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If there was ever a time to be a dynamic third party candidate, this year would be it. 538's take from a few days ago. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pay-attention-to-libertarian-gary-johnson-hes-pulling-10-vs-trump-and-clinton/

Thank you Merriam-Webster! The hot dog is indeed a sandwich! http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/to-chew-on-10-kinds-of-sandwiches/hot-dog

Flash wears red, Arrow wears green. Why don't they call him Green Arrow?

Gonna need some real comfort food for tonight's game. Went out and bought Prego mushroom pasts sauce, Kraft parmesan cheese, and Costco meatballs to serve with spaghetti. Haven't had this combo since I was in grade school.

Westbrook shot 3-10 last night when Curry was the primary defender...but that's kinda beside the point because the Warriors defensive scheme is to relentlessly switch out on pick n rolls. The big problem was that GSW's team defense just utterly sucked the last two games. Dray especially needs to get his head back. OKC currently has the series edge and suckerpunched the Warriors the second half of Game 1 to come back from the rout and steal one on the road. All other games have been blowouts for the home squad --considering the massive home court advantages for both sides. Warriors in 7.

Blizzard's writing is decent enough. I used to devour the Warcraft 2 and Starcraft manuals for their world lore.

Holy smokes, OKC has more length and athleticism than Golden State. The Thunder did a great job disrupting the Warriors' passing lanes and flow. It'll be an uphill climb but if any team can go on a tear, it's the Warriors. They lost their focus the second half of game one and allowed OKC to come back down double digits at the half. Golden State will win Game 5 at home. Game 6 will be key because I can't see Golden State losing a Game 7 at home.

Let Westbrook be Westbrook. OK. Now I'm worried.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=10307 Feargus interview with the Codex. Boyarsky and Cain confirmed working in their own project. Sawyer promised a turn based (historical?) game.

Then again, some here are accused of reckless spending- preventing the escape from serfdom cuz "trying to keep up with the Jones's." Nevermind median home prices.

Since we're coming clean, I had an alt...on the original Bio boards.

I can now only see Eldars popping out of every shadow.

Pure conjecture on my part...but based on the cavalier attitude of our esteemed mods --at least one person posting in this thread is an alt, yes?

So has it been confirmed thst HP and HP2 are Eldar alts as well?

I see the show as an alternate reality mirror universe of the books.

In the show, I don't remember if Robb ever drafted a letter that may have legitimized Jon Snow, like it may have been alluded to in the books. Anyone know? Also, could we possibly see Coldhands or Benjen Stark coming to the aid of Bran and Meera?

What else has Bran affected through violation of the Temporal Prime Directive?

The kick itself was intentional but I don't think it was meant to land nor was he cognizant that the Kiwi's sack was there.

Good ep! Definitely some big revelation moments --even for book readers. That origin reveal for the Others, tho. Hmmm, maybe it wasn't actually Bran the Builder who constructed The Wall. The Children making amends for unleashing the blight? Hodor.

Sanders staying in is good for democracy. He's still bringing issues and important dialogue to kitchen tables, coffee breaks, and internet message boards across America. It's an inconvenience to the Clinton campaign, but that's part of the ballgame. Hell, Clinton did the same to Obama in '08 and didn't drop out until the Primaries were done --even though the math said she was practically out of the race.

You need to figure that Trump has secured the GOP nomination and ostensibly now has the party backing. Meanwhile Bernie is still playing the part of the gadfly to Hillary's left. After Sanders pulls out, the Democrat vote will normalize and shift back towards Clinton. The underlying salient metrics still skew towards a Clinton victory in November (Including the all-important Electoral College math).

Predators was cool.

Welp. ABC News/Washington Post's latest poll is out. Cherrypicking a few passages: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-election-2016-shapes-up-as-a-contest-of-negatives/2016/05/21/8d4ccfd6-1ed3-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html FivethirtyEight grades ABC News/Washington Post polls as an A-.

Considering how close all the recent elections have been, that would not be a very safe bet to make. The only way you are going to see either candidate get below 40% is if there is a legitimate 3rd party candidate, like when Ross Perot pulled 18% of the vote. The two major parties clearly have a "floor" of around 45% of the popular vote, absent serious 3rd party contenders, but the electoral college is another matter. The Democrats have a pretty strong built-in advantage at this point. The 19 states plus DC that have supported the Dem candidate in every single one of the last 8 Presidential elections are 20-some EVs short of the total needed to win outright. If they can add either Florida or any two of the other reasonably large swing states, they win. By comparison, the GOP's "safe" states don't get them nearly as close to the White House-- they've got to take nearly all of the states that are considered "in play" just to eke out a narrow win. The latest EC forecast from Cook: DEM: 304 GOP: 190 Toss Up: 44 http://cookpolitical.com/presidential/charts/scorecard

Makes a lot of sense to me. Having been raised in the area and being related to and being good friends with "silicon valley types," I can also tell you that they/we support social justice, civil rights, progressive immigration reform, universal healthcare, quality public education, affordable housing, and an inclusive government that you know, actually "governs." Creative and dynamic types tend to be more "progressive" thinking. This is more in alignment with the Democratic Party.