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What’s somewhat scary about these results is that if you look at who voted for the AfD, it is all the age cohorts under 59 where the fascists are the most voted for party, and only those over that age have the SPD first, AfD second. The AfD is especially prominent in the 16–24 age bracket. Or course this has a lot to do...

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BBC News Why 'Comrade Kamala' memes are taking off among Latino exiles The Democratic presidential nominee has been the subject of numerous misleading claims that she is a communist.

frauenfelder: The founding residents voted and agreed to uphold her suspension Apart from anything else that sounds like a nightmare: an American HOA at sea. Also frauenfelder: Their costs will be compensated with onboard credit of up to $200 a day." is not paying for people’s living expenses.

cvanaver: Know thy enemy. I don’t think a detailed knowledge of this book is likely to hugely illuminate our understanding of the fascist movement now. If you are to read something from that time which might do so, perhaps some Walter Benjamin might be better? He was a lot more perceptive than Hitler appears to have been.

Bluesky Social – 22 Sep 24 John Kostyack (@kostyack.bsky.social) How opposition to NJ offshore wind transformed from worries about oceanfront views from a handful of residents & businesses to a full-fledged campaign focused on the endangered right whale. [gift link]... https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/why-anti-wind-activists-suddenly-fell-in-love-with-the-right-whale-66291c3a?st=FPpYEU&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

BBC News In a political paradigm shift, Sri Lanka leans to the left The newly-elected president signals a pivot away from the unpopular old political order.

Deadline – 22 Sep 24 “That Will Be It”: Donald Trump Says He Won’t Run In 2028 If He Loses In 2024 Trump says "that will be it" for presidential runs if he loses this year.

Full Results are now in: wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de Ergebnisse Landtagswahl in Land Brandenburg Ergebnisse der Wahl Landtagswahl im Gebiet Land Brandenburg The SPD have come first in Brandenburg, with the Greens and the LP being wiped out completely. Coalitions to keep the AfD out are now SPD/BSW or SPD/CDU/BSW.

Outside Online – 22 Sep 24 There’s a New Queen of the Appalachian Trail’s Speed Record Ultrarunner Tara “Candy Mama” Dower shaved 13 hours off Karel Sabbe’s previous record for hiking the iconic route “One of the most grueling records in American endurance sports fell late Saturday night in northern Georgia. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old ultrarunner and long-distance hiker born in North Carolina and...

Hey, you almost make it sound like they’re doing a good thing by consuming this ridiculously expensive espresso. I don’t subscribe to the the assumption that the money “ends up in the hands of less-rich-than-them” (a.k.a. it “trickles down”). That would entirely depend on who reaps the benefits of said coffee shop. I would expect that is some rich dude. It’s definitely not the...

Shuck: it’s not like he’s under oath here, Though he is making a statement in the Court of Public Opinion.

boingboing: Visitors today can explore the house for only $2 Those $2 add up. Buy up a neighboring property, have a rock installed, and advertise it as the “True Rock in the House”. (Basically doing a P.T. Barnum on the Cardiff Giant thing.) Mindysan33: have heard of House on the Rock… Wasn’t it featured in the American Gods novel?

Also here in Oz x.com Old Shops Australia @oldshopsoz Hey little Shoppers buy any pair of Bata Scouts or Ponytails school shoes and get a free compass. Another unbeatable Back to School offer from @oldshopsoz #oldshopsbacktoschool pic.x.com/eca874ao5t 11:42 AM - 26 Jan 2022 51 6

I wondered that too, and I had a check and couldn’t find anything, unless he is trying to promote Ansell Ringers Thermal Gloves; the monster!

bbc.com French President Emmanuel Macron announces new right-wing government The new cabinet pulls in allies from the centre and right, despite left-wing parties winning France's election. euronews French express frustration over new Barnier-led government The French presidential palace unveiled a long-awaited new government this weekend, dominated by conservatives and centrists. It came more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and...

MerelyGifted: Their damm’d asses can move to dubai, and live in their own little universe for reals this time! They can enjoy their little eroding private islands until they are underwater due to climate change. From what I understand many are already uninhabitable as is.