I'm working on a video of my own right now. I think I'll end it with, "Why don't you special snowflakes just say that you don't feel safe with Donald Trump as President? I'm sure Congress will overturn the election results and install Hillary for you."
Patrick
at November 12, 2016 10:36 AM
Okay, I feel bad about enjoying that Huma photo.
It's wrong to take delight from the very real suffering and fears of thos
Oh, fuck everything, it's fantastic. Who am I kidding? It's a glorious thing. I didn't have anything to do with unleashing the destructive nightmare required to put an end to the wretched trends set in motion by the left, but I can still taste the sweetness of this moment.
Hey! We should each post our favorite image of a tearful lefty!
Here's mine... It was taken at the White House on Wednesday morning as Obama delivered his "Oh well" speech to the staff, at which he presumably apologized for not having any coattails and for not giving a good God Damn for anyone but himself.
I hate that crying woman. I love watching her entire system of belief collapse like this. I like looking deeply to her eyes as:
Her career is gutted, and every dream for her future is mocked.
Her presumption that she was part of something wonderful is shattered.
The expansion of Executive power which she's toiled so ferociously to expand (since she graduated college twenty minutes earlier) now seeks its teeth into her meatless, ricecake-nourished haunches.
She is offered to recognize, if not literally taught, that the people in America who she's so blithely ignored for her short lifetime want more from the money she takes from them at gunpoint than her Starbucks-stained little mind is capable of delivering.
More like that.
It's personal, okay? I do not like that girl. I don't like her good grades, her leadership as president of her high school class, her college degree, her aspirations for her life and for America, and I probably wouldn't like her family.
The voters who put those tears in her eyes know truths about the world, unpleasant things, that she had hoped to avoid by moving through life like an asshole farting a ray of golden sunshine. I'll never be truly grateful to those voters for the havoc likely to befall us, but she should send them flowers.
One thing I don't understand about the electoral college is why it has to be all or nothing with every state. In my state, Florida, several major voting districts favored Hillary Clinton, yet because most voting districts favored Trump, he gets all our electoral votes. Why doesn't Hillary get the votes from districts that favored her?
Patrick
at November 12, 2016 1:16 PM
I wouldn't mind that arrangement for Maryland, Patrick. That way, Andy Harris' district would have probably picked a Trump elector.
mpetrie98
at November 12, 2016 1:25 PM
One thing I don't understand about the electoral college is why it has to be all or nothing with every state. In my state, Florida, several major voting districts favored Hillary Clinton, yet because most voting districts favored Trump, he gets all our electoral votes. Why doesn't Hillary get the votes from districts that favored her?
Patrick at November 12, 2016 1:16 PM
Because your state decided on winner take all. Nebraska and Maine did not. It could be changed if there was sufficient support.
Isab
at November 12, 2016 1:35 PM
Thank you, Isab. I didn't realize that was a decision that the states made.
Patrick
at November 12, 2016 1:45 PM
It is usually a state law as Isab implied. Some people have challenged such laws in the past but tradition prevails. Maine is a state which splits it's votes proportionately. Trump got one and Hillary got three. If you want Florida's rules changed work to change them.
In general people prefer winner takes all because it amplifies a small win giving an air of legitimacy to things. While Trump won by quite a few electoral votes he really only won by a hundred thousand votes (and no I'm not talking about the popular vote). Your state Florida, ~100k vote margin (29 electoral). Pennsylvania, ~50k vote margin (20 electoral). So ~75k votes in the right place were enough to swing those two states and the election from Trump to Hillary. But because the electoral college makes things not even close (290 to 228) there is little risk of civil war over the outcome. We already have idiots torching blue cities. What do you think would happen if more people realized how close things were? Especially since most are decided by a few 100k votes out of ~100M, or ~0.1% of the votes. This was an especially close vote but most aren't that truly that decisive either.
This is also why the phrase 'They can't cheat if it isn't close' is a popular one on the right. It doesn't take that many fake absentee ballots to swing an election.
Ben
at November 12, 2016 2:06 PM
Apparently the Democratic faithful are leaking her post-loss conversations to the press.
RE: Electoral College, winner take all vs. by "popular" vote.
Sorry, folks, even those two states that divide up their electoral votes are still NOT doing so by popular vote.
They have a sort of "mini electoral college" at work within their state. I say this because their state laws require the winner of the popular vote to win at least one congressional district and then they further divide the votes by district - not by popular vote.
It seems to me that it would be possible to win the popular vote and not win any districts thereby losing the state's electoral votes being sent to Washington.
All that they have accomplished is to water down their state's voting power. For, if a candidate only needs to get the most votes from any given state why look to see what that state needs? Why campaign there if I can only get some of the votes?
I would suggest that those who oppose the Electoral college system do more reading up on it - and not listen to the stupid educators who all lean left and want it thrown out and replaced by popular vote. The Electoral College is a very beautiful system, brilliantly designed, to unite rather than divide the country. It is NOT a throw-back to an older out-of-touch-with-the-modern-world system as so many educators describe it. Perhaps, they never learned about it and so they are simply repeating the nonsense they learned in school?
charles
at November 12, 2016 6:35 PM
"It seems to me that it would be possible to win the popular vote and not win any districts thereby losing the state's electoral votes being sent to Washington."
Explain how you think this would be mathematically possible, since all cogressional districts are within the borders of the state in question.
Isab
at November 12, 2016 7:33 PM
Hillary faked a "chance" encounter?
No! She would NEVER do that! Never!
If you start out with the assumption that everything Hillary does is fake, and work from there, you would be right 95 percent of the time. (Or more)
Hillary faked her woodsy, I'm-just-like-all-of-you pic.
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/looks-hillary-clinton-just-staged-her-first-post-election-photo-op-hilarious/ri17541
Whowouldathunkit?
Lastango at November 12, 2016 6:54 AM
Trumphausen by proxy.
https://thelibertyzone.us/2016/11/11/stop-scaring-your-children/
I R A Darth Aggie at November 12, 2016 7:10 AM
And here I was thinking that was a spare in case they lost the one they were wearing.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-people-are-wearing-safety-pins-trumps-win-946516
Or maybe they are cosplaying as diapers that already filled to the brim.
Sixclaws at November 12, 2016 7:20 AM
Donald Trump assaulting a helpless man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMKFIHRpe7I
Sixclaws at November 12, 2016 8:27 AM
Huma Abedin weeps as she returns to campaign HQ.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3928032/Huma-breaks-weeps-openly-returns-campaign-headquarters-aides-ran-doomed-bid-elect-Hillary-Clinton.html
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at November 12, 2016 9:44 AM
Her loving husband will return the smile to her face... Just you wait and see!
Crid at November 12, 2016 10:20 AM
I'll say one thing about Donald Trump's victory: It definitely pissed off the right people.
I'm working on a video of my own right now. I think I'll end it with, "Why don't you special snowflakes just say that you don't feel safe with Donald Trump as President? I'm sure Congress will overturn the election results and install Hillary for you."
Patrick at November 12, 2016 10:36 AM
Okay, I feel bad about enjoying that Huma photo.
It's wrong to take delight from the very real suffering and fears of thos
Oh, fuck everything, it's fantastic. Who am I kidding? It's a glorious thing. I didn't have anything to do with unleashing the destructive nightmare required to put an end to the wretched trends set in motion by the left, but I can still taste the sweetness of this moment.
Hey! We should each post our favorite image of a tearful lefty!
Here's mine... It was taken at the White House on Wednesday morning as Obama delivered his "Oh well" speech to the staff, at which he presumably apologized for not having any coattails and for not giving a good God Damn for anyone but himself.
I hate that crying woman. I love watching her entire system of belief collapse like this. I like looking deeply to her eyes as:
It's personal, okay? I do not like that girl. I don't like her good grades, her leadership as president of her high school class, her college degree, her aspirations for her life and for America, and I probably wouldn't like her family.
The voters who put those tears in her eyes know truths about the world, unpleasant things, that she had hoped to avoid by moving through life like an asshole farting a ray of golden sunshine. I'll never be truly grateful to those voters for the havoc likely to befall us, but she should send them flowers.
Crid at November 12, 2016 10:48 AM
Ira stole the "Trumphausen" line.
Meanwhile.
Crid at November 12, 2016 10:50 AM
@ Patrick. I love watching the snowflakes melting. It reveals so much.
Canvasback at November 12, 2016 10:59 AM
VERY NSFW Rosie O'Donnell proving that Trump was right about her.
https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/796939518167384064
The mental gymnastics justifying it in the replies would make a Russian judge blush.
Sixclaws at November 12, 2016 11:29 AM
ANONYMOUS - THIS IS NOT OVER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBuQbSCYknE
mpetrie98 at November 12, 2016 11:44 AM
Resveratrol—the hype continues.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/resveratrol-the-hype-continues-201202034189
Amy Alkon at November 12, 2016 11:46 AM
@DrEades from 2006 on resveratrol, but good points
https://proteinpower.com/drmike/2006/12/01/be-careful-if-you-buy-resveratrol/
Amy Alkon at November 12, 2016 11:48 AM
Oh, and Lastango, that's a very funny end line to that Hillary in the woods piece:
"But then again, it's hard to believe Clinton would ever be seen in the woods, unless she was looking for a place to bury Huma."
Amy Alkon at November 12, 2016 11:49 AM
And when the authorities find her body, the cause of death was Natural Causes. Because it's only natural to die from those wounds inflicted to her.
Sixclaws at November 12, 2016 11:51 AM
It's the End of Days. Michael Moore is the voice of reason.
Conan the Grammarian at November 12, 2016 12:01 PM
Rosie, while obnoxious and untrustworthy, is in this instance correct
Crid at November 12, 2016 12:09 PM
Sorry for the double 'expansion' in the earlier comment. It's a time of tumescent feeling!
Crid at November 12, 2016 12:12 PM
How Republicans Could Overcome Filibusters by Senate Democrats
dailysignal.com/2016/11/10/how-republicans-could-overcome-filibusters-by-senate-democrats/
mpetrie98 at November 12, 2016 12:14 PM
Hillary faked a "chance" encounter?
No! She would NEVER do that! Never!
That vast rightwing conspiracy is at work again.
charles at November 12, 2016 12:27 PM
Hillary's down, but she may not be out yet.
http://freedomoutpost.com/probably-still-trying-to-steal-the-election-calls-for-electoral-college-to-ignore-will-of-people/
mpetrie98 at November 12, 2016 12:49 PM
One thing I don't understand about the electoral college is why it has to be all or nothing with every state. In my state, Florida, several major voting districts favored Hillary Clinton, yet because most voting districts favored Trump, he gets all our electoral votes. Why doesn't Hillary get the votes from districts that favored her?
Patrick at November 12, 2016 1:16 PM
I wouldn't mind that arrangement for Maryland, Patrick. That way, Andy Harris' district would have probably picked a Trump elector.
mpetrie98 at November 12, 2016 1:25 PM
One thing I don't understand about the electoral college is why it has to be all or nothing with every state. In my state, Florida, several major voting districts favored Hillary Clinton, yet because most voting districts favored Trump, he gets all our electoral votes. Why doesn't Hillary get the votes from districts that favored her?
Patrick at November 12, 2016 1:16 PM
Because your state decided on winner take all. Nebraska and Maine did not. It could be changed if there was sufficient support.
Isab at November 12, 2016 1:35 PM
Thank you, Isab. I didn't realize that was a decision that the states made.
Patrick at November 12, 2016 1:45 PM
It is usually a state law as Isab implied. Some people have challenged such laws in the past but tradition prevails. Maine is a state which splits it's votes proportionately. Trump got one and Hillary got three. If you want Florida's rules changed work to change them.
In general people prefer winner takes all because it amplifies a small win giving an air of legitimacy to things. While Trump won by quite a few electoral votes he really only won by a hundred thousand votes (and no I'm not talking about the popular vote). Your state Florida, ~100k vote margin (29 electoral). Pennsylvania, ~50k vote margin (20 electoral). So ~75k votes in the right place were enough to swing those two states and the election from Trump to Hillary. But because the electoral college makes things not even close (290 to 228) there is little risk of civil war over the outcome. We already have idiots torching blue cities. What do you think would happen if more people realized how close things were? Especially since most are decided by a few 100k votes out of ~100M, or ~0.1% of the votes. This was an especially close vote but most aren't that truly that decisive either.
This is also why the phrase 'They can't cheat if it isn't close' is a popular one on the right. It doesn't take that many fake absentee ballots to swing an election.
Ben at November 12, 2016 2:06 PM
Apparently the Democratic faithful are leaking her post-loss conversations to the press.
BBC News
"Clinton blames defeat on FBI director
The Democratic candidate was speaking to top party donors in a phone call, which was leaked to the media."
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at November 12, 2016 2:31 PM
Is this spot-on or not?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxD1Ag4VIAA6XOq.jpg
Sixclaws at November 12, 2016 4:15 PM
Neandertallica! (the second slide)
http://www.ranker.com/list/funny-student-drawings-in-textbooks/michaelchoi
Stinky the Clown at November 12, 2016 5:53 PM
RE: Electoral College, winner take all vs. by "popular" vote.
Sorry, folks, even those two states that divide up their electoral votes are still NOT doing so by popular vote.
They have a sort of "mini electoral college" at work within their state. I say this because their state laws require the winner of the popular vote to win at least one congressional district and then they further divide the votes by district - not by popular vote.
It seems to me that it would be possible to win the popular vote and not win any districts thereby losing the state's electoral votes being sent to Washington.
All that they have accomplished is to water down their state's voting power. For, if a candidate only needs to get the most votes from any given state why look to see what that state needs? Why campaign there if I can only get some of the votes?
I would suggest that those who oppose the Electoral college system do more reading up on it - and not listen to the stupid educators who all lean left and want it thrown out and replaced by popular vote. The Electoral College is a very beautiful system, brilliantly designed, to unite rather than divide the country. It is NOT a throw-back to an older out-of-touch-with-the-modern-world system as so many educators describe it. Perhaps, they never learned about it and so they are simply repeating the nonsense they learned in school?
charles at November 12, 2016 6:35 PM
"It seems to me that it would be possible to win the popular vote and not win any districts thereby losing the state's electoral votes being sent to Washington."
Explain how you think this would be mathematically possible, since all cogressional districts are within the borders of the state in question.
Isab at November 12, 2016 7:33 PM
Hillary faked a "chance" encounter?
No! She would NEVER do that! Never!
If you start out with the assumption that everything Hillary does is fake, and work from there, you would be right 95 percent of the time. (Or more)
Isab at November 12, 2016 7:36 PM
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