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This one cracks me up because I can just picture the CIA cracking in the face of the hard hitting journalistic efforts of some enterprising Infowars "reporter." Yes, the CIA, the agency that is staffed with people who can calmly, believably lie under the most stressful of conditions cracked and spilled their shameful secrets to Alex Jones and company. Sounds legit. I have an uncle who has posted this one a dozen or so times. I laugh at it every time. The editing job alone is hilariously bad. Whoever originated it decided to flip the original image (no doubt in a misguided attempt to prevent people from finding the original in a Google image search). I forget what the bins were originally labelled, but they did a real shit job of blacking that out (it looks like they used the tech version of a black magic marker, hastily swiping over the label), to the point where you can't not see the editing. And then, they typed in the label to indicate that they were ballot boxes. Because, you know, if you're going to store illegal ballots, you're going to keep them in black Rubbermaid bins that are labeled with exactly what they are, and then just toss them in poorly secured storage somewhere. Oh, and that label? Because of the angle of the picture related to the bins, the bins are at an angle from the screen, but the labels they typed on them? Those are aligned straight on the screen, since the editing genius doing this literally just typed them on instead of doing anything more sophisticated to make the labels line up with the bins. I'd say that, if you're going to go to the trouble of putting together some fake news, you should maybe invest in a better editing program than MS Paint, but, well, people ate it up, so I guess there's no need to put in the effort. That anyone looked at that picture for a fraction of a second and totally bought it as legit is a testament to exactly how much they wanted to believe the fake news. Much like with Trump and the bald faced lies he continues to tell his supporters, I wonder if people who read these fake news sites realize exactly how little respect the people who put these lies out have for their intelligence. That they slapped together that shitty editing job and put it out there shows that they have little concern that their audience might be smart enough to figure out it's total bullshit.

Is it mean to hope he doesn't even get a nom, just for the hilarity of watching him melt down over that? And that picture... That absolutely looks like a Grindr profile. I laughed at the line where, after he talks about how he met his fiance there and made so many good friends there, he says "that's all just memories left behind." Umm... So, like you left those memories in your dressing room? What? Honestly, if I was a casting agent, and I read that interview, I don't know that I'd be all that interested in hiring him. (Not that I think casting people for prime time and movies are scouring soap mags for interviews). When I read him saying that he would have felt his work at GH wasn't done if he didn't win an Emmy, I'd be thinking that he's basically saying that the work itself isn't important, all that's important is the recognition of winning an award.

Weird. Maybe all of the posts saying the bolded above were removed before I got here? Yeah, that must be it. Because, well, all I see are people explaining, calmly, without calling you a single name, that the difference is between a statement put out by the RNC co-chairs (one of whom will be on Trump's staff) about their party's incoming POTUS vs. a headline not written by the current POTUS's party or staff. And, nope, not a single use of the term "cuckservative." I can't speak for all liberals, of course, but from my experience, most of us tend to think that whole "cuck" thing the Trump cult has glommed onto is rather lame, not something we tend to use ourselves. Also, the current President didn't throw Israel under the bus, he disagrees with Netanyahu, which is perfectly reasonable. It certainly doesn't make him an anti-Semite, especially since his disagreement with him is not because he's Jewish, but, rather, because Netanyahu has a tendency to act like a bit of a power hungry ass at times. I mean, if his being at odds with Netanyahu makes President Obama an anti-Semite, then Netanyahu's open antagonism towards President Obama over the past eight years makes him racist, right? No. It means they're two men who have differing views on various global political issues. Kind of funny to jump to accusing him of being an anti-Semite for disagreeing with Netanyahu right after bemoaning that you were (imaginarily) called racistsexisthomophobic for disagreeing here. Not to mention - the generous tax break they're getting to keep just about half of those jobs here is being used to invest in automation, so they can get rid of some more of those jobs that Trump did manage to "save." And, of course, he set a precedent (or, to put it a way he'll understand, he set a president) - threaten to move jobs out of the country, and he'll throw taxpayer money at you to keep some of those jobs, let you still move some out of the country, and won't say a peep about your open plans to use the tax savings to invest in methods to eliminate more jobs. Good looking out for the blue collar workers, there, Cheetos.

"He didn't mean for me! He meant all those lazy freeloaders!"

Definitely somewhat sarcastic, but I'd be willing to be that there is going to be, at some point, some softening of Sam's hatred towards him. The way they insist on writing scenes for them leads me to believe that they are intent on heading in that direction. I don't think they'll make them BFF's, but it will get to a point where she forgives him and is fine spending time around him. That's the whole reason they wrote this Tom thing - as a way for Franco to face up to his own past crimes and understand the depth of the pain he's caused. The best outcome would be for him to just accept that there's no reason for her to ever be OK with him, but this show doesn't do "best outcome," so I'm sure that's not where it's headed. I do agree on Carly, though. No way she is ever OK with his existing. And that's good. It's much more in character than her almost marrying the guy.

Exactly. Sure, he'd be "proving" something about Quinn to Eric, but what would he be proving to his father about himself? "I'll sleep with your wife and cheat on your closest friend to get my way"?

I still think that it's going to end up being that he raped some other woman after his release. The killer will turn out to either be that woman or someone like her husband or father. It serves two of the show's purposes - they don't have to deal with the fallout of any long term character having killed the guy, and, in their minds, it retroactively justifies Franco's behavior towards him. "See! He was an irredeemable sexual predator. Franco was right! And we were all so mean to suspect that he killed that lowlife rapist! We're so sorry, Franco!!" Commence ticker tape parade and everyone from Carly to Sam stopping by Liz and Franco's romantic dinner at the Metro Court to genuflect and express their respect.

I guess it's better than my suspicions that they'd have Sam team up with him to prove his innocence. But, yeah...

I agree. I think they didn't want him to look at and mimic SBu's performance as Jason. They want him to be an entirely different character. The unfortunate part is that they haven't done enough with the writing to display that he's an entirely different character, so it just comes across as shitty choices on BM's part. I've said this countless times about this character since he got (some/all of??) his memories back - you can't have a character go through significant personality changes without having anyone else on canvas mention it. This Jason is a completely different person than the one Sam fell in love with. That should be an issue on some level. There should have been some getting to know each other, some conflict in things not being how they were before. I'm not talking like screaming and throwing bar ware levels of conflict, but there should have been some "do I still feel the same about this new Jason?" and "does she like me as I am now, or is she waiting for the old Jason to resurface?" from the two of them. This is where the fact that she has a friend, a mother, and two sisters on canvas comes into play. And it's where him having Carly (gag), Sonny (gag), and Michael on canvas comes into play. Hell, it could even a part of "new" Jason that he confides in his mother about it. And then we get the conflict of Monica wanting this "new" Jason to remain in play while still trying to advise him best about his relationship with Sam.

Seriously, can anyone imagine their spouse/significant other storming into their place of employment to try to boss people around like that? Eggo continues to show absolutely no respect towards the current "love of his life."

Exactly. False equivalencies are in this year.

Forget raising him, I think they can barely remember his name at this point.

During the questioning, I kept hoping DZ would say "hey, listen, we've all made disastrous growing our hair out choices, so I get it, but here's my barber's number. Get on that, will you?"

It would not shock me, at this point, if they end up having her investigate to clear Franco's name in Tom's death. That is exactly the kind of shit this show would do.

I like that Wyatt refuses to let Steffy get away with her Waffles-style "it's Quinn's fault we got married" bullshit. Because that is straight out of the Waffles playbook - trying to re-frame your own decisions as something that happened to you. You decided to marry Wyatt, Steffy. Quinn didn't force you. Regardless of what you did or did not know about your Eggo, you made the decision to marry Wyatt, to stand in front of your family and pledge your life to him, to get a tattoo wedding ring because you wanted it to last forever. Those were all decisions you made. Regardless of whether you believed Waffles was done with you for good or not, if you were still that in love with him, then you should not have married anyone else. That you did speaks only to your behavior and motivations, not anyone else's. It's certainly not Quinn's fault that you couldn't stand on your own two feet without a man at your side for five minutes.

Plus, by BA's own admission, he laid this on them extremely last minute. He told them on Friday that he wouldn't be able to show up for the Monday taping he'd already agreed to do. I'd imagine that, at that point, juggling the shooting schedule would possibly come with increased costs and/or increased difficulties for the rest of the cast (as they'd either have to go dark for the taping times or other cast members who weren't scheduled to tape that day would have to be pulled in to tape something they were scheduled to tape later in the week). If he already had Homeland booked when they originally approached him about this stint, they would have been in a better position to accommodate his schedule.

I agree. We've never had a child of a POTUS who was an active part of his administration. She's essentially being put forth as the de facto FLOTUS. Not to mention that most First Kids have been school age when their fathers took office, so there's been the added caveat that you should not trash kids. Ivanka is an adult, married, a mother, and a business owner. She's not a school girl. She is not only acting as his advocate and part of his administration, but she is also utilizing his upcoming Presidency to enhance her business interests. She's fair game. Barron? Off limits. I feel Tiffany is off limits, as well, even though she is over 18, because she has contained her participation in his campaign and administration to the kind of roles previous children of candidates have maintained - she appeared with him at big events and spoke for him at the RNC, but she hasn't been actively involved in his transition and isn't taking on a visibly active public presence centered on his campaign or upcoming Presidency. But Ivanka and her brothers are grown ass adults and business owners who have inserted themselves into his transition team and administration to varying degrees. Eric and Junior actively attack Trump detractors on Twitter, in addition to the whole "profiting off the Presidency" angle. His three oldest children have made themselves fair game through their own choices and behavior. If Hillary had won and Chelsea and her husband were even half as involved in the transition as Ivanka, Jared, Eric, and Don Jr have been, I can't even imagine the level of vitriol that would be lobbed her way. Someone sitting in his seat on the plane badmouthing Trump is child's play compared to what would be thrown at Chelsea. Hell, what happened on that plane was a love letter compared to how the right has treated the Obama girls over the past 8 years.

Catholic leftist here, sorry to blow apart anyone's preconceived boxes. Heaven knows all of us lefties are supposed to be Godless heathens and all. Reince was pretty clearly trying to draw some parallel lines between the birth of Christ (which, as noted, by those before me, is not actually 12/25) and the rise of Trump as our new leader (King). He would not, by any means, have posted this exact same sentiment if Hillary had won and we were in the countdown to her inauguration. Whether he was literally intending to say "Trump equals Jesus" is debatable, but it's beyond clear that he was trying to paint a picture of Trump's ascension to the Oval Office as this spiritual rebirth of the nation - that we're all supposed to feel hope and joy because the "dark" days of President Obama as POTUS are coming to an end and our new savior is coming to Make America Great Again. Reince absolutely believes we've all been "saved" by Trump's election. That is what he was referencing in that statement.

I can't. I just can't. Reince compares Trump to Jesus.  Seriously.

It honestly would not surprise me if his camp staged something like this. With all the incidents of his followers harassing others that have occurred since the election, I could see them wanting a high profile "see, the other side is doing this stuff!" incident. I'm not saying it's impossible that someone felt the need to take that opportunity to express their disgust, but it's also possible that his camp thought this would be a good incident to sway public opinion - the mother trying to take a family vacation gets verbally harassed on an airplane (and she's in coach, just like us!), exposing her young children to the hatred.

I completely agree. What I wonder about the whole incident, though, is this - isn't she under Secret Service protection? (I thought I remember reading that she was put under protection at some point during the campaign, ahead of her siblings, naturally). I find the logistics of her family flying commercial in coach with the SS confusing. Wouldn't it have been safer to use the Trump jet? Or rent another private plane if her father was using his? It just seems to me like it would be a difficult scenario for the SS to properly manage and secure. They can't control who else books that flight, for example. And, yes, this person made himself known before takeoff (and wasn't violent), so they were removed and the situation was fine, but what happens if someone who intends to do her actual physical harm waits until the plane is in the air, say, over an ocean when they can't quickly land the plane (she was going to Hawaii, right)? That puts not only her and her children in danger, but everyone else on that plane, as well. This is why the First Family doesn't fly commercial.

I said the same thing during this past week, and my husband burst my bubble - all the previous Presidents have aged like shit because they're taking the job seriously, losing sleep, stressing, and they feel the deep responsibility of it all. Cheetos? He's not going to be stressing, and he's not going to feel the weight of the responsibility, because he simply won't do the stuff he doesn't want to do. Mike Pence is going to be the one who turbo ages. (And I hope that fucker looks like complete shit by June). I'm hoping Cheetos's reign stresses out Paul Ryan and prematurely ages him, too. You know that vain shit will hate that.

I think it's especially rich when you consider the Trump crowd's reaction to something like a football player taking a knee during the Anthem. They were triggered and melting down all the hell over the place. I asked more than one if they needed a safe space. As long as they exist. God knows we need them. Whenever my brother texts me links from various fake news sites, I always respond with something like "yeah, I'm not clicking on that, I refuse to contribute to Breitbart's revenue for shilling lies." Happy holidays, everyone! And my gift to you - go add the "De-Trumpify" extension if you're on Chrome. The names it has come up with for him so far are amazing. I'm partial to "President-Elect Tiny Gloves," "Deflated Football," and "Brightly Burning Trash Fire," but they're all so good. Combined with the extension that replaces pictures of him with pictures of kittens, it makes reading about him slightly less tedious.

Sigh... Because this has been happening all over (or at all)? The main special snowflake I've seen begging for a safe space was our Pres-Elect, after the theater people were big old meanies to his VP.

You've got to love his proud "I'm not politically correct!" statement on this. Yes, you should totally be proud that you're a complete piece of shit who is entertained by hoping for people to die because they've committed the unpardonable sin of being A) from a different political party, and B) a different race. I'm not a violent person, but I'd proudly punch this asshat in the face and, when he cried about it, I'd respond "Hey, I'm not politically correct. Deal with it."