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I was working on a project in the UK at the time. Couldn't believe that the English (& it was mostly the English and not the Scots) were this incredibly stupid to vote for economic suicide. I guess it made them feel good - kinda like Reagan made people feel good about his trickle down insanity. But it was 2016 so I couldn't say much after the candidates the 2 party system coughed up in the US.

Not sure why the tag would necessarily get this jerk more views.

Thanks Douglas I tracked down the Forbes article on this - very interesting reading about how the model works. Basically, it takes the bets on Predictit.org as a better estimate for who is going to win - not the who will you vote for question polls ask - then seems to use that data to predict the outcomes in states & EC votes. The contract price for a Dem win is currently 59¢ which translates to a whopping 59% of the popular vote for the Data Scientist at Northwestern Univ. His site -> https://virtualtout.com has the best explanation of his model for those interested. Currently, he predicts a these numbers for the EC vote count. It's an interesting and short (<5 mins) read. September 17: Harris/Walz (438), Trump/Vance (100) and here's the betting site the predictions are based on: https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/6867/Which-party-will-win-the-2024-US-presidential-election

Well on France 2 there's a special report tonight on.....Springfield, Ohio. A lot of the world must think the US of A is nuts.

Kirk - the death of a movie star is huge in France. Dominates the news for a few days. They say the worst thing for somebody of historical importances death is to die on the same day as a movie star. But, in comparison, the death of Johnny Hallyday was actually covered more / longer than the death of Elvis. We went to the 125th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. Got there early and a good thing. There were about half a million people on the Champ de Mars. Before the incredible fireworks / computer light show that projected images from 5 eras onto the tower, Johnny performed. Was actually pretty good. You might like this one - (both are live) Johnny's best cover of a hit or my favorite French one Allumer le Feu -- (Light the fire)

Could be. And maybe that would explain some of the ear witness statements that the first shot sounded like a firecracker and was different from the others?

I eat duck. Quite popular in France. Maigret is the duck breast and confit de canard is potted thigh and leg. Both quite good. We do Margret on the Weber -- but you have to put a container under it to catch all the fat that cooks off. Not to mention fois gras! I even know a restaurant, not far from the tower in Paris where they specialise in duck & every table has a toaster on it to use if you order the fois gras.

Pollyvote has the trend for Harris continuing:

Since the risk from a shot that was a diversion would be the same as an on-target shot -- why take the risk and not try for a hit? Isn't a missed shot or a shot pulled due to Jackie being in the line of sight more likely?

His endorsement, like Dick Cheney's, is yet another tsunami compared to Taylor Swift's ripple in the water --- NOT. 😄

Interesting read. Thanks much.

new voter registration discussion video (10 mins) - missed by polls While state polling averages can be easily manipulated by running more biased polls in a targeted state to swing the average of polls in the direction the new polls want.

He's lost without an incredibly inept (Mrs Clinton) or weak (Biden) hand-picked DNC candidate to run against.

Thanks Robert.