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Paracaidas
Sep 24, 2016
Consistently Tedious!
TIger beat alumni getting all the texts tonight:
https://twitter.com/elizacollins1/status/973768288164597761


Horrified to see what they'll do to change the news cycle.

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ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/973769761489326081

Your Boy Fancy
Feb 7, 2003

by Cyrano4747

Paracaidas posted:

TIger beat alumni getting all the texts tonight:
https://twitter.com/elizacollins1/status/973768288164597761


Horrified to see what they'll do to change the news cycle.

You say it like there's a plan. As the song goes, things happen; it's all they ever do.

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

SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib

Jesus Christ this is insane. Go Lamb! gently caress this election is crazy.

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005
So how many absentees are left?

Nth Doctor
Sep 7, 2010

Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!


Alter Ego posted:

So how many absentees are left?

580. It's the weirdest drat thing. :v:

paternity suitor
Aug 2, 2016

Can they call this poo poo already I wanna sleep

karthun
Nov 16, 2006

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Alter Ego posted:

So how many absentees are left?

1400 or so between Greene and Washington.

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


Paracaidas posted:

TIger beat alumni getting all the texts tonight:
https://twitter.com/elizacollins1/status/973768288164597761


Horrified to see what they'll do to change the news cycle.

This parses to me like they just want to cut up a few rails...

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Alter Ego posted:

So how many absentees are left?

1400. Saccone needs 579. Its done, barring insanity.

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel
MIke Pence had a gay experience while watching BoJack Horseman

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

karthun posted:

1400 or so between Greene and Washington.

So Saccone would need slightly more than 1000 of those, or more than 70%, to win, if those numbers are even remotely accurate.

He's not winning.

paternity suitor
Aug 2, 2016

NEEDLE STATUS: IN OUR HEARTS

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010
Does this mean he won?

quote:

Conor Lamb leads by 0.3 percentage points, or 579 votes, over Rick Saccone with 100 percent of precincts fully reporting.

Derpies
Mar 11, 2014

by sebmojo

Charlz Guybon posted:

Does this mean he won?

The frozen needle was right???

Hail.... the needle?

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

ReidRansom posted:

This parses to me like they just want to cut up a few rails...
yeah they all have decent blow and are waiting for the cameras to turn off

that's how I read it too

CroatianAlzheimers
Jun 15, 2009

I can't remember why I'm mad at you...


paternity suitor posted:

NEEDLE STATUS: IN OUR HEARTS

So, the needle was really the friends we made along the way?

Propaganda Hour
Aug 25, 2008



after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

Charlz Guybon posted:

Does this mean he won?

Absentees are being counted as we speak. As pointed out upthread, Circonne would have to win like 72% of them and lol that ain't happening, but we gotta wait for the results.

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Charlz Guybon posted:

Does this mean he won?

It means 100% of today's votes have been counted. There's still 1400 outstanding absentee ballots.

But Saccone needs to win more than 70% of them so, yeah, Lamb won barring some kind of shenanigans or massive screwups.

Bullfrog
Nov 5, 2012

predictit has lamb at like 92%+

Ogmius815
Aug 25, 2005
centrism is a hell of a drug

Charlz Guybon posted:

Does this mean he won?

There are about 1500 absentee votes uncounted. So it's still theoretically possible for Saccone to win, but not terribly likely. It's also possible there was a polling error some place that could alter the vote total. A lot of things can matter when an election is this close.

Nth Doctor
Sep 7, 2010

Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!


Charlz Guybon posted:

Does this mean he won?

No because the number of undetermined absentee ballots is larger than the margin. Saccone would need something like 1279/1400 ballots though to clinch it.
I probably hosed that up. Saccone would need something like 990 of the 1400 to go his way to clinch, on reflection.

Nth Doctor fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Mar 14, 2018

Professor Skittles
Jul 10, 2008
The third party stuff is a wash. Nader, in 2000, jill stein , gary johnson, in last pres election. 3rd party candidates are dicks.

Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009

Fun Shoe
I just realized that the margin of difference in votes is currently greater than the number of districts. Haha.

Ogmius815
Aug 25, 2005
centrism is a hell of a drug

RocktheCaulk posted:

The frozen needle was right???

Hail.... the needle?

Holy poo poo that's true. The needle truly is a marvel.

November 6, 2018. The day of the needle's coming. The veil will fall away.

Charlz Guybon
Nov 16, 2010
Harry Enten says the absente ballots from Westmoreland have been counted already.

John Kasich
Feb 3, 2016

by Pragmatica
https://twitter.com/JMilesColeman/status/973771590398816257

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

MSNBC now just has a split screen on a one handed Steve Kornacki spill water all over himself in silence. Its performance art.

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


This feels like mad good turnout for a special election, btw. 225,000 votes on 710,000 population.

paternity suitor
Aug 2, 2016

ReidRansom posted:

This feels like mad good turnout for a special election, btw. 225,000 votes on 710,000 population.

And they all voted for the TRUMP candidate!

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
Glad to see that Monroeville voted for Lamb, despite being unable to vote even though PA 18 is just a walk around the block

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Brony Car posted:

This is stupid, but I expect nothing less from the DCCC.

Nah, it's smart. People go to bed thinking Lamb won. If for some reason the votes shift the next day, people think shenanigans.

It's a bit dirty but gently caress it, it's about time Democrats actually fought fire with fire.

schweens
Jan 14, 2011

kakarot ain't got shit on me
Lamb just declared victory

Grouchio
Aug 31, 2014

schweens posted:

Lamb just declared victory
URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Even in death the needle delivers salvation.

Raised By Birds
May 5, 2013
Westmoreland tried to kill the needle, but the result refused to change.

Nth Doctor
Sep 7, 2010

Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!


Zivilyn Bane posted:

Westmoreland tried to kill the needle, but the result refused to change.

This needle was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When Westmoreland and the GOP and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the results of truth, and tell the whole world — "No, you move."

Lote
Aug 5, 2001

Place your bets

Nth Doctor posted:

This needle was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When Westmoreland and the GOP and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the results of truth, and tell the whole world — "No, you move."

You fool. The needle is the giver and taker of hope. Like the return of Cthulu, you pray so that you're the first to reach the sweet embrace of death before the other suffering, doomed souls.

myron cope
Apr 21, 2009

It is weird to see people talk about the dumb Podunk area I live in. This was crazy close though.

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Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

requesting current status of blue wave

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