There have been a couple of threads recently about Lucy. Stumbled upon this. I know there is a lot of pffft for Gary Morton, but seeing him interact with the kids here, I don't get it. And he had extreme BDE. Also Lucy's kids are very bright! Very enjoyable.

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?

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.”

His destiny of working at Walmart is one step closer.

Drag Queens recreating The Last Supper at the Olympics opening. This would never be allowed with another religion.

Twenty-five years ago, Hugh Jackman was cast in a role that changed the arc of his career, becoming Wolverine in the 2000 movie “X-Men.” However, he wasn’t the first actor chosen for the part.

The role originally went to Dougray Scott of “Ever After” fame, who had to withdraw from the mutant mayhem because of his schedule on “Mission: Impossible II.”

Jackman has gone on to incarnate Logan a.k.a. Wolverine in nine films and will again portray the sharp-clawed superhero in this week’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Scott, meanwhile, joined a long line of alternative universe Hollywood casting stories. Here’s more on him and a few other actors who missed out on playing characters that ended up leaving their marks on pop culture:

Scott told the Daily Telegraph in 2020 that when production on “Mission: Impossible II” went longer than had been scheduled, star Tom Cruise insisted he stick around to finish the film. “For whatever reason he said I couldn’t (do the role),” Scott told the publication. Calling Cruise “a very powerful guy,” Scott added that “other people were doing everything to make it work.”

Scott said he also suffered an injury while filming “Mission II” that threatened to delay things further. The domino-like chain of events opened a door for Jackman.

Scott, however, bears no ill will toward the Australian star.

“I love what Hugh did with (the Wolverine role). He’s a lovely guy,” he said.

“The Matrix” is considered among the best science-fiction films, but at least two big stars were considered for the lead role of Neo before it eventually went to Keanu Reeves.

Will Smith explained in a video he posted to YouTube in 2019 that he was hesitant to do more work in the sci-fi genre after 1996’s “Independence Day” because he “didn’t want to be the ‘alien movie guy.’” (Steven Spielberg, who executive produced “Men In Black,” succeeded in convincing Smith to do that 1997 movie after Smith initially passed on it.)

When “The Matrix” came around and directing pair Lana and Lilly Wachowski pitched Smith the project, he balked. He said he had trouble picturing the Wachowskis’ vision of Neo being frozen mid-air during a jump sequence – an example of their now-classic “bullet time” cinematography that was introduced in “The Matrix.”

Smith went on to say how he decided to do the movie “Wild Wild West” – which turned out to be a critical and commercial miss – instead of “The Matrix.”

“I’m not proud of it,” he said in his video, conceding that Reeves “was perfect” in the role.

As for the other star who said “No” to Neo? Brad Pitt, who said in early 2020 that he “took the red pill” instead.

At least three transgender cyclists - biological men - participated in a women's relay race during the annual Marymoor Grand Prix in Redmond, Washington last week. The thing they said never happens, well, it happened again, as the three ‘women’s' teams featuring men took the top three spots on the podium.

Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, the venue of the race, is known for having a very strict "no bullying" policy, according to Reduxx. In other words, the venue promotes zero rules and regulations, such as allowing biological men to race against women, which is reportedly a common scene at races held at the velodrome.

Jenna Lingwood, Jordan Lothrop, and Eva Lin took full advantage of the opportunity as trans-identifying male cyclists and led their respective teams to the one-two-three spots on the podium during the women's high-speed two-person relay Madison race. All three competitors raced with female teammates.

Lothrop, who had been racing with men as recently as 2023, took first place honors with Lingwood and Lin finishing second and third, respectively. Lin was a former member of the men's cycling team at San Jose State University while Lingwood is the current women's masters 40+ national cyclocross champion.

In a photo shared on X by women's rights advocate account @i_heart_bikes, all 10 cyclists featured, including the biological women, can be seen smiling.

UCI, the world governing body for cycling, banned transgender athletes in July 2023 from participating in any of their events if the competitor had gone through male puberty. The UCI's change in policy came two months after British Cycling created an ‘open’ category for transgender cyclists to race in. The female category would be restricted only to biological women, including those who identified as transgender, but who had yet to undertake hormone therapy.

Ratchets go at it.

Tell us your most high-riding moments. Sometimes being a high-riding bitch is all a woman has to hold onto.

Would you compete against him?

Team USA swimmers have revealed the one “foul” habit they do in “every” pool as they aim to bring home the gold from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Water levels in the La Défense Arena may be rising slightly higher over the coming weeks as several Olympians made this stark admission: they always pee in the pool.

The athletes gave several excuses as to why they elect to do their business underwater rather than hop out to the bathroom when nature calls.

Zach Harting, who competed for the US at the Tokyo Olympics, told the Wall Street Journal that it was the tightness of his polyester bottoms that first made him turn to the aqua loo.

“The world changed for me,” he admitted.

For some swimmers, getting into their ultra-tight suits can take up to 20 minutes, also contributing to the need to do their business while wearing them.

Another Tokyo Olympian Jack Mitchell attributed it to drinking so much fluids – and what goes in, must come out.

“I always have to pee,” Mitchell told the Journal. “Because I’m so hydrated.”

These days, professional swimmers rarely think twice when they feel the urge to empty their bladders.

Meanwhile, only 40 per cent of adults admit to taking a leak in between doing lengths, one survey of 3,100 people from Healthy Pools found.

“It sounds so gross to outsiders, but because there is so much chlorine you don’t even think about it,” two-time Olympian Katie Hoff told the outlet.

While two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King says she pees in “every single pool I’ve swam in”. “That’s just how it goes,” she added.

King also revealed she has something of a special gift. “I can actually pee as I’m swimming,” she said of her multitasking abilities.

Due to the lack of time before a race, Hoff revealed that some don’t even wait to get in the water.

She recalled one instance when she was sitting next to a fellow American swimmer and “literally saw it roll down her leg and hit the floor”.

There is however one golden rule to taking a leak in the pool: don’t do it when anyone is in close proximity.

“You never want to swim through a warm patch,” four-time Olympic medalist Cullen Jones said, otherwise “you’re crop dusting everyone”.

“That’s foul,” she added.

You're done.

Wow, that would be the most groundbreaking pairing in US Presidential history!

A Black/Indian female President and a Gay male Vice-President.

I think it could be a winner.

Moment By Moment; Top Gun; Grease...

Marco Dane owes me some money and I need to get it from him......

After living in Manhattan NYC for 20 out of 33 years of my life, I’m finally leaving. It’s where I grew up but I’m just done with it. It’s still one of the greatest cities in the world but the NY city and state government has utterly abused my trust and money, and public safety and infrastructure and the subway have gotten worse and worse, as has the government's handling of crime and the migrant crisis. It’s time to leave.

We've discussed Trump's assassination attempt and whether some feel it was fake. But I have been wondering about shrewd Old Joe Biden. He plays 3 dimensional chess. I think he kind of knew after the debate, or maybe even just before it, that he wasn't up to campaigning and also running the country. So while he was defiantly resistant in public, I think he had things going down two tracks. I think he was discussing options on how and when to drop out before anyone including friends allies etc. had a clue. Think about it. The GOP was all geared up to run against him. Their strategy was Biden. Their convention was about Biden, their ads were about Biden. They spent a small fortune against Biden, only to have him drop out and flip the script. His timing wasimpeccable.It did maximum damage to the GOP and caught them all off guard. And it demonstrated extremely poor planning on their part. So what do you think? Was the dropping out as spontaneous as it appeared or not?

Bette Midler had a bad run-in with Bette Davis.

On the July 24 episode of Hoda Kotb’s Making Space podcast, the three-time Grammy winner, 78, opened up about meeting the great Hollywood actress and telling her that she was named after her.

"My mother named me for Bette Davis, which Bette Davis was not pleased to hear,” Midler said on the podcast, noting that they met at Elizabeth Taylor’s 60th birthday party.

"I had just had my baby. And I was invited, and I was, like, so exhausted. And in those days, there was no hair and makeup,” the actress, who had her daughter in 1986, said. "You didn't know about hair and makeup. You just did your hair, and you put on a dress and went."

Midler recalled that Davis was "very offended" that she had attended the event without being glammed up. She added that the actress spent the entire evening chatting with Bob Dylan, who Midler collaborated with for a duet cover of "Buckets of Rain" on her 1976 album. "So, I can't imagine what he said to her," she shared.

"Anyway, so I was a little bit hurt," Midler said of the entire interaction.

The three-time Emmy winner went on to reveal that two of her siblings also have names inspired by actors. Her sisters Judy and Susan were respectfully named after Judy Garland and Susan Hayward.

"And I was Bette Davis. Although, I pronounced it 'bet' [and] she pronounced it 'Betty,' " she shared.

Later in the podcast, Kotb asked Midler if her mother lived long enough to see her rise to fame akin to her namesake. "She saw enough of it that it thrilled her. She saw the movie, she saw The Rose," Midler said. "And she died not long after that. She died actually during the making of, I think, Outrageous Fortune. Which was in the eighties. She got to see a lot of it."

Ignorance really is bliss, I guess.

Fiona Apple, Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin, Joan Osborne, Jewel, Meredith Brooks, Indigo Girls, Lisa Loeb, Suzanne Vega

A thread for...𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚

I'll start with...

Fuck off and die.

BUT HER EMAILS!!!!!

He was always one of my favorites.

I wish that there was more information and updates on him.

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.

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Prince Harry is about to turn 40, and unlike his brother Prince William, who received a ceremonial bell concert at Westminster Abbey per royal tradition, the younger prince will be getting a huge payout thanks to arrangements made by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. According to The Times, the late Queen Mother put £70m into a trust fund for her family and one of the stipulations was that Harry would be able to access his share of the trust when he turned 40. According to The Mirror, however, everything isn't divvied up evenly and Harry will be getting more than his brother.

"William will benefit from the vast wealth of the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate that funds the public, charitable, and private activities of the King's heir," the publication reporter. "As a result, Harry is likely to receive slightly more than half of the £14 million allocated for the brothers."

The Mirror notes that Harry is set to get more than £7 million when he turns 40, adding to the paychecks that he and his wife, Meghan Markle raked in from their Netflix documentary series and other projects, like Markle's podcast. Estimates put the couple's net worth at about $60 million.

After Harry and Meghan stepped away from their roles as senior royals, they no longer received commemorative birthday posts on the royal social media accounts or the previously standard bell ceremony. According to People, only a select few members of the Firm get the honor now that things have tightened up around Buckingham Palace: King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Princess Kate. Charles has the distinct honor of getting two per year: one on his actual birthday, November 14, and one during the Trooping the Colour ceremony, which also celebrates his birthday.

There’s only 8, or so queens. I guess it means the only thing eliminated is their old faces.

He’s the star of the new drama Blame the Game on Netflix. Damn, he’s one sexy Kraut.

I'm not impressed that she smokes. She walks and seems like an old woman now- oh well.

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?

Josh Seiter, a former contestant on "The Bachelorette," has allegedly faced "vitriolic" backlash from the "far left" after coming out as transgender earlier this summer.

"Ironically, I’ve found that the far left and the LGBTQ community have been some of the most vitriolic and mean towards me throughout all of this," Seiter told "The Daily Mail."

"I haven’t been met with acceptance, tolerance and open arms like the left loves to preach about," the former "Bachelorette" contestant added.

"I have struggled with my gender identity—& resulting feelings of guilt and shame-for as long as I can remember. I spent the last three decades taking great pains to keep this side of me private," the Chicagoan shared on Instagram on May 20.

"I ask for your thoughts and prayers-and patience-as I transition. I know it will take time for everyone, including myself, to adjust. I simply ask that you accept me now, just as you did before," he continued.

The Chicago-Kent College of Law grad has drawn skepticism for choices like electing to keep facial hair while transitioning to a desire to use women’s restrooms. The creator also took heat by wanting to date with values rooted in traditionalism.

"Dates can be so cheap. The last couple of dates that I’ve gone on, I’ve expected the guy to pay because I feel like the man should pay for the first date, and they just don’t want to," Seiter said in a video posted on Instagram last month.

Sitting there after the bill came, Seiter claimed to tell a dinner-mate "the guy should pay first," to which the date replied, "in that case, you should pay." Seiter added a desire to be treated "like a woman."

Users flocked to the comments with criticism of his post.

Cute photo of the Second Gentleman at 20

George Conway's PsychoPAC24 thinks this is the way. I agree.

After watching Fox News this morning we have only one question is Donald Trump ok?

Trump is old and quite weird?

Did she have to do it every single morning??

And did it work?

It seems like an awful lot of trouble, scrubbing your face (raw) with soap, scraping your arms, elbows and fingernails with a rough brush, rinsing your face in scalding hot water, and then cooling it off with ice soaked in some undetermined liquid.

From the pictures of Joan's face, her beauty routine didn't seem to be THAT great.

And in the end, she aged like everyone else.

So what was the point, except for dramatic effect?

In my opinion, it was a huge waste of time, for so little benefit.

Continue your discussion of each day's game here.

I have some issues with believing it to be genuine: - Trump ducked BEFORE there was a shot - Secret Service didn't fully cover him (though it would be pretty tough to) - It would have hit more than one person had it actually grazed his ear

We all know he's a stunt queen, and we all know he's disgusting and morally bankrupt enough to stage something like this. So I'm not convinced on the "lone gunman" answer.

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.

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The streamer has ordered a pilot for the potential multi-camera comedy. Linda Lavin (Alice) also stars.

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.

Beshear has already been elected twice in Kentucky; he wouldn't be hurt by a loss.

Josh Shapiro is probably the best candidate on paper; but he's only been governor of Pennsylvania for two years. If he joins as running mate, and the ticket loses, he may not be reelected governor in 2026. Better to get re-elected in PA and wait until 2028.

Personalitywise Pete Buttigieg would be a very good running mate, but nobody would choose someone from the same administration, especially a gay man.

Beto O'Rourke might also be a good personality match, but he's also more charismatic than her so she probably wouldn't choose him.

So Governor Mormon Tabernacle Choir it is.

More than 100,000 White women mobilized for Vice President Kamala Harris on Zoom. Pop singer Pink, soccer star Megan Rapinoe and actress Connie Britton were all on the call. The record-setting call actually broke Zoom and organizers had to livestream it on YouTube so more people could join.

Karens, unite!

Cat litter box liners

Crabs in the shell (who the fuck wants to use a hammer, tongs, and tweezers/picks just to access a tiny portion of tastes-like-nothing crabmeat?)

Crawfish in the shell (who the fuck wants to bite into a shell, then tear up your fingertips to prise out a tiny bit of crawfish meat? And don't get me started on needing an engineering degree to get the meat out of the crawfish legs. Or sucking the heads, which tastes like earwax)

And listen to some white noise.

Pretend we're in a tent at Michfest singing Kum-ba-yah.

It’s time to unite around Vice President Harris and her running mate, who will hopefully be Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

The discussion continues

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Complete raves across the board. This is Datalounge so we have to hate him now, right?

I was brought to you in party by viewers like you!

This guy I had sex with Saturday night said so – four times! My dirtbox. Chode garage. Back gash.

Previous thread.

We head to the hard court season.

Previous thread posted, below.

Bonnie takes out the trash.

Alex & NuTheresa are now engaged for a limited time only.

Leo engaged his mama in an unnecessary prison bitch-fest.

Witchiepoo NuGabi has now crash landed into some Salem trials of her own.

Harris has now left the building.

Chanel loses her mind (& baby) while her mama Paulina loses face with the depressed couple (& everyone else).

Discuss.

The Paris Olympics officially starts tomorrow (Friday) - although some events (soccer, rugby 7s, handball) have already started preliminary rounds.

The Opening Ceremony promises to be a unique experience - the first one in history to happen outside of a stadium - with the ceremony happening on and along the Seine in the centre of the city. Rumour has it that Celine Dion will be heading the entertainment.

The sporting events themselves will be utilising some of the most iconic venues and landmarks of the City of Light - the Eiffiel Tower, the Grand Palais, Versailles - which promises to offer up spectacular footage - think of the '92 Barcelona Olympics diving competition on Montjuic which had the whole city as the backdrop.

What are the particular events that DLers are looking forward to? Who will be the break-out stars of 2024? What will be the inevitable controversies?

Elite athletic pursuits and physical beauty have always gone hand in hand. Who are the Hotties of Paris 2024?

I'll start with French swimming hope the freestyle sprints: World Champion, Maxime Grousset.

Spill!

I’m wanting to know why that white bitch ringing my goddamn buzzer.

Game over, MAGAs.

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 🙏🏻

Panera owns me. I just paid a lot to have this delivered. But it was worth it.

You?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 23, 2024

Black Lives Matter calls on the DNC to host a virtual snap primary.

Washington D.C. – Black Lives Matter demands that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately host an informal, virtual snap primary across the country prior to the DNC convention in August. We call for the Rules Committee to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates. The current political landscape is unprecedented, with President Biden stepping aside in a manner never seen before. This moment calls for decisive action to protect the integrity of our democracy and the voices of Black voters.

While Joe Biden wasn’t our preferred candidate, we cannot ignore the troubling actions of the Democratic Party:

The DNC refused to host debates during the primary, even though a vast majority of Democratic voters wanted them. This would have likely allowed America to see the decline of Joe Biden in 2023. The DNC changed the primary schedule and created rules that made it almost impossible for non-Biden candidates to appear on the ballot, effectively clearing the field of any challengers to the incumbent president. Following the primary where millions of Black voters weighed in, after one poor debate performance, the DNC Party elites and billionaire donors bullied Joe Biden out of the race. Now, Democratic Party elites and billionaire donors are attempting to manipulate Black voters by anointing Kamala Harris and an unknown vice president as the new Democratic ticket without a primary vote by the public. This blatant disregard for democratic principles is unacceptable. While the potential outcome of a Harris presidency may be historic, the process to achieve it must align with true democratic values. We have no idea where Kamala Harris stands on the issues, now that she has assumed Joe Biden’s place, and we have no idea of the record of her potential vice president because we don’t even know who it is yet.

At Black Lives Matter, our focus is on building strong communities, addressing root issues, and creating spaces of justice and joy. This election process has been a disservice to our communities and to democracy. Historically, Black people have been loyal Democratic voters, but time and again, the party has taken our votes for granted and prioritized political theatrics over our real needs.

So we will do the hard thing: we will celebrate, and honor the joy many in our community are feeling about Kamala’s historic candidacy and path to the nomination—while calling out the undemocratic process and engaging in a vigorous discussion on the issues our community cares about.

We do not live in a dictatorship. Delegates are not oligarchs. Any attempt to evade or override the will of voters in our primary system—no matter how historic the candidate—must be condemned. We demand an informal, virtual snap primary now that the incumbent president is no longer in the running.

For the past few years, the Democratic Party has proclaimed that “democracy is on the ballot” in an effort to persuade Black voters to participate in the upcoming general election. They have presented this as the most serious election for democracy in our lifetimes. However, democracy isn’t just an ideal to be protected against Republicans; it must also be safeguarded from erosions within the Democratic Party. Calls for “unity” cannot come at the expense of democracy. The Democratic party, which has been the loudest in defending democracy, is now poised to commit some of the most undemocratic maneuvering to avoid listening to the will of the voters.

Right before lunch- how inconvenient

But it wasn't treated as a big deal by the press, because by then the right had a monopoly on news.

Reba’s performance of her controversial song ‘She Thinks His Name Was John’ at the 1994 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards is haunting. She put a straight woman's face and perspective on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, people who were removed for the first time imagined themselves in that position. Very powerful.

I have been listening to Violator a lot lately

What are some other good ones

Why did Theo's room on The cosby show have two beds in it? Wouldn't it have made more sense for Denise to have that room, so if Sondra came and stayed she would have a place to sleep? Where did Sandra and Elvin crash and have sex, BTW?

Where does that top right door off of the staircase at Julia Sugarbakers house go to? That has to be one small bedroom.

New single “I’m Free” out now, album “Infinite Icon” out Sep 6th. Her first since 2006. What say you DL, do we have a hit on our hands?

(I know - TL;DR) So I stopped for the night in North Carolina on my way "up Home," and I paused to chat with the young (obviously) gay black man at the front desk, who was actually working here the last time I did this drive. Being the intrepid political scientist/former pollster that I am (I did political polling in grad school), I asked him innocuously, "So who are you voting for?" And you know what I was expecting to hear.

Please pick me the fuck up off the floor. "Trump," he said softly. I gently asked him more questions, careful to stay in pollster mode as opposed to challenging him. He said, "I fell in love with Trump! It's like a cult. You get swept up in it. You can actually lose yourself with him. I'm so excited to see what he can do for the country." He told me he'd contributed $ to Trump many times, and sent him Christmas and birthday cards (!), which he'd never done for a politician before. He continued to gush like a schoolboy with a crush for 15 more minutes. I was trying to be kind and sweet and not look shocked.

I asked him if he got to know Trump on The Apprentice, and he told me he did. His parents are retired military, and ardent Democrats, and disapprove of his choice, but he told me that since he and they are from (of all places) Connecticut, they know how to agree to disagree.

I would ordinarily be out on I-95 by this time, but I was so flabbergasted, I had to write this here just to get it off my chest. I guess North Carolina is lost... Now I must get back on the road, fellow DLers. Love you!

But is she really?

Feel free to share any final thoughts.

There suddenly seems to be a lot of buyer's regret.

This guy I had sex with Saturday night said so – four times!

A new thread for us to discuss all the Weatherfield happenings for 2023..

[QUOTE]The head of the FBI made the stunning assertion Wednesday that Donald Trump may not have been struck by an actual bullet when attacked by a gunman at a political rally and was instead injured by shrapnel.

What should I do?

The talk continues.

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.

He's been hospitalized with Covid and double pneumonia. His health has been in steady decline, according to his council.

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.

Let's talk about pie. Favorite pie to pie recipes. This is the pie thread to end all pie threads.

Middle-aged. Fussy. Horny. Thinks he looks 20 years younger. College-educated. Watches 10 hours of TV per day?

I just got into my Airbnb.

I had a manicure from a nameless Vietnamese nail salon in preparation for fisting many San Franciscan asses. Courtesy and preparation are the foundations of an enjoyable fisting session.

Apps are blowing up with desperate bottoms since I switched them on 45 minutes

HorseMarket tonight, and who knows what after. I bought 10 viagra, 6 Imodium and ton of doxy pep.

A love this town

Actor of excellent repute

Any fans here?

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.

Donald Trump continued to disregard political unity talk as he ranted about President Joe Biden late Sunday following his withdrawal from the 2024 race.

The former president took to his Truth Social platform to peddle conspiracy theories and hurl insults at Biden.

“It’s not over! Tomorrow Crooked Joe Biden’s going to wake up and forget that he dropped out of the race today!” wrote Trump, who has faced questions surrounding his mental fitness.

Trump went on to claim that Biden, who continues to get treated for COVID-19 after testing positive on Wednesday, “never had” the disease.

The former president was once hospitalized with COVID-19 and downplayed it after hundreds of thousands of Americans died during his White House term.

“He is a threat to Democracy!” Trump declared in the post.

The GOP nominee continued his rant by pushing another conspiracy theory about the president, “Who is running our Country right now? It’s not Crooked Joe, he has no idea where he is. If he can’t run for office, he can’t run our Country!!!”

Trump’s meltdown arrived hours after Biden’s historic announcement and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, a move that’s already sparked attacks from Republicans including at least one who compared it to a “coup.”

The Trump campaign released a statement earlier in the day calling Harris a “joke” and “the Enabler in Chief for Crooked Joe this entire time.”

Any non-Asian kimchi eaters on DL? Conversely any Asian kimchi haters on DL?

I discovered kimchi about 12 years ago and now always have a small jar in my fridge. I eat about ¼ cup when I feel I need some good probiotic roughage in my diet. Not everyday though.

Currently I buy my kimchi at an Asian grocery if I'm over in that part of town, or Walmart if I don't want to drive so far.

It's an acquired taste for some, but I like it. Sour, salty, spicy, & crunchy -- so good! Beats sauerkraut all hollow.

What's your experience with kimchi?

My friend told me it is suspicious for someone to have a telegram account . I wonder why

It has been released today. Is anyone watching it?

The candidates are "virtually tied" according to a Wall Street Journal poll. Not bad for Harris, after less than a week in the race.

Interview. Wow, wow, wow. I've never seen Jr this bad in any previous video rant of his. I could only catch bits here and there. I'd love to see the transcript

That the campaign allowed this is wild. Vance just sits there like the grinning simp he is. Anybody with half a mind would have been authoritative and said "Let’s do this another time.:" and cut the interview off. Is Vance really this much of a weenie? Leadership skills!

I'm sure the principals in the campaign are aware of Donnie's issues, if not the entire staff down to the lowliest clericals, but does his father? Sr is probably the only person who can control Jr, but is he just as obtuse about this glaring problem as he is everything else?

Previous thread.

...and some grumpy old man was at the checkout counter trying to pay by check! He was arguing and talking over the poor cashier.

A check?

Shtiff Pershon Shyndrome.

I miss the Silver Fox/Dad Next Door.

Any ideas?

Is there such a thing as an ugly natural landscape? Or is it simply a matter of learning to see what may be a harsh or forbidding landscape as a visual place?

I thought I'd be bored shitless on a train through Montana. The mountains were wonderful, but the low rolling gray-green hills of the prairie were hypnotically beautiful.

The King Kong and I

Anne of the House of Seven Green Gables

Gone With the Wind in 60 Seconds

My Fair Lady and the Tramp

Well, GAW-LEE let me think

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.”

Let’s meet the houseguests…

Kimo looks to be the gay one.

I know narcissism is a mental illness but you know what I mean. Is she good person with mental problems.

He grew up in Kilgore, Texas to an oil man. Soon outgrowing his small East Texas hometown, he debuted with the Houston Symphony Orchestra at age12. He then attended Julliard, where he mastered the Russian classics under Rosina Lhévinne.

In 1958, at 22 and the height of the Cold War, he outplayed the entire world with Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.With his otherworldly playing, he became classical music royalty, making life-long friends along the way, from Sergei Rachmaninov to Helmut Kohl to Christopher Reeve to Condoleezza Rice.

An old school southern gentleman through and through, he founded an International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, helping many young pianists find their way. Let's discuss the American pianist Van Cliburn.

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome.

Mattel announced the two new dolls on Tuesday as part of Barbie's 2024 Fashionistas Line, an inclusive range of dolls with over 175 varieties of skin tone, eye color, hair color and texture, body types, disabilities and fashions.

The line has represented different disabilities and appearances in the past, releasing Barbies and Kens with mobility aids like wheelchairs and braces, dolls with hearing aids, hair loss and vitiligo. Last year's line welcomed the first-ever Barbie with Down syndrome.

According to a statement from Mattel, the two newly announced dolls were created in partnership with nonprofit agencies that advocate for those with vision impairment and blindness and people with Down syndrome. Through conversations with members of the communities the dolls represent, the toymaker was able to incorporate accurate details down to the number of lines on the Barbies' palms.

“We recognize that Barbie is much more than just a doll; she represents self-expression and can create a sense of belonging," said Krista Berger, Senior Vice President of Barbie and Global Head of Dolls, in a press release. “We proudly introduce a new blind Barbie doll and Black doll with Down syndrome to our Barbie Fashionistas line, reinforcing our commitment to creating products that represent global belonging and inclusivity in the doll aisle."

Yes, he is.

August 29th.

Hi y’all,

I would appreciate any advice on a reasonable and safe Seattle hotel. I just need it for one night to break up our trip to Whidbey Island from Texas. Will have a car but prefer walkable neighborhoods. In terms of chain hotels, I’m good with the Marriott Moxy energy but prefer to support local, if possible.

Thank you!

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My go-to search words are 'amateur spy mature mmf threesome'.

Elsa Lanchester interviewed here about Laughton including his homosexuality and their marriage. They actually did quite a few films together, which I didn't realize. He was a marvelous actor. They don't make them like this anymore. A very enjoyable documentary.

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 event was held at house in the hills. Great view of the city. There were about 40 guys there, some very attractive. No fat old fugs. The host had several jugs with spigot that contained lemon water or cucumber water. There was also many 5 pill packets of Viagra that were sourced Roman. I ate the entire 5 pills packet. I fucked about 10 guys, including the two who were a OnlyFans models. Bottomed for one dude, who was extremely attractive and energetic but had a small dick. Disappointing, but he was very nice. I made out and rimmed my massage therapist, which could be awkward in the future. A guy with a huge dick came up to me and said “I love to watch you fuck. You’re so sexy.” Awwww. Glad to know I have a fan. Showered, ate some lentil soup and took doxy pep, which is upsetting my stomach even though I drank a full glass of water. I’m concerned about my health and so a slightly upset stomach is worth it to avoid syphilis and the other STIs. It was a successful evening and I got to fuck a few guys who I’ve been wanting to know carnally for a long time. There’s a sex event two days from now, and I want to rest, work out and be hydrated for this future event. Good times in these last days of human civilization.

I would have thrown this looney woman out on day one.

This episode is rather long. You can watch the first 20 minutes and then the last 20 minutes, and you won't have missed much.

Have any DLers gone back to college to get a different degree or finish one over 50? I’m wondering if I want to go back when I’m retired for my own benefit, but that’s probably not in the budget. Anyone with any experience who could weigh in?

Just a few hours away from seeing Ms. Warwick perform live and in concert tonight.

Will I get to see Damont, too?

In lieu of flowers, should I toss a joint up on the stage at the end?

But did he grab it by the cushy?

At $195 million, Casa Encantada obliterates the $210 million Malibu McMansion in terms of bang for the buck. That grotesque, record-breaking Malibu estate doesn’t even come close.

This 9-acre estate has everything you could dream of: a full-sized pool house, a tennis court with its own wet locker room and viewing stands, a gardening "shed" bigger than most typical New York apartments, and even a working gas station complete with actual gas pumps (I asked the estate manager how much the gas was per gallon, and he said it's so astronomically expensive that it’s ridiculous). The cherry on top? It’s guarded 24/7 by ex-Mossad agents. I’ve been inside, and it’s nothing short of spectacular. Mr. Winnick didn’t just restore this place; he brought it back to its 1930s glory. The original ovens and refrigerator were meticulously rebuilt to look and work like new. Plus, he had his interior designer hunt down and buy the existing original furnishings, so the home oozes authentic charm. This estate sets the gold standard for grand restorations in America—an absolute masterpiece of old-school elegance.

Josh Hartnett revealed during an interview on “The Tonight Show” (via Entertainment Weekly) that Matt Damon advised him on the set of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” not to gain any weight for his role. The only problem is that Hartnett had already packed on the pounds to play Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Ernest Lawrence. Damon starred in the film as Manhattan Project director Leslie Groves.

“[Matt] gave me a lot of good advice. One in particular — one thing that was just so unhelpful: he told me not to gain the weight I’d already gained for the role,” Hartnett said. “I gained about 30 pounds for the role, and he was like, ‘You’re never gonna get that off again, man.’”

According to Hartnett, Damon’s rule of thumb is that you just “don’t gain weight over 40” for any movie role because it’s near impossible to shed the pounds.

“He’s like, ‘You’re gonna spend the rest of your life trying to get that weight off and it’s never gonna come off because your body’s gonna want to get that weight back on. You’re just gonna keep growing back out to that size, and you’re going to try and get it off, but it’s just gonna go back,’” Hartnett said. “And he kept telling me, like, over the course of the production.”

“I was like, ‘Thanks, Matt. Thanks for telling me this now. I’ve already gained it,’” Hartnett concluded.

In the whirlwind of the Campaign!

Let another season of DUIs with golden retrievers, forced attempts at generating catchphrases, fights over beady-eyed homosexuals, Jesus jugs, cancelled reunions, general cuntery, oh and Vicki, begin. When is Kelly Dodd coming back? Premieres July 11th.

Beautiful.

Been reading a lot of theatre history from the 50s and 60s, and Schneider fits into Laurent's/Robbins mold of being an insufferable asshole - belittling actors, picking out whipping boys, and just generally nasty, clueless, and mean.Lot of actors like Uta, and Fritz Weaver refused to work with him...Yeah, yeah Uta did WAOVW, but she did it because of the play,....... I did audition for him when I first starting in the biz, and he couldn't have been nicer, and sincerely praised what I did. Did he have a road to Damascus conversion?

Halp me name mine knew bock, out these Falls ! Thay say just 'Melania' is to boaring

From the side and back.

Click to enlarge.

There's little disagreement that Barry Keoghan is a fine actor, but there's huge disagreement about whether he's attractive or repellant. (He has a babnging body, which you've probably seen, but for which otherwise you will have to take my word.)

What say you, O Dataloungers?

So what exactly does one have to do to get their name on the ballot. I believe RFK will still votes from Kamala in states like North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.

What then?

Run again in 2028?

Flee the country?

Try for a TV reality show?

I'm unconvinced he'll land in jail, for various reasons.

Waddle off into the sunset to cheat at golf and stuff fast food in his face-cunt?

What will he and his shit-sucking minions do?

Jealous bitches?

I liked him on “Andy Griffith”.

I hated him on “Three’s Company”.

And the movies …. what was “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” supposed to be about?

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.

Everyone is telling me it’s one of the worst movies ever made. The critics love it though. Anyone here see it?

If you want to make some NY Deli Tuna Sandwiches for your summer picnic, this guy has you covered. Enjoy fraus !

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."

He wants to see Powell do a film like “HUD”.

“The “Oh, Canada” writer/director posted on Facebook that Powell is akin to Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, and William Holden in terms of his star power.

“Glen Powell is a movie star in the Holden/Mitchum/Newman mold,” Schrader wrote. “Now he needs to make his ‘Hud.'”

Let's see how many Klan Grannies there are on Datalounge.

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

I’ve seen these up close:

Anthony Perkins

Rodney Dangerfield

David Duchovny

Steven Spinella (blow job)

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

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

Shuffling his way out of the closet millimetre by millimetre.

You ever fuck or blow an Uber driver? Someone from a networking event? The landscaper? The pool guy? A waiter? Meet at the grocery store? Tell us your best real life hookups.

I'm having Amy's 3 Cheese & Kale Bowl.

My beverage is Simply Peach juice. Recently discovered the peach juice from the Simply brand and I really like it. I also like all the Simply lemonades.

Because I am Jeff Lewis. I have the same relentless sarcastic criticism veiled as teasing. We must have had a similar upbringing. I also feel guilty about it and do good things to pave my way to heaven. I get him, completely. If I worked with him I would be snickering under my breath all the time, even if it was directed at me. I’d deserve it. I had to say it ever since I watched a marathon of Flipping Out. I love Jeff Lewis.

Vice presidential candidates typically receive a ratings bump after their party's convention, but JD Vance is bucking the tradition.

On the heels of last week's Republican National Convention, the Ohio senator is the least-liked vice presidential candidate since 1980, according to a polling analysis by CNN, which noted the data applies to non-incumbents.

Since 2000, vice presidential candidates typically have a net positive rating immediately following the convention, at plus 19 points. Vance, however, is polling at minus six points just one week after accepting the vice presidential nomination and officially embarking on the campaign, according to the network.

The freshman lawmaker's lower-than-normal approval ratings are not an anomaly, as Vance has long polled behind other Republicans.

Vance heavily underperformed in his 2022 Ohio Senate race, at least compared to how other Republicans performed in the state that year. Vance only defeated his opponent, then-Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, by six percentage points. In comparison, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine crushed his Democratic opponent, former Dayton mayor Nan Whaley, by 25 percentage points in that same cycle.

"The JD Vance pick makes no sense from a statistical polling perspective," CNN political data reporter Harry Enten said.

Harris' team sent out a press release gloating about the numbers.

"We'd like to be the first to congratulate JD Vance on making history as the least popular VP pick, well…ever," it reads.

The press release goes on to list some of Vance's policies, with the first one being his previous support for a nationwide abortion ban.

Ever since President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic presidential nominee, some members of Trumpworld have reportedly questioned whether Vance remains a wise vice presidential running mate. Former President Donald Trump faltered with suburban voters in 2020, and Vance's selection was widely seen as an appeal to base voters instead of one geared toward attracting more swing voters.

It was in the first edition of his book.

I’m not terribly surprised. He had done that stupid Purple Hearts movie and he started getting tons of followers, and he kept posting updates of how his followers were going up. He thinks very highly of himself. Here’s the thing, and wish someone had told him this before he did this:

(Channeling inner Shirley Maclaine)

He is not special enough to be a straight actor. He is not a Star. He does not have the talent or charisma to make this worthwhile. He shows up to the Met Gala wearing a black tux. He is self serious and interviews poorly. His body veers toward doughiess, his features are pronouncedly feminine.

He is the Diversity Hire. That was his ticket into Hollywood. He could not do this, after doing so many queer roles, which he was only getting because it was more or less assumed he would eventually come out publicly. He is not anybody you would cast in any straight role unless the actor needs to register nonthreatening softness. He could not play Jonathan Bailey’s role in Bridgerton.

Jonathan Bailey is going up and up and up. Not because he is a gay actor. But because he is a Star. Andrew Scott is going up because he is exceptionally talented. Nicholas Galitzine is neither of those. He started rising at a very curious time in Hollywood in which the burden on gay actors of gay actordom is beginning to go away, but at the same time actors are expected to be gay if they take a lot of gay roles. It would have behooved him to cling to this like driftwood, because now, when it comes down to it, if I am in casting and I have to choose between him and a straight actor for a straight role, I am going to choose the one that does not pout his lips like Queen Nefertiti.

After Gus Kenworthy came out, his ex cruelly taunted him (bad breakup) and wrote online:

“…you were not fooling anyone. Any man who knows the entire soundtrack to the Broadway musical “wicked” is not bringing in the ladies, unless it’s for a themed dinner party.”

Nicholas Galitzine was already typecast as “man who knows the song score to Wicked.” This was highly self-defeating, unnecessary, makes the people who cast him in queer roles look like idiots, and establishes him as a professional nincompoop. He will never get the straight roles that he really wants, and now the gay roles will be offered to someone else. He should have just said nothing.

God I hate actors.

I watched it on TCM last night, and while the movie itself isn't that great (Mitzi Gaynor was no Doris Day), damn, the men in it were fine!

It was like a 1950s vintage beefcake magazine come to life, with sex god Ed Fury parading around shirtless, a young James Stacey (when he still had an arm and a leg) showing off his hairy chest, and of course, the big, blonde, bulging bruiser Ken Clark as Stewpot.

I'm surprised his crotch got past the 1950s censors.

Mercy James.

Where are the Dataloungers? This is one of my favorite threads. Yes, I did a search.

North Carolina GOP gov nominee Mark Robinson endorses political violence in June 30 video surfaced by @newrepublic: "Kill them! Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad! ... Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it." https

It tickles me that Matt Bomer liked the post.

What other phrases are secret code for Baby Boomers to maintain a forever monopoly over everyone younger than them?

Blair and Jo - The Facts of Life

Monroe - Too Close For Comfort

Chandler - Friends

Sara - CSI

Who else?

I haven’t gotten laid on ANY of them.

Datalounge people- What is wrong with me?

I thought she was a tv personality/entertainment journalist. I guess Glitter ruined her film career and thus joined the culinary world.

Do you ever think that when female customer service reps tell you to have a “blessed day” at the end of you all’s transaction, that it is code work for “I’m a pray for you” or find God you gay”. Something about the tone; sometimes it’s said in an empathizing way. Especially after they have spent 10 minutes with you on the phone flirting until it hits them “he’s just not into me”. This is has happened in grocery stores too.

Anyone who has lived there or travels there often?

I keep seeing them on TikTok and can’t decide if they’re cute or if there’s something a little off about them. What says DL?

Since Netanyahu was a Captain in the IDF and was injured himself, he said "Nice flesh wound!"

[QUOTE]He trained as a combat soldier and served for five years in a special forces unit of the IDF, Sayeret Matkal. He took part in numerous cross-border raids during the 1967–70 War of Attrition, including the March 1968 Battle of Karameh, when the IDF attacked Jordan to capture PLO leader Yasser Arafat but were repulsed with heavy casualties,[41][42] rising to become a team-leader in the unit. He was wounded in combat on multiple occasions.[43] He was involved in many other missions, including the 1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon and the rescue of the hijacked Sabena Flight 571 in May 1972, in which he was shot in the shoulder.[44][45]

What a happy coincidence for Geordie.

He’s “swarthy.”

I am serious. I see no hope for my future. I am writing on this board because I hope someone will say something kind and help me. If you are cruel and vicious, please don’t write to me. I am 52 and on disability. I have a serious mental illness. I am bipolar. My partner is also on disability. I don’t have many friends and my parents are dead, leaving me with only distant family. Please don’t say cruel things,

Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera calls Daniel Craig’s performance in ‘QUEER’ “the performance of his life so far.”

[quote] “In terms of him portraying a gay man in a very direct and brave way, including a couple of sex scenes that are quite full on."

The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival runs August 28 to September 7, 2024.

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?

Who are we casting the play Joe, Kamala, Trump, J.D. Vance, RFK Jr., etc.?

Makes me like the Rosie v Elisabeth catfight

I have been in a bad mood/slightly depressed all summer. Even a vacation to my favorite place didnt do any good. Anyone else feeling a little extra down right now?

Hi Muriel:

My email address has changed, but confirmation of the change was sent to my old one to which I do not have access. How might I confirm the change another way. Thank you!

Write a caption for this photo.

I searched a few different ways. It’s so cringe, I loved every minute of it.

It’s way too long, could have been told in an hour, but they stretched it out to three 45 minute episodes, I love when they do that.

Trashy narcissist whose life is ruled by “sex, drugs and rock and roll” — but even more so, by talking himself up — is married six times in his 68 years, and four of the six die, some under mysterious circumstances. His primary forms of income seem to be selling drugs, and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance money from policies he took out on the now-stiff wives.

Charged twice in the deaths of two of the wives. Acquitted on the first one, convicted on the second one after a retrial.

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.

A lost star.

She had a brief run in Hollywood in the 1950s. Before and after she was mostly a musical theater performer, with more acclaim in the UK than in the US. She was brassy with a big voice. She won a Tony for a notorious flop - Carnival in Flanders - that closed after just six performances.

Apparently she disliked Streisand's singing.

I just rejoined after the longest hiatus. Was entirely too active here 1999 to 2014. How are all you lovely people? I'm catching on fast that everyone posts as Anonymous now, but outing myself as Torta just for this re-entry greeting. Any other longtimers still on here? Do the names Bonnie Mace, White Belt Man, SS Terri and David Ehrenstein (an actual person) hold any memory for you? And are we talking about this dismal 2024 Election situation or just mostly ignoring it? And anything else I'd be wise to know before slinging it as another Anonymous... what does and doesn't get a person banned these days?

Honestly, I get so little use out of it it just seems silly to keep it open all the time.

I used to avidly watch the coverage and get excited about the competition. It seems so spectacular to watch the "world's best" athletes compete at the height of their sports.

At some point, it stopped mattering. I think I stopped caring around London 2012. It just stopped having any real appeal. Rio 2016 was an absolute bust in terms of both excitement about the competition and splendor of the games themselves.

Have I changed or have the Games changed?

No thread on this?

This Zillenial guy posted a TikTok of his married coworker lying to her husband about working late so she could get his BBC. How far will they go? Is there any limit?

Proof positive that gays, especially many eldergays, are in fact not paragons of great taste but have taste that is as atrocious and tacky as any middle American frau.

This is thrilling.

Advised that this is the most dangerous place on earth for gay people!

Who do you consider had the greatest ass of its generation?

T. Woodward?

I’m a tad concerned. Hope all is well. 🙏🏼

Gorgeous views...a lot of wood on the interior.

I kind of like it, even the built in couch surrounding the fireplace.

What does DL think?

[bold]Was Josh Hartnett a Millennial Gay Stepping-Stone? An Investigation - By Rachel Handler[/bold]

Most of Happiest Season is high-key gay in that it centers on two lesbians making out in a basement in secret. But there’s one (arguably, but not actually … you’ll see) low-key gay moment that struck me as particularly inspired on DuVall’s part. Early on, Harper’s uptight mom (Mary Steenburgen) is showing Abby (whom she believes to be Harper’s “orphan roommate”) around their home, the sort of stately redbrick manse that is a requirement for all Christmas-movie families.

The tour concludes in Harper’s old bedroom, where her kooky sister, Jane (Mary Holland), wrenches open Harper’s closet door to reveal a series of pasted-up photos of various nondescript hunks. None of the men are remotely recognizable, save for one large central photo of 1998’s hottest bachelor, Joshua D. Hartnett. “Looks, talent, brains, Hartnett’s got it all!” reads the poster, which has seemingly been ripped from a Teen Beat. Abby, trying not to laugh, breathes, “Wow.” Jane presses her face against Josh’s singed brow. “I know, right? Is it hot in here, or is it just him?”

The scene is meant to indicate just how deep in the closet Harper is and has always been, even going so far as to painstakingly decorate her own literal closet with photos of oiled-up men. But as I watched the moment unfold, it dawned on me that perhaps there’s another layer beneath that surface reading. Queerness is so often about subtext; I have to believe that writer-director DuVall, a queer woman whose second middle name is D’Etienne, would not place a photo of Josh Hartnett in a movie without imbuing it with multiple meanings.

After all, the two once co-starred in The Faculty, a movie about the importance of questioning the motives, and alleged species, of heteronormative authority figures. More important, they look very similar. I began to wonder if, by including this poster in Harper’s closet, DuVall was nodding to the fact that, for a certain subset of millennial women, Josh Hartnett was a quiet stepping-stone on the way to true queerness, i.e., lusting after Clea DuVall.

Hartnett’s appeal was obvious to anyone growing up in the ’90s with any sort of libido: the squinting eyes, the quiet brooding, the swoopy hair, the unibrow that indicated he did not care that he had a unibrow. It would be difficult for anyone, even megachurch pastors, to avoid feeling an attraction to Joshua Hartnett at his peak.

But the working theory I developed upon watching Happiest Season is that he was particularly attractive to young, confused gay women growing up in the ’90s. Again, in large part, due to the fact that he looked a lot like DuVall — who, thanks to But I’m a Cheerleader, was a burgeoning queer icon herself at that point despite still being in the closet.

[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]

A potential revival of the classic NBC comedy The Facts of Life was effectively sabotaged by a “greedy” co-star who quietly tried to set up her own spinoff, says Mindy Cohn.

During a recent hit on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live (watch video above), Cohn shared that in the wake of ABC’s December 2021 Live in Front of a Studio Audience special that re-enacted episodes of Facts as well as Diff’rent Strokes, executive producer and sitcom titan Norman Lear reached out to say, “I knew you guys were still popular, but holy hell. The response from the Live [special]!”

Cohn and surviving co-stars Kim Fields and Lisa Whelchel had cameos in the ABC special. TV house mom Charlotte Rae passed away in 2018, while Nancy McKeon had recently moved, so it was “difficult for her to make the trip out,” Whelchel explained.

Cohn says that Lear proceeded to ask her and her onetime castmates if they were interested in a revival. “We had never really talked about it, but we all started to consider it a little bit,” Cohn says. In fact, “We hired a writer, and the four of us got together on Zooms” to discuss.

The “drama” that came next, however, was “not cute,” Cohn says.

“One of the girls … went behind our backs and tried to make a separate deal for a spinoff just for herself and devastated the rest of us,” Cohn shares, not naming names (but agreeing with a co-host who labeled the backstabber a “greedy bitch”).

“For a 40-year friendship and sisterhood, there was tidal wave of emotion” resulting from the attempted end run, Cohn says. Unsurprisingly, as a result, said Facts of Life revival is “dead. It’s very dead,” given that the former co-stars have “no desire to ever work together.

“A couple of people can’t move past it, don’t want to move past it,” Cohn shares. “We were united for 40 years over not talking about each other, not doing dirty, ‘all for one, one for all,’ and this kind of wrecked that, which is sad. Really sad.”

Cohn did not specify if Fields, McKeon or Whelchel was to blame, but said that the Jeff Lewis Live hosts had a “33% chance” of guessing right — and perhaps might fare better if they skimmed her Instagram to with whom she has and hasn’t posted in recent years.

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?

"I was so excited," he exclusively tells Entertainment Weekly on the car ride back to the airport following the panel. The actor confirms it was Deadpool star, producer, and co-writer Ryan Reynolds who called him up personally. "Ryan's a buddy," Evans says. "He just shot me a text saying, 'Listen, might be a long shot, but would you have any interest in reprising something from 20 years ago?' I said, 'Oh my God! Of course.'"

"Honestly, Ryan might be the only guy that I would've done it for because he's just got the Midas touch," he continues. "His self-awareness makes him almost invincible. He makes the joke before the audience gets a chance to make the joke, so if you're going to revisit a character and you have to find a way to make it work, Ryan's humor makes just about everything work, so you feel an automatic sense of safety."

I hate him

The costs and rising expectations of parenthood are making young people think hard about having any children at all

Americans aren’t just waiting longer to have kids and having fewer once they start—they’re less likely to have any at all.

The shift means that childlessness may be emerging as the main driver of the country’s record-low birthrate.

Women without children, rather than those having fewer, are responsible for most of the decline in average births among 35- to 44-year-olds during their lifetimes so far, according to an analysis of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey data by University of Texas demographer Dean Spears for The Wall Street Journal. Childlessness accounted for over two-thirds of the 6.5% drop in average births between 2012 to 2022.

While more people are becoming parents later in life, 80% of the babies born in 2022 were to women under 35, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics data.

“Some may still have children, but whether it’ll be enough to compensate for the delays that are driving down fertility overall seems unlikely,” says Karen Benjamin Guzzo, director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The change is far-reaching. More women in the 35-to-44 age range across all races, income levels, employment statuses, regions and broad education groups aren’t having children, according to research by Luke Pardue at nonprofit policy forum the Aspen Economic Strategy Group.

Birthrates among 35- to 44-year-olds give demographers who study fertility an early look into millennials’ changing approach to parenthood. But these researchers also look closely at women over 40, reasoning that if a woman doesn’t have a child by then, she is more likely to remain childless.

The number of American women over 40 who had no children was declining until 2018, according to Current Population Survey data, when it then began to rise again. Now, some demographers and economists expect the increase in childlessness will be sustained due to shifts in how people think about families.

In New Orleans, 42-year-old Beth Davis epitomizes some millennials’ new views. “I wouldn’t mess up the dynamic in my life right now for anything, especially someone that is 100% dependent on me,” she says.

‘What Are Children For?’

Throughout history, having children was widely accepted as a central goal of adulthood.

Yet when Pew Research Center surveyed 18- to 34-year-olds last year, a little over half said they would like to become parents one day. In a separate 2021 survey, Pew found 44% of childless adults ages 18 to 49 said they were not too likely, or not at all likely, to have children, up from 37% who said the same thing in 2018.

As more women gained access to birth control and entered the workforce in the 1970s, reshaping family life and expectations around gender, Americans began having fewer kids. By 1980, the average number of children per family was 1.8, down from a high of 3.6 during the post-Depression baby boom, according to Gallup. Now, researchers say, having children at all has begun to feel optional.

I don't think it's ever been done! Seems more like a Liza crowd!

We haven't had a thread to talk broadly about British shows and/or the PBS or Britbox viewings of them in the US for a while.

Starting off with something that apparently happened a few months ago....the sexy guy that played Spiros on The Durrells has been ACCUSED! of sexual harassment/assault/rape. (He was serving as a rep in EU parliament.)

Will you be delivered?

Give me your best DL.

Moscow appears to still favor Donald Trump as it promotes divisive narratives and denigrates other politicians, IC and FBI officials said.

BY DAVID DIMOLFETTA CYBERSECURITY REPORTER, NEXTGOV/FCW

In the months leading into this November’s presidential election, Russian influence operatives have already begun targeting specific voter demographics, promoting divisive narratives and denigrating specific politicians in an effort to undermine the integrity of the election process and sow further domestic divisions, intelligence officials say.

It means Moscow is now seen as the “preeminent threat” to U.S. election security in 2024, an official in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told reporters Tuesday in a briefing that included staff from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Former president Donald Trump — returning as the expected Republican presidential candidate — was not explicitly named by officials, but they noted that Russia has not changed its stances since its past 2016 and 2020 election interference attempts.

“We have not observed a shift in Russia’s preferences for the presidential race from past elections, given the role the U.S. is playing with regard to Ukraine and broader policy toward Russia,” the official said.

ODNI officials said Russian spin doctors plan to covertly use social media to amplify narratives that could sway public opinion in election swing states and diminish U.S. support for Ukraine. Pro-Russian messaging and influence attempts have also been made through encrypted direct messaging channels, they added.

Russia’s war on Ukraine is one such flash point. Some GOP lawmakers have echoed Russian propaganda in criticizing the Biden administration’s hefty financial support for Kyiv. Donald Trump was impeached for withholding congressionally authorized military aid to coerce Ukrainian officials to make politically damaging statements about Joe Biden in the runup to the 2020 presidential election.

Officials said China and Iran are also threats, though they said the former may not be seeking to influence this coming presidential election directly because both Democratic and Republican party leaders run on platforms critical of Beijing.

Iran will serve as a “chaos agent” in the election space, and has “demonstrated a longstanding interest in exploiting U.S. political and social tensions” that have since accelerated since Israel declared war on Hamas in October, the ODNI official said. Just Tuesday, ODNI director Avril Haines said an Iran-backed influence campaign is taking advantage of U.S. protests over Israel’s war in Gaza.

Russia and China are the top adversaries using AI tools to carry out their missions, the ODNI official said, with the caveat that China is turning to AI more for broad exploration of U.S. political themes that can be used to Beijing’s advantage later.

“The Girl in the Pool” is a laugh riot, delivering sitcom-style shenanigans rather than a sincere sense of tension. Whether it’s intended to be funny or not is debatable. Director Dakota Gorman’s Hitchcock-inspired, psychological thriller about marital infidelity and a fracturing family takes a few of its cues from “Rope,” hiding a key figure in a trunk as a party transpires and a mystery murderer remains in their midst. But the similarities end there.

Regardless of whether we’re supposed to chuckle at our hero’s crumbling sanity or empathize with his strife, it’s empty-calorie viewing designed for viewers to either mock or embrace its hijinks. Those who do celebrate its tawdry twists and turns, however, are assured to have a good time.

Meek middle manager Thomas (Freddie Prinze Jr.) seemingly has the perfect life. He has a good job, a huge home in the serene suburbs, two kids — clean-cut teenagers Alex (Tyler Lawrence Gray) and Rose (Brielle Barbusca) — and a loving wife, Kristen (Monica Potter). He’s also hiding a big secret: an affair with a younger woman, Hannah (Gabrielle Haugh).

Yet their latest torrid tryst in his backyard ends in disaster when she turns up dead under suspicious circumstances, floating face-down in the pool, bleeding profusely from a head wound. Since his family is due home any minute, the panic-stricken adulterer hides the lifeless, bloodied body amongst the faded neon foam noodles and ring floats in the pool supplies trunk on the side of the house.

Thomas’ catastrophe quickly turns into calamity once Kristen reveals she’s planned a surprise party for his birthday at the scene of the crime, inviting all his closest friends and colleagues. That includes Thomas’ cantankerous father-in-law William (Kevin Pollak), who despises Thomas and walks into every scene with an insult lobbed at the birthday boy. Why he chose to attend a party for someone he hates is the bigger mystery afoot.

But as Thomas frantically attempts to clear his name, giving himself multiple pep talks in front of bathroom mirrors and sorting through a few clues, the festivities worsen with guests hanging out near the storage chest, using it as spot to make out or do drugs. It’s clear he has a long night ahead of him — one filled with debauched frivolity and frazzled nerves.

Gorman and screenwriter Jackson Reid Williams pile on gimmick upon gimmick, beginning the proceedings with Thomas in media res, furiously scrubbing his blood-soaked sins away in the shower. His plight unfolds in a non-linear structure, switching back and forward on the timeline. While it’s never confusing, these flashbacks mostly provide cringe-worthy details (like hearing Thomas’ incel-ish best friend call him a “Beta” after not breaking the annoying neighbor’s camera drone) rather than add clarity to the present, which can also be fairly outlandish considering they quote Gandhi and say Prinze is “like Vin Diesel with hair.”

Audiences will feel their bodies recoiling, hearing Thomas and Hannah’s smooching sessions punctuated by the actors’ hilariously loud lip-smacking. And superfluous events, like Hannah’s home tour where she slinks around the master bedroom and closet in her skivvies while destroying Kristen’s clothes and messing with her jewelry, call the film’s perspective into question as Thomas has no clue she ever did such devious things.

There are moments where Gorman and Williams lean into the inherent comedy of Thomas’ precarious situation. The scene where he grabs a large decorative vase after hearing strange noises outside before being surprised by party guests loosely functions as a setup for when he, in all seriousness, pulls a gun during the film’s mind-numbingly ridiculous resolution.

I'm a Tim Tam.

You knew it was coming. I know Kamala can handle it. She’s strong and tough. Obama will surly come in with some pointers.

With Portman, Moses Ingram, DL fave David Corenswet. Looks intense.

[quote]Series takes place in 60s Baltimore, where an unsolved murder pushes housewife and mother, Maddie Schwartz, to reinvent her life as an investigative journalist and sets her on a collision course with Cleo Sherwood, a hard-working woman juggling motherhood, many jobs and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimore's Black progressive agenda.

Seven episodes, starts July 19.

What a grossly obese, yellow-bellied coward...

He knows he's in BIG trouble now that Biden won't be his opponent.

Trump’s association with professional wrestling goes way back. Pro wrestlers knock themselves with hidden razor blades to bloody themselves.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a contender to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, tore into Republican Vice President nominee Sen. JD Vance on Wednesday, saying Vance would “abandon” Ukraine in favor of Russia.

“It’s pretty clear to me you’ve got JD Vance who wants to totally abandon Ukraine, and you’ve got Donald Trump who has been in the past rather pro-Russia and leaned in with Vladimir Putin in ways I would never expect the president to do,” Kelly said in a brief interview with POLITICO. “So again, we have a serious choice to make, and I’d be really concerned about what those guys would do to abandon an ally in favor of an adversary. And that would be a much more dangerous world.”

Asked if he’s being vetted for the presidential ticket, Kelly declined to discuss it, saying, “I don’t get into private conversations.”

“This isn't about me. I mean, this is about Kamala Harris and making sure we win this election here in how many days, 100, less than 100?” he said. “This is really about her and Donald Trump — a prosecutor with all this experience running against a guy that's been convicted of 34 felonies and a choice about the future, or are we going back to the past where we were less safe.”

It is still July…

"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 usually use Dukes, but Blue Plate is on sale. Has anybody tried it?

I’m “Cinda-fuckin-rella”

I'm the corruption that touches every aspect of daily life.

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!

Kudos to you if you can speak perfect Japanese and order food at a neighborhood sushi bar in Tokyo.

If you can, chances are that on your next trip to Japan, you may be able to score a better deal by blending in as a local.

Japan has never been a destination known for hiking up prices for foreigners. But overtourism – fueled by a combination of pent-up post-Covid demands (aka “revenge travel”) and the weak local currency – has recently prompted restaurants in the country to consider the merits of differential pricing.

“People say it’s discrimination, but it is really hard for us to serve foreigners, and it is beyond our capacity,” said Shogo Yonemitsu, who runs Tamatebako, an all-you-can-eat seafood grill in Shibuya, Tokyo’s bustling shopping district.

He maintains that he doesn’t charge tourists extra. Instead, he offers a 1,000 yen ($6.50) discount to locals.

“We need (this pricing system) for cost reasons,” Yonemitsu said.

Japan only completely reopened in the fall of 2022 following the removal of pandemic travel restrictions.

This year, spurred by a weak yen that has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in decades, the tourists are back - in big numbers.

Visitor arrivals to Japan hit a record 17.78 million in the first half of 2024, according to government data - and are on track to break the country’s 2019 record of 31.88 million tourists.

In response, places around the country have begun implementing tourist taxes, imposing visitor caps and even banning alcohol sales in an attempt to curb the effects of too much tourism.

Earlier this year, a resort town in the foothills of Mount Fuji erected a giant net to block views of the iconic peak after tourists flocked to a photo-viewing spot, causing litter and traffic problems.

Meanwhile, tourism authorities in Hokkaido, the country’s northernmost prefecture known for its scenic views and ski resorts, this month urged businesses to set lower prices for locals.

And a mayor in western Japan said he was considering charging foreign tourists more than six times the local entry fee to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Himeji Castle.

Elisa Chan, associate director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s hospitality research center, said differential pricing can be an effective way to combat overtourism.

“The owner may want to make sure that the sudden surge in tourist demand does not drive away all its loyal and frequent local customers. Charging tourists more may be seen as a solution to this,” she said.

Yonemitsu, the restaurateur, said the influx of tourists isn’t simply an issue of adding extra tables.

He said his seafood grill had to hire additional English-speaking staff to take orders, handle bookings and explain to tourists everything from how to tell the difference between sashimi and grilled food items to where to put their luggage. Failing to do so results in “mayhem,” he said.

“Some people say, ‘We don’t do this in our country.’ But think about how bad Japanese people’s English skills are. We aren’t at that level where we can call ourselves a tourism powerhouse yet. We just can’t speak English, and yet we can’t say the wrong things. It’s really stressful,” he said.

While it’s a new phenomenon in Japan, differential pricing is quite common in other parts of the world. As the less-expensive resident prices are often written in the local language, foreign tourists may not even know they paid more.

In Japan, it’s up to every business to decide for themselves if they want to implement two-tiered pricing.

Bernie Sanders is one of the few progressive holdouts who has yet to officially endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, because he wants to play an influential role in her campaign.

Though the independent Vermont senator said Tuesday that he wants Harris to win and will campaign for her victory, he stopped short of an outright endorsement.

He told NBC News: "I look forward to strongly supporting her. But I think if she is going to win, she's going to have to focus a great deal of attention on the plight of the American working class, come up with some very specific suggestions as to how she's going to address the reality that 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck."

Sanders had previously encouraged President Joe Biden to stay in the race and, according to The Washington Post, earlier this month he communicated with Biden's aides to pitch progressive policies to add to his second-term agenda.

Once primary rivals, Biden and Sanders ended up collaborating on a series of policy-focused task forces, with some of those recommendations adopted by Biden's 2020 campaign.

Since then, they have teamed up on projects like seeking to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Sources familiar with the situation said that Sanders wants similar sway in Harris' campaign.

According to an unnamed Sanders ally who spoke to the outlet, the extent and enthusiasm of his support in the upcoming campaign depends on it, particularly how much Harris chooses to embrace policies impacting working-class voters.

"Right now, you look at where her standing is with a lot of working-class voters, and there's a ton of room for Kamala" to improve.

The source added: "She hasn't really, since she's been vice president, stated terribly strong views about how she thinks and talks about the economy."

Sanders' allies believe that the senator, who is 82 and popular with young people and progressives, could help Harris gain support from these demographics.

Other progressive lawmakers, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush, have already endorsed Harris.

Sanders told NBC News that he needs to see Harris outline a specific plan for the American working class if she's going to win, though he did not specify which policy proposals this might include.

He also told the outlet that her choice of running mate will also factor into his decision to endorse her.

John Owen Lowe had a “mental breakdown” two weeks into filming the first season of his Netflix show, Unstable, alongside dad Rob Lowe.

“I walked off set and I went into my trailer, and I went, ‘Oh s--t. I was trying to become my own person and get distance away from him and I am now his costar. My face is next to his on a one sheet and I'll be doing press with him,’” John Owen, 29, shared during a Thursday, July 25, appearance on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy. “It was like all these realizations dawned on me and I remember calling my representatives, which is so funny.”

John Owen recalled his reps telling him to “chill out” because the show would be a good thing.

“I think it is important to say, they helped me find the normal perspective or the healthy perspective where it's like you should feel grateful that you get to do this for a variety of reasons,” the actor continued. “Namely this, you know, my dad won't be around forever. It'll be amazing that we share this together and it's hard to work in the entertainment industry.”

Unstable premiered via Netflix on March 2023, and stars Rob, 60, and John Owen as the fictional father-son pair of Ellis and Jackson Dragon. The series made headlines for mimicking the real-life dynamic between the two Lowe family members, which was previously showcased on social media. (John Owen frequently trolls his dad in Rob’s Instagram comments section.)

Despite this past “breakdown” — so to speak — about working with his dad, John Owen is currently on a press tour with Rob as they gear up for Unstable season 2, which is set to premiere on Thursday, August 1.

“It’s a medium through which I get to make fun of him on national television,” John Owen shared during a Wednesday, July 24, appearance on Good Morning America. “He’s a very good sport about it.”

Rob shares John Owen and older son Matthew Lowe with wife Sheryl Berkoff. Previously, the three Lowe men starred in the 2017 A&E Network reality show The Lowe Files. While Matthew, 31, has become what Rob has called his “civilian son,” John Owen decided to follow in their dad’s footsteps.

“I wrote on (9-1-1: Lone Star) for four years and I wrote, you know, five episodes and was deeply ingrained in the writing process and that's where I learned from,” John Owen told Radio Andy host Andy Cohen on Thursday. “I started as a staff writer. I was the lowest on the totem pole.”

He added: “I worked my way up to story editor … and worked hard and learned a lot, but I was going insane. Essentially you're writing for him, and I ended up writing a lot of stuff for him and it drove me bonkers.”

She was so stunning and mysterious.

She's looks a hell of a lot older than Martha Levinson.

Has a more beautiful, charming, and exceptional woman every graced this earth?

PARIS (AP) — France's high-speed rail network was hit with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics.

French officials described the attacks as “criminal actions" and said they were investigating whether they were linked to the Olympic Games. The disruptions as the world's eye was turning to Paris were expected to affect a quarter of a million people alone on Friday and endure through the weekend, and possibly longer, officials said.

Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete described people fleeing from the scene of fires and the discovery of incendiary devices at the site.

“Everything indicates that these are criminal fires,” he said.

The incidents paralyzed several high-speed lines linking Paris to the rest of France and to neighboring countries, Vergriete said, speaking on BFM television, Vergriete

The attack occurred against a backdrop of global tensions and heightened security measures as the city prepared for the 2024 Olympic Games. Many travelers were planning to converge on the capital for the opening ceremony, and many vacationers were also in transit.

As Paris authorities geared up for a spectacular parade on and along the Seine River amid tightened security, three fires were reported near the tracks on the high-speed lines of Atlantique, Nord and Est. The disruptions particularly affected Paris’ major Montparnasse station. Videos posted on social networks showed the hall of the station saturated with travelers.

The Paris police prefecture “concentrated its personnel in Parisian train stations” after the “massive attack” that paralyzed the TGV high-speed network, Laurent Nuñez, the Paris police chief, told France Info television.

Many passengers at the Gare du Nord, one of Europe’s busiest train stations, were looking for answers and solutions on Friday morning. All eyes were on the central message boards as most services to northern France, Belgium and the United Kingdom were delayed.

“It’s a hell of a way to start the Olympics,” said Sarah Moseley, 42, as she learned that her train to London was an hour late.

“They should have more information for tourists, especially if it’s a malicious attack,” said Corey Grainger, a 37-year-old Australian sales manager on his way to London, as he rested on his two suitcases in the middle of the station.

Travel to and from London beneath the English Channel, to neighboring Belgium, and across the west, north, and east of France was affected by what the French national rail company SNCF called a series of coordinated overnight incidents.

Government officials denounced the acts, though they said there was no immediate sign of a direct link to the Olympics. National police said authorities were investigating the incidents. French media reported a major fire on a busy western route.

No I am not going to make a poll, I want to hear your thoughts.

I think Joe should pardon his son Hunter, I don't care that he promised not to. Now I am not one of those Hunter fanboys, I think the guy is a douche bag and quite honestly don't understand what some of you see in him. Considering all the criminals Trump pardoned I think Joe should pardon Hunter, Joe will never face election again and if Kamala is elected President she won't face another election for four years, by then no one is going to care that Joe pardoned Hunter. I don't think there will be any political downside. The Supreme Court has said that the right of the President to pardon can not be questioned.

Joe can say that he changed his mind, that Hunter's sobriety is more important than his promise to not pardon him and the threat to jail is threaten that, I think most of America will be okay with it, of course MAGA heads will explode in rage, but "I don't care. Do U?"

Convince me I am wrong.

And it’s still a DL classic. Kirstie Alley screaming at hicks. Drunken priests. Interpretive dance. Lutefisk. And Allison Janney as Loretta, Queen of the Trailer Park.

So this is how they’re going to get rid of Jennifer Salke.

"Jane... I'm dying" LOL

Interesting read. I think Fred Trump III and his wife were just kissing Donald's ass for money. I do feel sorry for the son though. I guess Fred forgot about the incident of his uncle mocking the disabled reporter.

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.

Angry about airfares? Airlines merged from 12 carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Upset about grocery prices? 3 companies control 70% of grocery sales in 167 cities.

Mad about drug prices? A handful of drug companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Monopolies are the problem.

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

Let's compile them here

As Trump desperately tries to separate his campaign from Project 2025, users on X have noted one big problem: J.D. Vance wrote the foreword to a forthcoming book by the plan’s lead author, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts.

On the Amazon product page, the promotional material for the book, titled Dawn’s Early Light, highlights Roberts’s role in composing Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation proposal for a conservative overhaul of the federal government.

The product page also includes a favorable review from Vance. “Never before has a figure with Roberts’s depth and stature within the American Right tried to articulate a genuinely new future for conservatism,” the review says. “We are now all realizing that it’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets. In the fights that lay ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon.”

When the book first became available for preorder on June 19, Vance promoted it on X, writing, “I was thrilled to write the foreword for this incredible book, which contains a bold new vision for the future of conservatism in America.”

On the Amazon page for Dawn’s Early Light, the subtitle reads, “Taking Back Washington to Save America,” but an archived version of the page from June 19 indicates it was initially “Burning Down Washington to Save America.”

Inflammatory language in the blurb has also apparently been tamped down.

A sentence on the archived page that says the book “blazes a warpath for the American people to take back their country” now says it “blazes a promising path.” Another fiery sentence on the archived page read, “Just as a controlled burn preserves the longevity of a forest, conservatives need to burn down these institutions [the FBI, The New York Times, the Department of Education, etc.] if we’re to preserve the American Way of life.” It now says that those institutions “need to be dissolved if the American way of life is to be passed down to future generations.”

These changes, while slight, perhaps indicate a hope to dispel the emerging public perception that Project 2025 would wreak havoc on the country. Trump, undoubtedly aware of the plan’s growing unpopularity, has claimed, “I know nothing about Project 2025” and that “some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.”

But it will certainly be harder for the Republican ticket to distance itself from the Heritage Foundation manifesto come publication day in September.

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

Who do you think had the biggest on the 20th Century?

Comment why or anyone I've left out.

Evans came out to San Diego so he's definitely returning for Avengers 5 & 6. Probably Downey Jr. as well.

Given the leverage they have over Disney, I can see them getting at least $30 million upfront for each film. The other Avengers would probably not appear because Disney cannot afford any more eight figure salaries (Hemsworth announced a new movie for Apple yesterday so he's out.)

The other announcement should be X-Men. This will pivot Marvel into the Mutant Era which will replace the MCU. The only big name attached will probably be Henry Cavill, they'll go with television actors for the other roles.

I'm lazy and having Beecher's World's Best Mac and Cheese (image below), a salad and Talenti Raspberry Sorbetto later.

Swim calls on US Navy vessels are a longstanding tradition allowing sailors to enjoy a break and swim in the open ocean. This practice, which dates back to at least World War II, involves sailors jumping off the ship into the water for relaxation and morale-boosting. The activity often occurs in calm, warm waters and can be accompanied by additional leisure activities like cookouts.

Safety measures during swim calls include posting armed guards, such as sharpshooters on the ship or in rigid-hulled inflatable boats, to watch for sharks and other potential dangers. The crew members take turns jumping from the ship, often using aircraft elevators that lower them closer to the water to reduce the risk of injury from high jumps.

Swim calls can involve various Navy vessels, from submarines to aircraft carriers, with the latter offering a dramatic experience due to their size and height above the water. This tradition allows sailors to unwind during long deployments and is often considered a highlight of their service time.

Well?

Terrible story, a meeting by chance and clearly he had no idea what he was getting himself into. A reminder to be careful out there, especially with your drinks!

Tori Spellings has dibs on her stuff.

True to form, some got lost due to moving in and out of the many rental homes she trashed. Pity the poor souls who found them.

Helpful little citizens.

[quote]Backpack-wearing dogs are being enlisted to “act like wolves” to help rewild an urban nature reserve in the East Sussex town of Lewes.

[quote]Before wolves were persecuted to extinction in the UK in about 1760, they were known to roam large areas, typically covering 12 miles (20km) or more each night. In doing so, wolves would inadvertently pick up wildflower and grass seeds in their fur, dispersing them many miles away and helping establish new colonies of plants, which is vital for biodiversity and for ecosystems to thrive.

A series of fires have hit French rail lines, hours before the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympic Games.

Gaze upon the magnificent kraut braunschweiger

🌭🇩🇪🌭

🤤🤤🤤

Only halfway through, but very interesting. I’ve not heard of half of these groups, Backstreet and NSync really were his only big successes right?

If you're able to, I encourage you to sign up too!

We can beat MAGA once and for all this time.

Who's had him?

Verificatia of sizemeat?

Nick Jonas looks horrible in that getup🤨

😋😋

She’s telling it like it is!

Something about JD Vance is very sinister. And a LOT of people are picking up on it.

Describe its scent.

Write a haiku about it!

From an PR Agent, I recently learned that Reba McEntire has been good friends with Will Smith since the early 90s, when they hosted an awards show together. He got her cast in Spies in Disguise with him, and she hugged him and had a talk with him after the Oscars slap. Reba is friends with Jada too. Any other celebrities you’ve been surprised to find out were friends?

[quote] The three women killed in a crossbow attack in Bushey, near Watford, are the wife and daughters of BBC Racing radio commentator John Hunt

OMG!! Horrific!

Featuring Lisa Kudrow. Taika Waititi's new project, with Jemaine Clement on the writing team. CG looks good!

[quote]Television adaptation of Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, which centers on a young boy who discovers a time-traveling portal in his bedroom.

Ten episodes, starts July 24th.

Vance, the former Bay Area resident who was recently tapped to be frump’s running mate, is the subject of a viral online rumor spawned by a July 15 post on X. The post, from user @rickrudescalves, said Vance admitted to “f—king an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions” in his bestselling 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.”

This reporter has read “Hillbilly Elegy,” and no such passage exists. Regardless, the post quickly went viral, causing several news outlets to publish reports debunking the claim. Mysteriously, though, the AP deleted its report Thursday.

A statement from the AP, which other news outlets pay in order to run articles written by the wire service’s journalists, didn’t offer many details as to why its story debunking the claim was deleted.

“The story, which did not go out on the wire to our customers, didn’t go through our standard editing process,” an Associated Press spokesperson told SFGATE in an email. “We are looking into how that happened.”

A representative for Vance did not immediately reply to a text from SFGATE.

Easily, the most alluring URL for data loungers.

exclusive tele group for fans of heartstopper star joe locke

"Mindy who?"

Love means never having to say you're homeless...

A former accountant, he became an overnight sensation with the release of a 1960 live comedy album, then starred in a pair of fabled CBS sitcoms.

Some years they don't have much flavor, but they sure do this year.

Charlotte Dujardin, Britain’s three-time Olympic champion, has been forced to pull out of Paris 2024 over a video showing her hitting a horse repeatedly on the legs during a slow-motion trot, Telegraph Sport understands.

The equestrian rider, who could have become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian, says there is “no excuse” and she is “deeply ashamed” of the “error of judgment” during a coaching session.

The film was taken four years ago and has been brought to light by a whistleblower, who has hired a Dutch lawyer to bring the case into the public domain. A media outlet in the Netherlands is believed to have obtained the video.

Dujardin posted on social media that she has pulled out of all competition while the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) investigates the incident. The announcement has sent shock waves through the Team GB camp, with senior officials caught unawares by the announcement.

“What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse,” she said in a statement. “I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.”

The world of equestrian is understood to be on high alert over public perception around animal welfare at the Games. There is a special officer in Paris overseeing welfare, Telegraph Sport has been told.

It is understood that the matter has only recently come to light. A statement from Team GB is expected in due course.

Dujardin, 39, needed a medal of any colour to take her clear of Dame Laura Kenny, with whom she is currently tied on six medals in the British all-time medal table for women.

What’s the real reason?

Elon don’t care about trannies.

I'm the one bumping all the British Royal Family threads, thinking they have a wide audience.

"Esta TerBlanche is Not Seeking Reelection"

"Jimmy Carter Did NOT Have Sex With a Couch"

"Will Trump Drop Mindy Cohn?"

Shows off Mounjaro weight loss and new fun bags.

Bet her kids still look unkempt.

This HAS to be because he’s screentesting for X-Men. Feige would insist on a short Logan.

The whore inside him is ready to bust out like the Hulk.

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.

The dog biscuits were red herrings. Did we know she was an experienced blogger?

25 minutes but worth your time if you love fruffdogs.

I’m the cardboard ‘anti-sex’ bed. I was created by sexual repressives who think that sex only happens in a bed.

The frauest show ever?

[quote]Based on the New York Times bestseller by Lisa Taddeo and starring Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise, and Gabrielle Creevy, Three Women explores the compellingly raw and honest stories of three women who had the audacity to believe that they deserved more in life through a nuanced portrait of female desire.

September 13th.

Why do stars do this? Or rather why don’t they give the botox enough time to set?

Jailbird's in hospital with double pneumonia and COVID.

You all better behave!

I mean, really.

What is actually going on here?

The fuck

Yes, please!

I want Bryson inside me, quite deeply.

When did golfers get so hot???

I have two friends/acquaintances who are recently engaged; both guys and not to each other -- to women.

One, I've known for 20 years; the other, a little over 2 years.

I like them both. We're not super-tight but we talk. They've both told me they're engaged, and I can hear in their respective voices that they're sad, wistful; as if they're giving something up (they are, I know).

Neither are gay. Tho I wish both were. I'm alone and wish I weren't. If I were getting married to someone I loved, I'd be more happy, maybe?

Why aren't these two?

Snitches.

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

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

Reynolds says his 17-year friendship with Jackman is like his marriage to Blake Lively in one key way:

What a banger this was!

Which film version of the Oscar Wilde is your favorite? 1944? 1986? 1996?

I’m actually partial to the 1996 film as Patrick Stewart is the perfect embodiment of scares yet endearment. The 1986 version is too silly.

I'm just curious. There are a hundred meaningless Vance threads. Trumps criminal record is on full display. But the best Kamala can pull is a statistical tie with Trump? The borders are still open. Inflation is still out of control (unless you are rich). The right wing nuts are flashing Kamala and JVN (in a dress) all over social media. I am a voter. I want to know what she is going to fix besides her endless chatter about Roe V Wade.

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.

The 40-year-old man was arrested during a raid of his apartment in central Paris on Sunday where a document linked to an elite Russian special forces unit operating under the command of the FSB, an heir to the KGB, was reportedly found.

A judicial investigation has been opened into allegations of sharing “intelligence with a foreign power with a view to provoking hostilities in France,” a crime punishable by 30 years of imprisonment. The alleged plot is not believed to have been terror related.

The Olympic rings in Paris. Russian and Belarusian Olympic athletes accused of supporting war in Ukraine Read more The man, who has not been named, was indicted on this charge on the same day and placed in pretrial detention.

An ambitious opening ceremony of Paris 2024 will be staged on the banks of the Seine on Friday evening and there has long been concern that Russia could seek to meddle in events.

Gerald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, said that “other Russian individuals” had been arrested amid evidence at attempts to spread disinformation ahead of the Games.

“We think very strongly that he was going to organise operations of destabilisation, interference, spying,” Darmanin told BFM television. “He’s now in the justice system which will be able to confirm the suspicions of the police.”

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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!

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

Would you kick him out of bed?

More from Walford here.

Are you?

The fun starts this Friday!

In its PROPER context.

Stay informed, so you can fight MAGAT memes that twist her words.

The more you know....

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's former Frogmore Cottage home in the U.K. remains empty more than a year after the couple was asked to vacate.

On July 24, The Royal Household published the Sovereign Grant Report for the 2023-2024 financial year, unveiling the partially taxpayer-funded sum spent to support King Charles' official duties and maintain the occupied royal palaces. Curiosity around the status of Frogmore Cottage in light of the new report prompted the palace to clarify that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's former residence is still empty.

"I don’t think, at this point, I would speculate on who will be the future occupants of the cottage," an official said at a briefing, according to The Independent.

"The Sovereign Grant has been fully reimbursed for the refurbishment costs of Frogmore cottage when it was initially provided to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and, therefore, there is no cost to the Sovereign Grant other than some routine maintenance, but it would be required for any of the buildings."

Prince Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, lived at Frogmore Cottage from 2019 to 2020, upgrading from their two-bedroom Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace in London before the birth of their first child, Prince Archie, in May 2019. The family of three moved out of Frogmore after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back from their working royal roles in early 2020. The Sussexes briefly stayed in Canada before settling in Meghan's home state of California, where daughter Princess Lilibet was born in 2021.

In March 2023, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told PEOPLE the couple had been asked to leave the residence.

"We can confirm The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage," the spokesperson said at the time.

It has been speculated that King Charles wants his brother, Prince Andrew, to vacate his Royal Lodge residence on the Windsor Castle grounds and move into Frogmore Cottage.

Frogmore Cottage was understood to be a bit of a fixer-upper, and royal biographer Ingrid Seward previously told PEOPLE the property was "pretty dilapidated" before they moved in.

The home was built in 1801 under the direction of Queen Charlotte and the property was extensively renovated for Prince Harry and Meghan, with construction that took it from a former staff residence into a single-family home. The renovation became a hot topic when they announced their decision to step back in 2020 because the renovation was paid for by the Sovereign Grant, funded from taxpayers.

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their plans to step back in 2020, they made clear their wish to repay the Sovereign Grant for the Frogmore flip. Buckingham Palace said that the residence would "remain their U.K. family home."

Prince Harry and Meghan "fully covered" the renovation cost of Frogmore, which was reported to be around $3 million, later that year. The offer to settle their debts was made "proactively" by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, a source told PEOPLE at the time, adding that the couple wanted to ensure that there was no ongoing drain on public monies as they worked to become financially independent.

Misha Collins has returned to civilization from a camping trip, and he was thrilled to hear that Kamala Harris will be the nominee.

I hope he gets the Supernatural fans to get out and vote!

We know when we see their images. Classic, heady, intoxicating, mysterious. What makes a male bombshell a male bombshell? Who are your favorites?

We know when we see their images. Classic, heady, intoxicating, mysterious. What makes a bombshell a bombshell? What are your favorites?

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are discussing their deep, years-long bond.

As Winfrey, 70, and King, 69, appeared on Melinda French Gates' Moments That Make Us interview series on Wednesday, July 24, the women spoke with Gates, 59, about the life-nourishing power of their close friendship.

"I think we've shared pretty much everything and I would have to say, it wasn't even a matter of navigation," Winfrey said of their effortless bond that at times has been mistaken for something more.

"You know, for years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it," Winfrey noted.

"I used to say Oprah, 'You gotta do a show on this, because it's hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday night with people thinking we're gay,' " King added. "Because if we were gay, we'd tell you!"

Winfrey and King's friendship dates back some 50 years and began when both women worked at the Baltimore-area news station WJZ-TV. Winfrey offered King to stay at her place for a night during a major snowstorm and the pair grew close overnight. While speaking with Gates, Winfrey pointed out that she believes those rumors swirl because people "aren't used to seeing women with this kind of truth bond."

"The reason why I think our friendship has worked is because Gayle is happier, not happy, but happier for me for any kind of success or victory or challenge I get through than I am for myself," Winfrey said. "And I feel as happy as she does — I can't be happier than, cannot surpass Gayle. You cannot out-happy her. I am equally as happy for her."

The two-time Academy Award winner added that friendships with "with anybody who has a hint of jealousy about anything that you're doing — certainly about your success or your being celebrated" do not necessarily work.

"I just assumed everybody had a really good friend," King said of her bond with Winfrey. "I just assumed every woman - maybe not for men - but I just assumed every woman had at least one."

The pair also noted during the conversation that their bond allows them to cut through outside noise they receive from people in their lives who are perhaps not as honest with them. "In Oprah's life, everybody is always very flattering and is always very agreeable with things that she says," King noted. "And sometimes I'll just go, 'That's just not true. Your hair does not look good.' "

"We've both done that," both women agreed.

The discussion continues.

Man has vasectomy.

His wife gets pregnant.

Doctors confirm that the vasectomy was successful.

So how did she get pregnant?

My guess? She's a WHORE! And the husband looks like a CUCK.

We need a general thread for figure skating news and discussion so I thought I'd start one.

Gracie Gold has a new memoir coming out called, wait for it, “Outofshapeworthlessloser” and in it she writes that she was raped at 21 by a fellow skater in a hotel suite where she and her sister held an event after-party. Five years after her alleged assault was reported to the U.S. Center for Safesport, she has no idea about the status of her complaint. She hasn't heard from the center in three years. (Via @WSJSports)

And it's all for his Granny.

How sweet. 🥰🥰🥰

Sells bad paintings of Capri Suns on Etsy these days.

In Japan when people are tired of their life, overworked or in trouble and just want to disappear and start over it's called "johatsu" when they leave. There are companies called yonige-ya that you pay to help you go "johatsu". These companies help you cover your tracks so no one can find you and you can disappear without a trace. I think these yonige-ya should expand their services to the U.S.

Publicly taking your own life such as jumping off a building is frowned upon in Japan as your family will be charged for cleaning up the mess. If you jump in front of a train your family will be charged for clean-up AND disruption of service.

There is a forest near Mt. Fuji where people who don't want to leave their families with clean up fees go. Supposedly a mystical place where phones don't work and cries can't be heard. People's shoes and personal belongings can often be found at the entrance. Take off their shoes before they go into the forest to end it all, so polite even when ending it all.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s presentation in the House Chamber today was by far the worst presentation of any foreign dignitary invited and honored with the privilege of addressing the Congress of the United States.

Many of us who love Israel spent time today listening to Israeli citizens whose families have suffered in the wake of the October 7th Hamas terror attack and kidnappings.

These families are asking for a ceasefire deal that will bring the hostages home – and we hope the Prime Minister would spend his time achieving that goal.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, buoyed by a recent US Supreme Court decision, issued an executive order Thursday calling on state officials to begin taking down homeless encampments.

The move to begin dismantling thousands of encampments throughout California comes after the high court ruled last month in favor of an Oregon city that ticketed homeless people for sleeping outside. The ruling rejected arguments that such “anti-camping” ordinances violated the Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment.

“This executive order directs state agencies to move urgently to address dangerous encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them — and provides guidance for cities and counties to do the same,” Newson said in a statement. “There are simply no more excuses. It’s time for everyone to do their part.”

The order calls on state officials “to adopt humane and dignified policies to urgently address encampments on state property.”

California has the largest homeless population – more than 180,000 people – in the nation, according to a 2023 homelessness assessment report to Congress from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

An estimated 653,100 people were experiencing homelessness nationwide – a jump of around 12% since 2022, according to the report.

California’s policies following the Supreme Court decision are being closely watched by other cities and states, and Newsom’s order has drawn the ire of some homeless advocates and elected officials.

“Newsom could have issued this order before the (Supreme Court) decision. The only difference now is that states and localities are free to confine and arrest people even when there is no shelter available,” said Chris Herring, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Los Angeles.

“So before the Supreme Court ruling cities were in the position where they would have to provide shelter offers before removing encampments. Now … they will be able to carry out these encampment sweeps with the very real threat of issuing people incredibly expensive fines of which people cannot pay and often results in a warrant or an arrest or can result in incarceration.”

Herring said the timing of the order wasn’t surprising as Newsom seeks to “politically clear his name of the homeless crisis, especially as he’s in the national spotlight right now amid the presidential election.”

Smh

Vote now.

I want to be ass man handled by him!

He's the sexiest swimmer ever.

Pigs are now having to sell their plasma in Denmark?!!! Up is down and down is up, COVID, trump. What's next, another war breaking out, or a world wide EBOLA pandemic?

I just want to go inside the clinic and say "hello, can you please kill me?" and then die. Does someone have experience and knows which clinic kills you the fastest? Thank you.

I watched the first episode. Pretty good with new interviews.

Does anyone else like her fiction? Some of it is just too over-the-top and flowery for me (like "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"), but when she really gets it right, she's superb, both in terms of structure and style.

She became a national celebrity after the success of her first book, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." She followed it up with the gay novel "Reflections in a Golden Eye," which was incredibly dark and caused a huge sensation because it dealt with a closeted gay Army officer -- prompting Mrs. George S. Patton to cancel her subscription to Harper's Bazaar for serializing it. (btw, I always thought her baroque titles were her idea, but they were actually her publisher's--she originally wanted to entitle the two works "The Mute" and "Army Post.")

McCullers was a very strange woman. She could not write unless she got drunk, which was for that reason most of the time--which was terrible for her because she suffered from horrible effects of rheumatic fever as a child, which gave her multiple strokes, the fourth of which killed her at age fifty. She thought she was straight (and married a handsome man, who later killed himself), but dressed in men's clothes and eventually cut her hair like men did at the time. She apparently never had sex with a woman, so far as anyone knows, but she became romantically obsessed with women and would stalk them (like Katherine Anne Porter) or befriend them then stalk them (like Gypsy Rose Lee).

With guest stars Leslie Jones, Lance Bass, Cheyenne Jackson and more! Yasssss!

Their selection of movies and shows is vastly superior. I could sit on my ass watching this stuff all day and night and not run out of good content.

Does he give the best blowjobs since Nancy Reagan? There's only like thousands of aspiring actors in L.A. who are prettier, more talented and not such total divas but they never make it so far.

Ana Navarro, a long-time co-host of The View, posted on her Instagram Thursday an old photo of nude Melania Trump. It was a picture from 2000 featured in British GQ, five years before Donald Trump married her.

Navarro also included a picture of both Trumps partying with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, also from 2000. Her explanation for posting these images was that it was meant to showcase Trump’s hypocrisy—and the hypocrisy of many Republican pundits when it comes to Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Some Republicans are out there on TV and social media making vile sexual remarks about Kamala Harris and wanting to make her dating history an issue,” Navarro wrote. “This country deserves a debate on real issues, affecting us all. But you want to make this an issue? Bring it on. I’ve never seen naked pics of @kamalaharris or her spouse. Kamala never partied with sexual predators.”

This post comes four days after President Joe Biden stepped down from his campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris as his nominee. Since then, there have been a barrage of sexist (and racist) comments at Harris’ expense from across the conservative media landscape.

Perhaps most egregious was right-wing podcaster Alex Lace referring to Harris “the original Hawk Tuah girl” during a Fox Business segment, claming “that’s the way she got where she is.”

In Harris’ defense, Navarro wrapped up her Instagram post by telling the Republicans making these sort of jokes, “You wanna go low? I’m not leaving one thing unanswered this time. Not a one. I’ll happily go 20,000 leagues under the sea.”

My friend Julie told Marlo Thomas, "A little more filler would really bring out the planes in your cheeks!"

Lovers of Anthony's giant ass. Apparently he's been talked about on DL before, but I just discovered him. What's your favorite pic of him and his plump ass?

The resemblance is striking.

This came out when I was in high school. Back when Charlie Sheen was cute and we were afraid of the Russians attacking. I never watched the remake of it.

I'm the slap fights

Tuning into the first ep tonight. They really went overboard on casting 'out-of-shape' contestants - both male and female.

Adam and Hud are both really cute - I hope they go shirtless in some eps. The other guys are blah.

They’re removing the American flags and spray painting every monument and building in the city. Unacceptable.

[quote]GAY!

Wonder what the Republicans would say if Kamala had five children from three different husbands and cheated on each husband ?

What would they say if she cheated on her third husband with a male porn star just weeks after giving birth to their child, and he was home taking care of the infant ? And then paid him 'hush money' to keep their affair quiet ?

What would they say if she had an affair with a Playgirl centerfold model while married to her third husband ?

What would they say if she had children and openly lusted after her oldest son ? Said he had a 'great ass' on a radio show and on 'The View' said she'd date him ?

What would they say if, after her second son was born in her second marriage, she quipped to a reporter "We'll have to see when he grows up if his dick will be big like his dad's ?"

What would they say if she told a reporter "when you're a famous woman, you can go up to younger men and kiss them on their mouth and grab them by the ball-sack , because they don't mind" ?

If you hire someone to do jobs around the house like lawn care, how long do you usually give them to respond to texts? I want to see if I am being unreasonable or if the current person I have is just bad at communication.

There are good things about it - she very cleanly lists what her goals are for her presidency. That half of the ad gets an A plus.

Unfortunately, she is falling into the same trap that Hillary fell into.... "Oh look at what a contrast I am to those guys! Those guys represent HATE!"

She cannot define Trump any differently that he has already been defined through two elections. Calling the other side "hate" does not work - look at how the far Left behaves re Washington yesterday. Calling them "chaos" does not work - the Democratic Party has been through a month of chaos. People say we are in chaos as a country now, which is why Trump's reactionary message is successful.

The only way to redefine Trump at this point is OLD because that has not been done before. Old and frail. That might work.

Wow, this is big! He founded the cartel alongside El Chapo Guzman, and was arrested along with El Chapo's son.

[quote] In February, Zambada was charged by US prosecutors with a conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, a drug more powerful than heroin that has been blamed for the US opioid crisis.

[quote] Alongside fentanyl charges, he is also facing charges in the US ranging from drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping, money laundering and organised crime.

Seems like a lot of karma is being delivered this week to some horrible people.

What aviator call sign did Tom actually deserve?

I've never watched one of their videos, but he is apparently the most popular YouTuber in the world.

[quote] MrBeast is the world's biggest YouTuber with more than 300m subscribers. He said he had become aware of the allegations against Ava, which first started circulating online last month, "over the last few days". "I am disgusted and opposed to such unacceptable acts," he says. MrBeast's statement said he had "been focused on hiring an independent third party to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure I have all the facts". "That said," he continued, "I've seen enough online and taken immediate action to remove Ava from the company, my channel, and any association with MrBeast. "I do not condone or support any of the inappropriate actions."

She did it with A Star Is Born, she did it with that TERRIBLE Gucci movie she was awful in, and now she’s doing it here.

So my friend Sally Wu. That’s not her real name but she Asian American. The guy she has been dating for 2 months proposed to her. She said the sex has been awful but she doesn’t really care because he is loaded and all her Viatnamese mom cares about is her marrying rich. Sally is half Chinese/half Viatnamese. At any rate everything was going to plan until her fiancé met her brother. They knew each other. But wait until you found out how.

Apparently according to her brother—the fiance, Mark(also not his real name) was the biggest cocksucker on Fire Island when her bro was in med school at Hofstra 10 years ago. Her brother drooped out of med school, is a nurse/influencer, and is a flaming queen. She still wants to marry him and think he may have just went through a gay phase. What do you think DL?

Great episode! Bea was such a scene stealer. The ME Network has these old episodes that are so comforting.

Would you?

You would, wouldn't you?

Whores!

Donald Trump raised concerns about his judgment by suggesting that successful race car drivers and football coaches could be put in charge of the military at a rally in North Carolina. "I mean, we appreciate talent, I said, let me use these guys to guide our military a little bit," Trump told his rally supporters. "When you can win so many races, that's okay, you know, you guide. Same thing with coaches, you take some of the great football coaches, you put them at the table. 'What do you like, coach?' Because, in its own way, it's not so much really different."

Barely a month ago, a veritable who’s who of Hollywood A-listers turned out for President Joe Biden. The event, organized by former DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, drew George Clooney, Barbra Streisand and Julia Roberts.

Jimmy Kimmel moderated an interview with Biden and former President Barack Obama at the gathering in downtown Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater. Sheryl Lee Ralph sang and Jack Black entertained the star-studded crowd wearing a pair of American flag overalls.

The evening raised more than $30 million, the largest one-night campaign haul in Democratic history.

But behind the fawning praise and laughs, cracks began to appear in the public façade.

Some of the most powerful members of Hollywood, who had steadfastly supported the president, harbored some serious reservations about the 81-year-old’s mental acuity.

My elderly parents (86 and 91) are still living independently. However, in the last couple of months the smell of urine has become overwhelming. My mother has urinary incontinence. I’ve bought her bladder control pads which I’m not sure they’re using. My father claims he can’t smell anything, but it’s very noticeable when you enter their apartment. Has anyone else dealt with this?

About time.

PARIS (AP) — An Australian swimming coach came under fire from his own team on Thursday after saying was pulling for a South Korean athlete to beat his country's medal contenders at the Olympics.

Head coach Rohan Taylor called the comments by Michael Palfrey “un-Australian” and said he might be sent home before the swimming competition, which begins Saturday at La Defense Arena in the western Paris suburbs.

“Very disappointed. Extremely disappointed,” Taylor said. “For a coach on our team to promote another athlete ahead of our athletes is not acceptable.”

Palfrey is part of the Australian staff at the Olympics, overseeing the preparations for three swimmers and working with a fourth athlete as well. But he previously coached South Korean men’s 400-meter freestyle world champion Kim Woo-min.

In an interview with South Korean television, Palfrey said he was pulling for Kim to claim gold in that event on the opening day of the swimming competition.

“I really hope he can win, but ultimately I really hope he swims well,” Palfrey said. He added, “Go Korea.”

Palfrey has conceded making the comment and apologized for the lapse in judgment, according to Taylor, but it may not be enough to keep him in Paris. The head coach said he would meet with the athletes later Thursday to discuss whether Palfrey should remain at the Olympics.

“For me, my priority is the performance of the team, the performance of the athletes,” Taylor said. “I need to look at the performance of the team and make a judgment call on that.”

Australia has two of the leading gold-medal contenders in the 400 freestyle: 2023 world champion Sam Short and 2022 world champion Elijah Winnington.

It's not unusual for coaches to work with athletes from other countries. One of the top American coaches, Bob Bowman, leads a training group that includes French star Léon Marchand.

But in an Olympic year, Taylor said, it was totally unacceptable for a coach on the Australian staff to express support for another country's swimmer.

“We confronted him with those details,” Taylor said. “He owns that and was taken to task for it. He's very remorseful and we're now dealing with it.”

Wesley Bell was last seen in 2013 at the same yoga retreat where Taylor Casey vanished. It appears there is no evidence of foul play in either case.

A Texas man went missing more than 10 years ago from the same Bahamas yoga retreat where a Chicago woman vanished last month, a spokesperson for the retreat confirmed.

Wesley Bell was last seen alive while attending a yoga retreat on Paradise Island in Nassau on Jan. 25, 2013, according to a missing persons flyer released by police at the time. He was attending a retreat at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas, the same site from where Taylor Casey, 42, went missing last month, according to the retreat’s spokesperson, Jonathan Goldbloom.

“After an extensive search, the Bahamian police determined that he had drowned,” Goldbloom said Wednesday. He then referred NBC News to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

The Royal Bahamas Police Force has not responded to multiple requests for comment from NBC News Digital over a span of nearly two weeks. The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas did not return a request for comment on Bell’s missing person case.

It appears there is no evidence of foul play in Bell’s case, though police have not commented on the matter.

There are 2 guys that made my life hell, both sort of popular, slightly chubby, straight enough to get by but suspect femme moments, they used me to deflect from themselves. They definitely had dads who told them to “not act like a little faggot!” They’re both married to shrews now, are alcoholics and fatter and miserable. Funny how life goes.

The Pointer Sisters are left out of the women in rock discussion most of the time

"He's the Cabbage Patch Bear that went rogue and married Chucky. That's why these guys hate gay marriage because they're probably hiding something."

Good one, Mooch. You still ought to be ashamed of yourself for once supporting Trump, but you're working your way back.

(He also just donated $30,000 to Kamala and plans on having a fundraiser for her.)

The Brit stars in ‘The Bikeriders,’ which seems destined to burnish both his reputation as a character actor and off-screen fame

‘I’m old! Why didn’t they give me these roles before I turned 40?’: Tom Hardy, Hollywood’s late bloomer The Brit stars in ‘The Bikeriders,’ which seems destined to burnish both his reputation as a character actor and off-screen fame

“No one cared who I was until I put on the mask.” The phrase was uttered by Bane, the character Tom Hardy (Hammersmith, England, 46) plays in The Dark Knight, but it could just as easily describe the actor himself. In at least three movies, Hardy’s face has been partially hidden: Mad Max: Fury Road, Dunkirk and the aforementioned third installment of the Batman trilogy, his long-running Hollywood gig. Sometimes, Hardy’s masks have been of his own making, crafted via extreme transformations that have put his health in danger. He’s hardly risk-averse: he played two brothers in Legend and was the only character in the well-received Locke.

The man is not one to shy from a contradiction: he jealously guards his private life, but still speaks openly about the addictions with which he’s lived for 13 years and his exuberant love for his children: “When I found out I was going to be a father, it cut out so much shit from my head.” A symbol of normative virility, one who says he feels “as masculine as an eggplant,” an actor who shuns Hollywood stardom, yet whose box-office hits earn millions. While we wait for the final chapter of his unexpectedly successful Venom trilogy, Hardy has released The Bikeriders, described by Variety as “The Godfather of biker movies,” in which he shares billing with Austin Butler and Jodie Comer.

He is aware that his fans adore his excesses. “People didn’t sit up and take any notice of me until I started putting on weight and kicking people and being aggressive,” he told Esquire. Conflict has been a constant in his story. He’s the son of novelist and screenwriter Edward “Chips” Hardy — co-creator of Taboo, the brutal HBO series on which Tom has both co-writing and leading man credits — and of the painter Elizabeth Anne Barret. The actor had a comfortable childhood. “I always felt a certain sense of shame over being privileged,” he says. At 11 years old, his ears perked up during a presentation delivered by a police officer to his class that warned of the dangers of sniffing glue. He hadn’t realized that it was so easy to find drugs. Not that he wants to glamorize addiction. He wasn’t a bad man, he says, just a bad drunk.

Country singer Ingrid Andress’ unfortunate rendition of the American national anthem adds to the long list of good artists’ bad nights'

Singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress has been nominated four times for a Grammy. Like many country artists, she is particularly popular in the U.S. But a performance this week at the MLB (Major League Baseball) Home Run Derby has made her famous around the world, and not in a good way. Her rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner — a key moment for any American artist — was entirely out of tune and was met with boos from the stadium and criticism on social media. Andress apologized on Instagram, confessed she was drunk and announced she is going to check in to rehab. If it’s any consolation to Andress, she’s not the first and won’t be the last music star whose vocal talent has been put to the test when singing the national anthem. More often than not, they have been given a second chance.

The Andress bungle brings to mind the moment Fergie sang the anthem prior to an NBA game in 2018. The lead singer of The Black Eyed Peas missed the notes and the cameras panned to several of the sniggering players. “I am a risk taker artistically but clearly this performance didn’t strike the intended tone,” the singer said in a statement. Six years on, YouTube users are remarking that, compared to Andress, Fergie’s rendition really wasn’t so bad. “I’m here after listening to the national anthem at the 2024 Home Run Derby and Fergie now sounds like an angel,” wrote one user.

And he has a large following. What an asshole, but if Trump's chances are sunk because of racism, it would be awesome.

John Schneider and Dee Dee Sorvino are married.

The Dukes of Hazzard actor, 64, and television personality tied the knot in Las Vegas on Tuesday, July 23, according to a press release. Their union comes after both stars lost their spouses in the past two years.

John’s late wife, Alicia Allain Schneider, died from breast cancer in February 2023. In a conversation with PEOPLE in August 2023, the star said he missed "every damn thing" about Alicia "every day."

"I have to get to the point where I look around and see where she is, not where she's not," he told PEOPLE at the time. "And I'm trying to do that, but that's hard. Somehow I love her more every minute, but with that, somehow I miss her more every minute."

John Schneider Shares the 'Lie I Had to Tell' in His Last Words to Wife Alicia Before Her Death (Exclusive) Dee Dee’s late husband, Paul Sorvino, died the year prior, in July 2022. The Goodfellas actor "passed from natural causes and had dealt with health issues over the past few years," a release stated at the time.

"Our hearts are broken," Dee Dee said in a statement at the time. "There will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage."

In addition to their Vegas nuptials, John and Dee Dee plan to have an official wedding celebration on Aug. 1 at The Hollywood Museum, where they first met.

News of the couple’s union also comes seven months after John made headlines for writing that President Joe Biden should be "publicly hung."

Oh, honey.

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

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

Sharon thinks Kevin has been punished enough. After all, he just grabbed some dicks.

She done already had hers’

No, it's not me.

My office has this nice enough young woman (she is especially nice and forward with men), who remains rather annoying in her dress and habits. She wears tight leggings, clompy four-inch heels (more like boots, really), and billowy silk blouses that showcase her torpedo tits. Seriously, she wears those 1940s vintage bras that yank her boobs practically up to her chin and straight out. She'll put an eye out with those things!

Anyway, as mentioned, she's uncomfortably forward and a little handsy with men around the office. She's not the receptionist, but she'll jump up from her seat to "escort" a male visitor around the building. She gives a lot of hugs and shoulder touches. She also spends a lot of time out in her car, vaping and FaceTime-ing with friends or her kids' daddies. She smells like a heavy smoker. She has at least three teenagers, but I'm really not sure. But the WORST thing about her is her floozy laugh. It's part donkey bray, and part coquettish little giggle. Really, it's just loud. You can hear her across the building, and you know it's because some man came by and told a lame joke.

So how do I cope? Should I get her fired? "Accidentally" poke her fake boobies and deflate them? Tell my coworkers' wives about her hugs and giggles around their husbands?

For his upcoming movie adaptation of the fast-selling video game franchise, director Eli Roth tells Entertainment Weekly that he shot an entire wedding sequence between Wainwright Jakobs (Cheyenne Jackson) and his partner Sir Alistair Hammerlock (Charles Babalola), two popular characters from the games. However, the filmmaker says it was ultimately scrapped during the editing process because it threw off the movie's pace.

“It was one of those things that we all loved,” Roth explains. “We loved the actors. The scene itself turned out great, but in the overall mission of the film it felt like a detour that stopped the mood and then went back.”

For when you’re bored and transversing in your mind personal mode of transit and not conducting any business.

Dating back to high school FFS! Even Trump is jealous!!

With a knack for brokering luxury properties, Tal and Oren Alexander, brothers who worked as real estate agents, rose as high as the New York City penthouses they sold. They built an image as jet-setting bachelors, filling their social media feeds with photos from Wimbledon, Art Basel and the beach in Mykonos. They took calls in between ice baths after sessions with their personal trainers. Their traditional good looks and magnetism attracted ultrarich clients who propelled the brothers past thousands of other agents to the very top of the ranks at Douglas Elliman, one of the largest real estate brokerages in the country.

But as the brothers partied and sold co-ops and condos from Manhattan to Miami, they were quietly earning another reputation: Accusations that they drugged and sexually assaulted women were spreading throughout the world of high-end real estate.

Still, Tal and Oren continued to climb. They secured rarefied status in 2019 when they helped broker the sale of a nearly $240 million penthouse — at the time, the most expensive residential sale in United States history. By 2022, they had co-founded their own real estate brokerage, Official. Then in June, their reign as real estate princes ended. What had long been shared among brokers finally spilled into public view. Two women sued Oren, 37, for assault, along with his twin, Alon Alexander, 37, who did not work in real estate but frequently socialized with his brothers. A third woman sued the twins as well as their older brother, Tal, 38. The brothers have denied all allegations of sexual assault, but Tal and Oren resigned from their own company.

Over the past two months, The New York Times interviewed 10 women who said they were sexually assaulted by the brothers, or believe they may have been. Some of them were speaking for the first time, including Tracy Tutor, a top broker at Douglas Elliman Beverly Hills and one of the stars of the reality TV show “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.” Seven of the women said they believe they had been drugged, describing a fog that erased or clouded their memory.

“I am still struggling to remember the details,” said Ms. Tutor, 48. She said she shared a drink with Oren Alexander at a cocktail party in 2014 and then blacked out. “Staying silent for so long has been damaging on many levels, and remembering now what happened feels debilitating.” Dozens of former classmates, brokerage employees and agents told The Times that they had knowledge of drugging and violent sexual assault by the brothers, dating back at least 20 years to when the men were high school students.

Leaders at Douglas Elliman were aware of allegations that Tal and Oren may have been drugging women, yet the brokerage continued to support the duo, said five real estate professionals who either told executives about incidents or were told about them by company executives. When the brothers were starting their own agency, real estate professionals tried to dissuade Side, a brokerage, from backing Tal and Oren. But Side partnered with them anyway, according to interviews with three real estate professionals who said they had spoken with Side executives about the brothers.

In a statement, Stephen Larkin, a spokesman for Douglas Elliman, said an incident had been raised casually and confidentially to the chief executive, rather than in the form of an official H.R. complaint. “Had any such complaints been received, those complaints would have been thoroughly investigated,” he said. The statement did not address a second allegation raised by The Times.

...starring Jana Duggar

In the wake of President Joe Biden withdrawing from the 2024 presidential election, a new star has emerged — and we aren’t talking about Vice President Kamala Harris. She’s going to shine at the Democratic National Convention in August as the presumptive nominee, but a new political voice has emerged from the shadows… actually from the internet.

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy Jr. and the son of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, has become a voice for Gen Z — even though he’s a younger Millennial himself. The Harvard Law and Business School graduate has become a TikTok sensation not only for his musical theatre antics and paddle-boarding adventures, but for also breaking down the political scene into layman’s terms for many voters who will be casting their ballot for the first time in 2024.

“I am inspired by my family’s legacy of public service,” he told Vogue earlier this month. “I take that very seriously, and I want to contribute in my own way. I have big dreams, but I also know that I’m trying to make a positive impact today.” Not only did the 31-year-old get a glossy feature in the fashion magazine, but he was announced as their political correspondent for this election cycle.

Vogue editor Chloe Malle told The New York Times in a statement why Schlossberg was a natural fit for their election-year coverage. “Jack emerged as a staff favorite early on in this election cycle with his irreverent but intelligent takes on the political landscape,” she wrote. “We all know the stakes of this election and it is critical to Vogue that we do all we can to get our audience motivated to vote.”

And Vogue wasn’t wrong with their assessment because X users were quick with the memes after Joe Biden announced his exit from the race. “jack schlossberg having the craziest new hire probation period rn,” wrote one social media user. Another added with a photo of Carrie Bradshaw drinking a Cosmopolitan, and as Sex and the City fans know, she’s a fictional alum of Vogue, “Jack schlossberg working on a different vogue article as we speak.”

Of course, there is the athletic side to Schlossberg, and very reminiscent of his late uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., “The way Jack Schlossberg had to evacuate his kayak just now so that he could write a Vogue post about this,” another humorous post noted.

So, look for Schlossberg to be a voice for young Democrats, who are trying to navigate their way through an election cycle that is anything but normal. Schlossberg is quirky, but he’s doing it in a way that is authentically him.

Let’s get together on this, recover & rebound quickly, & be grateful that we have had the honor of having a man like President Biden win in 2020, leading us back from the brink of hell.

I am so genuinely happy he has served us so selflessly, & he is a true patriot for doing what HE ULTIMATELY feels is the best for our nation. Let’s all take time today to let this set in, & feel however we need to feel.

Tomorrow?

Let’s go Kamala! Who will be her running mate? Any guesses?

Who will Trump replace him with?

What celeb might he be likely to add--Kid Rock? Guy Fieri?

He sounds like a cartoon character.

In case you were wondering what happened to this twat

Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule, officials said Thursday.

Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing's new Starliner capsule prompted NASA and Boeing to keep them up longer.

NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said mission managers are not ready to announce a return date. The goal is to bring Wilmore and Williams back aboard Starliner, he added.

“We'll come home when we're ready,” Stich said.

Stich acknowledged that backup options are under review. SpaceX's Dragon capsule is another means of getting NASA astronauts to and from the space station.

“NASA always has contingency options," he said.

Engineers last week completed testing on a spare thruster in the New Mexico desert and will rip it apart to try to understand what went wrong ahead of the Starliner's docking. Five thrusters failed as the capsule approached the space station on June 6, a day after liftoff. Four have since been reactivated.

It appears degraded seals are to blame for the helium leaks and thruster problems — entirely separate issues — but more analysis is needed. The team will test-fire the capsule's thrusters this weekend while docked to the space station to gather more data, said Boeing’s Mark Nappi.

Each of the 28 maneuvering thrusters can fit in a hand and weighs 2 pounds (1 kilogram). The capsule is also outfitted with bigger engines for dropping out of orbit at flight's end. All these are part of a segment that is discarded before landing, which means nothing to study for future flights.

What is the worst film you've ever seen?

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 sluttier 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.

to discuss all things Howard and Bababooey

Question: Why isn't Jon Hein on the wrap up show anymore?

600-800 duck eggs hatched before cooking, leaving Southern CA sanctuary with an influx of ducklings.

They were meant to be BALUT.

ROFL. Look it up if you don't know what it is.

In any case, they were spared. And now the sanctuary is stuck with all those ducks!

Timothée Chalamet Is A Singing, Smoking Bob Dylan In First Look At James Mangold’s Musical Biopic.

Now with Kit Harrington and Sarah Goldberg.

August 11th on Max.

Well, actually, just dead to Elon, not to me.

He is coming!

Before the speech police arrived.

Rightly so. Being childless is not anyone’s business nor does it make you a second class citizen.

OK, this may be just an amateur rando but I suspect he's a porn star - I don't know who he is. Anyone have any ideas?

Definitely hot to me - cute face and muscly but not too muscled.

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

Who would be on that list? Anyone?

With schools closed in Jackson and water out at the Mississippi state Capitol, the state is struggling through a different scandal about broken government services.

An accent wall is like the participation trophy of design - it's a lazy attempt to make a room seem more interesting without putting in any real effort. It's the equivalent of slapping a Band-Aid on a bullet wound and calling it a day.

I hate them. I hate you for using them.

Just saw this headline on a dubious "news" site regarding Trump's poll numbers but I'm borrowing it.

The Readywise Emergency Food Bucket comes stuffed with 150 meal servings ranging from pasta Alfredo to apple cinnamon cereal for $79.99 online.

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feed fine — because Costco has an emergency dinner kit, dubbed online as "the apocalypse bucket," that lasts 25 years.

The Readywise Emergency Food Bucket boasts 150 freeze-dried and dehydrated meal servings and has caused a stir on social media. With an online price tag of $79.99, the bucket's product description boasts that it’s more than just food, it provides “readiness in the face of uncertainty."

The bucket features 80 entrees and sides, 30 breakfast servings and 40 drink servings that just need water to prepare, for a total of 25,280 calories. The meal options range from teriyaki rice, tomato basil soup, pasta Alfredo, cheesy macaroni and apple cinnamon cereal.

And, crucially for those preparing for an apocalypse, the bucket lasts up to 25 years on the shelf.

“It’s not just about survival; it’s about maintaining a sense of normalcy, comfort, and even enjoyment during challenging times,” the product description said.

The pail of preparedness went viral after Jeffrey Eisner, a cookbook author, shared a video about the bucket at his local Costco, saying, “They have buckets that they’re just calling emergency food supply … I guess this is for when the apocalypse hits, which could be any time now?”

Or, DL Catnip.

Kamala will have Kamalot.

Discuss.

The very latest from the NY Times.

...in a summer stock production of Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

That photo!

Mrs. Betty Bowers explains it to Donny.

Paris and LA are so much BIGGER than Brisbane's.

Maybe they can see a doctor about venue enlargement surgery.

Sad!

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.

He's just so..... eloquent, isn't he?

Oh, well. It's the thought that counts.

The first episodes of the newest and final season have premiered (on July 18). Have you been watching? What do you think?

I just realized yesterday that while Mother’s Day and Father’s Day have apostrophes, Veterans Day does not which irrationally bothers me.

I did some online research and from a bunch of unsatisfactory or conflicting answers believe only because of the way the writers of the proclamations establishing these holidays decided to show possession, or not.

This is a wholly unsatisfactory explanation and would like you all to chime on which is the proper form.

You go, girl!

Why is he famous, and how did he make all his money?

This is so wrong.

How can someone so annoying, be so lucky?

Goddamn this world.

And curse YouTube for recommending these shit videos to me!

Elon Musk and Chrissy Metz

I’ve been peppered with calls from the national media about my “relationship” with Kamala Harris, particularly since it became obvious that she was going to run for president. Most of them, I have not returned.

Yes, we dated. It was more than 20 years ago. Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker.

President Biden spoke to the nation in a primetime address from the Oval Office tonight, three days after dropping his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement to take on former President Donald Trump this fall.

Biden explained his decision to drop out of the 2024 race, telling the American people that the "defense of democracy is more important than any title."

“I have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation," Biden said. "That is the best way to unite our nation."

“Over the next six months I will be focused on doing my job as President," he said, confirming that he plans to remain in office through the end of his term. "That means I will continue to lower costs for hard-working families and grow our economy. I will keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights — from the right to vote to the right to choose.”

Following his address to the nation, President Biden spoke to hundreds of White House staffers who had gathered in the Rose Garden to watch his speech.

NBC's Peter Alexander posted a photo of smiling Biden on X.

According to Linda Feldmann, Washington bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor and the designated White House pool reporter, President Biden's family was inside the Oval Office during his address. Seated along the curved oval wall of the office were Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, his daughter Finnegan Biden, Ashley Biden and her husband, Howard Krein, Naomi Biden Neal and her husband, Peter Neal.

From the pool report:

From inside the Oval, POTUS’ voice was very soft as he addressed the nation. Your pooler stood at the back of the room and had to listen intently to hear him. At times he was barely audible, and then would get a bit louder.

Toward the end of remarks, Ashley Biden reached for the hand of her mother, Jill Biden, who was seated next to her.

Standing in the back were Karine Jean-Pierre, Annie Tomasini, and other White House staff including a large TV production crew.

The president's remarks ended at 8:12 and the assembled family and staff broke into applause. Jill Biden then walked to the Resolute Desk and stood next to her husband. "This has been the honor of a lifetime," POTUS said, followed by other words of gratitude which were almost impossible to hear. Your pooler was ushered out as POTUS spoke, and then there was more applause as he apparently finished speaking.

After a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., Donald Trump watched President Biden's address to the nation.

New York Times photographer Doug Mills, who captured a photo of what appeared to be a bullet during the attempted assassination of Trump earlier this month, snapped a photo of the former president watching Biden from his plane.

First lady Jill Biden posted a quick response to President Biden's speech on X.

"To those who never wavered, to those who refused to doubt, to those who always believed, my heart is full of gratitude," she wrote. "Thank you for the trust you put in Joe — now it’s time to put that trust in Kamala. Love, Jill."

In his Oval Office address explaining his decision to drop out of the race, President Biden acknowledged that it was time "pass the torch to a new generation."

"Nothing, nothing, can come in the way of saving our democracy," he said in a 10-minute speech. "That includes personal ambition."

"I draw strength, and find joy, in working for the American people," Biden said. "But this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me. It’s about you. Your families. Your futures. It’s about ‘We the People.’”

Biden said he plans to finish out his term by working on several initiatives, including reforms to the Supreme Court.

He did not mention former President Donald Trump by name, but made veiled references to what he sees as the danger of a possible second Trump term.

“The great thing about America is here, kings and dictators do not rule," Biden said. "The people do. History is in your hands. The power is in your hands. The idea of America lies in your hands.”

I haven’t been there since a gayling but feeling nostalgic.

"Blink Twice" comes out in August.

Directed by Zoe Kravitz.

It's a bit homophobic, but he's not saying anything that Datalounge hasn't been talking about.

If this guy is talking about it....

And other historical headlines reimagined by today's New York Times

He doesn't really seem to be into the old whore

Just kidding, but the singer looks so much like her.

Have any of you tried this mushroom creamer? It's delicious!

It had a hot ass, but couldn't live forever!

Whale capsizes boat off coast of New Hampshire, sending two men flying into the water.

I want a pet crow now.

When I press the WW button the FF button is activated too. What gives? Please advise.

BLARF!

It's not even a taco!

It's more like a burrito. Or a tortilla wrap.

But definitely not a taco.

Mexico should sue them.

My PCP has referred me for a dexa scan. The scheduler I spoke with on the phone said something I found strange but I didn’t want to take up more time on the phone.

She said, “You need to commit to always having this scan done at the same location. Our other locations’ machines are calibrated differently. If you go to another location in two years, we won’t be able to compare your results.”

It’s not that important. But that seemed bizarre to me. Can any of DL’s medical mavens explain that?

Also, why did she say no dark leafy greens for at least three hours before the exam?

Thanks!

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.

Ebon Moss Bachrach is turning into Armie Hammer.

Don’t eat anybody, Ebon!

...Get in, loser, for the joyride!

Never in a million years did I think I'd repeatedly and willingly be listening to a Kesha song. Where was this Kesha song all these years? It's SO camp, SO gay, SO delightfully bonkers and all-out-silly. And, still, it's really well produced.

If you're gonna do a novelty song, make it fun!

Worth it?

I hate its relentless heat. Its blinding brightness. I hate the sun.

And she does a pretty good job of it in just about 5 minutes.

It's worth a look, because this is probably the shortest and most comprehensive summary of what is contained in this very LONG document.

Project 2025 should alarm anyone who still values our democracy, and this should be enough to make you vote for Joe Biden.

Here is the complete guide to Project 25's Mandate for Leadership, all 922 pages. The Mandate was first published in 1981 by the Heritage Foundation and Reagan was the first conservative president to implement it's conservative ideas.

From the summary called Onward!, page 884:

. . . Mandate’s proven ideas and President Reagan’s skill at communicating their benefits led to his Administration implementing almost half of the recommendations by the end of his first year in office. . . .

. . . . .After that first edition, a new Mandate was produced every four years. But the 2016 edition was one of particular note. It earned significant attention from the Trump Administration, as Heritage had accumulated a backlog of conservative ideas that had been blocked by President Barack Obama and his team.

Soon after President Donald Trump was sworn in, his Administration began to implement major parts of the 2016 Mandate. After his first year in office, the Administration had implemented 64 percent of its policy recommendations. As a result of those recommendations, the Trump Administration cut taxes and eliminated unnecessary regulations, creating a growing economy and the lowest unemployment rate in five decades—including among minorities and women. It made America a net energy exporter for the first time in half a century. It also prioritized veterans’ care and rebuilt our national defenses. . . .

And yet, trump had never heard of 2025 before. Perhaps because it was called Project 2016 when he was implementing it. Liar.

..........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

Some of these Rescuers and Dog people are fucking nuts! I’m a dog person, but these people are insane. The ones who want everyone to have a rescue pitbull. Who call for negligent owners to be put down.

Both are shirtless in the pool. Both are on figure skates. And what is up with Phelps's hair?

What say DL?

I don't mean to be a MARY!!! but I am avoiding media such as the NYTimes, WashPo, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and others.

I can only take so much doom and gloom. I know who I am voting for in November: Biden or whomever else is on the ticket as the Democratic nominee and all down-ticket Dems. I don't want or need to be bombarded with political news, polls, opinions, etc, between now and then. It doesn't serve a useful function, really.

Instead of consuming news all the time, I'm going to read novels, starting with -- appropriately enough -- War and Peace.

I did the same in the months following the 2016 election.

That’s also why Villaraigosa announced his bid for governor this week. Harris was seen as the likely frontrunner if she had lost this year as running mate to Biden.

Grab 'yer seats in advance as Southwest no longer offers open seating

Why do they live here?

Gotta say, this Irish gayboy is one smart designer. Though I don't care for so much beige, everything is impeccable and clever. The kitchen is ingenious, the art is handsome, the bedroom is beautiful--and those ceilings! I had no idea a London apartment in a large townhouse could be that spacious. A little clinical, but really beautifully done.

Can’t wait for this. lol

"Mark Wahlberg is sporting a fresh new look.

The actor shared a photo on Instagram on Wednesday showing his new haircut for his upcoming film, "Flight Risk.""

Looks like a greyed out Foghorn Leghorn in a tribute video. Life comes at you real fast!

Okay gays, you have two options, the Winklevii and the Krassensteins.

The Winklevii are billionaires, and they’re 6’5” who rowed in the Olympics. But, they are voting for Trump. They are not married and have no children yet, If you had as much money as they did, and you had an identical twin brother, why would you get married to a woman? They should just get an egg donor and surrogate and raise their kids together.

But the Krassensteins are not as talk, but they still have good bodies. They have wives and kids (or at least one of them do). They are liberal Democrats who are pro-Kamala and anti-Trump.

Who will you sleep with?

What will happen to all the LGBTQIA+ people in a WWIII scenario? How will they survive without internet to scroll Instagram while watching Rupaul? Will they stockpile makeup palettes to beat their mugs?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump 's campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day.

At a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., urged lawmakers to stick to criticizing Harris for her role in Biden-Harris administration policies.

“This election will be about policies and not personalities,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the meeting.

“This is not personal with regard to Kamala Harris,” he added, "and her ethnicity or her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever.”

The warnings point to the new risks for Republicans in running against a Democrat who would become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian decent to win the White House. Trump, in particular, has a history of racist and misogynistic attacks that could turn off key groups of swing voters, including suburban women, as well as voters of color and younger people Trump's campaign has been courting.

The admonitions came after some members and Trump allies began to cast Harris, a former district attorney, attorney general and senator, as a “DEI” hire — a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

“Intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel,” Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman said in a TV interview. “I think she was a DEI hire. And I think that that’s what we’re seeing and I just don’t think that they have anybody else.”

Since Biden announced he was exiting the campaign, Republicans have rolled out a long list of attack lines against Harris, including trying to tie her to the most unpopular Biden policies and his handling of the economy and the Southern border. Trump campaign officials and other Republicans have accused Harris of being complicit in a cover-up of Biden's health issues, and they have been mining her record as a prosecutor in California as they try to paint her as soft on crime.

Johnson said both Trump and Harris have records in White House policy and said voters can compare how families were doing under the Trump administration with how they’re doing now under Biden.

“She is the co-owner, co-author, co-conspirator in all the policies that got us into the mess,” Johnson said.

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It comes with a second building on the property.

And shredded beyond belief!

Why did the Christians make it bad?

The men wanted to have sex with the male angels but Lot offered up his daughters and the crowd of men refused. Wtf? Why not let everyone be gay instead of that?

Who started the homophobia and why?

Yes, this will get people to listen to you.

To continue our nice chats and bring you more photos of Sir Chonks-a-Lot.

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that still holds the transatlantic speed record it broke in 1952, must leave its South Philadelphia berth of more than a decade by Sept. 12, said a federal judge Friday.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody put an end to a years-old rent dispute that culminated in a two-day January bench trial between the SS United States Conservancy, a steward of the ship, and its Pier 82 landlord, Penn Warehousing.

Tensions came to a boil in August 2021, when Penn Warehousing doubled its daily dockage fee for what was once known as the “Queen of the Seas” to $1,700, an increase the conservancy refused to accept, continuing to pay its previous rate, set in 2011. Penn Warehousing terminated the lease in March 2022 with a written notice, then took the conservancy to court, with the conservancy filing a counterclaim.

During the trial, attorneys for both sides tried to bend the vagueness of the original berthing agreement in their favor. Brody, who’d encouraged the parties to settle instead of leaving it up to her, ultimately gave each side a partial victory in her decision.

She took note of two key omissions in the original berthing agreement. There were no provisions for any change in the “lay up dockage fee” or provisions on how either party could end the relationship save for the vessel’s departure. Penn Warehousing’s demand for increased dockage fees with a 14-days notice “finds no support in the Berthing Agreement or contract law,” she wrote, and the conservancy’s failure to pay the new rate did not amount to a breach of the 2011 agreement or entitle its landlord to damages.

Still, Brody wrote that under Pennsylvania contract law, the berthing agreement is terminable at will with reasonable notice, which Penn Warehousing had issued in March 2022.

Susan Gibbs, conservancy president and granddaughter of the ship’s designer, said in a statement that the conservancy “was vindicated in not being compelled to pay a large sum of back rent.” Yet she lamented the ticking clock the conservancy is now under.

“The judge’s decision gives us a very limited window to find a new home for the SS United States and raise the resources necessary to move the ship and keep her safe,” she wrote.

The decision gives the conservancy about 90 days to find a new home. In addition to finding a location, Gibbs said the conservancy would need funds for insurance, tugs, surveys, and dock preparations for a move.

Penn Warehousing takes no joy in the victory, attorney Craig Mills said in an emailed statement.

“The best hope of everyone involved was that the Conservancy could successfully repurpose the ship,” he said. “But after decades of decay and delay, it is time to acknowledge the unavoidable and return Pier 82 to productive commercial service.”

I can tell this is going to suck already

Ford, Fisher and Hamill were lighting in a bottle. Everything else is a pale imitation.

And this looks DREADFUL

Who gives a shit about the Old Republic?

For profit zoo, only open for two month, had a Shark attack Monday. It was a small one, and they euthanized it. Word around town is they treat the animals and employees like shit.

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

Perhaps not the most used, but definitely the most enjoyed.

The condiment that really sends the dish over the top.

Salt and pepper are givens.

Feel free to mention the perfect food + condiment paring - such as "wurst and curry sauce".

As confirmed by the man himself. You Chicken Little types need to STFU already and quit reading right-wing conspiracy bullshit.

Geoff Duncan:

I’m committed to beating Donald Trump. The only vehicle left for me to do that with is the Democratic Party. If that requires me to vote for, speak for, or endorse @KamalaHarris then count me in! 🇺🇸

Her hair is so bad. Why not let it grow out instead of constantly reapply ugly extensions?

Who will it be? Kelly is from a swing state.

Discussion about the Lardos Niall Hogran, Lewis Fataldi and Fat Niko continues here.

Blubbery Niko and Gainer Gemma are getting ready for the Booze Cruise.

Some of the funds will go to the final stages of a 10-year, $475 million “reservicing” of Buckingham Palace, a project now in its eighth year.

LONDON — King Charles III's monarchy is set to receive a pay rise of more than 45 million pounds ($60 million), with a 53% jump in its official annual income, accounts show, as Britain grapples with a spiraling cost of living crisis.

The Sovereign Grant, the mechanism used to fund royal spending, will rise from over 86 million pounds ($110 million) in 2024-25 to around 132 million pounds ($170 million) in 2025-26, because of a surge in profits from the Crown Estate, a vast collection of land and property across the U.K.

Funded by the taxpayer, the Sovereign Grant is used to support the official duties of the monarch and other costs such as official travel, thousands of engagements, staff for working royals and the maintenance of occupied palaces.

It is based on a proportion of profits from the Crown Estate, which is independently run and has assets worth billions of pounds, including some of London’s most expensive real estate.

A separate report from the Crown Estate on Wednesday showed that it had generated profits of 1.1 billion pounds, or $1.4 billion.

The Sovereign Grant is funded by the taxpayer in exchange for the king’s surrender of the revenue from the Crown Estate. The royal household had been receiving 25% of the Crown Estate’s profits until it was agreed last year that the funding would be cut to 12%.

But it will still receive a significant boost in funding for 2025-26, largely due to Crown Estate profits. The report said it had seen a “year of record results driven by decades of investment in offshore wind, combined with a diverse and resilient property and land portfolio.”

Part of the funding increase will help finance the final stages of a 10-year, 369 million pound ($475 million) “reservicing” of Buckingham Palace, a project that is now in its eighth year, said the annual report about the Sovereign Grant, published Tuesday.

Ready for Cardio?🥛 He seems bisexual.

Despite taking all that $$$ from Peter Thiel

Ellen Lucille "Evelyn" Thomas (August 22, 1953 – July 21, 2024) was an American singer from Chicago, Illinois, best known for the hi-NRG dance hits "High Energy", "Masquerade", "Standing at the Crossroads", "Reflections", and "Weak Spot".

For what? Only Muriel and friends know.

Previous thread below.

I got the Jailhouse Blues,

Just as blue as I can be,

I slept with someone named Stormy

Now I’m looking at five to fifty

I got the Jailhouse Blues,

Cause Michael Cohen spilled the tea

Lock the door. I broke the law,

And throw away the key

The Let’s Pretend Were Dallas thread is almost maxed out, so here’s a new one, without the stupid “Let’s Pretend” bullshit.

Did you have the hots for Saint-Just, the murderous twink?

I'm not a politician, but I've played one on TV. President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He’s saving democracy once again. We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest.

God bless America- and God bless our troops!

George and Anal, Lake Como, Italy

Holy Jesus. Judy Garland is rolling over in her grave...and Streisand has put out a hit on these two.

The House has voted….

The U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday that it stood by its female agents and was appalled by some of the criticism they’ve received on conservative social media since Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The Secret Service, in a statement to NBC News, said that the criticism from pundits and influencers was baseless. The agency also stood by its commitment to diversity in recruiting as helping, not hurting, the effectiveness of its protective teams.

The statement follows a multiday campaign of derision by some conservatives who accused Kimberly Cheatle, the Secret Service director, of being unqualified and who said that female agents assigned to Trump hadn’t been physically capable of protecting him. Some critics said the Secret Service should return to being all-male, which it hasn’t been since 1970.

Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service’s chief of communication, said in the statement: “We stand united against any attempt to discredit our personnel and their invaluable contributions to our mission and are appalled by the disparaging and disgusting comments against any of our personnel.”

“As an elite law enforcement agency, all of our agents and officers are highly trained and fully capable of performing our missions,” he said.

“It is an insult to the women of our agency to imply that they are unqualified based on gender. Such baseless assertions undermine the professionalism, dedication and expertise of our workforce,” he added.

The failure of the Secret Service to stop the gunman before he was in a position to shoot has come under intense scrutiny, with lawmakers demanding answers and an independent review panel investigating the circumstances. Attendees have said they pointed out the would-be assassin to law enforcement and took video of him for at least two minutes before Trump was struck, according to an NBC News review of video clips.

Banks, media, supermarkets and tech platforms across Australia have been hit with a simultaneous outage caused by a cybersecurity glitch related to Crowdstrike software.

I wonder why

Discuss.

They're even more conservative looking than the teens on American Bandstand at that time and VERY conservative compared to the teens on the Newark , New Jersey dance show Disco Teen.

And if so do you think it will be possible during contemporary times—(next 30-40 years).

Please explain your positions.

That belt is not doing Brianna any favors.

“I love my freedom,” she told the magazine. “I love being alive, having options in my life, and being surrounded by beautiful things, great people, and wonderful opportunities.”

Williams and Skrip got married on July 4, 2015, in Buffalo, New York, after first meeting on vacation in Egypt.

“I’ve been married three times, and all my husbands are good men,” she explained. “I wouldn’t have married them if they weren’t decent people.”

I'm going to take the Frau advice and use unsweetened coconut and even reduce the amount of sugar slightly and put in a extra half cup of the shredded coconut. I bought 72% cacao chips. They are optional in this recipe. Should I add them or leave them out. It's only a third of a cup of the chips is required so it's not likely to ruin the flavor of the bars.

Vincent Bollorè launched what was to be France's version of Fox News, but they lost their license for spreading fake news and conspiracy theories.

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

Discuss.

Pathetic.

[quote]On July 22, the New Zealand women's football team was training in Saint-Étienne, France, for its upcoming Olympics matchup against Canada when team officials noticed a drone hovering near the practice pitch. Suspecting skullduggery, the New Zealand squad called the local police, and gendarmes located and then detained the nearby drone operator. He turned out to be one Joseph Lombardi, an "unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer" – and he was apparently spying on the New Zealand practice and relaying information to a Canadian assistant coach.

[quote]On July 23, the New Zealand Olympic Committee put out a statement saying it was "deeply shocked and disappointed by this incident, which occurred just three days before the sides are due to face each other in their opening game of Paris 2024." It also complained to the official International Olympic Committee integrity unit.

The Chronicle has identified eight friends and family members of zoo leaders who received benefits from the zoo. Among them are two men who public records indicate are relatives of the director of facilities and capital projects and who benefited from more than $1.4 million in zoo contracts over three years.

The zoo has hired multiple people with personal connections to Peterson, including her daughter, Dayton’s nephew, the husband of a law school friend and a family friend whose nonprofit is directed by Peterson’s stepfather.

These revelations come at a time when the nonprofit is expected to receive an influx of cash from private donors to host a pair of giant pandas from China, as part of a fundraising campaign led by Mayor London Breed. Building housing for the pandas could cost $25 million.

The city also provides the nonprofit about $4 million a year to operate the zoo.

It’s unclear whether the hiring and contracting practices identified by the Chronicle violated zoo policy.

When asked about the hires of family and friends, Peterson defended her record.

I'm only watching this to watch Joan as a monster but that young man is quite good looking.

She always seemed like such a nervous ball of energy, but she delivered the goods.

I heard she was kooky, but she always came off as a loving, warm woman.

Plus her quote after filming Bye Bye Birdie is the stuff of Hollywood lore.

What are DL's thoughts on the Woody Allen drama Interiors. The film follows an affluent Connecticut family as they struggle with work, marriage, fidelity, retirement, alcoholism, and depression.

Written and Directed by Woody Allen

Starring Kristin Griffin, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Maureen Stapleton, Sam Waterston, and Geraldine Page

No one like Sade.

They’re dropping like flies.

Nasty fkin ebony submissive bottom.

Australian Policeman Facing New Charges Over Alleged Murders Of Jesse Baird & Luke Davies

You know, men or women who scream or shout at others when there’s a slight disagreement or minor conflict, rather than just discussing things in a normal manner, with a normal voice?

I notice that people like this are abusive AF, because once you attempt to calmly tell them that screaming or shouting is unacceptable, they usually say something AWFUL, like, “You just bring out the worst in me. You annoy me. I can’t help it. This is just the way I am! I’ve always been like this! I’m x years old, I doubt I can change!”

That’s basically the exact same schpiel abusers who engage in domestic violence say to their victims.

I’ve been unfortunate enough to have a mother whose way of communicating 90% or more of the time, was by screaming.

As soon as I come across a scream queen, I know exactly who I’m dealing with, & immediately shut down. They rarely ever change, as they genuinely do NOT have the wherewithal to understand how unhinged, scary & abusive they are.

Fuck abusive people. They can bite me.

I saw it from my house!

I mean, this is just bizarre.

"She is trusted and tested and she is a fierce advocate for women’s rights and people of color and her message is one of hope and unity for America at her time of great national divide and vote for me at the Emmys.”

Is it any good?

He's no baboon in the looks department.

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Another one of these.

[quote]Valentina Bondarenko, a top Russian economist and a leading research fellow at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has died at the age of 82 after falling out of her apartment window in Moscow.

[quote]"She fell out of the window of her apartment, unfortunately, it was not possible to save her, the injuries she received were incompatible with life," the source said.

Hello, 911, I'd like to report a murder

I'm a FAT WHORE and I'm DISGUSTED with myself

What do you datalounge people have to say in response to this?

Succession was so fucking prescient.

Attention whore Shawn Mendes’ nudes will “leak”.

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?

On Friday night, March 29, Andrew Garfield was seen out with rumored new girlfriend Dr. Kate Tomas in Los Angeles, seemingly on a double date with friends Phoebe Bridgers and Bo Burnham. The alleged coupled were photographed holding hands and embracing outside the Malibu eatery Zinqué.

In the photos, Tomas is wearing a black floral print wrap dress with purple loafers, and carrying a black purse over one arm. Garfield is wearing a black cap and gray shirt with black pants. They are smiling and laughing as they walk hand-in-hand.

Here's what is known about the budding relationship and Dr. Tomas so far.

Dr. Tomas has a pretty thriving business as a spiritual reader and advisor. She reportedly holds two degrees from University of Oxford, a Masters degree in philosophy of religion and a Doctorate in philosophical theology.

“I’m a philosopher, and spiritual mentor with over 23 years of experience, and a world-class education,” she writes on her website. “I teach a combination of ancient and modern spiritual practices and rituals that engage your entire being, so that you can build a life of liberation and meaning. ”

She’s the author of Chakra Crystals, and has clients in Los Angeles, New York, and London. She's also the founder of Ouroboros Limited Editions, a maker of gold talismans.

On her social media platforms, Dr. Tomas is very outspoken on social justice issues, and she describes herself as an “advisor to global leaders.”

Not much is known about her romantic past. Garfield was supposedly dating model Olivia Brower early in 2024, according to photos taken in London and published by The Sun. Before Brower, Garfield was dating model Alyssa Miller from 2021 to early 2022.

The defeated congressman’s next chapter may offer insight into how redemption works, or doesn’t, for a scandal-plagued Republican who still loves Trump

Inside a nearly empty House chamber, Cawthorn read a one-minute speech in which he declared that “America cannot be saved through legislation.” “Christ, not Congress, will be what saves this country,” he said in an emphatic baritone.

This could be funny or it could be awful.

[quote]It’s an adventure movie that proves kicking ass isn’t just a young person’s game. In it a grandmother loses $10,000 in a phone scam, prompting her to set out on a treacherous quest to get her money back. It’s fitting that Squibb, who gets the first starring role of her seven-decade screen career, was willing to perform action scenes that could have left her with titanium hips, because “Thelma” cheekily references and riffs on the gravity-defying sequences of “Mission: Impossible.”

[quote]In one scene, Squibb hijacks an electric scooter and has a vehicular showdown in a retirement home with Ben, played by the late Richard Roundtree in his final screen performance. The two zoom into each other and crash, as Squibb plows Roundtree’s scooter out of the way.

This is the new reality of collegiate athletics. One couple stepped up and personally offered her this NIL deal.

When rump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, near Paris, in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true.

Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”

And I enjoyed every bite.

Whatever you think about pro-Palestenian protesters, this has to be one of the most creative acts of protest ever. I feel awful for the staff who have to clean up.🤢🤮

The DC Palestinian Youth Movement released maggots and crickets were released throughout the Watergate Hotel where Netanyahu is staying.

The protestors also pulled multiple fire alarms throughout the night.

This is an utter security failure.

Her new single and video Woman's World is out now!

time for part two.

Shady.

It was sort of "A Tin Roof Streetcar Named Menagerie". It had all the right stuff: Shirley Booth, Shirley Maclaine, Eileen Heckart, Anthony Quinn, a closeted gay actor (Earl Holliman)... Why isn't it a classic?

Recently, almost every guy I’ve hooked up with is married, either to another man or a woman. These are all great looking guys. I get it, unless you’re a recent widower like me, the great guys seem to be taken.

None of these encounters have developed beyond the casual or intermittent and I understand that their obligations are to another man or woman or family.

In almost every situation the guy is a bottom and I wonder why that is? Or they tell me they’re versatile but take the passive role with me. In most cases the guy won’t kiss and kissing really is my thing. Does anyone have any insight or experiences they want to share?

Why do the service providers make it impossible to figure out the best deal? They offer 4 slightly different ones with different prices. The only difference I can see is the internet speed. Wtf? No wonder I just hand over, $200/mo because it's too frustrating to navigate this shit. I know I could save money but they make it so hard to figure out.

Ran into a woman I used to work with the other day. Told me about how her daughter and her daughter's husband (who are empty-nesters) recently bought a very big house. "But it's only the two of them. They have six bathrooms. Six! What are they going to do with SIX BATHROOMS?" Every time I see her she "complains" about something like this, when she's obviously boasting.

I used to have a boyfriend who claimed that whatever good things he had or got, he just "fell into it." Everything was just pure luck, because "I'm just lucky. I shouldn't have had anything. I don't try that hard, good things just fall into my lap! I don't understand it!"

Please give me examples of humble braggers and what you did or didn't do about it.

Out of sympathy?

Someone posted this clip (in the Kit Harrington thread) of Henry Cavill being cast as the new Wolverine, and Deadpool is acting like such a queen!

I love how he's checking out Wolverine's ass and muscles from behind, then starts fangurling.

I mean, he's practically presenting hole!

Has it ever been determined if Deadpool is gay or not?

Or is it just Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds?

The ancient white gays and their MAGA friends need to find a new place to chat.

Bitch can be tricky.

Gorgeous! Who’s had them?

I just finished watching it and season 3 was easily the worst season so far. The writing is weaker, the plots thin, they seemed to have forgotten hot to move the plot along, the characters are even louder and more annoying, the music was extra loud and intense this season, and what was up with the characters cursing every other word this season?

Also, you could tell they were improvising their lines a lot this season. This felt like an improv class.

There were some good moments but overall it was weak.

He had explosive diarrhea in GOOPS GUEST ROOM!

Pee ewww

He paid the settlement of a sexual harassment claim against his closest aide. Back the to coconut tree.

Silly Shapiro. Paying off his aide’s accuser. Why didn’t he just sleep his with wife like I do?

Looks like The Safdies are really into sports biopics.

Timothée Chalamet will star in Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,” a sports biopic about professional ping pong player Marty Reisman, set to be produced by A24.

“Marty Supreme” is written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein. A24 is already producing Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” another sports biopic, this one about MMA fighter Mark Kerr.

“Marty Supreme” will reunite Josh with A24, which distributed his last two films, “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time. Reisman’s 1974 autobiography “The Money Player: The Confessions of America’s Greatest Table Tennis Champion and Hustler,” will be used as a template for the screen adaptation. Here’s Variety …

Reisman, who died in 2012, was a table tennis champion who started his career as a hustler in Manhattan, playing for bets and prize money. He won 22 major ping pong titles from 1946 to 2002 and won five bronze medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. At 67, he competed in the United States National Hardbat Championship and became the oldest player to win an open national competition in a racket sport.

I really hope Kamala chooses Andy. He will bring in the undecideds. I like how he defends Kentuckians against Vance’s elitism.

Every man has his own special dream

And a dreams just about to come true

Life's not as bad as it may seem

If you open your eyes to what's in front of you

horse bites tourist.

Such fun!

PARIS — The Winter Games will make a return visit to Salt Lake City in 2034 while the 2030 Olympics were tentatively set for the French Alps, officials said Wednesday.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and other organizing officials were in Paris this week, meeting with International Olympic Committee members and shoring up support for their bid to bring the Winter Games back to its 2002 site.

Salt Lake City had appeared to be a 2034 shoo-in for weeks, but late concerns came from the IOC, about U.S. authorities possibly not supporting the embattled World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

U.S. lawmakers had launched an investigation into alleged doping by Chinese swimmers ahead of the Tokyo games, perhaps undermining WADA's authority.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock, starting with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.m. ET.

"The last 10 days of my life were totally unexpected," Fraser Bullock, head of the Salt Lake City bid, told NBC affiliate KSL minutes after the vote for Salt Lake City. "We were just cruising towards the final award and then this came up and we had to address it."

But with an 83-6 vote for Salt Lake City to host, Bullock said he believes the IOC has total confidence in 2034 organizers.

"We believe that we can make a few adjustments that will help the U.S. and world anti-doping community come together and not have disagreements," Bullock said. "We actually believe this will be constructive."

Each venue for 2034 already exists or will be built for temporary use, thus not saddling local taxpayers with ongoing costs or an underutilized facility, according to Bullock.

Do you feel that your political system is superior to what we have in the US?

Please explain your reason when posting.

The thing that's striking is how tired some of these properties are (Star Trek, Spongebob, Ninja Turtles, Fox Animation)

Marvel is returning but will they actually announce anything (X-Men cast?) or will they save that for D23 in two weeks

Warner Bros is largely absent, Zaslav probably wouldn't pay for Surfliner tickets down to SD

This is how all squatters should be treated!

Grace Rohloff was an experienced hiker who celebrated reaching the Half Dome summit with her dad just moments before the tragic accident.

An Arizona college student died earlier this month after slipping and falling down during a hike at California's Yosemite National Park, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Grace Rohloff, 20, was hiking with her father on July 13 and had successfully reached the summit of Yosemite's Half Dome, one of the park's most famous and challenging hikes. But while descending the Half Dome cables during a sudden thunderstorm and downpour, she slipped on a wet portion of the rock and fell down the side of the mountain, her father, Jonathan Rohloff, said in an interview with KPNX.

The Mariposa County coroner's office confirmed that the fall resulted in Grace's death.

"She was in between the wooden blocks and slipped to the ground and you know it just happened very fast," Rohloff told KPNX. "There's no way 10 minutes before, when she was up there smiling ear to ear, that I thought I only had 10 minutes left with her. It was a tragedy."

Kicked to the curb by his friends. Triggering!

Steve Hunt might not be the most handsome guy on the planet but damn if he wouldn’t make me rethink offing myself just for the chance as some mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!

Happy Birthday, Ruth.

Just signs the biggest contract in history.

[quote]After months of speculation, the Bengals agreed to sign him to a five-year, $275 million extension that keeps him in Cincinnati for the next seven seasons.

Unlike his college days when his ass was uncovered.

20ish years ago there was an asshole conservative in Canada - think Stephen Miller but even more reptilian - named Stockwell Day, and a petition to change his name to Doris Day got nearly half a million votes!

Certainly, we could do this to ole JD, no?

The other three siblings are suing to stop him.

And that includes Uncle Alec and Aunt Hillary, too.

He called my penis beautiful maybe four times but he was awful at the blowjob- oh well. I like the compliments about my penis.

My dentist from 20 years ago botched a root canal that left me with a huge hole in my far bottom left tooth.

Every time I get food in there, it hurts like hell, and chewing hurts too. Which is weird, because if the root was actually taken out, then I shouldn't be feeling pain!

I've gone to at least five different dentists since then, but none of them have been able to fix the problem, and they don't really seem to care much either. All they care about is billing and insurance.

I hate this!

British diver Tom Daley, Canadian soccer player Quinn and USA track athletes Sha’Carri Richardson and Nikki Hiltz are among this year’s queer competitors.

At least 144 out LGBTQ athletes will be heading to Paris for the 2024 Summer Games, with a record number of out male Olympians participating, according to the LGBTQ sports site OutSports.

In the last Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, there were at least 186 out competitors, but the list originally started at 121, according to OutSports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, who said the number increased as the sports news site became aware of additional publicly out athletes.

Zeigler said he anticipates that the number of out athletes on the 2024 list will grow as well.

“We’ve already, in the last 24 hours, heard of about a half dozen out athletes that we did not know of,” he said. He added that the new additions include more male athletes and will be added to Outsports’ tally next week.

This year, at least 18 male athletes participating in the summer Olympics are publicly out. Zeigler said equestrian, an Olympic sport with eight LGBTQ men participating, has “long been a leader in this space of out men.”

The vast majority of athletes on the list of queer Olympians, more than 120, are women. Lesbians and other queer women represent at least half of two teams: the U.S. women’s basketball team, where six of the 12 players are out, and the Australian women’s soccer team, where at least nine of the 18 players are out.

The Four Continents, also known as The Four Rivers of Paradise or The Four Corners of the World, is a painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, made between 1612 and 1615. Rubens painted this piece during a time of truce in the Eighty Years' War known as the Twelve Years' Truce. The painting depicts the female personifications of the four continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and America) with the male personifications of their respective major rivers (the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Río de la Plata).

Did anyone catch this a few years ago. Much better than the film.

Hot or not?

He’s getting a thicc Dad bod. Pictured in July 2024 in London.

Democrats are energized.

47 years ago this month. Were any of our eldergays there for it? Great PBS documentary at the link.

He was planning on dropping out MONTHS ago, but waited to announce it until: 1) after the RNC so it would take the wind out of Trump's sails; and, 2) the Democratic Party had developed and placed a solid plan in place to replace him as the Dem Nominee. It's not going to be Harris, but it *WILL* be someone who can/will run Trump into the ground. Our friend Joe has played his part and timely PERFECTLY, and can now enjoy a peaceful and well-deserved retirement.

What do you think?

I’m tired of the racists, misogynists, & bigots! Voting for Kamala Harris could support policies that affirm and protect the rights of transgender individuals, including toddlers who are exploring their gender identity. Harris has consistently advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion, emphasizing the need for comprehensive healthcare and supportive environments for transgender people. Her support for such policies aligns with efforts to provide resources, counseling, and protections for young children undergoing gender transition, ensuring their well-being and affirming their identities from an early age.

Britain’s next leading man? Meet Louis Partridge, the young actor taking over fashion and film alike

He’s dating one of the world’s most famous popstars, he’s walked the runways for globally-revered designers, and he’s about to share the screen with Cate Blanchett – is Louis Partridge the new leading light of British cinema?

With his upcoming role in dynastic biopic House of Guinness, which chronicles the tragedies and triumphs of the family of Anglo-Irish billionaires, British actor Louis Partridge will need to get to grips with some of modern history’s most illustrious power couples. Think Lady Brigid Guinness marrying Prince Frederick of Prussia (they fell in love while she nursed wounds he sustained in a not-so regal tractor accident), or the relationship between the most swinging of sixties socialites, Tara Browne and the model Suki Poitier.

And while 21-year-old Louis has already proven himself to be quite the actor – holding his own alongside screen icons like Hugh Grant and Julie Walters in Paddington 2, or Bryan Cranston in Argyle – he may be able to draw from lived experience when he takes on the loves and losses of the Guinness family.

Or in other words let's just hand this thing to Trump.

You know she wanted to be the first woman President.

And no one ever expected this turn of events, where Kamala is poised to make history as not only the first female President, but also the first female President POC.

I'd love to be a rosebush in Hillary's garden, on election day.

Following Ryan Serhant and his team of brokers selling insanely expensive apartments to insanely rich foreign assholes. It's such an ostentatious train wreck, but you can't look away.

Continuing our discussion.

Voice of the Night's prior thread:

[quote]Her long-gestating story was described by the publisher as “a life too immense for only one book”.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, with Capitol Police making multiple arrests.

Netanyahu arrived in Washington Monday for a several-day visit that includes meetings with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday speech before a joint session of Congress. Dozens of protesters rallied outside his hotel Monday evening, and on Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of demonstrators took over the rotunda of the Cannon Building, which houses offices of House of Representatives members.

Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, protesters wearing identical red T-shirts that read “Not In Our Name” took over the Rotunda of the Cannon Building, chanting “Let Gaza Live!”

After about a half-hour of clapping and chanting, officers from the U.S. Capitol Police issued several warnings, then began arresting protesters — binding their hands with zip ties and leading them away one by one.

“I am the daughter of Holocaust survivors and I know what a Holocaust looks like,” said Jane Hirschmann, a native of Saugerties, New York, who drove down for the protest along with her two daughters — both of whom were arrested. “When we say ‘Never Again,’ we mean never for anybody.”

The demonstrators focused much of their ire on the Biden administration, demanding that the president immediately cease all arms shipments to Israel.

“We’re not focusing on Netanyahu. He’s just a symptom,” Hirschmann said. “But how can (Biden) be calling for a cease-fire when he’s sending them bombs and planes?”

It wasn't immediately clear how many protesters had been arrested.

Mitchell Rivard, chief of staff for Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., said in a statement that his office called for Capitol Police intervention after the demonstrators “became disruptive, violently beating on the office doors, shouting loudly, and attempting to force entry into the office.”

Netanyahu's American visit has touched off a wave of protest activity, with some demonstrations condemning Israel and others expressing support but pressuring Netanyahu to strike a cease-fire deal and bring home the hostages still being held by Hamas.

And in Trousdale, no less!

[quote] You know me ??? Me don’t know english … say hello to my ass !!!

Mahler is one of my favorite composers. I love all of his symphonies for various reasons, but wanted to see what DL's favorite Mahler symphony was.

Two of the prettiest actresses of all time, in my opinion, but I'd rather look like Heather Graham.

I heard this on the radio recently and admired it again after having not encountered it in many years. I was young gay about ten years old when it first came out, and I remember attending a wedding where it was played in the 70s..

I didn't know Streisand wrote the music and that she was the first woman to win an Oscar for composing "Evergreen" (Paul Williams wrote the lyrics). This is definitely the biggest hit among the handful she ever wrote.

What are your feelings about "Evergreen"? Classic or hopeless kitsch?

The saga continues

This may be a silly question, but how is it allowed to exist in post-Apartheid South Africa?

You would think that the government would forbid it.

How about that flour sequence?

Elon stiffs Trump in financial Pledge.

The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City on Wednesday but warned they could be stripped of the Games if US authorities maintain their feud with the World Anti-Doping Agency.

The success of Salt Lake City's bid was a foregone conclusion given the Utah city, which hosted the Games in 2002, was the only candidate.

But in a dramatic twist shortly before members approved the bid by 83 votes to six, Olympic chiefs said the Games could be revoked if US lawmakers and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) were not brought into line, especially over the case of 23 Chinese swimmers.

Outspoken USADA chief Travis Tygart accused the IOC of "stooping to threats".

John Coates, chairman of the IOC's legal commission, said the host city contract confirming Salt Lake's right to stage the Games had been altered to allow the IOC to take them away if US authorities did not respect the "supreme authority" of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Speaking in Paris ahead of the opening of the Games on Friday, Coates said it was "a must, and I stress the word must" for the US authorities to respect WADA.

"The IOC has reinforced the current language of the Olympic host contract in order to protect the integrity of the international anti-doping system and to allow the IOC to terminate -- to terminate -- the Olympic host contract in cases where the supreme authority of the World Anti-Doping Agency.... is not fully respected or if the application of the World Anti-Doping code is hindered or undermined," Coates said.

The warning stunned seasoned observers of the IOC and sports politics.

USADA has been a vocal critic of WADA for much of the past decade.

Those tensions spiked this year after reports in April revealed that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but were subsequently cleared to compete at the Games.

Tygart has consistently accused WADA of covering up the cases, which China blamed on unintentional food contamination.

Eleven of the 23 Chinese swimmers are in Paris.

WADA has angrily rejected the criticism from USADA, threatening legal action against the body.

This qween is THIRSTY. He's walking around with his underwear bunched in to show off more of his ASS.

I don't find him sexy or appealing at all.

Then why did I post his video- so dataloungers can make great sport of him.

Please say some choice things about him.

"You there, servant, call the exterminator PRONTO! I just saw one crawling up my tastefully neutral-shaded cashmere poncho!

Look at how he moves his hands!

These are homosexual hand movements!

These are latent jazz hands!

If someone started playing “The Rich Man’s Frug” in the background he wouldn’t be able to control himself!

You too? All morning.

Why didn’t someone tell him to stop two cup sizes ago?