https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv3J4HTThpQ
Who would you blame for blowing the flame right out
Is it me? There is no doubt
I can do what I want to do from now until forever
Let’s have less of getting clever with me
You’re wasting your time and my time as well
L-l-living a lie, I guess that time will tell
You’re making excuses for the things you’ve never done
Walking in circles, blinded by the sun
Blinded by the sun
I don’t mean to sound unkind to you
You’ll just have to go and find something else to do
And don’t ask me what went wrong
The list goes on and on and on and on
The list goes on and on and on and on
The list goes on and on
CraigM
5367
Hey man, to each their own. My happy music has a bit more bite to things.
Because I am 100% grinning like an idiot during that Alestorm song. That is one of my happy songs. You do you, I’ll go crank some Queensryche Operation Mindcrime :D
vyshka
5369
Welcome to the great QT3 pie fight
Ok, so with the lull here - what are the realistic odds that things go sideways, aside from wild “the SCOTUS throws out 100,000 votes” situations.
In GA: overseas ballots could split significantly for Trump, since everyone of both parties would be voting by mail there’s no reason to believe there’s a blue shift. There’s a non-zero chance this pushes him back into the lead, though there are simply not very many of these left to count.
In AZ: first batch of Maricopa ballots was bad news for Trump, but it’s possible later batches are better news and just push him across the finish line.
NV is over.
In PA: there is actually a remote chance that the 100,000 provisional ballots have a red shift, if a lot of them were election day voters who were therefore Trump-leaning. Depending on where the non-provisional ballots leave the race, a 60-40 split could put Trump in front (but only if projections of outstanding ballots are wildly off). That kind of split is probably the best case scenario imaginable, since we’re talking about a lot of Philly voters who can only red shift so far.
Does this sound like the “well… maybe?” kind of paths that are leading the AP to not call it? Or is it more just that PA is still too close for them to feel comfortable with the howling that will ensue?
I doubt it’s that complicated. The nets know that the Trumpist right-wing is going to absolutely throw a fit and fall in it when they call it, so they want to be extra-sure.
Well, but that’s what I mean - what are they hoping to be extra-sure about? If they aren’t sure now, then they are giving a non-zero probability to something that changes the result in at least PA and AZ, right?
I wonder if it might be worth it anyway for the optics right from the start of Republicans refusing to work with the new President.
EDIT: Actually, on a similar note, is it possible for McConnell to simply block all cabinet nominations and cripple the government that way? If so, is it just that it’s a bridge too far even for him?
I suppose. Or they just want to wait until all the (first) count is finished?
After this is all over and the counting is really done and certified everywhere, I really want someone to make a simulation that shows how the night could have looked if ballots had been reported in purely random order.
How quaint this clip seems now…Republicans cheering for the majesty of democracy.
Jon Ralston lightly berating Chuck Todd is hilarious. “Despite what ‘Tentative Chunk Todd’ says, this thing is over in Nevada”
Djscman
5384
“And as a Welcome to the White House present, Bill, here’s a little problem in Somalia for you to figure out.”
