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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#112651: Feb 20th 2016 at 2:20:06 PM

Not population. Likely voters by population.

I don't how those numbers could even match up with likely voter population. Do you have a source?

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#112652: Feb 20th 2016 at 3:06:13 PM

CNN has called Nevada for Clinton, Sanders has conceded.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/20/politics/republicans-south-carolina-primary-highlights/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#112653: Feb 20th 2016 at 3:09:31 PM

re: CIA vs FBI — it's less that the CIA is full of cartoonish supervillains and more that the two are fundamentally different organizations. The FBI is a law enforcement agency; they're cops with federal jurisdiction, so they deal primarily with US citizens. The CIA is an intelligence agency; they're spies and undercover agents, mostly dealing with foreign nationals of places we're not especially friendly with. It's not a surprise that the way they deal with people and the way they're perceived by the public are different. That said, I'm not whitewashing the shit the CIA gets up to at all — most of the questionable drone strikes are done by them, rather than the military, as the CIA has much looser rules of engagement than the military does. I wouldn't be at all sad to see the CIA become a purely intelligence-gathering organization, without permission to conduct missions or order strikes at all. If they want something done, let them pass their recommendation on to the military and let the military decide what, if any, action to take.

re: polling places — pretty much any building designed to handle a large volume of people and willing to give their space over to the election for the day can and will be used as a polling location. Schools, libraries, and churches are all common for that reason.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#112654: Feb 20th 2016 at 3:12:26 PM

Up here in Canada the polling places are almost always schools, churches, community centers and occasionally sports stadiums.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#112655: Feb 20th 2016 at 3:13:09 PM

Now this makes things hairier for Sanders going into South Carolina, a state where he's got a stronger headwind.

Why didn't the GOP have theirs today again?

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
#112656: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:02:50 PM

[up]X3 Things is the CIA are crazy even by intelligence agency standard, because the CIA don't just engage in intelligence gathering, they engage in a lot of paramilitary activity, western intelligence agencies general don't get anywhere near as dirty as the CIA.

There's a reason that the CIA have an entire wall in honour of agents who've died in the field, while SIS have never lost an actual agent (though obviously they've had contacts killed).

Actual intelligence agencies tend to send have people working in embassies under diplomatic covers making contacts and sources, the CIA do a lot more then that.

edited 20th Feb '16 4:04:00 PM by Silasw

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#112657: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:08:19 PM

[up] That or the SIS just doesn't acknowledge their deaths, being supper secret and the like.

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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
#112658: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:14:47 PM

I think it's just that if someone is going to be getting shot at we send the SAS instead of intelligence officers, I know we have crossover between the SAS and SIS, as at least one former SAS officer became an SIS member before going into politics (not that anyone knew about his past for much of his time in politics).

edited 20th Feb '16 4:15:04 PM by Silasw

“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
#112659: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:23:00 PM

[up][up][up][up]They still are, result are just coming in now.

edited 20th Feb '16 4:23:16 PM by Rationalinsanity

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#112660: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:29:48 PM

How about Storm the Hill for a good Clinton slogan?

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#112661: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:41:15 PM

Thanks Rational. They are having it, the coverage there has been so focused on South Carolina that i just assumed they were skipping it for some reason.

edited 20th Feb '16 4:41:25 PM by Ogodei

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#112662: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:46:28 PM

Trump has pretty much won South Carolina with over 30% of the vote. That's bad news for Cruz who was probably counting on his Evangelical friends for help.

Rubio seems to have regained his mojo, and is battling Cruz for second place.

I predict Carson will definitely drop out after this. Possibly Kasich as well.

edited 20th Feb '16 4:49:07 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#112663: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:49:37 PM

Kasich won't. He was never expected to do well in SC. He's already moved on to Michigan.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#112664: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:50:19 PM

Why would Kasich care about S.C.? He knows he's going to get trumped in the southern states/bible belt, he's focused on the more moderate states to pull him through.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#112665: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:54:19 PM

If Rubio, Kasich, and Bush keep splitting the establishment vote than I predict more wins for Trump.

edited 20th Feb '16 4:57:46 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#112666: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:55:34 PM

Bush is more likely to drop than Kasich...he's dead last in Nevada polling right now.

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#112667: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:56:10 PM

If Trump, a rich New York elite and a sham of a Christian, can take the lead in South Carolina, there's a good chance he can muscle out the competition in any other state.

If the Republican establishment wants to stop him, it's gonna take the other candidates dropping out (unlikely Cruz) and their voters rallying behind someone else (likely Rubio).

edited 20th Feb '16 5:04:09 PM by Eschaton

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#112668: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:56:54 PM

Hypothetically, if Trump wins the primary, what do we do?

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#112670: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:58:54 PM

[up][up] Besides Panic?

It would heavily depend on who wins the Democrat primary.

edited 20th Feb '16 4:59:32 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#112671: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:58:56 PM

And if we fail, because apparently absolutely nothing we do can lower him in the public eye and everything Clinton does lowers her?

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#112672: Feb 20th 2016 at 4:59:09 PM

If he's the nominee we watch him lose the proper election because he's made an enemy of every non white person in the nation.

If he wins then we stock up on food for when martial law is temporarily put into place after his inevitable assassination

edited 20th Feb '16 5:00:12 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#112673: Feb 20th 2016 at 5:07:54 PM

The same shit that is winning Trump primaries is going to cost him the general. A bunch of angry white people won't make up for him pissing off the latino vote, that alone will cost him several key swing states.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#112674: Feb 20th 2016 at 5:12:19 PM

@Bonsai: Yep. The Libertarian Party will run pretty much anyone for a Congress seat.

If I get bored enough, I'll run on the Green Party with about as much luck.

edited 20th Feb '16 5:12:42 PM by Ramidel

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#112675: Feb 20th 2016 at 5:12:50 PM

Kasich just jumped in the polls. He's now doing better than Bush.

EDIT: Nevermind, Bush caught back up. Kasich is still close though.

edited 20th Feb '16 5:14:02 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.

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