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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
A real bad hombre
I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
@Silas: PBS is essentially our BBC (on a smaller and more independent scale). With it this close it's better to wait till all sources agree but yeah...
@Le Garcon: Done.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Since the UK is, like, the only country in the World Trump likes and doesn't see as a threat, do you think this is a good time to finally fight back?
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Oh, bother.
Welp, I hope the media networks are fucking happy. They got their ratings bonanza.
Disgusted, but not surprised
We need another 2004 DNC Obama moment. Something for the Democrats to really rally around. Hopefully sooner than later.
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
@Link To The Future Buddy, buddy, LISTEN TO ME! WE. WILL. SURVIVE. FOCUS ON THE NOW. FOCUS ON THE GOOD. THEY'RE STILL THERE!
edited 8th Nov '16 10:48:55 PM by fredhot16
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Destroyer of Worlds
Screw Texas. They voted for Trump. They should stick with who they wanted and suffer for it.
Arizona and New Mexico can join us in a new Southwest Union.
"You can't change the world without getting your hands dirty."
Hey if maine secedes it can join Canada, be nice to have the province of New Brunswick&Maine
MAD doctorine is counterproductive
The west coast could move up to canada. Considering how feels about NAFTA we might need to swipe some of your states just to stay afloat.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Oh, bother.
...Well, at least we tried. HRC really looked like she had a shot.
Disgusted, but not surprised
The dark Mage of the playground
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not for long
Im worried about my american friends and i cant do anything to make things better if i could just do somthibg
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
@M84 And we'll try again. Giving in at this point would be worse then continuing the fight!
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
The problem with a mass immigration to Canada is it would leave the states even more red.
Would that it were so simple.
I'm really rather keen on bringing the Queen back, at least for New England.
Make New England English again.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Face-Puncher
The one silver lining is that if the economy tanks during a Trump presidency within the first two years (and it probably will), it'll probably mean the complete destruction of the GOP majorities in the house and senate during the midterms.
edited 8th Nov '16 10:51:40 PM by Cronosonic
The law in the night
With those result maps the Corn and Bible belt deserve to be renamed to Dumbfuckstan belt.
Inter arma enim silent leges
And you know strains Canada's Population
MAD doctorine is counterproductive
The US in general could also take the Queen's offer to go back to a British colony.
In all seriousness though, half my friends are upset and the other half are mad as fuck.
Also, my Latino friends are posting not-quite-joking Santeria memes.
It's pretty goddamn depressing when the silver lining is "hey, at least when horrible things happen, they'll happen to pretty much everybody."
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
say a prayer, America!
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
The House is gerrymandered safe. It won't be until 2020 that it changes, and even that only if Democrats win state elections before that.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
I've gotten the impression the economy is in the process of tanking as we speak. Someone posted earlier about how stocks in the US are going WAY down.
A Republican majority in all three branches of government. Now, from the sounds of things, some of Trump's party may hate him, but they'll still be pressured to vote for red policies.
edited 8th Nov '16 10:47:34 PM by Memers