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.. just got pipped
https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1213436838985289730?s=19
Amazing to think that I was able to lay Clinton at 13 a month or so ago. It's still essentially impossible for her to get the nomination (and Bloomberg is pretty unlikely too). This means that all the top four are probably buys. (With the caveat that Sanders has the hardest path.)
"Tehran said in a statement that its nuclear program would “have no limitations” on enriching uranium."
Con Peter Duncan, err
Lab Richard Leonard, Johann Lamont
LD John Farquhar Munro, Jo Swinson
Of course against Sanders or Biden Trump could paint himself as the 'youthful' candidate, being younger than both of them.
Because it was added to UK law in 2016.
Can the Toad explain why he thinks it is not a good policy?
Give me strength.
The delegates to the convention are people chosen for their loyalty to Biden or Buttigieg or Sanders or Warren. They wouldn't easily go for another person - especially one who is pretty unpopular in the party.
The only scenario where it *might* happen would be if Sanders got 40% of the delegates and Bloomberg got 40%, and the party was looking for a middle way that wouldn't result in a split.
But in those circumstances, I think Michelle Obama would be the likelier off the wall candidate.
That's not our planet that a photo of Australia with some fire superimposed on it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7854449/Finlands-new-Prime-Minister-Sanna-Marin-34-plans-introduce-four-day-working-week.html
If you are asking "is this a photograph of an event at a single moment" then the answer is "no"
The image is a synthetic image meant to illustrate the fires recorded by NASA’s FIRMS (Satellite data regarding fires) between 2019-12-05 and 2020-01-05. It is not a photograph and the fires are not all burning at once. See https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-fires-iss-image/
(sorry, couldn't resist it)
I have this thing against collections of spoilt-brat overfunded underpunched commentariat spouting off whatever groupthink nostrums inhabit their vapid heads at any given moment. Whether it's the Guardian, or the Spectator, or whatever trust-fund care home for upper-middle-class drug-ridden drunken drooling unemployables who can slap a keyboard randomly long enough to produce enough onanistic paragraphs to print. I don't read the New Statesman but I am happy to accept your assertion that it is also shit, and for the same reasons.
I will however make an exception for James Forsyth (who is useful) and its graphic design (genuinely - its graphs are clear and I try to copy them). No doubt there are other good writers for it but they don't spring to mind. If I want well-written copy I'll come here, not there.
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@darrenpjones
No it isn’t! This is compiled NASA data of every fire that has burned in Australia over a period of time! Hysterical overreactions are totally counter-productive and make serious issues look more like the work of an end of world death cult. Stop it!
https://twitter.com/MrRJHolland/status/1213951341237800960?s=20
Lab. Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott
h ttps://danieldefense.com/mk18-pistol-02-088-01202.html
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DgSqzovX6c
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTYcvbgR9w
As well as the questions on 7 potential candidates for the leadership, they asked all the same questions about 4 potential candidates for the deputy leadership (Barry Gardiner, Angela Rayner, Dawn Butler and Rosena Allin-Khan). There were also a load of questions about the relative importance of various criteria for choosing the leader (electability v ideology, etc).
It took me half an hour to complete the survey, and that was 2 weeks ago - so now I'm impatient to see the results. Can anyone induce YouGov to spit them out?
The UK has the biggest pro-EU movement in the continent right now. Let us see whether Labour or the Lib Dems will grab it with a clear Rejoin message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=app3fAJE8Xc
Sanders would be 79 at inauguration, Biden or Bloomberg 78. Trump, the young whippersnapper, would only be 74.
At the other extreme, Buttigeig and Gabbard, are children of the 1980s and therefore far too inexperienced, following the well-known principle that they're younger than I am!
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2019/05/03/2020-candidates-ages/3643967002/
Although, to put it in context, Boris could serve 6 terms of four years - and still only be the same age as Sanders at inauguration.
Hmmm. You're selling me on the idea!
If Biden does win there must be a significant chance of a health issue between his nomination and the election. Who he chooses for his VP will be way more than usually important. Someone 30 years younger looks sensible. Would they then step up to the plate as the candidate or would the Democrats have another Convention?
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1213956785951907840?s=20
Mr. Nunu, like the Syrian withdrawal, he appears to think precisely in terms the move by itself, without any understanding of the wider situation and potential (including probable) consequences.
Ours... doesn’t.
Someone liked Biden because he had good contacts overseas and Sanders because he had passion
If this becomes experience vs time for change that’s got to favour those two
Atlee and Castle
Gladstone and umm...
They don’t make em like they used to
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/04/joe-biden-electable-trump-2020-election
I'm confused. Who best beats the Monstrosity?
* for part of the year
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-6731.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/nh/new_hampshire_democratic_presidential_primary-6276.html
That said, there seem to be two general trends:
1. The IA and NH voters are gathering among the front-runners
2. US voters don't care if their candidates are elderly.
I'm torn personally - I think Sanders is much the most attractive candidate, but I also think that Trump would slaughter him.
one can only agree that recalling MPs to allow them to share their insight and intelligence on a subject where many (if not most) of them have a mastery of the subject is a natural and obvious step forward. Diplomacy is best served by sharing one’s thoughts widely rather than behind the curtain efforts.
Maybe my jewish sounding name threw some red flags.
However Australia is on our planet and there are real photos from space.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/05/devastating-extent-australias-bushfires-seen-space-12003553/
Saw a tiny bit of news yesterday on the nuclear programme going full steam ahead, but on the militant front I imagine lots of asymmetrical warfare's on the way, if not more terrorism.
They won't attack the US directly. Too big a risk.