‘FiveThirtyEight’ on Nomination Trajectory…Schedule Changes…Denying Oscar

I am not a big fan of Nate Silver anymore. I liked him years ago. In recent times, not so much. But, he is of some use with his FiveThirtyEight information that includes the possible trajectory of the 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He gives Bernie Sanders nearly a 50-percent chance to win the nomination—and is on pace to win more than 40 states in the primaries—while all others are well behind. I will leave the following link: Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Primary?.

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Upcoming Schedule Changes

I will be using my twice-a-week Progressives Chat blog site to cover the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries with respect to the scheduling on the very day of contests.

This begins next week with Tuesday, February 11, 2020 in the first primary state, and the second overall, New Hampshire.

Two consecutive Saturdays, February 22 (Nevada) and 29 (South Carolina), are on the schedule before we move into the next month with Super Tuesday on March 3, 2020.

What I will do, beginning next week, is schedule blog topics on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

After the last contest, Saturday, June 6, 2020, I will return to a schedule of Mondays and Fridays.

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No, thank you, Oscar!

The 92nd Academy Awards are on this Sunday, February 9, 2020, on ABC. (Yes—it has come early this year. Since 2004, scheduling was usually the final Sunday in February or first Sunday in March.)

I launched Progressives Chat in September 2017.

In 2018 and 2019, I acknowledged Oscar with some content with appreciation for the movies.

I am refraining from doing that this year.

(The 2020 Democratic presidential primaries have my attention.)

With what time I take, personally, to watch movies…I find, as I am getting closer to age 50 (I turn 49 in August), I have become set in my ways.

I prefer to watch some older movies—I think most highly of the decade of the 1970s—because numerous directors, writers, and actors were more talented and skilled. The productions were more unique and fascinating. (My favorite was Robert Altman’s landmark 1975 film Nashville. I have a subscription to Criterion Channel. And I have been enjoying it. Sometimes, I make use of Turner Classic Movies. This month is Oscar Month on TCM.)

I like movies. I also like not being overly generous with giving my time to just about anything being produced lately that is critically well-received. So, if there were some truly fantastic films and performances from 2019—ones which may be honored with (and are deserving of) Academy Awards—I will write, “Congratulations!” while I also acknowledge that I will miss out. (Perhaps I will catch up with however many of them…whenever I may get around to doing that.)

I’m at peace.