Is This the Dumbest “Rigged Voting Machine” Video Ever?

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As they do every Election Day, right wing blogs are totally losing their shit over imaginary voter fraud and “rigged voting machines.” It’s a weird ritual they engage in every couple of years, without fail, and nothing ever comes of it because it’s all bullshit and they actually know it while they’re doing it.

And here’s one of the funniest and most ridiculous examples I’ve seen so far today, posted on Twitter earlier, showing an anonymous guy in a voting booth stabbing ineffectually at a voting machine with his index finger, pretending it’s refusing to let him vote for Donald Trump.

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This is an amazingly stupid and obvious fraud, because if you actually look at what he’s doing you’ll notice he’s pressing everywhere but on the NUMBERED BUTTON that actually registers a vote, in the lower right corner of the section.

Also notice that the video starts with the red light for Hillary Clinton already selected — so this guy clearly pressed that button before turning on his cell phone camera to make this fraudulent video.

But don’t take my word for it. Here’s a (pretty silly) video made by the state government of Pennsylvania, clearly showing how the voting machines work, explaining that you have to press the numbered button and if you have a candidate already selected you have to turn that one off before you can choose a different one.

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And guess who jumped all over this obviously fake story? If you guessed the Stupidest Man on the Internet, you win! VIDEO=> Pennsylvania Trump Voter Can’t Get Voting Machine to Accept His Vote.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:46:39pm

I remember Shaun King back in April, refusing to understand that the voting machine works better when it’s plugged in.

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:48:12pm

I prefer the machine called a ballpoint pen.

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:48:24pm

Two polling places possibly affected by active shooter in CA. Shooter on the loose. No further info.

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:48:49pm

The wingnuts are highly motivated to find an excuse for Trump’s impending loss that does not mean that America rejects bigotry. They want to believe that most people are toxic like them, and a whole industry exists to feed them their own bullshit.

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No Depression  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:49:02pm

re: #3 MsJ

Two polling places possibly affected by active shooter in CA. Shooter on the loose. No further info.

Jesus.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:49:13pm

Ah, “Dim Jim” Hoft, voted “Most Punchable Face In America” for 7 years running.

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:50:19pm

re: #3 MsJ

Two polling places possibly affected by active shooter in CA. Shooter on the loose. No further info.

I forgot to mention…two people injured, taken to hospital.

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darthstar  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:50:31pm
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Franklin  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:50:32pm
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darthstar  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:51:06pm

Hey Tiffany - might I suggest tearing your daddy’s world down?

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:51:10pm
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Scottishdragon  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:51:58pm

re: #6 Targetpractice

Ah, “Dim Jim” Hoft, voted “Most Punchable Face In America” for 7 years running.

Hugh Hewitt is trying real hard to get that number one spot…

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:52:42pm

re: #11 Kragar

Oh, shit.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:52:46pm
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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:52:52pm

re: #8 darthstar

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This is why I continue to believe that Marla was the source of the tax returns leak.

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electrotek  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:53:07pm

Why hasn’t his career tanked yet?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:53:30pm

re: #11 Kragar

Ugh. Wtf.

———

For anyone watching the networks. Don’t freak out. Remember. They want you to watch all night tonight so they will be going headlong with the horse race narrative.

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KGxvi  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:53:47pm

The LA Times has a very brief write up about the generational split among Vietnamese Americans in Orange County. Basically, the older voters are going for Trump and the younger voters are going to Clinton. I suspect this is going to be similar to what we see in Cuban American voters in Florida.

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:54:08pm
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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:54:13pm

re: #16 electrotek

Why hasn’t his career tanked yet?

…he has a career?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:54:24pm

Where is a good place to get results?

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darthstar  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:54:30pm

My god, almost nobody showed up for Hillary’s victory party!

// kidding…these are the first.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:55:48pm

New thread needs a new photo. Going slightly different for this one.

Ishinomaki

The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami was over 4 years ago but the effects are still widely felt in the affected areas. Ishinomaki is doing better than a lot of the towns when it comes to rebuilding, but you can go and walk the streets and realize exactly what that means. They have a small museum and community information center dedicated to introducing the town as it was before the tsunami and explaining what they’re doing to rebuild. One of the worst hit areas was pretty much swept clean away and rebuilding there is prohibited; they’re going to turn it into a park and memorial. We walked along the river banks and past one of the temples and graveyards - it’s amazing to see the damage that was done to the family tombstones - before climbing the stairs to the shrine where many people watched their town disappear.

I didn’t take photos of a lot, because I wanted to be respectful and not simply gawking, but I couldn’t resist the signs of life among the foundations left behind.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:55:50pm

Voters were only 61% white in Georgia according to the exit poll. That’s a point where we’ve got a shot.

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Skip Intro  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:55:54pm

So is it just me or has Twitter put a block on non-members copying tweet embeds?

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gocart mozart  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:55:55pm
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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:56:14pm

re: #23 klys (maker of Silmarils)

KITTEH!

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Thanos  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:56:25pm

The hard part about being a Dem — the early 1 and 2 percent returns are from rural counties that always go GOP and scare the crap out of you until Urban districts start coming in.

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gocart mozart  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:56:30pm
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KGxvi  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:56:45pm

re: #21 Ziggy_TARDIS

Where is a good place to get results?

google has numbers, or you can go to each state’s secretary of state’s website. For some reason Google has more votes than either Indiana or Kentucky’s SOS at the moment.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:57:16pm

re: #28 Thanos

The hard part about being a Dem — the early 1 and 2 percent returns are from rural counties that always go GOP and scare the crap out of you until Urban districts start coming in.

At which point the wingnuts dissolve into hysterics for the rest of the night as they hope that there might be some small pocket of votes that will radically swing the race back their way.

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No Depression  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:57:16pm

re: #11 Kragar

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Fuck. We’re supposed to be a developed country. No one should be dying for exercising the most basic right in a democracy.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:57:48pm

re: #30 KGxvi

google has numbers, or you can go to each state’s secretary of state’s website. For some reason Google has more votes than either Indiana or Kentucky’s SOS at the moment.

VOTER FRAUD!!!!!!

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Jack Burton  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:57:59pm

Fucking CNN…

Giant headline “Voters: We don’t like either one”

Just have to keep the fake equivalency going no matter what or how don’t you?

And WTF is this shit:

Why don’t you wait until you have a modicum of useful data in before putting that crap up with percentages as if it matters.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:58:18pm

This is so sappy. //

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:58:40pm
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Stanley Sea  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:58:49pm

re: #29 gocart mozart

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He’s already ordered it destroyed. The baker is in hiding.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:02pm
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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:29pm
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Scottishdragon  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:34pm

re: #29 gocart mozart

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Stanley Sea  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:36pm

re: #32 No Depression

Fuck. We’re supposed to be a developed country. No one should be dying for exercising the most basic right in a democracy.

It was CLOSE to a polling location. They shut down due to proximity to GUN AMERICA.

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:38pm

re: #19 Kragar

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KGxvi  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:44pm

re: #33 Targetpractice

VOTER FRAUD!!!!!!

The funnier part is that as I typed that comment, the SOS counts in both Indiana and Kentucky were showing Clinton leading

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 3:59:56pm

re: #27 thedopefishlives

KITTEH!

There were two, but I couldn’t get a good angle on the other one. Both healthy and well cared for - I suspect they belong to one of the few buildings along that street that survived and still had folks living there.

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darthstar  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:00:00pm

So I’m going in for an operation tomorrow - bi-lateral hernia +umbilical. Gotta tighten up the guts for ski season…and today I get a 12 pack of Santa Lucia Highland Pinots delivered to me. I won’t be able to lift heavy things for a week. So I stuck four bottles in a bag to take home — it is election night after all — and put the other 8 in my desk (and locked it for the first time…I’m fine with people stealing my laptop, but I’m not leaving $400 in wine unprotected).

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:00:35pm

re: #44 klys (maker of Silmarils)

There were two, but I couldn’t get a good angle on the other one. Both healthy and well cared for - I suspect they belong to one of the few buildings along that street that survived and still had folks living there.

Yeah, the one in the picture clearly owns a human or two.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:00:55pm

re: #45 darthstar

So I’m going in for an operation tomorrow - bi-lateral hernia +umbilical. Gotta tighten up the guts for ski season…and today I get a 12 pack of Santa Lucia Highland Pinots delivered to me. I won’t be able to lift heavy things for a week. So I stuck four bottles in a bag to take home — it is election night after all — and put the other 8 in my desk (and locked it for the first time…I’m fine with people stealing my laptop, but I’m not leaving $400 in wine unprotected).

Dude! Good luck.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:01:14pm

And here come the projections:

Good guys lose Indiana and Kentucky, natch. (The instant* call in Indiana isn’t a great sign.) But Hillary won Vermont. Too early to call VA, GA, and SC.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:04pm

MSNBC calling Georgia and Virginia are too close to call.
And to no one’s surprise, calling Indiana and Kentucky for Trump.
Calling Vermont for Clinton.

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teleskiguy  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:26pm

re: #22 darthstar

Like a Phish show. I want the rail! *sprints to the rail hours before the concert.*

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:29pm

re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth

MSNBC calling Georgia and Virginia are too close to call.
And to no one’s surprise, calling Indiana and Kentucky for Trump.
Calling Vermont for Clinton.

No surprises there.

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Stanley Sea  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:36pm

Brian J has proved to be a great LGF asset with voting results. Thanks & carry on!!

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:39pm

re: #48 Brian J.

And here come the projections:

Good guys lose Indiana and Kentucky, natch. (The instant* call in Indiana isn’t a great sign.) But Hillary won Vermont. Too early to call VA, GA, and SC.

It doesn’t worry me at all. Indiana’s not nearly blue enough. Obama’s win there was one of the great political upsets of our time.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:41pm

CNN exit polls looks like about Clinton +7 in VA, -2 in GA, and -7 in SC, give or take.

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Alyosha  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:42pm

****KEY RACE ALERT****

VA, NC, GA too close to call!!! Per CNN.

Duh.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:49pm

re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth

Shit, in regards to VA.

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Scottishdragon  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:51pm

Going downstairs with my dinner in a minute to put the tv on.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:02:58pm

re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth

They just changed Virginia to “too early to call”.

Well….DUH!!!!

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:03:16pm

MSNBC poll: What’s your view of the Dem party?

No equivalent for Republican Party.

F. M. L.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:03:39pm

re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth

MSNBC calling Georgia and Virginia are too close to call.
And to no one’s surprise, calling Indiana and Kentucky for Trump.
Calling Vermont for Clinton.

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Nyet  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:03:40pm

re: #34 Jack Burton

Fucking CNN…

Giant headline “Voters: We don’t like either one”

Just have to keep the fake equivalency going no matter what or how don’t you?

And WTF is this shit:

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Why don’t you wait until you have a modicum of useful data in before putting that crap up with percentages as if it matters.

Eh? If Guardian has it, why shouldn’t CNN?

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:03:54pm

re: #48 Brian J.

And here come the projections:

Good guys lose Indiana and Kentucky, natch. (The instant* call in Indiana isn’t a great sign.) But Hillary won Vermont. Too early to call VA, GA, and SC.

Trump has a 16 EV lead; time to panic!!!

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:04:02pm

re: #56 Ziggy_TARDIS

Shit, in regards to VA.

Re-lax.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:04:10pm

re: #62 Big Beautiful Door

Trump has a 16 EV lead; time to panic!!!

[Clutches pearls.]

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calochortus  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:04:11pm

OK, I’m gonna take an hour off from any election info. Then I’ll tune back in.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:04:12pm
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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:04:28pm

re: #54 Brian J.

CNN exit polls looks like about Clinton +7 in VA, -2 in GA, and -7 in SC, give or take.

Too many of our states are terrible embarrassments.

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Jenner7  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:05:10pm
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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:05:15pm

re: #45 darthstar

Good luck! And good drinking when you’re ready to give it a go.

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:05:21pm

CNN likes to call states in about five seconds.

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gocart mozart  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:05:23pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:05:26pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

They just changed Virginia to “too early to call”.

Well….DUH!!!!

Well yeah. Our heavily populated areas come in late. Do NOT, I repeat do NOT panic if Trump gets off to an early lead here.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:06:10pm

re: #23 klys (maker of Silmarils)

New thread needs a new photo. Going slightly different for this one.

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The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami was over 4 years ago but the effects are still widely felt in the affected areas. Ishinomaki is doing better than a lot of the towns when it comes to rebuilding, but you can go and walk the streets and realize exactly what that means. They have a small museum and community information center dedicated to introducing the town as it was before the tsunami and explaining what they’re doing to rebuild. One of the worst hit areas was pretty much swept clean away and rebuilding there is prohibited; they’re going to turn it into a park and memorial. We walked along the river banks and past one of the temples and graveyards - it’s amazing to see the damage that was done to the family tombstones - before climbing the stairs to the shrine where many people watched their town disappear.

I didn’t take photos of a lot, because I wanted to be respectful and not simply gawking, but I couldn’t resist the signs of life among the foundations left behind.

Among those killed there was a young woman named Taylor Anderson who loved Japanese culture from Richmond, VA who had just graduated from Randolph-Macon College. I don’t mean to minimize the massive loss of Japanese life by mentioning the sole American, but I met her some of her friends and mentors at the time she went missing and can tell you that her loss was deeply felt, too.

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Interesting Times  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:06:32pm

Factchecker verdict: TRUE

Facebook Post

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:07:06pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:07:52pm

re: #21 Ziggy_TARDIS

Where is a good place to get results?

Any place tomorrow morning

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b_sharp  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:07:56pm

re: #74 Interesting Times

Factchecker verdict: TRUE

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Yup yup yup

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:08:09pm

re: #28 Thanos

The hard part about being a Dem — the early 1 and 2 percent returns are from rural counties that always go GOP and scare the crap out of you until Urban districts start coming in.

And Republicans see themselves ahead with .1% of the vote counted, and when it moves against them: WE WUZ ROBED!!11!! 50 years they’ve been doing that just by my observation.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:08:50pm

Vigo County, In, which has voted for the winning candidate in 15 straight elections, is voting for Trump tonight!! DOOOOOM!

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:09:04pm

NC precincts extended!

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Nyet  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:09:13pm

re: #74 Interesting Times

Make that the world.

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:09:30pm

Democratic Underground was hit by trolls. It’s offline at 7:09 pm EST.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:10:05pm

CNN shows Johnson with a crazy-high 19% of the vote in St. Johns County, Florida.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:10:24pm

re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth

Any place tomorrow morning

HAR!

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:10:49pm

re: #83 Brian J.

Wowsers.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:11:43pm

re: #79 Big Beautiful Door

Vigo County, In, which has voted for the winning candidate in 15 straight elections, is voting for Trump tonight!! DOOOOOM!

Every predictor not based on real current data works perfectly, right up until it doesn’t.

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Nojay UK  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:11:52pm

re: #23 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami was over 4 years ago but the effects are still widely felt in the affected areas. Ishinomaki is doing better than a lot of the towns when it comes to rebuilding, but you can go and walk the streets and realize exactly what that means.

One thing I noticed on my visit to Nagasaki some years ago was that there were no old trees in the city. Logical when you think about it, but…

I visited Sendai in 2011 a couple of months after the tsunami wiped out the harbour front and killed a bunch of people. The earthquake had caused visible damage to a lot of buildings near the city centre but nothing structural, it was a question of broken window frames and cladding fallen away from the walls. I visited Sendai again a couple of years later (with my JR Pass allowing me to ride the 320km/hr E6 Hayabusa shinkansen) and it was business as usual.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:11:54pm

Sorry BWS, Rand predicted to win.

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Jebediah, RBG  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:12:10pm

re: #45 darthstar

Good luck and an easy recovery!

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:13:04pm

re: #64 thedopefishlives

[Clutches pearls.]

Please don’t tease us for being nervous. That’s kinda mean. Just sayin’.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:13:05pm

Exit polling indicates Clinton only down by one in Georgia.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:13:08pm

re: #73 Barefoot Grin

It was a very moving experience, just to be walking around on the streets and knowing what happened not all that long ago. We did Hiroshima on this trip too, and that was moving in a different way - more about facing the evil things humanity can do to each other. This was about nature’s indifference to individual lives.

We did feel a small earthquake while we were staying in Sendai - a 4.9 aftershock, probably, given where it was. Pretty far out, so just a slight rumble for maybe 10 seconds and it was gone. Nobody even mentioned it.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:13:45pm

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wrenchwench  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:14:27pm
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KGxvi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:15:00pm

MSNBC’s early results in Florida show Johnson at 11% in what I assume are heavy Republican counties, since Trump around 50%… that probably can’t bode well for Trump if Johnson actually gets a sizeable number.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:15:02pm

re: #88 HappyWarrior

Sorry BWS, Rand predicted to win.

but of course

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:15:05pm

re: #92 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It was a very moving experience, just to be walking around on the streets and knowing what happened not all that long ago. We did Hiroshima on this trip too, and that was moving in a different way - more about facing the evil things humanity can do to each other. This was about nature’s indifference to individual lives.

We did feel a small earthquake while we were staying in Sendai - a 4.9 aftershock, probably, given where it was. Pretty far out, so just a slight rumble for maybe 10 seconds and it was gone. Nobody even mentioned it.

The private comment was really for you. I’ve had a couple of election beers. Just pledging to not try to steal your show and for you to keep posting. Great stuff so far and thanks for sharing.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:15:35pm

re: #87 Nojay UK

We love Sendai. Fantastic city. Great beef tongue. Our favorite hotel has a HUGE bathroom for a business hotel and was under $100 a night for the two of us during the week.

We had to take the shinkansen all the way up to Hakodate, now that it’s extended that far. It wasn’t on our last trip.

Complete with Sad Kitteh.
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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:15:54pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:15:59pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

but of course

Yeah I know you expected it but you and our other KY lizards deserve better.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:16:00pm

re: #94 wrenchwench

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:16:07pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

but of course

Not a big surprise.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:16:24pm

re: #95 KGxvi

MSNBC’s early results in Florida show Johnson at 11% in what I assume are heavy Republican counties, since Trump around 50%… that probably can’t bode well for Trump if Johnson actually gets a sizeable number.

All but about 2,000 of Johnson’s Florida votes are from St. Johns County. Wouldn’t be surprised if that was a data entry error.

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:16:25pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:16:34pm

re: #93 Barefoot Grin

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wrenchwench  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:17:17pm

re: #93 Barefoot Grin

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Bubblehead II  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:17:22pm

Evening Lizards. It was actually a quite day at work today so I should make it to 1900 hrs MST today to see the results start coming in. Anybody have a reliable link that is keeping track of the EV?

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:17:43pm

Now that’s more like it! Hillary +24% and just under 90,000 votes in Palm Beach County’s early vote and +29% and 28,000 votes in Leon County (Tallahassee).

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DC_Run  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:17:56pm

Election night is the best time to do laundry in the normally crowded laundromat, right?

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:18:40pm

Party pooper

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Ming5000  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:18:50pm

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wrenchwench  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:21:18pm

re: #109 DC_Run

Election night is the best time to do laundry in the normally crowded laundromat, right?

Thanks for reminding me. I have folding waiting for me at home. Later, lizards. Bringing the laptop home too (I almost said, ‘for a change’ but it would have tied too closely with the laundry and you would have though I dress it up.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:23:25pm

Current results from the Kentucky SoS with 1.67% of precincts reported:

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:23:48pm

Senior advisor- Trump needs “miracle.”

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:23:51pm

On Slate, Clinton still leading all seven battleground states they are tracking.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:24:12pm

Yep, St. Johns was a data error. Johnson just dropped to 2.5% of the vote there.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:24:33pm

re: #106 wrenchwench

Post as you please. I think we all have scroll wheels if needed.

Thanks. I was part of a rag-tag running club in the late 1980s that included truck drivers, farmers, company employees, and owners of small businesses based in a town maybe a hundred miles north of Sendai. We ran all kinds of races in the Tohoku area. Surprisingly, there were 5k and 10k races in the fishing towns all up and down the coast (and so I watched in horror as they were destroyed on 3.11). I ran an ekiden relay race in and around Miyako, another hard hit city in Iwate. I visited Ishinomaki as part of another non-running related trip. (I was the first non-Japanese to run in the Iwate-Nippo Ichinoseki-Morioka Ekiden; we came in second to last and maybe because I ran the final leg not third to last.) Lots of memories and connections.

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:25:09pm

re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth

How can they have called it with less than 2% of the vote counted?

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:25:12pm

Mixed news out of Ohio.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:25:22pm

re: #116 Brian J.

Yep, St. Johns was a data error. Johnson just dropped to 2.5% of the vote there.

I just felt a disturbance in the farce, as if millions of Bros cried out in despair and were suddenly silenced.

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jeffreyw  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:25:50pm

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:25:52pm

re: #118 Kragar

How can they have called it with less than 2% of the vote counted?

exit polling

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:25:57pm

Hillary takes lead in FL!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:26:39pm

re: #118 Kragar

How can they have called it with less than 2% of the vote counted?

Assumptions are always more valid than actual data.

BTW, those results also include partial returns from a third county.

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:27:25pm

I find it much more peaceful reading here and turning off cable news. I’m 89% calmer now.

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:27:39pm

re: #123 Big Beautiful Door

*facepalm*

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Maxwell Not So Smart  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:27:41pm

Win or lose Donald is going to get the hair on the cake for his head. It looks more natural.

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Nojay UK  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:27:48pm

re: #98 klys (maker of Silmarils)

We had to take the shinkansen all the way up to Hakodate, now that it’s extended that far. It wasn’t on our last trip.

I went through the Seikan tunnel to Hakodate on the original narrow-gauge line before it was reworked to carry shinkansen trains. A couple of American railfans I know visited the station in the tunnel that was only open once a week for special excursions; now that the tunnel is part of the shinkansen network that stop isn’t active any more. The only thing you could do at the stop is climb the staircase up to the surface, several hundred steps and no elevator. After you did that you then went back down to the platform and caught the next train.

I think the shinkansen line is going on up to Sapporo but I don’t know when it will be finished.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:28:48pm

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:29:54pm

re: #116 Brian J.

Yep, St. Johns was a data error. Johnson just dropped to 2.5% of the vote there.

I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if 3.4 libertarians suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:29:54pm
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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:30:25pm

And the 7:30 call. Oh gee shucky darn, we lost West Virginny.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:30:29pm

re: #129 Nojay UK

I went through the Seikan tunnel to Hakodate on the original narrow-gauge line before it was reworked to carry shinkansen trains. A couple of American railfans I know visited the station in the tunnel that was only open once a week for special excursions; now that the tunnel is part of the shinkansen network that stop isn’t active any more. The only thing you could do at the stop is climb the staircase up to the surface, several hundred steps and no elevator. After you did that you then went back down to the platform and caught the next train.

I think the shinkansen line is going on up to Sapporo but I don’t know when it will be finished.

It’s a ways off, yet. mr. klys has been to that station, I think - there was a museum as part of it that he’s done. Like you said, can’t really get into it now.

We rode the Cassiopeia last trip, knowing that with the shinkansen coming, it was likely going to disappear. Really enjoyed that. (I am a rail fan in that I like riding trains. I don’t necessarily care at all about the specifics. Trains are great for cross stitch.)

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:31:20pm

re: #129 Nojay UK

I believe the shinkansen to Hokkaido is already in operation.

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prairiefire  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:31:26pm

re: #129 Nojay UK

I went through the Seikan tunnel to Hakodate on the original narrow-gauge line before it was reworked to carry shinkansen trains. A couple of American railfans I know visited the station in the tunnel that was only open once a week for special excursions; now that the tunnel is part of the shinkansen network that stop isn’t active any more. The only thing you could do at the stop is climb the staircase up to the surface, several hundred steps and no elevator. After you did that you then went back down to the platform and caught the next train.

I think the shinkansen line is going on up to Sapporo but I don’t know when it will be finished.

Cool

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:31:38pm

Ohio exit poll is a virtual tie.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:31:54pm

re: #137 nickzi

I believe the shinkansen to Hokkaido is already in operation.

Hokkaido, yes - but only to Hakodate.

It’s still another ~4 hours to Sapporo on the normal trains.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:32:20pm

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:33:47pm

re: #140 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hokkaido, yes - but only to Hakodate.

It’s still another ~4 hours to Sapporo on the normal trains.

Sadly, the Sapporo extension is due to come into operation in March 2031. I must admit that I really like Sapporo, although it’s not one of the ritzier tourist destinations.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:34:47pm

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

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jaunte  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:35:05pm

re: #126 MsJ

I find it much more peaceful reading here and turning off cable news. I’m 89% calmer now.

I’m waiting for reports from the outlying nerve bundles.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:35:27pm

re: #131 A wild WITHAK appeared!

i.imgur.com

This is the cutest gif I’ve seen all week

Most adorable prison break ever. ;-)

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:35:40pm

re: #143 Kragar

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:35:57pm

re: #145 nickzi

Sadly, the Sapporo extension is due to come into operation in March 2031. I must admit that I really like Sapporo, although it’s not one of the ritzier tourist destinations.

We are firmly in the “northern Japan for the win” camp. We did Kyoto and Hiroshima this time around because I hadn’t and it was my third time over, and then headed north for the second week. And hit the onsen. Sukayu, Kuroyu, and visited Tsuru-no-yu, Tae-no-yu, Oogama (Oogawa?), and Maguroku. In one day. Even mr. klys was a little done by the time we finished that.

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:36:10pm

re: #126 MsJ

I find it much more peaceful reading here and turning off cable news. I’m 89% calmer now.

Is that 89% from an early exit poll?

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Scottishdragon  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:36:37pm

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

Let’s see what happens when the urban areas report….

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prairiefire  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:36:40pm

Lord, Florida! I had to stop with the CNN, I’m having a heart attack here.

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:36:48pm

Pundits are busy filling airtime with what-ifs and has-beens.

Just what I want to hear at 7:30PM ET.

Nope. Time to refill the wine glass.

If Trump insiders are busy saying if only Trump had been more disciplined or responded to the grab-em video or the Khan family, etc., with more class/dignity/empathy, which ignores that Trump has no class, dignity, or empathy. These people all but admit that Trump’s toast.

Sadly, there’s far too many people who will vote Trump reflexively, even though he has no one’s interests in mind except his own.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:37:40pm

Have a picture of a tiny snail at a moss garden in Kyoto!

Snail! And macro is hard with a normal lens.
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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:37:43pm

re: #155 lawhawk

Pundits are busy filling airtime with what-ifs and has-beens.

Just what I want to hear at 7:30PM ET.

Nope. Time to refill the wine glass.

If Trump insiders are busy saying if only Trump had been more disciplined or responded to the grab-em video or the Khan family, etc., with more class/dignity/empathy, which ignores that Trump has no class, dignity, or empathy. These people all but admit that Trump’s toast.

Sadly, there’s far too many people who will vote Trump reflexively, even though he has no one’s interests in mind except his own.

It’s a big part of who he is.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:37:55pm

re: #145 nickzi

Sadly, the Sapporo extension is due to come into operation in March 2031. I must admit that I really like Sapporo, although it’s not one of the ritzier tourist destinations.

Sapporo is wonderful. The people I met were so kind. Twice I asked for directions to the youth hostel and the people I asked instead offered to put me up in their homes.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:38:02pm

re: #154 prairiefire

Lord, Florida! I had to stop with the CNN, I’m having a heart attack here.

Chill, even Trump’s people are admitting he is losing.

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FormerDirtDart  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:38:23pm

Gee, I wonder why?
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Jenner7  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:38:29pm

In several counties she is over performing Obama in Florida. That’s good.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:39:00pm

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I hate how adorable raccoons can be when they’re trying. Vicious annoying buggers.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:40:12pm

First votes from Ohio show Hillary up by 21% in Mahoning County… but Obama won it by 28%.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:40:15pm

Tonight, CNN might have to bust out the MH370 hologram to simulate Trump’s campaign auguring into the ground.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:40:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:41:28pm

Portman wins Ohio.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:41:36pm

Portman projected to win Ohio Senate. Sad, but not surprising.

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jaunte  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:41:52pm

re: #166 gocart mozart

“Trump is a BAW BAG”

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:42:12pm

re: #169 Brian J.

Portman projected to win Ohio Senate. Sad, but not surprising.

Yeah. Can’t win me all unfortunately.

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:42:22pm

re: #170 jaunte

“Trump is a BAW BAG”

An EMPTY BAW BAG!!!

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:42:46pm

re: #160 FormerDirtDart

Gee, I wonder why?
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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:43:15pm

And Hillary takes the early vote from Broward County by just about a quarter million.

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Stanley Sea  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:43:43pm

L O Fucking L

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:43:49pm

This is one of the standard election night journalistic practices I find most annoying.

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:43:58pm

re: #158 Barefoot Grin

Sapporo is wonderful. The people I met were so kind. Twice I asked for directions to the youth hostel and the people I asked instead offered to put me up in their homes.

Maybe you just possess an amazing degree of hotness?

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Ming5000  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:44:52pm

re: #171 teleskiguy

LOL, that cake!

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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:45:18pm

re: #174 No Country For Old Haters

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* The age of the earth
* Evolution
* Science
* Their weiner size
* Math
* Themselves

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:45:31pm

re: #176 Stanley Sea

L O Fucking L

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Instead of having a sign reading “break in case of emergency”, that one should say, “break to cause an emergency”.

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:45:34pm

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L O Fucking L

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It’ll be displayed in the Smithsonian after tonight, labeled “Warning To Future Generations.”

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:46:04pm

re: #181 b.d.

* The age of the earth
* Evolution
* Science
* The weiner size
* Math
* Themselves

The letters of the alphabet and their proper order.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:46:20pm

re: #162 thedopefishlives

I have seen that you might be able to domesticate them, and have them as pets?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:47:18pm

latest from Kentucky SoS (includes four additional counties partially reported):

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:47:28pm

re: #185 Ziggy_TARDIS

I have seen that you might be able to domesticate them, and have them as pets?

There is only one use for a raccoon, and that is wearing it as a hat. As a farm boy, raccoons are one of the scourges of the earth.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:48:16pm

re: #187 thedopefishlives

I love animals.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:48:40pm

re: #178 nickzi

Maybe you just possess an amazing degree of hotness?

Yes, that’s right.

I also possessed an amazing degree of youth, whiteness and Americanness, which were highly valuable at the time, I’ll admit. But it didn’t get me the same attention in Hakodate or Noboribestu onsen.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:48:54pm

isVoted=1;

I timed it about right at the poll station - almost no one there when I arrived. By the time I left there was a line.

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FormerDirtDart  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:49:04pm

Maybe my vote will decide it
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jaunte  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:49:05pm

Houston southwest suburbs.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:49:11pm

I’m watching the election but sober, dammit and i don’t want to go anywhere to buy booze.

:(

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:49:35pm

If VoteCastr was good for anything, it did show that there would be a much higher turnout in FL this year than in 2012.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:50:44pm

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:50:44pm

re: #192 jaunte

Houston southwest suburbs.

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“Testing.” Riiiiight. Odd that no Clinton supporters think they have this right.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:51:34pm

re: #188 Ziggy_TARDIS

I love animals.

I love animals, too. They’re very tasty.///

All joking aside, I’m generally very compassionate about animals of all varieties. However, I draw the line at destructive creatures that eat crops and gardens. Raccoons are among the worst because they’re so bloody smart. Rabbits and deer you can generally deal with in nonviolent ways, but raccoons… I’m sorry, my little ring-tailed friends, but you just know too much.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:51:50pm

I see that Drumpfskind is winning big in the land of Ken Ham.

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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:52:12pm

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:52:20pm

Clinton just went over 50% in FL.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:52:23pm

re: #191 FormerDirtDart

Lol more write in votes than those for Stein. Haha

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:52:46pm

re: #200 b.d.

And John King is saying that she is outperforming 2012 Obama in Florida, if I am hearing him right.

You are.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:52:48pm

re: #194 freetoken

If VoteCastr was good for anything, it did show that there would be a much higher turnout in FL this year than in 2012.

If votecastr is right, Clinton is winning easily.

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Weaselone  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:55:01pm

re: #195 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Murphy is going to fair as well. He’s much closer to Rubio in the large urban districts than Clinton is to Trump.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:55:03pm

re: #204 Big Beautiful Door

If votecastr is right, Clinton is winning easily.

I still suspect she will lose IA and OH. Unless there are lots of Republicans in those states who crossover and were missed in pre-election polling.

Vocastr claims to have polled 10,000 Iowans before today, to get a feel for each voting district. Then they map the turnout to their district models.

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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:55:14pm

HRC takes lead in NC

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:55:17pm

Hillary’s now leading North Carolina too!

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jaunte  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:56:12pm
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:-)

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:56:38pm

Looking good for Clinton, not so good for the Senate, but there is still time.

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weave  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:56:40pm

re: #211 Charles Johnson

Hillary’s now leading North Carolina too!

Come on ole gal — you can help cinch this so I can go to bed early tonight….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:56:45pm

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:58:21pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s beginning to sound like Drumpfskind is KY’s kind of Republican.

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calochortus  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:58:31pm

That hour off was a good thing. Some weaving got woven. Music was listened to. And now maybe some actual results coming in instead of mere hyperventilating.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:58:33pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sucks.

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Weaselone  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:58:38pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like KY likes what they’re seeing from Bevin and want 2nd helpings.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:58:39pm

mental health advice:

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:59:18pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus, this is very bad:

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Oh man, that’s bad. Hello right-to-work. Hello all kinds of unconstitutional abortion restrictions.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:59:39pm

Clinton’s lead is widening in North Carolina. Still only a little more than 30% counted, though.

But Ohio! Only 12% but a big margin already.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 4:59:45pm

Hillary’s taken a sizable lead in Ohio thanks to the early vote in Coumbus. Nothing from the Factory of Republican Sadness yet.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:00:24pm

8 pm. It’s on now.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:12pm

Exit polls are bullshit.

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:25pm

Clinton wins IL and NJ and MA.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:31pm

Clinton wins New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, DC, Rhode Island, Delaware.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:41pm

And the 8:00 projections tumble in:

Good guys- IL, NJ, MA, MD, RI, DE, DC
Bad guys- OK, TN, MS (not AL?)

PA exit poll is about +4.

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:44pm

She’s now jumped out ahead of Trump in the EC.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:46pm

re: #217 freetoken

It’s beginning to sound like Drumpfskind is KY’s kind of Republican.

I’m just going to hide out in my holler for the rest of my life.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:01:53pm

re: #225 Charles Johnson

Well, CNN exit polling indicates that Drumpfskind won the independent vote and the crossover battle.

We’ll see how the final tally comes out.

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:02:24pm

re: #192 jaunte

Houston southwest suburbs.

FBCSO Texas ✔ @FBCSO
Arrest: We can confirm 1 arrested for attempting to vote a second time. Claimed he worked for Trump and was testing the system.
6:43 PM - 8 Nov 2016

Another one into the basket.

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:02:35pm

re: #136 wrenchwench

Dave Weigel ✔ @daveweigel
Some worrying news for Democrats… no Dem has been elected president without Kentucky since 2012.
7:12 PM - 8 Nov 2016
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OH NO!!!! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…oh wait.

: )

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Weaselone  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:02:47pm

re: #223 Big Beautiful Door

Oh man, that’s bad. Hello right-to-work. Hello all kinds of unconstitutional abortion restrictions.

I mean seriously. How can they deal with a couple of years of Bevin and decide that what they really need to do is kick Democrats out of the House?

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:02:53pm

RI has also gone for Clinton along with DC and DE. Northeast is filling in for Clinton in a big way.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:03:00pm

So far all the states expected to be safe Drumpfskind states appear indeed to have been.

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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:03:18pm

The night is shaping up like expected for HRC.

Wonderful news.

[private] Great election rigging job we did guys!!! [private]

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:03:31pm

Broward County still not in, in Florida. Traditionally strong Democratic county. That could seal it for Clinton.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:03:34pm
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Whack-A-Mole  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:03:40pm

Awww, I’m sure DF is having a sad right now. Duckworth has been declared the winner over his boy Kirk.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:03:41pm

CNN isn’t projecting CT or ME for Hillary or AL against her. Odd. Especially since she’s at +11 or +12 in the Maine exit poll.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:04:01pm

LOL wait, they’re calling IL with 0% in? RIGGED!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:04:05pm

re: #250 Brian J.

Maine is weird with the split votes.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:04:36pm

re: #250 Brian J.

CT is home to the WWE and McMahons, buddies of Drumpfskind.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:04:54pm

re: #242 Weaselone

I mean seriously. How can they deal with a couple of years of Bevin and decide that what they really need to do is kick Democrats out of the House?

It’s just insane.

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:05:10pm

re: #139 Brian J.

Ohio exit poll is a virtual tie.

Saw Secretary of State of Ohio on MSNBC and he said the turnout was strong. That should help Hillary…but it looks like we Ohioans are gonna sweat this one down to the late hours. I have a 2000 Florida feeling going on as in narrow numbers one way or the other.

Come on Ohio!!!

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:05:16pm

re: #240 Shiplord Kirel

Another one into the basket.

I wonder if he has a Hillary for Prison sticker on his door like the last idiot who tried to vote twice.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:05:36pm

re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s just insane.

I know this feeling. I watched Obama win and Prop 8 pass on the same night. Joy and heartsickness at the same time.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:06:20pm

VoteCastr final estimates is that Clinton has won IA, NV, OH, NH, FL, WI, all but FL by small margins.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:06:44pm
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Stifford  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:07:28pm

re: #104 Kragar

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:07:33pm

re: #249 Whack-A-Mole

Awww, I’m sure DF is having a sad right now. Duckworth has been declared the winner over his boy Kirk.

That was my first thought, that DF is probably beside himself with grief that his “sane” Republican lost out.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:07:37pm
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nines09  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:07:50pm

re: #45 darthstar

I had that done about 12 or so years ago. They told me not to lift anything over 15 pounds. I said, “How am I supposed to piss?”
It’s a ride. It’s more than a week. Trust me.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:03pm

New Hampshire: Maggie Hassan reportly leading Kelly Ayotte by 16%.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:06pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus, this is very bad:

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That makes me so sad for my former colleagues who were all Big-D voters there.

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FormerDirtDart  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:16pm
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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:21pm

How long before Ohio is called. 3AM? 5AM?

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majii  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:25pm

re: #249 Whack-A-Mole

“Awww, I’m sure DF is having a sad right now. Duckworth has been declared the winner over his boy Kirk.”

I am very pleased that Kirk will now have to find himself another job. Senator-elect Duckworth will actually work to make things better for all Americans rather than for only the one and two-percenters.

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:40pm

re: #249 Whack-A-Mole

Awww, I’m sure DF is having a sad right now. Duckworth has been declared the winner over his boy Kirk.

I voted for Tammy. There’s no way Kirk could survive his Macaca moment about her heritage. He didn’t understand that you can’t be that openly bigoted anymore.

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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:08:45pm

MSNBC calls it for Little Marco

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Schroedinger's Dog  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:09:02pm

I’m watching MSNBC and really tired of Steve Karnacke blathering about demographics

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:09:03pm

Ack…they are projecting fucking Rubio winning.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:09:15pm

Remember, in “% reporting”, the NYT and CNN are counting differing things: precincts vs. estimated vote total.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:09:29pm

re: #262 Charles Johnson

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Cleveland’s started reporting, and Hillary ran up a huge early vote lead in Cincinnati.

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Whack-A-Mole  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:09:30pm

OMG, I hear footsteps coming up my stairs. MY PIZZA IS FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!! (I am so very hungry lol)

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:09:35pm

re: #239 gocart mozart

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Ahhhhhhh, fuck a bunch of 3 year olds!!! I want goddamned adults to do the right thing!!!

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Targetpractice  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:10:09pm

re: #272 b.d.

MSNBC calls it for Little Marco

Can’t win’em all.

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TedStriker  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:10:21pm

re: #277 Whack-A-Mole

OMG, I hear footsteps coming up my stairs. MY PIZZA IS FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!! (I am so very hungry lol)

NOM NOM NOM

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:10:22pm

re: #274 ObserverArt

Ack…they are projecting fucking Rubio winning.

Blah. Hate that guy.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:11:02pm

re: #278 Barefoot Grin

Ahhhhhhh, fuck a bunch of 3 year olds!!! I want goddamned adults to do the right thing!!!

Phrasing!

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:12:14pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:12:19pm

re: #242 Weaselone

I mean seriously. How can they deal with a couple of years of Bevin and decide that what they really need to do is kick Democrats out of the House?

Lot of folks really think that the problem is the Dems obstructing Bevin’s magic beans from growing. And Bevin has spent a lot of time and energy concocting Breitbart-y “revelations” of how crap the Dems are. Like the time he went to the wrong building, filmed it empty, and used it as a demonstration that the House Dems were lazy (while they were at work in another location).

Also, the religious nuts are really percolating recently. Lots of “return our culture to what it was” rhetoric. Including the utter dick running for state rep in my neck of the woods.

I mean, there’s people that really have bought in to the wingnut derp, but there’s also a bunch of folks who have gotten duped. All kinds of fucked up.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:12:25pm

re: #281 HappyWarrior

Blah. Hate that guy.

The guy who never showed up to do his job before he decided to run for president; tanked as GOP candidate; said he wasn’t interested in running again; belatedly ran again…

Talk about a soft fucking seat.

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:12:33pm
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Another pickup for the Democrats in the Senate.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:12:35pm

SC is to Drumpf, according the NYT.

No surprises here.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:12:50pm

re: #283 Kragar

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:13:57pm

re: #287 freetoken

SC is to Drumpf, according the NYT.

No surprises here.

Home of the original secessionists/insurrectionists going for Trump. Shocking. I know.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:14:00pm

re: #287 freetoken

SC is to Drumpf, according the NYT.

No surprises here.

Look at that Presidential map there, and see Texas in blue. Won’t last (it’s because Bexar is going big for her), but isn’t it pretty?

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:16:59pm

re: #225 Charles Johnson

Clinton’s lead is widening in North Carolina. Still only a little more than 30% counted, though.

But Ohio! Only 12% but a big margin already.

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Whoa! Those numbers must be coming from the early votes that were already counted up.

Hang on Ohio!!!

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:17:08pm

Jason Kander running strong in exit polling for Mo Senate seat.

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nines09  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:17:12pm
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Alyosha  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:17:16pm

Wolf Blitzer is a blithering idiot.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:17:20pm

And now we go live from Wolf Blitzer’s brain…

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:17:39pm

My son and I were just laughing as we heard Wolf say, “breaking news, Florida is now a yellow state”; and then they showed the map where most of the east-coast states are still yellow (neutral).

Wolf: “Breaking news: I may be able to pee soon and once I do I may be able to stop the final few drops from staining my shorts!”

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Tigger2  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:18:34pm

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:18:38pm

CNN now has FL votes as tied in the first 4 significant digits.

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:18:48pm

re: #226 Brian J.

Hillary’s taken a sizable lead in Ohio thanks to the early vote in Coumbus. Nothing from the Factory of Republican Sadness yet.

I voted early and all my friends are in those early votes. Many of us did the mail-in ballots.

Go Ohio Go!!!

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Jay C  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:18:49pm

Stuck watching ABC, since Mrs. Jay doesn’t want to change the channel, so I’ll pose the question here: WTH does the “expected vote” figure mean? It’s obviously not a “reported” vote, but they don’t quantify the figures.. any idea?

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BlueGrl21  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:18:51pm

I know it won’t last, but damn, Texas is a pretty shade of blue.

Gracias for this moment, San Antonio.

Texas Blue
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Varek Raith  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:18:53pm

Haha, Wolf.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:19:36pm
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weave  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:19:49pm

Jesus christ, those third party voters better not fuck this up for everyone again…..

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Belafon  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:19:49pm

I switched to MSNBC.

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Brian J.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:20:06pm

The New Jersey exit poll has Hillary up by about 22%. Wow, that’s a lot of votes we could have used elsewhere…

Seriously, that’s a 5-point increase on Obama 2012.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:20:25pm

re: #307 weave

Jesus christ, those third party voters better not fuck this up for everyone again…..

I am confident Hillary is going to win handily.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:20:29pm

re: #307 weave

It only appears that way in FL because many of the Miami-Dade and Broward county districts have yet to report.

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nines09  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:20:36pm

re: #298 De Kolta Chair

A typical Wolf Blitzer sound bite

Daffy Duck’s Crazy Laugh Compilation

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:05pm

re: #311 freetoken

It only appears that way in FL because many of the Miami-Dade and Broward county districts have yet to report.

Lotta good, solid blue votes yet to come in. She’s got this.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:05pm

re: #304 BlueGrl21

I know it won’t last, but damn, Texas is a pretty shade of blue.

Gracias for this moment, San Antonio.

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To my Indiana friends: I know you tried. But lots of “end of times” churches in that state, too., etc.

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weave  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:12pm

re: #311 freetoken

It only appears that way in FL because many of the Miami-Dade and Broward county districts have yet to report.

I need these hugs… thank you…

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MsJ  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:24pm

re: #308 Belafon

I switched to MSNBC.

They’re equally as bad. I turned them (all tv) off. Much more zen.

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Kragar  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:33pm
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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:36pm

re: #244 freetoken

So far all the states expected to be safe Drumpfskind states appear indeed to have been.

Thanks for the obviousness!!! : )

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:21:57pm

NYT now has FL tied in the first 5 significant digits…

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:22:01pm
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Jay C  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:22:03pm

OK, first throw-a-shoe-at-the-TV moment: Rudy Giuliani driveling on on ABC about what “mature” candidate Trump is….. Barf…..

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electrotek  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:22:10pm

Oh God, I have an Iraqi Kurdish friend on my FB that is voting for Trump. FUCKING HELL

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calochortus  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:22:23pm

re: #310 Big Beautiful Door

I am confident Hillary is going to win handily.

But will it be by at least 10%? My brother has $1 riding on that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:22:28pm

re: #283 Kragar

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:22:58pm

re: #323 calochortus

But will it be by at least 10%? My brother has $1 riding on that.

Doubt it.

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Jenner7  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:23:03pm

I hate Florida.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:23:13pm
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calochortus  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:23:25pm

re: #325 Big Beautiful Door

Doubt it.

He does like to live dangerously.

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:23:41pm

re: #326 Jenner7

You’re not wrong.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:23:41pm

Ha ha, and also there’s the Wolf-to-Jake hand off, “Jake, what do you make of this?” Jake: “well, I can make a brooch, or a hat….”

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:23:42pm

re: #323 calochortus

But will it be by at least 10%? My brother has $1 riding on that.

Your brother’s name wouldn’t happen to be Mark, would it?

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gocart mozart  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:24:03pm
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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:24:04pm

re: #318 ObserverArt

The troubling thing is Drumpfskind is over-performing in KY. He really strummed their strings.

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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:24:10pm

iirc in 2012 Florida was a mess too but turned into an interesting afterthought once Obama had it nailed down.

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calochortus  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:24:26pm

re: #331 nickzi

Your brother’s name wouldn’t happen to be Mark, would it?

No.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:24:28pm
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b.d.  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:24:49pm

Can Evan Bayh go away for good now?

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Belafon  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:25:54pm

They were showing that white college graduates in Florida breaking for Trump more than they did for Romney. It’s the only state where that’s happening.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:26:34pm

re: #338 Belafon

They were showing that white college graduates in Florida breaking for Trump more than they did for Romney. It’s the only state where that’s happening.

That’s odd.

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:26:51pm

NC Board of Elections continues to show Clinton with a lead.

Ohio continues showing Clinton ahead by a wide margin.

Oh, and there’s still people waiting in line in Manhattan to vote.

There’s no quick fix to any of this - more polling places, early voting, and other efforts to make this easier to vote in NY, which remains having one of the most archaic election laws in the nation.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:26:53pm

Dibs on calling Evan Bayh’s losing result months, nay seasons ago.

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FormerDirtDart  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:26:55pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:26:59pm

re: #308 Belafon

I switched to MSNBC.

I shut MSNBC off an hour ago when it was Tweety and Rudy yelling at each other.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:28:09pm

re: #333 freetoken

The troubling thing is Drumpfskind is over-performing in KY. He really strummed their strings.

I was working in Lexington, wanted to stay in Lexington, loved that area, but it was a two-year gig. I had lost a job bid in Murray (and now sigh a breath of relief) and in Berea (wanted that job, but a tough area). But the truth is, I really loved Kentucky. I hope Kentuckians get some good governance in the near future.

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:28:14pm

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:28:35pm

re: #294 nines09

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Kirk made as ass of himself with those family in the military comments.

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freetoken  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:28:41pm

re: #340 lawhawk

When I went to the polling station, when the worker checked my name on the list, nearly everybody else showed as mail-ballot.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:28:45pm

re: #337 b.d.

Can Evan Bayh go away for good now?

The Indiana Democrat’s Republican?

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:29:35pm

Trump’s campaign HQ is subdued and somber - where they’ve got a cash bar that’s more expensive than the beer/liquor at Yankee Stadium (that could explain quite a bit), and it’s a smallish affair.

Clinton’s campaign party at the Javits Center? It’s a rockin’ party with a whole boatload of people inside and out of the Center. We’re talking a big turnout for history.

Just sayin’.

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Weaselone  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:29:57pm

re: #337 b.d.

Can Evan Bayh go away for good now?

re: #345 Barefoot Grin

I was working in Lexington, wanted to stay in Lexington, loved that area, but it was a two-year gig. I had lost a job bid in Murray (and now sigh a breath of relief) and in Berea (wanted that job, but a tough area). But the truth is, I really loved Kentucky. I hope Kentuckians get some good governance in the near future.

If they want good governance, they have to vote for it.

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lawhawk  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:30:21pm

re: #348 freetoken

Mail in and early voting would significantly expand the voting opportunities in NY.

No doubt they wont make those changes for another century.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:30:47pm
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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:31:11pm

re: #337 b.d.

Can Evan Bayh go away for good now?

Expect at least one David Brooks column on the subject of how the country is poorer for the loss of principled Democrats like Even Bayh.

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nickzi  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:31:57pm

re: #351 Weaselone

If they want good governance, they have to vote for it.

It pulls the lever for the Dem, or else it gets the hose again.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:32:04pm

re: #353 Charles Johnson

She won’t win Texas but with almost 50% counted, that’s crazy!

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:32:49pm

re: #311 freetoken

It only appears that way in FL because many of the Miami-Dade and Broward county districts have yet to report.

MSNBC is showing 90% in and it is close…close…close!!! Hillary still up by a bit.

I sure hope the big city counties are the last to report.

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meteor  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:32:52pm

In case anyone is tired of watching numbers, Animal Planet is running a marathon of Too Cute, a show about puppies and kittens.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:33:39pm

re: #345 Barefoot Grin

I was working in Lexington, wanted to stay in Lexington, loved that area, but it was a two-year gig. I had lost a job bid in Murray (and now sigh a breath of relief) and in Berea (wanted that job, but a tough area). But the truth is, I really loved Kentucky. I hope Kentuckians get some good governance in the near future.

Kentuckians are going to learn the very hard way that this extreme conservative dystopia is going to kill them. Literally.
Those coal miners? They honestly believe the mines are gonna open again. It ain’t gonna happen. And the retired miners can kiss away any chance of seeing their promised pensions and black lung benefits. They have been lied to over and over again and STILL believe it’s the Democrats that did all those bad things to them.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:35:12pm

re: #351 Weaselone

If they want good governance, they have to vote for it.

Lasting impression: the great crowd of smokers even on cold and rainy days in front of the University of Kentucky Hospital (UK Healthcare Center); and when I was doing community cleanup picking up hundreds of cigarette butts only to have drivers actually throw their butts at me in Lexington. But I also met some of the best people I have known there.

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gocart mozart  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:35:20pm

Livestream keepin it 1600
periscope.tv

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gocart mozart  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:36:25pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:37:37pm

re: #345 Barefoot Grin

I was working in Lexington, wanted to stay in Lexington, loved that area, but it was a two-year gig. I had lost a job bid in Murray (and now sigh a breath of relief) and in Berea (wanted that job, but a tough area). But the truth is, I really loved Kentucky. I hope Kentuckians get some good governance in the near future.

Not likely. We have finally become a GOP state like the rest of the South did 20 years ago, and that isn’t going to change.

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:37:46pm

re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth

I shut MSNBC off an hour ago when it was Tweety and Rudy yelling at each other.

I got a kick out of that because Tweety was calling him out like very few media heads do these days. Tweety can be so up and down and very infuriating all the time.

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Jay C  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:37:53pm

re: #341 De Kolta Chair

Dibs on calling Evan Bayh’s losing result months, nay seasons ago.

Still sucks, though: self-serving corporatist schmuck as Evan Baugh might be, he still stuck with the Democrats for the most part. And would still be an improvement over ant Republican.

Anecdote time: Evan Bayh is the only US Senator I’ve ever actually met: many years ago, I had sublet an apartment from him in NY: he showed up to “inspect” the place one New Years Day, when my then-girlfriend (now Mrs. Jay) and I were not - to say the least - in a mood for company..

OK: looks like Bayh gets the hook…. bummer

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:39:53pm

re: #364 Big Beautiful Door

Not likely. We have finally become a GOP state like the rest of the South did 20 years ago, and that isn’t going to change.

I’m sorry. Still, if I had a chance to go to Lex I probably would.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:39:54pm

re: #364 Big Beautiful Door

Not likely. We have finally become a GOP state like the rest of the South did 20 years ago, and that isn’t going to change.

The old joke was that when the end of the world comes, Kentucky would be OK because we’re 20 years behind everyone else.
We can now change that to, at the very least, 60 years behind everyone else.
Maybe 150 years behind…

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BlueGrl21  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:40:02pm

re: #357 GlutenFreeJesus

She won’t win Texas but with almost 50% counted, that’s crazy!

She’s projected to win San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Austin. She’ll win the border counties. When rural starts coming in she’ll lose the lead. But this 5th generation Texas Liberal is enjoying herself tremendously tonight.

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ObserverArt  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:41:00pm

re: #353 Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson ✔ @Green_Footballs
Whoa, Texas.
8:30 PM - 8 Nov 2016
82 82 Retweets 149 149 likes

I think the seismic recorders just recorded a 5.7 quake in the RNC National Headquarters.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 8, 2016 • 5:49:29pm

FREEEEEEDOOOOOM!!!!

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