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college this fall. -- (pic) - amanda Jun 24, 06:35 [Attachment] 2
- Texas is going in person? That should be fine. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 06:38
- thanks, that's a really interesting graphic -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 06:38
We should really feel good that its is June and that Trump is down double digits. This is a good sign. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 06:02 16
- IIRC, the biggest lead Hillary had over Trump at 538's average was 6%. Biden leads Trump by 9.9% currently by the same metrics. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 06:35
- Could we have the election tomorrow? -- nm - JackDawson Jun 24, 06:28
- That's a single poll. The average on this date was +5. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:11 13
  - Every poll is a single poll. I'm just saying. Act like Biden is losing from now until election day. -- nm* - ty97 Jun 24, 06:15 12
    - with respect, this sentiment doesn't need to come out every time there's a positive poll. Everyone understands this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:17 11
      - With respect, I'm not sure the general electorate understands this. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 06:20 10
        
        that's not what I'm seeing anecdotally, with all the "Biden? Whatever. I'll walk over lava to vote against Trump" comments. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:22 9
        
        We know that we are only seeing comment from engaged folks at this point and that the majority of voters don't tune in for a while still -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 06:23 8
        
        I think momentum has a weight of its own. People like to vote for "a winner" - Reagen Jun 24, 06:26 2
        
        Aparently Trump cares about polls 4 years ago the way he acted when he was behind to Hill is alot different than it is now -- nm - eag Jun 24, 06:33 1
        
        He had a clear enemy that wasn't himself. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 06:39
        
        Plus, people who are 'weaker voters' (less likely to bother to vote) aren't the ones commenting. - ty97 Jun 24, 06:24 4
        
        I think that's no one on this board, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:27 3
        
        how would we know though? -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 06:28 2
        
        I mean if you want to get metaphysical, we can never be sure of anything, but I'd be surprised if there's a single uncommitted voter on this board. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:34 1
        
        They certainly wouldn't enjoy the board much. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 06:37
The first NYT poll of the 2020 election is out (I'm not really a fan of RV polls vs LV polls) -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 05:51 11
- Well if they screw it up again this year, remember the only national poll to correctly predict the last election was the LA Times. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 06:10 2
  - Say huh? The national polling average was correct within 1 point. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:13 1
    - yeah, the national polls were close to reality. Some of the state polls were trash. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 06:16
- Pretty sure it'll be women who save us all -- (link) - decline Jun 24, 06:02 2
  - Meh. White women overall went for Trump in 2016. Not to the extent white men did, but still. - ty97 Jun 24, 06:05
  - agreed -- nm - mud Jun 24, 06:03
- Pollsters are saying there's not much difference between RV and LV results this year. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:55 2
  - (but I agree, I like LV screens better) -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:58 1
    - me too ! -- nm - joe Jun 24, 06:00
- rv/lv? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 05:55 1
  - registered/likely voters -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:55
Brooklyn 99 to scrap all the episodes they wrote for season 8 and will start over. -- (link) - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:31 2
- Awesome. -- nm - Shaun Jun 24, 06:15
- I love these people. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 06:01
At least 17 OH students contract coronavirus after a trip to Myrtle Beach. -- (edited) - Diva Jun 24, 05:14
I'm not seeing the race called for Yvette Clarke despite being up by 27k and other races being called with slimmer margins and the same precincts -- (edited) - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:05 15
- They’re not allowed to start counting absentee ballots for a week, and apparently some places have more absentee than in person. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 05:39 9
  - Her numbers are in line with others in neighboring areas and her opponent would need every absentee ballot to go their way. - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:44 8
    - Dunno. Each district would at least know how many absentee ballots they’ve mailed out, and it may not be uniform. - mafic Jun 24, 05:52 6
      - Last primary there were 30k votes tallied. They're at 57k right now so a lot more people showed up to vote this year and many more chose Clarke. - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:56
      - uh huh. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 05:53
      - I'm sure the BOE knows, but they aren't the ones "calling" the races, the news media is -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 05:53 3
        
        Sure, but NYT has only called a few dem primaries. Some are higher margins, some are lower. I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew how many absentee - mafic Jun 24, 06:12
        
        AND, there are already almost *double* the total votes of the close 2018 primary race that she won - ty97 Jun 24, 05:58 1
        
        I get being cautious this year with all of the absentee ballots but this race is over and should have been called already. - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 06:01
    - It's 62.3% to 17.9%. I think they can safely call the race with 57k votes tallied. That's more than the total votes in the last primary. -- (edited) - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:51
- well you know, the whole black woman thing and all... -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 05:26 3
  - Yeah, it's a little odd to me and that crossed my mind. - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:33 2
    - She had the same primary challenger in 2018 and it was close, 53-47. It's not even a ballgame this year. - ty97 Jun 24, 05:37 1
      - Yup. Her numbers are beyond what absentee ballots can make up and she's beyond others that have been called with less votes and less of a lead -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:45
- yeah, seems pretty weird -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 05:22
Your new voice of reason in tennis -- (link) - Dano Jun 24, 04:55 4
- He’s not dumb, he’s just selfish and lazy. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 05:41 1
  - it'll be nice when things get back to normal and he can go back to being a childish asshole. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:44
- I love all the "you're just jelly" replies as if it's about titles. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:13
- we all gonna die -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 04:56
My plan for November. Vote and then go to sleep for a week and then wake up and find out what happened if we know by then. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 04:41 1
- I had planned to go to a couple movies election night. =( -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 05:45
TV PSA: AEW Dynamite, Game On!, WWE NXT, The 100, Challenge, Bulletproof, Oval, Real HW, Property Brothers, Ultimate Tag, American Soul, SHIELD, -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 04:08 1
- Counting Cars, Cash Cab, Samantha Bee, Crazy Delicious (Netflix), Lenox Hill: Pandemic (Netflix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 04:09
3 Rockies test positive including Charlie Blackmon. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 03:58 3
- this is crazy. when are they going to figure this out? this stuff can't really happen now. -- nm* - Diva Jun 24, 04:35
- There's no way sports are happening while Texas, Florida, California, Georgia and Arizona are getting crushed by COVID19. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 04:06 1
  - Yep. So glad baseball managed to shoot itself in the dick while the reality indicates it was for nothing. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 04:15
So, I am toying with writing a book (a short novel), and one of the possible aspects might be that it's a story with only a single character. - Beryllium Jun 24, 01:05 5
- Does he ride a skateboard? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 05:46 1
  - It certainly couldn’t hurt if he did. -- nm - Qale Jun 24, 06:56
- I say you go for it. You won't know if it works until you give it a try. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:35
- It can be done, but it's tricky. We actually talked about this last week in class. - ceregon Jun 24, 05:01
- Take a 1st draft, anything/just get it out approach. The Martian is mostly a 1 character story...it depends on the dilemma you give your 1 character - Flavorize Jun 24, 03:15
Umm. Related to that greenery symphony ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 24, 00:39
oops, I accidentally drank some food coloring....I was dying inside -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 00:26 1
- don't worry. it'll all come out in the end. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 00:34
Alas, this did not come to pass. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 24, 00:21 [Backboard]
The Seahawks and Ravens have had discussions about signing Antonio Brown. While I don't mind Josh Gordon, this one bothers me -- (link) - crash davis Jun 23, 21:38 1
- Ravens makes the most sense...could really boost them if he keeps his head on straight - Flavorize Jun 23, 23:52
NY still counting for a while, but we may be headed for the first *two* openly gay black men in Congress next term. -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 21:37 2
- To you and Krusty: I lived in the edge of Jerry Nadler’s district. If I had moved across the street it would have literally been Maloney’s - JackDawson Jun 24, 03:10 1
  - You're in my district! -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 24, 05:03
RIP Segway -- (link) - crash davis Jun 23, 21:36 2
- Paul Blart is heartbroken. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 24, 06:15
- Segway creator Dean Kamen is the son of EC Comics artist Jack Kamen. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 23, 22:39
In case anyone was wondering how the hospitals are doing. Replies from a COVID FB group: -- (edited) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 23, 20:47 9
- Congratulations Orlando..? -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 21:48
- what is level 3? -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 21:05 2
  - The levels are trauma center designations. A level 1 trauma center will have all services available 24/7. A level 3 would imply a smaller hospital - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 23, 21:11 1
    - ah, thanks! -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 21:13
- Anything from Kansas City? Specifically Children's Mercy. -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 21:03 2
  - Did a quick search, not seeing any recent posts from that area. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 23, 21:07 1
    - Thanks. That's where daughter works but at a non-Covid campus. She said they weren't very busy during the early shelter at home days because - Meg Jun 23, 21:10
- Thank you. I don’t know how we Don’t lock down again. Hospital space Issues will necessitate it -- nm - Epiphany Eggs and Bacey Jun 23, 21:03 1
  - Yea... what is sort of worse is that all the elective stuff is back up and running. When everything went on lock down all elective cases were - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 23, 21:15
I liked Perry Mason. One part was dark af, but the rest was good. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 20:37 12
- pulled great ratings too I've read. so should stick around -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 04:06
- The publicity photo on TV Guide made him look like Indiana Jones illegitimate half brother -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 23:17 1
  - Yeah, he has a look like that in the show as well. At least in the first episode. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 23:33
- Yeah, I'm interested in where it goes spoiler - crash davis Jun 23, 20:46 8
  - my only gripe..spoils - Peglegpete Jun 23, 20:53 7
    - I'll assume he looks aged because of the fighting in the Argonne -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 20:55 6
      - ok -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 23, 20:59 5
        
        spoiler - crash davis Jun 23, 21:02 4
        
        we've had 1 ep. I hope there's a lot more backstory to his character. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 23, 21:33 3
        
        Like maybe he got disbarred? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 21:36 2
        
        the series is before he became a lawyer -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 23, 21:49 1
        
        Fair, fair ... I just thought it would be funny if he was actually a lawyer already, got disbarred due to alcoholism-induced malpractice, - Beryllium Jun 23, 21:51
Wrestling: darby allen being named. -- (link) - Remlik Jun 23, 20:23 1
- This is not my story. But lemme tell you all about it! -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 20:29
huh, one of the guys who uses my email just got a job offer as a contracts manager. £60,000 and a Nissan Navarra (or similar). near Edinburgh. - mafic Jun 23, 20:22 2
- Counter for him for 75,000 and a Tesla. -- nm - Epiphany Eggs and Bacey Jun 23, 20:23 1
  - 90K. & the Tesla. we're in a potential worldwide depression. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 23, 20:26
WWE: Edge shares pictures of what a torn tricep looks like...daymn.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 23, 20:19 1
- I don’t know what’s surgery and what’s torn in that picture. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 22:20
Former Rep Chris Collins seat in NY-27 remains GOP in the special election (no surprise) -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 20:14 1
- yep. he's from where the police knocked down the 75-year old protester and later folks cheered the guys who did it when they were released from jail - Diva Jun 24, 06:08
You’ll all be relieved to learn that Mel Gibson will be recast in the Chicken Run sequel. -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 20:13 2
- In spite of what it says in the article I'd be surprised if the rest of the didn't return. -- nm - . Jun 24, 02:44
- well, I dunno, I mean when you consider what the first chicken run was about -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 20:37
MLB 60 game season is official, starts July 23/24. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 23, 20:01 10
- I hope so. I'm still pessimistic but at least they came together on money etc. - zunk takes things literally Jun 23, 20:10 2
  - They did not come together on money. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 20:36 1
    - Cool! Owners can cut checks. Players add a zero or two. Checks would bounce anyway!!!! - zunk takes things literally Jun 23, 20:57
- START THE DRAFT! -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 20:03
- Cool. We're cutting out the Mariners mid season collapse -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 20:02 5
  - Or starting right then! -- nm - David Jun 23, 21:27
  - Mariners win by default after all the other teams catch covid -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 20:04 3
    - Mariners win the World Series after so many covid casualties result in late season free agent addition Russell Wilson hitting a game four walk off HR. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 20:07 1
      - off of Braves pitcher Felix Hernandez who had been stellar for the Braves up until that point -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 20:11
    - Also, saying it now: I usually never watch baseball, but I'm watching at least one of these games. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 20:05
University of Cincinnati to remove Marge Schott's name from baseball stadium -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 19:43 7
- I have mixed feelings. She was awful, but the University took the money knowing full well she was awful -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 19:47 6
  - I'm perfectly happy for them to have (eventually and only when forced) fleeced her of her donation. -- nm - mafic Jun 23, 19:48 5
    - They took the money from her foundation after she died. And they advocate Bears and Cats having sex, which is disgusting. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 19:50 4
      - Anger... Rising... -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 20:52 1
        
        look above, I predicted a Mariners winning season...I'm obviously in the grip of a fever right now -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 20:57
      - look, they might just want to create an island of Dr. Moreau-style abomination. that takes money, crash. -- nm - mafic Jun 23, 20:32 1
        
        fair point, they should put Schott's name on that island -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 20:37
If these projections are true, Idaho is getting the shaft in congressional reapportionment. But I have a sense it grew more in the last year than - crash davis Jun 23, 19:42
Election nights are the best -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 19:41 1
- I like Election Nights at Chili's when they play airport code trivia while the musical background is Cher. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 19:43
JoCo Cruise fans call themselves "Sea Monkeys" or, rather, more accurately, *used* to call themselves "Sea Monkeys". -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 19:40 5
- JoCo SeaWas. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 19:57 1
  - You missed your calling. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 20:01
- Now they'll tell the truth and call themselves "brine shrimp" -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 19:49 1
  - JoCo Disappointments -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 20:31
- JoJo Exoticas -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 19:44
The #1 with a bullet reason I cut the cord was AT&T kept raising their rates. - crash davis Jun 23, 19:40 4
- That’s why we don’t have DirecTV Now. What they had didn’t work well. And they tried to raise prices three times in a year. -- nm - David Jun 23, 19:47 3
  - Yeah, I went from straight DirecTV to Prime/Hulu/Netflix. I added CBS All Access, HBO, and Starz and I'm still paying half of what they charged. - crash davis Jun 23, 19:59 2
    - The same. No to those last two but I love Utubebtv. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 20:49 1
      - We got Starz because Trish loves Outlander -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 21:14

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