U.S. Presidential Election

[Spindles]

1 minute ago, philipsteak said:

Do you listen to Reply All? They did a good story on it recently

Yeah, there have been a couple of decent articles as well I've read in recent months which drew the same conclusions.  Fascinating subject.

[zero000]

17 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

Do you listen to Reply All? They did a good story on it recently

2nd this that story was brilliant. Absolutely wild that this went from an online role playing game to a widespread conspiracy theory!

[philipsteak]

1 minute ago, zero000 said:

2nd this that story was brilliant. Absolutely wild that this went from an online role playing game to a widespread conspiracy theory!

2020

[Homer]

18 minutes ago, zero000 said:

2nd this that story was brilliant. Absolutely wild that this went from an online role playing game to a widespread conspiracy theory!

Is this a podcast? Has anyone got a link please?

Found the pod but there are quite a few eps!

Edited November 12, 2020 by Homer

[Copperface]

7 minutes ago, Homer said:

Is this a podcast? Has anyone got a link please?

Found the pod but there are quite a few eps!

Is it this one?

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/n8homa/122-the-qanon-code

or ths one

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

Edited November 12, 2020 by Copperface

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, Homer said:

Q's fallen silent too. It has basically hit same problem as Gavin and Stacey, when they wrote themselves into a corner with the stupid 'fishing trip' subplot and had no idea whatsoever how to write their way out of it

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/qanon-donald-trump-2020-us-election-b1721362.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605165048

I've never understood all this "when will we find out what happened on the fishing trip" stuff.  It was clearly an incestuous encounter, there's not really a mystery. 

[philipsteak]

4 minutes ago, Copperface said:

Is it this one?

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/n8homa/122-the-qanon-code

or ths one

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

That's the correct Reply All episode. It's a good podcast if anyone's looking for a new one. The episodes where one of the presenters tracks down a scam caller to India are particularly good

[Homer]

"On a podcast on Friday, two prominent QAnon influencers, known by their online handles InTheMatrixxx and Shady Groove, urged their fellow believers not to give up hope."

This pod sounds worth a listen too.

[efcfanwirral]

 

Still going!

 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

 

Still going!

 

What are the Dominion doing getting involved in Earth politics?

[Waterdeep]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

What are the Dominion doing getting involved in Earth politics?

[jump]

[stuartbert two hats]

25 minutes ago, Waterdeep said:

Anon.

[stuartbert two hats]

39 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

 

Still going!

 

 

[Suprefan]

[jparx]

Me when the election was called

[Waterdeep]

Looks like he won't be invited to play again.

[stuartbert two hats]

Seeing as we've gone off topic, did anyone watch Lower Decks? I managed to find a link to watch them. It was great.

Also really enjoying the new series of Discovery. Right on schedule, season three of a Trek series finds its stride.

Back to memes!

Edited November 12, 2020 by stuartbert two hats

[Waterdeep]

42 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Seeing as we've gone off topic, did anyone watch Lower Decks? I managed to find a link to watch them. It was great.

Also really enjoying the new series of Discovery. Right on schedule, season three of a Trek series finds its stride.

Back to memes!

I keep forgetting about Lower Decks, must check it out. Have yet to watch Picard too, although there's a strange little niggle putting me off, can't put my finger on why. Watched the first season of Discovery, really enjoyed it. Will hopefully get round to season 2 soon before I forget everything!

[Guest]

I'm really into the Discovery, this new season has had a strong start . It's really enjoyable. 

[jparx]

Star Trek hasn’t really grabbed me since the 90s. Given everything a go, but doesn’t do it. I can binge TNG, DS9 and Voyager all day long. DS9 especially is a masterpiece. 

Edited November 12, 2020 by jparx

[shoptildrop]

To bring it back...

Jesus he's looking at the Faithless Elector route now - this is what is called stealing the election and I'm sure will start civil war 

 

Hopefully they can't as per this article 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/05/trump-allies-suggest-electoral-college-could-overturn-a-biden-win-heres-why-that-probably-wouldnt-work/

Edited November 12, 2020 by shoptildrop

[FloorFiller]

12 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

To bring it back...

Jesus he's looking at the Faithless Elector route now - this is what is called stealing the election and I'm sure will start civil war 

 

Hopefully they can't as per this article 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/05/trump-allies-suggest-electoral-college-could-overturn-a-biden-win-heres-why-that-probably-wouldnt-work/

There’s zero chance he can do anything that would actually overturn the election.

Word from inside the White House now seems to be suggesting that he and the GOP are well aware it’s over and that this is all theatre and basically just an attempt to shake shit up one last time before he leaves, which would all be fine if it wasn’t gonna get people hurt due to his base trying to fight his fight for him.

[shoptildrop]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

There’s zero chance he can do anything that would actually overturn the election.

Word from inside the White House now seems to be suggesting that he and the GOP are well aware it’s over and that this is all theatre and basically just an attempt to shake shit up one last time before he leaves, which would all be fine if it wasn’t gonna get people hurt due to his base trying to fight his fight for him.

I hope so, as yeah I know the whole premise is to make his base think Biden's win is illegitimate, but when you see stuff like this it does scare me as I don't put anything past Trump tbh  

[Waterdeep]

It's not surprising as it's Trump and we're pretty much desensitised to it now, but it's so mad that the president is not just ignoring his country and his successor during an escalating crisis, but choosing to hide away and file frivolous lawsuits that might end up causing widespread distrust of democracy.