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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#148501: Nov 4th 2016 at 10:54:58 AM

In case you needed more motivation to get Clinton into the Oval Office, let me remind you that Trump would likely dump the Paris accords on climate change.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/trump-scrap-paris-climate-deal-1.3835616

In other words, the future of the Earth is in the hands of the American electorate this Tuesday. No pressure guys.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#148502: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:14:26 PM

Trump supporter pulls a gun on 6 kids aged 12-14 he suspected of trashing his Trump sign. Obviously kids shouldn't destroy people's property, but this makes Trump supporters look, well, immature.

When the children attempted to tell him they did not destroy the sign, he kept cursing at them and told them to be quiet, according to the News-Herald.

Kubek said he just "wanted to scare the kids" with the gun, according to the newspaper. He had seen his house egged and his signs damaged the previous week, the News-Herald reported.

Egging houses? Yeah, that's also immature. Really annoyed at the nastiness this election is bringing out in people.

Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#148503: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:14:58 PM

The Onion: Nate Silver Gunned Down Attempting To Cross Mexican Border With All 2016 Polling Data.

It's articles like this that Make Election 2016 Great Again. evil grin

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#148504: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:14:58 PM

Everybody's favourite Chinese state-run media Global Times gives an idea what the CCP think of the US presidential election.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#148505: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:28:25 PM

[up][up]Over/under 6.5 hours before a story about someone mistaking this as fact circulates on Twitter - any takers?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#148506: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:34:18 PM

Last night, as part of a segment about conspiracy theories, Colbert urged people to share a story (that he made up) that the Clinton campaign secretly bought an apartment beneath Trump's campaign HQ so they could bug it.

Now, this is rather hilarious in a "make fun of the dumb conspiracy believers" sort of way, but I worry that it might actually influence some people. /sigh

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#148507: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:38:21 PM

Double Post: Melania Trump's stirring speech yesterday about civility and the American dream appears to have plagiarized significant portions from Trump's second wife, Marla Maples, in a quote published by a magazine in the 90's. It was discovered by reporters searching Google. Yes, that evil liberal conspiracy that is Google.

Citation, among many.

edited 4th Nov '16 12:39:28 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#148508: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:47:39 PM

[up]x6 Even worse, the kids claimed they didn't vandalize anything, and the guy himself admitted he didn't actually see them do anything. They were likely just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It really seems like the GOP, Trump, and Trump supporters have all gone completely batshit crazy in the last few days. I mean they were already nuts, but now they're practically frothing at the mouth rabid.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#148509: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:55:07 PM

I don't support egging houses or indeed any form of vandalism. However, if you stoke the fires of hate, don't be surprised when they burn down your own house.

edited 4th Nov '16 12:55:20 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#148510: Nov 4th 2016 at 12:58:16 PM

There's a house near where I work that has Trump - Pence signs up. Apparently they've had a similar problem with the signs being messed with, because they've nailed a banner up that reads, "LYING, CHEATING DEMOCRAT HYPOCRITES KEEP STEALING OUR SIGNS"

When I saw the article, for a second, I thought it might have been them. But no, it's in NY.

edited 4th Nov '16 12:58:59 PM by TobiasDrake

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#148511: Nov 4th 2016 at 1:00:25 PM

[up][up] In other words, the one who started it gets the lion's share of the blame. As it should be.

edited 4th Nov '16 1:00:43 PM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#148512: Nov 4th 2016 at 1:16:42 PM

[up][up] Bets on how long before the banner gets stolen?

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#148513: Nov 4th 2016 at 1:24:04 PM

Yeah, China's completely unimpressed with Trump. It's even said, in response to his climate stance, that "a true leader would think that the majority of the world reaching a consensus should be taken in account to policy" or something like that.

I swear, if we end up burning every diplomatic bridge because Trump can't keep his mouth shut... People criticized Obama for doing things like bowing to the Saudi King and other crap but at least he kept most of our diplomatic relations solid.

edited 4th Nov '16 1:24:40 PM by theLibrarian

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#148514: Nov 4th 2016 at 1:26:54 PM

Where I live, houses with Clinton/Kaine signs have been vandalized and had their signs stolen and replaced with Trump/Pence signs. Like a bunch of kids throwing tantrums. . .

While the militias are swearing they'll be "watching" our polling locales I haven't seen much else from them yet. They are heavily harassing the local democrat offices though, approaching their employees and volunteers whenever they see them and accosting them. A local gun shop with Klan links tried to publish what they alleged was a list of names, phones numbers, and addresses of local democrat employees but they quickly took it down. They've insinuated that they've distributed it to their own, and from what I've seen through the area with their harassment seems to be something of a confirmation.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#148515: Nov 4th 2016 at 2:03:16 PM

You know I was actually thinking about doing something like that, if my computer had Photoshop: Taking that political cartoon of Joseph Mc Carthy trampling people on the street while going "It's okay, we're hunting Communists!' and replacing Mc Carthy with trump and "Communists" with any number of other people he's insulted.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#148516: Nov 4th 2016 at 2:50:17 PM

30 Trump voters expressing their view.

Citing Chris Rock "Keeping it real...real dumb".

edited 4th Nov '16 2:59:12 PM by AngelusNox

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TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#148517: Nov 4th 2016 at 2:50:19 PM

Meanwhile, in Germany.

[down]Should work now

edited 4th Nov '16 2:58:08 PM by TerminusEst

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#148518: Nov 4th 2016 at 2:53:51 PM

[up]Dead link for me

[up][up]". . .how much damage can he really do?”    ಠ_ಠ   

edited 4th Nov '16 2:56:53 PM by carbon-mantis

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#148519: Nov 4th 2016 at 2:56:24 PM

Ah, so many of them are going the "protest vote" route. The same thing that got the UK into trouble with Brexit.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#148520: Nov 4th 2016 at 3:11:43 PM

[up][up][up][up] — "The stupid! It BURNS!"

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#148521: Nov 4th 2016 at 3:14:57 PM

I believe that's an article from last year, though.

I wonder if any of them have since changed their minds.

Edit: Also, Judge: NC counties must restore voters removed from rolls.

edited 4th Nov '16 3:17:34 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#148523: Nov 4th 2016 at 3:21:57 PM

{Reads through the last page or two of the thread.}

Just five more days. Just five more days. Just five more days...

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#148524: Nov 4th 2016 at 3:31:26 PM

Well I did just see an article on Yahoo where one San Diego/St Louis Catholic group claims that Hillary has the devil working through her, like that "Obama is the Antichrist" thing that happened when he was elected.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#148525: Nov 4th 2016 at 3:33:35 PM

New sandwich: The Donald Trump

White bread, full of baloney, with Russian dressing and a very small pickle.

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