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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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one good thing, no more wall.
cosmic is still as ignorant as he ever was.
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Aeriq
Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
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Thanks to all who voted! You made a difference!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2018 - 09:23pm PT
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It could have been worse ----- or better.
Democrats gaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives will likely help keep Trump from increasing his swamp for the next two years.
More importantly, it appears that Trump has inspired Democrats to retake key State governor's & other state political positions.
Woohoo!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Well, Moose, the Dems didn't get the 2/3, but they have enough of a majority to help put the brakes on the stoooooopidity of the last two years. That's good enough for me.
And I'll match your $50 to Bernadette. It's the least we can do.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Looks like the Red State Dems got ousted. Not surprising, and probably for the best. Splitting the baby is never a good idea.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Atheists for SATAN!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nothin' but net!
Continues to underperform in the Golden State.
You're in BIG hands with Gavin.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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tester is down by .7% with 75% in. Not sure how recounts, etc work in mt
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dirtbag
climber
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All I can say is “whew.”
We might get through this yet.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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monolith
climber
state of being
Nov 6, 2018 - 07:39pm PT
The thread 'Midterms Tomorrow', got locked.
The thread 'Issues Affecting Americans', got locked.
WTF? 'Issues Affecting Americans' remained civil. A far cry from most political threads.
Ours is not to reason why...
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Katie Hill in a nail-biter of a race, up about 50 votes out of >70k cast, with 30% reporting.
looks like Katie won with 100% reporting.
Hill: 51.7
Knight:48.3
looks like Rohrabacher lost with 100% reporting.
Rouda: 50.7
Rohrabacher: 49.3
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Colorado has their first, first man? Legal weed? When did Colorado become California?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Well, that would be a total embarrassment for Calif-whornia, JC.
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Colorado just needs a big ditch, some climbing, and it will be o.k. No use in envying the ocean, in the end, she'll draw you in and show you the worth of salted tears.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Year of the Great Rebuke
Youngest congresswoman elected (a Latina);
first African-American congresswoman from Mass;
first Muslim congresswomen;
first openly gay governor;
first Native American congresswoman;
first female Gov from Maine;
first congresswoman from Iowa;
first black congresswoman from CT;
first Latina congresswomen from Texas;
millions of folks got their right to vote back in Florida!
And oversight of this corrupt and racist administration
with the Dem win of the House of Representatives!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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In the past, I've generally supported CMac & co's apparent policy towards political threads...at least what seemed to be the policy, without much direct communication from them about what it actually is...
But on another hand, I just don't get it, either. There are endless OT threads here that have little or nothing directly to do with climbing, and they live on and on and on. Why do politics get singled out as the one topic that is off-limits? Even when the dialogue remains respectful and civil?
And it is more than clear that political discussions aren't going to end by locking a thread...they'll just pop up in another thread. If CMac & co really want to see this end, why don't they simply whack the most regular participants (yes, myself included)?
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WBraun
climber
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If you studied What is Mind then you would have answer.
Instead, you remain clueless ....
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Thanks, GLillegard...I did not see that thread from 2015.
I get the gist of the policy, and support what they are trying to accomplish, but it also seems like an unrealistic expectation. Politics matter to climbers, as do the wide variety of other OT threads that are all over ST. From the above statement:
"Hopefully freezing threads that devolve into personal attacks will help with an ongoing effort to keep the forum a friendly and informative resource for climbers of all ages and interests."
If it's simply about negative discourse, that makes perfect sense to me, however if a thread can remain civil and appropriate....no matter what the topic area is...why whack it?
I don't expect anything to change positing these thoughts. Just my impression.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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If only they would clearly explain the rules
and fix the member to member communication link.
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