TaTTe

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Right, so if I understand correctly the Knesset has voted to have an early election several times since 2022, but Bibi has vetoed those decisions to stay in power?

Still, I'd be more hopeful this year since the four years are up and I'd assume it's not as easy to cancel a mandatory election than an early election. At least I hope so.

I know Bibi is running the country lika a dictator, but has he really cancelled any elections? As far as I can tell, since 2000 there have been Knesset elections 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2019 (again), 2020, 2021 and 2022 with the next one expected in October this year.

Doesn't sound like there have been any cancellations, considering the members serve four-year terms, however, there have been plenty of early elections.

Can you clarify what you meant by him having cancelled Israeli elections?

on #JustDublinThings · c/memes · 2 pts · 98d

I think it might be a bit weird to use it at a (first) date.

Them: So what are your hobbies?

You: Getting high as giraffe pussy.

Them: ...

on A year ago... · c/politicalmemes · 4 pts · 108d

A bit nitpicky, but that would more correctly be referred to as the EC president. There's also the CEU president (Council of EU) which is more akin to a president of EU (which is also technically wrong).

My point is, the structure of the EU is more complicated than republics and there is no real "president" of the EU, which makes that term quite vague and potentially misleading.

Thanks for the additional explanations, I'm not from the US so I'm not too familiar with how voting works there.

I'm still not sure I understand what "straight Democratic tickets" mean. Is it people who only voted Democratic before and this was their first time voting Republican?

If that's the case, I'd be interested to read more about this if there are some sources you know of. It sounds like pretty solid evidence for election rigging.

Because it's not "everyone" who vote for these idiots. In pretty much every single country there's a clear pattern: the less educated and more isolated rural people vote for like-minded politicians, who tend to do a shit job. Then the more educated and less prejudiced urban people get upset and start protesting.

I agree with you on all points, but I'd also like to add that there's an argument the current system in sports discriminates towards women.

In many sports, there's a top league for men and a top league for women. Since men on average perform better, the men league is almost always favored, meaning there's more money from advertisement and sponsorships, providing more lucrative contracts for the players.

Even if a woman would be among the very best in a sport, she'll never be able to actually play in the top league in the best teams with the most lucrative contracts, which I think is 100% sexist.