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Disputed Wisconsin senate seat stays republican -- nm - zork Nov 8, 19:52
NYT is at 101% Trump. Uh what? ;) -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:48 1
- Spoils - znufrii Nov 8, 19:49
I think this is the only disaster site that Hillary visited during the whole campaign -- nm - zork Nov 8, 19:48
Screw you, America. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 8, 19:47 2
- Focus more on the honeymoon! -- nm - David Nov 8, 19:54
- Poor Mexico -- nm - budice Nov 8, 19:51
"In roulette, the trend is your friend" - znufrii Nov 8, 19:44
Remember, it could always be worse. - David Nov 8, 19:43 11
- I TOLD you Applebees sucks! -- nm - Remlik Nov 8, 19:48
- Your wife can only save us now!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:47
- North Korea could finally light one off? - Beryllium Nov 8, 19:45 1
  - The bright side being, NK is such a bunch of fuckups that if they light one off, it will be on their own territory - crash davis Nov 8, 19:46
- true, I could have lost this weekend to David in Astronauts #importantvictories -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:44 6
  - Stupid refs. - David Nov 8, 19:46 5
    - I saw offsides not being called on Buff and clipping not being called on Buff.. They sucked to a neutral factor at best. - crash davis Nov 8, 19:48 4
      - Tell that to the NFL, who gave a ginormous "mea culpa" to Buffalo afterward. - David Nov 8, 19:49 3
        
        fudge the NFL, they owe me a Seattle Piggsburg Super Bowl game due to officiating - crash davis Nov 8, 19:51 2
        
        Fair point. -- nm - David Nov 8, 19:54
        
        Back when the Seahawks weren't such a vile team I would have agreed! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 8, 19:53
I know it makes me a terrible person, but I'm seriously fantasizing about a Johnny Smith/Greg Stillson situation now. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 8, 19:43 5
- Is there room in Australia for me and my family to move there? -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:46 4
  - Yes, so long as you move to Brisbane and are a democrat -- nm - Karl_S Nov 8, 19:57
  - You'd have to learn to like a different type of football, and no. -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 19:47 2
    - Well, there's plenty of room its just not inhabitable. -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 19:49 1
      - Shhh, I'm not going to let him in. -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 19:56
I'm never going to rescue the sage at this rate of Bourbon... #ACBlackFlag -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:42 7
- I finished the 4 Roses (small batch) and am eyeing the Blantons -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:48
- you're more of an American than I...I've got a bottle of Scotch out -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:43 5
  - I've been on monkey shoulder all night, sorry. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 19:50 1
    - I saw you say that. I'm not familiar with Monkey Shoulder. Describe please? -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:52
  - After this, my second Bourbon bottle, I'm down to a Scotch and a Jameson's Caskmates. -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:47 2
    - are you more Scottish or Irish? I'm a bad man, I'm more Irish but I prefer Scotch -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:49 1
      - More Scottish. My maternal grandfather's family had a lowlands castle. -- (link) - Ender Nov 8, 20:04
so what happens if they both end up with 269? -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 19:37 14
- the worst case scenario in a tie: Robert Satiacum, a washington EC rep states he will not vote for Hillary (he's a berniac) -- (link) - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:46 3
  - it would be kind of amazing if a Berniac gave the presidency to Trump. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 19:47 2
    - he's been getting death threats, (I think Bernie Sanders himself sent one) -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:53
    - Not really. -- nm - Mara Nov 8, 19:53
- The GOP controlled House selects the president -- nm - decline Nov 8, 19:40
- Paul Ryan 2016!!! -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:39 4
  - Spoils - znufrii Nov 8, 19:42 3
    - This is correct -- nm - decline Nov 8, 19:46
    - Link? -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:42 1
      - Here -- (link) - znufrii Nov 8, 19:45
- The House votes, by state. GOP controls 33 state delegations. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 19:39
- They build a wall half the height. nm - Dignan Nov 8, 19:39
- goes to the house, vote by state delegations - Reagen Nov 8, 19:39 1
  - Oh, this sounds more likely. nm - Dignan Nov 8, 19:39
Trumps currently leading the Popular Vote -- nm - budice Nov 8, 19:35 4
- always happens. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 19:37
- The polls have not closed in the state that has the most massive population in the US -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:36
- CA on its own will flip it. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:36 1
  - here is why I was slower than you -- (link) - crash davis Nov 8, 19:38 [Backboard]
Imagine the freakout CNN would have right now if the magic board glitched out to blue screen of death. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 19:35 3
- Windows 10 Update Strikes Again. -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 20:24
- Let's hope that it's on a Unix box -- nm - zork Nov 8, 19:39
- This is FSociety, we have wiped out debt. -- nm - FSociety Nov 8, 19:36
NBC gives Colorado to Clinton -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:35
my gold stocks are up like 10%, everything else down between 2 and 5. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 19:35 6
- Monday I thought I fucked up. Now I am so happy I am mostly in cash -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:36 5
  - Twug was mocking me. Now I know how Ty feels -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:36 2
    - Jumping in and out is foolish almost always. Getting lucky isn't the same as being smart. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 19:45 1
      - This is the first jump out in 7 years for me. I did not do it lightly -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:46
  - buying opportunity -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:36 1
    - this ... and I'm liking the fact that I have a small percentage of my portfolio in tangible assets ... it's a nice little cushion, at least -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 8, 19:37
Fuck America -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 19:34
I just got out of all day meetings and CNN radio is freaking me out. Can someone talk me down? Is everything going as expected even though she's - jnine Nov 8, 19:33 6
- No. She is underperforming everywhere. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 19:43
- She hasn't lost any of her must-win states, yet. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 19:36
- Don't jump yet, but this is Idiocracy coming to fruition. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 19:35 1
  - More like Winter Soldier. - Beryllium Nov 8, 19:43
- No, they can't. -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:35
- Not really. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 19:34
so, with currently called states and my own predictions, I have Clinton at 269 - mafic Nov 8, 19:32 1
- At this point, she needs a lot of luck. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 8, 19:33
Wolf's list of key states. IF they go as they are now, that's 101 elec. coll. more for Trump. 268 total. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 8, 19:32
VA to Hillary. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:32 1
- *phew* -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 19:33
I've lost the CNN livestream and have to rely on the ABC livestream. I need a John King fix. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 19:31 1
- John King watches Westworld and says "Whatever remote control Anthony Hopkins has, I need it." -- nm - Max Nov 8, 19:33
Can someone parse the Georgia vote for me? (Trump has a big lead but it's not called. I'm guessing Atlanta?) -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 19:31 5
- yeah, Atlanta -- (link) - mafic Nov 8, 19:33
- Yes, a lot to come from Atlanta. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 19:33
- Trump way ahead of GA, but they aren't calling it yet -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:33
- It's going Trump. Nothing that wasn't expected ahead of time. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:33 1
  - That last part I knew, I'm just surprised it hasn't been called -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 19:38
I'll admit it, I need John Stewart right now. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 19:31
I think I'm signing off the internet for a couple days. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 19:31 1
- I know I am. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 19:32
And you people wondered how Rob Ford got elected -- nm - zork Nov 8, 19:29 1
- I never wondered. I always knew Andie was for him. And where Andie goes, Canada follows -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:30
virginia for clinton -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:27 3
- Officially called? -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 19:29 2
  - PBS news hour did -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:31 1
    - now CNN -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:39
Globally this simply means that the United States can't say anything to anybody about anything whatsoever. - Diva Nov 8, 19:27 18
- Will we still have NATO in 4 years? -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:31 7
  - I would think so, at least russia is an enemy with uniforms and flags -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 19:32 6
    - Trump said he won't come to the aid of NATO members who aren't paying their fair share -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:33 5
      - Trump says a lot of shit. *NM* - Ender Nov 8, 19:37 3
        
        I believe he'd write off the Baltics, the line in the sand is Poland -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:39 2
        
        This all sounds so familiar. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 19:42 1
        
        I thought it might -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:42
      - And he'd know all about paying ones fair share, wouldn't he? -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 19:35
- Oh. If he wins you are fucked for any global respect. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 19:30 1
  - seriously. you think Bush was bad. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 19:36
- This is a nightmare. -- nm - Krusty Nov 8, 19:29
- Globally, this is a disaster. No commitment to NATO, no commitment to nuclear non-proliferation, etc, etc etc -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:28 5
  - If the US elects Trump, everyone will cope, the rest of the world included. -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 19:32 1
    - Cope is an odd word. Everyone has to cope. It doesn't mean that things won't change. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:34
  - prediction: within 2 years Putin invades the Baltic states - Jovian Nov 8, 19:30 2
    - The Donaldo, if you read between the lines, already disavowed the Baltics -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:31 1
      - It is a terrifying direction to head in. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 19:38
- Plotting Kanye 2020. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 19:27
NBC calls Ohio for Trump -- nm - Remlik Nov 8, 19:23 9
- "No Republican has ever won without Ohio." Drink. -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:38
- There is the first crotch kick -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:24 7
  - Trump hasn't won a state yet that he wasn't at least marginally favored to do so. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:28 3
    - Yup. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 19:29 2
      - PA, MI and WI are very *very* ominous right now though -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:31 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 19:40
  - He was polling ahead there the last few weeks. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 19:26 2
    - Ah okay good. I thought Ohio was a battleground. The anxiety is high -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:29 1
      - I mean it *was* but it's not necessarily an upset. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 19:30
Heh -- (link) - ML Nov 8, 19:23
Josh Hawley appears to be over performing other Republicans so far. #DNN -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 19:23
They'll call Florida in the next half hour I think. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 19:20 1
- Florida is lost. -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:21
this just in ... B2 just went for (insert political figure here), surprising no one -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 8, 19:20 1
- Boaty McBoatface -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 8, 19:21
Dow Jones falling like a brick now. -615 Points. It's Brexit -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:20 1
- now is the time i wish i had a sizable stash of cash to invest ... buy low, or so I've heard. -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 8, 19:23
I'll reiterate a position I've always held. The Electoral College is a relic of the past. We should go to a popular vote presidency. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:20 14
- I'll reiterate a position I've always held. That's BS. -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 19:35
- are the EC votes divided up by population -- nm - Karl_S Nov 8, 19:22 6
  - no, its winner take all. So candidate A can lose a big state 50.1 to 49.9 and win a smaller 73 to 27 and thus lose even though they were ahead - crash davis Nov 8, 19:24
  - Related to, but not the be-all and end-all -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 19:24
  - It's winner take all per state based on how many Reps and Senators they have - Will Hunting Nov 8, 19:24
  - sort of - each state gets 2 plus its number of seats in Congress - Reagen Nov 8, 19:24 1
    - So, house and Senate combined -- nm - zork Nov 8, 19:28
  - Only in that they follow House and Senate allocations. Senate isn't population based. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 19:23
- Will she even win that? -- nm - Inigo Nov 8, 19:20 5
  - That's beside the point. Everybody's vote would count. -- nm - Mara Nov 8, 19:54
  - the NYT thing ppl keep referencing has her winning that -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:21 3
    - 20 minutes ago CNN showed him up by a million -- nm - zork Nov 8, 19:25 1
      - The most populous state in the nation has yet to be heard from -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:26
    - but, even if she loses that, I will still hold that opinion -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 19:23
NYT 80% Trump wow, just wow -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:18
Holy *shit* Ron Johnson looks favorable to take out Feingold. -- (link) - ML Nov 8, 19:18 4
- 91% favored per NYT now--WOW (edit: sorry Dano) -- nm* - ML Nov 8, 19:20 3
  - It's insane!!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 19:30
  - Link -- (link) - Dano Nov 8, 19:27 [Backboard] 1
    - missed that - ML Nov 8, 19:28
AZ quietly close. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 19:18 2
- Iowa *weirdly* close in the NYT projection -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 19:25
- If she can take AZ, that'll go a very very long way. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 19:18

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