[FRIAM] election eve

[George Duncan]

But now you can link online to those (even perhaps few) who will reinforce
your (perhaps crazy) views

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"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest
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On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 1:28 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> It is easier to believe crazy things if you are decoupled from people that
> will show you otherwise.
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 5, 2020 12:07 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] election eve
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> A large percentage of the variance between "us" and "them" seems to be
> living in a city vs living in the country.  Not all but a lot.
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> On Thu, Nov 5, 2020, 12:59 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
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> At some level I think we all recognize that the United States has been a
> predatory nation.   For centuries, the influential in this country arranged
> to take the things they wanted, even people.    We recognize that we have a
> better lifestyle than people elsewhere in the world.   Trump releases the
> shame that might cause us to consider repairing the harm we have done or at
> least work harder to justify our special status.   No, it is enough to join
> Team Trump and call those people names.   My dog would have the instinct to
> herd them, and she would be right.
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Robert J.
> Cordingley
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 5, 2020 11:08 AM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
> friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] election eve
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> NYT Nicholas Kristof ended his OpEd
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/opinion/donald-trump-election-2020.html>
> this morning with a paragraph that summarized my feeling entirely:
>
> "So as I fret about Trump’s efforts to do Russia’s work and delegitimize
> this election, I also keep wrestling with this question: How is it that so
> many millions of Americans watched Trump for four years, suffered the pain
> of his bungling of Covid-19, listened to his stream of lies, observed his
> attacks on American institutions — and then voted for him in greater
> numbers than before?"
>
> Last count per NYT, there have been 68,644,941 votes (47.8%) this morning
> for Trump. So many voters, that apparently don't see {choose your favorite
> crisis} as a key issue either, it boggles my mind. What have those
> movements done wrong? If I didn't understand how difficult it is to steal
> an election (detailed in another NYT oped today), I might even say there
> was something fishy.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Robert C
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> On 11/4/20 5:59 PM, Eric Charles wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 5:31 PM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
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> Both cnn.com and foxnews.com report Biden will win Michigan and
> Wisconsin, and if he wins Arizona and Nevada too where he leads, he has 270
> electoral votes. This means it looks good for Biden! All here hope that Joe
> wins.
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>
> -J.
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> -------- Original message --------
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> From: uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ <gepropella at gmail.com>
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> Date: 11/4/20 19:18 (GMT+01:00)
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> To: friam at redfish.com
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> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] election eve
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> One thing that confuses me is Trump being attributed 267 vs 268 EVs. But I
> suppose it could be Maine, with it's split representation:
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> https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-results-and-news-11-04-20/h_f5ca6d24c85ac45e193bf0b1c9b1a2f6
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> On 11/4/20 10:12 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> > Nick,
> >
> > See Glen's 270 to 267 estimate.  Biden may still win either Georgia or
> Pennsylvania or both because of the Democrat majority that is likely among
> the uncounted votes.  If any of that happens Biden wins with a margin.
> >
> [...]
> >     Biden: 227, Trump: 213 with PA(20), NC(15), and GA(16) toward Trump
> and MI(16), WI(10), NV(6), and AZ(11) toward Biden.
> >
> >     227+16+10+11+6 = 270
> >     213+3+15+20+16 = 267
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