CayceG Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, marioandsonic said: Look, on a scale of 0-10, how worried should I be? I would say like, a 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, marioandsonic said: Look, on a scale of 0-10, how worried should I be? For this election? Like 2.5 at the most. For the future? How high can you count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Okay, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 This somehow popped up when searching 'zero' 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 27 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: If you're a white person from the greater Detroit area, you're racist until proven otherwise. Met a lot of people there, and have a lot of in-laws there, I stand 100% with this comment. Metro Detroit is the most racist part of the entire continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Metro Detroit is the most racist part of the entire continent. I mean rural Michigan is a weee bit more everything bad than metro Detroit. Working in Detroit with many like minded 20somethings I often forget how shitty a lot of the people who live and work in the burbs really are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 That's quite the plot twist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Alright, well, there's one crisis averted. We've only got like 2 months of this to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Next up, Arizona: http://thehill.com//apple-touch-icon.png Arizona GOP seeks to temporarily bar Maricopa Co. from certifying THEHILL.COM Arizona's state Republican Party have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to stop officials in Maricopa County, the most populous area of the state, from certifying the... Quote County officials have argued that the suit should be dismissed, as an audit of ballots to determine if discrepancies exist between tabulated results and actual ballots was already performed. I hope the judge labels it frivolous and gives the attorneys a black eye. (career-wise, not literally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Metro Detroit is the most racist part of the entire continent. 23 minutes ago, Ominous said: I mean rural Michigan is a weee bit more everything bad than metro Detroit. Working in Detroit with many like minded 20somethings I often forget how shitty a lot of the people who live and work in the burbs really are. Michigan is just awful. My step dad's family is from the lesser muskegon area. Same shit comes from his family as my in laws. Republicans! Step dad though hates the mask mandates but is too much of a wimp to defy a government order to not follow it which is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: 12 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: That's quite the plot twist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: Next up, Arizona: http://thehill.com//apple-touch-icon.png Arizona GOP seeks to temporarily bar Maricopa Co. from certifying THEHILL.COM Arizona's state Republican Party have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to stop officials in Maricopa County, the most populous area of the state, from certifying the... I hope the judge labels it frivolous and gives the attorneys a black eye. (career-wise, not literally) Why not both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 45 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: For this election? Like 2.5 at the most. For the future? How high can you count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Ah yes - I could see how that might compel a change of mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Just now, SaysWho? said: So...has a judge compelled the two dissenters to certify the results and we’re still waiting for them to acquiesce or have they already caved and voted to certify? Too many twists. The whole plot has jumped the shark into David Lynch territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: So...has a judge compelled the two dissenters to certify the results and we’re still waiting for them to acquiesce or have they already caved and voted to certify? Too many twists. The whole plot has jumped the shark into David Lynch territory. They've voted to certify the results, but were probably made aware of the AG's court application which might have helped "facilitate" their change of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 its a longshot, but maybe another time this could work, I don't see it working niw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: its a longshot, but maybe another time this could work, I don't see it working now Right - Biden got lucky that the margins of victory in those multiple states is significant enough that no court in their right mind would issue an injunction against certification. But in situations where it's only one or two states with narrower margins? Yeah - that could work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Pretty sure if a state doesn't certify, and the legislature doesn't have electors to send to the electoral college, then those electoral votes are just not factored into the equation. So for instance, if Michigan goes this route, the total number of electors drops to 522, and the winning number is then 262 electoral votes. Biden still wins. If GA + MI have no electors, then there are 506 total electors, then the winning number is 254. Biden still wins. EDIT: Even if GA, MI, WI, AZ, NV all didn't send electors, Biden would still win. If Biden keeps NV in his column, he would still win even if GA, MI, WI, AZ, and PA do not send electors - Winning 233 to 232. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadatog Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, SaysWho? said: This somehow popped up when searching 'zero' The pink haired girl's nick name is zero. Short for zero two or 02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Uaarkson said: Metro Detroit is the most racist part of the entire continent. Eastern Washington demands to be recognized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Eastern Washington demands to be recognized. Central PA says hi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Pretty sure if a state doesn't certify, and the legislature doesn't have electors to send to the electoral college, then those electoral votes are just not factored into the equation. So for instance, if Michigan goes this route, the total number of electors drops to 522, and the winning number is then 262 electoral votes. Biden still wins. If GA + MI have no electors, then there are 506 total electors, then the winning number is 254. Biden still wins. EDIT: Even if GA, MI, WI, AZ, NV all didn't send electors, Biden would still win. If Biden keeps NV in his column, he would still win even if GA, MI, WI, AZ, and PA do not send electors - Winning 233 to 232. If neither candidate gets 270 then it goes to the House no matter what, I think. That's the whole idea behind this plan, such as it is, just try and get Biden below 270. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: Central PA says hi The sad part is how many truly racist areas exist in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Eastern Washington demands to be recognized. 8 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: Central PA says hi Those areas weren’t literally built around racial borders like Southeast Michigan! The history of racism of Detroit’s suburbs against the people of the city is quite storied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, thewhyteboar said: The sad part is how many truly racist areas exist in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, thewhyteboar said: The sad part is how many truly racist areas exist in this country. Always has been and always will be. We just got to pretend it went away for 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: If neither candidate gets 270 then it goes to the House no matter what, I think. That's the whole idea behind this plan, such as it is, just try and get Biden below 270. Look at the election of 1864. The rebel states were still technically a part of the US, but they didn't send electors to the electoral college. This reduced the number of total EVs from over 300 to 234 members. If a state doesn't send electors, then the total EV count goes down, and the subsequent winning margin. Sending the election to the house only comes into play if there is a tie, or if there are more than 2 candidates and no one candidate receives a majority of the votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Those areas weren’t literally built around racial borders like Southeast Michigan! The history of racism of Detroit’s suburbs against the people of the city is quite storied. I admit I don't know a lot about it (in my daily life I try to not think about Michigan). But I'd like to know more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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