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A White Guy posted:46 million registered voters? 32ish million actual votes. 14 million people just let somebody else decide their future for for them Seriously? Thats ~69.6% turnout. The U.S. hasn't had voter turn out anywhere close to that in a presidential election since 1908.
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A White Guy posted:46 million registered voters? 32ish million actual votes. 14 million people just let somebody else decide their future for for them That's better than you'd see in the United States, that's for loving sure. The one good thing from this cluster gently caress is the admirable turnout rate.
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A White Guy posted:46 million registered voters? 32ish million actual votes. 14 million people just let somebody else decide their future for for them Higher turnout than the general election (in the US in 1992, more people voted for the Fat Elvis vs Thin Elvis stamp issue than the presidential election)
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spog posted:Higher turnout than the general election who won?
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Dr Sun Try posted:who won? It was the Elvis that goons think they are
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Iron Crowned posted:It was the Elvis that goons think they are the delusional or the self loathing ones? edit: i googled it, both are kinda poo poo: also, there are a lot of people wondering how much a 29c stamp is worth... Dr Sun Try has a new favorite as of 18:48 on Jun 24, 2016 |
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spog posted:
This would be classic if true but I'm not finding anything to back it up. Acording to http://postalmuseum.si.edu/ 1.2 million ballots were recorded for the Elvis stamp vote and according to wikipedia 104,405,155 Americans voted in 1992 general election. I don't doubt the Elvis stamp vote garnered as much attention.
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That's not even Fat Elvis, his face should be much fatter.
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Woodburger posted:Seriously? Thats ~69.6% turnout. Nice.
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Woodburger posted:Seriously? Thats ~69.6% turnout. The U.S. hasn't had voter turn out anywhere close to that in a presidential election since 1908. It's not enough for some people: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215/ As a non-UKian, I have no strong opinion on Brexit. I did find a number of the Remain arguments I've seen in my Facebook feed ridiculous, like the ad with Patrick Stewart in it credited the EU with guaranteeing the UK things like free trials (which it already had well before the EU) and free speech (which it is risible to claim that either the EU or Britain has or guarantees) and freedom of religion (when the UK and a bunch of European countries have *official state churches*). I don't think it's especially wonderful or bad for the UK in the long run; on the one hand they get out from under the increasingly onerous EU regulations and regain some autonomy. On the other hand, they stand to lose out on trade. On the gripping hand, the EU needs the UK to trade with at least as much as the other way around. But a bunch of bankers and officious bureaucrats who formulate 400 pages of regulations about toilet paper just got kicked in the nuts, and I definitely enjoy that.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:51 |
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Now this is what I hit this thread up to see. lmao
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 19:43 |
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edit: misread the post
Inco has a new favorite as of 19:47 on Jun 24, 2016 |
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why does farage look like Dorian 'Satoshi' Nakamoto
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The Rio Olympics are going to be loving amazing. They already completely failed and just plain stopped trying to clean up the water they pledged to clean up, so the athletes in a number of events will literally be swimming in raw poo poo. Journalists and athletes are staying away either because they're pregnant or actively trying to have kids and won't want to risk melting their fetus's brain. Even aside from that it's a brilliant idea to have a shitload of tourist and international workers flooding into a city with an uncontrolled communicable disease and then going back to their homes all over the world a few weeks later. http://harvardpublichealthreview.org/off-the-podium-why-rios-2016-olympic-games-must-not-proceed/ The state's declared a financial emergency. It literally has no money to pay doctors and is asking people to make emergency donations of toilet paper to their local police stations, but it's still required by the terms of its IOC agreement to spend millions of dollars expanding public transport systems to serve arenas that will be empty ghost towns the instant after the closing ceremonies: https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazils-rio-state-declares-financial-disaster-games-215847439.html A recent torch ceremony featured a jaguar that escaped from its handler. The cops shot it. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/amazon-jaguar-shot-dead-olympic-torch-ceremony-192428528--oly.html And now, just 6 weeks before the games start, the Rio drug-testing lab that was to handle the drug testing for all the games has been suspended by the WADA and can't actually do any drug testing. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/sports/olympics/rio-drug-testing-lab-is-suspended-by-wada.html This fiasco brought to you by the IOC, an organization so corrupt it makes FIA and FIFA look like nuns. Phanatic has a new favorite as of 20:12 on Jun 24, 2016 |
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Cleveland fans just can't resist eating poo poo, even when they're on top https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWsYwgWAd8E
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 20:12 |
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So much like Sochi, we'll watch Rio as much to see the parade of clusterfucks as for the actual sportsing.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 20:14 |
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Do they have a cool dog society there?
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Woodburger posted:This would be classic if true but I'm not finding anything to back it up. Acording to http://postalmuseum.si.edu/ 1.2 million ballots were recorded for the Elvis stamp vote and according to wikipedia 104,405,155 Americans voted in 1992 general election. I don't doubt the Elvis stamp vote garnered as much attention. http://blog.graceland.com/signed-sealed-delivered-our-favorite-memories-of-1993-elvis-stamp/ quote:Thousands of Elvis fans and stamp enthusiasts from around the world gathered on Graceland’s front lawn on January 8, 1993, Elvis’ birthday, as special guests Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley revealed the Elvis stamp image. After nearly 1.2 million votes were cast in the contest jokingly termed “Decision ’92,” America had spoken and the choice was clear: the face of young Elvis won by nearly 75 percent. In fact in that year more people voted for their favorite Elvis stamp than voted for President. I've seen that quoted a few times. But as you point out, it must be clearly a load of BS, so now I feel a bit silly.
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Phanatic posted:It's not enough for some people: That video, unless there's one I've not seen, is about the ECHR not the EU. Completely separate institutions
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Takes No Damage posted:Some decent crossposts from the Dashcam Thread: Wait, where's the dashcam thread?
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Phanatic posted:This fiasco brought to you by the IOC, an organization so corrupt it makes FIA and FIFA look like nuns. The desire for cities to host the Olympics after the past half-dozen or more have been colossal money-draining burdens is astonishing. "Maybe if WE host it things will be different! We can do it better than China and England in their capitol cities!" Is there an example of a successful Olympic host, ever? Somewhere the massive infrastructure improved quality of life for people in that area after the games? A city or country that saw positive returns on investment?
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Ratjaculation posted:That video, unless there's one I've not seen, is about the ECHR not the EU. Completely separate institutions Right you are, but it was definitely posted multiple times on my feed in the past week by Remainers. Apparently because while all this was going down the UK's home secretary said they should withdraw from the ECHR as well. Judge Schnoopy posted:The desire for cities to host the Olympics after the past half-dozen or more have been colossal money-draining burdens is astonishing. Can't think of one. So glad that Boston told those people to get hosed. Phanatic has a new favorite as of 20:32 on Jun 24, 2016 |
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Verge posted:Wait, where's the dashcam thread? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3597215&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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Phanatic posted:The Rio Olympics are going to be loving amazing. Remind me why so many cities clamor to host the Olympics. Especially economically ill-equipped ones.
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SpacePig posted:Remind me why so many cities clamor to host the Olympics. Especially economically ill-equipped ones. See above about the IOC being the most corrupt organization ever. Every Olympic bid is a veritable haboob of cash flying around. Hosting an Olympics means the city needs to spend a shitload of money on infrastructure. Sure, it'll never get used again, but people stand to profit a lot from building it. Or accepting bribes and kickbacks to get it built. It's no mystery why a city's political and financial establishments want an Olympics. It's a mystery to me why any of the people who live there do.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 20:35 |
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http://www.startribune.com/more-than-30-people-burned-in-tony-robbins-hot-coals-walk/384257911/quote:
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spog posted:http://blog.graceland.com/signed-sealed-delivered-our-favorite-memories-of-1993-elvis-stamp/ To be fair, they didn't say President of what.
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Phanatic posted:See above about the IOC being the most corrupt organization ever. Every Olympic bid is a veritable haboob of cash flying around. Hosting an Olympics means the city needs to spend a shitload of money on infrastructure. Sure, it'll never get used again, but people stand to profit a lot from building it. Or accepting bribes and kickbacks to get it built. It's no mystery why a city's political and financial establishments want an Olympics. It's a mystery to me why any of the people who live there do. Yeah, the Olympics are generally a bunch of poo poo, but some cities reuse parts of the facilities. Others let the facilities rot, which is sad. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/olympic-challenge-how-do-host-cities-fare-after-the-games/
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Retro Access posted:I'm married to an immigrant. I spent two years working 18 hours in two jobs to sponsor the UK spousal visa. Ran myself ragged and left the UK when my husband's parents very loving generously waved a visa sponsorship at me.
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Phanatic posted:The Rio Olympics are going to be loving amazing. It won't truly be Sochi level until athletes start breaking down locked doors.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:13 |
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or Costas getting double-pinkeye.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The desire for cities to host the Olympics after the past half-dozen or more have been colossal money-draining burdens is astonishing. I think one of the only somewhat recent olympics that was successful was LA in '84. They are considering doing it again and instead of building massive facilities they would use UCLA student housing or something like that. They have major stadiums and will have more by 2024. There is still massive expenditure required to host, though.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The desire for cities to host the Olympics after the past half-dozen or more have been colossal money-draining burdens is astonishing. Atlanta in '96 turned out pretty well. It helped that the most profitable TV market was watching the Games in prime time. That said it's not like the Games had much of a lasting legacy. The torch cauldron is so neglected and out-of-the-way that most people think an unauthorized cauldron erected on the side of the interstate by a local fast-food restaurant is the actual Olympic torch.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:25 |
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https://twitter.com/DRPS/status/746402034660872192 the schadenfreude are the multiple people who have apparently fallen for this.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Atlanta in '96 turned out pretty well. It helped that the most profitable TV market was watching the Games in prime time. Yeah the Atlanta Olympics were a blast.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The desire for cities to host the Olympics after the past half-dozen or more have been colossal money-draining burdens is astonishing. loving Mitt Romney, the rear end in a top hat that he is, actual made the winter games in Salt Lake City profitable and the facilities are still in use and generating jobs and growth 14 years later. It was a big talking point in the 2012 election about his economic and business acumen. https://www.ksl.com/?sid=19155597
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Gomi Day posted:https://twitter.com/DRPS/status/746402034660872192 This is a relatively common scam states-side, too. Often using Greendot money packs and prepaid cards and the like. Never underestimate people's fear of the government and naivety about the legal system.
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LogisticEarth posted:Yeah the Atlanta Olympics were a blast. They couldn't hold a candle to Sarajevo
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Gomi Day posted:https://twitter.com/DRPS/status/746402034660872192 ...why itunes gift cards? Are the resale value of them really good versus real cash?
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The events in Rio would be more amusing if it weren't for the inevitable generation of physically hosed-up kids.
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