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Started by jimmy olsen, November 05, 2012, 11:07:24 PM

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DGuller

Quote from: Maximus on November 07, 2012, 01:52:38 PM
Quote from: DGuller on November 07, 2012, 08:51:10 AM
Bah.  I made my prediction before Nate Silver updated Florida to lean ever-so-slightly Obama.
Florida didn't matter. The race was called before Florida was.
It didn't matter for Obama.  It mattered for my prediction.

Sheilbh

Quote from: Drakken on November 07, 2012, 08:50:06 AM
Quote from: Josephus on November 07, 2012, 08:26:38 AM
One thing about your elections I find odd is the winner take all thing. For instance in a state with say 20 electoral votes, if I win by one single vote, I get all 20 electoral votes. Not exactly representative of the state is it?

The Electoral College ceased largely to matter when it became illegal to vote out of their designated mandates for most Electors.
Didn't an elector vote for Edwards in 2004?
Let's bomb Russia!

Tonitrus

Quote from: katmai on November 07, 2012, 01:05:37 AM
Quote from: sbr on November 07, 2012, 01:02:50 AM
Quote from: Tyr on November 07, 2012, 12:52:32 AM
It seems aside from the presidential race that Oregon has voted for legalising weed whilst Maine has legalised same sex marraige.
Smart move by the US to keep the gays and the drugs squarely on opposite sides of the country.  :P

Not Oregon, but Colorado.  Oregon had a ballot measure to legalize pot but it failed.  Washington legalized pot and gays.  :ph34r:
Now i understand why Neil hates the state so.

I thought he just had an obsessive, unnamed hatred towards Spokane.

MadImmortalMan

Well, since the election is over, I now have a new task. Lay off 15% of my staff. Yay.  :(
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Caliga

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 07, 2012, 08:43:23 PM
Well, since the election is over, I now have a new task. Lay off 15% of my staff. Yay.  :(
:hmm:
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FunkMonk

Quote from: Caliga on November 07, 2012, 08:44:35 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 07, 2012, 08:43:23 PM
Well, since the election is over, I now have a new task. Lay off 15% of my staff. Yay.  :(
:hmm:

Obama's America  :(
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

dps

Quote from: Josephus on November 07, 2012, 09:38:03 AM
Quote from: dps on November 07, 2012, 08:31:34 AM
Quote from: Josephus on November 07, 2012, 08:26:38 AM
One thing about your elections I find odd is the winner take all thing. For instance in a state with say 20 electoral votes, if I win by one single vote, I get all 20 electoral votes. Not exactly representative of the state is it?

Gee, I'm glad you pointed it out.  Somehow, no one else had managed to notice it in the last 200 years or so.

I didn't say it was an original thought. I just said it was stupid.

Well, yes, the latter term does generally better describe your thoughts.

Josephus

Oooh...such a clever retort. Wish I had your smarts.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

dps

Quote from: Josephus on November 07, 2012, 10:07:14 PM
Oooh...such a clever retort. Wish I had your smarts.

Could have fooled me--you seem so happy with being stupid.

Josephus

No actually I was being sarcastic. See, your problem is comprehension.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

dps

Quote from: Josephus on November 07, 2012, 10:13:31 PM
No actually I was being sarcastic. See, your problem is comprehension.

No, I knew you were being sarcastic.  It simply amused me and served my interests to take your statement at face value.

My problem isn't comprehension;  it's that I'm an asshole. 

Zoupa

You're a boring asshole, the worst kind.

DGuller

Quote from: dps on November 07, 2012, 10:23:26 PM
My problem isn't comprehension;  it's that I'm an asshole.
I don't often agree with you, but I would in this case.  :)

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Zoupa on November 07, 2012, 10:25:43 PM
You're a boring asshole, the worst kind.

Yes, if you're going to be an asshole, be a vibrant and colorful one.  Like me.