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Rapidcreek, to politics in The Biden Campaign is Courting an Unexpected Group of Voters: Republicans

The double haters.

wild, to politics in Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting

From a KBIA article:

In addition to the ban on ranked choice voting, the resolution states that the candidate who receives the most votes in a political party primary will be the only candidate on the ballot for November for that party.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer,

Doesn’t seem very unusual unless that’s trying to say runoff elections are no longer a thing (most votes doesn’t mean majority).

QualifiedKitten,

Imagine a primary election with 5 candidates, 2 from Party A, 2 from Party B, and 1 from Party C, and these are the results of the primary:

  • Candidate 1 (A) 50 votes
  • Candidate 2 (A) 49 votes
  • Candidate 3 (B) 10 votes
  • Candidate 4 (B) 9 votes
  • Candidate 5 © 5 votes

Where I live, those results would mean that Candidate 1 and Candidate 2 move on to the general election, while the others are eliminated. To me, it sounds like you would instead see Candidate 1, Candidate 3, and maybe Candidate 5 move on to the general election.

NooBoY, to politics in Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting

I’m going to leave this here for my American friends.

www.chickennation.com/voting/

CharlesDarwin, to politics in Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting
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But…freedom?

fiercekitten, to politics in The upside-down American flag goes mainstream as a form of right-wing protest

I guess republicans are into self flag-ellation now.

And009, to technology in German parliament will stop using fax machines

There’s a chance Indian govt never even switched to fax… It’s more snaily here

Trilobite, to politics in Biden accuses Trump of 'coming for your health care' in new campaign ad

The health care that is so good our life expectancy has gone down

AnAnonymous, to politics in Biden accuses Trump of 'coming for your health care' in new campaign ad

The one who was pandering about healthcare in the campaign and did nothing? At least RepubliKKKans are open about being fascist genocides not just cover it up with an empty speech.

blahsay, to world in Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate

Plenty of warning given to evacuate. Why stay and complain you can’t evacuate? Weird

Lath,

Think of it like this:

  • the other party has a known history of shooting anything that moves
  • as medical volunteers they went there to treat the wounded, many of which are likely unable to evacuate, and they lack the resources needed to at least get them moving
  • abandoning the wounded pretty much defeats the purpose of them going there in the first place
nutsack,

move your whole family and pets and everything in that short amount of time. nevermind that house was your retirement, and your children’s future. you now have no money and no job and no home. leave everything you own. your entire lineage is now homeless.

I don’t think staying is weird. I think most Americans would do the same.

prole,

Evacuate to where exactly?

This is not a rhetorical question. Literally, where will you have them evacuate to and how?

mightyfoolish,

They want them to evacuate to the desert and die of starvation or dehydration. They won’t say the quiet part out loud because they think they are smarter than the rest of Earth’s population.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, to politics in Bid to oust Speaker Johnson fails but GOP turmoil remains | NPR

They don’t even know what they want. They’re just acting on Putin-esque tactical instinct at this point - small moves every day that chip away at opposition, with the idea one day it’ll all add up to permanent power.

AnAnonymous, to politics in A year later, Florida businesses say the state's immigration law dealt a huge blow

So who will do the shitty hard labor work if there is no undocumented people to do it Sherlock? We don’t want to get dirty…

Gazumi, to world in [US] DOJ takes a stand against war crimes in Ukraine. In Gaza war, it's been nearly silent

Selective righteousness

shortwavesurfer, to politics in How anti-vaccine activists and the far right are trying to build a parallel economy

See, this is where Monero would be helpful because it’s permissionless and nobody can tell you you can’t use it.

monko,

The article is about service providers, like payment processors, offering alternatives to far-right interests when incumbent providers refuse their business.

For a cryptocurrency to be useful, it would need to be accepted by the service provider. And I doubt you could pay for your anti-vax rally at the airport Radisson with crypto.

shortwavesurfer,

You can buy rooms there with crypto. So its possible.

monko,

No, unfortunately that is simply untrue.

The payment processor in the article, Stripe, does indeed work with crypto businesses and allows users to keep a crypto balance, but you would need to convert to regular tender to book a room at a Radisson (at least according to their website).

Sadly for the hodlers, while you might be able to buy your coke and hookers with Dogecoin, the hotel will want a credit card on file.

shortwavesurfer,

You can get prepaid cards with crypto, so you could have the card on file with them. So, yes, it might be indirect, but you are still paying for your hotel with crypto. Heck, there’s even a travel agency that accepts crypto (which books hotels). www.travala.com

monko,

Speaking from personal experience, prepaid cards rarely work for these types of transactions. If you think service providers don’t know the difference, you’re kidding yourself. There are good reasons to demand a real card.

shortwavesurfer,

Right, in which case the travel agency listed above would work.

monko,

Ok buddy.

jordanlund, to world in Unanimous Supreme Court restores Trump to Colorado ballot
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US Internal news is not World News.

roastedDeflator, to world in U.S. begins airdropping food in Gaza, but it's a less-than-ideal means of aid delivery
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So the US gives some food to Palestinians, and plenty of bombs & money to Zionists (while they are accused of Genocide and ICJ said "plaussible" they are doing one).

I think I will start using the acronym USBSI (US Backed State of Israel). UBSI maybe? I dunno, open to suggestions!

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