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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#336326: Oct 31st 2020 at 7:48:21 AM

> On-topic, I honestly do believe that come Saturday next week, we'll be seeing a landslide for Biden, smiling and thinking "And to think we were so worried..."

The monkey's paw uncurls

Shit,what have you done!

Edited by Ultimatum on Oct 31st 2020 at 2:48:56 PM

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
minseok42 A Self-inflicted Disaster from A Six-Tatami Room (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
A Self-inflicted Disaster
#336327: Oct 31st 2020 at 7:48:49 AM

[up][up][up]In my country, everyone knows West Virginia exists, from the song 'Take Me Home, Country Road' by John Denver.

Edited by minseok42 on Oct 31st 2020 at 11:49:10 PM

"Enshittification truly is how platforms die"-Cory Doctorow
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#336328: Oct 31st 2020 at 7:48:57 AM

Honestly, Stephen Miller is the single worst aspect of the Trump administration, bar none. He's the "idea man" for all of Trump's worst policies, which Trump only ever has a vague plan for - Miller is the one who fills in the details.

Also, another thing to consider for the election - the stock market has dropped just before election day, which traditionally just means "uncertainty", but given how much Trump has played up how much of an impact he's had on the economy, that may very well lose him some key voters.

[down]

Yeah, I'm reminded of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal's "Economic Whipping Boy", who served as The Scapegoat for any time the economy doesn't make sense, so that the President could instead focus on areas the Presidency can actually influence.

Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 31st 2020 at 10:55:25 AM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#336329: Oct 31st 2020 at 7:50:05 AM

This is why no President before Trump has tied success to the stock market.

Because so many things affect the stock market.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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.
#336330: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:03:13 AM

On-topic, I honestly do believe that come Saturday next week, we'll be seeing a landslide for Biden, smiling and thinking "And to think we were so worried...

Breaking News: Joe Biden killed in massive landslide.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#336331: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:07:12 AM

And this why you dont just making bold claims,somewhere someone has a monkey's paw

Just don't do it

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#336332: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:24:00 AM

[up][up] Which, depending on the results of November 3rd, could be incredibly ironic.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#336333: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:32:54 AM

On-topic, I honestly do believe that come Saturday next week, we'll be seeing a landslide for Biden, smiling and thinking "And to think we were so worried..."

-Knocks on every single Redwood tree in California-

You know, Trump's money problem and Biden's lack thereof make me think of something. If Biden had been raking in a lot of money in the primaries, then he probably would have spent much of it boosting his campaign in the primaries and had much less going into the general election. The fact that so much money came after the convention really helped focus where it would be spent.

In contrast Trump was taking in reelection money the day he was sworn in. And blew through most of it on things and at times when it really didn't make a difference.

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#336334: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:34:25 AM

We have possible red flags again. Security info request from Trump campaign perturbs Cumberland County officials ahead of election

The email, obtained by The Sentinel, went so far as to ask for the address and room numbers of ballot storage locations, and requested that the information be sent to the Gmail account of a Florida-based Trump operative.

County officials said they have not responded to the request and do not intend to, according to the county commissioners.

I'm happy they don't plan on dealing with this request, but this might be getting sent to numerous other counties, some of whom may be willing to accept the request.

Edited by ScubaWolf on Oct 31st 2020 at 11:35:24 AM

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#336335: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:40:22 AM

Though the first thing I wonder is how many would accept the request out of malice and how many out of incompetence.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#336336: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:44:26 AM

@M84 - I'm pretty sure the stock market works with magic.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#336337: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:46:35 AM

The stock market is basically a bunch of panicky investors following trends set by other panicky investors. The blind leading the blind.

Disgusted, but not surprised
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#336338: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:48:01 AM

The stock market operates on the same principles as religion does.

It's powered by pure "belief" and "illusion" than anything else.

And once more, a thing that the MAGA cultists gets wrong, it's not the actual economy (which crashed five months before the pandemic started, thanks to Trump's actions, of course...).

Just "wishes and dreams" on a electric board.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#336339: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:49:12 AM

[up]Ergo, magic. ;)

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#336340: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:51:28 AM

That's only partially true and it's a reduction to absurdity that doesn't hold up to any kind of detailed scrutiny.

The stock market is a means of allocating capital to invest on scales not available to the individual or even the individual business. There is enormous effort put into calculating the market value of businesses and thus the target stock prices. A vast amount of information flows into the system on allocation of resources, supply and demand, corporate performance past and present, market trends, political trends, and so on.

Then it gets in the hands of panicky, trend-chasing money managers who are all seeking to get rich on the backs of investors while contributing no value to society.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#336341: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:56:18 AM

My aunt used to work on Wall Street (and currently works at UBS). She's had a lot of unkind words about how greedy short-sighted investors more or less waste all of the work she and others like her put into the stock market.

Disgusted, but not surprised
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#336342: Oct 31st 2020 at 8:59:56 AM

With the ballot security information, I'll admit that I'd be extremely tempted to coordinate with police to give deliberately false information and see if someone showed up hoping to tamper with them.

Edit: Oh fuck me, this is actually worse than it first looked - the person who emailed is a volunteer with the Trump campaign, not an actual employee, so this is just "Poll Watchers needed!" taken to its logical conclusion. And then it veers back because apparently this is at the request of the official campaign using her as an intermediary.

The message was sent Tuesday, according to emails reviewed by The Sentinel, from Leslie O’Shaughnessy, who said she was writing “on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President.”

The email contained an attached, bullet-pointed list of the details requested, which O’Shaughnessy described as being pursuant to “your office’s compliance with existing statutes and law.”

“Please respond to these questions no later than 5:00 pm EST, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28, 2020,” the email stated, asking for the response to be sent to a Gmail account bearing O’Shaughnessy’s name, and also including a phone number.

That number is tied to an Orlando-area virtual learning center, as well as a personal Facebook page for O’Shaughnessy where she identifies herself in a publicly visible post as having “served as an appointee in the Trump Administration in Washington DC.”

A person who identified themselves as “Leslie” answered the phone number but declined to discuss their role in the email with The Sentinel.

The Trump campaign’s communications office confirmed to The Sentinel that O’Shaughnessy is a volunteer with the campaign, and offered an explanatory statement from Deputy National Press Secretary Thea Mc Donald.

“As part of the Trump campaign’s efforts to ensure a free and fair election, we have asked county clerks for information so that we can gain a detailed understanding of voting processes — and the similarities and differences that may exist in different jurisdictions,” Mc Donald wrote.

Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 31st 2020 at 12:07:54 PM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#336343: Oct 31st 2020 at 9:15:17 AM

Now that statement is one of those Punchlines that makes John Oliver angry that he records Saturday mornings

"You can reply to this Message!"
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#336344: Oct 31st 2020 at 9:32:06 AM

(topic change)

And to the surprise of nobody, Trump has stated that he might keep holding his rallies even after the Election day until the results are in.

Aka "waste even more money on completely pointless actions in an act of vain idiocy."

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#336345: Oct 31st 2020 at 9:38:17 AM

[up] Assuming of course, the numbers don't have him losing by a landslide by the end of election night.

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
astrokitty Happiness is a cup of tea from Somewhere Out There Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Happiness is a cup of tea
#336346: Oct 31st 2020 at 9:40:34 AM

Maybe he thinks that if he "somehow" loses, he can try and burn all the funds before anyone else can try to make things better?

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
Analyticulous from Near the bend in the river (Season 2) Relationship Status: Desperate
#336347: Oct 31st 2020 at 10:00:55 AM

Hi, hi, first-time poster. Noticed that no-one has mentioned the - the name this particular belief was known by has to change now because the team involved abandoned their name, the NFL team from Washington DC winning the last home game before the election (which they did, against Dallas) is a harbinger of the incumbent President staying in office. I'm coming in a bit late, but football doesn't mean much to me, so I had to remember to check the season report.

Even the Soviets were consumerist.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#336348: Oct 31st 2020 at 10:01:49 AM

I heard that when a left-handed dog farts under the full moon, the incumbent President is eaten by a pack of rabid hyenas. Don't feed the memes. Then look up confirmation bias.

Edited by Fighteer on Oct 31st 2020 at 1:02:24 PM

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#336349: Oct 31st 2020 at 10:04:26 AM

But just in case - No, sports teams have no bearing whatsoever on election results.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#336350: Oct 31st 2020 at 10:07:49 AM

Also that prediction failed in three of the past four elections.


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