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Slate: The Democratic Party Establishment Is Finished -- (link) - spamlet Nov 9, 11:41 8
- 2 days ago, the Republican Party was Finished. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:46 2
  - two things can be true. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 11:49 1
    - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:51
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  - Let's hope so. We need one functioning party. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 11:46
- I read that earlier today. Dude is *angry*. -- nm - ML Nov 9, 11:43 2
  - Without looking, Bouie? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:45 1
    - Phil Plait! -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:50
RC, that retweet is *hilarious* - ML Nov 9, 11:35
Edit: NH Sec State has certified the NH Senate election in favor of Hassan. Ayotte has until Monday to decide on a recount. -- (link*) - ML Nov 9, 11:27 2
- So that's 51-48 with LA still to go? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:32 1
  - Holy crap, I just looked at how many people were on Louisiana's ballot. *spoilers* - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:35
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- The fact that Trump himself hasn't given more than a passing thought to religion is a potentially big silver lining. - Dignan Nov 9, 11:35 1
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- Doesn't last night (and 2000) show how very hard it is to make that hand-off? I wouldn't be too worried there. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:31
Huh, last night actually happened. So glad I took today off. Slept till 1:30. -- nm - Ender Nov 9, 11:24 8
- So jealous. I've taken about a dozen half-hour naps. Food poisoning is the absolute worst. -- nm - David Nov 9, 11:25 7
  - What'd you eat? -- nm - ML Nov 9, 11:30 6
    - It was Burger King. Either the meat was bad or I accidentally ate an onion. - David Nov 9, 11:31 4
      - Allergic to onions? -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 11:44 1
        
        Oh yeah. -- nm - David Nov 9, 11:53
      - eesh - feel better soon dude -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 11:35
      - Ugh. Sorry man. -- nm - ML Nov 9, 11:34
    - poisoned food -- nm - decline Nov 9, 11:31
Do you give up Obama in 08 (or 12) for no Trump? -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:19 5
- You lose Sotomayor and Kagan, and I don't know how he would have handled the economic crisis, but even so I think probably yes. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 11:30 1
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- Impossible to say yet. -- nm - David Nov 9, 11:26
- Yes. 8 years of McCain ruling from the middle-right is far superior to the madness Trump is about show us. -- nm - Inigo Nov 9, 11:22 1
  - Pence having any sort of power is far scarier than Trump. And god help us if Jeff Sessions turns out to be Trump's guru. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 11:26
I really wanted to wake up in the alt universe where President Elect Biden exists. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 11:13 22
- I wonder who I would have voted for in the primary, had he run. I *think* Biden, but I can't guarantee it. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 11:16
- Do we think he chose not to run, or was asked not to run by Obama/Hillary? - Inigo Nov 9, 11:15 20
  - I am pretty sure they viewed Hillary as a can't miss option. -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 11:21
  - Would he be valid as a candidate in 4 years? -- nm - landbeck Nov 9, 11:18 14
    - Not a chance, IMO - Reagen Nov 9, 11:21 11
      - I don't see her making that run. Be a damned interesting concept though. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:24 2
        
        Talk about a grudge match. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:25 1
        
        How Trump fares the first two years would be determine a lot. Are people pining for Black Camelot again? Are they mostly happy just to move on? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:29
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        It's her, Booker... Can we get Schweitzer back interested? - Reagen Nov 9, 11:25 6
        
        Doesn't Schweitzer have a major issue? -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 11:35 1
        
        Whispers but I've never heard specifics. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:48
        
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        Harris is a San Francisco liberal... (refused to seek the death penalty against a cop killer gang member)... - IrishStephen Nov 9, 11:35
        
        To your IM. 100% right I think. What about that governor of New Mexico? I have friends who seem to like her. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:32
        
        Ex Montana gov. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:27
    - He will be 77 when the next election comes around. He always seems youthful to me, - amoxy Nov 9, 11:20 1
      - So, he's only 3 years older than Trump. But yeah, 77 is too old. Rats. -- nm - landbeck Nov 9, 11:28
  - I don't think Obama would have chosen sides like that, would he? He wasn't a huge Hillary fan. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 11:17
  - I think the main reason he didn't run was his son dying -- nm - amoxy Nov 9, 11:16 2
    - this is what he has maintained. He said there's no way he could have put forth that effort while grieving. -- nm* - Diva Nov 9, 11:18 1
      - right. it sounded like it was a combination of grief and lack of ambition this time to do it. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 11:24
Sergei Markov, a pro-Kremlin political analyst, denied allegations of Russian interference in the election, -- (link) - amoxy Nov 9, 11:09
1) Make a Sliders joke on Twitter just as Trump is taking the stage. 2) Of course he searches his name on Twitter. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:04 2
- Bery, where's the Like button?! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 9, 11:30
- thats pretty cool -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 11:06
I appreciate how nice a lot of people are being today. Thank you. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 11:04 9
- I had to refrain after I posted a sad face on FB and my conservative friend tried to cheer me up - amoxy Nov 9, 11:15 7
  - I think "thanks but you're not the messenger for this right now" is an acceptable response. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:22
  - yeah - there are some minefields we're having to navigate. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 11:17 5
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      - nmbJD - landbeck Nov 9, 11:29 2
        
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        *hug* Don't quit. -- nm - landbeck Nov 9, 11:30
      - I mean it's nobody here's fault so what good would it do? -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:26
- I commented on a FB friend's page, as they were getting a lot of shit..... - groiny Nov 9, 11:11
Here's Chris Cornell doing One by U2 with the lyrics of One by Metallica. -- (link) - Inigo Nov 9, 11:03 [youtube] 2
- "Now do Closer to Closer! ... Either way." -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:15
- You can tell that the audience was expecting to laugh, but... nm - Dignan Nov 9, 11:12
Projected turnout is 59.6%,FWIW - Reagen Nov 9, 11:01 11
- So, what does that put the final PV totals at? Like 63 million or so for Clinton? 62 for Trump? -- nm - Inigo Nov 9, 11:07 1
  - That's about what I'm thinking. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 11:10
- That's the highest since Nixon in '68. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 11:03
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  - Not yet, still waiting on margins (it'll be a week or more for final figures) - Reagen Nov 9, 11:04 1
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  - If you click on his username, you can see his recent posts. More efficient than backboarding in this case. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 11:03 3
    - I don't get his posts; I get replies to his posts. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 11:04 2
      - There are three boxes - replies, faves, and then posts. But this gives me a good idea. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 11:05 1
        
        Oh, duh. Scroll down, ya mook. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 11:18
- well done -- nm - ML Nov 9, 11:02
I wonder if this lights a fire under Justin Trudeau to get electoral reform happening - Reagen Nov 9, 10:52
Also, this is a hella long read but you owe it to yourself to read through the WaPo's oral history of the race -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 10:51
with most areas reporting turn out in the 80%, how much of the rest were moved/dead/reregistered under diff name and would a 90-95% made a difference - z Nov 9, 10:39
So, how long until the EPA is rebadged the Environmental Exploitation Agency? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 10:37 1
- National Parks, Division of Disney Resorts -- nm - z Nov 9, 10:50
I keep going back to that Michael Moore essay in disbelief. He *got* it. He nailed it months ago--in July. And nobody else saw it. - ML Nov 9, 10:35 4
- I'll link it again for those who may have missed it -- (edited) - ML Nov 9, 10:40
- he really did. He called that shit. I feel like no one's really listened to him since he got booed at the Oscars. - Diva Nov 9, 10:37 1
  - Michael a Moore always makes a great point. It's very telling that all the criticism I've seen of his movies are about his tactics and his approach, - Roger More Nov 9, 10:46
- He's always been rust belt though. So, right? or broken clock? -- nm - Max Nov 9, 10:35
B2 told me Logan should start a rebellion. - Spawndroid Nov 9, 10:32 1
- I was just gonna post now we're gonna find out how the rebels felt in Star Wars -- nm - eag Nov 9, 10:52
Please forget all the whisky talk I spouted last night. Here is my one major problem with President Trump. I'll state it and ask for comments. - crash davis Nov 9, 10:25 14
- I think it is entirely fair to be concerned on that front and I'm watching his staff and cabinet appointments carefully for clues as to his intent. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:26
- Yep, I fear it's going to be Trump and Company reacting and always being one move behind - Brian Nov 9, 11:01 1
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- Yeah, I don't disagree with you here. I don't think he ever really took running seriously, so (and it shows in his campaigning) I don't really think - IrishStephen Nov 9, 10:41 2
  - *snap* you all get jobs, great jobs....wasn't it exclusionary tarrifs that caused the great depression in 29? -- nm - z Nov 9, 10:53 1
    - This is an interesting read on that topic. -- (link) - mara Nov 9, 11:14
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- the secret service kept Obama off his blackberry, maybe they can buffer DTs access to twitter, a couple hours btw international crises and aides rush - z Nov 9, 10:32
- that is rather inartfully expressed, but I'm posting from my new job and I don't have a lot of time to compose a good essay -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 10:28 4
  - Congrats on the new job! -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:32 2
    - Thanks. I'll be keeping the old one part-time on weekends for a while. Working hard will be my part to MAGA -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 10:34 1
      - what new job? -- nm - z Nov 9, 10:40
  - It was impressive. -- nm - philip k mud Nov 9, 10:29
- And then both the Senate and House, they can ramrod through pretty much anything they want -- nm - amoxy Nov 9, 10:27
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- I was thinking the same thing last night. It's almost like people expect a human being to become a Messianic figure that's going to 'save them' from - Diva Nov 9, 10:29 1
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- *guitar riff* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 10:27
yeah - it just got dusty here at work. - Diva Nov 9, 10:17 13
- How Presidential. Oh well! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - mara Nov 9, 10:20
- that was pretty much her concession speech. -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 10:19 4
  - that's what it is -- nm - ML Nov 9, 10:24
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 10:24 2
    - Since I can't watch television or stream while I work I'm glad it was sent to me. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 10:32 1
      - It was a very good speech. She was very gracious and polite. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 10:33
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  - I currently literally just can't. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 10:19 5
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      - *hugs you back* -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 10:23 3
        
        I am not sad or anything, but can I get in on this? -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 10:24 2
        
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        that is nice, and I appreciate it. - groiny Nov 9, 10:27
This is a weird effing couple groups of states -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 10:14 8
- Georgia is very interesting. My home county voted Hillary by 6800 votes. - Strongbad Nov 9, 10:26 1
  - (with 78.8% turnout) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 10:28
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- I think this is just a weird "perfect storm" of nationalism, racism, and sexism, combined with good old-fashioned identity politics. Different people -- (edited) - mara Nov 9, 10:17
- Texas is...interesting -- nm - budice Nov 9, 10:16 1
  - My relatives in Texas are very not into Trump. -- nm - psilotum Nov 9, 10:17
- and -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 10:15 1
  - this too... -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 10:16
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- I'm seeing a few of those, but more along these lines: -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 9, 10:12
Government of the mediocre white male, by the mediocre white male, for the mediocre white male. -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 10:07 11
- Didn't Trump out-perform Romney and McCain for non-whites? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:41
- Jesus Christ man, maybe if your side would stop shitting all over average everyday (mediocre in your words) white males so many of them wouldn't have - IrishStephen Nov 9, 10:37 9
  - The problem is that the average everyday man has been whipped into a fear and anger frenzy based on lies for *years.* - Dignan Nov 9, 11:06 3
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      - No argument there. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 11:31 1
        
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  - I'm pretty sure white males have done just fine throughout. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 10:58
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    - I get that, I do. I'm not happy either, and I worry what the hell the country is facing now, too. - IrishStephen Nov 9, 11:29 1
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  - *exhales* *deletes reply* -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 10:47
Man, to be Biden right now. -- nm - ML Nov 9, 10:07 1
- ah -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 11:14
In all this we've missed the most important thing. The Arrival is 98% now. -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 10:06
Kevin Spacey's character just said that he hates cats yet I know that he's about to become a cat... -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:06 2
- Trump won. There's no reason to be masochistic -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 10:07 1
  - It felt like the perfect film for the day. - David Nov 9, 10:09

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