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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#338176: Nov 8th 2020 at 7:28:10 AM

Biden no doubt wants his Biden to be a Biden to his Obama. So he'll task his Biden with a lot of duties and the power they require to be a capable Biden.

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#338177: Nov 8th 2020 at 7:30:11 AM

...I... huh?

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#338178: Nov 8th 2020 at 7:33:40 AM

I got two and a half months to use Biden and Vice President interchangeably before it no longer applies and I'm going to milk it for all it's worth!

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#338179: Nov 8th 2020 at 7:35:40 AM

I like how I've already started to see new Biden memes though and they haven't changed the dynamic one bit: Biden's still the silly one. [lol]

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#338180: Nov 8th 2020 at 7:42:49 AM

"Yo Dawg, I heard you liked Biden, so I put Biden inside another Biden so you can Biden while I Biden!"

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#338181: Nov 8th 2020 at 8:07:32 AM

This can fit so much Biden *slaps the White House*

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#338182: Nov 8th 2020 at 8:08:34 AM

I see people have been Biden their time on a the tidal wave of puns.

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#338183: Nov 8th 2020 at 8:16:17 AM

four seasons and a ballpit

Yes,the ballpit meme from dashcon is still funny shush

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#338184: Nov 8th 2020 at 8:19:44 AM

AP News: Census takers say they were told to enter false information

Two census takers told The Associated Press that their supervisors pressured them to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the once-a-decade national headcount.

At the time, in mid- to late September, census workers were drawing close to a deadline imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration to finish the count by the end of the month.


A judge ruled that the count could continue through the end of October and that census officials could continue crunching the numbers through April 2021. But the Trump administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which sided with the administration and allowed census field operations to end in mid-October. An appellate court suspended the judge’s order on the deadline for the numbers to be used for congressional representation. That issue is still being litigated.

coruscatingInquisitor circumlocutory square Since: Dec, 2013
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#338185: Nov 8th 2020 at 8:48:17 AM

Biden no doubt wants his Biden to be a Biden to his Obama. So he'll task his Biden with a lot of duties and the power they require to be a capable Biden.
Biden 2: Biden Harder

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#338186: Nov 8th 2020 at 8:51:16 AM

2 Bi 2 Den.

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Makir Since: Feb, 2017
#338187: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:07:48 AM

Frankly, the most major thing that could dissapoint from a Biden administration has nothing to do with race or even necessarily climate change (He won't fix it, but he can alleviate the effect instead of going pedal to the medal), but healthcare. A lot of Americans WANT Medicare For All, and I don't know if the public option that Biden has planned will be enough or even necessarily happen.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#338188: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:34:45 AM

Swiss news havw dug up this article about Jill Biden praising Switzerland's apprenticeship system and are now wondering if she might use her function as First Lady-elect to propagate something similar in the US.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#338189: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:36:58 AM

[up] What is said system and how does it work?

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#338190: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:37:28 AM

That link is not at all in English...

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#338191: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:41:13 AM

FYI -

Qanon is about to disintegrate.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/06/qanon-coping-trump-likely-loss-where-is-q/

Qanon followers are wondering what the hell is going on with Q (Who doesn't exist but has con men who post in his name) since he hasn't posted since the election. Also, you know, all of his predictions about the election failed to come true along with every other.

That's because, and this article doesn't mention it, Q is the product of a group of con men that took an internet fanfiction game (I know because I was there at 4chan when it was created) and then marketed it as real. Because PT Barnum was right about humanity.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531

Huge numbers of Q boards are having people slowly but surely debate the possibility that, yes, they may have been suckered. Some of the complaints are terrible like, "My wife and kid left me because of this. I don't have anything else!"

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#338192: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:43:00 AM

I was wondering if someone had details on Jill Biden's statement, even the German language sources were rather cagey.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#338193: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:43:29 AM

From what I can tell it's a kind of vocational system and an alternative to the usual high school-to-college track.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#338194: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:44:14 AM

[up][up][up]I hope this doesn't sound too condescending, but I feel bad for them. It really isn't their fault they didn't have the means to know better.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Nov 8th 2020 at 12:44:30 PM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#338195: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:47:42 AM

After hearing horror stories of what Qanon supporters have done in the name of their conspiracy theory bullshit...fuck'em.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#338197: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:48:50 AM

I, on the other hand, believe that believing in Q required an extra level of not just stupid but malice.

You WANTED to believe your enemies were child rapists.

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#338198: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:49:10 AM

Perhaps to be too condescending, my pity for them is the same as you'd feel for a rabid dog.

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#338199: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:53:44 AM

As someone who despises dog owners who refuse to control aggressive or loud dogs, tough titty.

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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#338200: Nov 8th 2020 at 9:57:19 AM

I'd be very grateful if you'd let us read some more of the comments you've seen posted by the people who are starting to realize that they've been fooled. To be frank, I've never been to those boards and don't want to start now.


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