Joey Russ

I notice certain folk have been very avoidant of this thread after it looked like Biden would win. Hopefully they’re taking the copium that they need...

November 27th

Peter Sutcliffe has COVID apparently though

Well, in Trebek’s case he is completely irrelevant for the title since everyone had him

Yep, went with the bastard with COVID.

Is 39 the most picks off of a single hit? That surely has to be up there (and yes, I was among those who picked Alex Trebek in alt obits)

Honestly, I suspected he was on his way out recently. Trebek was one who usually has a few articles on him a month. The fact the most recent article on him was in early October for something pre recorded, that definitely had my senses go off...

I’m a bit surprised that Ted Turner was DQ’d for fame reasons, though regardless he does have Lewy Body’s Dementia so he wouldn’t have been accepted regardless I think

What’s the ruling on COPD names? Are they auto DQ’d or is there a timeline they need to be on?

Nah, I’m calling bs on that news.

One sad thing about the result is that many of the most significant bellwether streaks have ended. Along with the state Ohio, the two longest counties who predicted the winner since 1952 and 1956 respectively (Valencia County New Mexico and Vigo County Indiana) have ended their streaks. The county next in line for bellwether status (Westmoreland County Virginia) also ended its streak. The new county with the longest streak now is Clallam County Washington, which last got it wrong in 1976.

A moment of silence for Aubrey Huff, won’t ya:

So, I am posting an old video of Barack Obama campaigning in Ohio in 2012. As you can see, he clearly has an energized base. His message was actually inspiring to many Americans (he didn’t fulfill his promises mind you, but that’s a discussion for another day). While you watch this speech from Obama, think of how Hillary Clinton ran her campaign in 2016 and how Joe Biden ran his campaign in 2020. Think about the key differences between Obama then and Hillary and Biden when they ran their campaign. I think most people will agree that this strategy from Obama in 2012 was much better than the Clinton strategy of 2016 and the Biden strategy of 2020.

Prince Philip 1618 (6th, 3rd) Rush Limbaugh 1284 (NEW) Bob Dole 1262 (5th, 6th) Jimmy Carter 1183 (6th, 5th) Pope Benedict 1082 (6th, 30th) Leslie Phillips 1028 (6th, 23rd) Tom Parker 942 (NEW) Mikhail Gorbachev 932 (6th, 10th) Leon Spinks 908 (NEW) Beverly Cleary 893 (4th, 18th) James Whale 885 (NEW) Larry King 864 (2nd, 27th) Tom Smith 822 (2nd, 32d) Glynis Johns 812 (5th, 25th) Linda Nolan 809 (2nd, -) Betty White 792 (3rd, 19th) Henry Kissinger 777 (2nd, 22nd) Bob Barker 757 (3rd, 24th) Carlos Menem 742 (NEW) Yoko Ono 693 (2nd, -) Jimmy Greaves 665 (2nd, 42nd) Dilip Kumar 664 (4th, 31st) Captain Tom Moore 627 (NEW) Norman Lloyd 606 (NEW) Joanne Woodward 604 (4th, 41st) Shannon Doherty 530 (NEW) Clarissa Eden 529 (2nd, 46th) Olivia Newton-John 527 (3rd, -) Rosalyn Carter 523 (3rd, 28th) David Gulpilil 510 (2nd, 15th) Murray Walker 496 (NEW) Sidney Poitier 493 (5th, 29th) Jean Louis-Trintignant 488 (3rd, 16th) Sarah Harding 474 (NEW) Harry Belafonte 448 (NEW) George Alagiah 429 (3rd, 14th) Prunella Scales 416 (2nd, 44th) Barbara Walters 413 (NEW) Gerd Muller 395 (NEW) Monica Vitti 381 (3rd, -) June Spencer 381 (NEW) Dai Davies 350 (NEW) Angela Lansbury 340 (NEW) Queen Elizabeth 336 (2nd, -) Bill Turnbull 307 (2nd, -) Bob Newhart 305 (NEW) Eva Marie Saint 304 (2nd,45th) Noam Chomsky 293 (NEW) Willie Nelson 273 (2nd, 34th) Imelda Marcos 268 (NEW)

Advent Avalanche Guide #1: Everybody’s favorite twat has now been diagnosed with Covid-19. Nobody would be missing him if he dies, but it would be a damn shame that he wouldn’t be the winning pick if he does die before December 1st...

Man, how the fuck is it possible for Leslie Phillips to be the last surviving debutant from 2015?

Len Barry has died

Looks like 355 is the number.

Another Maricopa batch came in, and it’s not the margins Trump needs to catch up in Arizona:

NBC weather forecaster Al Roker has prostate cancer

Then how do you explain Trump’s increase with voters of colors? Are they too racist and want white supremacy to happen? I think the reason why Trump got a lot more votes than last time is frankly a very complex one. Yes, there’s definitely your share of voters who are racist and don’t care about people of color, but that is not the full picture. The reality is Joe Biden ran on not being Donald Trump. That isn’t really an inspiring message for people, and especially those folk of color who supported Trump who do know Joe Biden’s past record, they think that Joe Biden is the greater evil since he has a record of passing things that harmed those communities for years. Particularly for the Latino communities, Trump did a much better job doing some outreach with the community than Biden. That’s a big reason why that state went decisively to Trump. I think most people believe that Biden would’ve been defeated handily had the pandemic not occurred. When you’re not running on anything and said behind the scenes nothing would fundamentally change, that isn’t going to inspire people to vote for you. The democrats actually need to run on policy if they want to win in the future, and that’s a reality that frankly they don’t want to look in the mirror about.

Pennsylvania has been called by one organization, I imagine others will follow soon: