2016 elections - because it's never too early

[mongers]

Hell - this isn't the worst day this week so far for me (I had an utterly kick-in-the-nuts decision on a homicide that left the deceased's family yelling and swearing at the judge about the utter injustice of it all).

I know I mourned in lots of Canadian elections, including the election of the Not Ready For Prime Time Alberta NDP a couple years ago.  All of those elections were bad, but they're never as bad as you think they're going to be on election night.

Wanna bet?

If you can think of a quantifiable metric to measure "things won't be as bad as you think tonight" I'm game.

I'm not saying tonight is good news by any fucking stretch.  It's just not as bad as you're thinking.

Say that again at 1800 EST tonight.

[Caliga]

Dems should have run Joe Biden.

+1

[mongers]

Dems should have run Joe Biden.

+1

Trump killed off the Bush dynasty earlier in the year and now he's terminated the Clinton one.

[LaCroix]

in other news, north dakota passed medical marijuana

[Zoupa]

Trump just pulled ahead in Pennsylvania 

Holy shit. I guess I'm gonna cash in on my bet, Yi.

No fucking way am I coming down there to pick it up though... Might wanna look into moving up here dude. I know you like it here 

Trouble is when Trump starts pulling out of trade deals (starting with NAFTA) and sending the world into recession it's certainly going to affect Canada...

Doesn't that directly contradict what you just posted about "it's not as bad as you think"?

It's pretty bad dude. The West needs a strong and capable US, not an erratic laughingstock.

[Razgovory]

Ank is fairly smug.

[mongers]

Trump now has a small lead in Penn.

[CountDeMoney]

The notion of America as a melting pot has taken a knock tonight, a big slice of the population don't like that and they mobilised in a way that the urban progressives seem to have failed to do.

Taken a knock?  Not only was this an outright repudiation, it was the ultimate validation of groups that have been on the political fringe of irrelevancy, where they have always been and always belonged. 

Face it, this was the biggest win for the KKK since D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation.

[Barrister]

Trump just pulled ahead in Pennsylvania 

Holy shit. I guess I'm gonna cash in on my bet, Yi.

No fucking way am I coming down there to pick it up though... Might wanna look into moving up here dude. I know you like it here 

Trouble is when Trump starts pulling out of trade deals (starting with NAFTA) and sending the world into recession it's certainly going to affect Canada...

Doesn't that directly contradict what you just posted about "it's not as bad as you think"?

It's pretty bad dude. The West needs a strong and capable US, not an erratic laughingstock.

Oh it's pretty bad.

It's just I think Yi is getting a bit hysterical.  Life will go on.

[Tonitrus]

Karl Rove on Fox made a good observation...a Trump victory could mean the first time the Pres/both houses would be controlled by the GOP since 1928...

[Syt]

It's 6:15am. I woke after 3.5 hours of sleep (thanks bronchitis) and haven't been able to go back to sleep.

I'm written sick by my doctor till Friday - is it too early to start drinking?

[Barrister]

Let's give credit where credit is due.  There is a big winner tonight and there is no doubt who that winner is.



The TAINT.

Nate Silver didn't do that badly either, considering.  I guess his tail wasn't too fat after all.

I was going to mention at one point - Nate Silver has to be feeling pretty good about himself tonight.

[katmai]

It's 6:15am. I woke after 3.5 hours of sleep (thanks bronchitis) and haven't been able to go back to sleep.

I'm written sick by my doctor till Friday - is it too early to start drinking?

I've been drinking last few hours...

[mongers]

The notion of America as a melting pot has taken a knock tonight, a big slice of the population don't like that and they mobilised in a way that the urban progressives seem to have failed to do.

Taken a knock?  Not only was this an outright repudiation, it was the ultimate validation of groups that have been on the political fringe of irrelevancy, where they have always been and always belonged. 

Face it, this was the biggest win for the KKK since D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation.

I was being polite, we could now say American exceptional is dead, turns out Americans are pretty much like many other peoples in the world, a mix of inspiration, safe, dull or outright nasty individuals.

[Syt]

in other news, north dakota passed medical marijuana

Is there a chance of Trump + Congress can overturn these votes?