2016 Postmortem

mythology

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27. Nate Silver says there isn't

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 12:52 AM

Dec 2016

Clinton and her team accept the truth.

It is embarrassing that so many people are clinging to this desperate futile hope that somehow the vote will be overturned in spite of having absolutely 0 evidence that anything is wrong. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. And the scam artists pushing these recounts can't even be bothered to pull their heads from their asses long enough to make sure they are looking at what they think they are.

This should be the end of whatever tiny scrap of reputation Palast had left. But sadly it probably won't be.

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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