I'm sure I'll watch some of the shows so I know who won but after that I'm going to be irritable and probably putter around the house.  

 

For those who can't wait for the exit polls; there's VoteCastr giving live results somehow.

DEMOCRATS AIN'T GOT NO JOBS SO THEY ALREADY VOTED ARGH BLARGH HERP DERP

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVVbYK9HXw

For those who can't wait for the exit polls; there's VoteCastr giving live results somehow.

I clicked that one fully expecting to "enjoy" a rickroll.

 

So, ya, this lays it out pretty well.....work, value, being needed. 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/opinion/dalai-lama-behind-our-anxiety-the-fear-of-being-unneeded.html?_r=0

 

I'm going to miss this man, assuming he doesn't outlive me!*

 

*and no, he's not perfect. No one is.

 

That's a good article.  His central point is what matters and should hopefully be a takeaway for everyone across all spectrums of this - how do we become less divided and more connected?  Happiness comes from our relationships with others and that seems to be waning for a variety of reasons, even as our world gets smaller.

 

My alternatives are The Day After, Failsafe, Doctor Strangelove, and Wargames. Better?

Don't forget On The Beach. Damned vacuum tubes!

Edited November 8, 201610 yr by LaBombo

 

DEMOCRATS AIN'T GOT NO JOBS SO THEY ALREADY VOTED ARGH BLARGH HERP DERP

 

 

 

Funny, I was just thinking that it meant Democrats perhaps just aren't procrastinators. I got up early to vote.

 

On a side note does anyone else feel guilty waiting in line and making presumptions about who your line-mates are going to vote for based on physical appearance alone? Or am I the only one who does that?

 

On a side note does anyone else feel guilty waiting in line and making presumptions about who your line-mates are going to vote for based on physical appearance alone? Or am I the only one who does that?

Who doesn't do that?

 

Who doesn't do that?

Totally.  I saw some dude voting in some military uniform and I'm like "Trump voter."   

Timed it so there wasn't a line. I did wear my pub crawl shirt to distract people into instead thinking "Why does that guy have a paper bag over his head?"

 

Nobody bothered me.

 

Funny, I was just thinking that it meant Democrats perhaps just aren't procrastinators. I got up early to vote.

 

On a side note does anyone else feel guilty waiting in line and making presumptions about who your line-mates are going to vote for based on physical appearance alone? Or am I the only one who does that?

Well, this is likely to sound terribly racist of me ... but I had a wait when I voted over two weeks ago. So there I sat with many others waiting to vote. When I surveyed the room I realized I was the only caucasian there. While one can never be certain of how a certain demographic will vote, I felt fairly certain there weren't many in the room voting for Trump. Then had a nice conversation with the woman sitting next to me about life and how we both just wanted this over.

 

Well, this is likely to sound terribly racist of me ... but I had a wait when I voted over two weeks ago. So there I sat with many others waiting to vote. When I surveyed the room I realized I was the only caucasian there. While one can never be certain of how a certain demographic will vote, I felt fairly certain there weren't many in the room voting for Trump. Then had a nice conversation with the woman sitting next to me about life and how we both just wanted this over.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Us9Pp_na3Q/T750HAScVkI/AAAAAAAABO4/t8-egObGIQY/s1600/guy-opening-door.gif

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Us9Pp_na3Q/T750HAScVkI/AAAAAAAABO4/t8-egObGIQY/s1600/guy-opening-door.gif

Um ... are you suggesting that was my reaction? It wasn't. It was expected considering the ward I live in in the city I live in. What I was saying was that I felt comfortable knowing that those around were likely voting as I was, but looking at the demographic, I made a generalized statement.

Speaking of, I would hazard to guess a person in military uniform this year is just as likely to vote Johnson as Trump.

 

Um ... are you suggesting that was my reaction? It wasn't. It was expected considering the ward I live in in the city I live in. What I was saying was that I felt comfortable knowing that those around were likely voting as I was, but looking at the demographic, I made a generalized statement.

I'm suggesting that I was expecting to find civil political discourse in this thread but instead I found shocking racism- from you. That was mfw.

But I like your suggestion too, thanks! It could work either way really.

Um ... are you suggesting that was my reaction? It wasn't. It was expected considering the ward I live in in the city I live in. What I was saying was that I felt comfortable knowing that those around were likely voting as I was, but looking at the demographic, I made a generalized statement.

Sounds like you were being a good neighbor. As far as I know, people aren't punished for thoughts. If they were, we'd all be out in the woodshed.

 

Sounds like you were being a good neighbor. As far as I know, people aren't punished for thoughts. If they were, we'd all be out in the woodshed.

Oh, no ... not me ... my thoughts are as pure as the driven snow!

Oh, no ... not me ... my thoughts are as pure as the driven snow!

Your words leave me pitchkettled.

Well, this is likely to sound terribly racist of me ... but I had a wait when I voted over two weeks ago. So there I sat with many others waiting to vote. When I surveyed the room I realized I was the only caucasian there. While one can never be certain of how a certain demographic will vote, I felt fairly certain there weren't many in the room voting for Trump. Then had a nice conversation with the woman sitting next to me about life and how we both just wanted this over.

I was in line behind an overweight, slovenly middle-aged guy who almost certainly never in his life had much luck with women, so my thoughts immediately were that he was surely voting Trump. That doesn't make me a racist but some kind of prejudiced certainly.

 

Then I thought if I were in a movie the guy would turn out to be an eloquent and open-minded literary and sociology expert who would start dropping Susan B. Anthony quotes and defy my unfair expectations.

I was in line behind an overweight, slovenly middle-aged guy who almost certainly never in his life had much luck with women, so my thoughts immediately were that he was surely voting Trump. That doesn't make me a racist but some kind of prejudiced certainly.

Then I thought if I were in a movie the guy would turn out to be an eloquent and open-minded literary and sociology expert who would start dropping Susan B. Anthony quotes and defy my unfair expectations.

Odd, I don't remember seeing you behind me.

Well it took an hour, but the civic duty is complete. Don't think my vote is going to matter much on the national scale considering the state I live in.

 

There was a fairly important proposition to vote on locally... $750 million to build on existing road infrastructure to alleviate the traffic problems here.. $5 a month tax sounds well worth the attempt.

Odd, I don't remember seeing you behind me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWUc8BZgWE

 

If life were only like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWUc8BZgWE

 

If life were only like this.

Hahahaha! Won't poke the bear and ask who's who there.

Is it over? Did we win?

Is it over? Did we win?

Bullpen is warming.

Heh, that was fast, but not official.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161108/edgewater/illinois-presidential-election-results-hillary-clinton-wins-illinois

Not looking favorable for the Senate.

Holy crap....he's leading in far more swing states than I'm comfortable with.

 

Also, with as close as these states are, there is no way this ordeal is over tonight.

Disaster for Clinton.

 

Disaster for Clinton.

 

Don't you hate being right all the time?  I do....

 

 

Losing faith in Americans. I'm starting to make some scarlet T's and I'm demanding all those voting Trump to wear them.