social media platform in March when announcing the promise. “I can’t say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control.”

Dismantle the ‘deep state’ of government workers

Trump could begin the process of stripping tens of thousands of career employees of their civil service protections, so they could be more easily fired.

He wants to do two things: drastically reduce the federal workforce, which he has long said is an unnecessary drain, and to “totally obliterate the deep state” — perceived enemies who, he believes, are hiding in government jobs.

Beyond the firings, Trump wants to crack down on government officials who leak to reporters. He also wants to require that federal employees pass a new civil service test.

Have you ever been harassed at work verbally continuously and hired a lawyer and won the case? Do tell.

None of the other actors who are supposed to be doing it will film it with him because of their publicists.

Connections drives me batty. Ranging from the comically basic (body parts mentioned in the song Heads, Shoulders, Knees And Toes? Really?) to the ridiculously esoteric.

When golden towers pierce clouds above the sea,

The plague of pride shall bend the eagle's wings,

While trusted guards unlock the garden gate,

The mighty fall to whispers, plots, and strings.

From marble halls the serpent's tongue speaks sweet,

While crimson death stalks streets both rich and poor,

The people feast on lies and bitter meat,

Till truth lies bleeding on the chamber floor.

Jim Wright, a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and freelance writer, wrote a post about RFK and his anti-vax campaign on Facebook that might be of interest here.

"Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a conspiracy nut and rabid anti-vaxxer, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

RFK Jr has a long, long history of insane, counterfactual, completely wrong, and at best misleading claims regarding vaccines. I don't think he's ever said a single word about vaccines that was correct. There isn't an unhinged vaccine conspiracy theory Kennedy doesn't love and believe whole hog. He's lost literally hundreds of lawsuits over vaccines.

But NOW he's going be in charge of vaccination for the entire country. We're literally going to put the biggest nut in the booby hatch in charge, and we're going to lock up all the doctors.

Guess Liberals should have shown up, eh? Then again, anti-vax conspiracy theories have long been a popular bugaboo on the far left, which is where Kennedy himself came from, so maybe the Left is getting exactly what it wanted after all.

Be that as it may, or may not be, Kennedy has said the government won't out and out outlaw vaccines, but will just make it so they aren't mandated.

Vaccines won't be mandatory and no one from schools to employers to the military will be able to make them so. (You probably don't want to spend too much time imagining the massive vulnerability any unvaccinated military will face in a battlespace where disposable $100 drones can easily spray biological agents over wide areas...)'

Anyway, you'll still be able to get your family vaccinated. But your insurance won't cover it.

Yeah, if vaccines aren't mandatory, AND the government agency tasked with certifying their effectiveness is run by a bunch of drooling lunatics who think Froot Loops make kids gay or something, well, then there isn't any way in hell that your insurance company is going to pay for them. Especially when they repeal the ACA slash Obamacare.

In practical terms what this means is that ONLY the rich will be fully vaccinated. And the poor will be ravaged by disease.

Oh, and it's not just going to be measles, mumps, polio, whooping cough, flu, COVID, etc. No no. It'll be the classics like cholera and typhus too, because Trump, RFK, and the new Department of Government Efficiency run by Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, are ALSO going to get rid of health inspectors, you know, the people who make sure your food isn't contaminated by rat flees or your drinking water doesn't have human shit in it.

When Trump said make America like the 1700s again, Buddy, he wasn't kidding"

The NY Jets just won another game with Aaron as quarterback against the New England Patriots.

So this season, they've lost one game (the first of the season), and they've won two.

Expect more of this.

Selena Gomez can now add becoming a billionaire to her long list of achievements. The 32-year-old actress, singer, investor and entrepreneur just achieved the financial milestone thus making her one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the United States, according to Bloomberg, which values her net worth at $1.3 billion.

Some of the wealth for the “Only Murders in the Building” star comes from singing, brand partnerships and acting, but the “vast bulk” of her wealth is tied to Rare Beauty, her 5-year-old makeup line that is a success with influencers and teens, the publication revealed Friday.

The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.

A bride is cutting off her friends who didn’t bother to show up to her wedding without so much as an apology.

On November 6, Kalina Marie went viral on TikTok for exposing the vacant reception hall she and her husband walked into on their wedding day. “POV: you planned the most beautiful entrance. Just to open the doors to an empty venue,” she wrote over her video, which has now amassed over 8.6 million views.

Marie had been planning her big day for 10 months, sending out more than 75 invitations to their closest friends and family so they could join them on the joyous occasion. But on the day of their wedding, the happy couple was met with the disappointing reality of only five guests waiting to greet them inside the decorated reception room.

“FIVE PEOPLE SHOWED UP!!!!!!! Like, are you kidding me,” Marie exclaimed. “As you see in the video, we enter the venue. And no one is there. The invite said 1pm. My mom messaged me at 1:15 that no one was there. My husband and I finally showed up at 2 o’clock, to 5 people. In a venue planned for 40.”

The couple, who have been together for nine years, had been engaged for four years, but their wedding was delayed due to the pandemic.

In her caption, she said: “It just makes me think, like, why? What did we do? Am I that bad of a person? What did my husband ever do to deserve any of this? Why couldn’t we matter enough for people to show up?”

“I still have ‘friends’ that haven’t even messaged me to congratulate me or tell me why they didn’t come,” she continued. “It truly makes me sick. I honestly can’t wrap my head around this yet.”

In a follow-up video, Marie admitted her viral post has brought her an abundant amount of new supporters online. However, she and her husband are still finding it difficult to come to terms with the actions of their friends.

She said: “I am completely overwhelmed. Between feeling the love and support from TikTok, but also having to deal with the grief of deleting a lot of people out of our lives. It has been a whirlwind of emotions.

“For the most part, we’ve done a lot of re-evaluating our lives and just spending a lot of time appreciating what we have and what we had.”

Marie didn’t say whether she had contacted the no-show guests to hear their excuses, but she did confess that a lot of her husband’s family were the ones who didn’t come or send a card in their absence.

Amid the devastation, the newlyweds still managed to have fun at their reception, dancing with Marie’s son, her mom, and her cousin with festive masks on like she’d intended.

They were/are fabulous.

“It’s important not to yield to manufactured panic and to align with the actual facts before making sweeping claims,” the former White House Press secretary said on her MSNBC show.

Do not give the GOP an inch

NEW YORK -- A suspect is in custody following random stabbings in New York City on Monday morning that left three people dead, police said.

Police said a 51-year-old man, identified as Ramon Rivera, was apprehended following the third attack and his been charged with three counts of murder.

"Three innocent New Yorkers who [were] going about their lives were the victims of a terrible, terrible assault," Mayor Eric Adams said. "It is a clear, clear example of a criminal justice system and a mental health system that continues to fail New Yorkers, and it is troubling that we are standing here today, in a day that brings a great level of difficulty to the city. Three New Yorkers, unprovoked attacks that left us searching for answers on how something like this could happen."

But MAGA told me that America was a crime-filled hellhole with migrants killing people left and right...

She keeps killing it!

Nearly 38% of gay, lesbian and bisexual U.S. adults have smoked e-cigarettes, compared with 16.5% of their straight counterparts, a new report found.

Post them here, lunatics!

Madonna, 66, has been working on her biopic for the last four years

A source told DailyMail.com that she clashed with producers over the budget

But they said that 'perfectionist' Madonna has no plans to back down

As if no conservative ever had an abortion or gay sex

Luke Evans is surprised there aren’t more gay actors performing the kind of macho screen roles that have made him a Hollywood star.

In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, the Welsh actor shared that he first realised he had broken through one of Hollywood’s glass ceilings when he was cast in macho roles including The Hobbit and the Fast & Furious franchise, and gay activist and actor Ian McKellen (Gandalf in Lord of the Rings) told him, “Ooh look at you, you’re going to be a big butch star!”

Evans said of McKellen’s comment: “He was aware of the ground I was treading. I just hoped it would have moved further than it has.”

Evans is currently filming a TV series called Criminal, in which he plays a tough, straight man, and he was asked if he could think of any other out gay actors who would be cast in the same part? He said not, and added in the same interview:

He added: “I thought over a decade ago, you won’t be on your own for long. Of course there are lots of gay actors, but playing the roles I’m playing I don’t think there’s many.”

I was working at a special event, and one of the guests, a man in his late 60s or early 70s, dropped to the floor. I called 911 and our medical team, who arrived within minutes and tried for at least 30 minutes to revive the man. I felt horrible for the man, and I've been upset ever since thinking that if I knew CPR, I could've started it as soon as I saw him go down. I wonder if those few minutes might have made a difference.

I was certified in CPR years ago, but now I'm definitely going to get certified again.

Any other DLers certified in CPR? Would you intervene if you saw someone suddenly collapse?

This clown is tedious.

Do you see it as a heteronormative concept? My boyfriend and I have been in an open relationship for nearly five years. We've discussed marriage before, but even if we do marry, it wouldn't affect our open status because we like the way things are. We know not every couple is like us, but I wanted to ask DL if you prefer monogamous or open?

I'm soooooooo cool

I love Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump!

Donald Trump Jr suggests that his father has “backup plans” if his cabinet picks aren’t confirmed by the Senate.

Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and Robert F Kennedy Jr are receiving the most pushback in President-elect Donald Trump’s list of controversial cabinet picks. But his eldest son told Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that even if the Senate doesn’t confirm some of his nominees, Trump has a plan B.

“Has your father talked about backup plans? What if some of these people are not confirmed? There’s been a lot of backlash over some of them,” Bartiromo asked.

“Listen, there’s always ideas,” said Don Jr, who is helping with transition efforts. “We have lists of people. We’re not just randomly picking a name out of a hat. We’re showing him lists of 10 to 12 people for every position. So we do have backup plans.”

“We are obviously going with the strongest candidates first,” he continued. “Some of them are going to be controversial. They are controversial because they’ll actually get things done.”

“The swamp doesn’t want that so we’re gonna go all in and make sure that those people have the best chance at getting confirmed as possible because they are the people who are most effective,” he added.

“When you see that kind of backlash, generally speaking, it’s because it’s a threat to the uni-party in Washington, DC. They don’t want to see change…They don’t want to be disrupted,” Don Jr said.

Many of the picks are “not traditional names,” Bartiromo said. She asked whether he thought Gaetz was going to face pushback in the Senate.

Don Jr didn’t offer a direct answer, instead he replied: “I think a lot of them are going to face pushback for the same reasons. They are going to be actual disruptors.”

Trump confirms he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use military assets to carry out his mass deportation pledge.

I have a friend who is married to high net worth individual and was talked into voting for Trump by the partner. He did. Now 2 weeks he is beside himself and says he wants to quit his mind.

Other things I have heard from wealthy gay friends is that they are "just going to chill" over the next four years, and stay on the sidelines. They have now ceased all their donations to liberal causes because they believe it was a waste money, due to this election.

What is this proper course of action for these types of individuals, in these troubled times we are now facing?

It could be an unhappy ending for a seedy all-male massage parlor that officials say openly offers hands-on sexual satisfaction.

The city is suing to close down 28 Men’s Spa on the West Side, claiming in court documents filed Wednesday that the spa’s roster of masseurs offered “manual stimulation of the penis” to three undercover cops during separate incidents last summer.

The spa, which goes by M&J Men’s Spa and advertises on social media with pictures of shirtless muscular men, is referenced on websites for gay men seeking “happy endings.”

But a worker told The Post that the city’s claims were “disgusting.”

And spa manager Ping Du said in a brief phone interview that the spa didn’t sell rub-and-tugs for cash but was a “regular massage” parlor.

Du said he he took over the spa at 45 West 28th St. this past April and confirmed all of their massage therapists and customers are men but he denied any illicit behavior.

“We don’t do that here,” Du said.

While Du may have taken over in April, the city’s lawsuit claims that three undercover NYPD officers in June and July were offered happy endings inside the spa.

By using the city’s nuisance abatement statute — which helped clear out the notorious porno theaters of Times Square years ago — the suit also takes aim at the building owner, whom they claim should have had some idea that one of their tenants practiced the world’s oldest profession.

That means the spa and the landlord could be fined $1,000 per day for every day of illegal activity, according to court papers, while the spa also faces closure for a year.

Two workers agreed to offer sex acts — “manual stimulation of his penis,” the complaint reads — for around $80, while a third offered the service for $180, according to the suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

in my hole and my throat at the same time

I can see your dirty pillow!

I hear he now has less than 50%.

Musicals have always been a cornerstone of the Hollywood machine, but recently, studio and marketing executives seem terrified of promoting them as such.

It’s Musicals Week at IndieWire. With “Wicked” about to sparkle over theaters, we’re celebrating the best of the movie-musical genre.

It was the fall of 2018, and for a week or so, my co-writers, producers, and I were on a pitch tour, taking our idea for an original film musical around to every major studio in Los Angeles. As part of our pitch, we played a few sample compositions to give backers an idea of the vibe of music featured in the film and even sang a bit of one of the songs we planned on incorporating into the script.

For my collaborators and I, this was always a crucial element in getting our story across — this was a MUSICAL, guided by song and informed by our characters’ taste and appreciation of the form. And every time my co-writers would burst into a duet as I narrated the circumstance, the mouths in the room dropped. These execs, people who were used to having words hurled at them all day long, were enraptured by this sudden shift in delivery.

Without fail, after the song was finished, they would stop the pitch and ask where the music had come from, shocked that we’d written it ourselves. Once the tour was wrapped up, only one studio ended up actually making an offer and, as we negotiated the terms of our contract, we were saddened to discover that, despite their initial excitement, they didn’t want us to write any of the songs until they had a script they were sure they liked.

For context, this was the first big sale for most of the team involved, and we didn’t want to get into a prolonged debate over the integral nature music had to our story, but ultimately, we were able to get the studio to commission us for three of the 12 or so songs that were supposed be part of the film. Despite multiple drafts, all of which seemed to impress everyone involved, the studio never let us write all of the music that would’ve made this film come alive and, in turn, we were unable to find other collaborators willing to take a risk on an incomplete vision.

I share this story not to seek sympathy or pity for a failed effort, but to show the uphill battle musicals face (especially when they’re original) in both being released and in being developed at all. And it’s not because they’re unsuccessful (“Wonka” grossed over half a billion just last year, and “Wicked” looks to do the same or better) or because they’ve fallen out of fashion with modern audiences as some would have us believe. On a much more fundamental level, most studios no longer have any institutional knowledge of what makes them so special, therefore undervaluing them at every opportunity.

It’s keeping NBC News.

Who gets Steve Kornacki?

With a massive legacy program hanging in the balance, the Commerce secretary wants to get billions in microchip money out the door in the next two months.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is on an urgent mission: get as much high-tech spending out the door before Donald Trump takes office.

The Biden administration is aiming to commit nearly every unspent dollar in its $50 billion microchip-subsidy program before President-elect Donald Trump takes over in January, an effort that would effectively cement a massive industrial legacy before the GOP can reverse course.

“I’d like to have really almost all of the money obligated by the time we leave,” Raimondo said in an interview with POLITICO. “That’s the goal, and I certainly want to have all the major announcements done as it relates to the big, leading-edge companies.”

The effort to spend her department’s full CHIPS Act budget would put a capstone on a signature Biden economic policy.

It also speaks to the urgency facing a host of Biden’s historic raft of spending programs, many of which could be vulnerable to a Republican White House and Congress eager to pare back the most ambitious Democratic spending packages.

List them.

Here's one: Many actors and actresses like to present themselves as progressive and authentic - yet constantly push/revel in consumerism/materialism/corporate culture.

Nothing comes btw me and my Calvins

I used to think I’d feel safe in the US as a gay man – I hope the election doesn’t change that

Journalist Alastair James writes about what he’s observed of the LGBTQ+ community’s fears around a second Trump presidency and hopes for the future

For the longest time, America felt like a place where I could feel truly accepted as an LGBTQ+ person. Growing up in Yorkshire, during the 90s and the 2010s, I never felt like I could live anything that even vaguely represented a happy life as a gay man. Such a thing was only for characters in the few TV shows and movies I was able to glimpse where I could see a queer person thriving. A lot of them were set in America.

Of course, I’m well aware of the United States’ history regarding LGBTQ+ rights and homo and transphobia, and those characters, in shows like the US take on Russell T. Davies’ Queer as Folk, did not always live happy lives. But there was a sense of community, of chosen family, and love. So, by and large, I always imagined that I could come here and feel safe.

I’ve been in the US for the past three weeks. As part of a career break I wanted to come to the States to explore New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco – cities I’d never been to before and all that seemed to teem with opportunity for reinvention, adventure, and queerness. I’ve had a wonderful time. One of the things that has been heartwarming to see is queer people living their lives authentically out in the open, for everyone to see, and not (it would seem) caring who sees, and more importantly, experience any negative reaction. What has been especially validating is the number of queer couples I’ve seen walking around holding hands. I think I’ve seen more of that in NYC, LA, and San Francisco in three weeks than I have in much longer in London. What none of those people knows is that they’ve brightened up my day with their visibility, given me a reason to smile, and feel the acceptance I longed for as a young queer person.

After the election it feels like everything is about to change and I accept that that sounds dramatic and ‘end of the world’-esque. Being here these last few weeks, I’ve met many queer people at parties, in bars, and on social media. Naturally, the election has come up a few times. And what I picked up from those interactions was a real fear for what a Trump win could mean. Among people’s fears are a repeal of marriage quality, greater attacks on the trans community, and a restriction within education of anything to do with the LGBTQ+ community similar, maybe even worse, to Margaret Thatcher’s Section 28 which lasted in the UK from 1988 to 2003.

Here's the headline:

[bold]In a Hurry To Leave the U.S.? Here Are 3 Countries You Can Move To Today[/bold]

[quote]With political tensions high, many people are looking to leave the U.S. right now. Google searches for how to move abroad are surging. On election night, searches for how to move to Canada had a 400% day-to-day increase.

[quote]While current searches may be motivated by political concerns, the concept of moving abroad has been rising in popularity for years.

[quote]If you’re looking to get out of the U.S. before Inauguration Day due to increasing tensions and launch life in a new country quickly, here are your three best options.

They're puttin' it right out there, aren't they?

VIDEO.... Hiding behinds the red masks again.

Shawn Mendes' new album "Shawn" fails to debut on Global and US Spotify. In his native country, Canada, he charts only 1 song from his first new album in four years.

The album is a flop

Well?

If they're republicans, newly-minted lawyers, Sophia & Peter Park, 17 & 18, would be what we could expect from Trump.

I’ll start: Princess Leia

She is a spoiled brat -Rich husband-lives in Hollywood-successful family-Influential gay friends-therapists-life coaches-Drs.-Psychiatrists. If they can’t help her-say la vie and Maybe I’ll see you on the other side ‘’Sis-ta’’

I wonder how that play ended..

Not with the disinformation/misinformation machine absolutely indoctrinating people.

This isn’t about Kamala. This is about a war being waged on western democracies.

Does anyone remember the name of the really handsome-deep voiced male anchor on CNN in 1996-full head of dark hair-anybody?

Former Duke star Kyle Singler’s cryptic Instagram post saying he fears for his life has drawn an outpouring of concern and support from former teammates and others.

Singler, 36, spoke slowly and was shirtless in the short video, which was posted Tuesday morning.

“I have been mistreated and abused, neglected, made into a mental example,” Singler said. “And I fear for my life every day. And people in my community make me look out as if I’m going to be someone that’s going to be a problem and make things difficult for people when I’m only trying to be helpful.

“I feel like I have a certain way about myself and strength and purpose that does not get valued or get treated properly.”

The video cut off abruptly after about 90 seconds. It was shared more than 1,200 times in the 12 hours after it was posted.

Several NBA players responded. Kevin Love wrote, “I love you Kyle. Hit me whenever. Please.” Isaiah Thomas said: “Here for you bro! Always and forever.” Andre Drummond added, “You aren’t alone brother! I’m here for you.”

Many of those who responded included Duke men’s basketball and the NBA in their comments, hoping to get their attention.

Singler was on Duke’s 2010 national championship team and was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament.

He posted another video on Tuesday afternoon. He was more stable while repeating grievances from the first post.

Madam Putin in charge of intelligence.

The Earth's magnetic North Pole is currently moving toward Russia in a way that British scientists have not seen before.

Scientists have been tracking the magnetic North Pole for centuries, telling the British newspaper The Times that it had moved closer to the northern coast of Canada. In the 1990s, it drifted into the Atlantic before moving in a faster manner toward Siberia in Russia.

Compass needles in the Northern Hemisphere point toward the magnetic North Pole, although the exact location of it changes from time to time as the contours of Earth’s magnetic field also change. The magnetic North Pole is sometimes confused with the geographic North Pole, but this spot stays at the same place as it is where all lines of longitude converge.

In the 300 years between 1600 and 1900, scientists estimate that the magnetic North Pole moved about six miles per year. At the beginning of this century, it picked up to about 34 miles per year, before slowing in the last five years to about 22 miles per year.

The moves are tracked as the data allows the compasses in our smartphones and other navigation devices to navigate.

Scientists told The Times these movements are tracked by the British Geological Survey and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In conjunction, they make the World Magnetic Model, that predicts where the pole should be at any time.

The model plays a role in the GPS systems we use on a day-to-day basis.

“Planes, boats, submarines, you name it, it’s in there,” William Brown, the global geomagnetic field modeler at the British Geological Survey, said in an interview with The Times.

Earth’s outer core is made up of mostly molten iron, a liquid metal. Unpredictable changes in the way it flows cause the magnetic field around the Earth to shift, which then causes the magnetic core to also move.

“It’s like a giant cup of tea,” Brown said to The Times. “It’s a hot liquid with the viscosity of water.”

Bluesky, the microblogging platform backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has been attracting attention as more high-profile users leave X.

The platform gained more than 700,000 new users in the week following president-elect Donald Trump’s election victory in the US.

Here’s a look at some of the other famous faces now active on Bluesky.

Lizzo

The Grammy Award winner, who hasn’t posted to X since September 2023, recently posted a mirror selfie on Instagram while wearing a white bathrobe. “I hate the internet,” she captioned the post. “Anyways I joined bluesky cus we're leaving toxicity in 2024.”

She also shared the post to her Instagram Stories adding the hashtag #TheGreatMigration.

Stephen King

The King of Horror recently announced he was leaving the platform, as he's been a vocal critic of Trump as well as X owner Elon Musk. “I'm leaving Twitter,” King tweeted, adding that he “tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic.”

“Follow me on Threads, if you like,” he concluded, although he also has an account on BlueSky.

Ben Stiller

The actor didn’t make any grand announcement about leaving X but posted twice about his account on BlueSky, redirecting his 5.3 million followers to follow him there. His second post was to reconfirm the account was indeed his: “Red Hour is real me”.

George Takei

The actor most well-known for his role in the Star Trek franchise has been vocal about his dislike of Trump as well as Musk. Although he hasn’t quit X just yet, he recently told his 3.1 million followers on the platform to “join me over where the skies are blue” with a link to his BlueSky account.

Gabrielle Union

The Bring It On actress announced she was leaving the social media site in a post. “Platforms like X were founded on authentic connections, true engagement and creative expression, all anchored in respect for user privacy and trust,” Union wrote on Friday in a post she captioned: “End of an era.”

“Yet with the recent and upcoming changes to the terms of service – and the return of volatile figures – I find myself at a crossroads, facing a direction I can no longer fully support.”

However, she urged her 4.2 million followers to find her on other platforms, such as Instagram, Threads and BlueSky.

Barbra Streisand

The EGOT winner, who has been a vocal critic of Trump, announced she was leaving the platform on Friday. “Effective immediately, any comments I post will be on Bluesky,” she tweeted to her more than 820,000 followers. She also used the hashtag #TwitterExodus.

The Emmy-winning actress and Abbott Elementary star appears to have deactivated her X account and has instead switched over to Bluesky writing “Hello again” on the platform.

Don Lemon

The American news anchor not only announced his departure from the platform, but also deactivated his account.

“I have loved connecting with all of you on Twitter and then on X for all of these years, but it’s time for me to leave the platform,” he said. “I once believed that it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency and free speech, but I now feel it does not serve that purpose.”

He also redirected his followers to find him on other social sites such as YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and BlueSky.

Guillermo del Toro

The Mexican filmmaker told his 2.4 million followers on the platform on November 11 that his account would “stay mostly unused” but that he might still “drop in on occasion”. His post also redirected to his BlueSky account where he claims he could be found there “more and more” before he wished everyone to stay well.

Now I want Cynthia Erivo to be the Oscar frontrunner, because Viola will be in the audience for at least one ceremony.

Just imagine her sitting there glowering à la Margo Channing while Erivo accepts her certain award for Golden Globe Musical/Comedy.

I’ll be in Columbus the last week of October, and I need your recommendations.

What are the must-see spots and things to do? What’s the gay scene like - if there is one? I’m one of those so-called coastal gays who’s never set foot in the Midwest, so I'm ready to explore! I’d also love some snappy day trip ideas, especially if they lead to the Great Lakes.

Help a homo out! Thanks, xoxo!

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested again, this time on suspicion of rape, police said Tuesday.

Marius Borg Høiby is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, and the son of Mette-Marit from a previous relationship. He has no royal title or official duties.

Borg Høiby was arrested late Monday in Oslo on a preliminary charge of having had “sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act.” A preliminary charge comes before a formal charge and allows authorities to detain suspects during an investigation.

Police did not say when the alleged rape occurred, but only that “the victim must have been unable to resist the act.” Norwegian media said Borg Høiby denied the accusation.

Hege Salomon, the lawyer for the woman who was allegedly raped, said “she is having a hard time.” She told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that police, not the woman, had brought the case. The woman was not identified.

The royal palace had no comment, the news agency NTB said.

On Aug. 4, police officers responded to a disturbance in downtown Oslo and briefly detained Borg Høiby. He faced preliminary charges of bodily harm and criminal damage and was released. Details were unclear but police said there was “a relationship between the suspect and the victim.”

More preliminary charges have since been filed against Borg Høiby, including violating several restraining orders and driving without a valid driver’s license. In all, the cases involve four women and one man.

The case was top news in Norway, where the royals are popular.

Borg Høiby, 27, lives with the royal couple and their two children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.

Norway’s future queen made headlines in 2001 when she married Haakon because she was a single mother who had lived a freewheeling life with a companion who had been convicted on drug charges.

Someone’s looking for a gig.

I’ve been to many cities with even larger populations yet nowhere do I see this same behavior on such a large scale.

What makes NY so uniquely fully of irritating people?

Everyone already knows what Marilyn Monroe looked like so I don't even need to link a picture of her.

For those who don't know what the other 3 ladies looked like, I linked a picture below. From left to right: Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Diana Dors...

I'd love some thoughts from our DL astrologers.

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The main draw for me is Jessica Chastain working with Bernard Rose - a pretty oddball genre director (seriously, look up his filmography). She never really works with those types, so this is interesting.

Thoughts?

Nine staff gone in three months.

What is it about elected Republican women? She was slightly more stealth with her craziness than MTG and Boebert, but plenty more abusive. Ol' battle ax Nance makes Amy Klobuchar seem angelic.

[QUOTE]Another senior staffer recalled how Mace called them close to midnight on Christmas Eve and demanded to know why she wasn’t getting on TV more during the holiday week.

[QUOTE]"If she needed us, we had to answer within eight minutes,” this staffer said, clarifying that the eight minute timeframe was actually a “rule.”

[QUOTE]"All this is why pretty much every staffer and fellow member on the Hill thinks she’s a joke,” this ex-employee said. “Also a big reason why she’s only able to hire former George Santos staffers right now.”

[QUOTE]Mace’s propensity to ensure everyone was working all the time. Even on Good Friday, when some staff just wanted to take an hour off to go to Mass in the late afternoon, Mace wouldn’t have it, two former senior staffers said. (The House was adjourned at the time.)

Plenty more insanity at link. I didn't get a subscription wall.

I’m sorry but this is the funniest line in the history of television.

Used to go there years ago when living NYC. As a 20 something on a first visit, the then manager Eric, a handsome Swede pulled me aside and told me to be careful and to be safe. A year or so later he was dead from AIDS. Is it still running?

She’s is giving hard butch realness.

Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades," Trump said in a statement, adding that Oz would work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist whom Trump wants to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

The whole thing is like a script from the Simpsons.

Wealthy whites stayed with Harris. But others, fed up with illegal migration, crime, urban decy and inflation, switched to Trump.

From New York magazine: "Of all these areas, Corona fell hardest for Trump. If you slice a map of Corona into the jagged multi-block Tetris pieces known as election districts, you’ll see that every one of them went for Biden in 2020. Four years later, most went for Trump or narrowly for Harris, sometimes by a single vote. A heavily immigrant enclave of 110,000, the neighborhood is almost impossible to navigate without some Spanish and is effectively New York’s flyover country. Anyone who has taken the 7 train to see a Mets game or watch the U.S. Open has floated above its commercial thoroughfare of Roosevelt Avenue, which flows in from neighboring Elmhurst, another district that grew much redder in 2024. Corona was devastated by COVID. It is also one of the places that has borne the brunt of the migrant crisis, which has brought more than 200,000 new arrivals to the city since 2022, when Biden lifted Trump-era border restrictions and Texas governor Greg Abbott started busing asylum seekers north. While pockets of midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side mounted resistance against new migrant-inhabited hotels, and violence and disarray around shelters in Randalls Island and Clinton Hill brought tensions of their own, it was along Roosevelt Avenue that the influx was most visible and controversial.

The essential issue there, as an aide to one local Democratic politician puts it, is that “the underground economy is completely overground.” Roosevelt Avenue and its surroundings have become saturated with two types of new arrivals: unlicensed street vendors selling food or merchandise and sex workers soliciting customers outside makeshift brothels. There is consensus among elected officials and residents that many of the women are sex-trafficking victims from Central and South America working to pay off their debt to smugglers. These factors have led to what residents describe as a quality-of-life disaster, coinciding with an uptick in crimes such as robbery and felony assault, which increased locally by about 50 percent in the past two years."

Tired.

Please vote and give your learned opinions.

Focus features seems extremely confident about this one. They’ve been hosting screenings on both coasts that garnered very positive feedback from some of the industries most respected critics and cinema snobs. And painful as it is to type this, Lily Rose Depp is apparently very VERY good.

What say Datalounge. Is this all hype? Can a genre movie also be great cinema? Do we have a new horror classic on our hands? Is LRD a STAR?

I’m trying to be grateful for all the positives in my life; and not let the election take the wind out of my sails during this holiday season Having a few friends over for Thanksgiving.

Doing the traditional turkey, stuffing etc. but need easy-ish recipes for appetizers.

Any and all suggestions welcome.

He picked me up on his motorbike after work and took me to his home massage studio, which was a grubby little converted garage with a massage table and fairy lights in this poor area of town with stray dogs outside. But he was super nice and really hot. He was a actually a professional masseur for a hotel, so the massage was amazing, we had some fun together at then end and then he drove me back home. Honestly it was a 10/10 experience.

I want to try yoga and this video can also be for GAY men on the datalounge.

Since I am a shallow faggot as well I do not mind looking at this hunk. Does the datalounge find him appealing ( sexually)?

Suspicious

Bela Karolyi, the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the sport of gymnastics, only to see his legacy destroyed by allegations of abusive coaching, has died. He was 82.

USA Gymnastics confirmed the news, saying he had died Friday. Comaneci paid tribute to Karolyi with a post on her Instagram, showing a carousel of photos that included a black-and-white photo of her with the coach on a walk in the woods. The caption read: "A big impact and influence in my life. RIP Bela Karolyi."

"Almost 50 years ago he guided me to the historic performance of the First Perfect 10 in the Olympics … and that changed my life for ever," Comaneci, who remained close with Karolyi, told USA TODAY Sports in a text message.

A cause of death has not been revealed, but Karolyi had been in poor health in recent years. He and wife Martha largely disappeared from public view following the abuse scandal that rocked USA Gymnastics. Former team physician Larry Nassar sexually abused hundreds of girls and young women, with some of the abuse occurring during national team training camps at the Karolyi ranch.

The Karolyis denied any knowledge of Nassar’s abuse but the scandal brought a reckoning with the sport's toxic culture, including complaints that both Karolyis had been physically and emotionally abusive as coaches. In 2017, USA Gymnastics backed out of a deal to buy the Karolyi ranch and use it as a national team training center, effectively cutting ties with the couple.

"Bela Karolyi was a man whose influence on my life and the sport of elite gymnastics is undeniably significant. He was a complex individual, embodying a mix of strengths and flaws that left a lasting impact on those around him," Dominique Moceanu, perhaps the most vocal critics of the Karolyis, said in a post on social media.

"Anyone who has followed my story knows that my journey under Bela's guidance as my coach came with immense challenges. His harsh words and critical demeanor often weighed heavily on me," she continued. "While our relationship was fraught with difficulty, some of these moments of hardship helped me forge and define my own path."

Karolyi first rose to prominence in his native Romania. He and Martha were elementary school teachers in Transylvania when they began teaching their students gymnastics as a way to stay warm. Their performances delighted the townspeople and caught the attention of the government. Within a few years, they’d been put in charge of the national team.

Karolyi shook up the sport in 1976, when he arrived at the Montreal Olympics with a team of kids. Most elite female gymnasts in the 1970s were in their late teens or early 20s, but Karolyi’s team had just one gymnast older than 14. Romania won the silver medal, cementing for the next four decades the idea that gymnastics was a sport reserved for the young.

It was also in Montreal that the world was introduced to Comaneci, a dark-eyed, dark-haired sprite who scored the first perfect 10 at the Olympics. Comaneci would repeat that feat six times on her way to winning three gold medals, with Karolyi there to wrap her in a bear hug after each routine.

Please post the ones you know here so we can boycott them.

YT's fitness loving Asian "Soosh" puts up a video today wearing a Trump t-shirt at the end after golfing at one of his GC recently.

I had no idea he was a Trumper until today.

Discuss.

[quote]The point that I would really tell my liberal friends to understand is just because we voted in a very conservative president, that means that we don’t want to put rules on you either. We just care about our own liberties.

[quote]He owns Midwest Solar and his vote could hurt his business; the startup has benefited from Biden administration clean energy incentives.

[quote]But he urged Trump to go full speed ahead, including with tariffs that could raise prices on Chinese components he needs for some big solar installations.

[quote]“I would say, ‘Get over it,’” Mudd said. “I don’t believe there is anything to be scared of. There are people who are scared. But I believe it is false. I believe they are scared over things that are not real.”

That seems to be the message.

I just read that plankton in the oceans are dying off, meaning the oceans themselves will die.

Numerous countries seems to be deep-diving into Fascism, the US included.

I guess Trump and Putin and their ilk will eat the planet, drink our blood and finally die, whining the whole time about how they were treated.

I just had to talk my mother out of killing herself. I put a good face on it.

But maybe I'm done.

I see no light.

No one else comes close!

Chilling surveillance video shows the moments before man went on a deadly string of unprovoked stabbings in Manhattan on Monday.

The suspect, who is charged with three counts of first degree murder, had an extensive criminal history and serious mental health issues, leading the mayor of New York City to question why he was out on the streets.

She’s unstoppable!!!

Daddy was horny. 🤮

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Right up the gay alley!

Who’s going?

This is Barbie 2.0 apparently

As she threw up out of a car in the middle of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue, Alexandra Daddario wondered if she should just get her pregnancy announcement over with. She’d kept the whole thing quiet for six months—wearing baggy clothing, posting tightly cropped photos on her Instagram, and avoiding pretty much everyone. But, as horns blared and people shouted at her to get out of the road, she realized the logical conclusion of not telling people you’re pregnant is…no one knows you are pregnant. Instead: “They just thought I was drunk,” Daddario says.

The incident didn’t make it to Deuxmoi or anything. (”Another reason I’m glad I’m not more famous,” she adds.) But the actor took it as a sign that it might be time to make the news public. There’s only so much an oversized shirt can do anyway, and one day, someone, somewhere, with an iPhone was going to figure it out. “I want to be able to not have to hide and have someone print a photo of me eating a bagel at the bodega,” she says.

So instead she’s telling me and my recorder in her Dumbo loft, where she lives with her husband, film producer Andrew Form. Daddario’s just finished taking photographs in Khaite and Phoebe Philo—her first real experiment with maternity style. Until recently, she’s been shooting the second season of AMC’s Mayfair Witches in New Orleans, wearing “whatever my character was wearing.”

Daddario wears a Dôen cardigan and Éterne shorts. Photographed by Heather Sten; Styled by Emma Morrison Her castmates on the show quickly figured out she was expecting as she had extreme morning sickness. “I was on set, and I was throwing up and having make-out scenes with my costars right after,” Daddario tells me. “By week five, I was like, There’s no way I’m going to be able to hide this.”

Admittedly, she wasn’t doing the best job of hiding it anyway. When someone asked if she wanted a turkey sandwich, Daddario told the crew she couldn’t have deli meats. Her costar Ben Feldman asked if she was pregnant. When she attempted to be nonchalant about it, he responded: “Well, why are you announcing no deli meat?”

A fair point. So Daddario fessed up. Plus: “I was like, If I tell my job that I’m pregnant, I’m going to get a lot of time off to go throw up in peace,” she says. Did it work? “No,” she responds, laughing. “[However] I have wonderful costars who have kids, and everyone was very understanding about making out with a nauseous, vomiting girl.”

Daddario wears a Phoebe Philo shirt, Hanro underwear, Brother Vellies socks, and a Tag Heuer watch. Photographed by Heather Sten; Styled by Emma Morrison But no one understood more than the anonymous users of Reddit. At first, she logged on to lurk on mom message boards, scrolling posts that discussed severe nausea. Now, she reads it for just about everything: “I’m like, Should I be doing Solidcore at 14 weeks? Better check with Reddit on this.” She also became an obsessive reader of studies: After finding several that said prenatal yoga leads to an easier birth, she’s now an active practitioner.

She laughs through many stories she tells me, with most taking the form of humorous anecdotes. Until they don’t: “I feel like now that I’m pregnant and it’s all successful and everything’s healthy, I shouldn’t complain,” Daddario says, her smile wavering. She wants me to know she’s overjoyed with being pregnant. Which is something she didn’t allow herself to feel for a very long time: “Well, I had been pregnant,” she says before trailing off. Then, “I had loss.”

“It’s long and complicated, so I don’t want to be too specific,” she says softly. “Those kinds of losses and trauma are very hard to explain unless you’ve been through them. I really relate to all the women who have been through those kinds of things in a way that I didn’t understand fully before. It’s very, very painful.” Morning sickness and yoga, I realize, were likely far from the only topics she was searching about anonymously.

Sick of pink and green

Enough is enough

Good for him. He’s far behind NAC but that’s fine.

Check him out in Monster and other movies.

This is so messy already and they haven’t even been sworn in.

What a disaster.

I cannot with the Times typing "veggie" in a title.

16 Nov 24 The demographic detail of Donald Trump’s victory: Immigrant voters may have won America’s presidential election for the nativist candidate.

For democrats, the worst thing about Kamala Harris’s loss is that Donald Trump will return to power. The second-worst thing, however, may be their inability to explain away his victory. In 2016 the left attributed his triumph to racism and the electoral college. This time, he won the popular vote—thanks not to “deplorables” but, the exit polls implied, to surging support from the non-white working class.

Did Mr Trump really win Latino men by 12 percentage points, as exit polls showed? Such surveys tend to overestimate how many voters belong to Democratic-leaning groups, and thus underestimate the share of voters within each group who back Democrats. This bias can be extreme. In 2016 the exit poll found that Mr Trump had won white college graduates by three percentage points. More accurate post-election surveys had him losing them by 15.

The best way to verify the exit polls’ findings is to test them against election results. In theory, if Mr Trump made larger gains among Hispanic voters than among white ones, he should also show the biggest improvements in heavily Hispanic areas. And returns from the 3,000 counties that have counted at least 90% of votes show that “racial depolarisation” was both greater than many Democrats thought possible, and insufficient to account for the magnitude of America’s red shift.

The most striking aspect of Mr Trump’s gains is their uniformity. Around 90% of American voters live in counties where his vote share increased from 2020. Half live in those where it rose by at least 1.9 percentage points. But some counties swung more than others, and these differences confirm that the shift was concentrated among Latinos. Among the 10% of voters living in the most Hispanic counties, the president-elect’s vote share rose by 5.1 points. For the 10% in counties with the fewest Latinos, the swing was just 1.6 points.

However, this predictor leaves big regional patterns unexplained. In Florida and especially the New York City area, the swing was greater than the Latino population implies. Elsewhere, it was smaller.

CBS’s 60 Minutes has sparked a right-wing backlash over its brutal takedown of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks.

Host Scott Pelley began Sunday’s show with a monologue dissecting Trump’s choices for his future administration, detailing one-by-one how the likes of Pete Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F Kennedy Jr have “no compelling qualifications” and “no government experience” to take up the jobs they’ve been nominated for.

“Some nominees appear to have no compelling qualifications other than loyalty to Trump,” Pelley said.

Pointing to Hegseth, Pelley said the former Army veteran and Fox News contributor tapped to become the US defense secretary in charge of the Pentagon has “no government experience.”

Pelley then turned his attention to former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, nominee for attorney general, who was at the center of a Justice Department sex trafficking investigation and House Ethics Committee probe. Gaetz has never been criminally charged and denies all the allegations.

“Gaetz has been investigated by Republicans for alleged drug use and sex with a minor,” the host continued, before describing Tulsi Gabbard, who was nominated as director of national intelligence, as someone accused of having “sought a pardon on Edward Snowden, who leaked US secrets and now lives in Russia.”

On vocal anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist RFK Jr, Pelley said Trump had chosen a “a skeptic of vaccinations” to lead America’s largest public health body.

Pelley’s comments caused quite a stir on social media.

Many anti-Trump accounts shared the clip of his comments in agreement with his assessment while many Trumpworld figures hit out at the host and 60 Minutes, calling it “propaganda.”

Trump’s incoming White House Communications Director Steven Cheung took to X to claim that Pelley’s segment was riddled with “disgusting bias”.

“This is exactly why we rebuffed @60Minutes for an interview during the campaign,” the former Trump campaign spokesperson said, referring to Trump’s refusal to take part in a sit-down interview with Pelley in early October.

He continued: “Their disgusting bias & unhinged ‘reporting’ are out of touch with everyday Americans who voted for President Trump. 60 Minutes is an out-dated relic of the past. CANCEL!”

Elon Musk, Trump megadonor and head of the newly-founded Department of Government Efficiency, also chimed in: “No Republican should ever do an interview with CBS News again, 60 Minutes, who edited the interview with Kamala [Harris] to try to make her look better, hates Trump.

“And they aren’t hiding it in this leftist, trash propaganda piece.”

Originally debuting as Cameron Jones for BiGuys Fuck he briefly moved to Gay Hoopla. With his name now changed to the current Cameron Neuton, he shot several videos for Next Door Studios where he would both top and bottom. Currently, he’s at MEN.com. Cameron’s OF has been dormant since August.

Fuck joy.

Trump was there to watch.

Thought you could use a cute picture when all this bad political stuff is happening

God, I miss the 80's

The just released memoir by former First Lady Melania Trump proves to be a 'disaster', according to tracking from Circana Book Scan. In it's debut week, the wife of Presidential candidate Donald Trump sold a paltry 85,000 copies of the hardcover book titled 'Melania'. In comparison, former First Lady Michelle Obama sold 1.4 million in the first week with her memoir, 'Becoming', in November 2018. By November 2019, it had sold 11.5 million copies.

Over at Amazon, “Melania” is a dud on Amazon’s Kindle e-books at number 161. Amazon lists a large print paperback at 6,856. No audio book is available.

Donald Trump boasted at the Al Smith dinner that Melania Trump’s book, “Melania,” is number 1 on the NY Times best seller list.

But that will be for one week only.

“Melania” has not made it to number 1 on USA Today, Amazon, or at Barnes & Noble. It’s been outsold by Bob Woodward’s “War” and by Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir.

At Barnes and Noble, “Melania” is number 40.

The Times list is ten days old when it appears. Initial sales and back orders propelled “Melania” to number 1. But the momentum wasn’t there.

Can she not sew their hostility to her?

The lake scene in Leave Her To Heaven is still shocking in its coldness

Can someone explain this video to me?

I'm not sure I understand the message here, but all of the straight guys in the comments section are agreeing with it, and saying that it hits so close to home.

I especially didn't understand the ending.

Am I missing something?

I actually thought this was going to be a video about the one straight friend who turned out to be gay.

But it wasn't that.

Spill it you sideshow!

That’s right, I said it.

I am color television!

Multiple consultants and PR reps told me brands no longer care about influencers promoting MAGA. “Honestly,” one consultant told me, “people lose more brand deals talking about Palestine than anything else.”

I have heard Jessica had a first marriage between college and Juilliard back when she lived in Sacramento. Apparently she and her family have managed to hide any reference to it. Her first marriage and first husband are not on her Wikipedia page or anywhere on line. It’s as if the marriage never happened.

What could have happened that our freshly minted Oscar winner is so desperately trying to hide?

Host & Musical Guest: Charli XCX

The definitive thread.

Multiple threads are doing this piecemeal. Chatting about this PR statement or that photo editorial or fashion show. This series or that movie.

Let's get down to the nitty gritty. Nicole Kidman jumped the shark in her 50s and nowadays is often unsettling and tirelessly attention-seeking.

Give us your best Freud, Jung, Camille Paglia, or Walter Isaacson take on Nicole Kidman. Or your own insightful armchair analysis.

What do we really know. Is there anything we don't know and want to know?

The GOP always has a bogeyman to fear to win elections--this time it was invading immigrants and the forced trans-ing of kids.

The Dems are always playing catch up and wackamole.

It's time for the Dems to take the initiative. How can they instill fear into the electorate?

Another underwater pipeline between Sweden and Lithuania was 'disrupted' causing Sweden to prepare for war, there are outages of IT all over Europe and trump is following a very curated playbook that only a Soviet would deploy. We tried to warn them and they voted him in anyway. Game over.

I hope she alerted the airline.

[quote]“I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken,” Washington then revealed. “I kissed a guy full on the lips and I guess they weren’t ready for that yet.

Nice to see how Denzel was happy to do that now, earlier in his career he wouldn't have done that. And fuck the studio for being afraid of including it

I've already pissed off one friend by asking him to refrain from sending me anything else about "Why Kamala lost". I need a damn break.

“Currently, President elect Trump has named his secretaries for the VA, Energy, Interior and EPA administrator. Any one of these positions I hoped Sarah Palin would get,” the follower wrote, which Palin posted to Instagram and X. “Palin was Trump before Trump. I have been saying this for years. Sarah Palin is the Mother of MAGA. Back then [16 years ago], she was the face of the tea party, what would then become the MAGA movement,” the follower wrote. “It is so shocking to me how in 2017, and now it looks like in 2025, she will not get a seat at the table that she helped set.” Palin’s name has been notably absent from all short-lists for Trump cabinet picks. In 2016, Trump signaled that he was considering tapping Palin as interior secretary, but that never materialized. Now, Palin’s name isn’t in the conversation at all. “Big tent, big party, but know your history so America can repeat the good parts,” Palin captioned the follower’s rant.

See I admire this

Just like I admired Angelina when she took Brad

Shocking. 🙄

Not so much spooky /ethereal words but sounds.

Like this one below by Belinda Carlisle.

Go.

My chronic disease decided to flare up on me yesterday. Today it’s been hard to do the very basics like take my dogs out, do 2 loads of laundry, wash some dishes, get my mail and prepare a couple meals. It’s early evening and I’m exhausted. I’ll be headed to bed to lie there and rest. I’ll watch TV for a while but I’ll probably drift off to sleep around 7 pm. My boyfriend moved back to his apartment recently. It was a mutual decision. He still comes over 2-3 times/nights a week. We’re still a couple. I feel defeated today.

Will Cynthia blame racism and or the patriarchy? Will her and Ariana ever stop crying?

The Crown Princess of Norway’s eldest son has been arrested for allegedly violating a restraining order imposed after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend.

Marius Borg Hoiby’s lawyer said the 27-year-old was accused of contacting the victim once using a hidden phone number after police announced the arrest on Saturday.

Police now also suspect Mr Hoiby of crimes against three other victims – domestic abuse of two women and threats to another person – which he denies.

Mr Hoiby is the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who was a single mother when she met the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, who has raised his stepson since he was three.

Mr Hoiby, who has never held a royal title, was first arrested on Aug 4 at the woman’s apartment in Oslo. They were in a relationship at the time.

He is accused of causing her bodily harm, which can carry a sentence of up to a year in jail, and she was discharged from hospital the next day after being diagnosed with a concussion.

Local media said police found a knife stuck into one of the walls of the woman’s bedroom at the time.

Mr Hoiby was arrested on Friday at a cabin in the municipality of Gusdal, where he was on a hunting trip with friends. He was released on Saturday.

“At the beginning of September, police received information that Marius Borg Hoiby had, on several occasions, made unwanted contact with the woman, who has the status of victim in the incident,” police said on Saturday.

They “filed a report for reckless behaviour and imposed a restraining order on Hoiby”, it said.

They subsequently “received information that Hoiby had violated the restraining order” and he was rearrested late on Friday owing to the “risk of recurrence”.

Oyvind Bratlien, Mr Hoiby’s lawyer, said his client denied the allegations and that he should never have been arrested.

“In my 17 years as a defence lawyer, I have never experienced or heard of an arrest on such a flimsy factual and legal basis,” Mr Bratlien told broadcaster NRK.

“Hoiby was arrested because he allegedly contacted the victim once on Saturday Sept 7, despite the restraining order, from a hidden telephone number,” Mr Bratlien told Aftenposten.

Gay travel blogger Ben "Lucky" Schlappig shared a story about how/why Finnair operated a flight with an all-male crew.

I must admit that when I saw the picture, my first thought was, "Oh, my, a gaggle of gays!"

Admit it, you wrapped a scarf around your head and sashayed around your bedroom.

Any questions?

Kate Beckinsale is embroiled in a messy battle with a trauma “healer” who claims she stiffed him on a nearly $3,000 bill — but the actress says she’s not paying because he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

In August, Nick Abramovic of the Bionic Method was contacted by the “Serendipity” star’s assistant, and they discussed scheduling three sessions that would take place during a two-week period for $2,700 total.

The sessions consist of an “intense” and “emotional” massage similar to those done during Reiki therapy, in which the healer uses psychosomatic practices to heal parts of the body that are in pain.

Abramovic claims that after the session he believed Beckinsale was pleased with his services, as she gushed over his healing methods and returned a second time.

A text message Page Six reviewed shows the star’s assistant purportedly writing via text prior to Aug. 4 that Beckinsale “really enjoyed the session.”

Abramovic claims the actress also told him herself, “‘You’re like Harry Potter. I would really like to promote you on my Instagram. I think we could do a party at my house instead of me having to come here and you could meet all my friends.’”

The healer, who claims he has not received payment from the “Jolt” star for the sessions, says he didn’t realize she was “expecting free s–t” in return for her recommendations.

I used to but feel it's become a stupid endeavor. It still gnaws at me whenever someone might post something hateful, but refrain.

Today, an acquaintance posted how AOC needs to go because she's bringing the Dems down. She's, of course, doing nothing of the sort. All his friends are cheering on his post. Do I give an alternate view or just ignore it?

Probably pit bulls.. again. Good to know the owners got attacked. Owning a pit bull is some sort of mental illness. Cross the street whenever you see one of these ugly shit beasts.

Another 80s music icon is getting the biopic treatment.

Nicole gets candid about mortality and grief.

She’s really, really dead.

I actually find the people who call fascinating and can almost always guess what region they're from within 2 sentences (not because of accents) and if they order clothes I can guess their size about 80 percent of the time just by their voice.

AMA- except the company because while I suspect that I have actually spoken to a few of you, I don't want get harassed and I won't tell my name obviously.

What's been your best experience with them?

Your worst?

I'm searching for a new one possibly one from outside the USA.

Discuss.

Yay! We will be getting an Equalizer 4 and 5!!!

Kamala leading Trump by 3 points in Iowa!!!

How many of these are we going to see in the next few years?

This guy has suddenly shown up on my reels. Fantastic body

From a huge acting family led by a major stage mother.

I can see why he never became massive, but I'm surprised he didn't do a better job of capitalizing on the "Just One of the Guys" hype (people at Columbia thought he was the next Bill Murray). Instead, just D-grade movies and endless television.

He never really talks about his career either.

He was so hot and we had amazing chemistry. I can never have sex with him again and that’s fucking me up. He cheated and I hate him. It has been over three months since we last had sex. I’m not into hooking up so I don’t know how I’ll survive. I have a very high sex drive. It was the best sex of my life. It was curved.

And here I thought you bitches were just wishful thinking.

How do you find her walk and her face?

Title: Lucy and Ethel Play Matchmaker

The episode begins with Lucy and Ethel in the hallway of their apartment building, chatting about a new tenant they’ve heard about, Mr. Edward O'Mallory, who works in the accessories department of the elegant department store, Goldstein & Lieberman's. Intrigued, they decide to introduce themselves and bring him a welcome cake (which, of course, Lucy nearly drops down the stairwell).

Edward is dapper, polite, and charming, immediately hitting it off with Lucy and Ethel. During their conversation, he mentions his love of fashion, Broadway musicals, and fine accessories, which Lucy and Ethel take as signs that he is “perfectly sophisticated.” They decide Edward is lonely and needs companionship—someone “respectable”.

Unbeknownst to the ladies, Edward develops a fondness for Fred during their first meeting, charmed by Fred’s gruff humor. Fred, oblivious, thinks Edward is simply being friendly. Meanwhile, Ricky sees what’s going on and finds the whole situation hilarious but opts to let it play out.

The Mystery Edward begins leaving beautifully wrapped packages outside Fred and Ethel’s door. At first, Fred is confused but pleased with the gifts: an elegant silk scarf, leather gloves, and a fancy umbrella. Ethel assumes the gifts are a thank-you for their hospitality and convinces Lucy they should throw Edward a tea party to “introduce him to someone.” They invite half the building, and Lucy sets her sights on matchmaking Edward with a shy single woman named Miss Kowalski.

The Physical Comedy At the tea party, Lucy’s nosiness leads her to discover Edward brought Fred another present—a silk handkerchief. Believing Edward must be a secret admirer of Miss Kowalski and “too shy” to give her gifts directly, Lucy tries to orchestrate a moment for Edward to confess his “true feelings.” This results in a series of misunderstandings:

Edward politely declines to dance with Miss Kowalski, but Lucy tries to physically push him into her. This ends with Lucy falling into a tray of sandwiches.

Fred, clueless about the crush, begins modeling all the accessories Edward has given him, looking increasingly ridiculous as he piles them on. Ricky, struggling not to laugh, offers running commentary that only confuses Fred further.

Ethel, frustrated by Fred “hogging the attention,” tries to take some of the accessories for herself. This results in a tug-of-war over the umbrella that ends with it popping open and spilling tea everywhere.

The Resolution Finally, Edward nervously pulls Fred aside to confess something—but before he can, Lucy bursts in, convinced he’s about to reveal his “love” for Miss Kowalski. In the chaos that follows, Edward tactfully excuses himself, and Ricky finally spills the truth to Lucy and Ethel. The ladies are shocked but quickly laugh it off, realizing how oblivious they’ve been.

The episode ends with Fred and Ethel bickering over who gets to keep the fancy umbrella, while Ricky teases Lucy for her terrible matchmaking skills. Edward, ever-gracious, promises to remain friends with the Ricardos and the Mertzes but declines any more tea parties.

Tagline: Lucy: “Well, I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover.” Ricky: “No, but you could try reading it once in a while.”

Cue the audience's laughter and applause!

I would not mind a live action Bee Movie tho. It would look so fucked up!

What are some of your go to sad pieces of music?

Looks pretty good. Starts in March '25

It's now a blood sport with rallies, spectacles and (Kid) rock concerts.

No icky wokeness to worry about! Fuck everything from football to Disney cartoons!

Scream with joy as the military deports millions!

Howl with laughter as bombs fall on Gaza!

Root for your team as they root you right to hell and back!

And when they finally come for you, grin from your toothless, blood-splattered mouth and say "We sure owned dem libs!"

by Jennie Garth

Experience self love.

I watched the first episode. Pretty good with new interviews.

So this is the first time I am ever seeing the actual live video footage from this concert celebration of Juneteenth. Either President Biden got some bad plastic surgery or completely does not know where the fuck he is.

How far would you go to get a 20% discount at Ross?

Musk appears to pressure Trump on Cabinet and tariffs, raising eyebrows

In a Saturday post on X, the social network he owns and runs, Musk praised a foreign leader’s decision to cut tariffs - the same import taxes that Trump wants to raise to the highest level in a century. Several hours later, Musk posted that Howard Lutnick, Trump’s co-transition chair, would be a better choice than hedge fund executive Scott Bessent for treasury secretary.

He opposed the JetBlue purchase of Spirit and now Spirit has filed for bankruptcy.

This was so depressing to watch.

How can middle class people afford to live there?

Who is buying all of these multi-million dollar homes?

And why did the Australian government let prices get so out of control?

Fess up.

Majorie Taylor Greene called for red and blue states to separate in a post on X Monday, an idea she has brought up several times during her tenure in Congress.

The Georgia congresswoman’s criticism comes amid reports of Democratic governors taking measures to protect their states against Trump’s policies.

“​​If Democrat governors plan to commit treason against our President and the majority of Americans then let them destroy their own states,” she wrote. “No one will want to live there. And after years of being attacked by the deranged left, most of us are so sick of their c---.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special legislative session to “safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration.” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker created the coalition Governors Safeguarding Democracy to protect state-level institutions from influence at the hands of the federal government.

“Hope alone won’t save our democracy,” Polis said when he announced the formation of the coalition. “We need to work together, especially at the state level, to protect and strengthen it.”

Greene accused Democratic governors of “threatening the upcoming Trump administration’s mandate.” She said she is “still in favor of a national divorce if need be.”

Greene has stirred up controversy by calling for a national divorce several times in the past. In 2023, she called the idea “not a civil war but a legal agreement.”

“Tragically, I think we, the left and right, have reached irreconcilable differences,” she wrote previously.

Definitely worth checking out!

These endless 24/7 threads about Trump and politics are nauseating - even worse than a visit to my mother with her 8 - 12 hours a day of MSNBC. The endless hysterics are nauseating.

Yes, it sucks that we lost. Yes, it will be a horrible 4 years. However, let have a little reality check here. First, gays and trannies are not going to be "marched into the gas chambers" like it's 1942 Germany. If gays die during Trump's term, it will be for the same reason they always do - AIDS-related complications and drug overdoses. If "trans women of color" die during Trump's second term, it will be for the same reason they are dying now - prostitution related murders and living shady lives involving shady people. You all sounds as crazy as that trans woman Blossom screaming about trans women being hunted like deer.

Also, for the love of God, quit talking about your plans to leave the US. None of you assholes left during Trump's first term and you ain't leaving now. You know it, I know it, your drug dealer knows it. Get a grip!

This site used to be so much fun. Now it's Trump, Trump, Trump. Yes, he's a threat. Yes, he will cause damage to this country, but we will survive as we always do and we will carry on.

In the middle of an article “ Democrats Draw Up an Entirely New Anti-Trump Battle Plan”

Do they really think their readers want to see that?

Isn’t it saying “You don’t belong here?”

Starring Maika Monroe and Mary Elizbeth Winstead. Now filming.

I hope it's not just a pale remake and they actually go for morally complexity. The original hinted at this kind of material, but would always fall back into good guy vs. bad guy thriller shenanigans (certainly fun and a bit campy, but I want more).

Timothy Chalamee, Paul Mescal, Domingo Colman, Daniel Craig and Adrian Brody.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I checked my mailbox and had a bunch of mail today, and one was from someone I know. I was confused why they would send me a letter instead of just text or call or even email (it is 2024 after all!) but when I opened the mail, it was a note saying “these made me think of you XO” and it was two magnets of naked men 🤣

Plus a bunch of small stickers of men. So funny.