Cool and clear. Still damp though. Should be a nice day.
Yesterday was nice. A bit chilly, 45F at 6am, 49F by 7am, and warming throughout.
It was a bit cool in the shade when I was pressure washing. Still, not freezing.
So I pressure washed the north side of the house. What a difference to have the green and black off the siding and eves. Did the driveway too. Took in and put away some more decor. That will continue for another day or two.
Kids have remote learning today. Not sure why, they were scheduled to have the day completely off. We’ll be headed to the dentist later, and OH, wife and I will be voting in person.
If you haven’t voted yet, and you are eligible, please do so. Vote your conscience but consider the plans each of the candidates has for America. If you seriously can’t pick, leave President blank and at least vote NO on all the incumbent judges. If they’re well loved, it won’t hurt them, and if they should go, you’ll be helping. For the other local positions, I hope you can make informed choices. If you know nothing at all about them, the Republican party doesn’t want to go socialist, and the Democrat party does. Vote on that basis. Local matters and it’s where your vote DOES count.
Lots of predictions. I’ll say that I think it will be Trump by a wide margin. I’m basing that mostly on enthusiasm. His base is fired up and WILL go to the polls. Biden is the negative candidate, his base is reluctant, and might just say “F it” and stay home, or switch. I hope I’m right, because I see dire changes to the US coming if the Dems take control. They’ve TOLD us what they want, and it isn’t for you and I to live in peace and comfort.
Short term, keep your eyes open and your options open too. Treat crowds like flood waters and ‘turn around, don’t drown.’ Take another route. Try another time. Give my druthers, I’d stay home today. There are places that are going to explode tonight. Stay away from them if you can. If you can’t, WIN.
And remember that there are cameras everywhere.
Stay frosty.
nick
Good luck! have a nice vote day
Indeed – best wishes for peaceful election day, followed by a clear and undisputed result.
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Our older pooch had some sort of problem today: collapsed, had some sort of twitching fit. Then stood up and shook it off, but seems wobblier than usual, and wanting extra pets and reassurance. At 17-1/2 for a mid-sized dog, we know his days are numbered, but this is the first seriously bad sign we’ve had.
Meeting with the building company today, to discuss the final bill for the house. Lots of little points to discuss, nothing too huge: 2% to 3% of the total costs of the house.
Also discussing the possibility of building a small annex for projects and guests. While we really like our open-plan house for the two of us, it may be a bit too open. There is literally no room that guests could sleep in, where they could close a door. Offering this second project should ease the discussion about the disputed charges.
@brad, good luck. I’ve done dozens of high dollar commercial installations and the punchlist always seems to be endless. At the end of the day, as long as you are not asking for something you didn’t contract for, you should expect the work to be complete, and to a high standard.
41F and clear this morning. Kids are sleeping late, as did I (15 whole minutes) because even though they have class, they don’t have transportation… so we get to save an hour in eldest’s case. That is the nicest thing for us as parents about remote learning- no leaving the house early for the bus or to drive them.
n
I love my Kindle, but am currently reading on an iPad Mini. Having a net connection for references really helps when reading manuals, etc. Plus with Apple Books, I have all my pdf and epubs available. I’m one of those people who need all their “digits” available like email and apps.
If I ever go on a cruise post Bat Cooties, I’ll have the Kindle to read in the oceanic light. Can’t beat e-ink.
The only think better that a tRump Electoral Landslide would be if he lost the *popular vote*. Imagine the ProgLibTurd heads exploding! “Quick, someone get Rachel Madcow a beer to cry in!” I also want Ted Cruz to push ending Twitter and FaceCrack conservative oppression. Putting them out of business would be good for the Nations kids (and adults).
That’s why I splurged something like $400 when the first Kindle came out! That, and hauling dead trees to India. It was quite the conversation starter at the time, too.
The only think better that a tRump Electoral Landslide would be if he lost the *popular vote*. Imagine the ProgLibTurd heads exploding! “Quick, someone get Rachel Madcow a beer to cry in!” I also want Ted Cruz to push ending Twitter and FaceCrack conservative oppression. Putting them out of business would be good for the Nations kids (and adults).
Of course Trump will lose the popular vote thanks to all the antics in California. It doesn’t matter, however.
I don’t LIKE President Trump. He is so much better than the alternatives that there really isn’t any choice. Secretary Clinton and Vice President Biden are known, corrupt, quantities, and the Secretary was vindictive to boot (See the WH Travel Office scandal, for instance). Senator Harris is just so far from what I want in a Federal Government that I can’t even picture it. Ditto Senator Biden, Senator Warren, and Representative AOC.
Oh how far the leadership of our country has fallen.
I got a Kindle XL when it came out in anticipation of text books on it. What a dud! I think I still have it in a box somewhere. Or the trash during moves. My iPad Pro is great with text books. Full color to boot.
I got a Kindle XL when it came out in anticipation of text books on it. What a dud! I think I still have it in a box somewhere. Or the trash during moves. My iPad Pro is great with text books. Full color to boot.
Try unloading the XL on EBay. I worked with a guy in Seattle who bought one of the last ones sold by Amazon, specifically for PDF handling.
(It is amazing what kind of tech people will seek out on EBay. Working Alphasmart devices still bring decent money, especially the later versions.)
Technical textbooks have never been great on Paperwhite Kindles, but the devices are the only way to go for Law, Literature, or other subjects with lots of citations from texts. When I took Forensics, highlights I made in the text while reading got shared with the Kindle Windows app via Whispernet, and everything was ready for cut-n-paste into assigned papers. With the backlight off, the e-ink devices have extremely long battery life.
I voted. Polls are open here from 8 AM to 8 PM. I had to wait in line about 30 minutes. Not too bad considering it was the morning “rush” at the polls. I think the worst ever was 2000 when I had to wait in line for like 90 minutes when voting after work. They’ve fixed a lot of things around here since then. Surprising to some people, if they don’t get enough volunteers to work the polls you can be drafted for election duty just like you’re drafted for jury duty.
Yah. My daughter didn’t care for the remote learning in the Spring, but she really liked the extra hour of sleep.
In topical news, I voted. Short wait (caused by the coincidence of the five people in front of me all living in the same ward and thus directed to the same person with a name book). Straight R choices, though only Pres and Congressional Representative contests were contested.
@Brad, best wishes for your older pooch. Do try to have the family go out of their way to give him extra pets and snuggles. If he starts hiding he is telling you it is time. Peace and Hope.
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So “Plugs,” says if the “media” declares him the winner tonight he is going to “assert control. This is not a good sign.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-assert-control-begin-forming-new-government
This will be an election night for the record books. The worst is yet to come.
Do you mean the extra large Kindle DX?
Why a dud? I’ll gladly take it off your hands… 🙂
Hasn’t antifa said they will riot if Trump tries to do exactly that? Presumably they will riot if Biden does it, just to be fair?
Yeah, that one. The effort to search for it right now is too much. Like Mr. Lynn’s unopened boxes after his move.
Wow, Kindle DXs go from $35 to $175 on eBay. Who would of thunk it.
“Try unloading the XL on EBay. I worked with a guy in Seattle who bought one of the last ones sold by Amazon, specifically for PDF handling.
(It is amazing what kind of tech people will seek out on EBay. Working Alphasmart devices still bring decent money, especially the later versions.)”
–I’ve got a DX I’m willing to sell, and at one point I had a pallet of alphasmarts. I’ve got at least one NIB, and I’ve got the serial to IR link dongle too.
Got back from the dentist. We did a ‘health screener’ by text before arriving, then waited in our vehicle until they were ready for us. Once up in the office, all that was different was a one minute peroxide based mouthwash and then the exam and cleaning proceeded as normal.
I forgot my voting guide at home or I would have stopped on the way. The place I normally go was empty looking. My wife went to an alternate location this morning around 730 and was in and out.
n
I watched Rambo: Last Blood last night. One of the worst movies I have ever seen. I wonder what Stallone got to make/star in this piece of excrement.
Watched Labyrinth with our 8 year old daughter last night. Today she’s cracking up every time she gets us to do the ‘You remind me of the babe’ bit with her. Perfect age for that movie. Really fun watching her reactions to it, and to David Bowie.
Recovering from the windstorm. Dang I can’t believe we didn’t get badly injured, after seeing the state of the frame. Phew.
I bred two rabbits on 10/02/2020 (before moving was on our horizon). Today there were 7 kits and 1 stillborn. I’m using a technique called ‘shelving’, which simply means bring them to a warm environment for most of their day, and take them out to the doe twice a day to nurse. Doe’s do not ‘watch’ their kits, very hands off mothers. It is 10 Fahrenheit out there. The kits were warm this morning at 10 f, not the furnaces they were at 40 f though. It seems prudent to bring them out of that harsh cold. As I intend to breed through the winter and the temps will drop lower, this litter is something of a ‘learning litter’ for me. I expect to lose some, possibly all, of them while I work out my learning curve.
I have three young rabbits to slaughter. My slaughter tent was the greenhouse destroyed with the windstorm.
The automatic watering winter water system is working great. I adjusted the nipples again to reduce flow as I was getting stalagmites of ice where the nipples dripped. At 10 f the water is flowing freely and a small amount of ice has formed on the raw surfaces of the barrel and at the rim of the water. Not bad. That’s with the 250 watt heater.
The chickens are disgruntled. There’s going to be some frost bite for the unfortunate birds that have large wattles and combs. Other than ‘dubbing’ them as new hatched chicks, I haven’t found much I can do about that that doesn’t cause worse problems. It’s why I prefer Chanteclers, but barnyard mix was what I could get my hands on last Spring.
We may close as soon as 11/16. Had the plumbing inspection yesterday and will see a quote this week. Encouraging information from the plumber. Based off what he saw he thinks we will spend less than we had budgeted.
Politics. I just can’t. We will vote today and are prepped to hunker down in the coming weeks. Alaska has some pretty important races going. It’s a toss up whether money money money incessant advertising will win, or common sense will prevail.
Watched Labyrinth with our 8 year old daughter last night. Today she’s cracking up every time she gets us to do the ‘You remind me of the babe’ bit with her. Perfect age for that movie. Really fun watching her reactions to it, and to David Bowie.
Your daughter is about 10 years too young for the flick, but the craziest 80s David Bowie casting was Pontius Pilate in “The Last Temptation of Christ”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXGsio9H1xs
I was just curious why MrAtoz thought the DX was a dud. I’ve considered getting one because long lines of text can be read more quickly and easily but have probably become so accustomed to the backlit Paperwhite I’d add it to my collection of Palm Pilots and the like.
Funny exchange between my cousin and me yesterday. Let’s see if I can insert an image from Google Drive.
Damn, no luck. Must have the syntax wrong.
These two guys are loaded for bear.
https://gunfreezone.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_3146.jpg
“The US Secret Service has entered “f*** around and find out” mode.”
–I think that about sums it up.
I think that the smaller rifle is more than a standard M16 with an aftermarket foregrip…
The mag well is too smooth, and the mag looks very square instead of rectangular. Something bigger and longer than 556 anyway. Don’t be fooled by the 60s era stock. It’s a flattop (no handle to match the stock), doesn’t have a forward assist, has very smooth upper. Really long barrel, and nothing at the end, no flashhider, nothing.
Compare it to the M4 the solo guy in the next picture is holding. It’s about twice as long….
n
Yeah, the guys on https://gunfreezone.net/ are saying that it is a 7mm magnum. But former USMC son slept with an M16 for two years. Then he slept with an M4 for two years. And he says that it is a highly modified M16. I disagreed and said that the cartridge case is too big. He disagreed at that also.
https://gunfreezone.net/its-gonna-be-lit-at-the-whitehouse/
Yeah, that third picture looks like an M4. I did not ask the son, he loved that weapon. Almost as much as he loved the M2.
“And magically, one million new Mail-In voters appear in Florida.”
https://gunfreezone.net/and-magically-one-million-new-mail-in-voters-appear-in-florida/
If it looks like fraud, smells like fraud, and quacks like fraud, it is fraud.
Remember, you can’t spell “slaughter” without “laughter”. Preferably a loud cackle which makes the neighbors check the locks on their windows and doors.
“We need to seriously start pushing back against Progressive blasphemy laws”
https://gunfreezone.net/we-need-to-seriously-start-pushing-back-against-progressive-blasphemy-laws/
“From the New York Times:
Syracuse school staffers put on leave for wearing ‘No Lives Matter’ shirts”
Are you kidding me ? This is a violation of their first amendment rights. SCOTUS has ruled on this many times.
Also discussing the possibility of building a small annex for projects and guests. While we really like our open-plan house for the two of us, it may be a bit too open. There is literally no room that guests could sleep in, where they could close a door. Offering this second project should ease the discussion about the disputed charges.
We have this problem also since we dedicated the three bedrooms to the daughter. We need a small annex also. But the $125K kinda scares me.
Voted.
No line at all, only one other person while I was there. It’s always sleepy at that polling place though.
They stopped me at the door and “asked if I’d mute my phone and not take it out” while voting. I said “my voting guide is on it” then she said “we’re asking people to write it down on this paper”. Um NO. “Sorry, I decline.” and then I checked in and voted. I had a sample ballot with me, for all the danged judges. One of our friends works in the courts, is a LMI, and she does a voter’s guide to the judges every season. Her emphasis is law and order, and work ethic. It’s a bi partisan list. I was shocked by the number of Dem judges running unopposed. at least 6 or 8 out of dozens. WTH Republicans? You can’t win a race you don’t enter. I left those blank.
I wore my mask and gloves. As I checked in they offered finger cots, sanitizer, and gave me an alcohol wipe and instructions to wipe the machine when I was done. Easy peasy, except for the no phones thing.
n
Watched Labyrinth with our 8 year old daughter last night. Today she’s cracking up every time she gets us to do the ‘You remind me of the babe’ bit with her. Perfect age for that movie. Really fun watching her reactions to it, and to David Bowie.
I watched Labyrinth with my 33 year daughter a couple of months ago. Still awesome.
Disney is making a remake of Labyrinth. It will be a dud. David Bowie was a unique individual. And the songs in the movie are great. Along the Bog of Eternal Stench that Bowie kept on threatening to throw Hoggle into. And yes, fart jokes are always funny to guys and kids.
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Bog_of_Eternal_Stench
We may close as soon as 11/16. Had the plumbing inspection yesterday and will see a quote this week. Encouraging information from the plumber. Based off what he saw he thinks we will spend less than we had budgeted.
Wow, you are moving FAST.
My new rule of thumb is to double all quotes for the actual spending in a house. I got a quote for replacing the dead water “softener” with a “Pro” unit. The base was $3,000 for just a polisher. I thought it was going to be $2,000. Adding a whole house filter and a backwashing charcoal filter cranked it to $6,000 (with a plastic shed also). But we definitely have a lot of impurities in our water (iron and calcium) plus chlorine since our subdivision wells have issues.
My new rule of thumb is to double all quotes for the actual spending in a house. I got a quote for replacing the dead water “softener” with a “Pro” unit. The base was $3,000 for just a polisher. I thought it was going to be $2,000. Adding a whole house filter and a backwashing charcoal filter cranked it to $6,000 (with a plastic shed also). But we definitely have a lot of impurities in our water (iron and calcium) plus chlorine since our subdivision wells have issues.
Ask your plumber for a recommendation. That’s what I did when we had problems with the last softener the previous owners had Sears install.
So “Plugs,” says if the “media” declares him the winner tonight he is going to “assert control. This is not a good sign.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-assert-control-begin-forming-new-government
This will be an election night for the record books. The worst is yet to come.
This is treason and should be punished as such if he does so. The USA Constitution is very clear as to election results and the administration handover.
Specifically the promise of *text books* for the DX. They never really materialized. Too big/clunky for me to consider it a”paperback book.” I forget if you could do pdfs on it. The iPad or Fire blow it out of the water today.
Oh, that’s right. And magazines! I really like Kindle on my ancient tablet because of backlit Dark Mode, but I don’t think even newer Kindles do that. I’d kill for something the size and weight of a DX Paperwhite in Dark Mode.
I like the 3G delivery, too. Used to be I could send email through it even in the hinterlands, but not any more.
Just finished breaking down and vac sealing 7 pounds of hamburger, 6 pounds of bacon, and 7 pounds of sirloin into meal sized portions.
Had to go to my backup FoodSaver. My main one has developed a hole in the strip of tape that keeps the bags from sticking to the heat strip. Good thing I have backups. And a seal a meal for backup to that…
I’ll put a piece of Kapton tape on it and get it back in service.
n
Adding a whole house filter and a backwashing charcoal filter cranked it to $6,000 (with a plastic shed also).
If by “whole house filter” you mean one that removes chlorine, you may want to talk to a plumber first. There are downsides to doing that, especially if you have someone with health issues in the house.
“Stacks of Bricks Found in Cities Nationwide Ahead of Election Results”
https://www.infowars.com/posts/stacks-of-bricks-found-in-cities-nationwide-ahead-of-election-results/
Looks like the Antifa is getting ready for tonight’s celebrations.
Adding a whole house filter and a backwashing charcoal filter cranked it to $6,000 (with a plastic shed also).
If by “whole house filter” you mean one that removes chlorine, you may want to talk to a plumber first. There are downsides to doing that, especially if you have someone with health issues in the house.
We have so much chlorine in our water that we are getting a chlorine smell in our washed clothing (not the whites !).
“Watch: Biden Comes Clean And Admits Day 1 He’s Going To Violate The Constitution”
https://newsthud.com/watch-biden-comes-clean-and-admits-day-1-hes-going-to-violate-the-constitution/
“During a desperate rally with former President Barack Obama Biden admitted he’s going to impose a “national mandate” on masks on the first day in office.”
There are people who want us to wear masks for the rest of our lives. I think that they feel that it is some sort of submission to them.
Looks like the Antifa is getting ready for tonight’s celebrations.
Bricks in large quantities leave paper trails. Anymore, there are only so many manufacturers and distributors in the US.
The irony is that bricks and concrete are not acceptable building materials under the Green New Deal since they are non-renewable and curing contributes to global warming.
It’s a bi partisan list. I was shocked by the number of Dem judges running unopposed. at least 6 or 8 out of dozens. WTH Republicans? You can’t win a race you don’t enter. I left those blank.
Judges or “Judges” in the Texas sense, a county executive?
The Williamson County “Judge” is done in two years. Raging hypocrite about the lockdowns. The problem is that he is a Republican and likely to face a loon.
I always voted Libertarian in Congressional races in Florida. The Republican was Shrub’s point man on the Immigration “reform” and the annointed Governor-in-waiting 20 years ago.
“We Now Have Video of Biden’s Sign Language Guy Trying to Interpret ‘Trunalimunumaprzure’, It Is Something Else”
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2020/11/03/we-now-have-video-of-bidens-sign-language-guy-trying-to-interpret-trunalimunumaprzure-it-is-something-else-n274576
Biden is getting ready to invent new language to testify to the Grand Jury with about his and Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine and China.
Judges around here don’t “run” for office. They’re all appointed, IIRC. So, on our ballots it just says “Do you wish to retain Judge First Last?” (plus a mention of what court/jurisdiction they reside over) and you choose Yes or No. If they’re not retained a new one is appointed. Typically, they’re retained.
It’s mostly predicable. If people seem generally happy with the government the “don’t retain” votes hover at 1/4. If people seem pissed at the government the “don’t retain” push closer to 1/3. Generally, people have no damn clue how good a judge is or isn’t.
Judges around here don’t “run” for office. They’re all appointed, IIRC. So, on our ballots it just says “Do you wish to retain Judge First Last?” (plus a mention of what court/jurisdiction they reside over) and you choose Yes or No. If they’re not retained a new one is appointed. Typically, they’re retained.
It’s mostly predicable. If people seem generally happy with the government the “don’t retain” votes hover at 1/4. If people seem pissed at the government the “don’t retain” push closer to 1/3. Generally, people have no damn clue how good a judge is or isn’t.
Every single judge, administrative or legal, in Texas is elected. Goes back to the corrupt carpetbaggers during Reconstruction after the Civil War I. We even elect our Governor and Lt. Governor separately. As a result, our Lt. Governor has real power in the state since they control the State Senate.
It’s not just you, everyone thinks Drudge lost it’s mojo–
n
“Generally, people have no damn clue how good a judge is or isn’t. ”
–which is exactly why I count on our friend who is working in the courts daily to identify the bad ones.
n
“Video of Amish Horse and Buggy Trump Train Goes Viral on Election Day”
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/11/03/amish-horse-buggy-trump-train-goes-viral-election-day/
Now I have seen it all.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
I am afraid. Plugs is running around blathering to anyone who will listen. What if he gets COVID, is elected, and the croaks. Kneepads will be El Presidente. Wake up! Wake up!
KNEEPADS/plugs 2020
So, two people per campaign stop?
Not going to happen. Nancy Pelosi floating amendment 25 “to get rid of Trump” was merely a smoke screen for the real intention. Pelosi was setting the stage in case Biden gets elected. Her plan is to get rid of Biden and have her friend Harris take over the job of the president. Biden is no more than figure head, too much invested in him to toss. Easier to wait until after election to put forth the real plan. Kamala Harris would be a major disaster, the absolute worse president in the history of the planet.
One of those people probably has press credentials, maybe both.
Kamala Harris would be a major disaster, the absolute worse president in the history of the planet.
Worse than Obama ? No way.
Voting hours in AL are from 0700-1900. I drove by my local place around 0610 on my way to work this morning, and the parking lot was packed and a big line had already formed. There were reports of long lines all over.
I stopped on my way home to vote. It was by far the longest line to vote I’ve ever been in. It took me 23 minutes to get my ballot. It was a quick moving line though.
Oh yeah, her hypocrisy knows no bounds. Vis, her smoking dope while getting long sentences for black men convicted of possession…and laughing about it.
n
Since there has been a bit of ‘sky stuff’ in the comments lately–
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8909049/All-seven-planets-visible-night-sky-week.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8909935/NASA-reestablishes-contact-43-year-old-Voyager-2-11-6-BILLION-miles-Earth.html
VRGR lives!
n
The ability to send a signal that far into space, wait 17 hours for a response, is just awesome. And to think I can’t get a decent cell phone signal 3 miles from the antenna.
@Greg
I remember how controversial “The Last Temptation of Christ” was when it was released. Never saw it. I confess a greater interest now I know that Bowie was Pilot.
@SteveF
I might have laughed when the arterial spray from one of the last rabbits caught my husband… My hand slipped. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
@lynn
I about died during the bog scene. Somehow I’d forgotten all about it. I also had forgotten how they kept slaughtering Hoggle’s name. So many funny bits.
Rules of thumb for spending. A friend taught us his mother’s rule. Each letter of the thing is worth a hundred dollar bill. Fridge has six letters, so anything wrong is gonna cost a minimum of $600. Dog has three letters, you’ll never get out of the vet for $300. Old dog – You’re looking at $600 minimum for any vet visit. Old house – nothing there is going to cost less than $900. Mostly tongue in cheek but sometimes it comes eerily close.
Moving fast – from first walk through to closing about a month. We are putting 20% down and have excellent credit. That has been the biggest factor in the speed. I’m meticulous with paperwork and so are all of the people (so far) working on getting us in. The house listed on Thursday 10/15/2020, I viewed it that night, family viewed it the following day, that same day 10/16 I went from zero to done and pre-qualification letter in hand. We took a day to look at other places and have heart to hearts. Sunday 10/18 did a fine tooth inspection. Husband decided 10/18 he wanted it too, made the offer, which was accepted Monday 10/19. It helps that we had previous home buying experience in 2003, and that I’d been watching the market closely since June, dragging my husband out to a couple dozen places to help him recognize what he likes / hates.
I think we will see the homeless shelter purchased, and possibly even populated, before the end of the year. I want out and our place on the market to minimize the impact to the value of our current home. I expect to take a heavy hit to our current home value, perhaps 15%, the day the shelter is purchased, and another hit the day it opens.
Rabbit kit update – I checked the kits about 2:55 PM. They were considerably toastier than when I brought them into the 45 f garage. I took them to the doe. She hopped into the nest box around 2:59 PM, and out about 3:05 PM. I returned the kits to the garage, all of them had fat round tummies. Success.
Off to vote.
Wow, Florida is close ! 81% of the votes in and less than 20,000 votes separate them. Trump on top with 4,855,214. Biden with 4,832,794.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/president/
At 22% of the vote in, Texas is 51.4% blue.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/president/
Fox News is projecting Mitch McConnell to keep his Senate seat in Kentucky by a big lead.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6206862496001#sp=show-clips
Dammit, stop saying things like that! They take it as a challenge.
People who love socialism should take a cue from the Amish. The only reason for relying on the government to run your socialism is that you are too lazy to do your share. The Amish outdo government enforced communism without advanced technology.
Carpetbaggers.
Texas is going to be incredibly close. 49.8% of the vote is Biden with 4,036,095 votes. 61% of the vote is in.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/texas/
Ack! More House seats go to Dumbocrats. More *years* of Stretch unless she croaks. Redumbo’s need to hold the Senate to make sure nothing gets done. LOL!
Fox is saying that is with the big cities in and tRump will creep up and pass Plugs. Still a squeaker.
Wow, Florida is close ! 81% of the votes in and less than 20,000 votes separate them. Trump on top with 4,855,214. Biden with 4,832,794.
Florida wasn’t close. Panhandle reports late, and fringe outlets called it half an hour ago when the Peninsula had most of their votes counted.
Okay, the Sentinel won’t, but they’re Chicago Tribune.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/results/
Looks like Florida is getting a new minimum wage, however.
Looking at the election result maps it seems to me that the locations with a high percentage of leeches, welfare kings and queens, are voting for Biden. FSA is alive and well. The lazy and low educated.
Ack! Pollsters are saying the Dumbo’s have gained a Senate seat.
clinton archipelago redux
I’m much more anxious than I would like as too many places are actually close. NO WAY did I think Texas would be so close at this point.
n
How in the hell could half the people be voting for this guy?
n
It’s a lot closer than I expected. I really thought more people would be turned off by Biden’s corruption.
A quick youtube search shows that most of the leftist points against Trump are false. Very sad that those who have subscribed to the leftist religion don’t do their research.
Left side of the bell curve, generally on welfare.
I screwed up and didn’t order in any pretzels. I should be drinking moxie (or my Dr Pepper substitution) and eating pretzels in OFD’s honor.
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They walked back Virginia from Biden. AZ is looking like Biden at the moment. The slop coming out of my alma mater there suggests that a white R doesn’t have a chance, no matter how many mormons there are.
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Texas is now a Battleground State. The next Mitt Romney (Mike Pence ???) candidate will get toasted in Texas in 2024.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/texas/
They walked back Virginia from Biden. AZ is looking like Biden at the moment. The slop coming out of my alma mater there suggests that a white R doesn’t have a chance, no matter how many mormons there are.
The Senate race in Arizona is a huge sympathy vote for Gabby Giffords via her husband.
Virginia has the problem of the KKKlansman Governor.
How in the hell could half the people be voting for this guy?
My daughter voted for Biden. I popped off and said the dem-bro-crats are mentally damaged before I knew about the daughter. The wife is mad at me now.
I’m watching some of the online streams with them muted, while listening to pirate metal (yes pirates singing pirate songs, in a heavy metal style) and metal versions of pop songs from the 90s.
The surrealness of it appeals to me.
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My 9yo told me she thinks Biden will win. When I asked her why? She said that she knows EVERYBODY, well a lot of people, hate Trump.
Is that enough?
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oh and russian ska band singing in german/russian…
RUSSKAJA
ROCKS!
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I’ll tell you one thing, if biden somehow does win this, the VAST sea of red counties will know once and for all that their votes no longer count and their country, that they LOVE is gone from their influence.
I don’t see that ending well.
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Back to the Dell C-Suite for MJ Hegar.
Austin gets a new homeless shelter -er- underground bus transfer station beneath the Capitol as part of “Prop A”.
” Back to the Dell C-Suite for MJ Hegar. ”
–or at least not to the Senate.
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The NBC stream is pushing some sort of podcast with Kammmella at every break. “Next in Line”….
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If I did the math right, the Orlando Sentinal map shows 173 EC votes in pink, meaning likely to be Trump… which puts him at 288 EC votes.
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” Back to the Dell C-Suite for MJ Hegar. ”
–or at least not to the Senate.
Governor isn’t happening. The CA money people got the data mining they wanted about Texas between Hegar’s run and Robert Francis’ in 2018.
I’ll tell you one thing, if biden somehow does win this, the VAST sea of red counties will know once and for all that their votes no longer count and their country, that they LOVE is gone from their influence.
I don’t see that ending well.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/texas/
Fox News just called Texas for Trump. Texas is a sea of red except for Dallas, Houston, Austin, El Paso, San Antonio, and the Valley. But the cancer is growing. My county, Fort Bend County, just threw out all of the republican judges and many others. My republican buddy running for sheriff lost like he told me he was going to. His brother, our current sheriff, may have taken TX-22 House or may not have.
My wife was shocked to see FtBend go blue.
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Unless one of the pink states on the Orlando Sentinal map flips to blue, the MOST Joe could get is ~29 EC votes more, which leaves him about 20 short…
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And they’ve changed update times on the page to “every so often”.
If I did the math right, the Orlando Sentinal map shows 173 EC votes in pink, meaning likely to be Trump… which puts him at 288 EC votes.
Trump just got Ohio per Fox News. But Trump now needs Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, and Wisconsin to win. It looks like Pennsylvania is full of fraud with Philadelphia.
They gave Mogadishu in the Midwest back to Joe?
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NBC is going with teh “Red Mirage” where late counted votes slowly tip the election to joe…
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Hah, joe needs his sleep. He just came out to thank his supporters, says he feels confident he’ll win. Slurred a bit. Stumbled around.
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My wife was shocked to see FtBend go blue.
Fort Bend County went 63% for Hillary in 2016. And we got the idiot County Judge that we have now that wants to lock the state down for another 12 months.
Fort Bend County is about 30 to 35% Asian now. The Asians vote about 95% for dum-bro-crats even though the dum-bro-crats hate the Asians.
Just as I was going to bed, they declared TX for trump. The Sentinal map only has one possible biden state, and they only have 11 EC which isn’t enough. Unless they flip some of the pink states, it’s DJT.
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If anyone here still lives in Oregon, time to GTFO…
–hmm, liberal handouts, no jail for drugs, what could POSSIBLY be the social result of those policies?
Forget secession, time to hit the eject button on Oregon.
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Just as I was going to bed, they declared TX for trump. The Sentinal map only has one possible biden state, and they only have 11 EC which isn’t enough. Unless they flip some of the pink states, it’s DJT.
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Trump needs to finish GA and SC. Then he needs to win two of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/president/
The repuglicans only picked up one House seat so far.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/house/
And the dum-bro-crats stole a Senate seat in Colorado.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/senate/
Watching election results this morning – it’s kind of amusing. Pennsylvania is still shown as a leaning democratic, with Trump leading by a measly 14.5%. Texas is shown as a toss-up, with Trump leading by a mere 6%.
Press neutrality, gotta love it.
They got torpedoed by a combination of the publishers and the the ADA.
Maybe. I saw a tweet that one of the valley counties, 94% Hispanic went +30% for Hillary last time. This time it went Biden +5%. That’s huge. Trump was expected to pick up Black votes this time also.
Two names I expect to see batted around for 2024:
– Nikki Haley. Successful governor, UN ambassador with the most guts since Jeane Kirkpatrick.
– Dan Crenshaw. Navy seal. Speaks good Spanish. He’s laying the groundwork for higher office, maybe the White House, governor’s mansion, or to succeed Cornyn. He ran some great ads, btw.