FFS get it over with...Pres Clinton V2
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HAGATNA, Guam — Hillary Clinton has overwhelmingly won the vote on the tiny U.S. island of Guam.
The territory, located west of the international date line, is 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and bills itself as “Where America’s Day Begins.”
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Imp wrote:Acetone wrote:I don't get the eye roll.
Do you think votes from rural communities with low populations are not as important other areas?
Are you seriously suggesting 8 votes from a population of 300 million is indicative of anything? That's a sample size so small even psychologists would be aghast!
Macdoc wrote:I don't get the eye roll.
Do you think votes from rural communities with low populations are not as important other areas?
Is your irony meter broken for FFS???
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OlivierK wrote:That's fucking weird. Why even hold the Presidential election there if they have no Electoral College representation?
Irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
The U.S. dollar sank and stocks plummeted in market mayhem on Wednesday as investors faced the real possibility of a shock win by Republican Donald Trump that could upend the global political order.
European stock futures fell sharply on Wednesday and were poised for their worst day since the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. Futures for the Euro STOXX 50 fell 4.2 per cent, and futures for the STOXX 600 were down 4.1 per cent. Futures for the FTSE, DAX and CAC were down 3.3-3.9 per cent lower.
Sovereign bonds, the Japanese yen and gold surged while the Mexican peso went into near free-fall in chaotic trading.
"Markets are reacting as though the four horsemen of the apocalypse just rode out of Trump Tower," said Sean Callow, a foreign exchange strategist at Westpac in Sydney. "Or at least three of them — it might be four when the prospect of a clean sweep of Congress sinks in."
The S&P futures slid five per cent and hit a limit down, meaning the contract could not trade lower, only sideways or up. Dow Industrials futures briefly fell 800 points.
"It's kind of a shock-and-awe type response," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisc.
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