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Kamala is going to pick Tim Walz to be her running mate, later today.

I'm not thrilled about him because he seems boring. He won't really excite anyone the way that Pete would have done.

Harris/Buttigieg would have been the winning ticket. I guarantee it.

Harris/Walz, I'm not so sure about. It reminds me of Clinton/Kaine. BO-RING. And we know what happened in 2016.

We needed someone to light the race on fire. Someone ground breaking and exciting. That's Pete Buttigieg.

But of course, she's going with the "safe" choice. More of the same old, same old.

Oh well. If he's good enough for David Hogg, he's good enough for me.

A lot of other Democrats see something in him, as well. Personally, I don't know anything about him.

So I guess it's time to learn a little about him.

As someone who hated the Bret Easton Ellis book, I am one of the few who liked the film more.

This film has a similar issue as “The Shining”, where the film strays far away from the source material, upsetting the books author. Ellis loathed this film and sh*t all over it for years, especially Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz. He felt they were both miscast and particularly hated Gertz in the film, feeling she gave a terrible performance. 20 years later he actually admitted he finally warmed up to the film and appreciates it, and can finally sit and watch it and enjoys it for what it is. He still feels McCarthy and Gertz were miscast but he feels the bad performance from Gertz feels less bad 20 years later than it did upon its initial release. He always loved RDJ and James Spader in the film and praises their performances to this day. He also says the film is beautiful looking with amazing ambiance (I agree).

Critics also were mixed on it. There were some who liked it and some who hated it, rarely in between. Those who hated it seemed to hate how watered down the film is from the book, but even those who hated it praised Robert Downey Jr’s performance. Most critics sang his praises, along with Spader.

There was also all the behind the scenes drama with the studio, with them hiring and letting go numerous writers as well as Directors. First, they needed someone to write a “coherent” story because they felt the book was incoherent, plus the book was way too dark and tragic to ever be sold as a mainstream film. They needed someone to tone it down to be able to commercialize it. The first writer wrote three different versions before he was fired because his scripts, despite being watered down greatly, were still too dark for the studio heads. He even took away main character Clay’s bisexuality and drug abuse and they still were not happy because he had Clay do drugs in one scene. The studio also wanted Clay to not be amoral and not be passive like he is in the books. So that was changed too.

They then hired the person who did Risky Business but they still were not happy then went with someone else who also wrote three drafts, changing the tone from dark and degrading to a story about warmth and hope and sentiment. Clay was no longer amoral and passive. McCarthy was cast as lead in hopes to bank off his new popularity with teenage girls due to Pretty in Pink. The studio felt he appeals to teenage girls but isn’t a presence who alienates older audiences so he works.

After filming was done it was tested with young people aged 15-24 and RDJ character failed with young people. His character was irredeemable originally, so they rushed to do reshoots to make RDK and Gertz’s characters more repentant as they were initially not repentant of their drug use originally, with Clay playing the straight man to their addictions. They also shot and added the opening scene where they graduate HS to lighten the mood from the start.

WASHINGTON — The competitive, divisive primary that many Democrats long wanted to avoid has arrived anyway — playing out largely behind closed doors in a fight over the bottom of the ticket.

The final stage of the campaign to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate reached something of an ugly phase in recent days as donors, interest groups and political rivals from the party’s moderate and progressive wings lobbied for their preferred candidates and passed around memos debating the contenders’ political weaknesses with key demographics.

They turned most sharply on one of the favorites to join the ticket, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who has drawn opposition from progressives and even a senator in his home state.

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The fissures among Democrats emerged as three leading contenders — Shapiro, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — met with Harris at her residence in Washington on Sunday, before a decision that her campaign said would be announced by Tuesday.

Kevin Munoz, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign, declined to comment on the meetings.

Harris is set to hit the campaign trail with her running mate this week, kicking off a five-day, seven-state tour with a Tuesday night rally in Philadelphia, where Shapiro is expected to be in attendance, whether he is her pick or not.

Progressive groups have trained their criticisms on Shapiro and Kelly, whom they accuse of being too conservative on key issues. Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, said during a Sunday interview on CBS that Kelly had “not really” assuaged the union’s concerns about his commitment to pro-labor legislation and that the organization had “bigger issues” with Shapiro’s support for school vouchers.

Major Democratic donors have signaled that they would be fine with any of the candidates on Harris’ list of finalists, but there are divisions among the biggest Democratic givers. A vigorous debate has been waged on an email group for the Democracy Alliance, where left-wing donors have expressed concerns about Shapiro.

Another group of progressive activists, communicating through an email group called Gamechanger Salon, has come out against Shapiro and pushed its members to highlight his stances on the Israel-Hamas war. The debate grew heated during a discussion about whether using the phrase “Genocide Josh” to describe Shapiro, who is an observant Jew, was antisemitic. An organizer called for calm and rebranded the email chain, “Why Josh Shapiro should not be the VP.” Some of the emails also called for members to push for Walz, who has become a favorite of the party’s most liberal contributors, about 60 of whom he addressed Friday.

One message, written by Billy Wimsatt, an executive director of a liberal donor group known as the Movement Voter Project, said Shapiro could cause a drop in turnout among progressive voters who are concerned about the war. “He risks significantly depressing enthusiasm for the Harris ticket among key constituencies of young voters, Arab and Muslim voters, and to some degree labor,” he wrote in an email thread, which was shared with The New York Times. “Tim Walz is the perfect Harris VP unicorn for this moment.”

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who has long clashed with Shapiro, has also expressed displeasure at the prospect of the governor being elevated to a national ticket, according to two people who have spoken with him. One of his advisers called the Harris campaign to object to Shapiro, a development first reported by Politico.

Manuel Bonder, a spokesperson for Shapiro, declined to comment on the vice presidential selection process.

He's such a ditzy Twink!

I'm fascinated by him because he's independent, he lives in an RV, he's fairly handy, and he seems really nice.

But he's so ditzy!

He has a mouse infestation in his camper, he doesn't really know how to drive, he can't cook for sh*t, and he's so clumsy!

Ethan also thinks that wet wipes constitute "taking a bath," and he's constantly breaking things in his camper.

I think he also has a few OCD type of phobias, which he hasn't really explained fully.

Nevertheless, I think he's adorable. And at least he has a boyfriend to keep him company.

And oh yeah, the boyfriend won't show his face on camera. Lol.

We're well into the second week - track and field is in full swing, swimming and gymnastics are finally over.

Plenty more treats and intrigue in store:

Will Noah Lyles do the double in the men's sprints? Will Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen save NORWEGIAN's Olympics or will he be forced to suffer Swedish scorn for the next 4 years? The host France, are having their best Olympics for decades, but can they keep up the momentum and finish on the medals podium when the dust finally settles at the end of the games?

Carry on with the crazy talk here.

Cycling in the velodrome kicked off today, so this part's Eye Candy is a triple header - hopefully something for everyone: The Netherlands' Harrie Levraysen, Italy's Stefano Morros, and Poland's Mateuz Rudyk.

I just binge-watched the first season again in preparation for the new one, and it's much better than I remembered. The acting is absolutely first rate, especially Emma d"Arcy (as the adult Rhaenyra), Eve Best (as Rhaenys), and Olivia Cooke as the conflicted adult Queen Alicent. The men are excellent too, although Matt Smith is playing the same basic role as the bratty Daemon as he did as the bratty young Prince Philip (only he's slu*ttier and more murderous in this). Both Steve Toussaint (as the Sea Snake) and Fabien Frankel (as Ser Criston Cole) are very hot and do fine jobs. (We do need more male nudity, however).

The biggest problems for me are the younger actors: Alicent's children and Rhaenyra's children are not played by very good nor attractive young actors. But they will become more and more the stars of the show as it goes on, alongside their mothers. I hope they get replaced by better adult actors as they age.

The season premiere episode is entitled "A Son for a Son," which is bad news for Alicent since her son Aedmond killed Rhaenyra's son Luke at the very end of last season.

Justice Clarence Thomas took several more trips on the private plane of GOP megadonor Harlan Crow than were previously known, a top Senate Democrat revealed Thursday.

According to information obtained by Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, Thomas traveled on Crow’s private jet during trips in 2017, 2019 and 2021 between various US states, as well as on a previously known 2019 trip to Indonesia, during which Thomas also stayed on Crow’s mega-yacht.

Clarence Thomas is open for BRIBES!

Hot or not?

I think he's hot.

He is quite hyper and talkative, but his animals are adorable, and he really takes good care of them.

He has hawks, owls, ducks, kittens, possums, beavers, foxes, coyotes, deer, racoons, and even capybaras.

Did I mention the muscles?

He's constantly being corrected by the locals when he tries to speak their dialect.

This guy is utterly lost, but then again he knows it.

A for effort, I guess. It is cringeworthy to watch, though.

The discussion continues

prior thread:

And she's young enough to be his granddaughter!

[quote]Has Tom Cruise found a new flame?

[quote]The “Mission: Impossible” actor, 62, has sparked romance rumors with Spanish singer Victoria Canal whom he met at Glastonbury festival in England earlier this year.

[quote]Canal, 25, joined Coldplay onstage for their electric headlining set in June as Cruise was spotted watching from the VIP area.

The stock market in Japan had its biggest one day fall by percentage in over 35 years.

Rush to gold, whor*s!

I'm 45 and it's been a struggle for the past couple of years. My mental health is failing. I just don't want to do it anymore. I've been considering going on disability until I reach retirement age.

How old were you when you had enough?

A very good copy of this obscurity has cropped up on YouTube and, to quote Stefon, this movie has EVERYTHING.

Wooden John Phillip Law as the titled "love machine"! Dyan Cannon setting fire to a bed and then catfighting two nellie gay men using an Oscar as a bludgeon! "Introducing Jodi Wexler" as the one-named supermodel Amanda ("I'm Amanda. Just Amanda." "Well, that's all you need.") Poor Jodie left right after being introduced and did not become the new Sharon Tate (she never made another movie).

Hideous Seventies interiors! Mincing, scheming hom*osexuals! Shecky f*cking GREENE!

My favorite character is Ethel Evans, the pushy, aging (she's got to be 35!) nympho publicity woman for the IBS network (whose character is introduced with a toilet flush and her breezing out of a stall).

Dionne "Warwicke" sings the love theme ("He's Movin' On") and there's a show with "the fashions of tomorrow" modeled by Amanda and Anitra Ford. Oh, and Jackie appears as a newscaster next to Walter Cronkite. A complete mess and great fun.

The tandem of Korte/Mulcahey as co-captains of this ship proved to be unsuccessful.

Will Korte be able to successfully steer this ship through the troubled waters of Port Charles' Harbor solo?

Or will another co-captain come along to help steer the ship, possibly Chris Van Etten, or someone new to help navigate through uncharted waters?

Is it possible that this ship has actually sailed? Or is it a sinking ship, reminiscent of the SS TRACY?

Strictly has just celebrated its 20th anniversary and the after much speculation it has been widely reported that Giovanni has SENSATIONALLY QUIT.

There's speculation about legal action from Amanda Abbington who felt bullied after pulling out and creating a DANCE DISASTER and Ranvir Singh and Laura Whitmore also had unhappy experiences on the show with Giovanni. There were also stories about his behaviour towards Faye Tozer and Michelle Visage.

There's a fine line between demanding excellence and just being an abusive twat and Giovanni has apparently crossed the line.

I wonder if Rose Ayling Ellis was different because she was always paired with a chaperone to translate?

Anyway if Giovanni does quit will the gurning ginger guy replace him or will they get a new pro in?

Celebrity wise it's Olympic year so expect a few Olympians. Tom Daley is a long standing target (just imagine Dustin's waxy face as he rubs crotches with Gorka) and the producers would be desperate for Laura Kenny although she's happy just being at home with her kids now. Maybe non lesbian lioness Steph Houghton who is retiring this summer?

Sara and Keren from Bananarama must have turned it down countless times as they'd not be up for all that work but Siobhan might be up for it. And Susan Ann Sulley from The Human League would do a great paso.

I realize that much of his enduring appeal has to do with the fact that he says things no one else dares say that economically disadvantaged white voters are thinking, and that he gives voice to the frustration of those voters who bemoan that there are fewer and fewer of them and so they are demographically on the downturn.

What I don't get is how that can appeal to so MANY people. it's still a very close race, and yet I would think that the number of non-white voters and women voters and gay voters whom his campaign targets and mocks would be enough to overcome that. I also don't understand how many people are okay with the likely chance he would become a dictator in his second term. Don't they understand what that means? or do they just think he's teasing when he makes comments about it?

I can understand how several millions people might find him attractive because of the frustration he represents, but I just don't understand how 44% of likely American voters can feel that way.

Apparently a revival was being discussed and one of the "girls" threw the others under the bus......

Looks like the hivemind thinks it's Kim Fields.

I’m generally attracted to hot young white guys. However, one thing that’s a big turn off for me, if the music they predominantly like is hip-hop (50 Cent, Future, Kendrick Lamar, etc).

I’m sorry, but if you enjoy that, you’re trash and have no class or taste. I don’t think we’d have much in common.

Does anyone else feel this way?

I never went to see this when it hit theaters in the Spring of 1982, and only saw part of it when it aired endlessly on HBO throughout the 1980s. I finally recorded this on TCM a few weeks ago and watched it last night - and it was pretty good. It was very well-cast (never knew James Garner could be such a sexy leading man) and well-acted. I don't think it hit the comedy as well as it could have (it was more chuckles than hearty-laughs) . It's been billed as one of the last MGM 'musicals' yet it really isn't a musical (in which at least two characters sing to each other), so it's more like a 'film with music' (such as Streisand's 'A Star Is Born' and 'Yentl'). The movie was first conceived my husband and wife team Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews in 1978, yet took four years to bring to the screen (one reason was Peter Sellers, originally cast as 'Toddy' passed away).

It was nominated for many Oscars, and won one (I think 'best original music'). What do DLrs think ? Has it aged well over 40 years ? Did anyone see the Broadway musical which got mixed reviews in 1995 ?

Is it O.K. to leave it for the employees to deal with it, or should you try to handle* the issue yourself?

*by "handle" I mean going on an early weekday morning goose chase for a plunger, cleaning supplies, etc.

Now with Kit Harrington and Sarah Goldberg.

August 11th on Max.

...yes at least I have a job.

Am I the most pathetic gay here?

Here are a few:

Leslie Jones

Gilbert Gottfried

Victoria Jackson

Pete Davidson

Molly Kearney

Jay Mohr

It's time for an LGBT to be in one of the top positions of government.

We can't be a diverse country run completely by heterosexuals

It's pretty good. Most interesting regarding the AIDS battles, of course.

Some very informative stuff about the Trump administration. Trump has the intelligence of a 15 year old, maybe.

Also, this photo of young Tony....rowr.

What are example of this that surprised you?

Recently I was very surprised to see Steve-O, of Jackass fame, say that he was a graduate of The American School in London, one of the most expensive day schools in Britain. He said that 90% of his graduating class went to Ivy League schools.

Turns out his father was a top-level executive for Pepsi and ran the South American division for years. His family lived an international life, moving from South America to Britain to the U.S. for years.

Continuation of the Hail to the Queen, but I didn't want to piss off Beyoncé.

And we don't elect Queens in America, sorry Ms. Lindz, ya ain't a Queen queen.

Ever since President Biden ended his reelection bid Sunday, there’s been little doubt about who’s likely to replace him atop the Democratic ticket: Vice President Kamala Harris.

But one mystery remains: Who will Harris recruit as her running mate?

Welcome to the veepstakes. It’s a time-honored Washington tradition. Speculation swirls. Names emerge. Pundits pontificate. Vetting begins. Ultimately, a new political partnership is born.

According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, which was conducted from July 19 to 22, Democrats don’t have a clear favorite for the job — yet. When shown a list of potential Harris running mates and asked to “select all” they would “approve of,” a plurality of voters who identify as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents answered “not sure” (30%) or “none of the above” (6%).

The next-highest finishers were California Gov. Gavin Newsom (30%), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (25%) and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (24%) — the most familiar names on the list.

Less prominent — but potentially more realistic — Democratic contenders such as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (24%), Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (18%), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (15%) and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (11%) brought up the rear.

The Duke and duch*ess of Sussex's Archewell Foundation is launching a new initiative, The Parents Network, to support parents whose children have been victimized by online bullying.

"Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley talks with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle about the dangers of social media and suicide ideation; and with parents in the foundation's pilot program, who open up about how it has helped in their healing process after their child took their own life.

And so it begins. Shortly after Elon back tracked saying he was not giving any money directly to Trump and just to his political PAC, it turns out he found a more subversive way to help him win with the use of X.

In a nutshell, after running one of their America PAC ads, they claim they can help you register to vote. But here is the dirty part, after you enter your zip code, if you come from a known solid blue state like California or NY, or red state, you get directed to back to the states website to register to vote. But if your zip code is in a battleground state, the same is not true, you get prompted to enter more personal data which is harvested by his political PAC and just says thank you, it does not tell them they still need to register to vote, it does not link them back to their state. This gives him the ability to leverage huge amounts of targeted ads across all social media directly to swing voters with pro-Trump ads without anyone knowing the wiser.

NGL the orderliness is a vibe

Also Breyer’s makes mango?!

In rural Minnesota.

In 1999.

Prince Harry shared his fears of bringing Meghan Markle back to the U.K.

The Duke of Sussex, 39, spoke about his safety concerns for his family during a new interview for ITV's documentary Tabloids on Trial, which premiered on July 25. When asked if his high-profile lawsuits against the press are bringing more attention to himself, he laughed and replied, "There is more than enough attention on me and my wife anyway."

"They pushed me too far," he continued. "It got to a point where you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. But I don't think there's anybody in the world better suited and placed to be able to see this through than myself."

"It's still dangerous, and all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff to act on what they have read. And whether it's a knife or acid, whatever it is, and these are things that are of genuine concern for me. It's one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country."

Prince Harry previously said he "felt forced" to step back from his royal role and leave the U.K., citing security concerns for his family. Soon after the couple announced their decision to step back as senior working royals, the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC) removed their automatic right to U.K. police security. Although the Duke of Sussex offered to cover the costs of security, the bid was rejected, and earlier this year, High Court judge Peter Lane upheld the decision to downgrade his security.

Prince Harry plans to appeal the decision. "The Duke is not asking for preferential treatment, but for a fair and lawful application of RAVEC’s own rules, ensuring that he receives the same consideration as others in accordance with RAVEC’s own written policy," a legal spokesperson said.

In a statement to the High Court in London at the time, Prince Harry said that he needed police security for his two children — Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3 — "to feel at home" in his native country.

"The U.K. is my home. The U.K. is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home as much as where they live at the moment in the United States," Harry said. "That cannot happen if there is no possibility to keep them safe when they are on U.K. soil."

"I can't put my wife in danger like that, and given my experiences in life, I'm reluctant to unnecessarily put myself in harm's way too," he added.

Drivers with lead foots, passing on the right. Weaving in and out, right and left. Stopping on main roads to contemplate if the turn into the more forested road is the correct one. Etc.

I've watched and every red light is run by at least one driver and often several.

Is this regional? Is all American road culture like this?

Many people schlep through the strip-plazas on the commercial strips, in zombie like states. To cash out, you have to pass through a winding lane with towering shelves filled with crap and food tempting you to last minute buys. This seems to be in all kinds of stores.

On the up side, workers in the retail and service economy are ostentatiously cheerful and helpful. I ran through Marshalls, TJ Max and Sierra at one plaza and every worker was far, far more polite and helpful than workers were in the 1980s and 90s.

An Indian American 50 or 60 yo woman with heavily accented but perfect English working at the dressing room at Marshalls was so elaborately and genuinely courteous you'd think she was working Evening Dresses at Harvey Nichols! Are they all eating gummies everyday?

What's your highway strip and retail culture like where you live?

Inspired by an archived DL thread.

I'm the goldfish in the plastic bag that your bratty kid just won at a ring toss game. I'll be dead in two hours.

Two Republican political experts agree: The U.S. economy slowing combined with recent world events means this is former President Donald Trump's election to lose. And both experts seemed to wonder aloud, "What is Trump doing?"

Erick Erickson, the founder of Red State, questioned Trump's actions on the social media site X on Monday night.

"We've gone from Democrats screaming about the polls to Republicans," he said. "The reality is this is Trump's race to win or lose."

Trump has a "broader path" to victory than Harris as of now, he said. And the wind is at his back.

"The economy and world events favor him. But he needs to define Harris," he added.

GOP strategist Mike Madrid, who served as California's GOP political director before co-founding the group of current and former anti-Trump Republicans known as the Lincoln Project, agreed.

"Erick is right," he replied on the app. "The most valuable commodity in a campaign is time. Remarkable how Republicans are squandering the opportunity to define Harris. At a certain point the attacks will fail to stick. We're getting close to that point with VP pick & convention coming up."

Several users on X honed in on the experts' take that Trump needs to define Harris.

"She's been VP for almost four years. She's defined," replied @Maggiemarbles.

"I think the time has passed to define her in their perspective," wrote @DanielNy92. "With the vp pick and convention it will blunt any criticism."

"Ya, but even if Trump defines Harris, she has the money to keep him off of tv and social media entirely by buying up ad space," wrote "@TampaBayAndrew.

"She has defined herself on so many topics (thankfully). but I think highlighting her dubious stances is important. but that’s already happening," replied @olivia_p_walker.

You know.....they still butter your biscuit, put dew on your lily....turn you on!

Who would be on that list? Anyone?

For whatever reason, the makeup people flattened the bump in his nose and built up his brow

‘Let’s get Henry Cavill for a cameo and cover him in prosthetics’ is an odd flex

It's almost time for the 73rd annual Miss USA pageant.

On Sunday, August 4, 51 contestants will gather in Los Angeles to see who will be crowned the new Miss USA.

It's been a tumultuous and scandalous year for the pageant, with Miss USA Noelia Voigt stepping down as queen in May.

First runner-up Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii took over the title, and she will crown the new Miss USA on Sunday.

The pageant will air live on The CW at 8 p.m. ET, but before the competition, take a sneak peek at the contestants vying for the crown.

Eric & Nicole left the Salem buildings scene for the French city of romance.

Now that the double wedding sank big time = Alex, Xander & Sarah are back to their dull selves.

Co-conspirator Andrew congratulated NuTheresa for turning herself in for her crimes.

Boring drunk Brady found another boring drunk in ancient Fiona (who is possibly based on Mumm-Ra the Ever Living).

Rafe has been laid up for over a week now as the show easily marches on without him.

The writers ramp up this great big "Body & Soul" arc.

Discuss.

While promoting his new book, the Supreme Court justice spoke about some contentious court rulings and joked about his colleague's flag controversy.

“Too little law and we’re not safe, and our liberties aren’t protected,” Gorsuch told The Associated Press in an interview in his Supreme Court office. “But too much law and you actually impair those same things.”

“Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law” is being published Tuesday by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Gorsuch has received a $500,000 advance for the book, according to his annual financial disclosure reports.

Sunderland? Manchester? Where else?

And is this all to do with the murders of those girls?

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, said on Saturday that he had an extramarital affair during his first marriage, years before he met Ms. Harris.

The acknowledgment, which was released in a statement, came hours after a British tabloid reported that Mr. Emhoff had a previously undisclosed relationship with a teacher who worked at the elementary school his children attended in Culver City, Calif., approximately 15 years ago.

At the time, Mr. Emhoff, an entertainment lawyer, was married to Kerstin Emhoff, a film producer, with whom he had two children. The couple filed for divorce in 2009. Mr. Emhoff met Ms. Harris in 2013, and they married the following year.

“During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions,” Mr. Emhoff said in the statement. “I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side.”

The Biden campaign was aware of the affair before it decided to tap Ms. Harris as vice president in 2020, according to a person familiar with the vetting process, who spoke on condition of anonymity. In addition, this person said that Ms. Harris knew of the affair before she married Mr. Emhoff in 2014.

According to an article published by The Daily Mail on Saturday, Mr. Emhoff had the relationship with a woman who at the time worked as a teacher at The Willows Community School, a private school in west Los Angeles.

The woman, who now lives on Long Island, did not respond to messages seeking comment.

In the years since their divorce, Mr. Emhoff and his ex-wife have frequently referred to each other as friends, and they have said they have worked to raise their children with Ms. Harris, whom they call a “co-parent.”

Ms. Emhoff also has lately defended Ms. Harris. After Senator JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, was named the vice-presidential nominee, critics began resurfacing remarks he made in 2021 claiming the country was run by “childless cat ladies,” including Ms. Harris. Ms. Emhoff called the attacks “baseless” and praised the vice president’s role in her family.

The former couple’s two children, now both adults, have also defended the vice president’s role in their upbringing. Ella Emhoff, in a social media post last week, wrote “how can you be ‘childless’ when you have cutie pie kids like Cole and I,” referring to herself and her brother.

In another statement on Saturday, Ms. Emhoff also addressed her husband’s affair, but stopped short of blaming it for their divorce.

“Doug and I decided to end our marriage for a variety of reasons, many years ago,” Ms. Emhoff said. “He is a great father to our kids, continues to be a great friend to me and I am really proud of the warm and supportive blended family Doug, Kamala and I have built together.”

Mr. Emhoff, who left his law practice when Ms. Harris was elected as President Biden’s vice president, has become an integral and prominent part of Ms. Harris’s political operation. On Friday he co-hosted a fund-raiser on Fire Island for the campaign, along with Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, which the Democratic National Committee said had raised $321,000.

Alexis Ohanian has multiple titles — Serena Williams' husband, Olympia and Adira's dad, founder of Reddit. And now he can add a new one: Serena Williams' "umbrella holder"!

As the couple, along with Olympia, 6, walked along the red carpet at the opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ohanian dutifully stood behind his wife carrying an umbrella to protect Williams from the pouring rain.

As he walked behind her, a commentator for Eurosport deemed Ohanian her "umbrella holder," not realizing he was Williams' husband.

"She [Serena] looks absolutely incredible. She's got someone just behind us holding an umbrella," commentator Laura Woods said.

"Those are the levels you aspire to. To have an actual umbrella holder behind you."

Woods's mix-up led to hilarious reactions on X, including from Ohanian — who happily reposted one post about the incident from the Tennis Letter.

Idaho's public libraries are causing a stir with a new rule that bans kids from entering. This drastic step comes after conservative lawmakers passed a law targeting "obscene" books.

Now, libraries must either isolate these books or face legal actions from parents.

Idaho libraries now require under-30s to show ID, sparking an online backlash.

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If a library received a written complaint about a book, the library is forced to relocate a book to an adults-only section within 60 days. The complaint does not have to come from someone living in Idaho. If the library refuses to relocate the materials in question, the complainant could sue in civil court for a fine of at least $250.

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

Let's compile them here

Name your favorite actors who draw you in. They can be in a bad film, but for whatever reason you want to watch them. Even in bad films, they’re interesting to watch.

Charlotte Rampling

Jim Broadbent

Patricia Clarkson

Gabriel Byrne

Parker Posey

8:00 ET

Anyone attending? Lineup includes Kathy Griffin, Cecily Strong, Ben Stiller, Jon Hamm, Jason Bateman, and more.

[quote]A light rain fell at the Zurich airport one Sunday morning in January 2023 as Sarah Kate Ellis made her way from a seat in Delta’s most exclusive cabin to a waiting Mercedes. It was there to chauffeur her to the Swiss Alps, where she and her colleagues would stay at the Tivoli Lodge, a seven-bedroom chalet that cost nearly half a million dollars to rent for the week.

[quote]Ms. Ellis, who was en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, doesn’t run a Wall Street bank or a high-flying tech start-up. She is the chief executive of the nonprofit organization GLAAD, one of the country’s leading L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy groups.

[quote]The group, which has an annual budget of roughly $30 million, paid for Ms. Ellis’s trip, as well as a day of skiing, according to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times and interviews with current and former employees and others with knowledge of GLAAD’s operations.

[quote]When Ms. Ellis traveled for work, there were first-class flights, stays at the Waldorf Astoria and other luxury hotels and expensive car services. Not to mention a Cape Cod summer rental and nearly $20,000 to remodel her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier, among other accouterments.

In this case, I’ll make an exception.

[quote] This is the first time in my life Im getting serious racist insults for being brown from white people in the UK. Not a good look. — Andrew Tate

The event was held at a mid-Century split level in Connecticut. The guys were all hot and looked decades younger than their age.

The host made a tomato aspic and pineapple salad, which was delicious.

The most important endorsem*nt EVER from Tinseltown’s reigning queen of untruths has finally arrived!

Could a cabinet pick be far behind for our Sharon? 🤔

We enter the second week of the Paris Olympics. We say a sad farewell to the swimming pool and the gymnasium, with track and field taking centre stage in the second half of the games.

The track in the Stade De France is fast - with a World Record for Team USA on the first day in the Mixed 4 X 400 relay heats - so many more may follow.

Lots of potentially fantastic finals - the men's and women's 100: the US Vs Jamaica in both, the 400m flat and hurdles, the men's 1500, and women's pole vault could be standouts. What

Plenty more action taking place across the City of Light, and beyond - cycling in the velodrome and wrestling promise to be eye-catching events.

Continue to celebrate this festival of athletic excess and flesh here!

Your eye candy for this Part. - German Pole Vaulter, Bo Kanda Lira Baehre

I like this little number far more than the stale These Boots Are Made For Walking.

The woman behind like like men pretending to be woman dressed like men.

You can feel it in the zeitgeist. You can see it in the way the press is starting to cover him. You can study it in the immediate and overwhelming reaction to Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

The MAGATs will ride that bus until the wheels come off, don't get me wrong. But the MAGATs do not have enough votes to get him over the finish line by themselves. They need a certain number of people from the political center -- and yes, it is the ones who happen to reside in a purple state who matter the most -- to come down on his side in order to win.

And it looks like the only thing those people ever wanted was an actual choice.

Now that they have one, it is as clear as f*cking day that Trump is going to lose. Everyone is starting to laugh at him, and that is never a good sign.

Tom Ripley is 31 in Highsmith's 1955 Novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

There are five Ripley novels and some have been made into movies with actors of different ages.

Andrew Scott is 47, which pushes some viewers' panties into a moist, acrid bunch.

Matt Damon was 29 and Alain Delon was about 25.

Moving on...

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When someone decides to become a social media influencer, they should first consider who they are trying to influence. For 35-year-old Brit Peachy Boy, that was fitness fanatics at first, but it eventually turned into something far more profitable. With his blonde hair, cyan eyes and perfectly sculpted body, he looks like he just fell off the Ken doll delivery truck. However, he has one thing that Ken doesn't have, which is suggested in his online handle.

Here is the video that started it all. Doing some home improvement to his kitchen, Peachy assesses the length of the counter by bending over, thus proving the meaning behind his juicy name. Clad in green leggings and holding a measuring tape, the shapely model gets a bit cheeky in his efforts. Last year this video captured the attention of British news and entertainment site the Daily Star in which the awkwardly worded headline reads, "Lad's 'peachy' bum breaks internet as women moan he's got better booty than them."

The New Jersey-born Italian American actor began his career with Mel Brooks' The Twelve Chairs, but his big break came in 1977 when he starred in the Broadway revival of Dracula, leading to a major film adaptation that established him as a sex symbol. In 2006, he experienced a career resurgence with his portrayal of Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon, opposite Michael Sheen.

Throughout his career, he became a reliable character actor, appearing in films such as Masters of the Universe, Dave, Lolita, Superman Returns, 5 to 7, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. In theatre, he garnered seven Tony nominations, winning four. He also authored a seductively witty memoir.

At the age of 84, his resilient career came to an abrupt end on the set of The Fall of the House of Usher over claims of sexual harassment.

Help me DL, you’re my only hope!

Seriously though, recommendations needed from my wise fellow travelers. Visiting in September and looking at staying in possibly two areas out of these Santa Monica/Venice Beach/WeHo/Beverley Hills.

Open to hotel/locale thoughts.

Thank you 🙏🏻

All the same tired bitches are back.

Doesn't look like Teresa and Melissa are interacting at all, but it does appear the big focus is on psycho Luis and his pissing away Teresa's money, which should be fun.

It also appears Dolores' overly inflated Irish boyfriend is still married. Oops! And Marge's marriage may be on the rocks.

Other than that, same ol' boiler plate drunken antics and bitching.

She’s Missouri’s Secretary of State.

They aren’t even hiding their hate anymore.

Years ago, Dallas and Boy Steele (Dallas's then and current boyfriend) were persuaded to move from Texas to California by Sugar Daddy. Sugar Daddy fell for Dallas, wanted to marry Dallas, and wanted to dismiss Boy Steele. Dallas, ever loyal, insisted on a 3-way relationship and so Dallas Steele and Boy Steele moved to Palm Springs to live with Sugar Daddy.

By text message in late 2023, Sugar Daddy announced that he wanted to end the relationship and that he wanted the Steeles - Dallas and Boy - to vacate the home. For reasons that are not explained, the unhappy trio still observed the holidays , with at least one party featuring a very bitchy Dallas. Shortly after, Dallas and Boy found housing, possibly subsidized. Dallas and Boy were reduced to having one car. And Dallas tells the sad tale of driving Boy to the bus stop in Palm Springs so that Boy could commute to his job at Walmart, some distance away. This all followed devastating events earlier in 2023, including Dallas's dramatic personal bankruptcy and a devastating shoulder (?) injury. Also, living up to his name, Dale Savage cruelly savaged Dallas, who had complained about not being invited to appear at Hustlaball.

I'm still waiting for the musical version of these events, all of which are made completely public in Dallas's Facebook posts-cum-serial autobiography.

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Either recorded as she was on the way out of Motown, or more likely at the beginning of her RCA years.

She did this medley in concert during the 80's, including at Central Park.

When Frank Sinatra sang about “a city that never sleeps”, he probably wasn’t thinking about the economic boost that busy nightlife can provide to a metropolis.

Yet a growing number of cities around the world are increasingly homing in on ways to strengthen their night-time economy.

Around 100 cities now have some form of “night mayor” or “night tsar” in place, to spur this work.

But most of those cities, including London, Sydney, and Sinatra’s beloved New York, are not up all night. In other words, they don’t allow bars and nightclubs to remain open, and serve alcohol, 24 hours a day.

Nonetheless, later this year, Montreal - Canada’s second-largest city - is planning to take the leap into 24-hour nightlife.

Following in the footsteps of Berlin and Tokyo, venues in a new all-night district in Montreal's city centre will be licensed to remain open, and serve alcohol, throughout the night.

City officials say the move will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue. Currently bars and clubs in the city have to close by 3am.

Montreal will become the first city in Canada to allow 24-hour drinking. In Toronto venues have to close by 2am, and it is 3am in Vancouver.

In the US, Las Vegas and New Orleans have long allowed bars and clubs to stay open all night. While in New York the cut off time is 4am, and in Los Angeles it is 2am.

On the other side of the Atlantic, pubs in London still typically close at 11pm. The city does, however, have a handful of nightclubs and bars that stay open all night, thanks to flexible licensing laws.

On a warm Friday evening in July, the centre of Montreal is bustling; busy bars and restaurants line the wide, pedestrianised streets.

“This is an opportunity for economic growth,” says Ericka Alneus, the city councillor behind the 24-hour plan.

“But it’s also to present, and reinforce, the cultural scene.”

Has anyone seen this kooky black comedy? Thoughts?

Terry Gilliam has an imagine and it shows in 1985's Brazil. At least the cast is good; Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, Sir Ian Richardson, Kim Greist, Pater Vaughan, Jim Broadbent, and Michael Palin

Former Donald Trump 2020 campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the Arizona election subversion case, the state’s attorney general announced Monday, and charges against her will be dropped.

Ellis is expected to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against other defendants in the criminal case as part of her deal. She was originally charged with multiple felony counts in Arizona related to her alleged role in the effort to put forward fake slates of electors as part of a broader conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results on Trump’s behalf.

I’ll start:

Jennifer Aniston v. Reese Witherspoon

What celebs do you think will die in 2024?

Place your guesses in this thread!

Eighty years ago on this day, Anne Frank and the seven other people who were hiding in her father’s warehouse, were discovered by the Nazis and arrested.

I can’t believe that they still don’t know who betrayed them. They have ideas but nothing concrete.

Do you think that had Anne survived that she would’ve been a famous writer like she wanted to be? Would she have married someone and raised a family? She truly represents the tragedy of lost possibilities.

My Choices: Henry Fonda And Warren Beatty....They matured into pretty handsome men

My Choices who did not: Tyrone Power and Laurence Olivier. Their pretty boy looks hit the wall by the time they were 40.

If so, tell me...

- Likes

- Dislikes

- Things you wish you'd known before owning it

- Model year and trim

- Turbo vs. non-turbo engine

- What other cars you were looking at when shopping around

Those tickets weren’t cheap or refundable.

Also seriously the park is already decorated for Halloween on August. 5? Halloween season starting after Labor Day wasn’t good enough?

An appellate court panel upheld a ruling that a Philadelphia teacher found dead in 2011 with 20 stab wounds had killed herself, but slammed the police investigation as “deeply flawed,” according to court documents.

The family of Ellen Greenberg, 27, has fought for more than a decade to overturn the city’s ruling over the death of the teacher, whose corpse was riddled with stab wounds, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 10 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌.

Greenberg’s family hired a team of experts in the aftermath of her death who pointed out that a knife in her apartment was overturned, possibly suggesting that she had been involved in a struggle, and a gash on the back of her head may have rendered her unconscious and unable to defend herself.

Her family has also questioned why she filled up her gas tank before coming home and didn’t leave a note indicating that she planned to take her own life.

An appellate panel ruled Wednesday that Greenberg’s parents, Joshua and Sandra, lacked the standing for a civil suit, but the judges criticized the city police, prosecutors, the medical examiner’s office and pathologists Marlon Osbourne and Sam Gulino for blunders made in their investigation, Fox News reports.

“The facts surrounding this matter are extremely disturbing and the parents’ tireless efforts over the past 12 years to learn exactly what happened to their daughter on the evening of January 26, 2011, warrant our sincere sympathy,” Judge Ellen Ceisler wrote.

“The experts they enlisted have all raised serious factual questions about Dr. Osbourne’s and Dr. Gulino’s conclusions, and even the [medical examiner’s office] now concedes that there ‘is no dispute that evidence in the record could support other conclusions about the manner of death.'”

Ceisler slammed Osbourne in particular over his initial conclusion that Greenberg’s death was a homicide, which came after the crime scene had been cleaned up before police could arrive.

The panel added that there was no record of officers interviewing the company that cleaned up the crime scene, the building manager or the police department representative who told the manager to hire a cleanup crew.

Joe Podraza, the family’s attorney, added that the building manager had taken video of the crime scene prior to the cleanup and gave it to police, but the video is unaccounted for.

He previously claimed that the evidence showed that at least two of the 20 stab wounds were inflicted after Greenberg’s heart had already stopped beating.

The attorney slammed the appellate court’s ruling as a failure to find justice for a murder victim.

“The majority opinion is a road map on how to commit murder and to not be held accountable,” Podraza told Fox.

“That’s the most astounding aspect of the opinion: You have, as I read it, three judges saying this young woman was murdered, the investigation is grossly flawed and embarrassing, there is a murderer or murderers out there, but our hands are tied and nobody can do anything except the government officials, and you’re therefore subject to their whims.”

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It takes a remarkably dedicated suicidal person to do this per the Philly popo

With COVID-19 numbers in California spiking this summer, experts are warning the new strains driving the spread could be around for some time.

The latest COVID summertime surge is being fueled by what have collectively been dubbed the FLiRT subvariants — a collection of highly transmissible sibling strains that have muscled their way to prominence both in California and nationwide. In doing so, they've supplanted last winter’s dominant strain, JN.1, and are presenting new challenges to immune systems not yet primed to keep them at bay.

“It does seem like we are spitting out more and more variants a lot more quickly, and that’s probably to be expected,” said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious disease at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. “This virus is still very, very new to humans, and the virus wants to live, and the way that it lives is by evading immunity” — circumventing people’s defenses by evolving in a way to keep the chain of infection going.

And data show the collective FLiRT family is making itself known in a major way.

There are quite a few FLiRT variants, which are descendants of last winter's dominant strain, JN.1. Toward the end of spring, around Memorial Day weekend, that moniker largely applied to just a trio of distinct strains — officially designated KP.1.1, KP.2 and KP.3.

KP.3.1.1 “has really taken off,” Hudson said.

By contrast, the older KP.3 has stagnated. Its share of coronavirus samples was estimated to be 32.9% for the two-week period that ended July 20, down slightly from 33.7% over the prior two-week period.

Those latest CDC estimates mean it's possible that KP.3.1.1 could be "taking over for the next two or three weeks," Hudson said Friday. "So, unfortunately, I think we are going to see a lot more cases."

The coronavirus that causes COVID — officially known as SARS-CoV-2 — is still very new to humans and hasn't settled into the more predictable pattern that public health officials might be aware of for other infectious diseases, such as the flu.

Since emerging in late 2019, the coronavirus has continually evolved in ways meant to evade immune protection. The strains best positioned to infect as many people as possible eventually rise to prominence, a trend that has played out previously in the pandemic with the rise of the Delta and Omicron variants, both of which triggered devastating surges.

As humans gain protection against any particular variant — such as through an updated vaccination or surviving an infection — the virus will seek to evolve in a way to keep the chain of infection going.

"And it may be that this particular summer, we have just seen a lot more of a faster churn of some of the variants, and they've just been a little bit more infective," Hudson said.

It's also true that, with this being the fifth summer of the COVID era, many people have thrown caution to the wind, and many sick people are continuing to go about their lives without masking or other precautions — allowing the virus to more efficiently spread.

One space, or two, between sentences?

Is it pronounced “gif” soft g like giraffe or with a hard g like get?

Length or girth? Or the motion of the ocean?

Pasta or tacos, which is better?

What are other burning questions?

[quote]New Yorkers may not all agree on which urban critter is the more fitting symbol for their city — the resilient rat, the nuke-proof co*ckroach or the scrappy pigeon — but the latter may soon have an edge in the form of a 16ft-tall monument perched atop the High Line elevated park on the city’s west side.

Hey, why not?

Michigan’s Alma Cooper, a US Army officer, was named Miss USA on Sunday, becoming the third person to hold the title this year following the shock resignation of 2023’s winner.

“As the daughter of a migrant worker, a proud Afro Latina woman and an officer of the United States Army, I am living the American dream,” she had told judges during a Q&A session at Sunday’s finale. “If there’s anything that my life and my mother have taught me, it’s that your circ*mstances never define your destiny: You can make success accessible through demanding excellence.”

May 29, 2024

Jenna Ellis, a former Trump lawyer who pleaded guilty to charges in the Georgia election interference case, has been barred from practicing law in Colorado for the next three years.

A Colorado judge on Tuesday approved a deal between Ellis and the state's Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel for the suspension of her law license. (Ellis, a Colorado native, was admitted to the state bar in 2011 and had occasionally practiced there.) She initially faced the possibility of disbarment, but the state agency noted in the stipulation that Ellis had recognized the harm she caused and expressed remorse for her actions, and that she acted "as an accessory, not as a principal" in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

In a letter written as part of the agreement, Ellis said that she "genuinely believed that the election challenges were made in good faith" but that she was "overly zealous" in accepting claims of election fraud.

"Had I done my duty in investigating these alleged facts before promoting them as the truth, I do not believe I would be here," Ellis added. "I turned a blind eye to the possibility that senior lawyers for the Trump Campaign were embracing claims they knew or should have known were false. I just went along with it. I was wrong."

Ellis was one of 19 co-defendants, including former President Donald Trump, indicted in the Georgia election interference case. (Trump has pleaded not guilty.) In October, Ellis pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings.

She now joins the ranks of other former Trump lawyers who have faced professional consequences for their involvement in the various 2020 election fraud schemes. Included on that list is John Eastman, whose law license has been suspended as he fights disbarment in California, and Rudy Giuliani, whose New York law license was suspended in 2021 and who now faces potential disbarment in Washington, D.C.

Let’s meet the houseguests…

Kimo looks to be the gay one.

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the death of the Trump/Vance ticket. Or maybe the just Trump ticket, give it a few more days for dough boy. No one will mourn, no one will cry (except for Vance’s hillbilly relatives. Moonshine all around!). May you rot in political purgatory for eternity. Or at least in prison. Donations in their memory may be made to Kamala Harris for President.

Rev. Jack Smith, Esq.

Previous thread below

From the old thread re: Simon Winder, I liked Germania and Danuba, but found Lotharingia a weak afterthought.

Finished [italic]Sub Rosa[/italic], which I can recommend if you're a fan of Roman-era fiction such as the Falco series. I know ... a woman writing MM, ugh! Here, I think she did okay, although a bit awkward at times. Audio narrator has very pronounced "gay voice" which I think is his own, not for effect.

Finishing up a second book by Vendela Vita. Didn't like it any more than the other one, reads like a self-published un-edited work. I'm left wondering if she's published because she's married to successful Dave Eggers?

He won his second straight Olympic gold medal in record-breaking style.

Watch the video--it was a thrilling pole vault! And apparently, he has a smaller penis than Anthony Ammirati of France.

A helpful clue is the "AMOR" tattoo. I was asked to help ID it, but I have no idea. I figured someone here might know.

NSFW, of course.

I see «bifteck de bavette» all the time in French language recipes. I know “bavette” means skirt, but English language recipes seem to use bavette interchangeably with terms like skirt steak, flap steak, flank steak, and even steak tips(?). Is it just skirt steak, or is there some secret fancy morsel of beef that I’m unaware of?

I know those are all parts of the cow and that everything connects. But I’d love it if any DL epicures could imbue some light on the topic and limn this beefy question for me.

Artistic swimming, known as synchronized swimming before a name change in 2017, has a long and complicated history when it comes to male participation.

One American swimmer, 45-year-old Bill May, had hoped his Olympic dream would finally be realized in Paris, but he was not ultimately selected for the Team USA squad announced in June.

However, male competitors were later seen to be at odds with the sport due to certain physical characteristics: They were heavier, less flexible – finding leg extensions more difficult – and less buoyant than their female counterparts.

I've been playing Wordl since before it was a NY Times game and I've guessed the world correctly on the second try only 5 times. Looking at the bot's analysis, consistently there's tens of thousands of people who guess it on the second word. What is their starting guess? Is there a way to find out?

As we'll come to find out when they destroy the world, the bot is not your friend.

“Blows,” get it? Har har.

Hey, does anyone know where DJT Junior is today?

I know that Celine's performance was covered in the previous Olympic thread. However, for those who have not seen Celine perform, it's mind-blowing.

Take a moment to see this powerhouse performance of Edith Piaf’s 'Hymne à L’amour' (Hymn to Love).

Celine, welcome back to the world stage! C'est Magnifique!

Keep f–ing moving. I’m not joking around!” a family heard after a rich, white woman decided the area of the beach they were lounging in was part of her property and proceeded to rope off the public area while shouting and hurling insults.

This latest example of “Karen” behavior was captured on a TikTok clip and uploaded on July 19, 2024, garnering close to 50,000 likes and 4,000 comments at the time of writing.

The TikTok video of the incident gained nearly 50,000 likes and 4,000 comments, sparking outrage and discussion about beach ownership laws.

In California, everything below the mean high tide line is public, meaning the homeowner was wrong in claiming the area as private.

“We were never on her property at all,” affirmed uploader Rosie, confirming that the incident took place in Laguna Beach, California, a state where all beaches are public waterward of the mean high tide line.

After noticing the family lounging in what the “Karen” believes is part of her property, she bursts out of her home with a spool of thick, white string in her hands, intending to ward off the area and get the “intruders” off her land.

She then throws the item toward the sand while screaming insults and ordering the family to leave.

“You’re on my property. Get moving now. Now you’re in my property line. Move it!” she shouts, prompting the family to respond. “Ma’am, we’re walking,” to which the homeowner replied, “Pretty f–ing slow.”

Alongside the outrage caused by the woman’s rude attitude, the TikTok clip also generated discussion about who actually owns that area of the beach.

Apparently, he didn’t die when Harrison shot him (?)

Watch Michael C. Hall try to contain his excitement and not say “I need the money.”

A Royal Navy chef lured a sailor into a warship’s scullery before locking the door and sexually assaulting him, a court martial heard.

Able Seaman Liam Pritchard told his victim, who he had already groped on another occasion, he wanted to meet because he was suffering from a “low mood”.

The sailor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, “reluctantly agreed” to meet with the 23-year-old in the HMS Northumberland’s scullery because he wanted to “help” him.

But when he got there, AB Pritchard locked the door and assaulted him. Over a 45-minute period, the “persistent” Navy chef subjected his colleague to a “prolonged detention” by asking to kiss and hug him, as well as grabbing his bottom.

AB Pritchard was convicted of the attack following a trial earlier this year and has been described as being “confused about his sexuality”.

Now, he has been kicked out of the Navy, handed a two-year suspended sentence and has been asked to pay £1,000 to his victim.

Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire heard that AB Pritchard – who joined the Navy in March 2022 – was working as a chef on the Type 23 frigate last year.

The vessel carries out a variety of maritime security operations, including counter-piracy, escort duties and boarding operations.

I just spent a disagreeable 2 weeks selling stuff - mostly glassware collections and other little designy items from the 20th century. I decided to empty a storage I maintained for 2 decades in a country where I used to live.

I should have just made a 2 or 3 day project by donated everything.

Instead I kept offering quite interesting stuff (that an eldergay man would find interesting) to family and some of them took a few pieces declaring them "stunning" but I think they did so somewhat to be polite.

I should not have bothered photographing and selling to dealers as this took for-f*cking-ever and I ended up with a couple thousand bucks because it takes for f*cking ever to research what you really have to sell. Is it just Murano or is it Venini Murano? That kind of dreary fetishes of collectors and dealers.

Live and learn.

Between the couch f*cker nonsense and memes like this, finally there seems to be some people who are fighting back.

Trump's people were so used to "flooding the zone with sh*t" and seem to be surprised that someone's beating them at their own game.

Former first lady Michelle Obama will compete against former first lady Melania Trump on the book charts when she releases the sequel to The Light We Carry in December.

On Instagram, Obama announced OVERCOMING: A Workbook, published by Crown Publishing Group, as a guide for helping readers “unlock your power” with “thoughtful activities, reflective writing prompts, and habit tracking tools.” According to Obama, the book is also designed to help readers “show up in your relationships, and share your whole self with others.” She added, “I can’t wait to hear what you think of it!”

On Sept. 24, Trump will release her debut memoir, Melania. The book is being promoted as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path,” but there has been speculation over how Trump’s story will be told after she was seemingly caught plagiarizing a speech from Obama.

Do you obtain pure fishscale co*ke and cut it yourself with maltodextrin or a similar non-toxic powder? Because that's what I would do if I ever found myself cut off from my daily supply of venlafaxine (say after Russia or China ever drops nukes on North America or kills most of us with smallpox, NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT'S BOUND TO HAPPEN DMITRI AND STIFLE IT MÚCHÈN).

Apropro of nothing but the WHO should have destroyed all the samples of smallpox back before they declared it eradicated when I was a baby in 1980.

DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED!

I just finished watching it and hate to say this, but it was just ok. It was easily the worst Deadpool movie and a weak Marvel movie in general. The positive reviews for it feel so forced. It didn’t even feel like a real movie and probably would have worked better as a limited series.

It’s the classic buddy cop type movie where two people who don’t agree on anything and don’t get along are forced to work together and become besties by the end, but with a Superhero twist. It’s filled with gory action sequences and tons of cameos from past FOX owned Marvel films (and a few others). If you wanna hear who makes cameos, let me know. I will spoil one though, Chris Evans (as pictured). It was fun too.

Wondering if anyone has any ... data points? Don't know what else to call it.

I've been a heavy drinker for years, and have tapered off some and made "better" choices (moved to vodka & soda from Jack & co*ke) for the past year or so.

This is really motivated by weight loss, so I appreciate those who say "well just quit drinking", but sobriety isn't my goal here. Just being honest.

I drink ... 5-6 vodka & sodas a night (yes, I know it is a lot).

I've tried THC vape cartridges, and they are a hard NO for me. I smoked cigarettes for many years and the THC cartridges burned like I couldn't believe.

I'm wondering if edibles will work for me long term vs alcohol.

I basically want to get semi-drunk/high on a daily basis but not drink so much.

Any thoughts?

I love Carol Kane, but how did she win a lead actress Emmy? Danny Devito and Chris Lloyd were nominated for supporting. Wasn't Marilu Henner the female lead of Taxi?

Bonnie and Charlotte's only nominations.

BTW, I would have loved to have had an orgy with the guys of Magnum PI.

DL icon Marlo Thomas co-hosts!

Starts at 1:44:20

I just rewatched this film, written by the legendary John Hughes, and it’s a cute film but the lead is terrible! Frank Whaley lacks presence, charisma, charm, and he lacks at least decently good looks. If he was at least charismatic the looks wouldn’t matter but when you have no charm or charisma you need good looks at least, he has none. I feel Matthew Broderick was in mind while writing this character but they couldn’t get him so they settled for this fool.

Hughes didn’t direct the film and when it was finished he watched it during a screening and he hated how it turned out so much he fought with Universal to remove his name from it, but they refused.

The film flopped and only earned $11 million at the worldwide box office and was a critical failure as well. It ended up being scrapped as a theatrical release but instead released straight to VHS in most foreign countries due to how poorly it was doing.

Jennifer Connelly is wonderful as Josie, and so f*cking pretty! She deserved a better leading man.

He’s shopping apartments in NYC because he knows he won’t be part of a Harris administration.

Christ, I hope he’s not planning on running for NYC mayor next year.

But can't seem to get her picture taken with stars Goop, Reese Witherspoon, or Mariska Hartigay. A star in her own right and a duch*ess, at that!

Yes, yes. NY Post, Murdoch, clicks, SEO, blah, blah.

The gay “Terrace House” has arrived! Let’s chat about the Netflix summer dating show populated with a bunch of shy Asian boys as they run a coffee truck and find romance!

So far no one drop dead gorgeous but we can hope! The thumbnail photo in the article below looks promising.

And I want him now.

Pick someone already Kamala!

Accents aren't fully set in stone, but it's generally agreed that - by the time a person reaches their mid to late teens - their accent is largely fixed. So even if they emigrate to another country, while they may adopt some slight characteristics of the local accent, their accent will never change to completely sound like those who live in the country they've moved to.

So when people who've moved to another country start sounding a little too much like locals it usually comes across to me as forced and affected, especailly if it happens soon after the move. A prime example I've just come across is Andy Ngo. He's a right wing dickhe*d at the best of times, but I've just been sent a link to a Twitter video he did (see below) about the recent rioting in England. Bear in mind he was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and has only fairly recently moved to the UK, his accent in the video is horribly affected. As an example, notice how he pronounces "Saturday"... in a faux "Sat-tur-day" tone, as opposed to "Sadda-day", which would the natural way of pronouncing it.

Am I alone in feeling toe-curling embarrassment for someone who's obviously making a conscious effort to change their accent? It doesn't even make sense anyway, because it's not like he works in a London office surrounded by English people all day every day. As far as I can tell he mostly works from home.

I really thought he would have died within a month of Rosalynn.

Not our best president, but by far our best ex-president.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently called Donald Trump a “terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath,” according to a report.

The independent presidential candidate, who reportedly held talks with Trump last month about endorsing the Republican’s campaign and taking a job in a hypothetical second Trump administration, made disparaging remarks about the former president in text messages sent to an unidentified recipient, according to The New Yorker. In one message, Kennedy called Trump: “The worse [sic] president ever and barely human.”

*non sexual

Sometimes when I am home alone, I chew with my mouth open on purpose. No particular reason, simply the joy of being disgusting.

If I am too lazy to get a tissue, I will wipe my nose on the inside of my shirt.

When my dog pukes, I pretend I don't hear him and a little while later POOF, the puke has mysteriously disappeared.

Belinda's back, baby! Shame we have to wait until next year.

We also get a glimpse of DL fave Bertha Russell, and Catherine O'Hara's completely untouched face. Very brave.

A new book has shed light on a particularly heated exchange that occurred between Meghan Markle and Prince William.

According to a royal author, a disagreement between Meghan and Kate Middleton escalated into a confrontation with William after the duch*ess of Sussex allegedly made a remark about the Princess of Wales having "baby brain."

The incident reportedly saw Meghan Markle tell Prince William to "get your finger out of my face" as he attempted to intervene in the dispute.

Once speculated to be the new face of the royal family as the Fab Four, Harry and Meghan's relationship with William and Kate failed to live up to the hype, and the couple fell out of each other's good books.

The duke and duch*ess stepped back from their royal duties in 2020 to live in the US and further stifled relationships with William and Kate when they made several bombshell allegations against them in an interview with Oprah Winfrey and in Harry's memoir, "Spare."

According to the Mirror, in the new book, "Catherine, The Princess of Wales: The Biography," author Robert Jobson weighs in on the broken ties between the two couples and recounts a particular incident in which the former "Suits" star talked back at William.

At the time, Meghan allegedly made remarks about Kate's hormones and having a "baby brain" just after she gave birth to Prince Louis.

When the four of them sat down to clear the air, the Princess of Wales reportedly demanded an apology, stating that she and Meghan were "not close enough for you to talk about my hormones."

Not liking her behavior, William accused Meghan of being "rude" for her comments, which allegedly caused Meghan to snap at the future king, saying, "Take your finger out of my face."

The report in Jobson's book is strikingly similar to Harry's account in "Spare," in which he wrote that Meghan and her sister-in-law, Kate, didn't get along.

He noted that when they sat down to iron out their differences, Kate demanded an apology from Meghan, to which she did apologize, saying that it was the way she spoke with her friends.

However, everything turned sour when William chimed in and "pointed a finger at Meg" before allegedly saying, "Well, it's rude, Meghan. These things are not done here."

Harry noted that Meghan responded, "If you don't mind, keep your finger out of my face."

[bold]July 23, 20241:43 PM EDTUpdated 17 min ago[/bold]

July 23 (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party's nomination and the Biden announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.

Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the Democratic nomination, led Trump 44% to 42% in the national poll, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.

Harris and Trump were tied at 44% in a July 15-16 poll, and Trump led by one percentage point in a July 1-2 poll, both within the same margin of error.

[bold]The most recent poll showed 56% of registered voters agreed with a statement that Harris, 59, was "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," compared to 49% who said the same of Trump, 78.[/bold]

Gay boy Earl was good at this.

He should have added to things that protrude- his fully erect penis when a hot guy feels his ass.

Oh, honey.

When I saw the headline I assumed he was the cute one.

Perhaps Q? But Ben Whishaw’s already done that.

Republicans are furious that the attacks describing them as fascist little weirdos are making an impression on the American public, and their response has been to get even weirder.

On Monday night, Fox News host Jesse Watters complained at length about the accusation from Democrats that GOP politicians — and Trump’s vice presidential pick Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) in particular — are “weird.”

Watters played a compilation of prominent Democratic lawmakers, politicians, and commentators discussing the attack line. “The agenda, the way they talk to people, the way they address people, it’s bizarre and it’s weird. It is weird,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) says in one clip.

While the Fox host was clearly upset about the commentary, the segment was shared on social media as a textbook example of the Streisand effect — helping further disseminate the “weird” message — especially when Watters zeroed in on the viral meme accusing Vance of describing having sex with a couch in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

Vance did not describe such an act in his book, but the jokes and insinuations that he did have run rampant on social media. While lawmakers in general have not directly pushed the salacious, untrue piece of innuendo, Watters made a point to demand evidence from those spreading the claim.

Vice President Kamala Harris “is a dangerous Marxist who wants to turn America into San Francisco,” he said. “They’re making her into a mythical figure and hiding her record like they hid Biden. So how do they distract us from talking about her record? They’re accusing J.D. Vance of having sex with a couch.”

“We don’t buy the hoaxes and believe the hype anymore, our eyes are wide open,” Watters said. “If you’re going to accuse someone of having sex with a couch, you better have video.”

While Vance’s alleged furniture fondling is — as far as we know — a fiction, the VP hopeful is providing Democrats with plenty of real ammo against himself and Republicans.

What's the strangest totally inaccurate, totally false rumor you've heard from the MAGAs in your life....

I'll go first. My mother was very upset today when I popped in to have breakfast with her. She said her neighbor, who isaTrumper through and through, claimed that there was an investigation going on about Jill Biden, and that's why Joe had to stop running for POTUS. The Trumper said she is not a real medical doctor and a few years ago she was practicing without a license, working at an abortion clinic.

Races and Primary dates Inside,

where Abortion Rights and Global Boiling are on the ballot:

A poll.

Not who you want it to be, who do you think it will be as a smart, campaign-supporting pick? We'll do who do you want it to be in a separate poll.

Time for the annual (?), monthly (?), hourly (?) collection of the little grievances that, yes, are sweating the small stuff.

It drives me nuts when we have to sit and wait for some numpty to back into their parking spot instead of just pulling in. Time's a wasting. We're not getting any younger.

The tap machine. Just put the wi-fi connection in the same place on every unit.

The damn Jump to the Recipe link. Just don't write so goddamn much.

The duch*ess of Sussex has spoken about her struggles with mental health and suicidal thoughts as she and her husband launched an initiative to tackle child safety online. Meghan, who revealed in an interview with Oprah Winfrey three years ago that she thought of taking her own life while a working royal, said she hoped by speaking out she could help others.

“When you’ve been through any level of pain or trauma, I believe part of our healing journey – certainly part of mine – is being able to be really open about it,” she said on Sunday in a joint interview with Prince Harry on the US network CBS. “And you know, I haven’t really scraped the surface on my experience. But I do think that I would never want someone else to feel that way. And I would never want someone else to be making those sort of plans. And I would never want someone else to not be believed.

His oldest son, Kassius, is gay.

Then he has three children with Megan Fox. The oldest one appears to be trans, but the other two appear to be gender neutral, at the very least.

He has a fifth one with his new girlfriend.

But how does one straight father end up with four LGBT sons!?!?

Thriller movie that will also feature nepo baby Saleka Shyamalan in the role of a singer.

Is it possible there will be a twist involving nepo babies in the movie's plot?

I've never been much of a fan of his, but I like this sassy late-era Rod!

[quote] While performing on stage, he abruptly stopped the gig in front of thousands of fans to show a meme on the huge screen behind him. The image was of a tweet with various images of Donald Trump through the years, with his skin colour gradually deepening from a paler shade before morphing into a tangerine-like hue.

[quote]A caption to the image made reference to Trump’s comments about fellow US presidential candidate Kamala Harris, when the Republican presidential candidate said he was not aware Harris was Black, until “all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went… she became a Black person”. The tweet Stewart projected on to the screen began: “I didn’t know he was orange until a number of years ago, when he happened to turn orange.” It continued: “I respect either one, but he obviously doesn’t and now he wants to be known as Orange. All of a sudden he made a turn and became an Orange person. I think someone should look into that.”

Continuing our discussion.

Voice of the Night's prior thread:

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina.

The storm made landfall as a Category 1 storm near Steinhatchee, a tiny community in northern Florida of less than 1,000 residents on Florida’s Gulf Coast. It had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (129 kph) and was moving northeast at 10 mph (17 kph), the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The storm made landfall in one of the least populated areas of Florida, but forecasters warned heavy rain could spawn catastrophic flooding in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. Nearly 214,000 customers were without power in Florida on Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.com.

A tornado watch also was in effect for parts of Florida and Georgia on Monday.

“Right now, we are to trying secure everything from floating away," said Sheryl Horne, whose family owns the Shell Island Fish Camp along the Wakulla River in St. Marks, Florida, where some customers moved their boats inland.

The sparsely populated Big Bend region in the Florida Panhandle also was hit last year by Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.

“I am used to storms and I’m used to cleaning up after storms,” Horne said.

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee said Monday morning that heavy flooding was the biggest concern in the Big Bend regions, with storm surge expected across Apalachee Bay.

In Marion County, which is inland and south of Gainesville, sheriff’s officials noted in a Facebook post Monday that crews were responding to reports of downed power lines and trees that have fallen on roadways and homes.

Images posted on social media by Cedar Key Fire Rescue early Monday showed floodwaters rising along the streets of the city, located south of where the storm made landfall. Water was "coming in at a pretty heavy pace,” the post said.

Debby was expected to move eastward over northern Florida and then stall over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, thrashing the region with potential record-setting rains totaling up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) beginning Tuesday.

Officials also warned of life-threatening storm surge along Florida’s Gulf Coast, with 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3 meters) of inundation expected Monday between the Ochlockonee and Suwannee rivers.

“There’s some really amazing rainfall totals being forecast and amazing in a bad way,” Michael Brennan, director of the hurricane center, said at a briefing. “That would be record-breaking rainfall associated with a tropical cyclone for both the states of Georgia and South Carolina if we got up to the 30-inch level.”

Flooding could last through Friday and is expected to be especially severe in low-lying areas near the coast, including Savannah, Georgia; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina. North Carolina officials were monitoring the storm's progress.

Officials in Savannah said the area could see a month’s worth of rain in four days if the system stalls over the region.

“This is going to a significant storm,” Savannah Mayor Van. R. Johnson said during a press conference.

Don Lemon has sued Elon Musk and X, formerly Twitter, over his canceled content deal with the platform, accusing the billionaire and and the company of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of name and likeness, and breach of express contract.

The suit comes over four months after a very public fallout after Lemon’s short-lived X program ended after just one episode with Musk as the first guest.

In the suit, filed in San Francisco on Thursday, Lemon alleged that in January, Musk and X had agreed to pay the former CNN journalist a guaranteed $1.5 million for a one-year exclusive deal with the platform ($200,000 up front, the rest in quarterly installments) along with a majority cut of the ad revenue from his content and a renewal option, among other sweeteners.

Musk ended the deal soon after filming the first episode, after Lemon had reportedly asked Musk about his Ketamine usage and the 2024 election. Musk sent Lemon’s agent a text saying that “contract is canceled.”

According to the lawsuit, Musk had represented to Lemon that the journalist “would have full authority and control over the work he produced even if disliked by Defendants,” further claiming that Musk said there wasn’t a formal contract in place as Musk said there was no need to “fill out paperwork.”

Musk and X didn’t immediately respond to request for comment on the lawsuit. When the show was canceled in March, Musk had tweeted that Lemon’s “approach was basically just ‘CNN, but on social media,’ which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying.”

“And, instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just [former CNN president] Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity,” Musk tweeted.

An airline just for dogs.

Yes, it's real.

Iran just got a new leader.

So far, Israel military is only saying they won't respond to reports in the foreign media.

Trump is your sleazy uncle with shady business deals and mafia ties

Biden is your out of touch grandpa who says thinks like "black jazz" and "negro spirituals" but has a good heart

McConnell and Pelosi are your divorced parents who can't stand each other, but are forced to be in the same room. Schumer is your stepdad

Harris is the cool aunt who tends to have too many Chardonnays and starts dancing

Gaetz is your creepy cousin who talks to underaged girls; Vance is his brother and just as creepy, but in a different way

MTG is the crazy Cross Fit aunt who is a Karen; Boebert is her BFF who always shows up to family functions

Newsom is the successful hot cousin/uncle who left your hometown and made a ton of money; they are always on vacation

Old thread is paywalled.

Continue discussion here.

..........and played incessantly on American and British radio in the 1950s?

My Choice: I Gave My Love A Cherry

Caution!!!.....Musical ear worm alert..........Listen at your peril.... I dare you to listen to this horror of a rendition by Tennessee Ernie Williams Ford beyond 30 seconds or more

My partner and I invited a couple over for dinner Sunday night, and we asked them if they had any food concerns. One of them wrote back, "My partner is allergic to lobster, and I have an aversion to ground meat." Is the latter a legitimate thing to say as an answer? My late mom back in the Midwest would have been horrified and called that being picky.

Fortunately we were not planning to make anything with ground meat (like moussaka or lasagna).

The only child of an upper class parents, she grew up in the Bay area with dreams of being a ballerina.

Her first role was as a mermaid in TV's The Love Boat. In 1993, she landed the role of Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, where she became one of the "It Girls" of the 1990's. When the series ended, she went on to appear in Seinfeld and later as a regular on the ABC hit Desperate Housewives, playing the bubbly hopeless romantic Susan Mayer. Simultaneously, she appeared in films; Tango & Cash, Soapdish, Tomorrow Never Dies, Spy Kids, and Coraline. Today you can catch her on YouTube, where she focuses on her real passion; healthy eating.

What are DL's thoughts on Teri Hatcher?

If Trump was elected and died-

This Vance c*nt would be our president.

Its like The Exorcist but not as comforting as that film.

LETS VOTE!

A thread for...𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚

I'll start with...

Review: In 'The Instigators,' a heist goes terrifically wrong

“The Instigators” may be a modern streaming movie for Apple but it’s a decidedly old-school kind of caper, stock full of local color and peopled with character-actor faces you’re happy to see

Though depression lurks around the edges of “The Instigators,” Doug Liman’s heist movie is a loosely amiable return to South Boston for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, who also co-wrote the film.

In the film’s opening moments, Rory (Damon), a former Marine, tells his therapist, Dr. Rivera (Hong Chau), that after a lifetime of screw ups and disappointments, he’s not so much forlorn as simply ready to “cash in” his ticket. His phrase is a telling one for a film where midlife disappointments and a ramshackle heist-gone-wrong plot collide in farcical ways. As a last-ditch effort and to raise $32,480 for his child support payments, Rory signs up with a criminal band of misfits to steal election-night payouts to a corrupt Boston mayor (Ron Perlman) running for reelection.

Therapists have made their ways into crime dramas like “The Sopranos,” but “The Instigators” (in theaters Thursday, on Apple TV+ Aug. 9) adds a novel wrinkle by bringing Dr. Rivera along for the ride. When Rory and Cobby (Affleck) go on the run, she tags along as a hostage by choice.

But it takes a little time for the buddy comedy to develop. First, “The Instigators” works in a large percentage of today’s top character actors — among them Michael Stuhlbarg, Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones and Paul Walter Hauser — all of whom raise the bar in this rudderless but winningly shaggy action comedy.

Liman, the director of “Go,” “The Bourne Identity” and the recent “Road House,” has always had a knack for freewheeling ensembles and for getting the most out of his stars’ charisma. “The Instigators” may be a modern streaming movie but it’s a decidedly old-school kind of caper, stock full of local color and peopled with faces you’re happy to see. It’s a product of Damon and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity, which produced the film from the script by Casey Affleck and “City on the Hill” creator Chuck MacLean.

For them, the blue-collar Boston terrain of “The Instigators” is about as a cozy as bleacher seat in Fenway Park. “The Instigators” doesn’t live up to other Damon-Afflecks Beantown-set movies (“Good Will Hunting,” “Gone Baby Gone,” “The Town”), and some of their Dunkin’ Donuts-adjacent schtick is at least approaching stale. You could call it a homecoming but it’s more like they never left.

Inspired by other similar threads, this one wants to know which adult celeb co*ck you’ve actually seen in person.

I’ve seen these up close:

Anthony Perkins

Rodney Dangerfield

David Duchovny

Steven Spinella (blow j*b)

James Hormel (US Ambassador to Luxembourg; heir to Hormel Foods) thick juicy, uncut

I’ve been around awhile, I sure there are more.

With two presidential candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. It’s actually kind of surprising there has only been one tied election so far, in 1800, between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

That tie was the result of a failure of coordination by Democratic-Republicans, but it led to the nation’s first “contingent election,” decided in the House of Representatives.

Could a tie actually happen this year?

Yes. While a tie is not a likely outcome, it is something to be ready for. Here is one plausible scenario for the 2024 election:

If Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, wins Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada and a single electoral vote in Nebraska, all of which President Joe Biden won in 2020, but she loses Pennsylvania and Georgia, there’s a tie, 269-269.

The website 270 to Win also has more tied-election scenarios.

Unlike every other state, Maine and Nebraska award two electors to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district. Those individual, competitive electoral votes in Maine and Nebraska become hugely consequential in potential tie scenarios.

Make your own 269-269 scenario with CNN’s interactive election map.

What happens if there’s a tie?

If there’s a 269-269 tie, or if a third party or independent candidate wins electoral votes and keeps a candidate from reaching an Electoral College majority of 270, the next step is the same. It’s called a “contingent election.”

According to the 12th Amendment, enacted in the wake of that divisive 1800 election, if no candidate gets a majority of the Electoral College votes, the new Congress, which would have just been sworn in on January 3, chooses the president. The Senate would choose the vice president.

When would a ‘contingent election’ occur?

According to an analysis by the Congressional Research Service, a contingent election would occur on January 6, immediately after members of Congress met to count electoral votes and determined that no candidate had a majority.

There is a lot of information from that CRS report in this story. While it dates back to 2017, it’s still a valuable resource.

How would the process work?

The nation would clearly be divided. Lawmakers could be torn between supporting their preferred candidate and the one their state’s voters preferred.

In a contingent election, the House selects the president and the Senate selects the vice president. House members can only choose from among the top three finishers in the Electoral College for president, and senators can choose from among the top two finishers for vice president.

Rather than voting as individuals, each state delegation in the House would get one vote, although how the state delegations select their preferred candidate is not spelled out. A simple majority, 26 state delegation votes, would appoint the new president.

If state delegations in the House did not select a president by Inauguration Day, January 20, the new vice president selected by the Senate would become temporary president. It is possible the Senate could select a vice president when the House is deadlocked, because in the Senate each senator would get one vote.

If the Senate had not selected a vice president by January 20, the presidential succession plan in the 20th Amendment temporarily takes effect. First in line after the vice president is the speaker of the House, currently Mike Johnson, although it could be a different Republican or a Democrat if Democrats win a majority in the House this November.

The first seconds it really does look and sound like her. I did not realize they were actors playing them until the narrator said so.

I always thought Tom Arnold was BORING and STUPID

To me he was the very definition of mediocre.

What's up with it?

Mom jeans, crocs, socks rolled up to the knees, broccoli hair.

They looked like rapidly aging young homeless people.

Our 25th reunion is coming up next year!

Can you believe it?

I remember when we were the hot new thing. "Oh you're in the class of 2000? That's so cool. The class of Y2K."

Now, we're just.... old. 😔

Well, 42 isn't that old, but still.

Will it be enough? "As a proud conservative, I never thought I’d be endorsing a Democrat for President. But, I know Vice President Harris will defend our democracy and ensure Donald Trump never returns to the White House."

"I was a Republican for 37 years, serving as a lawmaker and as Chairman of the state party. Now I am proud to support VP Harris because she is better than Trump on national security, better on the economy, and unlike Trump, she will stand with the Constitution and the rule of law."

I am making my tasty Mock Tuna which I will serve with a nice salad.

My Mock Tuna is - Great White Northern Beans ( I soak overnight then boil) which I mash and add - Veganaise, lemon juice, tahini, Dijon mustard, sweet pickle relish, sweet onion, celery, black pepper, garlic powder, curry powder and fresh dill.

This is equal parts cringe and funny.

#Nostalgia

He said "Boys like girls. That is the natural order that keeps society progressing"

Funny that CPAC is run by that huge hom*o, Matt Schlapp

What an asshole!

Something is seriously wrong with these Power Rangers actors.

Has anyone read it yet?

It sounds juicy.

I’m watching “Violent Earth” on Max. This guy was interviewed and rescued somebody on a boat in the middle of a hurricane. I looked him up, and he’s on the Coast Guard rugby team. He has an accent, which makes it seem like he might be from Europe.

Also, he is hotter than all Dataloungers ever put together

In spite of them being on this list. I don't find any of these cities particularly alluring places for me to live- to visit, yes. But not to live.

I noticed there's not one single city in the United States on that list. You'd think Portland Oregon or Seattle. We know the USA is a sh*thole in general nowadays but still.

I have been listening to Violator a lot lately

What are some other good ones

To add to the video

BIG American Station Wagons- I miss those- especially with the third seat then called the BACK BACK

“It felt too important not to [speak up] and I love the Olympic Games, I love them. My husband [Val Bure] is a two-time Olympic medalist, so is my brother-in-law, and my father-in-law is a three-time Olympic medalist,” Cameron Bure, 48, said in a Sunday, July 28, Instagram video. “I have many friends that have competed in Games over the years and it’s something as a kid I have always loved … the Olympic Games have always brought me so much joy.”

She continued, “It’s the best of the best athletes in the world competing for the title, so to watch such an incredible event that’s going to take place over the next two weeks and see the opening ceremonies complexly blasphemed and mock the Christian faith with their interpretation of the Last Supper was disgusting.”

For Cameron Bure, she was disheartened to see the dancers allegedly “mock” her religion.

“It made me so sad and someone said, ‘You shouldn’t be sad. You should be mad about it,’” the Full House alum added. “I’m like, ‘Trust me, it makes me mad, but I’m more sad because I’m sad for souls.’ I pray for my heart to break over what breaks God’s heart and I just think about all the people that have rejected the gospel of Jesus Christ or don’t know the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the Bible, in Galatians, it says, ‘God is not mocked for whatever a person sows he will also reap because the one who sows … will reap destruction from the flesh.’”

So the Trump campaign is in a funk now, sliding in polls as Harris's popularity is taking off. Rick Wilson thinks bearded bowling head Chris LaCivita and Suzie Wiles are on their way out.

Enter stage right, Kellyanne Conway. For a takeover?

[QUOTE]Quite the visit today with ⁦ @realDonaldTrump ⁩ in #NJ. Bonus: the new blue #MAGA 45-47 hat from the man behind the movement. #winners

With George heading the Anti-Psychopath PAC doing everything thing he can to goad Trump into decompensating and spiraling out of control, this could get, uh, interesting 🤔.

It cuts across generations and social classes and can be combined with almost anything. The length of its sleeves and the tightness of its chest has marked the style of celebrities (and anonymous people) for decades

When it came to turning a very young Marlon Brando into the brutal Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’s 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire, costume designer Lucinda Ballard was inspired by the sweaty, dirty, ditch-digging workers who toiled under the city sun. Only she downsized the outfit: she dressed Brando in a skintight T-shirt and squeezed him into jeans that showed off his buttocks and thighs like a second skin. The actor was understandably thrilled with what he saw in the mirror. He had before him a sexy, hyperbolically masculine image that would outshine Jessica Tandy, the actress who played the lead character, Blanche DuBois. Four years later, in the film version directed by Elia Kazan — where Tandy was replaced by Vivien Leigh — such tightness was considered immodest, so Brando’s jeans were replaced by baggy trousers. The T-shirt, however, was kept to emphasize the character’s voracious sexuality.

That would be the unofficial start of a trend. The T-shirt, which until then had only been used as underwear, was given a passport for external use. In return, it remained associated for a long time with the working classes and the counterculture. It took several decades for the plain white short-sleeved men’s T-shirt to become the stuff of posh people. Today it represents a space of resistance to the baroque style of clothing, the logomania and the ostentatious glitter that plague us, as the designer Simon Porte Jacquemus recently demonstrated with his choice of clothing to attend the prelude to the Paris Olympic Games organized by the LVHM Group. But reaching this triumph of elegance that is at once minimalist, relaxed and sensual has required a long road.

[quote]From comparisons to biblical spirits to accusations that she’s an “extinctionist,” top pro-Trump voices see a Harris presidency as the end of the world. In just the past week, popular MAGA pundits warned that Harris is “Hitler and Stalin combined but times 200,” and also a “commie” who will choose a running mate who supports “allowing men to beat up women in the Olympics.”

These f*cking freaks. Remember when we got treated to a weekly NYT exposé about their various boo-boos during the orange regime?

This is glorious!

Oh, and not to worry, I read books besides watching stuff like this.

Openly gay Television, Film, and Stage actor.

Married to husband Sergio Trujillo for 12 years.

I had the biggest crush on him, back in the 1990s.

Anyone know what he has been up to?

What are the dumbest things you’ve ever thought in your life?

I thought that the Alaskan wilderness would have significantly fresher air that would’ve noticeable. I was quite mistaken. It was just like breathing any other air.

My mom thought blood was blue until it hit oxygen and then it turned red.

"Saturday Night Live" is shaking things up for its milestone 50th season ... as 2 castmates have officially exited the NBC sketch show.

Molly Kearney took to social media Friday to announce their departure from 'SNL,' after first joining the show in 2022. It's unclear if Molly -- who was the show's first nonbinary cast member -- left the show on their own terms ... but their statement indicated that they might not have been invited back.

MK signed off their message with a cryptic note ... "Head up and heart out."

Still, Molly kept things positive for their farewell, as they called the gig a "dream come true" and made it clear they were grateful for the opportunity. They also shouted out costars Marcello Hernandez, Devon Walker and Michael Longfellow, who they called the "day 1 crew."

Molly's announcement comes a day after Punkie Johnson confirmed her exit from 'SNL' ... after previously sharing the news at her July 31 show at Brooklyn’s Union Hall.

Per Punkie, her fourth season on 'SNL' would be her last ... though, she assured her followers there was "no bad blood" regarding her departure.

"Saturday Night Live" tends to make cast announcements in September ... just before the new season premieres. However, Maya Rudolph was already confirmed as a returning alum, as she's set to reprise her Kamala Harris impression amid the 2024 Presidential Election.

Season 50 will premiere on September 28, but the host and musical guest have yet to be announced. There are more developments sure to come ... so, stay tuned!!!

I caught Tim Alberta’s interview on Fresh Air about his book on Evangelical support for Trump, and his insights were very eye-opening. I was so into it that I parked in my driveway to finish it—classic NPR "driveway moment." If you haven’t heard it yet,, I highly recommend it.

And before anyone of you bitches tsk-tsks me:

1. YES, IT'S ANOTHER f*ckING TRUMP THREAD. Hey, asshole(s)—it’s an election year, so what do you expect? More Helen Lawson puff pieces and no political discourse!

2. Who gives a sh*t about another thread? The people reading this thread right now aren’t searching back to see a similar one. It’s one of those nitpicky DL things that f*cking drives me nuts!"

Here’s a quote that stood out:

[Quote]GROSS: And this goes along with some - what some church leaders told you, which is that some of the people in their congregations see Trump almost on a level with God. Trump has become a cult-like figure, and people almost worship him.

ALBERTA: They - he has, and they do. And of course, on its face, this makes no sense whatsoever, because here is the thrice-married, casino-owning Manhattan playboy, right? We all know the story. We know that Trump has zero familiarity himself with scripture, that he famously botched the pronunciation of a book of the Bible. And yet, at the same time, Trump emerging as this champion of the Christian right makes sense when placed in the context of this kind of apocalyptic, sky is falling, barbarians are at the gates mentality that you hear from many Christians today.

In other words, they feel as though by playing by the rules of Christianity - by turning the other cheek, by loving their neighbor - that they have given away so much ground, culturally, that they've lost, and they've lost the culture wars and they're in danger of losing the country. And so now, feeling as though they are marginalized and under siege and at the brink of extinction, almost, they have turned to someone who does not have to observe their etiquette, who does not have to play by their rules, who doesn't believe in the things that they believe. And ironically, they will tell you that that sort of gives him - Donald Trump - the freedom to do things to protect their movement and to fight against their enemies that they, themselves, would never be able to do

Which one was your favorite?

Bernhard Goetz "The Subway Vigilante"

Leona Helmsley "The Queen Of Mean"

Robert Chambers "The Preppy Killer"

Sidney Biddle Barrows "The Mayflower Madam"

One of the best things about "Parks and Recreation" was not just that the main cast was so good but they also had hilarious recurring characters. Which was your favorite?

NOTE: I did not name Li'l Sebastian, because he technically only appeared in one episode. but of course he would have won hands down had I named him.

Don't ask Macy Gray to join you for a breathwork session.

The R&B singer, 56, appears on the current season of MTV's The Surreal Life, and the celebrity cast participated in a group breathing exercise during a recent episode — but Gray was not interested.

"Oh, God," she told the cameras in a confessional segment. "I just don’t do the hippie s---. Like, I live in L.A. — that’s hippie kingdom. If I’m healing, that’s not how I do it."

After a producer asked for Gray's preferred method of finding peace, she said with a laugh, "Like, cocaine. And a couple — a couple shots."

The Grammy-winning "I Try" singer added, "Get those edibles down my throat, and I’m good, girl! Then order me a pizza, I’m straight! I don’t need all that s---. I’m good."

Gray ultimately sat in on the group breathing exercise at the cast's villa in Medellín, Colombia, but it wasn't her cup of tea. "It was impossible for me to really get into it," she said.

This season of The Surreal Life also stars Chet Hanks, Kim Zolciak, Tyler Posey, Josie Canseco, O.T. Genasis, Ally Brooke and Johnny Weir.

In the past, Gray has been open about her experiences with both substance abuse and mental health, telling PEOPLE in 2021 the latter topic "is very neglected, and not just in this country, but I think globally."

"Your mother's always telling you, 'Be strong and you'll get through it. Don't cry,'" she said at the time. "But it's very debilitating and it's expensive [to your mental health]. So that's where I really want to help out as much as I can, especially with kids."

Let's pick up where we started and ended:

[quote] Aaron Rodgers is a given.

[quote] Aaron Rodgers, take this thread home.

Hold me, David.

I'm scared!

The Tanner sisters from "Full House" are bickering, and this time it's not about cereal or the TV remote.

Jodie Sweetin has responded after her TV sister and co-star Candace Cameron Bure said that a particular part of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony served to "blaspheme and mock the Christian faith."

Conservatives like Bure, Rob Schneider, Elon Musk and House Speaker Mike Johnson all took issue with a tableau that featured drag performers, dancers and actors lined up against a long table. Later, French actor and singer Philippe Katerine descended onto the table from a giant silver food platter as the Greek god Dionysus. Right-wing critics said the performance mocked Leonardo da Vinci's most popular work, "The Last Supper."

In two Instagram stories, Sweetin seemingly made a dig at Bure. In one post, Sweetin wrote, "Tell me you don’t know about art or history without TELLING me you don’t know about art or history" with a video attached mocking people who misinterpreted the opening ceremony.

Also, to clear up the confusion with the performance, Sweetin explained in her Instagram story the history of the feast of Dionysus.

How Andy Cohen survived the ‘Reality Reckoning’ (at least for now).

*Note the photo in the bathroom, and the poppers & Tretinoin tube on the counter.

Just out of curiousity, I went to YouTube to look for Trump's speech tonight in the 'burg, and lo and behold, right behind the bleached blonde introducing him was a [italic]fake Amish guy![/italic] He's the guy in the yellow shirt and beard to your left (her right) wearing suspenders.

And how do I know he's a fake Amish guy? you might ask. Well, anyone who grew up around the Amish like I did knows 1) Amish do not allow themselves to be photographed, because that constitutes a "graven image," and 2) more importantly, [bold]Amish don't vote!![/bold]

FFS, Trump people -- at this rate, you're going to lose the election all by yourselves without any help from Kamala.

The Spanish National Rugby Team.

Goddamn!

Aren't your 20s supposed to be the best decade of your life?

Why are they all so miserable and unattractive?

I got Peaco*ck to watch "Poker Face" and came across this show. It's hysterical – a flash-in-the-pan girl group from the late 1990s, now in their forties, decide to reunite and tour.

The casting is great. Renee Elise Goldsberry is the group diva; obviously she's a great singer but she's also a very funny comedienne. Busy Philipps is very good as a Botoxed Jersey housewife and Paula Pell is a riot as a bitter lesbian dentist. Sara Bareilles plays the "normal" mother who works in a restaurant.

Very funny writing as well. If you liked "Difficult People" or "The Other Two" you'd likely enjoy this.

Has anyone else watched it?

Anthony Scaramucci, who set the record for shortest time served in the Trump administration, predicted on CNN Thursday that J.D. Vance won’t last much longer on the Republican ticket.

Scaramucci foretold that Trump’s 2024 campaign obituaries will consider Trump choosing Vance over a more moderate pick, namely Nikki Haley, a misstep. “He could have appealed to a broader base of people, to women, to more independents. But he didn’t. He went hard MAGA, he went with a strange guy that’s very dull on stage, and you know, Trump hates that,” Scaramucci said.

Scaramucci, as he told the CNN host, knows a thing or two about short-lived relationships with the former president. In 2017, he served as White House communications director but was fired from that role by then-President Trump after only 11 days.

His astonishingly short stint in the Trump camp led to the popularization of “Mooch,” a “nonscientific term for a unit of time equal to 11 days, the length of Scaramucci’s White House employment,” per The Atlantic. First coined by Trump White House aides, the eponymous unit has since been embraced by Scaramucci himself, who found it particularly useful to predict the timing of Vance’s removal from the Trump ticket, which he considers all but inevitable.

Asked if he thought Vance would be replaced, Scaramucci replied, “I’ve had that experience with Donald Trump. I do think he could. It’s just a question of how many Scaramuccis J.D. is going to last.”

Has this been shared yet? I don't know. Mea culpa, if so.

Scoop premieres on April 5 and it’s based on one of the stories in Sam McAlister’s book, by the same name. She is the producer who secured the interview with Prince Andrew and Emily Maitlis for BBC Newsnight that would torpedo his royal status and result in his removal from royal duty.

Featuring DL favorite Billie Piper playing Sam, Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis, and Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, aka “Randy Andy” which is what Sam calls him, to his face, in the trailer.

Feels like The Crown, but campier and darker. Gillian sounds like Thatcher light.

This couldn't come at a worse time for the BRF, and I appreciate that.

I'm 44. I've been experiencing low blood pressure incidents after some of my workouts -- usually when there is high intensity interval training involved and/or when there are a lot of "ups and downs" -- squants, lunges etc.

Given this, my age, my comorbidities (I'm a type 1 diabetic and I'm about 20 lbs overweight) and some family history with heart disease, I decided to see a cardiologist about this. He ordered a bunch of tests -- an echocardiogram, nuclear and treadmill stress tests and a coronary CTA. For the coronary CTA he prescribed a beta blocker which is intended to bring your heart rate down so that the scan can more accurately capture your heart. The first time I tried to go for the scan, they said my heart rate was too high. So, the cardiologist prescribed double the dose of the beta blocker. Again, though, even after taking both of the higher dose tablets, the heart rate was too high. So, the scanning center could not perform the CTA.

I was fine to get the echo and stress tests. The cardiologist's office said, okay, don't worry about the CTA, we'll review the results of the other tests and take it from there. But, now I have a three week wait until my follow up appointment. Should I be concerned that even the high dose of the beta blocker couldn't bring my heart rate down low enough for the scan? Is this the beginning of the end?

The arts are infested with conservatives.

Public housing is far, far more common.

Most of the classic TV dramas on PBS are from ITV, not the BBC.

Jane McDonald

Is Sheila really dead?

When will Steffy and Liam get back together?

When will Hope tell Douglas to hit the road?

Are Ridge and Brooke ever going to be an interesting couple again?

Continue your discussion of the show here.

I will be living there for a year for work. I'm in the Near North/Gold Coast area. I've liked it the handful of times I've visited, but those were only a day here and a few days there.

And I love winter, so that aspect of life won't be an issue.

So, what is life in Chicago like?

Premiers on HBO Max on August 3rd

Official Trailer:

We talk on the phone, but never ever by Zoom or by FaceTime or anything like that.

When people ask me if they can FaceTime me, I'll only say yes if it's for work. I won't do it with friends (except in very rare circ*mstances). Is this abnormal in 2024?

“I’m sure he had fun in his own way but it was a bit of a shame that he didn’t get to have a normal high school life like everyone else.”

LOL@ "Oxbridge Academy", Barron's Florida private school

Barron Trump was a charming if slightly oddball presence at the ritzy Florida private school where he graduated earlier this year: “funny and sociable” but always held at something of a remove, a former classmate recalled to the Daily Mail.

“He would start the most random conversations and could be very entertaining,” the friend told the tabloid. “He was also very mysterious. He never attended football games or dances. I don’t think he met up with anyone outside of school or went on dates.”

Although the 18-year-old Trump didn’t participate in sports, attend parties, or even eat meals in the lunchroom, his classmate remembered him as always happy to chat about his love for soccer and the mobile game Clash of Clans.

But if the 18-year-old Trump had a girlfriend, the friend said, “it was top secret” and nobody at Oxbridge Academy ever knew about it. He was also reportedly scrubbed from the yearbook.

“I’m sure he had fun in his own way but it was a bit of a shame that he didn’t get to have a normal high school life like everyone else.”

Featuring my fave companion, Donna Noble, and DL fave NPH as a hammy gay villain of some sort.

Three episodes coming in November, presumably ending with Ncuti Gatwa's regen.

Let’s get this out of the way before it invariably pollutes the thread:

Bambi

Lumpen

Mrs. Nicholas Galitzine-Kevitch

Now go on then. Analyze away.

Your first reaction to this is probably that, if I'm writing this, I'm not really straight. Fair enough, but it's how I and many other men self-identify. When we call ourselves straight, what we usually mean is that we want relationships with women. Many of us, however, fantasize about gay sex. It doesn't matter if this means that we're "really" bisexual or gay, since we still don't think of ourselves that way. If you want to have sex with us (and I'm not arrogant enough to think that all gay men want to have sex with straight men), you should try to understand where we're coming from. There are a few problems with the way most gay men try to pick up straight men.

First, straight guys hang out in gay chat rooms, craigslist, etc. now and then, but most of the time, when they start getting messages from gay men, they log out, stop talking, or otherwise change their minds about what they were doing. Why? It's because straight men are used to dealing with women, not men, in relationships. I've never myself been involved in the "gay lifestyle," but I think I can accurately guess that sexual relationships are easier for gay men. Men, usually, are at least a little more forward, especially with sex. I imagine that two gay men can probably quickly decide if they want to sleep with each other.

It's not like that for straight men. For us, we spend our time trying to figure out if a woman might be interested in us, then we approach, try to talk for a while, date for a time, and all that stuff. We're not used to getting sex immediately. And while we might like the notion of women jumping down our pants at the first opportunity, it's not a normal occurrence for most straight men. Imagine how unusual it would be for us if a guy tried to get into our pants right away when a woman won't.

That's the problem for straight guys who are curious. We're used to a more subtle dance from dealing with women, and gay guys -- especially those we bump into online -- don't usually play that way. Nearly every chat I've had with a gay guy who wasn't already a friend lasted about 60 seconds before I was propositioned, with the guy having little to no knowledge about my looks, age, location, personality, or sexual interests.

That's the second problem: Your rush to screw us might seem flattering, but it isn't. If you know nothing about us and want to have sex anyway, it's weird. Stereotypes aside, straight guys won't sleep with any girl that moves, and we're not generally keen to get with guys who will sleep with a total stranger. Tone down the urgency and you'll get better results. It's the way we're used to dealing with women. I know gay men aren't the same as women, but from our perspective, it's confusing to play two different games. Take it easy and get to know us.

The third thing is that we're not entirely comfortable with the idea of gay sex, even if we're fantasizing about it. Most of us have little to no experience with it or the male body (except our own, of course). We're also often worried about discretion. We have girlfriends, wives, families, and friends who don't know that we're curious, and we often want to keep it that way. If you come at us really aggressively, offering to blow us "no recip" after 2 minutes, you're probably going to scare us off, not get us off. I'm not confident I can trust someone to be discreet if they'll f*ck any guy they can. Pardon the language, but you'll have better luck if you try to ease a straight guy into the idea of gay sex with you. Continued…

Just because it's a hot day and few things are better.

What's your favorite flavor? And brand? Do you make your own? Whose ice cream maker do you use?

Are you a fan of milkshakes and boozy ice cream drinks? What float your ice cream boat?

Going to birthday party next Saturday. Friend is turning 34

Need some nice gift suggestions. Up to $250. He like cologne, dresses nice that sort of stuff

Blair and Jo - The Facts of Life

Monroe - Too Close For Comfort

Chandler - Friends

Sara - CSI

Who else?

Rue McClanahan wrote about this experience in her memoir – “My First Five Husbands…And the Ones Who Got Away” -When Rue was in “Mama’s Family” she got very sick and was hospitalized. In an effort to cheer her up, Vicki Lawrence , the star of “Mama’s Family,” sent Rue a stripper. Turns out it was the kid’s FIRST GIG – what a way to jump into a new career!

This photo is the only image in the world of that moment in time.

Lisa Kudrow said on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast that she often grew irritated with the live studio audience on the “Friends” set because they would laugh for too long at moments she just didn’t think required that dramatic of a response. Kudrow played Phoebe Buffay on all 10 seasons of the NBC sitcom, and the role earned her six Emmy nominations and one win for best supporting actress in a comedy series.

“Because they were laughing for too long. It wasn’t that funny. That’s why,” Kudrow said when O’Brien brought up Kudrow’s annoyance with the live studio audience. “It wasn’t an honest response and it irritated me. Now you’re just ruining the timing of the rest of the show. There are other lines. Sometimes I would just look out if they’d been laughing too long, and go, ‘Come on’. Really angry.”

Canadian police say they have stopped a planned terrorist attack in Toronto and arrested a father and son in connection to the plot.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP, said on Wednesday that 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi and 26-year-old Mostafa Eldidi were arrested on Sunday at a hotel in Richmond Hill, Toronto.

The pair are accused of a plot to carry out a "violent, serious attack" in Canada's largest city, for the benefit of or at the direction of the Islamic State group.

Both are facing charges of terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder.

Matt Peggs, RCMP assistant commissioner, said the men were in the "advanced stages" of planning the attack.

Both are residents of the Toronto area and Canadian citizens, police said.

"This was an imminent threat and we were able to prevent serious injuries or loss of life."

Long story short, he hooked up with a girl when he was 16.

She got pregnant, and when the baby was 4 months old she took him to Australia, and wouldn't let the dad see their kid.

The dad tried to go to court to get parental rights, but because the mother took the baby to Australia and the dad was in New Zealand, I guess nothing could be done.

Fast forward, the dad is now 31 living in Europe, and his 14 year old son reaches out to him on Facebook, after the dad's YouTube channel is recommended to him by some crazy coincidence.

This video shows their reunion.

Plot twist? I may be wrong, but I think the dad is gay.

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?

Like Van Jones reaction when this morning he woke up and opened his email to:

I would suck Van Jones so hard, he would cum brains 💦 🧠

DUN DUN DUN DUN! DUN DUN DUN DA DA!

I know there have been several past threads but most are closed. Posting this one as there's a big reunion in a few weeks.....in Burbank, not Santa Barbara. (SB the actual city likely too expensive for organizers.)

Quite a list of attendees!

f*ck my mouth

Then nut all over my face.

[quote]No Kang, none of these side characters that don’t have the legacy of classic characters. And if Deadpool & Wolverine proves anything…you’ve heard that phrase ‘male and pale is stale’? That was spoken aloud across studios. But if you look at box office this year, I would say ‘male and pale is money’. And that’s the phrase that I think people should more adopt.”

[quote]According to a new whisper from within the halls of Disney, while Marvel Studios has reportedly learned from their recent mistakes and “cleaned house” of any and all of its “activist” producers, Lucasfilm is choosing to keep on their creatively bankrupt path to self-destruction.

[quote]In further arguing for his optimism, Gore then asserted “I do know people who work at Marvel – they have cleaned house. They quietly, months ago, fired all the producers that could be labeled ‘activist’.”

[quote]“Unlike Lucasfilm,” he declared. “Lucasfilm is lost. They are doubling down on all the nonsense. You will never get anything good out of Lucasfilm and Star Wars. That’s it.”

Miami Vice was iconic in the 80s. The NBC show boasted lots of talented and gorgeous women who starred or guest starred on the show. Some of them included:

Sheena Easton

Melanie Griffith

Pam Grier

Iman

Kyra Sedgwick

Helena Bonham Carter

Laura San Giacomo

Vanity

Olivia Brown

Saundra Santiago

The f*ck is going on with this show. I look at screenshots online and men are f*cking each other, men are sniffing each other's balls. It's built around a sex cult, I think?

When I ask my mom (a Perry devotee) about it, her response is "Uh-uh"

Am I missing something?

A polar bear at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage has gone viral for showing off her diving skills in her exhibit amid the 2024 Olympics.

In a video shared on TikTok in July, the animal — named Kova — can be seen standing upright on rocks before jumping into the water below her.

After making the plunge, the crowd cheers for the polar bear in its enclosure. "That was awesome," one spectator exclaims.

In the comments section of the post, various fans reacted to the polar bear's action. "Perfect 10. No notes," one user said, as another wrote, "Too cool!! Olympic material! ❤️😂😂😂😂."

Others, meanwhile, couldn't help but notice that the animal was loving the attention she was receiving.

"She looked over to make sure everyone was watching," said one fan, while one more added, "[She] is saying is everyone looking at me 🥰🥰🥰."

In its caption, the Alaska Zoo wrote, "You never know what these bears will be up to each day!"

Jax Scott is set to compete at the 2024 International Baton Twirling Competition representing the USA in Stockholm, Sweden.

Go, Jax!

Let’s do some polls to see how DL travels. First, how many countries have you visited outside your own? (Of course, just being in an airport to switch doesn’t count.)

Also, comment on which country you considered the most “exotic” destination.

I’m from the USA and I’ve traveled to 12 so far. My most exotic was probably Equador. I’ve been to NO Asian countries! 🤦🏻‍♂️

I love these cars- not that crappy Mustang though. I wish I had a been old enough back then ( I was 7 years old in 1973) to buy and drive a big American car with a V-8 engine. My fat ass has never been comfortable in bucket seats.

In 1973 American cars were oversized but European cars were generally underpowered with cramped spartan interiors and punishing rides. They looked more like pedal cars in those days. Pedal cars akin to the ones seen in the movie Bugsy Malone ( 1976).

There are occasions at the Olympics Games where you can sense a moment that will live long in the memory.

They were about to watch the men’s BMX final in which three French riders – Joris Daudet, Romain Mahieu and Sylvain Andre – were about to take part. Little did they know how well it would turn out, with the three riders filling out all three podium sports, completing an unlikely French 1-2-3.

And triple VPL...

My first reaction was how much money was spent on focus groups determining the seating arrangement. Alicia Menedez gets the center seat and center shot? I mean Michael Steele was a Governor and he is the former Chair of the RNC. Shouldn't he have gotten that seat? Or would that look too much like pimp-daddy Michael Steel and his girls?

-IMHO, it will be money well-spent should MSNBC hire a stylist for Symone Sanders-(whatever). Those body hugging knit dresses that hug her every curve (fat) are not flattering. Those fake eyelashes... All of this just shows what a cow/heifer she is. Also, someone needs to dress her appropriately and control her Ta-Ta's.

Is she a republican? I looked her up on Wiki recently.

Her daughter worked on Lou Dobbs' tv show & her son-in-law was a financial analyst on tv.

She's rich, old, white, & it looks like retired from what I gathered.

That all screams republican to me in 2024.

A 17 year old man took a taxi to the community centre hosting a Taylor Swift themed fun day and started stabbing little girls and the women looking after them.

3 girls are dead, aged 6, 7 and 9, and multiple other children are being treated in hospital.

Immediately after the attack rumours started on Twitter about the attacker, amplified by far right accounts with a false name and identity of the attacked shared with a "THE MEDIA ARE LYING TO YOU" narrative.

Absolutely dreadful.

While it's not "terror related" it should be treated as a hate crime in that he deliberately targeted females.

CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez were each claiming victory in a presidential election on Monday morning, after a vote marked by accusations of underhand tactics and isolated incidents of violence.

The country's electoral authority said just after midnight on Monday that Maduro had won a third term with 51% of the vote, despite multiple exit polls which pointed to an opposition win.

The authority said opposition candidate Gonzalez won 44% of the vote, though the opposition had earlier said it had "reasons to celebrate" and asked supporters to continue monitoring vote counts.

Maduro, appearing at the presidential palace before cheering supporters, said his reelection is a triumph of peace and stability and reiterated his campaign trail assertion that Venezuela's electoral system is transparent.

He will sign a decree on Monday to hold a "great national dialogue," Maduro added.

Fireworks sounded over Caracas, as lighted drones formed a brightly-colored image of Maduro in the sky above the presidential palace.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Gonzalez had won 70% of the vote and that multiple independent exit polls and quick counts decisively showed his victory.

"Venezuela has a new president-elect and it is Edmundo Gonzalez. We won and the whole world knows it," she said in a joint statement with Gonzalez.

Gonzalez said he was not calling for supporters to take to the streets or commit any acts of violence.

A poll from Edison Research, known for its polling of U.S. elections, had predicted in an exit poll that Gonzalez would win 65% of the vote, while Maduro would win 31%.

Local firm Meganalisis predicted a 65% vote for Gonzalez and just under 14% for Maduro.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States had "serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people."

Blinken called for electoral authorities to publish a detailed tabulation of votes.

Former President Donald Trump says Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently told him he wouldn't endorse a Democrat in the 2024 election.

The Republican presidential nominee told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on Friday that Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt, and told him he didn't feel right supporting a Democrat. Trump added that the two have spoken several times since that conversation.

"So Mark Zuckerberg called me. First of all, he called me a few times. He called me after the event and he said, 'That was really amazing, it was very brave,'" Trump told Bartiromo. "And he actually announced he's not gonna support a Democrat because he can't because he respected me for what I did that day."

Trump then said that, during the course of their conversations, Zuckerberg apologized for Facebook and Instagram censoring a photo of Trump taken in the immediate aftermath of the July 13 shooting.

A Meta spokesperson, Dani Lever, acknowledged the mistaken censoring in a post on X. "This was an error," Lever wrote. "This fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo showing the secret service agents smiling, and in some cases our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo. This has been fixed and we apologize for the mistake."

A spokesperson for Meta declined to comment on any conversation between Trump and Zuckerberg, but did not dispute that they talked. The spokesperson also referred Business Insider to Zuckerberg's statement last month that he wouldn't be endorsing any presidential candidate this year. Zuckerberg hasn't endorsed a candidate in recent elections, including 2016 and 2020.

This is the GAYEST commercial ever!

All of the characters are played by Richard Simmons

I loved him in Oz, and I think he's very handsome.

You like?

Do we feel sorry for her?

I don't.

It looks idyllic.

I'm happy to see this younger generation still enjoying nature, and the "simple things."

They look like they had a blast.

Nice way to spend a Summer.

A man working at McDonald’s started a massive dumpster fire when the business showed no signs of slowing down during his Sunday shift last year, federal prosecutors said.

Joshua Daryl McGregor cleared the crowd of hungry customers at the Savannah, Georgia, McDonald’s by lighting a piece of cardboard on fire and tossing it into a dumpster, which had more pieces of cardboard, according to court documents.

McGregor, now 34, of Savannah, was “frustrated because the drive through was so crowded,” court documents say.

He made sure the fire ignited, went back inside and then returned to film the blaze as it grew larger, causing cars lined up in the drive-thru to leave, including customers who never received their food, according to prosecutors.

The fire became so intense that customers in the drive-through lane had to back out of the parking lot, and the restaurant was forced to briefly close while the Savannah Fire Department extinguished the blaze, according to court documents and testimony.

There was no question McGregor caused the blaze, as he was seen starting the fire on McDonald’s surveillance footage, according to his plea agreement. At the time, he was training to be a manager and later posted footage of the fire on Facebook, prosecutors said.

“Certainly, we were disappointed that Josh would face any form of federal prison time for this incident,” McGregor’s defense attorney, William Joseph Turner, told McClatchy News on Aug. 1.

“The original recommendation to the Court was over 15 years in custody, which would have been a travesty of justice,” Turner said.

“Josh is a good man that made a mistake, and he will move past this,” he added.

McGregor filmed the fire with his cell phone and was identified on surveillance video as the person responsible for starting the fire, according to the release. He was arrested by Savannah Police Department (SPD) investigators, and in May pled guilty to the charges.

Both were troubled men with great talents. They could give incredible life changing performances or they could ham it up.

Both men died in controversy.

So, who do you think is the better actor?

This guy is hilarious.

He's so excited to hear this Texas lady speaking this weird version of German.

I wonder why other American communities with large European populations haven't retained their language? Even if just for use at home or with family.

The only other group that speaks their native European language, are the Amish.

And cankles are not good.

"This is Trump’s left ankle as he was sitting yesterday at NABJ. I worked a Cardiac Unit for a little over a year in the 90’s. I saw many ankles that looked like this."

"My brother, father and I all have congestive heart failure. I’ve seen those same cankles on my dad & brother. That’s when I bring them to the ER."

Just saw this and I'm sad for this country.

"Why just why DUDE HE HAD HIS HOLE LIVE TO LIVE AND HE'S DIES ON PROPISE".

Yes, that's an actual comment. Idiocracy here we come.

Sheesh. How do I say this-

When your longtime paramour wants to go inside your pork chop- likely violently.

When you do know its the right time and that you are ready?

Oh my god- Wait.

Look who I'm asking!!!

You all are some of slu*ttiest jezebels who have ever lived!!!

Your ladybugs have a neon Open 24 Hours Sign.

Forget it.

And don't judge me either because I am pure.

It’s not a gay cruise.

And the geo-whoring apps don’t seem to work on the open ocean (which makes me think the G should be dropped from the acronym GPS).

With all that having been said, what are some of the best strategies for scoring some dick on the high seas?

Ben Affleck is beyond relieved that his miserable marriage to Jennifer Lopez is officially drawing to a close – and he’s planning a grand celebration with friends and family to celebrate his new found freedom.

“Ben just wants to get away from it all and enjoy himself again and he wants to take his close friends with him,” a source exclusively tells In Touch. “He’s talking about arranging a big blowout at his place in Georgia, which is pretty ironic since that’s where he and J. Lo had their big wedding.”

The insider continues, “There’s also some talk of doing it in Las Vegas, where they legally got married, because he still loves to play poker and a lot of his friends do too. No matter where he chooses to have this party, even if it’s somewhere that has no connection to his marriage, like Mexico, it’s going to be hurtful for J. Lo because this will be seen as him essentially celebrating escaping their relationship.”

Ben’s close friend Matt Damon and ex-wife Jennifer Garner have reportedly both been there for the Good Will Hunting star over the last several months as he’s dealt with his marital woes.

“From his point of view this would just be a way to show some appreciation to his friends that have supported him through a really tough time,” the source adds. “He hasn’t been himself these past few months, he’s been so consumed with this break-up, and even before that he went M.I.A. because he was in his bubble with J. Lo. He regrets that and wants to make it up to his friends, and he wants to cut loose and have some fun. He’s been really struggling, and he needs to have some fun and just relax.”

Rumors about Ben, 51, and Jennifer’s marriage have been swirling for months, and they reached a fever pitch when he didn’t accompany the “Let’s Get Loud” singer to the Met Gala on May 6. Less than two weeks later, a source exclusively revealed to In Touch that The Town star had “moved out” of their marital home.

“The writing is on the wall – it’s over. They’re headed for a divorce – and for once, [Ben’s] not to blame!” the insider said. “He’s focusing on his work and his kids now. Ben already moved out and they’ll likely have to sell the dream house they spent two years searching for. They’ll never stop loving each other, but she can’t control him, and he can’t change her. There’s no way it could have lasted.”

10 most annoying singers in rock music:

10. Adam Levine – Maroon 5

9. Morrissey – The Smiths

8. Vince Neil – Mötley Crüe

7. Machine Gun Kelly

6. Bono – U2

5. Wes Scantlin – Puddle of Mudd

4. Scott Stapp – Creed

3. Kid Rock

2. Dave Mustaine - Megadeth

1. Fred Durst - Limp Bizkit

Curious - do the five VP candidates who are passed on the job of being Kamala's VP pick get a rejection email like other job candidates do ?

Does it say,

'Dear Mr. XXXXX,

Thank you for your interest in the position of Democratic VP for Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. After careful consideration of each applicant, we've decided to go with a candidate whose skills and qualifications more closely align with the position offered.

We wish you luck on your continued job search, and encourage you to apply to other positions available at DemocraticParty.gov. '

PETE!

PETE!!!!!!

Oh, my.

The son looks like Superman.

Can I be in that class too?

Sounds like growing up for him was a nightmare.

Do we like him?

So as we all know, the spouse usually does all the stereotypical "lady" things. But Kamala's husband is a straight male lawyer by trade. What will he do with that little bit of power? Doesn't the first spouse get a small budget to set up a small office? Not to pay herself but to pay all the staffers?

A typical First Lady’s staff consists of around 15 people, including press and social secretaries, speechwriters and project directors all paid for by US Tax payers.

Lord,

when you send the rain

think about it, please,

a little?

Do

not get carried away

by the sound of falling water,

the marvelous light

on the falling water.

I

am beneath that water.

It falls with great force

and the light

Blinds

me to the light.

Watters: “I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman”

Dafuq?

Is this guy's experiences on the mark or not?

Discuss.

I would like to know if there is something comparable I can get for my (non-rescue) dog other than Simparica so I don't have to go to my vet and pay for a visit just to get this damn rx for my dog?

I've already spent about $1k on all his care, including insurance, and I'm hoping there's another non-rx solution.

"Jennifer Lopez brought a taste of London to the Hamptons as she celebrated her 55th birthday with a “Bridgerton”-themed birthday bash on Saturday.

Photos obtained by Page Six gave a glimpse of the star-studded party that included guests actress Sarah Jessica Parker, “The Mother” star Lucy Paez and several members of Lopez’s family."

🤣

I love that guy as a good man. He loves his country. He’s doing the best that he can. But he had a test to meet tonight. To restore confidence, of the country and of the base and he failed to do that. And I think there’s a lot of people who are going to want to see him consider, taking a different course now.

We’re still far from our convention, and there is time for this party to figure out a different way forward, if he will allow us to do that. But that was, not what we needed from Joe Biden. And it’s personally painful for a lot of people. It’s not just panic. It’s pain of what we saw tonight.

Former Trump official Alyssa Farah Griffin spoke next and drove the point home, “And if I may just add to that, I think Joe Biden lost in the first three minutes. I think a lot of voters probably tuned out, and millions of people are having conversations with their families, with their friends, of if the president is up to the task and if he should step aside. And I’m someone who believes the former president is a threat to democracy, I think he is a threat to the America as we know it. He wants to fundamentally change our institutions. He has laid out what his plan is. I am not confident that that is the man to take him on. You cannot tell me democracy is on the line and then give that performance tonight. If based on that, in 18 weeks Donald Trump will be the president-elect.”

I enjoyed "Kate's Secret" so much that I'll probably rewatch Meredith chew the scenery in the Betty Broderick movies.

What are some other old TV movies that are fun to watch on YouTube or Tubi? Bonus if you include where they can be found.

Tonight we have the pleasure to introduce the woman who may become our first Hindu First Lady.

Kamala, since people complain I’m too soft on my guests, I’ll start with two toughies: First, do you think America is really ready for its first Jewish president and, second, do you wish you had honored your heritage by keeping the name Nimrata?

The Jews only follow the Old Testament, which is all about the angry, wrathful God who hates gays and kills people for arbitrary reasons.

The Christians also follow the New Testament, which is all about the loving, forgiving God who teaches, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.”

Yet, statistically, Jews vote Democrat 79% of the time and they are pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and socially liberal.

Christians tend to vote Republican and they are anti-choice and anti-gay.

What’s up with this role reversal?

If Biden resigns,

Harris may win the Presidency. The reason is that it removes the litmus test which Hillary failed to pass with women voters (they wanted a female President but just couldn’t vote for Hillary to be the first one because she wasn’t perfect.) It gives Harris enough time to show what her leadership style is like and to make people accustomed to seeing a Black woman in the Oval Office. It also gives her an outstanding pulpit, and allows her to demonstrate her objectives for a full term.

If Biden does not resign,

nous sommes baisés.

The flight crew was itching to get off a New York-bound plane when they discovered someone aboard was infested with lice.

TikTok creator Ethan Judelson, 28, made a video detailing how his cross-country flight out of Los Angeles was diverted to Phoenix for an emergency landing. As he explained in his recap — which reached over 1.2 million TikTok viewers — Judelson says American Airlines shared minimal information about why they had to touch down well before reaching the East Coast.

"I look around, no one's on the ground, no one's freaking out. I'm like, it can't be that dire," he explained in his two-minute tell-all. "But we land, and as soon as we land, this woman across the aisle from me shoots up and rushes to the front of the plane."

Speaking to PEOPLE about a month after the incident, Judelson said he and his seatmate dismissed the woman's urgency as impatient passenger behavior.

"It just seemed like one of those people who, as soon as the seatbelt sign goes off, gets up and tries to be the first to their bag," he recalls. "So the girl next to me ... we were both like, 'Why is she so rushed to get off? We're all getting off together, calm down.' "

He continued to say the flight team assured everyone they'd learn more about the situation once deplaned. But Judelson says the only thing they learned at the gate was that their flight to New York would take off in 12 hours.

In a statement issued to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for American Airlines says, "On June 15, American Airlines flight 2201 with service from Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK) diverted to Phoenix (PHX) due to the medical needs of a customer."

"Right when we land in Phoenix we all get the email saying, 'Here's your voucher for the hotel.' And we're like, 'Hotel, are we staying here?' " says Judelson, adding that American Airlines gave him $12 of spending money.

While the passengers' knowledge of the incident was limited, Judelson noted on TikTok how there were two women who gave "cryptic" answers when asked about the incident.

"They were like, 'Let's just say it was in the best interest of everyone here that they did this. It's for the safety of the plane,' " says the California resident, who works as an executive assistant on a TV show.

Judelson tells PEOPLE he found out the following day by "word of mouth." While waiting in the TSA line, he overheard another set of passengers discussing their reason for landing in Phoenix: a lice outbreak. Judelson confirmed he'd correctly heard their conclusion when he ran into those same travelers while buying a protein bar.

"I wasn't sure and wasn't going to say anything at TSA," he says. "I heard them talking about it again, and then tapped them on the shoulder and was like, 'Did you say lice?' "

They informed Judelson that their flight was indeed grounded by lice and explained what they knew of the situation. They alleged that the women who cryptically evaded questions at the gate were seated next to the person who had rushed to deplane the previous day.

"Apparently those two girls, they saw bugs crawling out of the woman's hair ... and alerted the flight attendant," said Judelson in his video, recalling what he was told by fellow flyers.

By the time everyone boarded again, Judelson wasn't sure who knew about the lice and who was still in the dark, since he says American Airlines didn't issue a statement during their 12-hour layover in Arizona. However the passengers were assigned their same seats, which caused a major scene when the two women returned to the spot where they first spotted the lice.

"They would not sit in that seat," the TikToker tells PEOPLE.

I was only 7 when this happened, but I remember so clearly the big PTL Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker scandal. I had to watch the stupid show from as early as I can remember (thanks Mom). I was obsessed with seeing it all crumble in the late 1980s.

What's the earliest scandal you really remember?

This isn’t the first time people have said this about her but as usual we all ignore it. The TRUTH about her isn’t pretty at all.

Trump is worse though. So there is that.

It looks like NASA officials might be seeing the writing on the wall for the very troubled Boeing Starliner, which has marooned two astronauts up in space for almost two months due to technical issues.

An unnamed "informed" source told Ars Technica that there's a greater than 50 percent probability that the stranded astronauts will end up leaving the International Space Station on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, with another unnamed person telling the news outlet that the scenario is highly likely.

NASA officials are more cagey about what's happening on the record, a marked contrast from previous weeks when they expressed confidence in the Starliner's ability to safely bring back the astronauts.

"NASA is evaluating all options for the return of agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station as safely as possible," NASA spokesperson Josh Finch told Ars. "No decisions have been made and the agency will continue to provide updates on its planning."

The Starliner project has been cursed from the beginning, with delays and hardware issues during the development and production of the capsule, which has seen Boeing eating something like $1.6 billion in losses.

Despite technical troubles before the launch, NASA went ahead with Starliner's first crewed mission in June. While on approach towards the space station, Starliner experienced helium leaks and issues with its thrusters, forcing NASA and Boeing to delay its return back home with the astronauts so that engineers back on the ground could troubleshoot the problems.

Many signs are now pointing towards SpaceX rescuing the stranded astronauts, according to Ars. These signs include the space agency giving more than a quarter million dollars to SpaceX for a "SPECIAL STUDY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE," and SpaceX actively training for the likely situation of the company sending a Dragon capsule to the space station to bring the astronauts home.

If SpaceX does get the green light, expect the Starliner project to be shoved into the proverbial dumpster, according to Ars' analysis.

It would be a bad look all around, because it would mean the American government had funneled a total of $5.8 billion into malfunctioning junk.

And they don't look like Indians to Indians.

You must pass the Trump "look" test to participate.