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Tue, 05/11/2024 - 01:42
En statsbudget i balans optimerar inte det reala resursutnyttjandet i ekonomin. Statsbudgeten och dess ramverk ska i stället verka för Sveriges bästa, så att tågen kan rulla och sjuka får vård, skriver Erik Arnell, utredare, Johannes Borgström lektor och docent vid Uppsala universitet och Peo Hansen, professor i statsvetenskap vid Linköpings universitet. Det gläder oss […]
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Tue, 05/11/2024 - 01:25

Our friends at 270 Reasons are gathering a polyphonic orchestra of brilliant writers, teachers, doctors, filmmakers, artists, and citizens of all kinds to weigh in about their plans to vote this November. These opinion essays run the gamut from advocacy for basic human rights to acutely personal mini-manifestoes. Read the rest over at 270 Reasons.

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Because There Are No Rights, No Freedoms
That Some Extremists Won’t Try to Take From Us

When Kamala Harris says we must “turn the page,” women know this is far more than a slogan. It’s an imperative that every woman recognizes.

We know that Vice President Harris is right to say we’re not going back to the political landscape Donald Trump has dominated for the last decade. We’re done with that. And we’re not just turning the page, we’re writing a new chapter—switching to a whole different book.

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Tue, 05/11/2024 - 00:00

People always ask me, “Why are you so sad, Eeyore? Is it because of the election?” Election Day or regular day, it’s all the same to me. Here’s my advice for accepting the inevitable.

Take a Deep Breath

It’s not much of an activity, but then again, I’m not much of a donkey.

Vote

Sure would be nice to vote. Some of us can’t. Least of all, a gray, gloomy donkey from Great Britain with no US citizenship.

Sigh.

Don’t worry about me. Even if I voted, they’d just write on my ballot, “It’s only Eeyore, so it doesn’t count.” Nobody listens to me, anyway.

Say One Thing You’re Grateful For

“Things could be worse. Not sure how. But it could be.” Saying this out loud always makes me feel better. If that doesn’t work for you, you can always just feel grateful for havin’ a choice between two parties. Republican Party. Democratic Party. You’re lucky to be invited to any party. I wouldn’t know. Parties are for popular animals. Guess I’m not fun enough to be invited.

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Mon, 04/11/2024 - 19:00
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Mon, 04/11/2024 - 18:23
Elon Musk threatens to do to democracy what he did to Twitter. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 2nd November 2024   This is what happens when successive US governments fail to tackle inequality. While millions of people live in poverty, a handful grow unimaginably rich. Wealth begets wealth, and they acquire political power […]
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Mon, 04/11/2024 - 11:55

Our election forecast model is the most rigorous data-driven tool available. It aggregates and weighs polls, draws on fundamentals like the economy, validates forecasts based on complex statistical vetting, and generates thousands of Bayesian election simulations to explore the likelihood of every possible outcome.

Based on that, I can tell you with 100 percent confidence that there is a 50 percent chance of any goddamn thing happening.

There are many vibes-based hacks out there. But if you subscribe to my website, I will debunk this ridiculous wish-casting that tries to convince you anything is possible and give you a complex quantitative analysis of why anything is possible.

I’m begging you, innumerate rubes, to take a single class on statistics and probability. A 50/50 forecast really means no outcome should surprise you. That’s also what a 60/40 forecast means. And also what a 75/25 forecast means. My models can really only tell you who will win when it is so overwhelmingly obvious that you don’t need a model.

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Mon, 04/11/2024 - 10:12
Australian human rights lawyer Chris Sidoti has been noted for his statements about Israel and Gaza. Australian whistleblower seeks support. Over the weekend the Israeli army has continued its bombardment in North Gaza, blocked school children in Hebron and killed more children ( and families) is airstrikes. Al Jazeera continues to track IDF social media Continue reading »
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Mon, 04/11/2024 - 10:00
Get a load of this: Trump’s just blurting out whatever comes into his head: Former President Donald J. Trump told supporters on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House at the end of his term during an end-of-campaign rally where he vented angrily about a spate of new public polls showing him losing ground to Vice President Kamala Harris and joked about reporters being shot at. The former president also described Democrats as a “demonic” party at the rally, at an airport in Lititz, Pa., his first of three swing-state stops planned for his second to last day on the campaign trail. Mr. Trump’s voice was audibly hoarse and his speech sluggish as he made unfounded claims about election interference. He praised himself for ditching his prepared remarks, saying it meant the “truth” could come out. “We had the best border, the safest border,” Mr. Trump said of his time in the White House. He said that the economy had been in good shape, before mentioning the chart he had been pointing to featuring immigration statistics when he was shot at during a rally in Butler, Pa., in July.