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I'd suggest 2 but we don't necessarily have to wait for it to be a Pandemic. Perhaps that's too fuzzy.
Ultimately, I don't think human nature and the election cycle will ever truly allow our leadership to properly react to the early days of a pandemic because when it's not bad yet, we are "overreacting" then when it gets bad, we "didn't do enough."  Until leaders start listening to the medical professionals from the outset instead of drawing their own Dunning-Kruger conclusions like Trump and his ilk did, though, this type of thing will be on loop.
Biden has come out and said he'd get out of the way and let the experts handle it. I believe him. I also believe that Congress (if not Dem controlled) would thwart any attempts to proactively spend money to prevent (rather than react, which is what we are doing now), so an executive would either have to just EO it and cross fingers, or we have gridlock at the worst time because Mike McCarthy's district or Mitch McConnel''s state might get negatively effected. Â
The other issue that faces anyone in office is that those proactive and preventative measures in the face of an oncoming or labelled pandemic likely slow growth and hurt the economy, at least short term, in order to stave off widespread disease. And if you successfully stave it off, you'll have those claiming leadership overreacted and hurt the economy. That can get people beat come election time. That will always take bravery and self-sacrifice that I don't think a lot of ambitious politicians have in them. Â
I dunno -- I am just ultra-cynical right now. Where are the fucking tests?
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26 minutes ago, BradInATX said:
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You know that guy at the party that everyone is avoiding, and when you get stuck talking to them they pompously spout off of bunch of juvenile views that every adult has looked at and passed on in favor more refined and mature ideas? You're that guy.
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On 3/6/2020 at 3:52 PM, fhetw said:
Sounds like 5 seasons have been planned by the creator, but they haven't been renewed for season 2 yet.
The group that runs Auschwitz came out pretty strongly against it, particularly around the idea that the creators made up atrocities at the camps (e.g. the chess game). There is not a ton of goodwill with the show either. It wanted to be silly violent like The Boys at times (the opening scene), then tried to be very serious (see the Simon Wiesenthal scene and a lot of the flashbacks to Auschwitz). I don't think it can be both. Â
It was entertaining enough. But they also still need to explain the age of the lead vis a vis his grandparents.Â
SpoilerI am sure that they are going to try to get some big star like Alan Arkin to play his real grandfather (he's really alive!)Â after the reveal at the end.
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Kaitlin Olson looked like a different person. Â
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29 minutes ago, jeevsie said:
Sadly, it has always reminded me of one of the gomer's march songs.
Well, it is the same song. Lack of self-awareness prevents them from realizing that when the corps plays it, the average person is remembering that hilarious scene where Commandant Lassard gets a blowy by Mahoney's hooker under the podium.Â
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6 minutes ago, David Dennison said:
It's not over, but it's over.
Yeah. Unless Biden does something stupid, which isn't out of question, I don't know how Sanders can catch him. How are NY and Florida polling? I'd assume that NY would look a lot like MA such that it would be too close to call. Florida has lots of factors, so I guess it's just who shows up at polls.Â
They 18-29 demo failed Bernie in Texas based on the exit polls. Bernie dominated there, but turnout was much lower than other demos. They'll need to show better in the remaining large states (IL, NY, FL) for Bernie to catch up. Â
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18 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:
Seriously--you're over-thinking it. Tim is a man. Kennon is an ambiguous name. Â
Uninformed voters went to the polls and voted for the woman over the man right down the ballot. That is really the only explanation.
Fair. I didn’t think about that aspect at all. And I believe KW was second of the two for those that vote first name on ballot.  I am in camp that won’t vote if I don’t  know.
I do note that the dude got most votes for DA.  I wonder if the anti-Moore contingent that is switching from Martinson to Garza can keep things in his favor in runoff.  I have to believe Martinson will endorse Garza Â
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@Brisketexan or whoever has thoughts.Â
So I am curious how the campaigns for the district courts operate. I spend most of my time in West Austin/Bee Cave/Lakeway and saw nothing but Kennon Wooten and Tim Sulak signs everywhere (as an example). I didn't see many Cantu-Hexsel or Madeleine Connor signs at all, nor did I really see much about them in social media, from attorneys recommending them etc. Both Kennon and Tim lost (although perhaps Tim's race close enough that they are still counting), so the Connor/Cantu-Hexsel campaigns were working somewhere.
Do the district court candidates just pick the locations that they think will get the best turnout, such that if I drove to Cedar Park or Round Rock or East Austin I'd see Connor and Cantu-Hexsel signs and not Wooten or Sulak signs?  Those two races were very surprising outcomes to me (especially Sulak), and it was a tough loss for Kennon who was an acquaintance back in school. She has the demeanor and knowledge of jurisprudence to be on Texas Supreme Court one day. Â
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1 hour ago, Js1 said:
I didn’t like it. Didn’t feel as cyberpunk rage against the machine as season 1
I am not sure what happened in last half hour of finale.  I mean I know what happened but it still made zero sense. Â
ÂI enjoyed it well enough to finish it.  Mackie wasn’t very good in it and I usually like him. Â
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33 minutes ago, futureman said:
damn I liked that guy that took one to the dome.Â
Me too.  But when he said he tasted copper in his mouth he might as well have bought McBain’s “Live Forever” boat.Â
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Mulaney needs to host 2x a year. Â
David Byrne’s first set was very good. Â
ÂLaGuardia is the best non-political sketch of the season.  It’s not Diner Lobster, but it’s close.Â
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I am starting ep 10 now. Â The show is a mess. Â
And the age of Jonah makes no sense.  If he is 19 in 1977, he was born no later than 1958.  Which means his mom, presumably born after the war, was 13 when she had him?  How does that get out of the writer’s room?  -
I thought Duvernay was also in combine?
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On 2/25/2020 at 2:07 PM, XYZ said:
And I wouldn’t call this movie a black comedy. It’s a drama.
It’s an anti-hate satire.  According to Taika.Â
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I am enjoying this run but I am with Bill Simmons on this style in playoffs.  It’s hard to prepare for in 24-72 hours, but after 2-3 games in a 7 game series, it can be figured out.  So D’Antoni will need a counterpunch.Â
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Good last half hour.  There were about a dozen things that could have gone wrong with the plotting/forced conflict that would have pissed me off (the Bolton’s sneaking out, for instance). But this show is in damn good hands with Richard Price. Â
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It’s great.  Watched with wife and have two episodes left.  I didn’t know Zoe Kravitz had this type of performance in her.  Â
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It seems like Amazon already had a show that was conceptually similar and a lot more fun in The Boys. Â I am going to fife this a shot but not hopeful. Â
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13 hours ago, Helobious said:
Don’t see the relevance anyway. The Astros had comically low strikeout rates the past few years because of their cheating. The Yankees had crazy high K rates, that alone should tell you everything.
This will be telling. Â I am an Astros fan that agrees they get no benefit of doubt allowed and they should take their lumps. Â If strike out rates for Altuve, Bregman and Gurriel skyrocket, that will speak for itself. Â
But I am also perfectly fine at laughing off jackasses like Bellinger, Judge and Markakis, the first two who couldn’t hit for shit against us in 2017. Â
So, yeah, it’s bad, but pardon me if I have a world record size eye roll at those guys bitching. Â
ÂSo given there will be no benefit of doubt and can’t control outrage or win any PR battles, both real and ridiculous, Astros need to grey rock everyone with an agreed scripted answer/mantra every time someone asks them about anything related to the scandal: “We are sorry. Probably more sorry about getting caught.  But we also understand people are upset and will be for a long time.  We have no control over that now.  Each person will have to deal with it in there own time and own way.  All we can do is play ball and win.”  Just put that on repeat through hoisting the commissioner trophy in late October. Â
ÂIf they ask whether World Series should be voided/censured, repeat it.  If they ask if they did things after 2017.  Say “No.” Then repeat it.  If they ask about how careers were ruined (laughable), repeat it.  Â
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Cunningham has been blanketing Bane all second half. Â Impressive.Â
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ok. I get it. Â Not side of backboard but see below... Â hopefully he does dunk contest next year.Â
ÂGordon, LeVine, Williamson. There can be only one...(drunk.  Someone imbed for me)Â
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44 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:
The Gordon off the side of the backboard dunk was the best I’ve seen since peak Vinsanity.  It might’ve been better, but I need some time to contemplate that.
So I can’t dunk and have no idea what the nuances are that make one harder than another.  But the side of backboard dunk didn’t seem all that transcendent to me, as cool as it was.  What am I missing?Â
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Alternative is to go full truth and reconciliations. “Beltran started it, I/this guy brought this tactic from team x, we caught team y doing this.”  This allows other teams to come forward and confess without penalty (other than Boston, and perhaps NYY)Â
ÂIt turns Stros into snitches, I guess. But if there is a one time get out of jail free card for things done since Sept 2017, perhaps you learn it is pretty prevalent, and everyone talks.  And if you are caught and didn’t talk, you get double what Stros got.Â
ÂBut this country can’t handle a T&C process because it needs its pound of flesh.Â
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The composer for Joker is really going to piss off its incel fan base. Â
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This is a good show. Â So far. Â