It's just more garbage from a poorly scripted series. At least Sam Rockwell comes off like Fosse. Michelle Williams comes off like Michelle Williams. Her promise has just gone away. She's become a route actress.
In other news, Lee Daniels is trying to save STAR by finding another network for it.
I know some people that loved that show. But it was killed by Lee Daniels. He refused to fire Jussie Smollett. Viewers left EMPIRE over that. Of course that was going to hurt the ratings of the show that aired after it on Wednesday nights -- STAR.
It was stupid to keep Jussie in the cast. His actions destroyed the illusion that TV needs to survive. You want to believe that they are good people -- even if they're playing a monster, you want to believe that the actors are good people.
Jussie destroyed that.
And instead of addressing the problem, Lee Daniels let it fester. That's on him and so is the cancellation of STAR.
Going out with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The return of Creepy Joe Biden and what it
should mean for the press and for the six women seeking the Democratic
Party's presidential nomination.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who is running for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, is fond of calling out Donald Trump. Earlier this month, for example, Peter Wade (ROLLING STONE) quoted her declaring (on CBS' FACE THE NATION), "I hope America’s women are paying attention because President Trump has started a war on America’s women. And if it's a fight he wants to have, it’s a fight he's going to have, and he’s going to lose." It's good to see someone stand up to the assault on women's rights and stand up strongly.
But are we kidding ourselves? Assaults take place all the time. And Donald Trump is far from the only offender.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who is running for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, is fond of calling out Donald Trump. Earlier this month, for example, Peter Wade (ROLLING STONE) quoted her declaring (on CBS' FACE THE NATION), "I hope America’s women are paying attention because President Trump has started a war on America’s women. And if it's a fight he wants to have, it’s a fight he's going to have, and he’s going to lose." It's good to see someone stand up to the assault on women's rights and stand up strongly.
But are we kidding ourselves? Assaults take place all the time. And Donald Trump is far from the only offender.
Aaron Maté Retweeted
In a somewhat odd moment at tonight's AFT town hall, Biden tells a 10-year-old girl, “I’ll bet you’re as bright as you are good-looking." He takes her over to the assembled reporters, then stands behind her and puts his hands on her shoulders while he's talking.
Creepy Joe Biden is at it again. He never stopped. When women stepped forward and stated his touching them and invading their space was creepy, he taped a brief message which the press -- always protecting Creepy Joe -- hailed as an apology. It wasn't an apology. He never apologized. He was, however, 'listening.' He demonstrated that he wasn't listening that same week by making two jokes about it while speaking to workers.
He still doesn't get it. And he's still not stopping. It's gross, it's disgusting. And, unless videos were doctored, some of those times when he touches girls' shoulders, his hands travel. Downward. For that to happen once, even once, should have resulted in someone pulling him aside and telling him to stop fondling the chests of young girls.
It clearly did not. He's still touching young girls and acting like he's their dream date as he hails them as "good looking." It's creepy. It's perv behavior.
It makes people uncomfortable. In his laughable video, he claimed he was listening. Then he made jokes about it and now he continues the behavior. I'm sorry, how is that someone you want as president? When America expresses outrage over an issue -- providing Saudi Arabia with guns and bombs, for example -- do we want someone in the White House who we know will not listen? Who we know will toss out some words and then continue whatever behavior we the American people found outrageous?
Creepy Joe has pulled a dick move. He's made clear that he's not going to change his behavior, no matter how inappropriate he is, no matter how offensive it is, no matter how many people object.
This behavior is appalling and it stands a good chance of re-electing Donald Trump if Creepy Joe becomes the Democratic Party's nominee. Look at the reaction to Felicia Sonmez's Tweet:
Not odd at all. That’s Biden. That’s who he is. Who he will always be. Not bad, just Joe, that’s him. He has done this hundreds of times and is not likely to change.
It's bad
It’s bad because he’s been told to respect personal space and he did not. With a 10 year old. He just doesnt get it. Can’t help himself. He’s an old dog.
No new tricks taught.
That’s a bad thing
To normal people, it is - and SHOULD BE- creepy.
Every look on every child’s face makes you want to save them.
And there are so many.
Even if he didn’t “know” his handlers have known for years this is wrong.
But he’s never cared, apparently.
Everyone can see it
Who who whooooo could have predicted
I feel like laughing at this is some sort of check engine light for cynicism.
Yes but we are all birb. Thank for good owl, was a hoot 12/10
Zoom in at the facial expressions of the people around him....
Body language...
“Let me just get my phone out to capture th...”
Slowly lowers phone
“Mmm Yeah, no.”
He’s a super creep, he’s super creepy.
Yaow
"Temptations sing!"
To be fair, @TheDemocrats ditching real candidates like Warren and Sanders to run an "electable" child molester is super on-brand.
That's hyperbolic. Let's say he wins the primary fair and square. We often do all the work for Republicans with this type of rhetoric.
We're doing all the work for Republicans if we let him win the primary.
omg Joe, please just stand beside people while they are speaking and put your hands down.
Exceptional use of a Prince gif! 
Ha! Thanks. Prince had the best exasperation reactions, didn’t he? 
He was, to my mind, actual royalty.
Yes.
Who tells a 10 year old child they're "good looking"?
Me. I tell lots of 10yos I meet that they are beautiful. Its to give them confidence.
You guys are nuts!
You should be telling them they are smart & capable.
I learned as a teacher that even better is to compliment exemplary behaviors, rather than perceived characteristics. Growth mindset, and all.
“So what if he perved on a ten year old girl, what do you want him to do... NOT PERV”???
And it's also weird to sexualize this.
The only one who sexualized this was Biden when he said “I bet you’re as bright as you are good-looking” to a 10yr old CHILD
How hard can it possibly be to not? I know “this is just who he is” but I will not give my primary vote to a man who won’t change in response to the valid criticisms from those with less power.
And why does being "who he is" win over my being who I am, which is someone who doesn't want strangers touching me uninvited? Biden gets to be who he is, and that young girl gets to learn that adults can grab her and comment on her appearance whenever they want.
Are we over reacting just a tad bit?
I agree. I truly don't see the problem. He appears to be an affectionate person. No harm in that. Wish we saw more of it.
Maybe we can stop teaching our girls that they have to accept a stranger’s hands on them because “he’s just affectionate.” I don’t see Biden lavishing this “affection” on any dudes AND he’s been told it’s largely unwelcome. So...nah.
All sane women should be able to agree on this. Right or left.
Joe Biden's campaign brings him out for a rare town hall. Instantly does what he promised he wouldn't: makes a cringe-worthy comment, invades a young girl's space with lots of touching. He doesn't learn from mistakes, understand the moment. Sincerely fear Trump would destroy him.
Which is why Trump is making biden his pretend worst fear. Say what you want about trumps mental state he’s been playing these PR feud games for 40 years. It’s muscle memory at this point he can do it in his senior sleep.
B-b-b-but! Some people say it's okay!
A handful.
The Democratic Party needs a candidate who can energize the populace and turn out the vote.
Creepy Joe's going to do that? In November, after weeks and weeks of GOP ads featuring videos of Joe touching this child, that child, this woman, that woman, Creepy Joe's going to inspire?
It's very likely, he is going to shame the Democratic Party. He'll trigger a number of women and men who have been abused in their lives, yes. But he'll have many others just hanging their head in shame.
"That's just who he is!" That's the defense America wants to hear in October and November of 2020?
When this first emerged, his defenders insisted that not only was it just Joe being Joe (creepy) but that it was in the past -- he's apologized! (He never did and actually went on to say that he wasn't sorry about anything he'd done ever -- that would include his vote for the Iraq War.) They insisted it was in the past.
It's not in the past.
The corporate press has focused on that issue more than any other. It's the one issue he knows could cost him the nomination. And yet yesterday he made clear that he wasn't going to change.
After the first trial, Michael Jackson refused to stop sleeping with boys. That led to additional payouts and, eventually, another trial.
Michael abused those boys. But if you need to lie to yourself so that you can dance around your living room to "Dirty Diana," hopefully,, you can at least admit that Michael's behavior was stupid. His actions invited more discussion. Even if you believe him innocent (so many have a problem admitting how prevalent pedophilia is in this country), you can agree that his continuing to go night-night with boys in his bed was stupid.
Joe Biden continuing to touch girls is stupid. It demonstrates that he will not take criticism, that he will not stop behavior that bothers many and that he's willing to risk losing if it means he can continue touching the bodies of others.
That's a general election candidate?
Elaine's "Americans have already demonstrated they will vote for a female president" addressed a dopey article. I agree with Elaine's criticism, the author of the column addresses everything but the media. Creepy Joe is the perfect example of how female candidates are being ignored.
His behavior is inappropriate. The response to that should have been a flurry of columns on the op-ed pages about how maybe this is a good reason to support one of the six women running -- Kirsten,, Tulsi Gabbard, Marianne Williamson, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris or Amy Klobuchar -- but those columns didn't appear, did they? The Sunday chat and chews weren't asked to spend an episode exploring whether or not Creepy Joe's inappropriate behavior was just another sign that the party needed a female nominee in the general election.
Topics with far less merit have occupied the op-ed pages and the Sunday chat and chews.
Time and again, when the moment arrived for the press -- the opinion segment of the press -- to explore why a female candidate was needed or what a female candidate might provide, the press has repeatedly taken a pass.
The problem is the press. As Elaine notes, and as others have as well (including me), there is no question that the US will vote for a female candidate for president. That issue was settled in 2016 when Hillary Clinton received more votes than Donald Trump. Anyone still floating the half-assed notion that US voters won't do so is either a liar or an idiot. It's a bit like saying, "I'm not sure the sun will rise." At this point, if you're not sure that the sun will rise, you're an idiot. At this point, after 2016, if you're not sure that US voters will vote for women, you're an idiot.
A lot of women on the op-ed pages are being idiots right now and continue to pretend that, in 2016, Hillary didn't get more votes than any other candidate for president. And they waste the space they are provided by repeating lies and instead of driving a real conversation about the female candidates. If those idiots are still confused, here's a topic they can freely borrow: "Would any of the six women be less likely to face the creepy scandal Joe Biden most surely will?"
Voting . . .
Dropping back to September 21, 2013:
Jamal Hashim and Liang Youchang (Xinhua) report that 1,129 candidates were running for 111 seats and they quote Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani stating, "Today is a historic day for the Kurdish people and we have taken another step in the region to promote democracy. The people of Kurdistan are the only winners in these elections." Nechervan Barzani and his wife Nabila Barzani (pictured below) were among the first to vote in Erbil.
Voting took place in the KRG's Parliament yesterday. Nechirvan Barzani was elected President of the KRG by 68 members of the KRG Parliament (there are 111 members of the Parliament, only 84 attended the session). Nechirvan has served two terms as prime minister of the KRG and he is the nephew of Massoud Barzani (former president of the KRG) and the cousin of Masrour Barzani (who is the chancellor over the Kurdistan Region Security Council). The Barzanis head the political party KDP -- the oldest major political party in the KRG (led by the Barzanis since 1946). The Talabani controlled PUK split off from the KDP in 1975 (and that's Talabani -- as in Jalal Talabani -- a major figure in the region until his stroke and later death).
In the US, US House Rep Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq War veteran, is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
I know the cost of war. When I came home from my 2nd deployment, I vowed to fight for peace, standing up to the most powerful, meeting with both friends and adversaries. Peace gives America our future. That’s why I’ll never stop fighting for peace. tulsi.to/honor
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