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Grafite Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Less than three
#328626: Sep 23rd 2020 at 12:51:29 PM

[up][up] The stupid thing here, and I can't emphasise this enough, most of the people who died from coronavirus were likely Republican, given the older demographics of the party. So Trump is only harming himself, as usual.

Life is unfair...
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#328627: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:08:05 PM

Two articles about how Trump plans to subvert the election if it doesn't go his way. To a large degree the strategy seems to be to create enough controversy that courts and Republican state legislatures intervene.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#328628: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:26:28 PM

[up]x3 Your comment wants to make me see the rest of the world invade the US.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#328629: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:30:00 PM

I'd rather not, considering history has shown foreign occupiers tend to make an incredibly fatal and rapey mess of things for the anti-fascist survivors even under the best circumstances.

Edited by AlleyOop on Sep 23rd 2020 at 4:30:50 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#328630: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:30:33 PM

No derails about why invading the US is unimpossible please

[up][up]

Edited by Ultimatum on Sep 23rd 2020 at 8:30:52 AM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#328631: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:44:30 PM

Unimpossible?

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#328632: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:46:59 PM

Anyone see the topics for the first debate?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#328633: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:50:59 PM

> US Supreme Court, the Covid-19 pandemic, the state of the US economy and “race and violence in our cities

Source is the Independent

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Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#328634: Sep 23rd 2020 at 1:51:02 PM

The first one is moderated by Fox News, right? Topic'll probably be something like "Why Joe Biden wants to destroy America and only Donald Trump can save it."

singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#328635: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:02:33 PM

Blooming heck, you really couldn't pitch the last question any easier to Trump. To frame race relations as an urban issue as opposed to a structural and systemic issue, to directly link it to violence... urgh.

Edited by singularityshot on Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:03:31 AM

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#328636: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:02:33 PM

I recently re-discovered an interesting tweet from Nate Silver.

Chance of a Biden Electoral college win if he wins the popular vote by X points:

0-1 points: just 6%!

1-2 points: 22%

2-3 points: 46%

3-4 points: 74%

4-5 points: 89%

5-6 points: 98%

6-7 points: 99%

On the bright side, this means that per the polling Biden is in a good spot. With the added caveat that who even knows how the election will go.

Regardless, the Electoral College is an abomination.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:03:05 AM

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#328637: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:03:07 PM

The moderator is from Fox, but I don’t think they pick the questions.

As for Trump’s coup plan, hopefully Dem governors have their national guard units on standby. Because if Republican state legislatures are willing to go along with his idea they may need to be stopped by force.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#328638: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:05:27 PM

Blooming heck, you really couldn't pitch the last question any easier to Trump. To frame race relations as an urban issue as opposed to a structural and systemic issue, to directly link it to violence... urgh.
Upside, Trump is incapable of handling even those softballs.

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#328639: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:06:50 PM

In fairness, the Fox moderator is also Chris Wallace, about the only level head remaining at the company.

Also, I'm not sure if that was meant as a double-up like that or just an Oxford Comma error, e.g. "I invited the strippers, Stalin, and JFK" vs. "I invited the strippers, Stalin and JFK"

Edited by ironballs16 on Sep 23rd 2020 at 5:08:05 AM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#328640: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:09:01 PM

Yes, Fox isn't doing it, its Wallace. The guy who the right wants fired for daring to question Trump's narrative a bit back.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#328641: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:12:50 PM

He's basically the Token Impartial they keep around to maintain a veneer of legitimacy.

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Face me now, bitch!
#328643: Sep 23rd 2020 at 2:51:52 PM

Not that I would wish it on anyone, but I recall Missouri being one of the states that hated enforcing Quarantine the most, so it comes across as Karmic to me.

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#328644: Sep 23rd 2020 at 3:47:46 PM

Im just gonna note, people can be a bit optimistic over these "HERE is how Trump plans to screw the election."

It's a sign he's panicking. The idea of "Oh, get the state electors to cast faithless votes for you isn't going to work. It's a sign he can't throw out ballots or suppress votes. Most of the swing states are already voting. Unless Trump somehow overtakes Biden in polls in those states, there isn't much reason to worry ATM.

Edited by Lightysnake on Sep 23rd 2020 at 3:51:09 AM

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#328645: Sep 23rd 2020 at 3:51:06 PM

It goes beyond faithless electors to "Tell the swing states to completely ignore the vote and appoint Trump electors".

Edited by RainehDaze on Sep 23rd 2020 at 11:51:18 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#328646: Sep 23rd 2020 at 3:52:18 PM

Yeah,I think he thinks since the system is rigged he can rig the system in his favour

in his panicked mind

"That's how elections work,right?You rig the result so your side wins"

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#328647: Sep 23rd 2020 at 3:52:53 PM

The swing states are already voting. This is a man who insisted windwills cause cancer, the moon was mars and Thailand is pronounced Thighland. he's saying the same shit he did in 2016, it's who he is.

Trump says shit he can't back up all the time. Biden's almost certain to win in about 40 days and be the President in 2021

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#328648: Sep 23rd 2020 at 4:00:43 PM

I belive we’ve had conformation that the Republican leader of the Pensilvania House is at least participating in the talks. This isn’t even a faithless elector play, it’s an outright “we’re changing the law to say Trump wins regardless of what the voters decide” play.

The governor of Pensilvania needs to be ready to send in the national guard in the state Republicans try a coup.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#328649: Sep 23rd 2020 at 4:01:45 PM

Can't said Governor just veto any GOP fuckery that slips in between now and November?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#328650: Sep 23rd 2020 at 4:01:51 PM

[up][up][up] A lot of people (me included) thought the same thing about Hilary Clinton in 2016. Never underestimate the kind of fuckery that the Republicans will pull to ensure that their guy wins a "fair" election, or the number of Black Shirts that will cheer them on as they do.

Edited by Reflextion on Sep 23rd 2020 at 7:03:29 AM

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.

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