2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress

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This fella on CNN who keeps asking himself questions and then answering them is doing my nut in. Why? Because I've noticed it too often and now I can't stop noticing it.
 

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I'll take your word for it but I've never heard anyone without a military past say "seven hundred" for time verbally in my life. But then when I'm in the US I usually don't go south of Ohio.
Not saying it, I would never say that verbally. But writing it or typing it, absolutely. Would use it every time & it would be understood nationwide. Understandable how it appears confusing, though.
 

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Texas, Arizona and New Mexico are pretty much the same thing - so they're now one State called Big Texas.

Louisiana is just swamps so it can be a big dock for boats coming in to Big Texas.

Mississippi and Alabama look like a Rorschach drawing of my father drunkenly beating me up when I was a kid.

Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas all have the same last letter so they don't count.

Maryland has barely any Mary's living in it so it's fake news.

I could look at a map for a million years and still not remember where Missouri is. Or care.
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Finding it incredible how difficult these Republicans are finding the concept of counting.

These states were not allowed to count their mail-in votes until close to election day, hence them all coming in now. The reason they are disproportionately leaned towards the Democrats is because their voters tend to take Covid seriously and thus voted by mail. It's really not hard.

There was none of this uproar when the complete opposite happened in Florida and Biden's lead was slowly overtaken.
And the Pennsylvania rules were specifically prescribed by republicans. There’s nothing ad hoc about this count. It’s just apparently backfiring on them a bit.
 

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This fella on CNN who keeps asking himself questions and then answering them is doing my nut in. Why? Because I've noticed it too often and now I can't stop noticing it.
Do I let stuff like that get to me? No, not normally until it's pointed out.

Is the guy a dick? Probably, but he's just doing his job.

Hotel? Trivago.
 

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So speed is more important than accuracy and a democracy where everyone’s vote counts?

Who gives a feck about waiting a few days for everyone’s vote to count.

And a “good” reason is that 150,00,000 is a BIG feckING NUMBER TO COUNT.
They aren't mutually exclusive.

Look at the shit show now over stopping the counts, or continuing the counts. This could all be easily avoided but the system isn't good enough.
 

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Only in America could something as easy as voting end up in such a mess .
It's crazy to know so many people have actually voted for Trump and so many believe the BS that he is pedalling
 

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Do I let stuff like that get to me? No, not normally until it's pointed out.
Am I usually the same? Yes.
Is the guy a dick? Probably, but he's just doing his job.
Is that a fair point? It sure is - it's just a pity I noticed it as it's quite annoying now.
 

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And the Pennsylvania rules were specifically prescribed by republicans. There’s nothing ad hoc about this count. It’s just apparently backfiring on them a bit.
Republicans reaping: Wow this is great
Republicans sowing: Hey what the feck??
 

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Didn’t know that! I agree every count should be counted, but there's got to be a cut off. Presumably enough votes come in within a couple of days to declare a result regardless of uncounted ballots?
The explanation I heard is that the plan was to prevent postal/advanced voting in the potential swing states until election day so that the inevitably high proportion of votes for Biden would be counted last and the resulting massive blue shift could be sold as cheating to Trumps core and used to bolster court attacks.
 

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Finding it incredible how difficult these Republicans are finding the concept of counting.

These states were not allowed to count their mail-in votes until close to election day, hence them all coming in now. The reason they are disproportionately leaned towards the Democrats is because their voters tend to take Covid seriously and thus voted by mail. It's really not hard.

There was none of this uproar when the complete opposite happened in Florida and Biden's lead was slowly overtaken.
Just wait until they have to cope with the concept of losing.
 

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Trump's lead in Georgia is now down to just over 18,000 votes.
 

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They aren't mutually exclusive.

Look at the shit show now over stopping the counts, or continuing the counts. This could all be easily avoided but the system isn't good enough.
We’ve never experienced a change in the style of voting like this before coupled with the typical increase in overall voting ranks. We should have planned for it better, no doubt, but some of these numbers of ballots & how they arrived were seismically different.

2022 will hopefully reflect a lot of common sense changes.
 

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Not the entire country, but there’s very little chance that an American would say 730P PST isn’t the same as 7:30PM PST. Both mean exactly the same thing here, one is just more shorthand & quicker to write or type. Military time just isn’t used as widely.
If it's about the number of characters, surely you'd drop the zeroes and just write "7P".
 

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Republicans reaping: Wow this is great
Republicans sowing: Hey what the feck??
It wasn’t a bad idea to play both sides of the equation with the overall gullibility in their ranks.

It was just patently obvious what their intent was. Hopefully it won’t ultimately succeed.
 

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Trump's lead in Georgia is now down to just over 18,000 votes.
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And after that we are waiting on *at least* 17k from Fulton, and possibly the 7k from Dekalb that was up on the county page but not uploaded on the SOS page (Biden won by about 4k5, could be the one that brought the lead down to current 18k)

And there are about 40k votes left statewide after those two counties are done.
 

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If it's about the number of characters, surely you'd drop the zeroes and just write "7P".
It appears more clear to many to have the zeros in the time, either with or without a colon. Think of how our alarm clocks reflect the time in the 12 Hour mode, I just use that numeral minus the colon. It’s somewhat common to see the zeros, they aren’t confusing in any way to Americans.
 

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The explanation I heard is that the plan was to prevent postal/advanced voting in the potential swing states until election day so that the inevitably high proportion of votes for Biden would be counted last and the resulting massive blue shift could be sold as cheating to Trumps core and used to bolster court attacks.
I get the feeling Trumps main aim now will be to make sure his supporters all think it’s fraud. Can’t wait to see him booted out.
 

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It appears more clear to many to have the zeros in the time, either with or without a colon. Think of how our alarm clocks reflect the time in the 12 Hour mode, I just use that numeral minus the colon. It’s somewhat common to see the zeros, they aren’t confusing in any way to Americans.
I'm not confused, I'm just testing the logic.
 

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I'm not confused, I'm just testing the logic.
It’s upbringing & how we are taught plus familiarity. Toss in perhaps a bit of laziness for not potentially streamlining everything. Logic wouldn’t appear clear to an outsider.
 

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And after that we are waiting on *at least* 17k from Fulton, and possibly the 7k from Dekalb that was up on the county page but not uploaded on the SOS page (Biden won by about 4k5, could be the one that brought the lead down to current 18k)

And there are about 40k votes left statewide after those two counties are done.
How many ballots are missing in the mail in GA? Could that affect the situation if they turn up? Or have everyone given up that whole mess allreay?
 

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I get the feeling Trumps main aim now will be to make sure his supporters all think it’s fraud. Can’t wait to see him booted out.
Which is disgusting as it will rile people up, cause more chaos...when it's completely unjustified as there is no evidence presented.

Sums up Trump, cares nothing about the Country, everything is about him.
 

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How many ballots are missing in the mail in GA? Could that affect the situation if they turn up? Or have everyone given up that whole mess allreay?
About 200 ballots in Fulton requires curing. The USPS explained that they bypassed normal procedures in order to deliver then on time, that’s why they are shown as missing in the system. They still need to appear before a judge, who’ve ordered a scouring to check for ballots.
 

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And after that we are waiting on *at least* 17k from Fulton, and possibly the 7k from Dekalb that was up on the county page but not uploaded on the SOS page (Biden won by about 4k5, could be the one that brought the lead down to current 18k)

And there are about 40k votes left statewide after those two counties are done.
Wouldn’t surprise me if someone is still at the SoS office slowing things down. In their minds, being up reflected by the SoS count at 800A EST (0800 / 8A / 8a East Coast Time) night might potentially buttress their argument for stopping the count here.
 
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