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Pendrake That Guy from "Sweet Something of.... Someplace!" (Canada) Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Betrayed by Delilah
That Guy
#343101: Dec 12th 2020 at 1:47:41 AM

I'm aware., as it's also Embassy staff, after all. But the vast majority of overseas voters ARE Military personnel. Tends to happen when you have a couple dozen full military bases on foreign soil.

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#343102: Dec 12th 2020 at 1:58:04 AM

It's about 40%, actually. (There were 250K votes cast by service members and about 600k cast by voters abroad in 2016.) Given that, and that the 4:1 number is from 2-3 states, I don't know that you can say the military vote was overwhelmingly pro-Biden.

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#343103: Dec 12th 2020 at 2:19:48 AM

That tweet just serves as another proof that Trump's cult is just as crazy as Comstock's.

Only Comstock is way more open-minded to science than Trump ever would be.

Pendrake That Guy from "Sweet Something of.... Someplace!" (Canada) Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Betrayed by Delilah
That Guy
#343104: Dec 12th 2020 at 2:24:31 AM

Well, I can at least safely say the US Military isn't exactly going to side with a guy who's disparaged them every chance he gets. regardless of their political views, being shat on for doing what they do in service to their country isn't really going to endear them to follow you. Add to that anythink Trump'd likely try to tell them to do in the next month or so could easily be construed as an unlawful order, and thus one they don't have to follow.

The guy did already try to break Posse Comitatus after all, which is a direct violation of the Constitution to do. The same Constitution American Military Personnel swear an oath to uphold.

it's also far more than 40%. Two things to remember. the US military as a whole is dedicated to being non-partisan, and one of the biggest mistakes non-Military folks make is assuming servicepeople are a bunch of conservatives. Older Veterans, sure.

Edited by Pendrake on Dec 12th 2020 at 2:38:05 AM

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#343105: Dec 12th 2020 at 2:29:18 AM

It's important to remind people worried about a coup that Trump lost the election. Everyone with brains knows he lost. The bigwig Republicans are not going to try and launch a coup or his behalf because they know that if they just be patient and wait and stick to their playbook they'll have a good shot and preventing Biden from doing much and pick the White House back up in 2024.

Pendrake That Guy from "Sweet Something of.... Someplace!" (Canada) Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Betrayed by Delilah
That Guy
#343106: Dec 12th 2020 at 2:40:15 AM

On an odd side note, apparently some crazed ex-Marine tried to form an army and take over Haiti some time in the past year.

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clemont107 Mega Togekiss?! from Land of Missed Opportunities (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#343107: Dec 12th 2020 at 5:19:57 AM

[up][up]I don't think the GOP actually has a chance of picking up the White House in 2024...

But seriously, if some person or friend tries to explain to you why the GOP is good for the military, remind them the countless times Pigface insulted our troops and the GOP stayed silent (in fact I think some members would have joined him in insulting our troops).

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#343108: Dec 12th 2020 at 6:44:02 AM

I think they have plenty of chance, more than you'd like. This election was close, and there's no reason to think that the next won't be close too.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#343109: Dec 12th 2020 at 6:49:14 AM

Ehhhh.

It wasn't as close as it appeared. Just as the Blue Wave never materialized, so was the Red Mirage always a mirage. It wasn't so much half the country voting for Trump as it turned out to be 1/3rd of the country. Not only did he lose the popular vote (which we've all made the "that and a dollar will buy you a coke") but he lost by many electoral college votes.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#343110: Dec 12th 2020 at 7:12:54 AM

Still, they better work on keeping a high voter turnout. The previous game favored Republicans too much. And making a plan to get the Senate would be really desired right now.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#343111: Dec 12th 2020 at 7:49:05 AM

Not close in the popular vote, but the critical swing states vote was still less than a few hundred thousand. Take those away and Biden loses Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#343112: Dec 12th 2020 at 7:57:51 AM

Trump tweet: Trump says he agrees with radio host Todd Starnes that Trump should declassify everything.

The Daily Beast: Trump supporters have gathered in Washington, DC to protest the Supreme Court's decision by blowing shofars against the walls of the Supreme Court in an attempt to knock them down.

The Hill: Representative Clay Higgens (R-LA) compares Trump fraud to Japanese internment done by the FDR administration during WWII in a Facebook post.

The internment of 120K American citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II happened," Higgins wrote. “It was real. It was wrong. It was abhorrent.

“And it was challenged in court as a violation of Constitutional rights. The Supreme Court of the United States did not stop it," he continued. "Lessons of history. They were 120 thousand. We are 75 million.”

Higgins then said that those that voted for Trump “will not take a knee to oppression,” adding that the election was “corrupted by coordinated massive fraud and by unconstitutional election process manipulation in major cities of key states.”

“If your rationale for kneeling is based upon a contemporary general acceptance of unconstitutional oppression and lack of Court intervention, then I ask you ... if you were a Japanese American in WWII ... would you just concede? Would you kneel?” Higgins wrote.

“If your answer is yes, then perhaps you should kneel. You’ll be out of our way," he added.

Higgins attached a photo of newspapers reading “ouster of all Japs in California near.”

Edited by tclittle on Dec 12th 2020 at 9:58:10 AM

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clemont107 Mega Togekiss?! from Land of Missed Opportunities (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#343113: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:04:48 AM

[up]How dare Clayface compare innocent Japanese-Americans who suffered because of their ethnicity to Trump supporters who do not know such suffering. This is especially insulting and ignorant.

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#343114: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:05:12 AM

[up][up]The second one had me facepalming. Hard.

These people are so far gone into their delusion that they (who are ironically, anything but devout Christians), believe they can tear down a building by blowing horns...

... They are going to be so disappointed once "their God" does nothing to answer their prayers.

I wonder how long it will take before they wake up and realize that they are behaving (in accordance to their own bible, no less) like "heathens" and currently "dancing around a man-made golden calf".

Hopefully, none of them are so delusional that they decide to "do God's work" and manually tear the building down through explosives in order to "fake a miracle", just to satisfy their own delusions, expecting Trump to pardon them if they get caught...

Hopefully.

Edited by TitanJump on Dec 12th 2020 at 5:08:18 PM

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#343115: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:07:43 AM

This is your brain on Evangelical Christianity.

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#343116: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:14:04 AM

Clay Higgins.... that name sounds familiar. Wasn't he the Rep. who threatened to shoot protesters during the BLM protests in the summer?

Edited by nova92 on Dec 12th 2020 at 8:14:23 AM

clemont107 Mega Togekiss?! from Land of Missed Opportunities (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Mega Togekiss?!
#343117: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:18:45 AM

[up]I believe so. He's like one of those Proud Boys except that he somehow got elected.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#343118: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:38:08 AM

So is the "shofar" a religious thing? First time I've ever seen the word.

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#343119: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:39:20 AM

[up] Picture this.

Take a goat's horn and hollow it out from base to tip.

That's a shofar.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#343120: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:39:42 AM

A Shofar is a horn, their goal is to emulate Jericho I believe, or at least that was what was being implied.

Edited by Protagonist506 on Dec 12th 2020 at 8:39:53 AM

Leviticus 19:34
PointMaid Since: Jun, 2014
#343121: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:39:55 AM

Yeah, it's a Jewish ritual horn made out of, well, a ram's horn.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#343122: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:42:10 AM

[up]x4 A Shofar is a horn made from an Animal Horn. In the Old Testament/Hebrew Scripture, the Jewish People, having left Egypt but been exiled from Israel for a Hundred or so years, return to Israel and find the Canaanites have built a city (Jericho) blocking their entrance. Their leader, Joshua, is told by an Angel to walk around the city for a Month and then on the Final Day, to blow horns around the city, and as a result, the city collapsed and the Hebrews returned to Israel.

So yeah, these people were hoping that the Supreme Court Building would collapse, killing everyone inside. They're absolutely vile and nuts.

Edited by DingoWalley1 on Dec 12th 2020 at 11:42:30 AM

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#343123: Dec 12th 2020 at 8:48:44 AM

And too lazy to do the walk around for a month, I see.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#343125: Dec 12th 2020 at 9:11:09 AM

Give it a few days before they're too lazy to do even this and just start using prerecorded horn blowing.


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