^ I didn't know that about his reputation as a player, music_collector. I feel that he shouldn't have stepped so far away from his area of expertise, but unfortunately there are new rules about political candidates these days:
i) no need to be smart or coherent
ii) if you are a face already familiar from tv, you will get plenty of votes
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Originally Posted by rubber soul
I always worry about the Democratic strategy to prop up Trump backed candidates because they'd be easier to beat. It's sort of like the old saying, don't wish for something too hard, you might just get it.
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Yes, that's a rather weak campaign strategy, but with Dems fighting uphill against gerrymandering and the electoral college, they need to go with anything they can.
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Meanwhile elsewhere:
A projected 2050 weather forecast based on climate change models is coming true within days, not decades:-
(One weird detail to notice: not only do the temps match up pretty well, even the time of year is the same, within days, between hypothetical and real.)
A fuller report about how Britain is going to be hotter than it's ever been:-
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/15/w...022/index.html