Sunday stuff
Finally got my lazy butt up and out to see a movie yesterday but there was a problem. I went to see the new Katherine Heigl, Roasario Dawson and Geoff Stults movie, "Unforgettable." The projector in that auditorium was broken and all of the other films playing around that time were ones I'd either seen or had no desire to see. So I turned around and went home.
I now plan to go and see a movie after I finish working on Monday.
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During his joint press conference/statement with the Italian Prime Minister, the Cheeto-in-Chief called the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti "...a great friend of mine."
Luciano Pavarotti died in 2007. His family told then candidate Trump to stop using the singer's aria Nessun Dorma during his campaign rallies because they felt that the late tenor's political views were incompatible with the views being expressed by candidate Trump.
Even more telling was when casino-owner Trump hired the tenor to perform at one of his Atlantic City hotel/casinos that would later go bankrupt. Pavarotti gave what many have labeled a "lackluster" performance and Trump demanded a refund of Pavarotti's appearance fee.
Most people don't demand refunds from their great friends, do they?
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Erin Moran, best known for her role on Happy Days as "Joanie Cunningham" has died at the age of 56.
As an actress in film/television, her career stalled after the sitcom jumped the shark and was cancelled in 1984. Six appearances on Love Boat, three small movie roles and three one-off guest appearances on episodic TV shows and that was that.
There are reports that she died of a heroin overdose but those are as yet unconfirmed. She had received a settlement of $65,000 from a lawsuit against CBS regarding the use of the likenesses of herself and several of the other cast members of Happy Days.
She had been living in the trailer of her mother-in-law in Indiana until a fight between the two of them caused her to be told to leave.
While her death at such a young age troubles me, I am also bothered by the comments of people in the various internet articles about her passing that criticize her former cast mates and others for failing to help her out in her time of need. They do not know that those people did or did not reach out to Erin Moran. In fact, the leader of a group dedicated to helping former child stars said "Erin ran from the help" that had been offered.
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There are a number of people who write for the L.A. Times who I enjoy reading. Doyle McManus is one of them and in an op-ed today he really pounded the nail on the head when it comes to what Democrats must do in order to take back control of the House in next year's mid-term elections.
The performance of Democrats in the two recent special elections to replace Republican members of the House appointed to positions in the administration of the Cheeto-in-Chief are encouraging. But as Mr. McManus notes, Jon Ossoff came very close to winning outright the seat in the House that was vacated by 45's Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price. It has been nearly four decades since a Democrat represented that district
Our Revolution, the Bernie Sanders controlled PAC did not support Ossoff's bid because as the Vermont Senator said, "he's not a progressive." After the election, Senator Sanders has had a change of heart but it might be too late. The splintered Republicans will rally around his opponent in the run-off election, Karen Handel. She hasn't disavowed 45 but she has moved from away from some of his positions.
As McManus writes, there is a Trump backlash. Darrell Issa nearly lost what most considered a very safe Republican seat in the election last November. As several media outlets report, he has also taken a "left turn" and distanced himself from Trump.
If the Democrats are to have any hope of winning control of the House in 2018, they must expose such shifts and point out that if these Republicans are returned to office, the moment they are reelected, they will again line up with the Cheeto-in-Chief.
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I now plan to go and see a movie after I finish working on Monday.
* * *
During his joint press conference/statement with the Italian Prime Minister, the Cheeto-in-Chief called the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti "...a great friend of mine."
Luciano Pavarotti died in 2007. His family told then candidate Trump to stop using the singer's aria Nessun Dorma during his campaign rallies because they felt that the late tenor's political views were incompatible with the views being expressed by candidate Trump.
Even more telling was when casino-owner Trump hired the tenor to perform at one of his Atlantic City hotel/casinos that would later go bankrupt. Pavarotti gave what many have labeled a "lackluster" performance and Trump demanded a refund of Pavarotti's appearance fee.
Most people don't demand refunds from their great friends, do they?
* * *
Erin Moran, best known for her role on Happy Days as "Joanie Cunningham" has died at the age of 56.
As an actress in film/television, her career stalled after the sitcom jumped the shark and was cancelled in 1984. Six appearances on Love Boat, three small movie roles and three one-off guest appearances on episodic TV shows and that was that.
There are reports that she died of a heroin overdose but those are as yet unconfirmed. She had received a settlement of $65,000 from a lawsuit against CBS regarding the use of the likenesses of herself and several of the other cast members of Happy Days.
She had been living in the trailer of her mother-in-law in Indiana until a fight between the two of them caused her to be told to leave.
While her death at such a young age troubles me, I am also bothered by the comments of people in the various internet articles about her passing that criticize her former cast mates and others for failing to help her out in her time of need. They do not know that those people did or did not reach out to Erin Moran. In fact, the leader of a group dedicated to helping former child stars said "Erin ran from the help" that had been offered.
* * *
There are a number of people who write for the L.A. Times who I enjoy reading. Doyle McManus is one of them and in an op-ed today he really pounded the nail on the head when it comes to what Democrats must do in order to take back control of the House in next year's mid-term elections.
The performance of Democrats in the two recent special elections to replace Republican members of the House appointed to positions in the administration of the Cheeto-in-Chief are encouraging. But as Mr. McManus notes, Jon Ossoff came very close to winning outright the seat in the House that was vacated by 45's Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price. It has been nearly four decades since a Democrat represented that district
Our Revolution, the Bernie Sanders controlled PAC did not support Ossoff's bid because as the Vermont Senator said, "he's not a progressive." After the election, Senator Sanders has had a change of heart but it might be too late. The splintered Republicans will rally around his opponent in the run-off election, Karen Handel. She hasn't disavowed 45 but she has moved from away from some of his positions.
As McManus writes, there is a Trump backlash. Darrell Issa nearly lost what most considered a very safe Republican seat in the election last November. As several media outlets report, he has also taken a "left turn" and distanced himself from Trump.
If the Democrats are to have any hope of winning control of the House in 2018, they must expose such shifts and point out that if these Republicans are returned to office, the moment they are reelected, they will again line up with the Cheeto-in-Chief.
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posted by me at 3:51 PM
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