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And how exactly did that happen this time around? It seemed to me that that it was the voters of South Carolina, not party elites or the media, that put an end to Bernie Sander's campaign. Prior to the South Carolina primary, there were a lot of centrist running on the theory that Joe Biden was a weak candidate and that they could steal centrist vote from him. After South Carolina, it became apparent that beating Joe Biden wasn't as easy as they thought and that none of them were really up to the challenge. Maybe party elites encouraged them to leave the race, but they would not have done so if the voters of South Carolina had not made it clear that there was not reason for them to stay. After the hoard of centrist candidates left the race, their centrist supporters chose Biden and not Bernie. Yes, the candidates endorsed Biden, but such endorsements aren't binding. If they were, Bernie Sander's supporters wouldn't be wrestling on whether to vote for Joe Biden. After all, Bernie has endorsed Joe so the matter would already be decided for them. But no, voters decide for themselves. On a national level in head to head competitions, a majority of Democrat voters prefer Joe Biden to Bernie Sanders and always have. It was only the split field with so many centrist vying for the moderate vote, that ever made it look like the American people might feel differently.

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Hey, maybe you will get your office back! You laugh at it but 5 by 6 is more space than I can claim where I work.

Well, maybe like the deaths of the people in nursing home they had a group of positive screens they had not been reporting in their numbers and they belatedly factored them in.

So, what is the plan? To have half of you work in morning and the other half work in the afternoon to permit social distancing?

France was not counting Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. Once they decided that deaths of old people are still deaths, they did a correction where they brought in bunch of nursing home deaths from previous days.

My top 10 Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 90% Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory): 85% Samwell Tarly (Game of Thrones): 84% Nog (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine): 84% Flynn White (Breaking Bad): 84% Abed Nadir (Community): 84% Glenn Rhee (The Walking Dead): 84% Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski (The Wire): 84% Elsie Hughes (Westworld): 83% C-3PO (Star Wars): 82% To be honest, of those character that I am familiar with I can't really argue it much. Though of MCU characters while Bruce Banner is a good choice, I think Scott Lang is a better match for me. However, since he wasn't listed anywhere on my list, I'm thinking he is not one of the options.

Shoot. That is hard. Were I the praying type I would pray for you and your mom. As is I have my fingers crossed for both of you, and am hoping that it is just a technical difficulty.

So I hear from some circles, but at least where the professional reviews are concerned, the number are the numbers. You can go read the reviews in the original publications. Also, I have watched BoP twice and enjoyed it both times. So, I have no difficulty believing that it would get 78% favorable reviews.

Hmmm, I have noted that Birds of Prey at the top of RT's popular streaming movies list. It cost $20 to stream it, so maybe it will wind up making a profit after all. This thought makes me happy, because while I don't necessarily want a sequel with Harley Quin, I really liked BoP's Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya. If BoP acquires enough of a fan base, maybe they will set Batgirl, whenever they get around to making it, in the same universe.

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Some news sites handled it better than other and got comments from the senators involved before going press. Ultimately, the quality of the news you receive varies widely depending upon the source you get it from.

IIRC, you live in Sacramento. I live a short way away in Modesto and work in a hospital lab. At our hospital we have about a dozen rule out coronavirus cases. Of the cases that we have sent out for testing, none have come back positive. But here is the stinger, only three have come back so far. We have been forced to send them to the health department for testing, and the health department has been incredibly slow getting back results. I suspect that Sacramento is in the same boat we are, full of hospitals with lots of possible coronavirus cases and waiting on slow to come test results. IOW, don't be surprised if the number goes from zero to a lot very quickly once testing ramps up.

Cool. I never heard of Jasper Fforde before listening to Early Riser, but now that I have I am interested in trying our some of his earlier stuff.

Just finished listening to Jasper Fforde's (no, not a typo) book Early Riser. It is set in an alternate Earth which is colder than our own an most people in the Northern Hemisphere hibernate during the 4 brutally cold winter months. Our protagonist, Charlie Worthing, is not one of the hibernators. Charlie has taken a job with the Winter Consulate where he must contend with brutal cold, zombie like nightwalkers, unimaginative but aptly named Villains, the mysterious winter folk, and the nefarious HiberTech corporation. This was an enjoyable listen. Even though this is British satire, the protagonist is not a twit. Charlie is generally likable, and while he starts off extremely green to the job, he learns quickly. Also, the world building is extremely neat. It is filled with details both amusing and surprisingly sensible for people who spend 4 months a year hibernating. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

I think they may have been hinting at that with Renee's mask at the end of the movie, but I didn't get a good enough look at it to say for sure. If I go back for a second watch, I will pay more attention to it.

It has let other big budget, Warner Brother movies have crappy audience ratings. Why would it do any favors for BOP?

True, but it has a very solid audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so presumably is getting positive word of mouth. Scott Ruggels take on it not withstanding. Also, really it his no real competition in the action genre for the next month. So it may be able to stay in the theaters long enough to break even or even make a profit. I think she was just saying that she like trailers and the director and cast interviews, and that is fair.

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No, it is getting a sequel in August of 2021, but nobody associated with the production has said anything about a reboot. Though, it new director, James Gunn, may choose to not honor every last thing from the 1st movie and they have already said that Margot Robbie will be dressed differently than the first movie. https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a837989/suicide-squad-2-cast-trailer-release-date-plot-news/

Just got back from seeing it. This movie is the cinematic equivalent of twinkies drizzled with chocolate; absolutely no nutritional value but still fun. Harley Quinn, Renee Montoya and the Huntress all made it onto the screen pretty much intact. All other characters are clearly the DC cinematic universe versions and share little in common with comic book counterparts. Personally, I was willing to accept them as elseworld variants and enjoy them on there own terms. YMMV. I had a lot of fun at this movie. Despite having a large ice tea right before the movie the movie I made no trips to the bathroom. I always wanted to see what was going to happen next, so I just held it. I would be willing to watch this movie a second time if I had someone to see it with. 👍👍

*Raises hand* "Me, me, me, me!!!" Just thinking about the sex scene from Do The Right Thing still gets me a little twitterpated. Also, I like women around my own age. I am funny that way.

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I'm missing something here. The number of primarily rural states well exceeds the number of primarily urban states, so rural states as a block will always get to decide the control of the senate. Why isn't that enough power to ensure that they don't get steamrolled? Why do we need a president decided by the EC as well?