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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#151651: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:06:39 AM

Guys, I just heard the news. I'm so sorry.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#151652: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:06:56 AM

We should have done more to keep the alt right down.

Oh really when?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151653: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:07:03 AM

[up]x7 Considering that 538 posited the theory that hostility towards trade with China was a big part of why Trump may have won...

edited 9th Nov '16 2:07:30 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#151654: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:07:03 AM

[up]x7 Considering that 538 posited the theory that hostility towards trade with China was a big part of why Trump may have won...

edited 9th Nov '16 2:07:30 AM by M84

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151655: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:08:22 AM

Ack, sorry, we must have edited and posted at the same time.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151656: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:08:31 AM

[up][up][up] & [up][up] Huh?

edited 9th Nov '16 2:08:49 AM by Memers

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#151657: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:09:28 AM

Dammit, system glitch caused both my previous post and M84's to be considered a single one. Here's what my post actually was.

remember, the press has a right to lie, the Supreme Court has said so.
   Bull-fucking-shit they do!   

edited 9th Nov '16 2:10:17 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#151658: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:10:01 AM

The have the same post number, therefore they posted at the exact same time. If one edits their post, the other will also be edited. It's a forum bug.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#151659: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:10:17 AM

@nervmeister: Not in context, no, but read the whole statement.

If you're going to ignore them, then you have to suppress them, or they will make their feelings known at the ballot box.

[up][up]They do. This is America.

edited 9th Nov '16 2:10:57 AM by Ramidel

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#151660: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:10:22 AM

What the hell happened there?

Imca (Veteran)
#151661: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:10:36 AM

[up][up][up][up] They do under US Law.

[up][up][up][up][up] When two people make a post in the exact same second, the person on top has ownership and when they edit there post, the datbase coppies it.

edited 9th Nov '16 2:10:57 AM by Imca

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#151662: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:12:08 AM

They do under US Law.
BUT WHY?!

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#151663: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:12:35 AM

Freedom of Speech.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#151665: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:13:07 AM

So "freedom of speech" means that you have the freedom to lie to people for no reason?!

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#151666: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:13:27 AM

Yes

Oh really when?
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#151667: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:13:47 AM

Something tells me Trump won't be in office for long, anyways. Might set a world record for shortest term in office.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#151668: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:13:53 AM

Yes. I can lie to you right now. I am a 12 foot tall purple elephant.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#151669: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:13:58 AM

Because anti-press-lying laws would be enforced in blatantly illegal means by those in power, especially Republicans (who'd use the threat of prosecution to muzzle true statements by journalists, or simply to have them arrested).

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151670: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:14:00 AM

[up]x5 Yep. Hence the existence of "news" such as FOX News, Breitbart, Info Wars, The Drudge Report, etc.

edited 9th Nov '16 2:14:39 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#151671: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:14:03 AM

We're very particular about who gets to decide what the truth is.

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
#151673: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:14:27 AM

Um, yeah. Lets you use all kinds of slurs and then cry oppression when you get ejected from someplace too. If I weren't likely to be offed for showing up in the States I might be tempted to try it too...

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151674: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:15:07 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, New Hampshire

Minnesota

    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: +7 -7

Electoral College:

Clinton 218 | 289 Trump

Updates:

  •    President Trump   
  • New Hampshire swings Republican

edited 9th Nov '16 2:19:22 AM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Matues Since: Sep, 2011
#151675: Nov 9th 2016 at 2:15:13 AM

We live in a post-truth age!

Hello everyone, how is the death throes of the republic?

I would like to remind everyone to stay vigilant and safe in these next few weeks in case there's an uptick in hate crimes.


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