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I am so fucking angry - ty97 Nov 9, 08:12 7
- at the end of the day, we still have control of how we treat others and how we respond to this. - groiny Nov 9, 08:16 4
  - groiny - voice of reason. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 08:21
  - It's really all we can control. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 08:20
  - exactly this. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 08:17 1
    - I was honored to be Logan's father today. I was worried about explaining it to him and instead he detailed *his* plan for dealing with this. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 08:18
- I thought about shutting down and realized that is the *last* thing I should do. - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 08:16
- oh, honey. we're all where you are. stay with your friends. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 08:12
work rant: it is the job of marketing admins to schedule meetings. all admins have calendar access organizationwide. how can I possibly - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 08:11
Good news! I have a dr appt but not until Dec 1. I called today to see if I could possibly get in earlier. Snagged a Friday appt. Woot. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 9, 08:08 1
- use that health insurance while you still can! -- nm - decline Nov 9, 08:09
Distraction! Do you want to hear today's 'drama' at my office? HR just received an anonymous fax - Andie Nov 9, 08:04 1
- Trump! -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 08:05
Calling the "outsider's election" down here -- nm - JenBro Nov 9, 08:03
*decides today is a good day to listen to NIN's under appreciated "Year Zero"* -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 08:03
ha ha. survivor spoilers. - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 07:57
Susan Sarandon better fucking shut her yap today, I'm sayin'. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 07:52
CNN: Hillary running late because concession speech and logistics "is not something they were planning for" -- nm - ML Nov 9, 07:51
Trump tweets -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 07:49
My candidate would have smoked Trump! I am still waiting to see if she will run again in 4 years. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:39 2
- But Amy Adams was born in Italy. Is she still eligible? -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 9, 08:01 1
  - Gemma!!!! -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 08:17
So, seriously, what country should I look into moving to? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 07:38 21
- Skyrim -- nm* - Qale Nov 9, 08:13
- Turks and Caicos. It'll be part of Canada soon enough. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 9, 08:03
- I'd probably choose Norway. One of the Scandanavian countries, anyway. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 08:02
- Ireland! Even if Trump nukes England, the wind is always from the West, so we're safe. - Loyola Nov 9, 07:42 7
  - Heh. I could actually get citizenship if I wanted it. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 07:43 3
    - will they take in irradiated expatriates? -- nm - ML Nov 9, 07:44 2
      - NOT PROVEN! EVERYTHING IS FINE! -- nm* - spamlet Nov 9, 07:44 1
        
        heh -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 07:50
  - The tech job world is decent there, right? This is a very good option. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 07:42 2
    - When my Uncle worked for Intel as their building engineer the tech up there was booming. Apple is there, Intel, others -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:50
    - I heard it's very good but I've no idea. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 07:49
- Florida is already another country. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:40 9
  - With Skelator running things here and being surrounded by assholes, I'm ready to go. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 07:43 8
    - My real answer would be. A Caribbean Island. Aruba maybe. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:44 7
      - My friend Erik were going to look into Roatan (iirc) when we went on our cruise, but found their tech infrastructure was pretty bad -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 07:47 5
        
        Yeah, wrong industry for Caribbean. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:49
        
        also - Belize is like the murder capital of the world. -- (edited) - Andie Nov 9, 07:48 3
        
        We didn't even venture out of the port there. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 07:51 2
        
        of course Roatan is Honduras, which i knew. (actual murder capital of the world.) -- (edited) - Andie Nov 9, 07:52 1
        
        Ain't much better. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 07:53
      - Aruba is Dutch, that's not bad -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:44
The odds a nuke is used in the next 4 years has to have skyrocketed. - TWuG Nov 9, 07:37 1
- One can only hope his Secretary of Defense does what Nixon's did - Brian Nov 9, 07:50
So is Hillary gonna speak, or... - ML Nov 9, 07:36 21
- answering my own question, NPR now saying it's moved back a second time to 11am Eastern -- nm - ML Nov 9, 07:37 10
  - Still waiting? -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 08:18
  - It'll be viewable here: -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 07:37 [youtube] 8
    - What is the music they are playing? BeetleJuice? -- nm - Flavorize Nov 9, 07:53 3
      - Helter Skelter -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 08:06
      - the music now is crazy. who picked it?? -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 08:03 1
        
        Stupid wedding DJs. -- nm - Qale Nov 9, 08:14
    - dudes, hide the chat on this video. just don't even look. hide it. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 07:45 1
      - CNN live also available as an alternative -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 07:53
    - thanks -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:42 1
      - I can't. and I can't imagine having to give that speech. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:46
- yeah, what is happening there? she needs to do this. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:36 9
  - I heard she didn't have a concession speech prepared. - sycor Nov 9, 07:40 8
    - her campaign staff are too experienced for that. have they officially given out Popular Vote numbers? is she waiting for that? -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:41 4
      - The popular vote won't fully counted for a week or two, but it's clear she won the PV. -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 9, 07:51 3
        
        Gore won the popular vote too. Thanks electoral college. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 08:28
        
        final total will be 1M or more. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 07:55
        
        god, that must suck to lose when more people voted for you. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:54
    - I heard some reports this morning that she didn't come out last night because she was emotionally destroyed. - Bacon Nov 9, 07:41 2
      - i believe that. and i understand it. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:41 1
        
        Most of us felt pretty good about her chances, I am sure she thought she had this. So the whiplash of events unfolding must have been crushing -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:42
I do kinda look forward to seeing a gold plated Oval office -- nm* - oblique Nov 9, 07:34 1
- As long as Mexico is paying for the wall, make that gold too -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:38
This ruins the Hall of Presidents at Disney. -- nm - David's iPad Nov 9, 07:33 5
- *hangs Closed for Renovations sign on it." -- (edited) - Disney Nov 9, 07:35 3
  - Just wait until we get the Donald Trump Presidential Library -- nm* - oblique Nov 9, 07:35 2
    - Curators are going to love unsticking the pages of his porno stash. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:38 1
      - Bet he hires Larry Flint to design it -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 07:38
- oof. I hadn't thought about that -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 07:34
WaPo already has an oral history from both sides to the election, going back to the primaries -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 07:33
One of the more interesting stats from the exit polling was that 63% of respondents didn't think Trump had the right temperament to be President. - Loyola Nov 9, 07:29 5
- Why believe exit polls? Why believe Obama's approval rating? -- nm - mara Nov 9, 07:55 1
  - This. - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 08:06
- Honestly, I think it was similar to Brexit where everyone assumed everyone else was going to vote for Clinton so a vote for Trump was a painless eff u -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 07:44
- it's the death of American Exceptionalism, in both its meanings. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 07:30 1
  - I said the same thing in an email to someone this AM. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:33
One good thing about Trump win? - Bacon Nov 9, 07:26 2
- Shuh. Right. Som -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:28 1
  - E advisor will tell him to let it happen. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:28
What about the Postal System, will it get dismantled, privatized -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 9, 07:25 1
- right after National Parks and Highways -- nm - decline Nov 9, 07:28
Amazon Black Friday sales site is live -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 07:24
Did I miss anything? -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 07:23 3
- We all woke up. The sun rose in the east. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 07:50
- the Vikings decided to keep Blair Walsh--I mean, come on -- nm - ML Nov 9, 07:26 1
  - the Blair Walsh Project. -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 07:27
Huh--I stand corrected -- (link) - Flavorize Nov 9, 07:18 13
- Twitter blocked at work, let me guess, old people voted republican and not enough young people didn't voted period. -- nm - sycor Nov 9, 07:28
- So we just need a shit ton of old people to die. Fucking Boomers ruining it for everyone. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:20 3
  - Sadly, half of that 45 to 64 age group is Generation X. So, 45 to 56 year-olds are us in that chart. -- nm - Inigo Nov 9, 07:38
  - the *worst* generation. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 07:22 1
    - Possibly the most coddled generation in human history. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:32
- but what were the percentages of how many that voted? -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 07:20 1
  - Right. With those percentage splits, it's pretty obvious which generation showed up to vote, and which didn't. -- nm* - Inigo Nov 9, 07:24
- That is a percentage, what are the actual numbers. That demo tends to be the lowest voting group out of all age demos. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:19 5
  - The numbers on the left are their percentage of who voted last night. - iSpam Nov 9, 07:25 4
    - But you don't know the sizes of the groups. I guess I could look that up -- nm - Michael Dukakis Nov 9, 07:31
    - But it doesn't tell you what percentage of their age group voted. How many millenials voted as a percent of all millenials? -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:27 1
      - I don't know how many are of voting age yet but we know they are the largest generation. IF we hold them and Boomers as roughly equal in voters - spamlet Nov 9, 07:39
    - not that I doubt their turnout was lowest but what are the demo split on that? -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 07:27
Well, at least weed won last night -- nm - decline Nov 9, 07:17 7
- weed won *bigly* -- nm - ML Nov 9, 07:22
- Not here in Arizona it went down -- nm - eag Nov 9, 07:20
- Bareback too -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 07:19 4
  - that is interesting. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 07:22 3
    - it was an ugly, bad proposition that wasn't about the health of the actors at all -- nm - decline Nov 9, 07:27 2
      - what was it about decline? please - tell us everything you know about it. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 07:28 1
        
        It was basically an anti-porn amendment dressed up as a healthcare initiative. - spamlet Nov 9, 08:13
I'm not sure I've ever been sadder or more thankful that I'm a white male as I am today... -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 07:17 1
- Yep. Some of the posts of GBTL and Muslim friends and former students on Facebook are very sad. -- nm - volnelk Nov 9, 07:24
San Diego rejects the new Stadium for the Chargers, option to move to LA on the table thru Jan 15 -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 07:17
So, outright saying the things that Republicans only hinted at before worked for Trump. Will other Republican candidates follow his lead? - Inigo Nov 9, 07:14 15
- god, is it now okay for all politicians to walk around talking about grabbing women by the pussy? - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 9, 07:17 13
  - I don't think they'll go that route, but another candidate accused of similar sexual assault will probably get ignored, too. - Inigo Nov 9, 07:23 1
    - i think in today's internet era Bill would have been brought down. cameras in phones would have been a biiiiig problem for him. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:28
  - How far have we come that Gary Hart's campaign ended with the release of one photo... - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:21 8
    - i feel like those people who blame violence on video games, but i honestly think the reality tv culture we live in makes all that insanity seem normal -- (edited) - Andie Nov 9, 07:23 2
      - I don't disagree. it creates a need to watch people engage in repulsive behavior. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:28 1
        
        and it normalizes it. you see that sort of stuff enough and first it ceases to be shocking, then it gradually becomes the status quo. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 07:29
    - and Howard Dean never recovered from yelling 'YONH!!!'. smh - Diva Nov 9, 07:23 4
      - I just wanted to ride in a tank and it was really really fun! -- nm - Michael Dukakis Nov 9, 07:30
      - at least we're taking it back. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:27 1
        
        we totally are. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 07:28
      - yup, lol -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 07:26
  - apparently -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 07:21
  - yes -- nm - Trump Nov 9, 07:18
- I agree with everything you said there. -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 07:15
Well at least we won't get Ted Cruz in 4 years. -- nm - eag Nov 9, 07:11
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- He *might* be able to achieve some now that I think of it... - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:17
- As long as his followers see someone else losing, they'll be happy. - TWuG Nov 9, 07:13
I wonder if we will have a new Speaker of the House come Jan. -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 07:08 3
- Supreme Court and the Fed be like... -- nm - budice Nov 9, 07:12
- wouldn't surprise me. Ryan never wanted the job in the first place -- nm - decline Nov 9, 07:10 1
  - the President-elect seems to hold grudges -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 07:10
Part of walking the walk means all that talk from the left about wanting to work together means we need to continue to work toward that. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:08
I'm halfway serious that a million or so liberal Californians and New Yorkers need to the mountain west. - Reagen Nov 9, 07:08
Cold Takes is broken -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 07:07
I knew I would wake up to a Trump victory and that has happened. What I didn't expect was Dow up +30 - Bacon Nov 9, 07:07 4
- This is a textbook "blood in the streets" moment. Markets are going to *hurt* for the next few months. -- nm - landbeck Nov 9, 07:10 1
  - The markets loooooove uncertainty. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:11
- It's pinging all over the place. Sectors realigning. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 07:09 1
  - European markets are flat and that is even more shocking. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:09
doom doom -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 07:04 4
- I blame the Cubs -- nm - eag Nov 9, 07:06 3
  - It was worth it. Sorry America -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 07:08 1
    - I said it last night...I'll give back '04. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 07:22
  - I blame Leo, and his Oscar win -- nm - Flavorize Nov 9, 07:08

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