KINDLE UNLIMITED (Marcia, Rebecca, Ava and C.I.)

 

In 2018, community sites took turns covering a book every week.  You can see "In 2018, we read books" to review that coverage.  We didn't want to repeat ourselves in 2019 or 2020.  So when Marcia came up with a way to cover books but with a twist, we were all for it.  Marcia's idea was for us to digital books -- we're largely a printed text crowd -- and to use AMAZON's KINDLE UNLIMITED.  So for 2021, we'll be trying to do a book a week and trying to just use KINDLE UNLIMITED. This week, we're speaking with Marcia and Rebecca about their "The summer read: Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli: Too Many Damn Rainbows." and "the problem with ''judy garland & liza minnelli: too many damn rainbows'" -- two takes on one book.

 

The book you two chose for the summer read this year was Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince's JUDY GARLAND & LIZA MINNELLI: TOO MANY DAMN RAINBOWS.  Thoughts?

 

Marcia: The book was a fabulous read.  There is certainly more than enough material with both women to fill up several volumes.  

 

True.  Background on the book, Rebecca?

 

Rebecca: Judy Garland was one of the great film stars of Hollywood's golden age.  Her successes included THE WIZARD OF OZ, SUMMER STOCK, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, THE HARVEY GIRLS, A STAR IS BORN, STRIKE UP THE BAND, BABES ON BROADWAY, FOR ME AND MY GAL, PRESENTING LILY MARS, EASTER PARADE, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and many more.  Those were all musicals and Judy Garland could sing.  She sold millions of albums and had many hit singles including "Over The Rainbow,"  "The Man That Got Away" and "The Trolley Song."  Her double volume album JUDY AT CARNEGIE won four Grammys and was on the charts for 73 weeks including 13 weeks at number one.  It was a massive success.  She won an Academy Award for THE WIZARD OF OZ.  I'll let Marcia do Liza.

Marcia: Judy's Oscar was as a juvenile lead.  Liza won for Best Actress for CABARET.  She was also nominated for THE STERILE CUCKOO. She's won four Tony Awards. In 1990, she won a Grammy.  In the US, she's had only one top 30 hit, "Losing My Mind" which was a hit on the dance charts.  She's had two gold albums -- the soundtrack to CABARET and the soundtrack to her TV special LIZA WITH A Z.   She's had five albums make it into the top fifty on THE BILLBOARD chart.  Judy's film career as a leading lady more or less ends in big films with 1954's A STAR IS BORN at the age of 34.  Liza's film career as a leading lady in studio films more or less ends in 1988 with RENT-A-COP and ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS at the age at the age of 42.  Rebecca?

Rebecca: To date, Liza has been married four times while Judy was married five times.  So, as Marcia said, there's enough in there to fill up several volumes.

Marcia, your opinion of the book was more favorable than Rebecca's.

Marcia: Correct.  This was a first for me, reading about Judy Garland.  So I was fascinated and the book is a page turner.  I reviewed it from that view. I do, however, agree with Rebecca.  The book had too little on Liza.  I didn't realize that until after I was talking to Rebecca and reading her review.  She's right because Judy dies and that's really the end of the book.  That means Liza hasn't won four Tonys, hasn't won an Oscar, it really short changes Liza.  That wouldn't be a problem if Liza's name wasn't in the title.

Rebecca: And that's one instance where I caught something.  But the whole point of us doing our summer book reviews each year is that we're offering two takes and one of us will notice something and the other will notice something else.  I think we make a great team.

Marcia: And Rebecca and I aren't into heavy reads which is how this started.  We were talking about the books we enjoyed and how we always liked to read -- going back to when we were kids -- at least one fun book during the summer.  For me it goes back to Judy Blume's TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING and OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SHEILA THE GREAT.  There was a lot happening that summer between fourth and fifth grade, but those two books helped push it over into one of my most memorable summers.  As an adult, I've enjoyed a lot of the same summer reads Rebecca has.

Rebecca: We're both, for example, huge fans of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.  You're not going to find us thumbing through Sartre on the beach.  We don't mind a good and trashy read.  

 

 

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KINDLE UNLIMITED (Rebecca, Ava and C.I.)

 

In 2018, community sites took turns covering a book every week.  You can see "In 2018, we read books" to review that coverage.  We didn't want to repeat ourselves in 2019 or 2020.  So when Marcia came up with a way to cover books but with a twist, we were all for it.  Marcia's idea was for us to digital books -- we're largely a printed text crowd -- and to use AMAZON's KINDLE UNLIMITED.  So for 2021, we'll be trying to do a book a week and trying to just use KINDLE UNLIMITED. This week, we're speaking with about Rebecca about her "little sister."

 

Rebecca, you read, in hardcover, Lana Wood's new book LITTLE SISTER.  Lana is Natalie Wood's younger sister.  We're covering it here, despite it not being part of KINDLE UNLIMITED, because it is book coverage and we're trying to note all the book coverage in the community in 2021.

 

Rebecca: Well I can bring this into KINDLE UNLIMITED range by noting that I am someone who honestly prefers to hold a book in my hands, a physical book.  Now reading on the tablet can be fun and easy but I'm not going to take a tablet, for example, into the tub with me.  In addition, I live on an island.  There are times when weather means I don't have power for a few hours or I don't have internet.  If that happens, I am dependent upon non-electrical devices that do not require WiFi.  So physical books are something I prefer for those reasons.  In addition, when I die, I'd like to able to pass my books on.  You really can't do that with digital copies.  It's the same with digital music, by the way.  

Good points.  Now Lana is writing about her sister Natalie Wood -- both about growing up with her and about dealing with her death and that includes coming to grips with the fact that her sister may have been murdered.

Rebecca: Correct.  I found the book convincing.  In a lot of ways, it covers what a 48 HOURS investigation into Natalie's death covered.  But with Lana's perspective, you're getting something additional.  Maybe it's because, this being her sister, it's a less detached view.  

Do you believe Robert Wagner killed Natalie Wood?

Rebecca: Yeah, I do.  And I feel it's a 'case closed' moment.  It's really laid bare.  I think Robert Wagner did it and I'm tired of people covering for him and looking the other way.  He needs to be held accountable.  

We spoke with Marcia about her  "I'd say Robert Wagner murdered Natalie Wood" and how, reading a different book, she was also left with the opinion that Wagner was responsible for Natalie's death.  It's something how any book can add up to that, any book on Natalie.

Rebecca: I think it's because when Natalie died, back then, there was a feeling of 'how tragic' and we rushed to move on -- out of sympathy and other things but now we've dealt with that.  Equally true, we've seen what's followed in the time since.  Mia Farrow being produced by Wagner as Natalie's friend is hilarious.  I only met Natalie a few times and I knew Natalie couldn't stand her.

Ava: And you met Natalie because she was friends with C.I. 

Rebecca: Right.  Elaine's staying with C.I. this year and she was reading one of C.I.'s journals recently and called me to read a passage from 1974 where Natalie and C.I. were talking about THE GREAT GATSBY and how awful Mia was in it.  She was not Mia's friend.

C.I.: Mia made a play for Wagner between Natalie's two marriages to him and Natalie did not forgive that or ignore that.  She detested Mia.  I've never gone back and read my journals but, as I remember that conversation, all these years later, Natalie was very unimpressed and very astute about Mia's performance.  Natalie had wanted the part but Robert Evans wasn't interested and Natalie wasn't interested enough to seriously pursue it.  If she had, she probably would've gotten it because the film needed star power and Mia was never box office -- ROSEMARY'S BABY is as much Ruth Gordon's film as it is Mia's and Ruth also had HAROLD & MAUDE.  Daisy, as Natalie discussed in our conversation about the role, isn't someone who can be deepened with meanings.  She's not a rounded character and she needs a film star to make a visual audience grasp her importance in the book.  Mia was caught on camera trying to 'act' the role and it was frightening.  The role required someone that the camera loved whose personality brings the role alive.  Natalie would have made an amazing Daisy.

Rebecca: That's pretty much what you wrote back then.  About Mia, why does she lie?

C.I.: She lies about everything.  She seems to have an inability to tell the truth and that honestly seems to go back decades, long before she started lying about Woody Allen. Pretending she was Natalie's friend let's her pretend she was a movie star and she never was.  She was on a popular nighttime soap opera, PEYTON PLACE, and she was in ROSEMARY'S BABY which is like saying she starred in JAWS -- meaning the star of ROSEMARY is the devil the way the shark is the star of JAWS.  Her other films in the 60s and 70s flopped over and over and it was often her fault -- weird 'choices' like in Robert Altman's A WEDDING.  With Woody Allen writing parts for her, Mia finally appeared to be a talented actress.  When he's not writing for her, the career goes back to freakish.  Tuesday Weld, to note a contemporary of Natalie and Mia's was a film star.  And she was immensely talented.  Mia has no career in the 60s and 70s.  She's grabbing hand me down parts and she's delivering 'performances' that separate the audience from the film.  She also has a serious problem when working with anyone who's gay -- whether it's Rock Hudson or Anthony Perkins.  That's one of the reasons Elizabeth Taylor had no use for Mia and didn't pursue a friendship with her -- though Mia tries to pretend that they were best friends on the set of SECRET CEREMONY and for years afterwards.  They weren't.  It goes to Mia's own religious beliefs and it goes to her panic when young Ronan told her he was a girl -- she rushed him off into therapy -- this from the woman who mocked therapy and told people, including Natalie Wood, that they needed to stop seeing a therapist and instead get to church.  Again, lying about being friends with Natalie elevates Mia from failed actress to Hollywood star for people who don't know better. 

Rebecca: And the fact that Wagner produces people like that to shore up how wonderful he was, that he passes people like that off as Natalie's friends, goes to one more reason not to trust him.  Equally true, he comes off cold and calculating in every performance after Natalie dies.  I'm not joking.  Whether it's TWO AND A HALF MEN or the Austin Powers films, it seems like his true nature is revealed and it's an ugly nature. Lana's addressing a lot of stuff in LITTLE SISTER and I really do praise the book and encourage everyone to read it.

 

 

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KINDLE UNLIMITED (Trina, Ava and C.I.)

 

In 2018, community sites took turns covering a book every week.  You can see "In 2018, we read books" to review that coverage.  We didn't want to repeat ourselves in 2019 or 2020.  So when Marcia came up with a way to cover books but with a twist, we were all for it.  Marcia's idea was for us to digital books -- we're largely a printed text crowd -- and to use AMAZON's KINDLE UNLIMITED.  So for 2021, we'll be trying to do a book a week and trying to just use KINDLE UNLIMITED. This week, we're speaking with Trina about her "A A Novellie's Joan Rivers: The World's Funniest F..."

 

 

Trina, you read A.A. Novelli's JOAN RIVERS: THE WORLD'S FUNNIEST FUNNY LADY, HER LIFE & TRAGIC DEATH.  It wasn't worth reading?

Trina: This is not a book.  And it's the kind of title that gives KINDLE UNLIMITED a bad name.  It's a sketchy timeline that insults the reader and leaves you with nothing -- nothing of value, nothing of interest.  If I'd paid attention to the stars awarded, I might have skipped it.  Out of five stars, the title has one-and-a-half stars. It's not popular and that's because it's outright lousy.

Did it discourage you from KINDLE UNLIMITED?

Trina: No.  More and more I'm too busy.  I'm still picking up additional shifts -- I'm a nurse -- due to the pandemic.  I love how the news media pretends its over or that we've emerged from it when we haven't.  But I see the monthly subscription as more being about the family. My grandkids use it, my kids use it.  Even my husband uses it sometimes.  So, if you're getting the subscription for a large household, it's worth it.  But that so-called book was awful.  I am a Joan Rivers fan and I couldn't stand that title because it wasn't anything.  A 3rd grader could have written it better -- and with more wit.  

Thank you. 

 

 

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KINDLE UNLIMITED (Marcia, Ava and C.I.)

 

In 2018, community sites took turns covering a book every week.  You can see "In 2018, we read books" to review that coverage.  We didn't want to repeat ourselves in 2019 or 2020.  So when Marcia came up with a way to cover books but with a twist, we were all for it.  Marcia's idea was for us to digital books -- we're largely a printed text crowd -- and to use AMAZON's KINDLE UNLIMITED.  So for 2021, we'll be trying to do a book a week and trying to just use KINDLE UNLIMITED. This week, we're speaking with Marcia about her "I'd say Robert Wagner murdered Natalie Wood."

 

Marcia, tell us about the book you read?

 

Marcia: Sure.  I read Howard Johns' DROWNING SORROWS: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, PASSION AND BETRAYAL which is about Natalie Wood, William Holden, Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner.  In terms of conspiracy theories, one has popped up in the community that you two suspended the book coverage here because you didn't want to discuss this book.  I've explained that's not the case.  Do we want to talk about that?

Ava: I'll note that it gets old every week contributing to THIRD especially when it ends up only what we did.  We'd love time off.  We've had one week of in 16 years.  The last time books were covered was November 1st and this was the content for that edition:

 

• Truest statement of the week
• Truest statement of the week II
• A note to our readers
• Editorial: Hmmm
• TV: How difficult is it in 2021 to do a special ab...
• Remembering Mort Sahl (Ava and C.I.)
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• Magazines (Jim)
• Mort Sahl serves up some truth about Gloria Steinem
• Video to stream
• Books
• This edition's playlist
• Highlights

Ava (Con't): Look at that list.  We, C.I. and I, wrote the TV piece, we wrote the Mort Sahl piece, we did interviews with Kat, Betty, Ann and Jim.  It gets old.  I've got a sick daughter.  C.I. got her COVID booster on Friday and is sick to her stomach, has a headache and is dizzy.  We're tired.  We're damn tired, honestly.  It's just too much.  It seems like, after all this time, it should be easier to turn out an edition but that's not that case.  And it gets old.

Marcia: And I get that and I've explained that.  But everyone knows C.I. was friends with Natalie Wood.

C.I.: And that's the thing.  I was friends with Natalie.  I was not friends with Robert Wagner.  I was around him often.  I don't know him.  No one does.  He's always been a secretive person. With the way he has clearly lied to Natasha Gregerson -- his step-daughter, not his own daughter -- I don't feel the need to defend him.  People worried about that can refer to "Natalie Wood: The lies that remain repeated (C.I.)." I would echo what Ava said regarding time and I would further note that she and I write a column for every community newsletter every week in addition to what we do here.  And I'm writing daily at THE COMMON ILLS and she and I both post videos there daily as well.  It's a lot to do and we're tired.  If we really want to have this conversation?

Marcia: Me?  Absolutely.  Let's do it.

C.I.: As you know, Diana Ross got trashed here years ago, 2006, in a piece that outraged Betty and myself.  The plan was to do more here to promote Diana in November and that didn't end up happening.  But we did manage to note Diana every week -- including last week.  It just doesn't feel like it ever ends.  We -- Ava and I -- are always on the treadmill and we never catch up and we never get time off and we're exhausted.  

Ava: We used to do fiction writing in our reviews.  We'd pretend we were on the show or we'd create these scenarios where we'd review them in a certain context.  And those were creative reviews.  Around 2009, those were gone.  We don't have that kind of time and we don't have that inspiration.  We're on bare bones now. The well is dry and then some.  But we thought it was bad in 2009 and it's only worse now.  We need time off.  Real time off.  And it does get old.  And I'm sure it gets old, Marcia, for you and the others because while C.I. and I work on our content, you are working with everybody else and sometimes nothing comes from it.  That's so frustrating.

Marcia: It is.  And one thing I'm glad about, a change you two have made, if at a certain point, other content isn't ready, you post what you two did.  Because I'm not in the mood to get together on a Tuesday night or a Wednesday night to try to work on finishing an edition.  It's just too much.    And I get what you're saying about it never ending.  At our own sites, in the community, we're all working on taking time for ourselves.  We're trying to be less anal about "There must be a post.''  If we're tired, or sick, or have some personal things to take care of it, we can miss a day or two of blogging.  I marvel at C.I. having four days off in 16 years -- OMG, just realized it's the 16th anniversary, or was last month, of THE COMMON ILLS.  Anyway, four days -- and in a diabetic coma.  That's how the four days came about.  It is too much for both of you and I get that.  

C.I.: We better get back to the book before another conspiracy theory develops.  So you read the book and you feel Robert Wagner killed Natalie?

Marcia: Yes, I do.  And I think he saw huge losses if Natalie left him.  I think there was an ugly argument right before Natalie died.  He either pushed her off the boat or he watched as she fell and then he distracted everyone to allow for enough time for her to drown.  

Ava: Explain huge losses.

Marcia: He didn't have the money.  He was a working actor whose TV salary covered expenses.  It was the production profits -- of HART TO HART and CHARLIE'S ANGELS -- that allowed for big money and that production profit was split between him and Natalie.  It came about because Spelling & Golberg wanted Natalie for a TV movie with Wagner but couldn't afford to pay her what she was worth and so they offered production profits on a future series -- CHARLIE'S ANGELS.  He couldn't lose that money.  He couldn't afford the lifestyle he was living as it was.  Natalie paid for that with her millions.  She got millions from her profit participation on BOB, CAROL, TED & ALICE alone.  In addition, unlike Wagner, she wasn't broke and in debt when they married the second time.  Natalie was a film star and was paid accordingly.  She also invested her money and didn't waste it.  Her big expense when she was a big star was therapy.  She had millions and he had nothing.  He couldn't afford that.  He also couldn't afford people talking about his sexuality.  He was bi-sexual or gay.  A second divorce?  That would have had everyone talking about how Natalie caught him in bed with another man and that's what ended the first marriage.  He'd never been a movie star but he'd become popular on TV and that would have destroyed his TV image.  He couldn't afford it.  It was easier to kill her, for his career, it was easier. 

You got this from the book?

Marcia: I think if you read with an open mind, things will add up and you're realize that the police are right to have designated Robert Wagner as a person of interest in the case and that they should have done that long ago.

You recommend the book?

Marcia: I do.

 

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In 2018, community sites took turns covering a book every week.  You can see "In 2018, we read books" to review that coverage.  We didn't want to repeat ourselves in 2019 or 2020.  So when Marcia came up with a way to cover books but with a twist, we were all for it.  Marcia's idea was for us to digital books -- we're largely a printed text crowd -- and to use AMAZON's KINDLE UNLIMITED.  So for 2021, we'll be trying to do a book a week and trying to just use KINDLE UNLIMITED. This week, we're speaking with Isaiah about his "ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (ETERNALS 1976-1978."  So ETERNALS is a hit film at the box office with over $160 million in ticket sales in North America.  Isaiah, you read the comic book collection.

 

Isaiah: I thought it was a solid collection.  I saw the film because of all the writing Stan did -- Stan noting how the media tried to bury the movie but it is a hit.   I'm sure it would have done even better if DEADLINE, VARIETY and THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER hadn't worked so hard to destroy the film.  I don't know how much of a built-in audience ETERNALS had.  I grew up on comics and I preferred MARVEL to DC.  But ETERNALS was new to me.  I knew X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, AVENGERS -- even WEST COAST AVENGERS, THE DEFENDERS and a lot more but I had never heard of ETERNALS until the film.

And what were your thoughts after reading the Jack Kirby collection?

Isaiah: It's a good comic.  It probably could be updated but I would definitely check it out as a monthly comic.  

You noted that with this collection, KINDLE didn't offer the zoom option.

Isaiah: It didn't.  And that surprised me.  I would rate that as the only downside.  Other than that, I'd strongly urge anyone with KINDLE UNLIMITED to check out the book.  

Okay, thank you so much.

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"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Elaine, Dona, Ava and C.I.)"

"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Mike, Ava and C.I.)"

"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Trina, Ava and C.I.)"

"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Stan, Ava and C.I.)"

"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Marcia, Ava and C.I.)"

"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Kat, Ava and C.I.)"

"KINDLE UNLIMITED (Rebecca, Ava and C.I.)"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books

 

 

In 2021, we'll be covering digital books.  So far this year, the coverage includes:

 

 

Betty's "WHO IS THE GREAT EARTHA KITT? (and thank you, Diana Ross!)"

 

Marcia's "The summer read: Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli: Too Many Damn Rainbows."

 

Rebecca's "the problem with ''judy garland & liza minnelli: too many damn rainbows'"

Rebecca's "little sister"

Trina's "A A Novellie's Joan Rivers: The World's Funniest F..."

Marcia's "I'd say Robert Wagner murdered Natalie Wood"

Isaiah's "ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (ETERNALS 1976-1978."

 

Jim's "Magazines (Jim)"

 

Kat's "THE PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE BIBLE as written by Laurence Myers"

 

Ann's "The 'Peyton Place' Murder" 

 

Betty's "John L. Williams' AMERICA'S MISTRESS: EARTHA KITT, HER LIFE AND TIMES" 

 

Isaiah's "BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN"

 

Kat's "I'm With The Bland"

 

Trina's "Remember Hollywood Squares?"

 

Marcia's "Rock Hudson: Erotic Fire"

 

Ruth's "Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE" 

Jess' "THE FEVER KING (Jess)"

 

Jim's  "STEPHEN CURRY: THE CHILDREN'S BOOK: THE BOY WHO NE..."

Dona's " book to avoid (Dona)"

 

Kat's "ERROL FLYNN: THE QUEST FOR AN OSCAR" 

Ty's "KINDLE UNLIMITED's gay erotica (Ty)"

 

Kat's "HEARTBREAKER: TWO MONTHS WITH JUDY"

 

Betty's "THE COLOR PURPLE"

 

Stan's "GOODBYE NATALIE, GOODBYE SPLENDOUR"

Betty's ""Kim Berry and Andrea Williams' DIAMONDS AND CURLZ""

Isaiah's "Marco Bonafede's WORDLESS COMICS"

Dona's "A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF ANAIS NIN (Dona)"

Elaine's "JOAN: FORTY YEARS OF LIFE, LOSS, AND FRIENDSHIP WI..."

Rebecca's "the mommie dearest diary: carol ann tells all"

Kat's "How Mabel Normand's many scandals (at least five) destroyed her career"

 

Marcia's "Paul Jay's bad Gore Vidal 'book'"

 

Stan's "Adrienne Barbeau's bad book THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I COULD DO"

 

Trina's "Mexican Casserole and a book in the Kitchen"

 

 Mike's "Book review CONVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE"

 

 

 

 

This edition's playlist

 

1) Diana Ross' THANK YOU.

 

2) Adele's 30.

 

3) Joni Mitchell's  LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL 1969.

 

4) Bob Dylan's ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS.

5) Chase Rice's THE ALBUM.

 

6)  Laura Nyro's GO FIND THE MOON: THE AUDITION TAPE.

 

7)   Nick Jonas' SPACEMAN.

8) Cher's CLOSER TO THE TRUTH. 

 

 

9) Diana Ross' SUPERTONIC MIXES.

 

 

10) Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo's BLACKBIRD: LENNON - MCCARTNEY ICONS.

 

Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub, Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights. 

 

 "US troops remain in Iraq" -- most requested highlight by readers of this site.

 

"Oven Baked Sausage and Vegetables in the Kitchen" and "One-Pot Garlicky Shrimp & Spinach in the Kitchen" -- Trina serves up two recipes.

 "The Not Us Gals love Charlie Rose"-- Isaiah dips into the archives.

"Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "my pick for best book of the year - also sweatybwoi92," "chris cuomo," "glenn (and sexy fenris)," "get a grip, brooke,"  "JFK UNSOLVED: THE REAL CONSPIRACIES,"  "The Hunter Biden Follies," "Hunter Biden," "The verdict is in," "Don Lemon needs to be fired," "Con man Jussie still lying," "Moon hut?," "That 'hut' on the Moon," "chris cuomo has been fired (rebecca,)" "Joe Biden lacks the intelligence of Curiosity," "Kellogg's is showing its true (and ugly) face," "Hamilton Noah," "Reality about Alice Waters," "The Jizzy Pants goes on," "The trial of Jizzy Pants Maxwell," "The trial of Jizzy Pants," "Jizzy Pants Maxwell, still on trial," "Tornadoes," "Jussie needs to go to prison," "Jussie Smollett latest con," "The hoax," "NBC lied," "Our Outrageous Congress," "Jimmy Dore and Ray McGovern," "Jimmy Dore, Chris Hedges," "Jimmy Dore, Jonathan Cook" and "Joe Biden's shocking medical condition revealed" and "THIS JUST IN! JOE BIDEN'S MEDICAL CONDITION REVEALED!" -- news coverage in the community.

 

 

"THE GOLDBERGS," "Jimmy Dore, THE GOLDBERGS, Jake Johnson," "Ava and C.I. on Jussie Smollett and ANNIE LIVE!," "Ava and C.I. on Oliver Stone and Jonathan Turley on Loki," "La Brea overview," "NBC's La Brea,"  "joan crawford," "Michael Nesmith," "WEST SIDE STORY," "VARIETY smears Oliver Stone but you will love his documentary" and "Weekend box office" -- TV and movie coverage in the community.

 

"Adele sells a million units in the US," "Girl Named Tom and Hailey Mia," "What was Drake thinking?," "What do you think?," "Best of 2021?" and "Diana Ross" -- music coverage in the community.