Election result was disappointing.

someone really dug out a six year old gimmick account in order to make this lame half hearted joke?

Not sure if true but popped up on my feed.

What is it supposed to show, that people without slaves became republicans?

That black people voted for Jones.

Oh noes - they're going to be issued a stern cease and desist order after a long expensive legal battle where they can use tax payer $$ to defend against the ACLU. That will teach them!

Nothing made me stop raiding the cookie jar when I was a kid like my Mom telling to stop after I'd already eaten most of the jar.

The black belt with "rich topsoil" is like a euphemism for "that's where the slave plantations were."

As you can now see, the populations haven't shifted as much as you might have expected over the last 150 years. The black belt is still largely African-American today because it's largely where the slaves were.

You'll see that same belt of land extend across the deep South in other states too.

You can also follow cotton production on the same line. FASCINATING. Must repost at least once.

Is that map for real? Did there used to be a four corners in AR/MO/OK/KS?

That map was drawn prior to OK becoming a state. It's still labeled as the Indian Territory. You can also see the boundaries for Texas are not current.

Brief googling suggests that it's inaccurate and the KS/OK (territory or state) and the MO/AK borders never lined up like that. (I checked 1850, 1855 and 1860 and they were offset in all of those)

Moore now back up to 0.06. WTF? This is still just kool-aid drinkers drinking the koo-laid right? And most sane people sold out at 0.99 and haven't looked back?

I guess the end of democracy in the US is at 6% right now. Sweet.

Hey guys I just realized, there were a ton of republicans (high profile ones, in many cases) who publicly said they could not vote for Roy, but they wouldn't vote for Doug either, and either implied or explicitly said they were writing someone in.

Where was the big angry mob of "YOU'RE WASTING YOUR VOTE" people?

Lol if you thought that crowd arrived at their beliefs through a moral or philosophical framework. They only care when it hurts their preferred candidate. They've got that authoritarian bug just as bad as the Trumpkins.

I think the fee structure makes it so it's not really profitable to buy lots of shares for things like this that are ~100% certain to happen, so you get weird prices. Also, some chance that he gets a heart attack or something. Basically you have to wait until he's sworn in and seated to get your full $1.00 cashout, which is annoying.

1. If you are high profile enough to have a public statement and can't find it in you to vote against a child molester, **** you.

2. Yes, if they cast a write in vote, it was a massive waste. Just stay home if you're too gutless to vote against a pedo.

uh, there were a ton of angry republicans mad at other repubs for publicly saying they wouldn't vote for moore or jones, so, i dunno what point you think you're making here

Do you have any handy links of anyone high up in the GOP criticizing Shelby for his write in. I'm not saying it didn't happen. I just don't remember it.

Not really. It makes it a little less profitable but it is still free money. And yes predictit has had some bad cases of resolutions dragging on for ages but I don't see that with this one. When AL secretary of state certifies the election, it will resolve pretty quickly, which should be 2-3 weeks. So it seems crazy unless there is a possibility of shenanigans.

I guess their fees make it unprofitable to put money on pi solely for this bet and then immediately cash out. But if you have money on there sitting around, or plan on putting it on there and not immediately cashing out after 1 bet, then it is fine. Their fee structure does make it unprofitable to arbitrage.

And the market is for winning the 2017 special election, not to be sworn in or serve. So that eliminates health issues etc. The only way it doesn't resolve yes for Jones is if Moore wins or the election is nullified.

They were wasting their vote, but we were happy about it.

LOL. Dude, d10, you make some decent posts on this forum but your constant attempts to justify your non-vote for Hillary are just laughably bad.

Hint: The stakes of a race matter. Degrees of badness matter.

You mention moral and philosophical frameworks like that helps your side. It doesn't bro. Maybe if you spent a minute considering suzzer's hypothetical you would understand why. But I bet you're still too busy for that, right?

Sorry, but the lolRoy Moore fiasco doesn't make voting for Ron Paul not laughable.