I would say sort of? If you are Kamala you cannot regain the left at this point they’ll just continue to slip out of your hands so I think her bid is ‘Hey right wingers vote for us because unlike trump we are less embarrassing we will do all the things you want.’
But then Trump is also just like all over so I don’t know if you can be ‘to the right of’ a person that has no clear position.
New polls just dropped is Kamala going to be 
2? All signs point towards yes.
https://nitter.poast.org/IAPolls2022/status/1844077361857519795
Don’t mind me just passing through with some 
information.
Both Kamala and Trump are dead even as far as the betting market is concerned
And pollsters are doing their song and dance
It would be somewhat funny if Trump again wins the EC but loses the popular vote.
Yeah I didn’t want to include the SVP because then I’d have to talk about their leadership and their base went basically in two directions as their base realized that they’d be getting fucked too if it passes and do like a whole thing which I think might have bigger consequences in the future if their base is getting away from them but that’s all speculative and the whole post would’ve gotten even longer.
Also a minor indulgence on my part how does a german feel about this, why very strongly and with genocidal rage.
https://lemmy.world/post/20089954?scrollToComments=true
Maybe I should become a poster that says “Germania delende est” after every post
Other news from switzerland
There were two iniatives people voted on:
Biodiversity:
Yes 37.0% vs 63.0% No
Biodiversity has gone down over the last decade a ton so the state already has some new measures but according to the ones who proposed this initiative it wasn’t going far enough and they wanted some additional laws and to double the budget for protecting Biodiversity. Why was it reject this much? The No camp campaigned on two major pillars, food insecurity and energy insecurity, No basically said that a ton of farms would have to close and switzerland would have to rely on foreign food imports even more and energy companies said that it’d have made new energy installations, even renewables, very hard to build. I’m personally not surprised by the outcome the proposal wasn’t very well written although I agree with the general points.
Pension Reforms:
Yes 32.9% vs 67.1% No
Honestly this is kind of all over the news with media mocking the FDP (market liberals) and GLP (green market liberals) today. So for the past 2 years the FDP has been trying to box through pension reforms aka work longer for less money this third one is the largest no their initiatives have gotten and it’s fun seeing the NO grow larger and larger, huge L for neoliberals big W for left and unions who told them to fuck off and try again, also double L for neoliberals because a few months earlier people voted for a 13th pension payment and against their ‘raise the retirement age’ so now the SP and unions are thinking about actually reforming pensions aka making them better not worse. Also huge not a single canton (basically states) voted yes and the only places that even voted more yes than no are municipalities that are famous for having a ton of rich people even being called the ‘Goldcoast’
Did you read anything? The value is looking at the considerable shift in voters, in this case 10%, from last election cycle. Use it to make an educated guess that we will also see a shift in other states more than likely it is not as drastic as 10% but it means that the dems are going to do much weaker than they did in 2020 and if they do shitty enough Trump might actually win this. Harris doesn’t actually have a sizable lead again this is NY one of the dem strongholds, she is supposed to do much better, Trump polling better would mean a total sweep across the country. It’s obvious that Israels actions are supported by the Biden government and Kamala is part of that government it something thing that is depressing dem voter turn out which helps Trump because his base doesn’t care about that the hotter the conflict the lower dem turnout while rep turnout stays the same. Again, Israel does matter across the country does that mean NY is going to flip from blue to red? Of course not and that’s not what I’m saying.
news
https://x.com/ArgoJournal/status/1836754762533867841
Roughly a shift of 10% from the last election with Israel starting even more shit in the middle east it might just be enough to completely kill any chance Kamala had.
In the annals of this present era, when Heaven’s favor once bestowed upon the Empress of the European Realms, Ursula von der Leyen, now appears to wane, the signs of discord multiply in alarming fashion. Not since the distant days when rulers were cast from their thrones by the wrath of nature have the rivers of Europe surged so violently. The floods that have swept across the lands, from Austria to Hungary to Poland, have wrought devastation.
These torrents, swollen with the rains of Heaven, have overwhelmed the great rivers—the Danube, the Morava, and beyond—bursting their banks, as if in a dire warning. Villages lay submerged, and cities were brought to their knees by waters that left most of their homes underwater. Bridges, those vital arteries of the realm, have collapsed, and the call for a state of natural disaster echoes across the land.
Surely, this is more than a mere misfortune; it is a sign from the Heavens. The Empress von der Leyen, though resolute in her proclamations of European solidarity, has lost the sacred Mandate of Heaven. Even now, the rulers of the East and the West scramble in panic. The governor of the hungarian province Viktor Orbán, was compelled to abandon his parliamentary duties and the teutonic general Olaf Scholz schemes the downfall by marching his army on the prohibitively expensive city of Brussels the seat of the Empresses power. In these omens, it is clear: Nature herself cries out, demanding a renewal of leadership that may once again align with the will of Heaven
The Empress, once entrusted with the sacred duty to guide her people, now finds herself beset by calamity on all sides, for the favor of Heaven does not waver lightly, and the storms above reflect the discontent below. As the rivers of Europe rage, drowning cities and villages alike, it is not only the Empress von der Leyen who must look to the heavens in fear of her fate. In these times of great upheaval, the court of Europe is rife with whispers of challengers, each seeking to seize the Mandate of Heaven and bring forth a new era of rule.
Reporting from the Red Turban headquarters planning the fall of the EU Sky and the rise of a red one, there will be prosperity under the heavens.
I mean it’s unlikely that they’ll be able to form a government with 25% BUT and that’s why I posted it, the gains are real, my prediction is that we will see the center parties collapse during the next round of election in europe and if there is a functioning left wing they’ll gain a lot here the communists picked up 2.5x more than the fascists and I know this is in a city but I don’t think that fascists parties are able to do the reverse in the rural areas since those are already controlled by the center fascists.
Smaller good news from one european city Antwerp
The communist party (PVDA-PTB) is polling at second place with 24.7% of the votes after the conservatives (N-VA) at 28.3% during 2018 the communists got 8.7% so this is actually huge, don’t know too much about Belgian politics but maybe we got someone around for it.
Indicated changes from this polls
Communist +16% Conservatives -7% Greens -5.4% Far Right +6.6% SocDems -3.2% Christian Dems -3.8% Market Liberals -2.9%
I.e. center collapsing with communist making huge gains as well as the far right.
Double update time
That german bridge that collapsed? It collapsed again, US wishes it could collapse bridges this well the world is witnessing superior german engineering and efficiency.
This is on top of whatever you have to do, for example I could freely travel to the UK as long as I don’t stay for longer than 6 months and they can do the same over here, my guess is you need to pay for the visa application THEN pay for the permit as well
Electronic Travel Authorisation is what you are supposed to look for.
Taking a short break from german news to bring UK news, apparently you gotta pay 11 quid next year to get a permit to enter the country. I’m sure this will not have any influence on the UKs tourism sector.
I mean really 11£? Like I know that someone in the government looked at the yearly numbers and thought they could raise like millions but it seems like a hurdle that will make people less likely to go to TERF island if they can’t help it.
It’s because Germany is the US’ Number 2, supporting genocide like the US collapsing bridges like the US
Dresden’s Carolabrücke Collapse: A Stark Reminder of Government Neglect Under Scholz’s Regime
Dresden has been plunged into turmoil as the Carolabrücke, the city’s most vital bridge connecting its northern and southern halves, collapsed during the night. This shocking event has not only severed a critical transport link but has also laid bare the weaknesses in Germany’s infrastructure management under the current regime led by the authoritarian leader Olaf “Nr 2” Scholz.
The Carolabrücke was more than just a bridge; it was a key symbol of Dresden’s unity and economic vitality. Its sudden collapse is seen by many germany watchers as emblematic of broader issues plaguing Germany’s economy and leadership, widespread recession, corruption and instability. The Scholz regime, already facing criticism for its handling of various international issues, now finds itself under intensified scrutiny as citizens question how such a crucial structure could be allowed to deteriorate to the point of failure.
As the nation looks on, Chancellor Scholz and his government are facing mounting pressure to not only provide answers but also to take swift and decisive action. From the Bundestag only one thing can be heard “Es wird sich grundsätzlich nichts ändern” (Nothing will fundementally change). Several NGOs one of them Germany Watch lead by renowned Dr. 艾德里安 曾兹 has issued warnings that a human catastrophe is imminent if the world community does not act now.
Reporting from an underground bunker in srfland I’m Notceps back to the studio.
After much campaigning, doing groundwork and burning bridges Kamala Harris has finally overcome her ‘being better than Trump’ status and is now polling behind the incredibly dry boy.
Something something snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Wikipedia has some good pages and some horrifically bad pages, we all know the one where some american teen made all the scots pages even though he literally didn’t speak a word of scots but there’s tons of other pages that are questionable at best and wrong at worst. The main contributors after decades are still like 80% men and most of them are in a STEM field which again shows in pages that go outside of that narrow niche. I at one point edited some wiki pages myself and you’ll literally have some guy do a fucking edit war because he thinks Somatotypes are real and you have to fight for months because you don’t have the clout of a math nerd.
And this isn’t even looking at the serious Nazi problem wiki has.
Wikipedia had decades to get their act together, they didn’t I doubt they will anytime in the future because of how their whole shitty system works.
Edit: To double down their reviewers are also shitty STEMlords who often have no qualifications but think they do, again look at any philosophy page which is just laughable. Everyone is always walking around on eggshells when it comes to how shitty some sections of wikipedia are which has resulted in festering puss filled wounds that glorify nazis and since it’s on wikipedia well then it has some credibility to it.