I think the point of saying political theatre is to imply that there is no substance to back it up and it’s playing for the crowd rather than genuine negotiation. I agree that the response is, but I don’t think we should dismiss the term as unimportant or without meaning, even if we disagree with Putin.

Unless you’re Irish. Then your English stays the same and your Irish fluency decreases.

Still it’s good to get it on record. Either the court is compromised, or gives good rationale, or ice is in breach. At this point it’s stilll a question.

I think it applies to eu citizens worldwide for online purposes. You only need to do business in eu with eu clients (seperate terms) for it to apply.

Yes, but that’s the point. Having a general set of the population spread across the country wins nothing. Having a local issue or locally popular one issue candidate can get elected, but they will be ineffective. It allows Labor to have a majority with only a small amount extra votes than the libs.

Sure it’s all down to the preference flows in each seat but perhaps we shouldn’t be doing winner takes all seats. I know in Germany they apportion seats based on percent vote, similar to how we do the senate. In Ireland they group districts and the top 3 candidates in a larger district get elected, after all preference flows. So you might get a lib, a lab and a grn rather than 2 libs and a lab, as it is with our divisions.

No system is perfect but we seem to be concentrating power in the hands of the two larger parties with the intention of stability without any evidence it is actually more stable.

I thought a bunch left the diplomatic core over the last number of years?

And don’t understand the difference between needing subtitles as hard of hearing or have the volume down, versus this part is in a foreign language.

Oh, does a friend from a different country play it for you?

Yes, I was thinking the same, but a part of me thinks we shouldn’t be giving these people the attention. It’s a self perpetuating illness. Others, even less deranged, may be tempted to copy if it gains popularity.

Somewhat, but it’s on,y to get one or two votes, despite there being a third of the electorate favouring an option that is not big 2. There is some myth about lack of stability if the minor parties have more power. I wouldn’t exactly call the changing of pm by both major parties stable. Coalitions keep power in check and don’t allow them to take voters for granted.

It seems like a knock off brand though. He’s notoriously cheap.

The mattel CEO said they won’t be moving production to the USA, but they might move it outside China if the tariffs becomes a big issue.

What this would be, is punishment for protected speech, given corporations are people.

So, although I don’t really care about mattel, as a multi billion dollar corporation, it matters as it is further erosion of people’s rights with little pushback while the constitution becomes more meaningless.

I think it’s great that ranked choice voting means we can have a wider range of candidates. What is concerning is that despite a third of the electorate rejecting the major two, they still get majority governments. Maybe we should be looking at proper proportional representation, given voting is required.

Eventually, they are left holding the bag, so if all the small investors have more chance to get out, all the better.

Vaultwarden should!

Yes, but they are never voting for greens anyway. She is divisive, more because she’s ruffled feathers and had campaigns against her. She is competent and recognisable.

Nice. I thought something like this was a great idea. My kids finished last year. I wonder if I can still log in and use it!

Isabella Rossellini?

Misusing your data and not providing an opt out. Rather than make less money and have slight tweaks, they just decline all European traffic.

While reframing the conversation.