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Nov 11 2022 03:12pm
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How long were the cameras down and what happened?
Washoe County: The livestream computer application lost connection with the courtesy cameras at 11:24 p.m. the evening of Nov. 9. All staff had left for the night about 60 minutes earlier and did not arrive back at the office until 7 a.m. Connection was restored at 7:53 a.m. the morning of Nov. 10.
RGJ: Why did it happen?
WC: The courtesy cameras are connected to a computer application designed for livestream events. They intermittently lose connection with the application. When this has happened before, such as on Election Night when one camera went dark, staff was able to see the disruption and restore it. These cameras are not security or surveillance grade cameras.

Both parties are easily represented, this county voted bush then obama, it is not frankly a side or the other. This was event cameras only.

=> Still beyond you ?





Yeah, that's what they "said". And the guy who said it didn't even give his name.
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Nov 11 2022 03:14pm
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Yeah, that's what they "said". And the guy who said it didn't even give his name.


if you thought that dozens of crazies would be at your home and stalking you would you?
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Nov 11 2022 03:16pm
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hilarious to see the infighting as a result of these midterms. half of the GOP is cursing McConnel for not following EX potus trump's wishes and pumping cash into his chosen candidate's coffers. the other half is going anti-Trump, pro-Desantis, and ready to move on as a party. big split incoming and 2024 should be the tipping point. as of now it's looking like Ron vs Don OR Ron vs Don's chosen pick. either way it is gonna be hilarious.

now let's dial back to when Biden called out "maga republicans" and was looked at in the same light as HRC's "half of these people are what i like to call deplorables" comment. when in reality it was correct, half of the remaining party are diehard trump loyalists, dont trust any of the elections to be fair, and want to severe ties from establishment GOP. 99% of the batshit that comes from the GOP comes from this 50% of the GOP. they're your side's purple haired anarchist communist wicken LGBTQ bumper sticker plastered voters. but i'd argue make up a higher percent of the voting bloc.


They're both wrong. McConnell has made a series of gambits that have worked out, but the direction of the party is changing, and he needs to acknowledge that. Meanwhile picking idiots for seats is a disaster, and always has been. What Trump excels at is low cunning, and even that is fading, he cannot be allowed to play kingmaker in the Republican party.

Democracy is picking who represents you. Biden's version of democracy is "vote for me or you're not democratic", which is just about the antithesis of an actual democratic process. Voters should be trusted to make these decisions on an individual basis (i.e. with Boebert), otherwise we're just acknowledging that democracy isn't working out. Trump's behavior has degenerated since 2016, and Americans have responded accordingly. At the same time, that doesn't mean electing Ayatollah Barnes to a Senate seat, and Americans agreed. The hysteria Biden's generating is decidedly anti-democratic.
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Nov 11 2022 03:17pm
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Yeah, that's what they "said". And the guy who said it didn't even give his name.


You don't give it either. I trust him more than you.
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Nov 11 2022 03:20pm
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They're both wrong. McConnell has made a series of gambits that have worked out, but the direction of the party is changing, and he needs to acknowledge that. Meanwhile picking idiots for seats is a disaster, and always has been. What Trump excels at is low cunning, and even that is fading, he cannot be allowed to play kingmaker in the Republican party.

Democracy is picking who represents you. Biden's version of democracy is "vote for me or you're not democratic", which is just about the antithesis of an actual democratic process. Voters should be trusted to make these decisions on an individual basis (i.e. with Boebert), otherwise we're just acknowledging that democracy isn't working out. Trump's behavior has degenerated since 2016, and Americans have responded accordingly. At the same time, that doesn't mean electing Ayatollah Barnes to a Senate seat, and Americans agreed. The hysteria Biden's generating is decidedly anti-democratic.


what an odd take. how anyone can hear a speech intended to shame people who falsely claimed democracy was stolen and the election was rigged, who later literally ran at the capital to stop the democratic electoral process, and take it as "vote for me or you hate democracy" is beyond me. the message was vote for who you want, but also then accept losses if you lose. now you have to add a layer, because if you're voting for someone who is guaranteed to cry wolf once they fairly lose, and they go on to do so when they lose, and you still support both them and their false cries of fraud, then you as an individual hate democracy.
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Nov 11 2022 03:39pm
Midterm elections – live: Biden says hopes of holding House are ‘still alive’ as all eyes on Nevada, Arizona

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Nov 11 2022 03:57pm
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You don't give it either. I trust him more than you.


You like people who think alike and dislike people who go against your ideology of what things should be. That's what we often mean when we say you brainwashed. You're literally the target audience of news outlet. You don't question thing, you support whatever is closest to representing your group members ideology and hate the rest. You're literally like 99% of the population born after y2k who been living online since then.

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You like people who think alike and dislike people who go against your ideology of what things should be. That's what we often mean when we say you brainwashed. You're literally the target audience of news outlet. You don't question thing, you support whatever is closest to your group members and hate the rest. You're literally like 99% of the population born after y2k who been living online since then.


You yourself your ideology, you yourself you.
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Nov 11 2022 04:03pm
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if you thought that dozens of crazies would be at your home and stalking you would you?





If I wasn't trying to hide anything.
He didn't DO anything... he just reported what happened... supposedly.
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Nov 11 2022 04:56pm
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what an odd take. how anyone can hear a speech intended to shame people who falsely claimed democracy was stolen and the election was rigged, who later literally ran at the capital to stop the democratic electoral process, and take it as "vote for me or you hate democracy" is beyond me. the message was vote for who you want, but also then accept losses if you lose. now you have to add a layer, because if you're voting for someone who is guaranteed to cry wolf once they fairly lose, and they go on to do so when they lose, and you still support both them and their false cries of fraud, then you as an individual hate democracy.


I heard a similar speech to the one Biden gave on the Georgian election changes. It made "Jim Crow" look like "Jim Eagle". But of course Georgian law is less restrictive than New York's, and no one accuses New York of harboring anti-democratic sentiment; nor should they. It's just Biden being a shameless demagogue, and supporters eating it up.

Republicans won the House, or soon will, and American democracy isn't going to end. Democrats propped up the same candidates they said were going to end democracy, which implies they didn't believe it either.
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