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factotum started the topic in Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:12am

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

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southernraw Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:14am

30% of red Florida counted and it's neck and neck.
Uh oH Burleigh!!

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:23am

from NY Post's live feed:

"Amish turn out for Pennsylvania vote in 'unprecedented numbers': source
By Caitlin Doornbos
Republicans could see a boost in Pennsylvania from an demographic rarely seen at the polls: the Amish.

The state's famed "Pennsylvania Dutch" registered to vote in "unprecedented numbers" in response to a January federal raid on a local raw milk farm in Bird in Hand, Pa., a source familiar told The Post.

"That was the impetus for them to say, 'We need to participate,'" the source said. "This is about neighbors helping neighbors." "

https://nypost.com/2024/11/05/us-news/election-day-2024-live-updates-res...

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:29am

Trump killing it in Georgia at 58/42%. That's probably unrealistic and it will come down.

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:40am

Jeez. Neck to neck in Virginia? That's unexpceted. It's still very early and Kamala should easily take it. But yeah, first 100k votes are split equally. I guess a lot of this stuff depends on the county that started counting.

EDIT: They just dropped those Washington DC suburbs and Kamala took a big lead.

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TimTam Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:55am

"It's Rigged. It's Rigged"

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:56am

Trump 2024.

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Jelly Flater Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 11:58am

… “ We also need a Trump here in Aus.”

;);)

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:01pm
southernraw wrote:

30% of red Florida counted and it's neck and neck.
Uh oH Burleigh!!

lol

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Jelly Flater Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:01pm

- atleast you’re having the time of your life burlz ;)

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… & quite the journey towards ‘health’ ;);)

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Roadkill Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:01pm

BTC up 5% indicates the crypto crew are imagining a Trump win.

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:03pm
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BTC up 5% indicates the crypto crew are imagining a Trump win.

Everyone is except the little sweethearts on swellnet.

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:03pm

They just called Florida for Trump. Big win there, even Miami voted for him.

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thermalben Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:12pm

Interesting.

States called so far:

But then when you add in the safe states (not yet called):

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Roadkill Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:13pm

I hope whoever wins the whole thing also wins the popular vote. Less opportunity to moan about the outcome then.

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sypkan Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:34pm
Roadkill wrote:

BTC up 5% indicates the crypto crew are imagining a Trump win.

boarding up businesses in Portland indicates dems imagining a trump win...

https://x.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1853760049010638999

us $ going up too...

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sypkan Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:36pm

I wouldn't get too excited though

still got lotsa midnight vote counts, bomb threats, and power outages to go yet...

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sypkan Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:38pm
Roadkill wrote:

I hope whoever wins the whole thing also wins the popular vote. Less opportunity to moan about the outcome then.

yep

looking a real possibility

hope so, should shut down all the whinging...

the whining about theEC

and the but but buts

but it won't...

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:41pm
sypkan wrote:

I wouldn't get too excited though

still got lotsa midnight vote counts, bomb threats, and power outages to go yet...

and few million mysterious postal votes.

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Roadkill Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:45pm
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I wouldn't get too excited though

still got lotsa midnight vote counts, bomb threats, and power outages to go yet...

Harris will gain a heap when the West Coast starts reporting.

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seeds Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:52pm
sypkan wrote:
Roadkill wrote:

I hope whoever wins the whole thing also wins the popular vote. Less opportunity to moan about the outcome then.

yep

looking a real possibility

hope so, should shut down all the whinging...

the whining about theEC

and the but but buts

but it won't...

Hahaha but but buts! You’re a classic for that when replying to yourself when no one has responded and you’d like to add a bit more.

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 12:58pm

At this stage, looking at some county level data Harris is performing similar to Hillary. This is definitely not a Biden/Trump repeat.

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I focus Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:04pm
flollo wrote:

At this stage, looking at some county level data Harris is performing similar to Hillary. This is definitely not a Biden/Trump repeat.

Female candidate factor?

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Roadkill Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:04pm

Florida voted against a women's right to abortion.

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seeds Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:10pm

Sad isn’t it.
Reports on ABC here about husbands looking over at what their wives were voting just in case they weren’t doing what they’re told. MAGA hey haha

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Jelly Flater Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:15pm

- anyone can have a dig
… with a big rig ;)

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:16pm
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Sad isn’t it.
Reports on ABC here about husbands looking over at what their wives were voting just in case they weren’t doing what they’re told. MAGA hey haha

Mate, the ABC have been on their anti trump agenda for months. Still didn't work. Fake news and the puppets about to get what's coming. Trump too good to be controlled.

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:27pm
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Florida voted against a women's right to abortion.

No surprises there as I’m guessing that you would be hard pressed to find a woman young enough in Florida to have functioning ovaries? The elephant’s grave yard of died hair, injectables, gawdy fashion faux pas, liposuction, wellness clinics and gluten free diets ….

https://screenrant.com/real-housewives-miami-plastic-surgery-cast-had-done/

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TimTam Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:25pm
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Trump 2024.

Goodbye farewell Ukraine. Goodbye farewell Taiwan. Goodbye farewell Palestinians.

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seeds Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:26pm

It was a yank analyst on Australian ABC.
Fake news. Haha that’s funny Burls!

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stunet Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:29pm
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Florida voted against a women's right to abortion.

Madness.

Scary madness.

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:32pm
TimTam wrote:
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Trump 2024.

Goodbye farewell Ukraine. Goodbye farewell Taiwan. Goodbye farewell Palestinians.

Any evidence to back this up?

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:33pm
seeds wrote:

It was a yank analyst on Australian ABC.
Fake news. Haha that’s funny Burls!

ABC are very anti trump

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Supafreak Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:33pm

What’s happening in springfield ? Be a few cats & dogs on edge .

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seeds Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:45pm
burleigh wrote:
seeds wrote:

It was a yank analyst on Australian ABC.
Fake news. Haha that’s funny Burls!

ABC are very anti trump

Anti carnt more likely. And you’ve pinned your star sticker on the chest of a croaky arsed whack job who thinks Trump gives two shits about what he thinks.

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:45pm
sypkan wrote:

I wouldn't get too excited though

still got lotsa midnight vote counts, bomb threats, and power outages to go yet...

So far so good (for the electoral process) but the night isn't over - from what I can see county courts are onto delayed openings really fast, granting extra time. One lot of 30,000 ballots got ordered a recount as a tabulator left a door open and scrutineers picked it up. Machines are breaking down - have heard of completed ballots to be entered by election officials, have heard of breakdowns in Pa unis and solid R counties. There seems to be a process to overcome it - adds to long waits in line. Surely, paper and pen is better? One lawsuit won by R committee in Pa to disclose election officials identity (usually provided) = transparency.

No doubt this is going to be watched very closely

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:47pm

Trump +5 in Georgia and NC with 70%-ish counted.

And crazily enough, Virginia is back to neck to neck with 60% counted. Harris will probably still take it but I find the current situation hard to believe.

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andy-mac Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:47pm
TimTam wrote:
burleigh wrote:

Trump 2024.

Goodbye farewell Ukraine. Goodbye farewell Taiwan. Goodbye farewell Palestinians.

If the war in Ukraine ends, that can only be a good thing as too many have been killed on both sides for pretty much nothing.
Should never have started if NATO/ USA were not so aggressive in their expansion.
Taiwan in my view is just fear western mongering of China threat (could be wrong but cannot see an invasion happening).
Do not think whoever is in the White House will make any difference to the plight of the Palestinians/ Lebanese, the genocide and slaughter will continue until Israel has the land it is now after, or Iran get involved and the whole region is ablaze with the USA becoming involved.
Sad days.
My 2 cents worth.

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:00pm
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flollo wrote:

At this stage, looking at some county level data Harris is performing similar to Hillary. This is definitely not a Biden/Trump repeat.

Female candidate factor?

Apparantly latin demographics turned to Trump. And also young men turned out in big numbers. Apprently Trump campaign focused solely on young men over the last few days of the campaign. The fact that Miami-Dade voted Trump is fascinating. Hillary was +30 there in 2016.

EDIT: Loudoun County for example. Washington DC suburbia in Virginia. They were talking about this one, it's 95% counted with Harris winning 56 to 40. But what's interesting is that Biden won this with well over 60% of the vote. The score Harris achieved is more or less identical to Hillary.

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:51pm

Where you getting data Flollo?

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:53pm
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TimTam wrote:
burleigh wrote:

Trump 2024.

Goodbye farewell Ukraine. Goodbye farewell Taiwan. Goodbye farewell Palestinians.

If the war in Ukraine ends, that can only be a good thing as too many have been killed on both sides for pretty much nothing.
Should never have started if NATO/ USA were not so aggressive in their expansion.
Taiwan in my view is just fear western mongering of China threat (could be wrong but cannot see an invasion happening).
Do not think whoever is in the White House will make any difference to the plight of the Palestinians/ Lebanese, the genocide and slaughter will continue until Israel has the land it is now after, or Iran get involved and the whole region is ablaze with the USA becoming involved.
Sad days.
My 2 cents worth.

The biggest risk is Trump starting a war with Iran. That would be a catasthrophe and there is a chance of it happening.

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flollo Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 1:56pm
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Where you getting data Flollo?

https://abcnews.go.com/Elections/2024-us-presidential-election-results-l...

They have good comments and some live coverage that I listen to on and off. Over the years I found this to be the most unbiased reporting. Analytical team behind is from 538 which I trust the most when it comes to polling, forecasts etc (BTW they aggregate most polls and project).

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:00pm

Good stuff thanks!

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:03pm

A tidal wave of red is washing over the USA

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Supafreak Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:05pm

Are you getting a chubby yet burleigh ?

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truebluebasher Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:08pm

NYT Doomsday Clock is Ticking

Timely Death Knell Warnings will alarm on 5 min rotations
West Coast Voters can Abort Vote queues and exit at yer X marked Shuttle Bays

Trump#Kamala
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andy-mac Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:09pm
flollo wrote:
andy-mac wrote:
TimTam wrote:
burleigh wrote:

Trump 2024.

Goodbye farewell Ukraine. Goodbye farewell Taiwan. Goodbye farewell Palestinians.

If the war in Ukraine ends, that can only be a good thing as too many have been killed on both sides for pretty much nothing.
Should never have started if NATO/ USA were not so aggressive in their expansion.
Taiwan in my view is just fear western mongering of China threat (could be wrong but cannot see an invasion happening).
Do not think whoever is in the White House will make any difference to the plight of the Palestinians/ Lebanese, the genocide and slaughter will continue until Israel has the land it is now after, or Iran get involved and the whole region is ablaze with the USA becoming involved.
Sad days.
My 2 cents worth.

The biggest risk is Trump starting a war with Iran. That would be a catasthrophe and there is a chance of it happening.

Reckon just as much chance with either party.
Iran have yet to retaliate, let's see what happens then. Depending on what you read/ watch they have the capability to really inflict some harm on Israel.
Iran from what I would gather would be a lot bigger than Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
Is the USA ready for that?
Does Iran with their supersonic missiles put US naval power and bases at a major risk?
Dunno, hope to not find out! Will Russia/ China get involved?
Interesting times.

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zenagain Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:11pm

I've been keeping out of this but for interests sake I met a young American homestay student about 2 weeks ago here in my house. She is 18 years old, black and going on to study business at uni. She is from Birmingham Alabama. Sweet girl.

We got to talking about the election and get this- she and her friends are voting Trump. I was gobsmacked. I asked her why when I expected she would automatically vote Kamala (woman, POC etc.) she said that Kamala comes across as distrustful and nobody really knows what she stands for. Gun control is one of the important issues for young people from where she comes from among other things. I asked about women's reproductive rights and how Trump is against that- she said that wasn't entirely true and that Trump doesn't want to ban abortion but wants to hand the power to individual states rather than nationally. I actually didn't know that, but she seems pretty informed and pretty switched on. I still can't believe she is voting for Trump though. Young, black, woman- thought it would a no-brainer.

Anyway, maybe an anomaly but her response to me really surprised me.

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burleigh Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:14pm
andy-mac wrote:
flollo wrote:
andy-mac wrote:
TimTam wrote:
burleigh wrote:

Trump 2024.

Goodbye farewell Ukraine. Goodbye farewell Taiwan. Goodbye farewell Palestinians.

If the war in Ukraine ends, that can only be a good thing as too many have been killed on both sides for pretty much nothing.
Should never have started if NATO/ USA were not so aggressive in their expansion.
Taiwan in my view is just fear western mongering of China threat (could be wrong but cannot see an invasion happening).
Do not think whoever is in the White House will make any difference to the plight of the Palestinians/ Lebanese, the genocide and slaughter will continue until Israel has the land it is now after, or Iran get involved and the whole region is ablaze with the USA becoming involved.
Sad days.
My 2 cents worth.

The biggest risk is Trump starting a war with Iran. That would be a catasthrophe and there is a chance of it happening.

Reckon just as much chance with either party.
Iran have yet to retaliate, let's see what happens then. Depending on what you read/ watch they have the capability to really inflict some harm on Israel.
Iran from what I would gather would be a lot bigger than Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
Is the USA ready for that?
Does Iran with their supersonic missiles put US naval power and bases at a major risk?
Dunno, hope to not find out! Will Russia/ China get involved?
Interesting times.

There is already a war going on that the Dems can't / did not stop.

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:19pm

Israel has given Iran a real scare Andy. They just took out their remaining S-300 air defence batteries in the last strike, and pointed out the vulnerability to their leadership.

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sypkan Wednesday, 6 Nov 2024 at 2:22pm
factotum wrote:

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

pffffffffffff...

if tulsi gabbard was on the ticket, she'd win in a landslide

whichever party she was representing...

kamala is simply a shit candidate

shitter than hilary

(at least hilary was clearly competent... at... well, something...)