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Not a fan of Biden, but..

So Long, McDonald Tramp.

Same here. I don't think Biden is much more than mediocre, but compared to Trump he's an elder statesman.

Compared to Trump either of my cats would make a better president -at least they only shit in a litter tray... (fill in the rest yourself...)

I’m sure your cats would be better than most of the potential candidates

Biden has promised to be less ridiculous in his international trade policies and for us non-Americans isn't that what we really want?

I've never been so happy about the result of an election... even one in another country. Not sure how Biden will pan out but it will be such a relief not to hear all the lies and crap and hate that Trump comes out with on a daily basis.

+1 I've never been so happy about the result of an election... even one in another country

"Ding-dong, the jerk is gone. But read this before you sing the Hallelujah Chorus"

Thomas Frank

[1]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/07/trump-defeat-election

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/07/trump-defeat-election

Not sure how Biden will pan out but it will be such a relief not to hear all the lies and crap and hate that Trump comes out with on a daily basis.

I doubt Biden will remain President for long, but it'll be interesting to see if any pre-election promises come to fruition, ie transitioning away from petrochemicals.

But an interesting election. And possibly a little premature to be celebrating when it's not officially been called.. Which isn't good news, especially if any of the legal challenges change the result(s). It's also a little unclear how many of those have merit, but some oddities on the IT front. So allegations of 'glitches' in vote tabulation software, and an update apparently being pushed to voting systems the day before the election. That seems a bit risky, ie if the update borked the machines and couldn't be rolled back, what would happen?

I think it's also a shame there wasn't a clearer majority for the Dems that would have made it harder to challenge the result(s). But I also think there have been some real issues wrt allegations of ballot stuffing, absentee ballots etc.

And then of course Covid. So I've seen some claims that people voted in Nevada when they'd moved out of state, and thus should have been ineligable to vote there. If so, presumably that happened in other states, and highlights the challenges of keeping accurate electoral rolls in these interesting times. And then there may have been some issues regarding late votes, and challenges as to whether those should have been counted.. Which gets potentially more serious if allegations that postmarks were applied incorrectly.

So I guess it'll be a few weeks before that mess gets sorted out, and there's the danger that by calling it early, people may refuse to accept any changes due to challenges.. And if that means Biden hasn't won, then I guess that's going to lead to more riots.

You expect Biden to drop dead? US presidential terms are 4 years and that's pretty much the only way he "won't remain President for long". It's not like being Prime Minister where snap elections can be called.

As i understand it (I am British) most of these legal issues tend to have an affect in to 10's of votes so I think it unlikly to have any effect.

I think that if the republicans attemp to desenfranchise 10's of thousands of voters there is liable to be civil unrest (I guess)

Probably the most important volte face will be rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate.

I'll miss the unintentional comedy, such as when he said we wouldn't hear of Covid on Nov. 4th, only for his chief of staff to contract it. And I guess I have one less excuse to drink to excess. Maybe one last celebratory beer.

I wonder if he'll try to pre-emptively pardon himself.

Bye Bye Tweety?

[1]I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!

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[1] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325099845045071873

Now all we need is a way to get shot of the blonde fucktrumpet in No.10, ideally without having to wait 4 years.

Lots of chatter that he'll quit after Brexit is officially done next April. Makes sense, as he's never stuck around to face up to his responsibilities in any other part of his life.

I've actually got a few quid down on him quitting on or around New Year's Eve, citing family[*] or health reasons, and letting someone else carry the can for the forthcoming shitstorm. As you say, as far as Spaffer is concerned, responsibility is something that other people do.

Anyway, I don't know why Don Cheeto is so upset - after all, he's got all the time in the world now to play golf, shag strippers and declare bankruptcy without having to bother with all this 'president' stuff. Despite being a narcissistic orange man-child, it clearly hasn't occurred to him that he can make far more money as 'former President of the United States' than he can as 'incumbent President of the United States' (Bozo came to broadly similar conclusions regarding his own position, fairly recently I reckon)

[*] - determining which family is left as an exercise for the reader.

Much like Cameron called the referendum and then walked away from the steaming pile of mayhem he just unleashed...

...that's the Bullingdon Club for you

The Bullingdon Club is a private all-male dining club for Oxford University students. It is known for its wealthy members, grand banquets, and occasionally bad behaviour, including vandalism of restaurants and students' rooms.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullingdon_Club

Perhaps the vandalism of restaurants and student rooms was what set in motion the wreaking of the United Kingdom

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullingdon_Club

I think we'll have to watch his tragic attempts to be Joe's new best friend fail first.

The newsaper that paid Johnson a fortune to ruin the coiuntry with their nationalist fantasies are however bigging up the great possibilities for him to do this. They are

(1) Britain is hosting some climate change summit next year, commiting to reduce carbon emissions, and Biden will obviously want to be part of it.

(2) Britain will join the Trans Pacific Partnership with the USA and be part of this big trade bloc

Now, I've just had a look at my globe and we're quite a long way from the Pacific, and I presume it requires the burning of quite a lot of oil to ttransport stuff to and from there, compared to across the channel, so I'm a little unsure as to whether these twin objectives are completely compatible.

Icon : because the prez is currently refusing to accept that he will shortly need to get his.

that is all.

au contraire, Putin got everything he dreamed of and then some

It will be years, likely decades, until the Yanks heal their divides and agree on common reality

And Xi Jinping won. Yay.

I suspect that getting Trump in to the Whitehouse previously was a nice bonus for Putin, but I don't think he was aiming for that. Everything I've read says he is working to cause as much disruption in Western Political systems as possible. Probably to keep the West busy so we don't notice what he is doing elsewhere.

Trump getting his fans to distrust the mainstream media, and also the very organisations that would normally be trying to stop Putin (the UN, the US government etc) is just a bonus..

But, he wanted the disruption. Hence people working for his friends (just distant enough for Putin to be able to deny responsibility) have been trying to sow dissent in the various Western countries (attacking the Democrats in the US, attacking Labour and ensuring Brexit here, ensuring the right do better in various European counties).

Putin has won whatever the result of the election.

I look forward to New York's case next. As it involves a charity, the judge is not likely to be lenient, and no President in his right mind is going to give someone who would take from a charity a pardon; it would be political suicide.

Looks like Justice is finally going to come home to roost for the man who was responsible for more upset and destruction of the geopolitical stability and economics of the entire planet than any prior human being in history, including a certain WWII dictator. :(

THISA IAS FALE KNEWS AGIN/ WE ALL KMOW THAT TRIMP WUN THIS ERECTIONN AND THAM BODEN STOLL VOTWS [[AND PUPPIES FRIM CHILDUN]]]] FROM THE OTHER PRTY. YOU JUST WEIGHT. BUNDEN WIL; INCREANSE TAXSES AND TAKE EVERY GREENBAXK OFF YIUR WALLWT ND USE IT TO PAY FOR HEATER. NIDENS COCK HABNBIT. I. MEAN COKE WHY. ANT YIOUNDEKETE LETTERS AND WORDS ON THE INTERNETT. // ?? I FEEL SORRYNFOR THE FRAGRUNT MELANOma WITH HER BEAUTIFUL FAECES BECAUW SHE DIDN NOT ASK FORM THIS.

NORE DID metric..AMERIX..meridian AMERICAN GOD DUM IT.

Apologies - I have managed to get the iPad away from Rudy and have sent the silly old man off to bed.