Donald Trump
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I guarantee he won't do so with any style or grace.sungod said:
if he were to do that, it'd be the sole stylish act of his presidencyshirley_basso said:Some rumours are circulating he (DT) may concede.
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So, is he going to concede because his hillbillies with guns have not revolted in big enough numbers?left the forum March 20230
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I did read that - talk of Parkinson's0
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Based on the way he picks glasses of water up without his thumbs, and cannot walk sometimes? Who knows. He will be 78 next time around. In the interim he will be doing podcasts with Lance Armstrong critiquing Biden.shirley_basso said:I did read that - talk of Parkinson's
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I don't think you could call it stylish. You could say it would be the one conventional action of his presidency. It's what the losing candidate usually does.sungod said:
if he were to do that, it'd be the sole stylish act of his presidencyshirley_basso said:Some rumours are circulating he (DT) may concede.
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I take it math isn't one of them? A US college degree is 4 years. So you joined the army aged 11.swjohnsey said:
I was in my 30s. I spent 20 years in the army before I went to college. I only have two degrees.First.Aspect said:
You were 39 when you graduated?swjohnsey said:
I didn't know that. It changed back in 1986 after I got out of college. It hasn't come up so I didn't notice.kingstongraham said:
Weird that you don't know that Texas doesn't for any general elections.swjohnsey said:
Not positive but I would guess just about all states require a majority not a plurality. You will notice several run-offs for senate and house seats.First.Aspect said:
How many states would that apply to (a) in 2020 (b) in 2016 (c) in 2000?swjohnsey said:
This is interesting. If they were running for governor instead of president this would require a run-off as no one got over 50%kingstongraham said:
Just as mere examples of when a less popular Republican "won". You can't have it both ways.
Or, a masters is minimum 2 years. So you might have been 13.
When did you squeeze in learning to fly?0 -
Well we are at the point now where the party has to decide what to do with him. Follow him to the courts or wash their hands of him.0
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Obviously in UK politics, they would dispose of him very quickly...verylonglegs said:Well we are at the point now where the party has to decide what to do with him. Follow him to the courts or wash their hands of him.
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They are deserting him already.ugo.santalucia said:
Obviously in UK politics, they would dispose of him very quickly...verylonglegs said:Well we are at the point now where the party has to decide what to do with him. Follow him to the courts or wash their hands of him.
Republican senator in PA said there is nothing wrong with their vote counting process earlier today.
The Supreme Court thing for PA won't go anywhere either:
And in the media. Just saw Rush Limbaugh (Trump fanboy radio host) has admitted Biden will win (for example). Being reported as a Biden win by Fox etc as well.0 -
The thing with the court cases is there just isn't a good case in most places - a lot of it was decided before the election when Republicans tried to get mail in ballots disallowed in advance.0
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The BBC's live blog is shoddy - fair enough that they don't want to make any wrong calls, but no mention of the expected split in the remaining mail in votes.
For example:Pennsylvania
We may get a result in the near future as Biden's lead over Trump here appears to be growing
In Philadelphia, officials are still counting postal votes that came in before Election Day
As of an hour ago, Biden had a lead of over 5,500 votes
No mention of the fact that all of the remaining votes are from heavily Democrat leaning areas. Pennsylvania should be called any time soon, if the networks hadn't wrongly called Arizona so early, they probably would have already (although now looks like Arizona will hold).
If you were only looking at the BBC you would get the impression that Trump actually has something left to play for - he does not, and has not since at least yesterday if not late Wednesday.0 -
I read a really interesting article about how Murdoch has slowly but surely been pulling his Trump support over the past 6 months, which even brought Fox News to calm down a bit with their pro-Trump rhetoric. No one now wants to be associated with the orange fella, the media outlets and most senior Republicans all realise he’s toxic.0
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I get the impression the BBC has very few bodies on the ground or in the office. Web content is very slow to update and lots of articles move about getting re-titled.
I suspect the talent would understandably leave when it was clear the organisation is being run down.
Government intervention is definitely taking its toll. Having previously worked for an organisation that found itself struggling, I can assure you the talent disappears rapidly.
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I guess it’s about time the nationalists and Republicans took a good hard look at themselves and wonder why they were spanked in the popular vote and lost the electoral college too.
Isn’t that how it works? Or only when populists get elected?0 -
yep, over many years bbc news gathering and analysis has been severely degradedmorstar said:I get the impression the BBC has very few bodies on the ground or in the office. Web content is very slow to update and lots of articles move about getting re-titled.
I suspect the talent would understandably leave when it was clear the organisation is being run down.
Government intervention is definitely taking its toll. Having previously worked for an organisation that found itself struggling, I can assure you the talent disappears rapidly.
almost ten years since the effective elimination of the already severely squeezed world service, for the uk, a loss of intelligence, influence and relevance, the same fate awaits the bbc overall
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They really should be worried about places like Detroit, where it was 94% Biden.rick_chasey said:I guess it’s about time the nationalists and Republicans took a good hard look at themselves and wonder why they were spanked in the popular vote and lost the electoral college too.
Isn’t that how it works? Or only when populists get elected?0 -
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Lool. Arsonist concerned about fires0 -
Like clockwork.0
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I think they are waiting for fox to call it. Nevada and Pennsylvania are both done deals.0
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Probably a good thing in the long run.rick_chasey said:Unfortunate for BoJo too.
Dems and Biden did NOT like his internal market bill one bit.
We seemed to think we were going to get some favourable deal.
Trump may be an idiot but he had us in his sights as easy pickings. Desperate for a deal and willing to take anything to stick fingers up at the Eu.
Maybe time for us to enact plan B. I’m sure our government of talented individuals have many options in the pipeline.0 -
I don't know, I think they have just boxed themselves into a corner with their whole not being seen to favour either side thing that they can hardly say anything.sungod said:
yep, over many years bbc news gathering and analysis has been severely degradedmorstar said:I get the impression the BBC has very few bodies on the ground or in the office. Web content is very slow to update and lots of articles move about getting re-titled.
I suspect the talent would understandably leave when it was clear the organisation is being run down.
Government intervention is definitely taking its toll. Having previously worked for an organisation that found itself struggling, I can assure you the talent disappears rapidly.
almost ten years since the effective elimination of the already severely squeezed world service, for the uk, a loss of intelligence, influence and relevance, the same fate awaits the bbc overall0 -
But if all the senior and talented staff have been decimated, you’re left with less experienced people who don’t have the authority to report with more conviction.bobmcstuff said:
I don't know, I think they have just boxed themselves into a corner with their whole not being seen to favour either side thing that they can hardly say anything.sungod said:
yep, over many years bbc news gathering and analysis has been severely degradedmorstar said:I get the impression the BBC has very few bodies on the ground or in the office. Web content is very slow to update and lots of articles move about getting re-titled.
I suspect the talent would understandably leave when it was clear the organisation is being run down.
Government intervention is definitely taking its toll. Having previously worked for an organisation that found itself struggling, I can assure you the talent disappears rapidly.
almost ten years since the effective elimination of the already severely squeezed world service, for the uk, a loss of intelligence, influence and relevance, the same fate awaits the bbc overall
We have the toothless national broadcaster the tories seek. Much as this isn’t domestic reporting, the MO is to be bland and non-committal.0 -
This is a pretty good summary of where we are.
Trump behind and not converting votes at the required run rate
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Mr Texan hasn't been posting for a while. It's 2.30pm in Austin, Tx. I wonder if he clocked offshift in Nizhny Novgorod a few hours ago?0
