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Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#151601: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:37:14 AM

And I am instantly reminded of this:

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151602: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:37:49 AM

[up][up][up]No exit polls, they are actual votes.

Yes the electoral system got us a Fascist and sealed the doom of all our allies at the hands of Russia and China.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:39:06 AM by Memers

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#151603: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:39:11 AM

Even discounting our allies, we voted to seal the doom of all our citizens at the hands of our own government.

This is the worst-case scenario. Trump takes Presidency, GOP retains Senate and House majorities. There are no checks on Trump's power right now. This is about as bad as it can conceivably be.

I cannot for the life of me believe this could have happened. I thought we were better than that.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:39:57 AM by TobiasDrake

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#151604: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:39:14 AM

I thought the actual votes would take days to be determined.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#151605: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:39:24 AM

"He that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead." Sums this up perfectly.

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#151606: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:39:51 AM

I keep seeing things about the various minorities needing to live in fear now.

Yes, well, the vast majority of America wanted them to be afraid.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151607: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:40:20 AM

[up][up][up]In the Information Age? Hardly, absentee ballots are probably the only things still being counted and they won't affect much.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:40:45 AM by Memers

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151608: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:40:38 AM

Guess I better quickly learn how to speak and write Chinese and invest in the yuan. And get used to losing Facebook, Google, Youtube, and civil rights.

[up]x5 That's what we get for betting on the better nature of humanity.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:41:44 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#151609: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:40:41 AM

I can seriously see most people not picking Clinton cause she's a woman.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151610: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:42:05 AM

[up] Maybe not most, but just enough.

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#151611: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:43:29 AM

The folks at 538 actually think it was a turnout thing. And not by Democrats.

An unexpected large turnout of white people who are pro Trump.

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#151612: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:43:39 AM

It was never a good idea to pick Clinton. She was just so unpopular for so long.....

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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#151613: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:43:54 AM

Yeah The EU now has to build itself enough nukes to destroy the world just to deter Russia and now their enemy The US.
Don't worry, France already has enough nukes to more or less do that. At 290 usable warheads, they have the third largest nuclear stockpile in the world. And until the UK officially leaves (or if Parliament somehow cannot manage to actually do it), there's another 215 warheads. And if you need a few more, I know that a few EU countries have breakout capability (the ability to quickly develop nuclear weapons if they actually wanted to).

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#151614: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:46:20 AM

This is a bad day for America. Our only hope for continued survival is if our president is assassinated, and I am absolutely horrified that we are in a position for me to even suggest that.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151615: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:46:44 AM

I'm just petty enough to take some pleasure in the thought that the people who voted to MAGA will also be dealing with the consequences of Trump's policies.

Disgusted, but not surprised
alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#151616: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:46:47 AM

I doubt Nuclear War will happen yet.That requires crazies on both sides.Russia and China,aggressive as they might be,aren't that crazy,I feel.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#151617: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:47:06 AM

In the end, what about the popular vote? Did Clinton lose that too, or is it still up in the air?

edited 9th Nov '16 1:47:13 AM by Medinoc

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#151618: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:47:09 AM

I vote for Germany for next world leading Superpower.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151619: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:47:37 AM

[up][up] She lost by less than 1%.

[up] Me too, but it will probably be China. Hint: invest in the yuan.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:48:08 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#151620: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:47:55 AM

[up][up][up] She won the popular vote, but like Al Gore, lost the electoral one.

edited 9th Nov '16 1:48:03 AM by Bat178

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151621: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:48:57 AM

[up][up][up][up] Last I read she won the popular vote.

[up][up] Japan should be scared shitless

edited 9th Nov '16 1:49:52 AM by Memers

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#151622: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:49:37 AM

Germany's gonna get fucked, somehow. Germans, feel free to prove me wrong.

It's gonna be a three way competition between America, Russia, and China (again), and they'll all be hunky-dory with each other as long as they each get their own slice of the pie.

And then they decide to start going for the same slice of the pie. And then everything goes to hell.

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
#151623: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:49:40 AM

Maybe not nuclear, but there's always the chance of somehow being on the wrong end of the Samson Option.

However, the damage done to civil society and America's myriad alliances will be just as disastrous for the continued prosperity of the US, even before the market slumps a la Brexit will do.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#151624: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:50:03 AM

So it's still contradicting info... the last info I saw on this thread was that since Alaska counts came in, the lost the popular vote too...

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#151625: Nov 9th 2016 at 1:50:12 AM

A 2000 repeat more or less.

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