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"(Who) is the banana republic now?"

The United States. While Biden asks for patience and confidence in democracy, president Trump insists that the elections are fraudulent. The vote count continues.
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What happens when you do nothing about a respiratory pandemic?


Your followers turn blue.
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I'm kind of proud of myself that I didn't need it translated.

And it's still them. We're having protests and shit, but lawyers from both sides are packed into the counting rooms and the letter of the law is being followed.
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TheCatt wrote:
GORDON wrote: If 10 cities in the country have the population to decide the vote no matter how the rest of the country votes,
Cities are magically homogenous now? Also, the 10 largest cities are ~10% of the US, max.
Los Angeles County is more populated than 914 other US counties combined
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LA alone has that area covered. Let's do NYC next.
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GORDON wrote: LA alone has that area covered. Let's do NYC next.
That's area, not people. Land doesn't vote. The top 10 cities are 10% of the US population.
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TheCatt wrote: Biden leads Georgia by 900 votes. - Prediction markets says 89% Biden
Trump leads PA by 18,000 votes. - Prediction markets say 92% Biden
Biden - NV - 12k - Markets 93% Biden
Biden - AZ - 46k - Markets 76% Biden

So... close.
Biden - GA - 4k - There are approximately 26,500 ballots outstanding.
Biden - PA - 30k - 102,541 absentee ballots remain to be counted.
Biden - NV - 23k - Nevada has 93% of its expected vote in, which implies 84k more ballots, +/-
Biden - AZ - 37k - About 254,000 ballots are outstanding statewide.
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TheCatt wrote:
GORDON wrote: LA alone has that area covered. Let's do NYC next.
That's area, not people. Land doesn't vote. The top 10 cities are 10% of the US population.
The conversation was about people far away from the seat of government not feeling like they have a stake in it, not wanting to be ruled by the whims of people in the cities. If that green area is the equivalent population of LA county, then next let's do the counties of the megalopolis of the Boston/NYC/DC corridor (the most populous megalopolis located entirely in the United States, with over 50 million residents.). See how much more of the map of the USA we can cover. Then Chicago and SanFran. And that should make my point that states are still important to the human psyche, not wanting to be ruled from afar. If you want more strife with the government, make people feel even more useless within it.

But none of that is proof. I'm just glad you weren't in charge when they made things the way they are.
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TheCatt wrote: The prediction markets have basically given up on Trump.
Candidate
Odds
Percent Chance
Donald Trump
+1850
5%
Joe Biden
-3333
95%
You would not be an idiot to throw $5-$20 on Trump just in case his recounts/lawsuits pay off.
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Leisher wrote: You would not be an idiot to throw $5-$20 on Trump just in case his recounts/lawsuits pay off.
I can't bet Vegas. I can only bet PredictIt... which is giving $0.11 on Trump Yes or $0.09 on Biden No. Too much. At $0.05, I would consider.
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Who would have thought, 2 men in their 70s

Could maintain an election for so long?
If this year has taught us anything, it’s that Donald Trump is a regular American citizen


He caught COVID-19, has massive debt, is about to be evicted from his house and is going to lose his job
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AP calls race for Biden.
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TheCatt wrote:
Who would have thought, 2 men in their 70s

Could maintain an election for so long?
If this year has taught us anything, it’s that Donald Trump is a regular American citizen


He caught COVID-19, has massive debt, is about to be evicted from his house and is going to lose his job
Those two things are funny.
TheCatt wrote: AP calls race for Biden.
Good, now wake me up when all the lawsuits and recounts are over.
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As entertaining as the lamentations would have been, I'm glad so many people can be happy again.
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Leisher wrote: Good, now wake me up when all the lawsuits and recounts are over.
They will amount to nothing. It's over.
GORDON wrote: As entertaining as the lamentations would have been, I'm glad so many people can be happy again.
Trump was singularly terrible as president, and I am very glad he's gone.
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TheCatt wrote: Trump was singularly terrible as president, and I am very glad he's gone.
While his administration did accomplish some things OR things occurred during his presidency that were good, I agree with this statement.

He has to go down as worst president ever because while Carter's years in office were also a disaster, he wasn't such a public asshole.
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Hopefully Biden can make America great again.
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GORDON wrote: Hopefully Biden can make America great again.
I thought about what to post after the announcement, and that was one of the ideas I was considering...
Leisher wrote:
TheCatt wrote: Trump was singularly terrible as president, and I am very glad he's gone.
While his administration did accomplish some things OR things occurred during his presidency that were good, I agree with this statement.

He has to go down as worst president ever because while Carter's years in office were also a disaster, he wasn't such a public asshole.
Well, let's not forgot about Pierce, but as for our lifetime...
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TheCatt wrote: Well, let's not forgot about Pierce, but as for our lifetime...
Pierce is a good pull, but yeah, typically we have to stick by what we experience.
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