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How many have watched The Mandalorian expecting a story with a beginning, middle and end with some common story line between episodes? I have and I have been sorely disappointed as the Mandalorian wanders from planet to planet seeking to reunite the baby Yoda with some one or some thing for some unknown reason, getting into other people's squabbles and acting totally out of character in the process. Well, it sucks. The Mandalorian is a disjointed cluster foxtrot of a "series".

05:11 PM ET (Updates with background, comments) SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, citing better-than-expected revenues, unveiled a revised state budget on Friday for the coming fiscal year that would raise spending to $115.7 billion and plug a shortfall estimated to have narrowed to $4 billion. Schwarzenegger also said he no longer sees the need for issuing debt, including $1.7 billion in economic recovery bonds, to balance the state's books. His initial spending plan issued in January for California's 2005-06 fiscal year totaled $111.7 billion and aimed to balance the budget by closing a shortfall then...

NATO leaders moved on from bitter rows over Iraq today and turned to tough talks on reshaping their alliance for new security threats. "A period of distance between Chirac, Schroeder, Blair and Bush is over and a new period of collaboration has begun," declared Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after a dinner in Istanbul for the leaders of NATO's 26 nations. NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer cited the alliance's plans to widen its peace mission in Afghanistan as proof it can project stability far from national borders. The leaders will also agree to train the insurgency-beset security forces of...