I'm seeing a lot of encouraging tweets, I don't think this will keep the Americans down for long. They are not giving up hope and asking for people to come together for the greater humanitarian good. Trump won't be in the White House forever, let's all support each other through the dark times and continue to look to make a brighter future
Looks like the turnout was only about 55%, What a sorry state of affairs!
Lori posted:I hope Rawky is readying his home for lots of company.
I'm starting to feel a teensy bit better. The truth is, I can't stay down for long--it's just not my nature. So, last night's 3-4 hours and today's 4-5 hours are all I can manage.
And, after all, the sun came up this morning, despite my hand-wringing last night.
I haven't listened to He Who Shall Not Be Named's speech (not ready for THAT yet), but I heard it was "gracious", which was a surprise.
I did listen to Hillary's speech, which made me sad all over again that she lost. She was gracious and open, and even said that we owe him our open minds.
If you ever do bring yourself to listen to it, Lori, do try to stick with it to the end. Despite thanking the whole world and his dog, "He Who Shall Not Be Named" actually forgot to thank Mike Pence - you know, only the future Vice President, who only happened to be standing right next to him 
- and had to stick in a quick "Thanks to Mike Pence" during the applause! 
I hope Mike Pence has a very thick skin, because there's been/will be a LOT of that...
It's going to be a weird 4 years
Saint posted:It's going to be a weird 4 years
Y ou can say THAT again!
It's been a weird year!
Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and mastermind behind The West Wing reacts to Donald Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States in a moving letter written to his 15-year-old daughter Roxy and her mother Julia Sorkin.
That's an amazing letter.
I want Josiah Bartlet to be President. 
Sprout posted:It's been a weird year!
I'm still thinking of taking out copyright on "2016: The Year You Couldn't Make It Up".
Someone at work said that if you put a fiver on Leicester to win the Prem, UK to Brexit and Trump to win the Presidency you would have scooped a scintillating ÂĢ15M.
velvet donkey posted:It's false. Trumps odds would need to have been astronomical. And the max payout is generally ÂĢ1m although you can get 2 on footie accumulators.
having just seen your post I thought I would type it in to Google and see what came up.
This rag: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/w...ng-president-9224497
This is a bit of a generalisation:-
America protests about a Trump victory.
Well, if America had got off its backside and bothered to vote, it might not have had anything to protest about!
Though you can't please all of the people all of the time!
Agreed, Fluffy (says someone who voted...)
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:velvet donkey posted:It's false. Trumps odds would need to have been astronomical. And the max payout is generally ÂĢ1m although you can get 2 on footie accumulators.
This rag: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/w...ng-president-9224497
I'm very sceptical of Paddy Power's claim of 3,000,000/1 combined odds there. If I was to put my cynical hat on, I'd suggest they were exaggerating things for the sake of a good story and a bit of free publicity in the Mirror.
Firstly, I did a quick search of my own, and found that Paddy Power were offering Trump at "only" 13/2 back in September last year - longer than Jeb Bush (4/1), but hardly astronomical, and it's safe to assume that his odds would have been shorter at the start of 2016 when it started to look like he was pulling away from the other Republican candidates in the Primaries.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/1...s-winning/index.html
I haven't found clear odds for Brexit, but I think they were around 2/1 at the start of the year. (That may seem surprisingly short, but they actually went a fair bit longer later in the year, after a date was set.)
Based on that, combined odds of 3,000,000/1 smells of BS to me. 
75,000 - 100,000/1 would be more realistic, IMO.
Secondly, odds of over 1,000,000/1 feel off to me anyway. I don't know much about how Paddy Power work specifically, but as Velvet says those sorts of odds are rare and bookies tend to avoid odds that may lead to winnings over ÂĢ1,000,000 on a ÂĢ1 bet.
Two men standing in a gold-plated lift are claiming they've stuck it to the elite
Cold Sweat posted:
Two men standing in a gold-plated lift are claiming they've stuck it to the elite
Oh the irony of it , eh CS ! 
From a mere 30 years ago...
daily mail readers are in a frenzy of happiness that donald won
heres some advice to anyone that knows someone who has just started reading the daily heil
velvet donkey posted:And The Mail's worth it for Liz Jones alone.
liz jones diary...ive read that a few times-shes mental...has that bloke give her the spanish archer yet?
Cold Sweat posted:
Two men standing in a gold-plated lift are claiming they've stuck it to the elite
Was it too much to hope that the lift would plummet to the ground!!
He earlier said that he would NOT be a go-between between the UK and Trump, but has now offered to be effectively that!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Cold Sweat posted:
Two men standing in a gold-plated lift are claiming they've stuck it to the elite
Was it too much to hope that the lift would plummet to the ground!!
Things never work out for the best!
best way to combat people like Trump and Farage.... #peacegoals
I like that. I'd hug him.
Lori posted:I like that. I'd hug him.
me too Lori, in a heartbeat
Dame I love that. Might have to nick it to put on Twitter.
Still utterly gobsmacked that Trump won. #PotusQueef
Are we allowed such terms?
Garage Joe posted:Are we allowed such terms?
If you are referring to the hashtag word above then I was surprised to see it as I know it in a 'certain' context. !
I only know it in that certain context. It's quite a surprise the first time isn't it?
Garage Joe posted:I only know it in that certain context. It's quite a surprise the first time isn't it?
I'm sort of tempted to put up a 'sanitised' description for those who may be clueless as to what we are talking about.
I probably wouldn't.
Garage Joe posted:I probably wouldn't.
That's a good call.
Lori posted:Garage Joe posted:I probably wouldn't.
That's a good call.
Yes, probably why I didn't post.
Not long now...
I know, I know... 
Lori posted:I know, I know...
It was on the news tonight and speculation on the event and attendees.
I heard something the other day about the list of potential performers who are turning down the gig...I just heard it in passing, so I have no details.