Mad Doug Biker
Just plodding along as always.
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- Over there, somewhere.
It took me a moment to realise that that is a downward arrow in blue.
I was there thinking
"Child deaths, 75%? What's to celebrate there?"
I need sleep!
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It took me a moment to realise that that is a downward arrow in blue.
I was there thinking
"Child deaths, 75%? What's to celebrate there?"
I need sleep!
briantrumpet
Über Member
And it wasn't even close. Quite apart from the politics, it seemed extraordinary that a man with so many allegations of sexual misconduct against him was in the running. Though it didn't stop Trump, I guess.
C R
Guru
And most of Como's financial backers were Republicans.
icowden
Shaman
I think it was potentially closer than it looks because there is a second round when second votes from the candidates that have been eliminated then get applied to the top two candidates. So a lot of the 112k votes for Lander might have gone to Cuomo.
theclaud
Reading around the chip
Classy behaviour from Lander throughout. A great ad for RCV and a model for left-liberal co-operation.
"We are sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs. With our help, Zohran Mamdani will be the Democratic nominee".
briantrumpet
Über Member
I thought Lander hadn't backed Cuomo. Still can't see final results though to check the actual margin.
glasgowcyclist
Über Member
Palestine Action’s fundraiser to fight the Home Secretary’s intention to proscribe them as a terrorist organisation has already smashed its £100,000 goal, reaching over £137,000 at this point, with 6 days still to go!
If, like me, you see this as an authoritarian assault on the right to protest then you can contribute to their legal funds here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/palestine-action/
If, like me, you see this as an authoritarian assault on the right to protest then you can contribute to their legal funds here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/palestine-action/
matticus
Guru
(i would quite like a free speech / authoritarian laws thread for all this stuff, but for now: )
My view is that criminal damage isn't terrorism. There is no terror here. The relevant clause in the 2000 Terrorism Act is absurdly vague.
My only problem with supporting P'Action unreservedly was the violent aspects to the Bristol arms factory raid. And they seemed pretty unrepentant about that.
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dutchguylivingintheuk
Veteran
Breaking into an Army base and spraying paint on military hardware is not a protest. It is strong evidence the security issues but still it's vandalism at best.
It's worded like that for an reason, if peacefull protest derails just a little bit it can quickly become intimidating and although the law has some provisions that say certain people/orginasations etc. need to have some thicker skin when it comes to intimidation also to protect freedom of protest, it's worded that wide for a reason, it's not the first time a ''protest'' movement becomes a terror group.
The raf basis i personally think calling them a terror group is a bit much, sounds more like pulling the biggest tools out of the drawer because they f*cked up their security. But then an incident in Bristol doesn't do them any favor does it?
matticus
Guru
Explain to me why it's not a protest.
Explain to me why vandalism cannot be protest.
dutchguylivingintheuk
Veteran
Protest is showing you dissatisfaction with something, vandalism is destroying things, that i have to explain that shows the problematic trend of changing standards.
Ian H
Squire
There's a long history of protests that were either violent or destructive, or both. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
