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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 04:55 PM) How would any Illinois ballot not have that on there? Zero clue. Although I could read the article!

I guess a not-insignificant amount of Chicago voters got the wrong ballot without the road amendment measures and consolidation item. I wonder how they handle.

I really want to bake an elaborate, yet awful-looking face cake to gift to someone.

Apparently it was a gift that was attempted to be delivered and was rejected and escorted out. Poor cake boss.

I have a very ominous feeling.

I actually don't think there is a verified guiliani account.

It is NOT real. Parody account.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) I really did not expect turnout to be this high. Obama's record is 61%, so I'm gonna be keeping an eye on it, curious to see where this goes. For whatever reason it has not made me feel any better. Anything outside of what was expected seems terrifying.

The turnout numbers have been surprising. I would be interested to see how things like facebook / internet positively affect turnout as almost all major sites have a "go vote" message. Edit: Considering that one study where getting a message on which of your neighbors voted, maybe the push to have an "i voted" selfie is more significant?

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 02:14 PM) http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/11/08/...-head-to-polls/ How is this even possible? Why would the voting machine have such a feature? This happens literally every election since they were introduced. Usually a calibration issue.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) Damn man, we are over halfway through the election and the score is 0-0. Defensive struggle. WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY?!?!

Can't wait for their list of glass ceiling zingers to be hacked and posted to wikileaks. "And I can't help but notice that we have a literal glass ceiling above us now. Well, as Willy Wonka once did, let me step into my glass elevator, and let the glass shards trump up trickle down to the floor!"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 10:43 AM) So Belicheck lied? Man, who to believe in this one? lowkey excellent joke by ss2k5

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 10:09 AM) Look at the deadline market and how many good to top prospects it took to get even a mediocre player traded. I understand what you are saying, but it's also hard to untangle how much of that is teams finally devaluing value of prospects vs. how many teams feel they are in it year after year for 2nd wildcard. Also how few teams need money for operating budget. We lost hte major incentive for selling teams in past to unload payroll, now it's 100% getting back best value possible. Requires higher returns of talent.

At least it prevents the panic of how much you need to color in the arrows. I know I only need a line but I end up doing a 1 hour coloring session every time.

I don't think Trump is going to win New York.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 10:00 AM) I relied entirely on the Illinois Bar Association's guidance. Elected judges are dumb. As do I, which is why I think we can just end the song and dance and accept that this is essentially an administrative position with it's own ethics structure already in place. Let them sort it out amongst themselves.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:59 AM) On twitter, @pattymo has put together a list of people - Trump media surrogates, alt-righters, Bill Mitchell - who are likely to throw pretty good tantrums in the event of a Hillary victory. It excludes a couple people like James Woods and Dilbert guy because Patty is blocked by them. Worth checking out tomorrow morning. https://twitter.com/pattymo/lists/election-night This post makes me very uncomfortable because it is so confident of winning.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:55 AM) Why am I voting for 100 judges whose names I have never heard? It's bizarre. I had a printout from my wife from a law group about who was qualified but even that was 95% Yes to 5% No. I also enjoyed voting for an unopposed Official Record Keeper, and then later having to answer whether I want to eliminate the Official Record Keeper position. I can't stand that we vote for judges. It is impossible to have any assessment of them.

I think it will be late. NC/FL would be decisive, but both will be close and Florida doesn't call early usually. That said, we have had a large amount of early voting which perhaps means we get through counts earlier? I think we don't know before midnight.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:48 AM) Honestly, if they are going into this as a full rebuild, they just need to get the best players they can. They can sort out the moving pieces in a few years, when we are ready to build our core again. They can always use a redundant piece to trade for something they need later. Totally agree. Not every prospect will make it, but even having more prospects allows us more room to acquire than we currently have.

Interesting Tweet from Ruffini which makes sense. Takes a long time for voters to go through: https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/796008708815917062

Steve you don't know what type of economic anxiety the man was experiencing.

Brian - that was a good post but it made me want to vomit.

Interested to know how long it took California voters to vote here.