You could argue Cheryl Hines is "just a woman who fell in love with the wrong man."

"Falling in love" doesn't force you to cover an election when you have an unreported conflict of interest and are (at least per Lizza) acting as a shadow PR manager for a candidate in the race.

This is a little old but if I'm following this chart from a 2017 538 article ... it basically makes no difference. (Margin after the TD would be -9.)

I just wonder if the psychological effects actually manifest in the stats.

I wish the announcers had gotten into the data. Surely "if you're down 15 is it better/worse/the same to go for 2 early or wait and go for 2 later?" is a question there's a lot of data on.

But the announcers are talking about the psychological effects so maybe not. (They're also referencing analytics without saying what the analytics say.)

My guess is it's a wash.

If they got 1 there, they'd have to go for 2 later ... and if they didn't convert that, they'd still be down a score.

Erivo is again really good, but the script/story issues let her down.

Jonathan Bailey and Ethan Slater are both solid.

Jeff Goldblum was super fun in his role.

Actors (w/ ... kinda 1 exception I won't say) great.

In Part 1, Grande really surprised me with how great she was in a comedic role. Here, it's largely a more dramatic (mostly: sad/crying) role, and she's not bad at all, it's just less interesting.

Both were relatively slow pop solos (as is tradition for these types of songs at this point)—added little/no insight and also were not IMO good enough to be excited about.

It's not terrible. It's not Cats. And there are definitely great moments. But the pacing (like in Act 2 of the stage show) sucks ... the characters (esp. Elphaba) are a bit all over the place in terms of motivations.

Also, like almost all just-for-the-movie songs, the 2 new songs added nothing.

I’ve called 12 different chains and 20 total places.

The best I can do is my regular pharmacy, which at least gave me some bonus info: they’re hoping to get some by the first week of December.

Unfortunately, that means productivity/awake time for me is going to suck for the rest of November.

Oh wait I forgot:

The CVSs near me make you talk to the computer for 5 minutes, give your cvs account info, and then leave a voicemail, and then a pharmacist will, 5-10 minutes after *that*, call you back and say they don’t have it.

If a small pharmacy, two options:

1: the person will immediately pick up and say they don’t have it.

2: a person will immediately pick up and then put you on hold for 5-10m before telling you they don’t have it.

If a major pharmacy, a computer will do everything it can to stop you from talking to a pharmacist even though it cannot answer inventory Qs. If you try to shortcut the process, you’ll be hung up on and have to start over.

After 5-10m, a pharmacist will pick up and tell you they don’t have it.

I think you’re suggesting a legal rule: if a media outlet reports hearsay, it must describe the matter asserted as an allegation, or it’s defamation.

That’s just not a real rule.

Might some media style guide say “you must use ‘alleged’” in that circumstance? Sure. But it’s not a real legal rule.

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Update: oh god I just looked on her page again … I didn’t realize she had gone THAT insane.

I knew she responded to the unfortunate research mistake incident by believing in chem trail/5g silliness … but she’s now retweeting white supremacists fear mongering about migrants.