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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[kiidcarter8]

After 3 weeks, about 1 in every 1800 attendees of the Sturgis rally has been diagnosed with COVID-19

[Hamilton Samuels]

A couple of those get used, but mostly not.

He only became a revered figure after he was murdered.


Before taking a bullet to his neck he was .. shall we say, not very popular.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/04/how-to-make-sense-of-the-shocking-new-mlk-documents-227042

Allegedly, he was somewhat popular.

[LarryBnDC]

A couple of those get used, but mostly not.

He only became a revered figure after he was murdered.


Before taking a bullet to his neck he was .. shall we say, not very popular.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/04/how-to-make-sense-of-the-shocking-new-mlk-documents-227042

Allegedly, he was somewhat popular.

Yep.

J. Edgar Hoover was al up in that.

[bambu.]

Australia (govt) has been criticised for overreacting to  Coronavirus/Covid-19....destroying its society and economy.

Trump did not overreact...but he's still being criticised.

[LarryBnDC]

Australia (govt) has been criticised for overreacting to  Coronavirus/Covid-19....destroying its society and economy.

Trump did not overreact...but he's still being criticised.

That’s because we have nearly 200000 dead and the economy is headed for a cliff. Trump and Republicans won’t move to help people unless they get liability protection for corporations and companies who may have or is in the process of fucking over their employees.

[kiidcarter8]

Australia (govt) has been criticised for overreacting to  Coronavirus/Covid-19....destroying its society and economy.



shhhhhh....

[Echo4]

Australia (govt) has been criticised for overreacting to  Coronavirus/Covid-19....destroying its society and economy.

Trump did not overreact...but he's still being criticised.

No, he underreacted. Sometime tomorrow, we will equal and/or pass Sweden for number of deaths per capita. You think that's a good thing?!

You have 27 deaths per million.
We have 573 deaths per million, more than 20 times as many on a percentage basis. Out of countries with more than 100,000 residents, we have the 9th most in the world. Were it not for the complete incompetence of South American governments (and perhaps Mexico's, as well), within 2 weeks or so, we would be second highest after Belgium. Because of those to our south, we will be 6th or 7th. Oh, so much better.

That's out of more than 200. "We're number one!" So, maybe only number 7. So proud of President Trump and the job he is doing, in which he is said to have given up on trying to control it.

Your people who are angry with your PM and government have no fucking clue how lucky they have been.

[Echo4]

Australia (govt) has been criticised for overreacting to  Coronavirus/Covid-19....destroying its society and economy.



shhhhhh....

Eat shit.

[kidcarter8]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/514912-msnbcs-reid-concedes-framing-of-muslim-comments-didnt-work

Fucking dope.

[Echo4]

Fucking dope:

When Trump was asked by local news station WECT in Wilmington, North Carolina, whether he was confident in the state's absentee voting system, the President launched into a somewhat rambling answer.

"Well, they'll go out and they'll go vote, and they're going to have to go and check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way, because if it tabulates, then they won't be able to do that," Trump said on the tarmac in front of Air Force One. "So, let them send it in, and let them go vote, and if the system is as good as they say it is, then obviously they won't be able to vote. If it isn't tabulated, they won't be able to vote. So that's the way it is. And that's what they should do."

The President later told people to send in their ballots, saying, "Send them in strong, whether it's solicited or unsolicited. The absentees are fine. You have to work to get them, you know."

"And you send them in, but you go to vote. And if they haven't counted it, you can vote. So that's the way I feel," he said.

Trump essentially encouraged voters to test the state's voting system.

According to North Carolina law, it's a felony "for any person with intent to commit a fraud to register or vote at more than one precinct or more than one time, or to induce another to do so, in the same primary or election, or to vote illegally at any primary or election."

Richard Pildes, a CNN election law analyst and professor at the New York University School of Law, said there are both legal and public policy implications to what Trump said.

"First, the legal perspective: all states have mechanisms in place to make sure a voter cannot cast both an absentee vote and an in-person vote," Pildes said. "A typical rule is that if your absentee ballot has not yet been received and you show up to vote in person, your in-person vote will be counted and your absentee ballot will be rejected. But if your absentee ballot is already recorded as having been received, you will be asked to cast what's called a provisional ballot and that ballot will then not be counted once it's confirmed your absentee ballot has been received."

"But from a public policy perspective, these comments are only going to stir enormous confusion," he added.

Rick Hasen, a professor of law and political science at University of California-Irvine and a CNN analyst, said that while a case could be made that Trump was joking, the bigger question is about the intent of his remarks.

"It sounds like he was suggesting an attempt at double voting as a means of testing the integrity of the system, or assuring that his voters can cast at least one ballot for him. Is that a fraudulent intent? I could see how a jury could find it to be so, especially given Trump's other statements suggesting he believes that such double voting would not be caught by election officials," Hasen wrote on his "Election Law Blog."

[bambu.]

Not in America, but...

Hybrid first for new car sales, with petrol and diesel beaten

Diesel utes have ruled the roost for years, but a new favourite has emerged as the number one pick for Australian car buyers.
In a watershed moment for the Australian car industry, a hybrid has become the top selling vehicle in the country.

The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, News Corporation’s reigning Car of the Year, outsold the Ford Ranger to become Australia’s favourite car in August.
The historic moment was overshadowed by another bleak month for the industry, as Victoria’s lockdown led to a 65.9 per cent drop in sales for the State last month.

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IMO mainly because you no longer have to "rob Fort Knox" to replacing the battery bank...and the initial purchase price is not as high now.

The no 1 choice in America now by people living fulltime in their cars seems to be the Toyota Prius, used.
Apparently you can select 'auto start' and the engine runs the aircon all night, using very little gasoline.

[facilitatorn]

Kiid is getting twitchy. He may be heading back to NYC to score more and harder drugs.

[bodiddley]

As previously reported by Law&Crime, the North Dakota construction firm that built the structurally unsound wall, Fisher Sand & Gravel, was also awarded a record-high $1.3 billion government contract to erect a portion of the federally funded U.S.-Mexico border wall. Despite FSG’s prototype being rejected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for lacking in both “quality” and “sophistication,” President Trump directly inserted himself into the process for evaluating and awarding the contracts, lobbying on behalf of FSG and the firm’s CEO Tommy Fisher.

Fisher, who has made a number of Fox News guest appearances in the past, reportedly sold Trump on his company by playing to his impatience with the lack of progress on his signature campaign promise, telling the president he could build the wall faster and cheaper than other contractors bidding on the project. Fisher described his design as the “Lamborghini” of walls.

The rosy outlook was not shared by Alex Mayer, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso who reviewed both reports.
“It seems like they are cutting corners everywhere,” Mayer told ProPublica. “It’s not a Lamborghini, it’s a $500 used car.”

[facilitatorn]

Australia (govt) has been criticised for overreacting to  Coronavirus/Covid-19....destroying its society and economy.

Trump did not overreact...but he's still being criticised.

That’s because we have nearly 200000 dead and the economy is headed for a cliff. Trump and Republicans won’t move to help people unless they get liability protection for corporations and companies who may have or is in the process of fucking over their employees.

Trump is killing more people faster and with less discrimination than any active shooter in American history. It’s time for the mythical good guys with guns to step up and end the trump threat.

[bodiddley]

Uruguay has done quite well combating the Virus.
1,626 cases; 44 deaths of 3.5M people.
They are said to have an excellent health care service.