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#3821 User is offline   HoosierDaddy 

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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:05 AM

Game over.

Trump just won.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:06 AM

View PostHoosierDaddy, on 09 November 2016 - 04:05 AM, said:

Game over.

Trump just won.


What?

Please no.

I beg you.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:07 AM

It's a very, very, very hard path to win. It ain't going to happen.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:08 AM

View PostNicodimas, on 09 November 2016 - 04:02 AM, said:

View PostMentalist, on 09 November 2016 - 03:50 AM, said:

Oh wow. We're seeing History in the making.

The bad kind, with a capital "H". The kind likely to lead to untold suffering and possibly Einstein's vision of WW4. But History nonetheless.

Majority of me wants to curl up in a fetal position and chant "we're all gonna die". But some small part of me can't help but wonder how they managed to dupe this many people. It's remarkable, from a technical perspective.



@ Ment. We have talked about this for some time. It's all about the powers putting the perfect person in the forefront..to take the blame. An outsider is perfect.


True. But I'm seeing a global trend.
Brexit, Trump,. rise of right-wing all over Europe... the mood in the West in general is getting ugly.

UA did the "protest vote" thing in the 2010 presidential elections. They elected an ex-con who completely criminalized the police and ran the country as one big private racket. 3 years later it took a hundred lives to kick him out, and that led to a "hybrid war" and loss of a decent chunk of the country's territory and thousands of lives, and millions of internal refugees..

Now I know that The West has "real democracy", while we're next to savages (in terms of political culture), but it's not a pretty parallel to draw.
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And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:08 AM

NC goes Trump
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:10 AM

According to the BBC 190:187 for Clinton.

Still a chance?
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:11 AM

View Post- Coltaine -, on 09 November 2016 - 04:10 AM, said:

According to the BBC 190:187 for Clinton.

Still a chance?


Google has it on 197: 201 Trump. Without confirming NC for Trump

It'll be close, but with Ohio and Florida, I think he has it.

EDIT: just added NC. 216 : 197

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 09 November 2016 - 04:14 AM

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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:12 AM

View PostMentalist, on 09 November 2016 - 04:08 AM, said:

View PostNicodimas, on 09 November 2016 - 04:02 AM, said:

View PostMentalist, on 09 November 2016 - 03:50 AM, said:

Oh wow. We're seeing History in the making.

The bad kind, with a capital "H". The kind likely to lead to untold suffering and possibly Einstein's vision of WW4. But History nonetheless.

Majority of me wants to curl up in a fetal position and chant "we're all gonna die". But some small part of me can't help but wonder how they managed to dupe this many people. It's remarkable, from a technical perspective.



@ Ment. We have talked about this for some time. It's all about the powers putting the perfect person in the forefront..to take the blame. An outsider is perfect.


True. But I'm seeing a global trend.
Brexit, Trump,. rise of right-wing all over Europe... the mood in the West in general is getting ugly.

UA did the "protest vote" thing in the 2010 presidential elections. They elected an ex-con who completely criminalized the police and ran the country as one big private racket. 3 years later it took a hundred lives to kick him out, and that led to a "hybrid war" and loss of a decent chunk of the country's territory and thousands of lives, and millions of internal refugees..

Now I know that The West has "real democracy", while we're next to savages (in terms of political culture), but it's not a pretty parallel to draw.


They are preparing to clear the debt in the background.(its staggering outsiders...) We have been talking about this for years....get ready.

I may see this occurring differently then you all..But it's looking like a depression to me.

I'm praying for a long drawn out collapse. I hope it doesn't get externalized and internalized.

It's not the end....But it's history right now.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:14 AM

Google now has him leading in Indiana and Washington...

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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:17 AM

View PostMentalist, on 09 November 2016 - 04:14 AM, said:

Google now has him leading in Indiana and Washington...


Damn...
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:19 AM

View PostMentalist, on 09 November 2016 - 04:14 AM, said:

Google now has him leading in Indiana and Washington...


He won Indiana at 7:00 pm.

Game over. Trump won unless a miracle happens in many, many states. You are seeing a Trump landslide.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:23 AM

Michigan just spiked up Hilary with that round..
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:24 AM

The.
Fuck.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:24 AM

Pennsylvania is inside XX votes..

nm refresh is your friend!

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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:27 AM

Dow -681.00 / -3.72%

Futures...says alot..
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:29 AM

View PostAbyss, on 09 November 2016 - 04:24 AM, said:

The.
Fuck.


Many closeted racists.
Many open racists.
Many open mysognists.
Many closed mysognists.
Many white people who hate Hillary Clinton and believe the scandals.
Obama caused the recession (that he received and fixed).

There you go.

I'm looking at ways to leave. I ain't dealing with this shit. He's going to kill us all, but at least I can die with healthcare somewhere, maybe.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:30 AM

Stocks are going to crash tomorrow.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:32 AM

Pardon me while I go throw up.
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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:32 AM

Wisconsin goes trump.

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Posted 09 November 2016 - 04:37 AM

Google has Hillary taking Washington State + leading in Nevada. 216: 219 to Trump.

I want to read the book his campaign manager will write. This is the first time since undergrad I'm regretting not pursuing an academic career. This is abso-fucking horrible (I don't even want to think about all the ways Trump will fuck up UA as he hands it to VVH on a silver platter), so I think I'm focusing on the sociological dynamics and the technical aspects to avoid having a breakdown.

EDIT: As I was writing that, they added Georgia. 232 : 209

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And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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