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I didn't mean to imply that I don't like DWTS. I'm just not so into dance as to watch full hours of it week after week. Since you've watched more of it, O Really, am I off base in thinking that Hernandez has a lock on the win and Lochte will be gone soon?
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Oh, she'll get to the final three, and would be best odds to win. But sometimes at the finals, things turn out differently and the "best" dancer might not win. Lotke isn't very good, and may not have much of a following left, but he's not as bad as Perry. But yeah, he'll be gone soon. I thought (was afraid that) the "little person" would be a novelty like dwarf-tossing, but she's actually pretty good. Particularly considering her awkward conformation and the fact she had a baby back around the first of August.

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I'm not guessing based on "best" dancer. Hernandez looks great to me, but I'm no expert. Rather, my prediction is coming from assessment of the entire package and of American likes. Same for Lochte, I haven't watched him dance.
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Everybody do love the gymnasts, fershure.

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Note: I edited the above while you were posting.

Shawn Johnson did win Season 8. However, Aly Raisman only came in 4th more recently. I just think that there's something special about Hernandez. She's infectious.
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Watched the premier of Pitch. Not bad.
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Rick Perry is the second "star" to get eliminated. He's finally found something he's good at.
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Vrede too wrote:Rick Perry is the second "star" to get eliminated. He's finally found something he's good at.
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Eliminate - [Physiology] - expel (waste matter) from the body.

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rstrong wrote:Eliminate - [Physiology] - expel (waste matter) from the body.
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Seth Milner wrote:
rstrong wrote:Eliminate - [Physiology] - expel (waste matter) from the body.
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The Dumbing Down of America

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Vrede too wrote:... Laurie Hernandez ... can dance and she will win. It's almost not fair.
So, I'm watching this tonight, thinking it's stunning and flawless and that she would stand out in a group of pro dancers, and I'm remembering this post. But, what do I know about dance (other than early/mid 1970s square dancing)?


Laurie & Val's Jazz - Dancing with the Stars
Spoiler:
Unanimous 10s!!!, on a night when the first 9 of the season had been given out earlier.
Long version, with rehearsals, interviews, judge's comments, Tom Bergeron's inanity, etc.:


Laurie Hernandez and Val s Jive Dancing with the Stars 2016 Season 23 Week 2
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Vrede too wrote:... This year, Ryan Lochte will exit early, but perhaps not as early as if there hadn't been that goofy, sympathy-generating protest....
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Laurie Hernandez and Val's Tango - DWTS Season 23 Week 9

She can dance, but even her hat throws are perfect - 2:40. Nice move at 3:05, called "velcro" by a judge at 5:25.

At least one other couple got a perfect 40 last night.



Jana Kramer and Gleb's Waltz - DWTS Season 23 Week 9

Laurie and Val have made it through to the semifinals.
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Yeah, she was spectacular. Next job Roxie on Broadway?

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I don't know, a short sexy dance is one thing but playing a murderous vixen for an entire show at 16 years old might be pushing it. She is probably well past high school senior play level, though.

There is professional gymnastics, acting (on Sesame Street), the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (?), then having her first legal beer in June 2021. After that?
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11 times The Simpsons predicted the future with eerie precision

President Trump - Predicted in 2000

The Higgs Boson Particle – Predicted in 1998
Greece’s economic collapse – Predicted in 2012
Ebola outbreak – Predicted in 1997
Siegfried and Roy tiger attack - Predicted in 1993
The NSA scandal – Predicted in 2007
Horse meat scandal – Predicted in 1994
Faulty voting machines – Predicted in 2008
FIFA Scandal - Predicted in 2014
9/11 – Predicted in 1997
2016 Nobel prize winner
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A bunch of those aren't predictions, but based on then-current and past events.

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