US Election

Little waster · Post by **Little waster** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:11 pm

Little waster wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:00 pm
El Pollo Diablo wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:37 pm Is this what tantric is like?
Like spending 5 days with a naked Sting standing next to you, ironically a little too close?

Meanwhile things which had started the process a light shade of pink are now definitely turning bright blue.

shpalman · Post by **shpalman** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:12 pm

There appears to be a venue across the road called The State Room so maybe Trump didn't realize that he was in some industrial estate on the edge of town.

TimW · Post by **TimW** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:25 pm

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:27 pm

CNN and NBC have just called the race for Biden.

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:27 pm

shpalman wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:12 pm There appears to be a venue across the road called The State Room so maybe Trump didn't realize that he was in some industrial estate on the edge of town.

The adult bookshop next door is called Fantasy Island.

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:29 pm

dyqik wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:27 pm CNN and NBC have just called the race for Biden.

AP has called it.

shpalman · Post by **shpalman** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:29 pm

AP too, given that the Guardian also has it. (ETA but not Fox yet.)

lpm · Post by **lpm** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:32 pm

Its over?

Who won?

Grumble · Post by **Grumble** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:33 pm

lpm wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:32 pm Its over?

Who won?

Ye

Mostly Harmless · Post by **Mostly Harmless** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:37 pm

YES! Little Waster can have a piss.

Post by **Woodchopper** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:40 pm

Good, can relax now.

Mostly Harmless · Post by **Mostly Harmless** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:41 pm

Woodchopper wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:40 pm Good, can relax now.

Yes, that bladder's not what it used to be.

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:44 pm

shpalman wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:29 pm AP too, given that the Guardian also has it. (ETA but not Fox yet.)

Fox now has, which is the most important step.

malbui · Post by **malbui** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:45 pm

Am I being too pessimistic to think that we can't relax until Biden is actually sworn in?

Grumble · Post by **Grumble** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:48 pm

malbui wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:45 pm Am I being too pessimistic to think that we can't relax until Biden is actually sworn in?

I don’t expect Trumps press conference to go smoothly. Accidentally booking it at a garden centre can’t have helped.

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:49 pm

dyqik wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:27 pm
shpalman wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:12 pm There appears to be a venue across the road called The State Room so maybe Trump didn't realize that he was in some industrial estate on the edge of town.
The adult bookshop next door is called Fantasy Island.

The press conference appears to have been delayed.

Not least due to cars with Black Lives Matter and Biden Harris flags driving by cheering.

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:49 pm

malbui wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:45 pm Am I being too pessimistic to think that we can't relax until Biden is actually sworn in?

No. The noise is going to be awful.

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:52 pm

malbui wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:45 pm Am I being too pessimistic to think that we can't relax until Biden is actually sworn in?

I haven't relaxed in a political sense for at least the last 10 years. But I haven't seen anything to make me doubt the integrity of the US electoral system, so I think we can allow ourselves to feel at least a little bit good about this.

Cardinal Fang · Post by **Cardinal Fang** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:55 pm

My flat mate, who is from Texas just banged on my door in tears, happy that she doesn't have to give up her citizenship. Had Trump been re-elected she would have renounced it.

But it's worrying to think that the margins are so narrow that if it weren't for Trump's catastrophic handling of COVID that there's a very real chance he would have got a 2nd term

CF

Vertigowooyay · Post by **Vertigowooyay** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:56 pm

Failed Impeached Single Term President Of The United States #FISTPOTUS

shpalman · Post by **shpalman** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:00 pm

dyqik wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:44 pm
shpalman wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:29 pm AP too, given that the Guardian also has it. (ETA but not Fox yet.)
Fox now has, which is the most important step.

Trump's team has of course said they're not having any of it and will start legal proceedings on Monday.

Meanwhile Rudy Giuliani is apparently making baseless allegations of fraud and irregularities to a dwindling amount of press in a yard behind a garden centre.

https://twitter.com/_RichardHall/status ... 1927055360

Post by **Bird on a Fire** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:14 pm

TimW wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:25 pmWTF?

My thoughts exactly.

Super weird choice of venue. Maybe nobody else wants them any more?

Post by **dyqik** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:16 pm

shpalman wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:00 pm
dyqik wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:44 pm
shpalman wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:29 pm AP too, given that the Guardian also has it. (ETA but not Fox yet.)
Fox now has, which is the most important step.
Trump's team has of course said they're not having any of it and will start legal proceedings on Monday.

Meanwhile Rudy Giuliani is apparently making baseless allegations of fraud and irregularities to a dwindling amount of press in a yard behind a garden centre.

https://twitter.com/_RichardHall/status ... 1927055360

The entire complaint seems to be that a poll watcher was made to stand 20ft away. They already lost on this nonsense in court in several states.

shpalman · Post by **shpalman** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:18 pm

Nevada has been called too now.

Gfamily · Post by **Gfamily** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:26 pm

I find this surprisingly emotional to watch/hear
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/13 ... mp4?tag=10

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