If anyone needs something scary and diverting, I recommend The Haunting of Hill House, a very clever Netflix series, which is a reworking of the famous Shirley Jackson novel from the 1950s (one of the few truly unsettling ghost stories)
It is cheesy in parts but it gets significantly better. The Bent Neck Lady episode is whoah
I'll confess to being a big pansy and say I find it hard to handle creepy and scary things. I put it down to seeing IT when I was 5. I was hugely uncomfortable when I saw Hereditary, apart from a scene where I burst out laughing at what was probably meant to be a horrifying moment.
Try it. Challenge yourself. After a wobbly intro it gets properly frightening. One of the few sincerely creepy TV series I’ve seen. Check the ratings
If anyone needs something scary and diverting, I recommend The Haunting of Hill House, a very clever Netflix series, which is a reworking of the famous Shirley Jackson novel from the 1950s (one of the few truly unsettling ghost stories)
It is cheesy in parts but it gets significantly better. The Bent Neck Lady episode is whoah
I'll confess to being a big pansy and say I find it hard to handle creepy and scary things. I put it down to seeing IT when I was 5. I was hugely uncomfortable when I saw Hereditary, apart from a scene where I burst out laughing at what was probably meant to be a horrifying moment.
Try it. Challenge yourself. After a wobbly intro it gets properly frightening. One of the few sincerely creepy TV series I’ve seen. Check the ratings
If you want creepy the film I watched last night where the character portrayed by peter dinklege was invited to a threesome by serena williams played by herself and martha stewart played by herself in the lincoln bedroom now that was creepy
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
Except Biden's not trying to have big crowds, so how are we supposed to judge based on crowd size?
And perhaps my memory is faulty but I feel like Corbyn had the larger crowds and definitely the noisier supporters in 2019 too, though Boris's polling remained good, unlike May's.
I think this emphasises the enthusiasm gap, who the hell turns up to hear Pence talk? And yet he still had many times the size crowd in the middle of nowhere than Kamala could manage in Detroit.
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
In 1896 - way before radio, tv or internet - who had the bigger crowds, William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
Answer is Bryan, who made several record-setting tours across the US, while McKinley waged a "front porch" campaign where he gave few speeches and rarely left hims homestead.
Result was a solid victory for McKinley that put White House in Republican hands for next 16 years, until GOP split in 1912 let in the Democrats.
Thanks to COVID, in 2020 Joe Biden is waging what amounts to a early 21st century front porch campaign.
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
In 1896 - way before radio, tv or internet - who had the bigger crowds, William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
Answer is Bryan, who made several record-setting tours across the US, while McKinley waged a "front porch" campaign where he gave few speeches and rarely left hims homestead.
Result was a solid victory for McKinley that put White House in Republican hands for next 16 years, until GOP split in 1912 let in the Democrats.
Thanks to COVID, in 2020 Joe Biden is waging what amounts to a early 21st century front porch campaign.
Yes but now we have internet, radio and tv so that is pure extrapolation and not comparable
I think this emphasises the enthusiasm gap, who the hell turns up to hear Pence talk? And yet he still had many times the size crowd in the middle of nowhere than Kamala could manage in Detroit.
Enthusiasm is great. But a super enthusiastic voter has a vote. The same number as one who votes with "meh" in mind.
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
Except Biden's not trying to have big crowds, so how are we supposed to judge based on crowd size?
And perhaps my memory is faulty but I feel like Corbyn had the larger crowds and definitely the noisier supporters in 2019 too, though Boris's polling remained good, unlike May's.
No by 2019 Boris had clearly bigger crowds than May did in 2017
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
In 1896 - way before radio, tv or internet - who had the bigger crowds, William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
Answer is Bryan, who made several record-setting tours across the US, while McKinley waged a "front porch" campaign where he gave few speeches and rarely left hims homestead.
Result was a solid victory for McKinley that put White House in Republican hands for next 16 years, until GOP split in 1912 let in the Democrats.
Thanks to COVID, in 2020 Joe Biden is waging what amounts to a early 21st century front porch campaign.
Yes but now we have internet, radio and tv so that is pure extrapolation and not comparable
My extrapolations (and other emissions) are rarely pure!
What I mean is that today candidates have MORE ways to put their words and faces directly in front of voters. Back then you could read about politicos' speeches in the paper BUT in order to be able to hear and see them, the only way was by attending a campaign rally.
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
Except Biden's not trying to have big crowds, so how are we supposed to judge based on crowd size?
Ha, Covid didn't stop the 1000s protesting over the summer, why wouldn't they turn up to a rally?
When Trump loses I wonder becomes of the MAGA army?
I think we should be very worried personally. I have heard a lot mock the americans for their right to bear arms. They say stuff like how will they stand up to the us army with their tanks and sophisticated weapons.
One word for that Afghanistan
tribesmen armed mostly ak47's and what other ordinance they could scrounge gave the russians first then the americans and allies a run for their money
Trust they'd be in receipt of drone strikes, cluster bombs and cruise missiles? Fair's fair.
I think this emphasises the enthusiasm gap, who the hell turns up to hear Pence talk? And yet he still had many times the size crowd in the middle of nowhere than Kamala could manage in Detroit.
Well Biden supporters certainly seem to have enthusiasm to get to a polling booth
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
In 1896 - way before radio, tv or internet - who had the bigger crowds, William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
Answer is Bryan, who made several record-setting tours across the US, while McKinley waged a "front porch" campaign where he gave few speeches and rarely left hims homestead.
Result was a solid victory for McKinley that put White House in Republican hands for next 16 years, until GOP split in 1912 let in the Democrats.
Thanks to COVID, in 2020 Joe Biden is waging what amounts to a early 21st century front porch campaign.
Yes but now we have internet, radio and tv so that is pure extrapolation and not comparable
My extrapolations (and other emissions) are rarely pure!
What I mean is that today candidates have MORE ways to put their words and faces directly in front of voters. Back then you could read about politicos' speeches in the paper BUT in order to be able to hear and see them, the only way was by attending a campaign rally.
true and for info I have not bet on you colonial elections as they are far too febrile neither do I care who wins so was merely a comment
I think this emphasises the enthusiasm gap, who the hell turns up to hear Pence talk? And yet he still had many times the size crowd in the middle of nowhere than Kamala could manage in Detroit.
Personally would NOT attend any campaign rally right now, even if my own sainted mother was the candidate.
Of course Trumpskyites are VERY antsy right now, and eager to get out, mix, miggle and (super-)spread their wings.
Whereas progressives and other anti-Trumpsky types got it out of their system earlier this year marching for BLM.
Where is this new thread? I think @rcs1000 needs to add a dummy comment to make it visible via Vanilla. I can see the header but cannot comment on the pb domain.
They might be wrong, but crowd size will have nothing to do with whether they are. Corbyn said the same thing.
I would not be so sure, Corbyn had the bigger crowds in 2017 compared to May and we all know what happened there to May's big poll leads, only by 2019 had they begun to shrink while the Boris crowds grew.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
In 1896 - way before radio, tv or internet - who had the bigger crowds, William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
Answer is Bryan, who made several record-setting tours across the US, while McKinley waged a "front porch" campaign where he gave few speeches and rarely left hims homestead.
Result was a solid victory for McKinley that put White House in Republican hands for next 16 years, until GOP split in 1912 let in the Democrats.
Thanks to COVID, in 2020 Joe Biden is waging what amounts to a early 21st century front porch campaign.
Yes but now we have internet, radio and tv so that is pure extrapolation and not comparable
My extrapolations (and other emissions) are rarely pure!
What I mean is that today candidates have MORE ways to put their words and faces directly in front of voters. Back then you could read about politicos' speeches in the paper BUT in order to be able to hear and see them, the only way was by attending a campaign rally.
true and for info I have not bet on you colonial elections as they are far too febrile neither do I care who wins so was merely a comment
tribesmen armed mostly ak47's and what other ordinance they could scrounge gave the russians first then the americans and allies a run for their money
They did but the Taliban were able to coerce the local populace into collaboration through violence and had a deeply embedded cultural willingness to take casualties on a scale that is unimaginable to Western thinking. The best equipped and most disciplined MAGA militia vs the worst unit the US Army or National Guard will be a one way massacre.
Where is this new thread? I think @rcs1000 needs to add a dummy comment to make it visible via Vanilla. I can see the header but cannot comment on the pb domain.
tribesmen armed mostly ak47's and what other ordinance they could scrounge gave the russians first then the americans and allies a run for their money
They did but the Taliban were able to coerce the local populace into collaboration through violence and had a deeply embedded cultural willingness to take casualties on a scale that is unimaginable to Western thinking. The best equipped and most disciplined MAGA militia vs the worst unit the US Army or National Guard will be a one way massacre.
Taking casualties is easier when people really do believe they will literally go to heaven if killed fighting for their cause.
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Grover Cleveland managed non-consecutive terms, so why not Trump, eg?
Though wiki says Grover won the popular vote in all three presidential elections he competed in...
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_haunting_of_hill_house/s01
They got lucky last time around.
In 2016 who had the bigger crowds Trump or Hillary? Trump. In 2012 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Romney? Obama. In 2008 who had the bigger crowds Obama or Mccain? Obama.
In 2004 who had the bigger crowds Bush or Kerry? Bush. Spot a pattern?
https://twitter.com/alfaromeoracing/status/1320417091351183361?s=20
And perhaps my memory is faulty but I feel like Corbyn had the larger crowds and definitely the noisier supporters in 2019 too, though Boris's polling remained good, unlike May's.
Answer is Bryan, who made several record-setting tours across the US, while McKinley waged a "front porch" campaign where he gave few speeches and rarely left hims homestead.
Result was a solid victory for McKinley that put White House in Republican hands for next 16 years, until GOP split in 1912 let in the Democrats.
Thanks to COVID, in 2020 Joe Biden is waging what amounts to a early 21st century front porch campaign.
The 10pm curfew is pants, according to LSHTM.
And a new tool from an American university considers local prevalance as a risk factor. For instance, the chance of someone having coronavirus at a 10-person event is around 12 times higher in Nottingham than in West Sussex.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/25/rule-six-curfews-probably-have-zero-effect-reducing-contacts/
The same number as one who votes with "meh" in mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gYMYr_jFCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLnbvyLc9kM
Corbyn's crowds were huge at some points in 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVGp663xzI
Not so much in 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul11i6fiSo0
What I mean is that today candidates have MORE ways to put their words and faces directly in front of voters. Back then you could read about politicos' speeches in the paper BUT in order to be able to hear and see them, the only way was by attending a campaign rally.
When Vlad rests an assault rifle on his man bosom.
Fair's fair.
Of course Trumpskyites are VERY antsy right now, and eager to get out, mix, miggle and (super-)spread their wings.
Whereas progressives and other anti-Trumpsky types got it out of their system earlier this year marching for BLM.