Countdown to Extinction: The 2016 Presidential Election

[Karl Henning]

I would never think of using it. How could I resist reading the collected effluvia of snyprrr?

Would never cast our snypsss into the "igg-loo."

[Madiel]

I did. Over a year ago, I think.

[Karl Henning]

I did. Over a year ago, I think.

Mind you, I'm not saying you've missed much . . . .

[Turner]

Mind you, I'm not saying you've missed much . . . .

There´s probably an ambiguity here.

[snyprrr]

Coincidence??!!

Welcome back.  Have you met Attorney General Chris Christie?  Secretary of State Newt Gingrich?  Reichsminister Ann Coulter?

Oh yes, dearest Saviour... JOHN BOLTON for Sec. of Defence or State!!!

Yes, the Grande Humour is only now beginning to show itself.

Howard Stern = FCC
Michael Savage = Ministry of Education

Hey, this is fun. Now it's your turn!

Scott Baio = Press Sec.

Would never cast our snypsss into the "igg-loo."

awww... warm fuzzies and cockles for all

[Todd]

Some lessons of this election:

1.) Don't attack voters.  Calling them deplorable and, worse yet, irredeemable may have consequences.

2.) Don't field candidates with an arrogant sense of entitlement and destiny.

3.) Don't rely so heavily on divisive political tactics that alienate the majority.  Talk of privilege, etc, may have consequences.  (The use of the phrase "whitelash" indicates that some people are slow learners.)

Time for another celebratory drink:

[Rinaldo]

Time for another celebratory drink:

What are you celebrating, I wonder?

[Tritone]

Some lessons of this election:

1.) Don't attack voters.  Calling them deplorable and, worse yet, irredeemable may have consequences.

2.) Don't field candidates with an arrogant sense of entitlement and destiny.

3.) Don't rely so heavily on divisive political tactics that alienate the majority.  Talk of privilege, etc, may have consequences.  (The use of the phrase "whitelash" indicates that some people are slow learners.)

Time for another celebratory drink:

Absolutely love it!!

Luv,
A Deplorable (with 3 university degrees!)

[Todd]

What are you celebrating, I wonder?

Why, the demise of the Clinton dynasty, of course. 

[SimonNZ]

Some lessons of this election:

1.) Don't attack voters.  Calling them deplorable and, worse yet, irredeemable may have consequences.

2.) Don't field candidates with an arrogant sense of entitlement and destiny.

3.) Don't rely so heavily on divisive political tactics that alienate the majority.  Talk of privilege, etc, may have consequences.  (The use of the phrase "whitelash" indicates that some people are slow learners.)

Time for another celebratory drink:

How can anyone look at the two campaigns and speak as though it was Trump who took the high road and Clinton who took the low road?

[Todd]

How can anyone look at the two campaigns and speak as though it was Trump who took the high road and Clinton who took the low road?

Trump is a brawler and waged one of the nastiest campaigns ever, right up there with Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.  No, you misunderstood what I wrote.  Clinton made the mistake of alienating white voters and attacking some of them.  Most Americans are white.  She was running a campaign better suited to around 2040.  I guess you can say she was ahead of her time.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Why, the demise of the Clinton dynasty, of course.

Whatever one thinks of Trump, the fact that he was able to singlehandedly neutralize both the Bush Dynasty and the Clinton Dynasty in the space of one year is an astounding achievement.

Welcome back, BTW.

[Mirror Image]

I really think people need to get over Trump winning and move on. The future is what's on the horizon not what happened on election night. Speaking of election night, boy did the media miss this one! I never have been a fan of the media and Trump apparently doesn't like them either, so I'm okay with that. I do think that once the tension and unease goes away, it'll be business as usual in Washington, which means we're heading down that slippery slope of wrong decision-making and foolish behavior from our elected baboons. Time to start clinging to your guns.

[zamyrabyrd]

What is staggering is that people think that islamic terrorism is unrelated to the fact that the invasion of Iraq resulted in the violent deaths of 600,000 people in Iraq (according to the Lancet). The terrorists acts committed by islamic terrorists are committed by people who have been persuaded that they are fighting the same war.

The invasion of Iraq 3/20/2003 happened after 9/11/2001. There was plenty of Islamic terrorism before that date.  Most notable in 2002 were the Bali bombings (202 dead, 240 wounded), Moscow theatre (170 dead, 700+ wounded) and Mombasa (13 dead, 80 wounded).

[Madiel]

Did Clinton alienate the majority? More people voted for her than for Trump.

Against that is a lower turnout. And what matters more than how many people she alienated is WHERE she alienated them.  I find the fact that Clinton didn't campaign in Wisconsin interesting.

[Madiel]

Re: the media missing this one, Nate Silver wrote a good article about how the degree to which it was missed was about 2 percentage points, translating to 1 in 100 voters changing their minds.

It's not an excuse, more a demonstration of the fine margins involved. That amount of change is enough to flip Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida, and that's enough to make the difference between a strong Trump win in the electoral college and an equally strong Clinton win.

[Madiel]

Meanwhile, I see that the joys of "overthrowing political correctness" by making blatant threats to blacks, Latinos, homosexuals and Muslims have already started. Well done, everyone.

[zamyrabyrd]

Meanwhile, I see that the joys of "overthrowing political correctness" by making blatant threats to blacks, Latinos, homosexuals and Muslims have already started. Well done, everyone.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2156907/us-riot-teenagers-beat-donald-trump-voter/

A SICKENING video showing a man being battered by a pair of youths because he voted for Donald Trump has emerged online.
A woman is heard shouting "he voted Trump" as the men mercilessly lay into him. The attacker punches the older man to the floor. The victim, who is white, is repeatedly punched and kicked by a pair of black men as he lies cowering on the floor. He attempts to escape in his car before being dragged along the road as one of the men steals his car.

Twitter users were horrified at the video, said to have been filmed in Chicago. One said: "This is mental. Violence over politics is terrorism." America has seen an explosion of rage since Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Cops fired tear gas at crowds of furious protesters, rioters smashed up and torched cop cars and buildings.

[zamyrabyrd]

Meanwhile, I see that the joys of "overthrowing political correctness" by making blatant threats to blacks, Latinos, homosexuals and Muslims have already started. Well done, everyone.

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/11/why-is-the-lgbtq-community-freaking-out-about-the-most-pro-gay-republican-president-elect-in-history

Donald Trump went as far as to wave the rainbow flag at a rally in Colorado before the election. And not only invited the first openly gay man to speak at the Republican National Convention (on the main stage during primetime, no less), but addressed gay voters directly during his RNC nomination acceptance speech, as he had since the tragedy at the Pulse nightclub a month before. Hell, Trump was first invited to CPAC by a gay conservatives group in 2011.

[SimonNZ]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2156907/us-riot-teenagers-beat-donald-trump-voter/

A SICKENING video showing a man being battered by a pair of youths because he voted for Donald Trump has emerged online.
A woman is heard shouting "he voted Trump" as the men mercilessly lay into him. The attacker punches the older man to the floor. The victim, who is white, is repeatedly punched and kicked by a pair of black men as he lies cowering on the floor. He attempts to escape in his car before being dragged along the road as one of the men steals his car.

Twitter users were horrified at the video, said to have been filmed in Chicago. One said: "This is mental. Violence over politics is terrorism." America has seen an explosion of rage since Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Cops fired tear gas at crowds of furious protesters, rioters smashed up and torched cop cars and buildings.

I've noticed that quite a few of your "sources" are the very trashiest of UK tabloids. Why is that?

If you're actually in Britain (possible as I think you're none of the things you say you are) then I suggest taking up the Guardian.

Could you try linking to a Chicago paper reporting that story, or to any credible source? Otherwise I can only assume its either total BS or staged propaganda.