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More total cow manure, literally. This Catalan claim of Covid in March 2019 sewer samples has long been discarded and no serious academic lends any credence to it. "Alina Chan, a researcher at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, considers it "not very credible". The problem lies in the fact that, of the entire series of samples studied, from January 2018 to December 2019, in only one case was a "hint" of virus genome detected. Chan, as well as other researchers, reproaches that the analysis was inconclusive and the data was "very imprecise". "There was no way to be sure that it was SARS-CoV-2 or any of its precursors", says the researcher." https://en.ara.cat/society/inaccurate-data-led-to-belief-that-covid-19-was-circulating-ahead-of-time_1_4095999.html Do stop posting nonsense, MicroB.

Looks like you understand as much about the concept of "plagiary" as you do about Covid. Since I provided the link to the text which refutes your claim that Covid is a "vascular" disease...that rather conclusively shows there was no plagiary. Don't feel bad, MicroB, it's okay to be wrong sometimes. I'm not from Catalonia, no, so you're not wrong on all fronts, well done. And btw, it's extremely easy to understand.

Well they both failed, but the Ukraine supporter looked a lot more stupid.😂

Joe Biden is really a demented senile puppet but all the Democratic establishment are hiding this fact from the public. Oh. My. God. It was true!!!!

Looks like a recipe for civil war.

I am seriously starting to doubt the supposed genius of these rap Tycoons. He could see what has happening. He has 1 Billion dollars in the bank. Why not run to UAE or Indonesia? He just waited until they arrested him. We could all see it would happen. How did he not run?

If you were Donald Trump you would be worth 7.5 billion USD and would already have enjoyed sex with porn stars, starlets and building giant mansions. Sometimes the most enjoyable thing is to be President, possibly. Trump looks pretty relaxed, virile and mentally sharp. He could live to 100. As for the two would be failed assassins, they contributed to a Democrat cause, in the first case, and in the second had a Biden/Harris sticker on their truck, who are you trying to kid?

The reason why people like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have become popular is that the American democratic system is not working for most people, there is great discontent in America. In particular people like Biden and Harris being pushed through by the Democratic Party does not sit well with most people. Most Americans also did not want Trump to run Whoever wins this race, it is unlikely that this discontent with American politics will disappear. This underlying discontent is the greatest threat to democracy in the US.

He does swing both ways, apparently.

The compact you refer to is unlikely to survive legal challenge. "The Supreme Court has also held that congressional consent is required for interstate compacts that alter the horizontal balance of power among the states." Since this arrangement appears to be a power grab by Democrat states, only if they are in full control of Congress could they get the required consent. One law professor has argued that Congress cannot consent to the NPVIC, because Congress has no power to alter the functioning of the Electoral College under Article I, Section VIII. The CRS report concluded that the NPVIC would likely become the source of considerable litigation, and it is likely that the Supreme Court will be involved in any resolution of the constitutional issues surrounding it. Given that the Supreme Court ist dominated by Republican appointed judges, it is highly unlikely they would sanction this compact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact#:~:text=The National Popular Vote Interstate,and the District of Columbia.

I was in BGC recently. It is the en vogue place now for many expats. But you're right, they're all over, Cebu, Dumaguete, basically wherever their Filipinas dragged them by the nose, because the only reason any normal person would go to a place like Phil is the Vjayjay. Baguio City is not a a great choice due to remoteness and location, especially if you're American or European. The "culture" of the Phil is a mish mash, they don't even have a unified language, people in Cebu and Davao speak Cebuano, whereas Tagalog is like a second language. For the most part the Filipino culture is to survive by any means possible, as poverty is far more of a problem there. Hence serial dating is common for Filipinas. There are more prostitutes in Phil than in Thailand by a long difference. The place is super crowded, a lot of people everywhere. Except the small islands of course. It's expensive, bad weather, Typhoons, earthquakes are a real problem, internet is terrible. And Filipinos are not the most trustworthy people you will ever meet. Also way more violent than Thais.

It's not that you would have to take the vote away from single women or those couples without kids. You could just introduce a weighted syste, so those with kids have a vote that counts more. Ranked Voting 2.0, so to speak.

He's a very naughty boy!!

Kamala is just being true to her Caribbean roots. Good to see at least some kind of policy. This worked very well for Germany, btw, in 1952 Germany signed an agreement with jewish leaders of Israel to settle the issue of reparations for jews. Some 57 years later Germany was still asked to pay billions by the Israeli finance minister. In 2022 the Jewish Material Claims conference was still finding recipients to distribute millions of German taxpayer money to. Should reparations ever be approved in the US, this would be a slippery greasy pole of never ending reparations. Much like for Germany.

Like a true statesman, Trump can forgive his worst enemy, a bit like Nelson Mandela really. What a man he is. What a blessing to have him as our President soon.

Prohibition was a time when women still commanded moral authority. In the time of Taylor Swift's 12 exes it would be very hard to get a moral majority for any issue, let alone for changing the Electoral College. After all the small states benefit from the EC, why would they agree to lose it? It just would not happen. There have been many hundreds of attempts to amend and change the EC, only 1 succeeded, and that was a long, long time ago. Let's say you would have some candiate win the popular vote by 33%, it then goes to the House of Reps, they then elect someone else entirely. How would this reflect the will of the people? Most had voted for the candidate with the 33%. Also not really satisfactory. In any event, all this dreaming about a different system, is just that, silly day dreaming. You could never change the EC or abolish it given the hurdles involved.

It is a shame both are not more cordial with each other. I think Trump probably gained more voters by his magnanimous comments about Kamala than from previous 45000 attacks.

I would explain that this way: The two currencies actually were in tandem from Jan 2020 to July 2021. However, the Euro then went on a deep nosedive, the Euro actually also fell against the Baht, just not as much. Against the Baht the Euro recovered much more quickly, which makes sense as Thailand's currency is much weaker than the USD, not as a snapshot but as a whole I mean. However, since July there has been a dichotomy, where the Euro rose against the USD but fell against the Baht. I wonder if that can be explained by the Thai people putting in place a new government, expecting more tourism from visa changes and things like this. But it is interesting. https://in.marketscreener.com/quote/currency/EURO-THAI-BAHT-EUR-THB-88940/graphics-comparison/ Generally though, since the Euro fell harder against the USD, it is presumably normal that it would rebound a bit harder against the USD.

Amending the Constitution requires a double supermajority: an amendment introduced in Congress has to pass both houses by a two-thirds vote, and then must be approved by the legislatures of three-quarters of the states. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-united-states-unamendable-constitution If you read the above article you will see that there have literally been hundreds and hundreds of attempts to amend or abolish the electoral college, all but 1 failed. To abolish the EC and introduce a different system you'd need a majority of states to agree, who would never do that, because they benefit from EC. Good luck trying. And yes, ranked voting complicates matter greatly, it would be a nightmare.

Not really. Both are easily compatible.

Actually that looks pretty good. But you'd still need four fifths of the states to peform constitutional surgery, and since many states benefit from EC, this never going to happen.

Sorry, I thought you meant the ranking JD Vance proposed related to child bearing. If you mean Ranked Choice Voting, again you would need four fifths of the states to support a constitutional surgery to abolish the electoral college, it's impossible that this could happen, since many states benefit from EC and would not agree to change it. Besides, Ranked Voting has its own problems, it makes it harder to vote, harder to count the votes, and much harder to ensure a transparent and accountable democratic process.

You mean like +4 for parents with children, -2 for couples without children -4 for LGTBQ, something like this? Like JD Vance proposed?

He even said it was very nice AND we appreciate it. Such a magnanimous man, clearly the wood that great statesmen are made of. To defend Harris against all the boos of his supporters, you could not help but think "Here is an American". Beautiful.

Well, think about it, if you didn't have the electoral college you could have someone winning the presidency with 30% of the vote. So highly extremist candidates would be the norm then. That would be the true end result of "one person one vote" without system refinement. It's all moot anyway, you would need fourth fifths of states to perform constitutional surgery and those states that benefit from the EC would not support that.