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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#337576: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:12:26 AM

[up] Watching Trump lose his bloody mind on Twitter, while his card house collapses around him is incredibly satisfying, not gonna lie.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#337577: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:13:36 AM

Not that his behavior on Twitter...or anywhere really...was particularly stable. But yeah, this is quite the Villainous Breakdown.

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#337578: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:15:40 AM

I have Trump blocked on Twitter. My mental health doesn't need exposure to that garbage. I'll just take other people's word for it.

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Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#337579: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:16:00 AM

I can't feel anything but sweet sweet catharsis with seeing Trump and his base freak out.

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#337580: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:17:59 AM
Thumped: Wow. That was rude. Too many of this kind of thump will bring a suspension. Please keep it civil.
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#337582: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:19:32 AM

[up][up] No. Don't ever say something like that. Try it again and you'll be banned.

Edited by Fighteer on Nov 6th 2020 at 10:19:39 AM

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ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#337583: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:24:06 AM

I don't blame him for feeling that way, but we don't vocalize things like that here (no matter how much we want to).

Edited by ScubaWolf on Nov 6th 2020 at 10:24:18 AM

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#337584: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:26:05 AM

In any case, those runoffs in Georgia I would say are almost as important as this election long-term.

Because if the democrats can at least tie, then Mc Connell becomes significantly less of a problem, especially if they give statehood to DC meaning two guaranteed democratic senators, which means republicans have to fight a lot harder to have control of the senate.

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#337585: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:28:17 AM

[up] Yes. We need Democratic Leaders in Georgia from Today until the Run Off Elections in January, campaigning for Ossoff and Warnock every day and every night. We can pull off a miracle and get them both elected, especially since Trump has lost and there's no way he's gonna try to help Perdue or Loeffler.

We can get 50-50 but we gotta work hard.

nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#337586: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:28:18 AM

I actually think in the case of a tied Senate Joe Manchin might vote to remove the filibuster. Imagine the enormous power that'd give him. And he's got to see the writing on the wall. 2018 was probably his last reelection.

[down] 100% definitely.


Yep. Historically Democrats have seen quite a drop off in turnout in runoffs. People need to be down in Georgia to prevent that from happening.

Edited by nova92 on Nov 6th 2020 at 7:29:35 AM

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#337587: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:28:58 AM

[up]I would much rather the democrats be beholden to what Manchin wants than Mc Connell, without question.

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#337588: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:40:46 AM

For the senate, be aware that neither Alaska or North Carolina will be giving updates on their counting until next week, both have senate races there.

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#337589: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:42:03 AM

Sadly the odds of winning either of those States right now are very low, especially historically Republican Alaska. We could theoretically win both, though, its just looking unlikely as of right now.

It really does appear that Georgia is going to be the make-or-break for the Senate.

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#337590: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:46:00 AM

Remember that Alaska has counted zero mail-in-ballots, also both the North Carolina seat and the Alaska seat (alongside the Colorado seat Dems just flipped) were won by Dems in 2008, then lost in 2014, so they're historically very swingy seats.

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#337591: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:51:27 AM

This is probably a weird spot to put this, but here's an uplifting quote from Bob Ross for those of you who are upset that Biden didn't win in a landslide, amidst other setbacks.

"Gotta have opposites, light and dark and dark and light, in painting. It's like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in awhile so you know when the good times come. I'm waiting on the good times now."

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#337592: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:56:45 AM

Damn, I think I missed an interesting post.

Now all we need is this to finish the election off:

[up][up]Alaska isn't swingy. Begich's success was a result of Ted Stevens being convicted and being unable to campaign effectively at a time when people cared about sticking one's hand in the cookie jar.

Edited by Ramidel on Nov 6th 2020 at 6:58:17 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#337593: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:25:49 AM

It's weird. I never wanted to live in Biblical times but we have a cult to the monarch supplanting the local religion, idolatry, fires, floods, plague, and a righteous overthrow of the corrupt sexually immoral dictator.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#337594: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:27:43 AM

[up]At least we don't have an Angel of Death taking first-borns. Good thing too, considering I am a first-born.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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#337595: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:28:42 AM

But you can always mark your house, right?

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#337596: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:30:27 AM

I'm not one of the Hebrew people - it seems like it'd be cheating. Plus, I'm a bit short on lamb blood.

Edited by M84 on Nov 7th 2020 at 12:31:08 AM

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#337597: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:30:53 AM

Does the Bible have anything to say on how the cultists are dealt with after the monarch is deposed?

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#337598: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:31:37 AM

The Old Testament doesn't pull punches with them, let's put it that way.

Disgusted, but not surprised
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#337599: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:58:20 AM

[up]X2 Personally, I’m partial to Psalm 58:

Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?

No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions! Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

Edited by megaeliz on Nov 6th 2020 at 12:02:16 PM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#337600: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:04:06 AM

Looking up reactions from foreign leaders. Boris Johnson and his government are leaning very hard into "No comment." on anything Trump says.

Netanyahu is apparently crossing his fingers that his long relationship with Biden will smooth over the acrimony of the Obama years. And apparently their line regarding annexation is going to be "We never said we were going to do that."


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