very difficult topic to cover but cecilia vega's done a good job imo of covering the border/migration issue throughout her stories. definitely a big issue of how to absorb the influx of migrants and fund all the costs associated w/ it even if they don't end up getting residency but some of the tactics used to deter seem simultaneously heavy-handed and ultimately ineffective
was indifferent to troy on his first 2 appearances on the show but really liked him as the DC doctor, solid delivery of all his lines
buuuut the writing overall just isn't enough to keep watching beyond Jon's weekly episodes
I relate to the brother character the most as i would be too short too scrawny and too chicken to be of any use in an emergency situation, better off just putting me in a steel box until it all blows over
Cragel :joy::joy::joy: and the day after I read about crookies (croissant + cookie)
I really like Desi Lydic as a correspondent buuut i don't like her as a host. Likeable but lacking screen presence and she's waaay too deferential and flattering in interviews (the Danai Gurira interview from 2 episodes prior especially) she could NEVER do the more substantive interviews w/ scholars/academics/journalists that Jon does on Mondays (granted so couldn't most the other correspondents) and thread the comedy-thoughtful/serious needle that Jon does well
"You cold-heated COVID-carrying cocksucker!"
"That dirty floor fucker does not deserve to live among us"
And meeting someone new? Ugh. All the nodding and smiling and sibling listing. And what's the upside? It works and you have to have a bunch of sex?
Lemon, what DO you want? Do you want to be alone for the rest of your life?
No, I just wish I could start a relationship about 12 years in, when you really don't have to try anymore and you can just sit around together and goof on TV shows, and then go to bed without anybody trying any funny business.
she's literally me :sob:
it's nice to see Jon having fun at the desk and all his old idiosyncrasies and mannerisms when hosting TDS after his last year at the desk just felt like he was going through the motions
You choose to sit on the sidelines because you're afraid.
Because your pride makes your head explode before it can come up with a little germ of an idea.
And now you wake up and you're 40 and you need someone to blame and you're the one to blame.
You're petrified by your own fucking standards and your fear of failure.
This is the truth.
You're smart. I know you know I'm right.
I SEE TOO MUCH OF MYSELF IN THIS AND I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT
out of everything, them texting with punctuation and capital letters is really throwing off my suspension of disbelief
really though Lana was goner there for a second though
