2016 Postmortem

flamingdem

(40,069 posts) Mon Dec 5, 2016, 01:31 PM Dec 2016

Greg Palast: The seal is a vote machine's hymen. If broken, it means somebody fk'd with it [View all]

This is heartwrenching..

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Who? How? Why? This is what a #Recount exposes: The jacking of our democracy. Problem: a recount can’t count votes that went pffft!

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The seal is a vote machine’s hymen. If it’s broken, it means somebody fk’d with it. http://www.jill2016.com/wendy_st_croix_county … #Recount2016 #AuditTheVote

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St. Croix County, #Wisconsin: Five of the nine machines being used in the #Recount have tampered seals. Blame the Russians, Gov. Walker?

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Greg Palast: The seal is a vote machine's hymen. If broken, it means somebody fk'd with it [View all] flamingdem Dec 2016 OP

Feature on the DS200 opscan.. Modem: Accumulates and transmits votes directly from the polling place Ellipsis Dec 2016 #1

According to Snopes -- recount observers conflated warranty labels with security seals. Hoyt Dec 2016 #2

Shhh! Don't let pesky "facts" get in the way of a good conspiracy! hueymahl Dec 2016 #12

+1. LOL. But, Jeeez, do we have to sound like a bunch of poor losers and Hoyt Dec 2016 #13

Far better than rolling over as we've done in the past. JudyM Dec 2016 #16

Accepting facts is not rolling over. Ignoring facts is what I expect from Hoyt Dec 2016 #17

Statisticians and other folks with far more expertise than me on these things have strong concerns. JudyM Dec 2016 #18

Nate Silver says there isn't mythology Dec 2016 #27

That is a strangely sexist misogynitic way of putting this, no? boston bean Dec 2016 #3

I'd call it a "pungent" analogy ProfessorPlum Dec 2016 #4

In what way? n/t TCJ70 Dec 2016 #10

I agree. It is misogynistic; and they can't seem to stop talking about it. n/t pnwmom Dec 2016 #15

Yes nt gollygee Dec 2016 #19

yes JI7 Dec 2016 #24

Agree. Very offensive. nt DLevine Dec 2016 #26

It's factually incorrect too. Nt LostOne4Ever Dec 2016 #34

The sooner they get rid of those things, the better. Ligyron Dec 2016 #5

The hymen is not a true and reliable indication if fuckery happened. Perhaps a better analogy. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #6

I think the analogy here is quite accurate. mwooldri Dec 2016 #8

A non-intact hymen does not necessarily indicate MineralMan Dec 2016 #7

It's not a comparison. It's a metaphor. DetlefK Dec 2016 #9

Both similies and metaphors are comparisons. MineralMan Dec 2016 #11

From a woman's point of view this whole discussion is offensive. pnwmom Dec 2016 #14

Yes nt gollygee Dec 2016 #20

in any case, there are plenty of similies that could have been chosen. gotta wonder why this one. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #33

I think it's quite appropriate mythology Dec 2016 #28

Well THAT'S just a super weird, gross and creepy analogy, there Spider Jerusalem Dec 2016 #21

whenever you hear a rape or female genitalia analogy, you know it's a man who made it. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #22

So, is he wrong? The US presidential election was raped. The American people got fucked. Hekate Dec 2016 #25

When I look at the above posts, I see too many posts by guys pnwmom Dec 2016 #29

sigh When that happens, it's time to bail on the conversation Hekate Dec 2016 #30

yep, but of course you're not supposed to notice that or say anything about it. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #32

absolutley not; i've been a supporter of his work in the past. doesn't mean i can't see clueless TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #31

kick Hekate Dec 2016 #23