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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#262201: Nov 17th 2018 at 7:38:38 PM

Gil Cisneros has been declared the winner of the 39th California Congressional District. With that win the Blue Wave has officially washed the Republicans out of Orange County.

Edited by Parable on Nov 17th 2018 at 7:38:51 AM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#262202: Nov 17th 2018 at 7:40:44 PM

How many seats do the Dems have now? Last I checked it was 38.

nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#262203: Nov 17th 2018 at 7:44:09 PM

39, I believe.

Edited by nombretomado on Nov 17th 2018 at 7:44:47 AM

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#262204: Nov 17th 2018 at 7:46:51 PM

Who Yelled 'Heil Hitler, Heil Trump' At 'Fiddler On The Roof' Show Is 'Ashamed'

"My heart goes out to all those that I ruined their night, to everybody that was affected by my stupidity,” he said.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#262205: Nov 17th 2018 at 7:47:35 PM

[up]Getting a 404. Got another link?

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PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#262207: Nov 17th 2018 at 8:14:44 PM

He explained that he was frustrated with President Donald Trump and that his shout was intended to compare Trump to Adolf Hitler. A scene in the musical ― a wedding interrupted by czarist Russian police ― had reminded him of Trump.

You'll have to forgive me if I don't believe this.

i'm tired, my friend
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#262209: Nov 18th 2018 at 3:28:51 AM

According to the website of the Guardian, the Democrats gain in the house is +37. There are five races left to be called, one of them will most likely go democrat, one being a complete toss-up.

math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#262211: Nov 18th 2018 at 6:16:30 AM

Cribbing the article from the Military thread:

Navy SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq

But now, less than a year later, Special Operations Chief Gallagher, 39, is locked in the brig, facing charges that during that same deployment — his eighth — he shot indiscriminately at civilians, killed a teenage Islamic State fighter with a handmade custom blade, and then performed his re-enlistment ceremony posing with the teenager’s bloody corpse in front of an American flag.

[...]

In a two-day preliminary hearing at Naval Base San Diego that concluded Thursday, prosecutors presented accounts from several other SEA Ls in Chief Gallagher’s platoon describing his behavior as reckless and bloodthirsty. They said he fired into civilian crowds, gunned down a girl walking along a riverbank and an old man carrying a water jug, and threatened to kill fellow SEA Ls if they reported his actions.

Well, at least one got charged this time around. Here's hoping more follow.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#262212: Nov 18th 2018 at 10:12:55 AM

Fascist ralliers left without rides homes after taxis and Uber drivers refused to take them anywhere.

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#262213: Nov 18th 2018 at 10:18:05 AM

Only tangentially-related to politics, but South Park has issued something along the lines of an apology to Al Gore, via a few episodes centered around ManBearPig being real. The boys realize it and ask Gore for help, but he refuses to give one until they apologize for making fun of him.

They're also skewering the fatalism among those that do think it's real, but that it's too little, too late to do anything.

Edited by ironballs16 on Nov 18th 2018 at 1:18:18 PM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#262214: Nov 18th 2018 at 10:28:54 AM

It seems like Trump getting elected has really made them pull their heads out of their asses.

All the episodes this season have been absolutely scathing of current politics.

Oh really when?
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#262215: Nov 18th 2018 at 10:34:27 AM

Typical human behaviour in other words...

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#262216: Nov 18th 2018 at 10:49:43 AM

Better late than never. There is still time to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#262217: Nov 18th 2018 at 10:51:56 AM

yeah about 11 years, which is something of a long time, but I'm not sure how short it is in terms of science and legislation.

Though I should mention that I have a question on the related thread that I don't think has been answered yet. NVM, there were a couple responses. One mentioning regulation and limits on lobbying regarding corporate pollution.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Nov 18th 2018 at 10:56:14 AM

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#262218: Nov 18th 2018 at 11:01:19 AM

Fascist ralliers left without rides homes after taxis and Uber drivers refused to take them anywhere.
<roars with laughter at their well-deserved misfortune>

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#262220: Nov 18th 2018 at 11:29:04 AM

By 'manual recount' they mean not enough people voted for him so they probably had to 'manually' alter the result so they could acheive some victory against the democrat wins

Manually of course

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#262221: Nov 18th 2018 at 11:31:06 AM

Is that including the district that had its votes thrown out for submitting two minutes behind schedule?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#262222: Nov 18th 2018 at 11:33:35 AM

No, that's the district with ballots where you couldn't actually find the "who do you want for Senate" option.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#262223: Nov 18th 2018 at 11:38:01 AM

Before that it was the state known for having hung ballots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#262224: Nov 18th 2018 at 11:39:07 AM

And the butterfly ballot was the most nonsensical design that could have been picked.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#262225: Nov 18th 2018 at 12:02:34 PM

Fascist ralliers left without rides homes after taxis and Uber drivers refused to take them anywhere.

Shit like that is what I like to see. We need to make openly espousing Nazi ideology shameful again.

Social ostracization for being a Nazi is how we, as a community, tell people not to be Nazis.

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