Note I said, "modern day". Instead of trying to revive the original 1970's series, set in the Old West, or its latter-day sequel, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, which ran back in the 90's, Berlanti is setting the new show in the present day with 1) a female lead, and 2) casting Asian-American actors in the lead roles, including the protagonist's family. More on this as additional information becomes available.
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Whomever succeeds Donald Trump as President, either this year or in 2024, should consider walking away from social media upon taking office.
Trump threw another Twantrum today, threatening to sue former special prosecutor Robert Mueller, and the other prosecutors who investigated the 2016 election.
This coming after Trump was shredded for awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to radio gasbag Rush Limbaugh, who is battling cancer. Limbaugh in turn shredded Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay Presidential candidate. On his yack-fest today, Limbaugh claimed that Trump told him to "never apologize" for his homophobic remarks toward Buttigieg.
Trump has also talked about pardoning former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik, and Michael Milken, who was convicted on charges of insider trading several years ago, and reportedly has commuted the sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, another friend. This surprises no one. Hopefully, he's also gifted them with something he should himself be carrying. Bibles.
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NBC has deep sixed former NHL player turned studio analyst Jeremy Roenick, who had been suspended. Roenick got himself in hot water for suggesting on air, supposedly, a threesome with his wife and studio anchor Kathryn Tappen. You'd think they'd learn by now.
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Closer to home, a local eatery has been struggling just to get off the ground.
The Brunch House, which opened on Congress Street late in 2019, is only open six days a week (Monday-Saturday), but no hours are posted, and, passing by on a Saturday morning, the joint wasn't yet open past its scheduled 8 am open, from what the owner told me the last time I'd stopped in. Brunch House was briefly shuttered, along with the neighboring Olompia Grocery, back in the fall due to code violations, but with the grocery back open, Brunch House seems to have other issues.
RE: Rush:
ReplyDeleteTrump and Rush have been buddies for years so I'm not really surprised at this. However, Rush was one of those who helped pave the way for talk radio as we know it. Sadly, he may very well be dying of cancer. I'm not an apologist, but he is entitled to his opinion on matters. It's not as if they're a big secret. Rush wouldn't be as rich as he is or dominated the airwaves for over a third of a century. As for Buttigieg, he's no prize regardless of his sexual orientation. If he DID become president, I can guarantee that for the next 4-8 years, those who disagree with his decisions will be accused of homophobia. I don't need that - as I've been a "racist" for disagreeing with Obama's poor decisions.
This conversation with a former neighbor of his (and former co-worker of Buttigieg's father) speaks volumes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muNxJeZvQkI
My father and many of his fellow officers worked under Kerik. Interestingly enough, many officers who worked under him literally were divided over him - they either liked (that is respected him and all his accomplishments for the NYDOC) or outright hated him. They knew he had quite a bit of dirt under the rug and were puzzled why Rudy wanted him as VP. Sure Kerik could have got the job done, but he had too many skeletons in his closet and the media would have been all too happy to share them (and they did).
I''m no fan of Blago, but to be fair, he did what [Chicago] politicos have been doing forever. I think it's wrong, but that's just the way it's done. No one in Chicago politics has clean hands.
Millkin was a scapegoat for the Fed's failures. "Junk bonds" was a term like, "assault rifle" made by the media to demonize Millkin's business.
Today, Milken is making amends with fundraisers in baseball for prostate cancer every summer.
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