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Post by Kimby on Nov 11, 2016 23:00:47 GMT
Not likely. Some states bind their electors to vote as their state's voters did. Others don't, but tradition dictates that they do. Unless Trump really f*cks up in the next 3 weeks, this will not happen.
And actually, I doubt Hillary would accept the presidency if she got it that way.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 12, 2016 2:31:31 GMT
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Post by bjd on Nov 12, 2016 6:47:44 GMT
I can't find it now but there was an article in the Guardian yesterday about how some states are changing the electoral college system by making the number of electors proportional to the popular vote per candidate rather than the winner taking all. So far not many states do so but there is a movement towards reform.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 12, 2016 12:05:49 GMT
Maine and Nebraska already do this.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 15:15:36 GMT
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Post by chexbres on Nov 13, 2016 9:14:46 GMT
What's with the "thumbs up" all the time? Is Trump secretly Canadian, or is he making an extremely rude gesture?
In New York, the Trump Tower has been under siege for 4 days by an extremely large and angry crowd of protesters. Trump Tower is now a "no-fly zone" and is protected by more armed soldiers than the White House.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 13, 2016 11:38:14 GMT
Will be interesting to see if Trump actually moves his family into the White House. It will be quite a step down from the gold-plated toilets in his Manhattan penthouse. I suspect he will try to spend more time in the presidential suite of his new hotel in the old US Post Office just down the street from the White House. (And probably charge taxpayers yuuuuge rent, too!)
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Post by chexbres on Nov 13, 2016 13:07:30 GMT
It's for sure that Trump wasn't counting on living life as usual - and many people say that he wasn't counting on winning the election, either. Can't picture Melania down on her knees spreading compost in the vegetable garden...
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Post by bjd on Nov 13, 2016 15:33:49 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 13, 2016 16:14:21 GMT
Ahem, Chexbres ~ I think a lot of people can picture Melania down on her knees. Bjd ~ PERFECT!
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Post by questa on Nov 13, 2016 23:22:29 GMT
Melania is also used to being surrounded by rotting waste and worms.
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Post by lagatta on Nov 14, 2016 0:07:47 GMT
bixa, I'd certainly thought that, but refrained from saying it... Yes, bjd, I'd often thought of him as Berlusconi in a blonde fright wig, with more gunpower.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2016 0:26:35 GMT
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Post by questa on Nov 14, 2016 4:01:10 GMT
Excellent article. I have looked at history from the big picture rather than the confusion of here and now. It is interesting to see the cycles build up like a wave, crash in an explosion of energy onto the rocks, then, energy spent, the slow retreat as the water takes time to trickle back into the sea, ready to build up to another wave.
So what happens now is another surging wave. It is heading for the rocks, we watch it but what can we do to divert it? How do our leaders build a break-water?
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Post by lagatta on Nov 14, 2016 9:25:32 GMT
By harnessing the rubbish continent of the Pacific?
The above article quoted was quite shocking: not the down to earth language, but the overly-graphic photograph at the top.
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 14, 2016 12:32:54 GMT
On a more serious note, an equally distraught-because-of-the-election friend sent me this article. I've always admired her political acumen and she didn't fail me this time: Although not intended for this kind of situation, I can't help thinking this little ditty somewhat sums up the mood of the moment: My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by chexbres on Nov 14, 2016 13:17:45 GMT
I don't know...I kind of picture Trump down on his knees, begging Melania to give him some Viagra. I doubt the man has been laid since Barron was born. Whatever.
Paul Ryan has been appointed as House Speaker for the Republican party. But his head spins around faster than you can say "Boo", and he is positively incoherent when speaking on TV. Probably will be easy to push him around.
Steve Bannon has been appointed as Chief Strategist - although nobody is certain what that means, exactly. Better to call him Chief Shit-Stirrer.
David Duke will probably be hired as Chief Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Trump has just announced a 1 Trillion dollar infrastructure plan, including giving rights to private companies winning bidding wars for lowest prices and completing work on time. Since this includes railroads, highways and other construction projects that most people in the US aren't qualified for or don't want to do, Trump might have to re-consider his position on immigrant labor, and send everybody back home after he gets the work done.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 14, 2016 14:08:51 GMT
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Post by breeze on Nov 14, 2016 15:02:28 GMT
Patrick and Mick, those helped.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2016 15:21:07 GMT
Oh Patrick, the Victoria Wood song is BRILLIANT. Mick, those memes gave me some of the few smiles I've had since the US flushed itself down the toilet the other day. Well, that is right up to the last one, where I fell into mournful weeping again. Sheesh, what the living eff have we done?!
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Post by Kimby on Nov 14, 2016 16:46:40 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 15, 2016 17:48:20 GMT
VW is sadly missed, bixa (younger than me and died of cancer earlier this year), but fortunately for us, Youtube is full of her work, not to mention legions of fans who could quote you her lines for hours on end. I recommend also in particular the songs "Regeneration" and "The Ballad of Barry and Freda". My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 15, 2016 18:15:32 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 16, 2016 18:44:45 GMT
While we're at it, I don't know if other countries' versions of Strictly Come Dancing regularly recruit retired politicians to fill the "Bless him/her for trying to be human" comedy slot, but you might be cheered to see what's become of someone who, had last year's General Election gone the other way, would now be no. 2 in the government and in charge of the nation's purse strings and had built up quite a reputation as the party leadership's policy enforcer, but instead is now giving us, among other delights, a Gangnam-style salsa (allegedly). And the public keeps voting to keep him in: My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 16, 2016 19:31:48 GMT
Thank you for proving that politicians can be trained to do anything, if they think it's in their best interests. (Christ almighty!!!)
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Post by bjd on Nov 16, 2016 19:40:36 GMT
Anything to remind the public that they exist.
Of course, with a name like Balls, he would do better to stay out of politics.
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Post by mossie on Nov 16, 2016 20:22:34 GMT
I have to say that he is a lot more likeable in that role than when he was a member of the government. I give him full marks for trying and not being afraid to make a fool of himself. As politicians go there are many worse, but again any publicity is good publicity.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 17, 2016 6:11:34 GMT
Oh thank you Patricklondon for sending us that! It was bloody marvellous. I do know who Ed Balls was/is, and could never imagine the man had it in him to make a complete success of a complicated dance like that! Well done old man, you looked every bit the part. A younger more professional dancer would not have looked that good. To me it was perfect.
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Post by chexbres on Nov 17, 2016 19:24:07 GMT
Trump's comment - in a nutshell - about the "global warming hoax": "Do you mean if I stand in my sealed apartment and use a whole can of hairspray on my hair, that this will affect global warming??? I don't think so!!!"
Not sure which is more frightening - this comment, or the fact that Trump lives in a "sealed apartment".
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Post by Kimby on Nov 17, 2016 21:51:53 GMT
Trump's comment - in a nutshell - about the "global warming hoax": "Do you mean if I stand in my sealed apartment and use a whole can of hairspray on my hair, that this will affect global warming??? I don't think so!!!". Not anymore, because sensible regulations have removed the global warming propellants from most aerosol cans. But Trump wants to remove the sensible regulations....
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