2020 Candidates In Brief

The Real Candidates

Elizabeth Warren, Senator-MA: The clear best choice for now. She has a plan for everything. She has ideas, but against this incumbent, will her low-key demeanor be a plus or a minus? Will people see her and her ideas and see a leader, or just a collection of great policies?

Kamala Harris, Senator-CA: It's impossible to watch her in those Senate hearings and not imagine her tearing down the president. She's a smart rising star, a party favorite with broad appeal. Against this field, though, I find myself wondering what she stands for and how she's going to reach out more to progressives.

Julian Castro, Former HUD Secretary-TX: He’s not all that exciting, but he’s young, compassionate, and you better believe he’s going to clean up the atrocities at the Mexican border. And he might actually put Texas in play.

John Hickenlooper, Former Governor-CO: A boring moderate, but he’s worth a look. He’s a consensus builder, and the only major candidate with real executive experience.
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Explained List: GoT Final Death Ranking

I know I said I wasn't going to re-order the list, but now I feel like I need to just to get all my thoughts together. Throw subtlety out the door, the last episode is now clearly Team Jon vs. Team Dany. Frankly, I don't want either of them to win, but I definitely don't want either of them to die. As far as I'm concerned, everyone is now on the chopping block. If Varys can die, I don't even know what the end of the show looks like.

1. Bran Stark
The question now is why the fuck is Bran still alive? What's even his purpose? He's #1 no longer because I think he's the most likely to die but because he's the one I want to die the most. UPDATE: fuck Bran... but I guess Tyrion is basically king now, so that's... good? Give it up for the rich white guy who spent eight years doing literally NOTHING. They never get anything.

2. Bronn
There is no way he gets Highgarden. Start his death clock. I really should have put him #1, but fuck Bran. Fuck Bran and his stupid, non-specific powers. Bran better have something major up his sleeve because fuck. UPDATE: Wrong again, I guess. Always liked Bronn, so whatever.

3. Daenerys Targaryen
Is anyone still on Team Dany? There is no way she survives now. Any chance of being part of the final power structure is now out the window. And she's been very clear that she's not going to stand by with someone else in charge. Jon Snow is gonna warg Drogon and without a dragon, she has no one to protect her.

4. Grey Worm
For a warrior with only one thing to lose, the most tragic ending would be for him to survive, but his love not to. Grey Worm arriving in Naath with Missandei's remains would maybe be too satisfying of an ending for this show. Alas, Dany's last remaining ally will have to go when she does. But he's going to go out like a bad ass. UPDATE: They went for the satisfying ending. I shouldn't have questioned myself...

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Explained List: GoT Death Ranking- Post Winterfell

Overall, I didn't do half bad in my predictions. Of my top 10, I thought seven would die at Winterfell. I was right about 5. I should have known they were just manipulating us, like they were with Arya. The fact remains, Missandei talked about her happy ending, so I don't think she'll have it. But when I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong. I did not think they'd kill off Lyanna, and I did not think Melisandre would even come back. Five out of seven ain't bad.

Again, pretty certain everyone after Jon Snow is going to live. UPDATE: I’m not going to re-order the list, but I will add thoughts at the end of each week.

1. Gregor Clegane
Without a doubt, this show cannot end until the Hound kills the Mountain. Someone else killed him the first time, so he was brought back with the sole purpose of living long enough for his brother to kill him.

2. Euron Greyjoy
A smug villain we didn’t meet until late into the show. Dead.

3. Missandei
With each passing day, I'm more and more convinced the tragedy will be Grey Worm living to the end to return to Naath to mourn Missandei.

4. Cersei Lannister
With 5 of the top 10 dead and one upgraded to likely to live, the clear new Big Bad cracks the top 5. Either Jaime or Arya does it. Neither character feels fulfilled as long as Cersei lives.

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Explained List: Game of Thrones Death Ranking

With the chess pieces now in place for the first big battle of the final season, it’s time to rank all remaining characters by how likely they are to die. I’ll go back and cross them off as they go. If I’m right, everyone below Jon Snow will be alive.

1. Gregor Clegane
Without a doubt, this show cannot end until the Hound kills the Mountain. Someone else killed him the first time, so he was brought back with the sole purpose of living long enough for his brother to kill him.

2. Euron Greyjoy
A smug villain we didn’t meet until late into the show. Dead.

3. The Night King
An undead creature that will not stop until man is forgotten from history. How can we call the story complete until he’s dead?

4. Theon Greyjoy
No one has fallen further and done more to redeem himself. He has no hope of a happy life, so a noble death failing to defend Bran is a fitting end.

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Unexplained List: Nervous Breakdown

70) Bran Stark 69) Edmure Tully 68) Tommen Baratheon 67) Kevan Lannister 66) Loras Tyrell 65) Osha 64) Grand Maester Pycelle 63) Lysa Arryn 62) Shireen Baratheon 61) Craster 60) Gregor Clegane 59) Septa Unella 58) Meera Reed 57) Hot Pie 56) Aemon Targaryen 55) Daario Naharis 54) Jojen Reed

35) Grey Worm 34) Robert Baratheon 33) Ellaria Sand 32) Sansa Stark 31) Stannis Baratheon 30) Missandei 29) High Sparrow 28) Jorah Mormont 27) Syrio Forel 26) Hodor 25) Viserys Targaryen 24) Yara Greyjoy 23) Jeor Mormont 22) Ygritte 21) Robin Arryn 20) Theon Greyjoy 19) Podrick Payne

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Unexplained List: L, D, R

18) Sucker of Souls
17) Fish Night
16) The Dump
15) The Secret War
14) Beyond the Aquila Rift
13) Shape-Shifters
12) The Witness
11) Alternate Histories
10) Blindspot
9) Suits
8) Ice Age
7) Sonnie’s Edge
6) Three Robots
5) Lucky 13
4) Zima Blue
3) Helping Hand
2) When the Yogurt Took Over
1) Good Hunting

Unexplained List: No GoT

10) Garlan & Willis Tyrell
9) Dick Crabb
8) Mya Stone
7) Septa Lemore
6) Wyman Manderly
5) Val
4) Dareon
3) Arys Oakheart
2) Arianne Martell
1) Quentyn Martell

Unexplained List: Bestest Bests

36) Dances With Wolves 35) Driving Miss Daisy 34) Shakespeare in Love 33) Green Book 32) Argo 31) The King’s Speech 30) Out of Africa 29) Crash 28) Birdman 27) A Beautiful Mind 26) Million Dollar Baby 25) Chicago 24) The English Patient 23) Slumdog Millionaire 22) Braveheart 21) No Country for Old Men 20) Amadeus 19) Rain Man

18) The Hurt Locker 17) Forrest Gump 16) American Beauty 15) The Artist 14) Gladiator 13) Spotlight 12) Titanic 11) The Shape of Water 10) The Departed 9) Terms of Endearment 8) The Last Emperor 7) Platoon 6) Unforgiven 5) LOTR: Return of the King 4) The Silence of the Lambs 3) Moonlight 2) 12 Years a Slave 1) Schindler’s List

Unexplained List: We’re #2!

36) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 35) Alice in Wonderland 34) Shrek the Third 33) A Night at the Museum 32) The Dark Knight Rises 31) Crocodile Dundee 30) Beauty and the Beast 29) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe 28) Finding Dory 27) Transformers: Dark of the Moon 26) Jurassic World 25) Fatal Attraction 24) Rambo: First Blood, Part II 23) Mockingjay, Part 1 22) Avengers: Infinity War 21) Cast Away 20) Armageddon 19) Home Alone 2

18) Ghost 17) Sixth Sense 16) Iron Man 15) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 14) Batman Forever 13) Terms of Endearment 12) Men in Black 11) Ghostbusters 10) Iron Man 3 9) LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring 8) Twister 7) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 6) Mrs Doubtfire 5) The Two Towers 4) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Spider-Man 2 2) The Lion King 1) Finding Nemo

Unexplained List: Best Picture? Really?

Year	Best Picture	Better Picture
2019	Green Book	The Favourite
2018	The Shape of Water	Get Out
2017	Moonlight
2016	Spotlight	Room
2015	Birdman	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014	12 Years a Slave
2013	Argo	Zero Dark Thirty
2012	The Artist
2011	The King’s Speech	The Social Network
2010	The Hurt Locker	Inglourious Basterds

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