US Election

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by dreamboy3000, Oct 26, 2020.

  1. Loko the Tyke

    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Oct 4, 2005
    Messages:
    16,668
    Likes Received:
    17,691
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I'm not sure it's weirder than Tarn Whales (is anything?). But it's definitely nowhere near as interesting or useful!
     
  2. Micky Finn

    Micky Finn Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 2, 2005
    Messages:
    15,989
    Likes Received:
    12,656
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Light bender
    Location:
    It depends who's asking...
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Boris from Swindon: 'Hold my beer....'
     
  3. StatisTYKE

    StatisTYKE Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2011
    Messages:
    2,067
    Likes Received:
    5,066
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Rodent Disposal Operative.
    Location:
    In basket by the fire, having a think.
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Did you know I found it? It's in the country and we're looking at getting it back on the road.
     
    scarf and Micky Finn like this.
  4. Loko the Tyke

    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Oct 4, 2005
    Messages:
    16,668
    Likes Received:
    17,691
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I saw you mention that you'd found it but had no idea it was going on a road trip!

    One of the highlights of my teens getting a namecheck alongside the Tarn Whale.
     
  5. Marc

    Marc Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2012
    Messages:
    27,873
    Likes Received:
    22,378
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    This is a pearler. So on the basis of ‘half expecting’ I equate that to mean you think there’s a 2/1 chance of Biden conceding before Wednesday.

    Tell you what then. I’ll give you 10/1 on another £20.

    If he concedes I add another £200 to your charity. If he doesn’t you add another £20 to mine. No brainer to you that, if you’re so confident at 2/1.
     
    Thrappo Tyke and Micky Finn like this.
  6. StatisTYKE

    StatisTYKE Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2011
    Messages:
    2,067
    Likes Received:
    5,066
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Rodent Disposal Operative.
    Location:
    In basket by the fire, having a think.
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    It's in a bit of a state but it could be done. One final trip up the M1 to Oakwell. What a finale.
     
    Loko the Tyke likes this.
  7. Loko the Tyke

    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Oct 4, 2005
    Messages:
    16,668
    Likes Received:
    17,691
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    You can park him down by the FanZone!
     
  8. casual tyke

    casual tyke Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2011
    Messages:
    790
    Likes Received:
    114
    Trophy Points:
    43
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Thanks for the offer but I prefer the 19/1 odds on those futures that Mansfield flagged up to me earlier so I will be going with those instead and I will make a charitable donation out of my winnings.
     
  9. Micky Finn

    Micky Finn Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 2, 2005
    Messages:
    15,989
    Likes Received:
    12,656
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Light bender
    Location:
    It depends who's asking...
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Paint it orange, ridiculous blonde wig and make its fins really small and I think you're onto something.
     
  10. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,769
    Likes Received:
    13,862
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    I genuinely hope you don’t do that.

    19/1 is absolutely terrible odds. I wouldn’t put anything on at 1000/1. Don’t let this delusion cost you money that you might need.
     
  11. casual tyke

    casual tyke Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2011
    Messages:
    790
    Likes Received:
    114
    Trophy Points:
    43
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Awww.... I appreciate your concern BarnsleyReds but you really don't need to worry about the state of my finances.
     
  12. Don

    Donny-Red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2018
    Messages:
    5,766
    Likes Received:
    7,782
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I’m guessing it’s not for your benefit.
    If you’ve a spare £100 the charity would benefit more from a £100 donation rather than a share of the non existent £1900 winnings
     
  13. Marc

    Marc Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2012
    Messages:
    27,873
    Likes Received:
    22,378
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Fair enough. I’ll give you 25/1
     
    Thrappo Tyke likes this.
  14. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,769
    Likes Received:
    13,862
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    I’ll match that.
     
    Thrappo Tyke likes this.
  15. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,769
    Likes Received:
    13,862
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
  16. shenk1

    shenk1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2012
    Messages:
    6,603
    Likes Received:
    4,181
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Urine Extraction Technician
    Location:
    Elsecar By The Sea
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    The audio of the WP article...

     
  17. Jimmy viz

    Jimmy viz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2012
    Messages:
    29,185
    Likes Received:
    18,599
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballet Dancer
    Location:
    Hiding under the bed
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Finally found some.



    Just Trump
     
    Donny-Red and Redhelen like this.
  18. orsenkaht

    orsenkaht Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2009
    Messages:
    11,739
    Likes Received:
    11,436
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Oh dear! Now you have got me worried, Casual. I had you down as purely a wind-up merchant, albeit an entertaining one. But now you have got me wondering if you actually believe some of this ****.

    Just to take one piece of your above testimony. "You could find footage of windows being boarded up to stop the fraudulent activity inside from being witnessed." I'm pretty sure that you know as well as I do that that happened because Trump-supporting apes were attempting to intimidate the tellers and the election officials. Most of the officials In Georgia and many of the other 'contested' states were/are actually Republican. Fancy that!

    But I could go through your 'evidence' line by line and suggest refutations, and you would not accept that, which is your right. And at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what either of us think. The 'evidence', such as it is, needs to satisfy an American court of law that has jurisdiction to do something about it. In the classical English common law statement evidence must be relevant, and it is only relevant if it is logically probative of a fact in issue. American law draws on the tradition of English common law, but is of course enshrined in constitutional and statutory law, further elaborated in administrative regulations and case-law precedent. Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) deems evidence to be relevant if it has the "tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence."

    Well, bearing in mind that test, none of the circumstantial evidence you allude to has been deemed sufficiently reliable or relevant to cast any legal doubt on the outcome of the election. The outcome, free of any valid legal challenge, has been decided in Biden's favour. That leaves unlawful action to frustrate it as the only avenue open to Trump. And worrying though the level of support is among some parts of the American public for Trump's batshit-crazy ideas, I don't think America as a whole is ready to accede to what would amount to a military coup. God help us all if I'm wrong!
     
    Micky Finn and Donny-Red like this.
  19. Jimmy viz

    Jimmy viz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2012
    Messages:
    29,185
    Likes Received:
    18,599
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballet Dancer
    Location:
    Hiding under the bed
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Cba to find the thread thanks for merging
     
  20. red

    red24/7 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2015
    Messages:
    6,767
    Likes Received:
    6,802
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Biden will be in power
     
    orsenkaht likes this.

Share This Page