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Expect the Worst from Democratic Party - A Cancellation of Remaining Primaries

Submitted by Steven D on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 12:51pm

Louisiana has postponed its primary. Don't be surprised if more states follow their lead. And then watch the increased push by media pundits and Dem Elites to declare that Biden, who leads in delegates (thanks to obvious election fraud) should be the nominee. Carville and Clyburn have already called for an end to the primaries to declare Biden the winner. They won't be the last.
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Notes from post-US/OAS/CIA coup Bolivia

Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 11:35am

añez and medina

First: ‘Elon Musk is acting like a neo-Conquistador for South America’s lithium’, Mar 09, 2020 by Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano  (CC non-commercial)

By my lights, the authors have buried the lede. 

They first report that Musk wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil, and was supposed to have met with Jair Bolsonaro (who either has or hasn’t tested positive for corona virus depending on which hour of the #FakeNews cycle).  As Musk had ended up being too busy, he’ll go to Brazil later this year.  Apparently ‘all eyes are on the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina where both BMW and GM already have factories.  They provide a list of names that Musk has been in contact with already who are eager for Musk to build a Gigfactory there as well.

Would you accept to participate in a vaccine clinical trial against Covid-19 before animal tests were complete? ?

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 11:01am

@JtC (are their ways to embed a yes/no counter in an essay page?)

This is an automated translation of the German article of "Der Spiegel - Science"
here. (I did not edit it)

The risky race of the pharmaceutical companies

A symptom of dysfunction: fewer than half of voters choose almost every candidate that appears on a ballot

Submitted by BayAreaLefty on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 8:19pm

Democrats comprise 30% of registered voters. Republicans: 29% (source). Yet, in most cases, these two parties choose 100% of the candidates who appear on the ballot for a general election. In some cases the situation is more dire (for example, California's "jungle primary" all but guarantees that in many if not most cases the only two candidates who appear will be Democrats).

The Future is Here, and It's Incredibly Ugly, Expensive and Doesn't Work

Submitted by leveymg on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 4:36pm

The ugly mess that a half century of capital growth and technological "progress" produced:
Porsche 917LH (1969-71) Top speed - 239 mph (Le Mans, France, 1971).
Porsche 919 Hybrid (2014-2018) Top speed - 223 mph (Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 2018).

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