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goddamnedtwisto posted:25th, but it doesn't cope gracefully with the lame duck period between election and inauguration, so I'm taking that as my prediction using the ever-reliable "what's the single dumbest loving thing that could happen?" prediction criteria. What happens if a candidate dies right before the election? That sounds chaotic to me. E: No cats today, but the 166 bus apparently goes to Banstead Marks & Spencer, OR Epsom Hospital (but not both!) Bobstar fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Bobstar posted:What happens if a candidate dies right before the election? That sounds chaotic to me. The Meme Wars grow hot
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Bobstar posted:What happens if a candidate dies right before the election? That sounds chaotic to me. Imagine the election plotline in Veep but less realistic.
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stev posted:Imagine the election plotline in Veep but less realistic. Hope you got the "Never hope" pic too
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Bobstar posted:What happens if a candidate dies right before the election? That sounds chaotic to me. IANACL, but as I understand it once the ballots are printed then even if they're dead the person with most (electoral college) votes becomes President but then of course is instantly succeeded by their Vice President, who in turn picks their VP - that's an odd wrinkle that no other election in the US has because the Presidential election is explicitly for a slate of President and VP, because the previous and even more chaotic system was that you voted only for President and the VP was the person who got the second most votes.
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Marmaduke! posted:Hope you got the "Never hope" pic too No I'm very hopeful.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:the previous and even more chaotic system was that you voted only for President and the VP was the person who got the second most votes.
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Failed Imagineer posted:I'm building a rapid response gif folder for Trump Death Day - we got Ghanaian funeral guys, crab dance, M Bison rejoicing. All your favourites are here! Just make sure you've also got  so that Necrothatcher can get a name-change as well
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goddamnedtwisto posted:IANACL, but as I understand it once the ballots are printed then even if they're dead the person with most (electoral college) votes becomes President but then of course is instantly succeeded by their Vice President, who in turn picks their VP - that's an odd wrinkle that no other election in the US has because the Presidential election is explicitly for a slate of President and VP, because the previous and even more chaotic system was that you voted only for President and the VP was the person who got the second most votes. That makes sense, within the bounds of US politics at least Also, instantly you say? An opportunity to study faster-than-light communication you say? yes this joke's been done before with kings
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Guavanaut posted:That at least sounds like it would either put an end to hyperpartisan politics or become hilarious in short order. This happened with Jefferson being VP to John Adams after narrowly losing in 1796. I'm sure it wasn't as wacky as implied in the hit musical Hamilton, but I'm pretty sure they hated each other as much as two aristocrats can. E: actually I just looked it up, apparently Adams shouting out Jefferson as his last words (they died on the same day) was because they became homies again, not lifetime enemies 
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Failed Imagineer posted:I'm pretty sure they hated each other as much as two aristocrats can. 
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Machines don’t feel hate.
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ObamaAkbar. posted:Machines don’t feel hate. 
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Gove's not an aristo, he's one of those weird try-hard pubbie Tories.
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OwlFancier posted:The weirder outcome is if he survives but ends up super hosed up by it and they have to decide what to do with him. Crippling long covid and bankruptcy due to those huge loans being due would be fine.
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sebzilla posted:Gove's not an aristo, he's one of those weird try-hard pubbie Tories. According to that tell-all Tory book, Gove and his wife, Sarah Vine were never quiiiite accepted into Cameron's aristocratic circle of friends due to their oikish origins.
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I really hope the virus gives old 2 scoops locked in syndrome, they could charge people to come and gawk at him.
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Lungboy posted:Crippling long covid and bankruptcy due to those huge loans being due would be fine. Imagine if he lost his voice, like he literally could not speak after the virus fucks up his throat What would he do, write a book? 
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Imagine if he lost his voice, like he literally could not speak after the virus fucks up his throat Twitter dot com
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^^ God dammit. Anyway I hope he dies a long, painful death. Nobody could deserve it more.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:^^ God dammit. 
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wondering if he'd actually fare better on the campaign trail hooked up to a ventilator in an ICU/slowly decomposing in a mortuary e: new covid policy, 10,000 souls a day must be sacrificed so that he may never truly die
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They're gonna stuff him in a space EVEN IN DEATH I STILL TWEET
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At this stage I worry that Pence is way more electable than Trump.
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OwlFancier posted:EVEN IN DEATH I STILL TWEET 
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https://twitter.com/justdelossantos/status/1311896628916150274?s=19 Almost  If only he'd outright said "I won't catch Covid".
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Are there any interesting books on the British Empire and specifically its crimes? Like a killing hope for the UK, type of thing.
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I can't think of good general ones, but specific crimes: Britain's Gulag - about the atrocities during Kenyan independence White Fury - about the slow collapse of Caribbean slavery Indian Summer - about Indian independence and the collapse of Empire Blood & Sand - about Suez and the end of Britain as a global power Late Victorian Holocausts - about Late Victorian Holocausts e: Also any of Cecil Rhodes' personal letters because he does all the heavy lifting himself lol
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I've still got this tab open from the last time someone asked, haven't got round to buying it yet but it sounds pretty good
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Also other people's histories are a good point of reflection. A Short History of South Africa is more like a "who we are and how we got here" for all South Africans, but like midway through Britain turns up and does crimes. Same for A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes. Probably the same for a quarter of the rest of the world.
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drat who could have predicted this idea was actually extremely popular https://twitter.com/patrickkmaguire/status/1311930235122847745?s=20
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Bobstar posted:What happens if a candidate dies right before the election? That sounds chaotic to me. https://twitter.com/USA_Polling/status/1311804268928794627
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 Monthly praise be to the glorious candy leader Camrath as my order arrived. The beans are firmly up my backside. SpaceCommie fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Jose posted:drat who could have predicted this idea was actually extremely popular Are red wall MPs making GBS threads themselves now that brexit and Corbyn are no longer issues they can beat over constituents heads?
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Canrath if you do advent calendar fudge with a different little fudgy surprise behind each door I would gnaw my own arm off to get one for my mum.
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Sanford posted:Canrath if you do advent calendar fudge with a different little fudgy surprise behind each door I would gnaw my own arm off to get one for my mum. Oh man I'd buy this for everyone I know. 2020 themed, featuring a lot of guillotines
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Oh gently caress yes 2020 themed UKMT advent calendar.
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ObamaAkbar. posted:Are red wall MPs making GBS threads themselves now that brexit and Corbyn are no longer issues they can beat over constituents heads? Corbyn is going to be a useful scare tactic for decades to come.
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