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Antiteilchen In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. Since: Sep, 2013
In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.
#151576: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:10:30 AM

We've had vicious presidents and we've had idiot presidents, but l don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a president.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:11:00 AM by Antiteilchen

Imca (Veteran)
#151577: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:11:17 AM

Reagan was the last time, and you guys are STILL recovering from him.

Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#151578: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:12:16 AM

It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

We are all singing it! I'm singing it! You're singing it! Admit it, this sums up the whole situation!

edited 9th Nov '16 1:15:54 AM by Vampireandthen

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste. Nice to meet you, hope you can guess my name.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151579: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:15:09 AM

[up][up] Reagan didn't quite leave all our allies hanging out to dry to be picked off by Russia or China.

He supported Poland and got the Philippines to go democratic.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:17:50 AM by Memers

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#151580: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:19:25 AM

I never expected to say that...But I guess the EU has to hurry up with putting together a defence in order to deter Russia from the notion that they can expand back into the West....

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151581: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:20:32 AM

Oh good, people are talking about the very real possibility of World War 3 now. And if there is one, I'll probably be drafted into fighting in it. Nice knowing you all.

I'm serious. I am miserable right now. This entire situation. How. Just how.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#151582: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:21:02 AM

There's a lot going through my mind right now, and maybe I'll come back to it, but hopefully I won't if I get drunk enough. Actually too late, fuck it.

Bernie Sanders would not have lost the Upper Midwest. Yeah I saw that post about how Sanders would've been painted as a womanizing minority-hating ignormaus. Turns out people are actually okay with that shit.

Needless to say, there are some people in this thread that I would never like to see post here again, but whatever, it's a free country, for now.

And I'm going to be watching The Young Turks every goddamn day without even the slightest bit of guilt now.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151583: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:21:02 AM

LEONARD BERNSTEIN!

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#151584: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:22:41 AM

wrong thread.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:24:47 AM by nervmeister

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#151585: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:24:53 AM

That's it, switching avatar.

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151586: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:25:43 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] Yeah The EU now has to build itself enough nukes to destroy the world just to deter Russia and now their enemy The US.

Japan is going to need a large army and nukes themselves to defend against China.

Literally the world is going to hell.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:26:15 AM by Memers

LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#151587: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:27:25 AM

For once, something goodmight come out of the whole Brexit fiasco. With the UK out, the road to further integration (both political and military) might have just become much easier.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#151588: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:28:18 AM

Looks like it is okay for me to enjoy killing Americans in video games after all with this mess. At least it provides some Catharsis Factor.

Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#151589: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:28:56 AM

Hey, remember when I said something about making Michigan a Republic?

That's looking very tempting right now....

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste. Nice to meet you, hope you can guess my name.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151590: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:29:03 AM

    Announced 

Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Missouri, Ohio, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Utah, Iowa, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maine Second District, Wisconsin, Alaska, Arizona

Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Maine

    Leading 

Michigan

Minnesota, New Hampshire

    Other 

Michigan, New Hampshire, Nebraska Second District

  • Removing Democratic strongholds, Trump would need 28 States.
  • North Carolina extending voting time in 8 precincts
  • New Jersey announced Democrat as soon as voting closed, as votes are being counted it currently stands Republican lead [1]
    • Voting concludes. Democrat win in NJ.
  • One person dies after being shot on their way to a polling place in Los Angeles.
  • DOW Jones Futures down 300
  • Florida: (47.7:49.2) >99% reporting (10:50 pm ET)
    • Broward County 13 precincts not reporting
    • Palm Beach 27 precincts not reporting
    • Monroe County 1 precinct not reporting
    • Bay County: All precincts now reporting
    • Miami-Dade: All precincts now reporting
  • All States reporting except Alaska
  • Canada's Immigration website has crashed.
  • Clinton tweets "thank you for everything"; Democratic HQ in silence
  • Mexican peso crashes
  • Michigan, New Hampshire, too close to call
  • Nebraska District 2, too close to call
  • Trump's biggest demo. in Mid West "white women"
  • DOW Jones Futures down 800
    • Sterling rises
  • House of Representatives remains Republican
  • The BBC predict draw.
  • Javits Center, Democrat HQ, emptying
  • European markets open, down 4%.
  • Best Republican numbers since Bush Sr.
  • British morning papers announce Trump win.
  • Senate remains Republican with Pennsylvania win
  • Alaska, the final State to close polls, begins reporting with a Republican lead
  • DOW Jones suspended
  • US Dollar falls
  • Clinton calls Trump, concedes
  • Senate: +1 -1
  • House: +5 -5

Electoral College:

Clinton 218 | 289 Trump

Updates:

  •    President Trump   
  • Republicans win Arizona

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#151591: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:29:17 AM

I've some things about a schism in GOP, to the point of it being called a "Civil War".

Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#151592: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:30:54 AM

Maybe Trump will be too unstable, and end up resigning?

PLEASE?

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste. Nice to meet you, hope you can guess my name.
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#151593: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:31:15 AM

[up]×5 Hey, only half of them voted Trump.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:32:22 AM by Medinoc

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#151594: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:31:39 AM

#NeverTrumpers? They'll just pull strings behind the scenes, Pence is a lot more palatable to them than Trump is.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#151595: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:32:30 AM

This seems impossible. Not just that he'd win, but that he'd win by this much. I cannot honestly understand how this happened.

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#151596: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:34:24 AM

This happened because the democrats screwed up. I am serious. They should not have chosen Clinton. They should have chosen someone else. Hell, I would have been happy even if it wasn't Sanders.

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste. Nice to meet you, hope you can guess my name.
tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#151597: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:35:07 AM

It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

We all hear you.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:36:14 AM by tsstevens

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#151598: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:35:49 AM

I am speaking from a position of privilage here, but Pence would be much more survivable. It would still suck and we'd have to fight against his more theocratic leanings but he would not be the same level of bombshell dropped on the world stage. Those of you who have reason to be scared of him, I get it, but you won't be without allies.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#151599: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:35:53 AM

... This is a nightmare, isn't it? Someone please tell me that there's a chance the exit polling result could turn out to be wrong.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#151600: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:37:03 AM

Literally none of Clinton's so-called scandals have gone anywhere upon investigation. Trump is a guy who openly admits to cheating his own employees (and now that he's the POTUS, we're the employees in this analogy). The fact that anyone even cares about whatever little screw-ups Clintons may have made is simply due to the astonishing power of the smear campaign against her.

I mean, I voted for Sanders in the primary. I would have loved a Sanders president. But Clinton isn't the devil and anyone who treated her as such is an idiot.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:37:42 AM by Clarste


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