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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:47 pm

laklak wrote:Meh, doesn't bother me, I don't actually care who wins. The only difference I can see between Obama and Romney is Romney occasionally has a darker tan.
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Post by Wumbologist » Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:51 pm

laklak wrote:Meh, doesn't bother me, I don't actually care who wins. The only difference I can see between Obama and Romney is Romney has a darker tan.
Only when he's trying to appeal to latin-american voters.

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:56 pm

Ian wrote:Yes, which is the reason why he did. And it's the reason his campaign made sure that plenty was donated for the cameras.
This is so laughable.

I mean - he had cameras there. Were there a shortage of cameras following Obama around for his photo ops? Did he actually DO anything when he "surveyed the damage?" Of course not. Anything he did there, he could have done from the White House or anywhere else.

Of course they both had cameras rolling - they want the coverage and favorable press. I give them both credit for also wanting to help, though.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:58 pm

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Ian wrote:Yes, which is the reason why he did. And it's the reason his campaign made sure that plenty was donated for the cameras.
This is so laughable.

I mean - he had cameras there. Were there a shortage of cameras following Obama around for his photo ops? Did he actually DO anything when he "surveyed the damage?" Of course not. Anything he did there, he could have done from the White House or anywhere else.

Of course they both had cameras rolling - they want the coverage and favorable press. I give them both credit for also wanting to help, though.
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:05 pm

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laklak wrote:Meh, doesn't bother me, I don't actually care who wins. The only difference I can see between Obama and Romney is Romney has a darker tan.
Only when he's trying to appeal to latin-american voters.

Obama would never try to appeal to a segment of the population by doing anything like that...




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Post by laklak » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:10 pm

I do better ghetto than that, m'fuggah.
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Post by orpheus » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:59 am

We have power! :dance:

And here's something weird: the power came back on literally three seconds after I woke up and opened my eyes this morning. So maybe...

I haz the power... :plot:
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:25 am

orpheus wrote:We have power! :dance:

And here's something weird: the power came back on literally three seconds after I woke up and opened my eyes this morning. So maybe...

I haz the power... :plot:
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Post by FBM » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:00 am

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A guido prez...that would be rich...
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Post by hadespussercats » Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:49 am

orpheus wrote:We have power! :dance:

And here's something weird: the power came back on literally three seconds after I woke up and opened my eyes this morning. So maybe...

I haz the power... :plot:
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Post by macdoc » Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:32 pm

owww :(
Second storm to hit the North East
Posted by: KC Orcutt
Published on: November 2nd, 2012 at 12:00 PM


On top of all of the damage and power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Weather Channel is warning that a nor’easter bound storm may be bound for New England.
The storm could hit as early as Election Day, according to a preliminary forecast from the National Weather Service.
A storm on top of a storm is definitely not a good thing and the Weather Channel stated, “At this time it looks as though coastal impacts would be farther north along the New England coast than we saw with Sandy. Snowfall would be confined to northern New England.”
So basically, areas that weren’t hit as hard by Sandy might be victim to this upcoming storm.
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Post by cronus » Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:52 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20199672

Storm Sandy: Cuomo and Bloomberg warn on NY housing

Tens of thousands of people in New York state left homeless by storm Sandy could soon need housing as cold weather closes in, the state governor and the mayor of New York City have warned.

There may be as many as 30,000-40,000 people "we have to find housing for", Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said.

State governor Andrew Cuomo said fuel shortages were improving.

At least 106 US deaths - 40 of them in New York City - have been blamed on Sandy, which struck on 29 October.

Mr Cuomo told a news conference on Sunday it would become "increasingly clear" that homes without heat were uninhabitable as temperatures fell.

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Post by amused » Sun Nov 04, 2012 4:23 pm

The plan was to use a handcrank to slowly turn the 45-ton crane and the dangling boom below until it faced the building, an operation that was to take many hours. But the crane moved much faster than expected, and by 9 a.m. workers could be seen weaving steel cables through the boom and around thick concrete columns.
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/11 ... _news_blog

That gets it secure while they figure out what to do with it. The structural engineer for the building is probably not entirely happy with this, and I suspect s/he was under enormous pressure to say it would be okay.

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