Nice.
Not nice:
There were exactly 13 ballots left at our polling station when Ryan voted at 7:40pm.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jun 05, 2012 4:18:26 pm PDT #8461 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
tommyrot - Jun 05, 2012 4:20:10 pm PDT #8462 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is there anything they can do to let more people vote if they run out of ballots?
Maybe photocopy some more?
-t - Jun 05, 2012 4:22:56 pm PDT #8463 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh dear. On the one hand, yay high turnout, but if anyone can't vote because there aren't ballots, that's seriously fucked up.
If I learned anything from the Far Side, it's that dogs can write (which I think implies reading) but they can't spell.
tommyrot - Jun 05, 2012 4:23:02 pm PDT #8464 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Polls are closed, but NBC News declares the race too close to call.
Considering how Walker was up 7% (give or take) in polls, I guess this is good news.
tommyrot - Jun 05, 2012 4:26:17 pm PDT #8465 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is seriously fucked:
"This is what I did," she told the guy from the election board, who was sitting on a window sill, while an observer from the state Democratic party looked on. "I took the turnout from 2008 and 2010 and I averaged them, and I ordered 1100 ballots for 203. They sent me 700. And I'm also thinking that my own estimate was low. So, I sent something I thought was low, and they didn't even send me that many. The rest of them are back in the warehouse. Now, I'm thinking there's going to be a rush at about five o'clock when people get out of work, and they're telling me to call them when I get down to 100 ballots left. I'm going to call them when I have 200 ballots left, just to make sure there's enough time for them to get here."
She should have estimated much higher in the first place, given the high interest in the election. I mean, duh.
DebetEsse - Jun 05, 2012 4:28:32 pm PDT #8466 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If it ends up being really close and a substantial number of people couldn't vote...I think it will be not good, in a variety of ways.
Jesse - Jun 05, 2012 4:29:51 pm PDT #8467 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, what a mess.
tommyrot - Jun 05, 2012 4:33:26 pm PDT #8468 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From Wonkette's live blogging: (edit to add more)
9:27 PM — One percent reporting! Walker 54/Barrett 46! EVERYBODY KILL YOURSELF AIYEEEEEEE!
9:31 PM — How will you kill yourself? Probably poison, don’t you think? Yes, “poison” sounds nice. TIME TO FREAK OUT. (For the next five weeks.)
Heh.
Live Bloog 2: Wisconsin Recall Television Bloogaloo
msbelle - Jun 05, 2012 4:34:01 pm PDT #8469 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
is 538 still a website on it's own or all on the times now?
§ ita § - Jun 05, 2012 4:34:53 pm PDT #8470 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What the hell is neuroplasticity and why should I buy it? Sounds suspicious...