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Yeah. I'm just pointing out that what probably seems like a trite phrase to us, actually carries a greater meaning and is indicative of how different this election is.

So, it is perfectly legit (for e.g.) for Pennsylvania to decide to give 10 EC votes to Trump and 10 to Biden?

Only if that is how the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have drafted their laws.

can someone please explain the significance of 'calling'? i understand what it is, but why is more than just looking like a dick because you celebrated early??

Because the official result for each State isn't made until December 14th which is when the electors in each State meet to vote. Even then their votes don't have to be in until January 6th.

Waiting until December 14th would be stupid, so the various media agencies call it early.

The individual candidates/parties "calling" anything is just distraction or grandstanding. It should be ignored.

I get the impression that 'call' has come to replace all varieties of the phrase 'declare the winner of', a one syllable word optimised for an era where you have character limits to tweets and headlines.

The sentence fragment "..., and the call stood" just hurts my brain.

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Which were you thinking of?

Biggest ones I can think of are Brexit, various national lockdowns, the US killing that Iranian general, Kim in North Korea having a bad surgery, those kids trapped in a Thai cave... and they all seem to pale in comparison.

How many billions of man-hours have been lost by waiting on this single election result?

churs

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, Trump allies are exploring opportunities to fund a conservative media venture or Trump-themed media outlet.

[slips on tinfoilhat]

Could this why Murdoch is (allegedly) going off Trump?

I can't remember the details but I remember that I read Trump was planning to launch Trump TV immediately after he lost the 2016 election. Obviously that didn't go to plan.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/31/donald-trump-tv-media-empire-ailes

Which were you thinking of?

It's a reference to an old section of the forum, back when people built and road bikes.

It may have been archived now, but if you UTFS you might still find it.

That makes me want to cry.

You just know that family will pervade everyone's lives in some form.

Don’t worry. Rupert will be gone soon and Lachlan will fully integrate with the cult of Trump.

And why Farage has been sniffing around again. He'd expect a gig on that.

Ah you meant bike build projects. Didn’t know many people on here were into cycling.

I think Trump will resurrect this idea when (or I guess if) he loses. There's 70M people who voted for him to sell to advertisers.

Rupert will be gone soon

His mum lived to 103. If he manages that we've got another 14 years of him.

Relevant Onion

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Didn’t know many people on here were into cycling.

New to me. Where can I find out more about this cycling thing?

american here - the electoral college is a worthless relic, but this does a decent job of explaining everything, maybe even finally getting rid of it: https://www.vox.com/21539173/electoral-college-explained-2020-trump-biden

14 yrs

... when (free of fear for their families) Futurama writers can put his head in a jar and he’ll continue to subvert democracy as a cartoon.

^^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpsMdwKfobU

the man himself

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Yeah, as @hugo7 says, it was just a joke about 'Current Projects'. :)

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https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1324200240694648834?s=19

Kanye only got 60,000 votes. That's a tenner I won't see again.

I read something over 10,000 of those were Tennessee. The mind boggles