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Historic background
In theoretical physics we use mathematics to describe Nature, often creating new mathematical structures during our research, just like Newton did when he invented calculus to formulate his "Laws of Motion" describing the motion of planets, stars or even swinging weights.
Later on, in the 19th century calculus evolved into classical field theory and physicists were able to successfully describe electromagnetism. But with the discovery of the electron, there was suddenly some new physics to understand and particle physics was born. Using the new framework of quantum mechanics and experimental observation, the scientific community gained an understanding of the fundamental particles and their division into two classes: bosons and fermions, particles that transmit forces and make up matter, respectively.
At the same time, increasing observational evidence showed that light travelled at one fixed speed according to any observer. This fact, together with new mathematics that Einstein developed to describe it gave birth to the special theory of Relativity. During the 20th century physicists worked hard and were able to merge this together with quantum mechanics, which gave origin to the relativistic quantum field theory. This theory is the foundation of our understanding of subatomic particle physics in the form of the Standard Model, which has so successfully described the phenomena occurring at the LHC.
However, Einstein continued his work and improved Newton's theory of gravitation. Bringing the new concepts of differential geometry into physics, he created the General Theory of Relativity. This theory has been proven to be a great description of Nature. Nevertheless, some of its features that have been observed, such as black holes and an expanding universe, have led the scientific community to believe that our knowledge is still somehow incomplete.
On one hand, quantum field theory describes elementary particles extremely well, but it neglects gravitational effects, and on the other hand we have general relativity which gives great insight into gravitational effects but ignores quantum effects. This is where String Theory comes in, since we believe that it is the theory that closes this gap.
String Theory
It is well known that a good quantum theory of gravity must include a massless particle that carries the gravitational force and has two units of spin, the graviton. In string theory, particles arise from excitation modes of the string (just like the string of a stringed instrument can vibrate to produce several harmonics), and the graviton is one of those excitations.
This is however not enough for us to say that we have a good theory of quantum gravity, since the graviton could also have been added to quantum field theory by hand, but that was shown to produce disastrous behaviour at small distances because the particles were point-like. In string theory this problem is solved since the fundamental objects have a non-zero length which leads to a nice behaviour at small distances.
If we want our string theory to include fermions, then we have to add a special kind of symmetry called supersymmetry, which means that for every boson there must be a corresponding fermion. Supersymmetric partners to known particles have not yet been found, but theorists believe this is because those particles would be too heavy to be detected with the technology that we have today. There is however a chance that the new improvements at LHC might be enough to find supersymmetry which would be compelling evidence that string theory is the theory of quantum gravity.
Another surprising revelation was that superstring theories include more structures than the fundamental strings. There are also higher dimensional objects called D-branes, which are membranes where the ends of open strings are localized and correspond to a collective excitation of strings.
Finally, one has also to remember that superstring theories are only consistent if the number of space-time dimensions is ten. This means that to give a good description of nature one has to compactify the unwanted spacetime dimensions, which makes the number of possible string theories grow quite a lot since there are many possible ways to make six dimensions much smaller than the other four. This compactification procedure is very interesting on its own and gives rise to very nice mathematical structures.
Depending on how supersymmetry works and whether or not the strings are required to be closed loops, there are five different string theories in ten dimensions. In spite of that, one can also say that this number is shrinking, since string theorists have discovered that what they thought were five totally distinct theories seem in fact to be related to each other through dualities and are all special limits of a more fundamental theory, which they call M theory.
M theory
Before string theory won the full attention of the theoretical physics community, the most popular unified theory was an eleven dimensional theory of supergravity, which is supersymmetry combined with gravity. Technically speaking, M theory is the unknown eleven-dimensional theory whose low energy limit is that supergravity theory in eleven dimensions and from which the known superstring theories emerge as special limits.
We still do not know much about the fundamental M theory, but a lot has been learned about how it relates to superstrings in ten spacetime dimensions and judging from all these relationships, it is certainly a very interesting and rich theory.
Some applications
Cosmological observations have shown that most of the mass in the universe occurs in the form of dark matter. One leading candidate for the composition of dark matter is the WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle), and many people believe the WIMP to be a spin 1/2 fermion called neutralino which is the supersymmetric partner of gauge bosons and Higgs particles. They are very heavy, interact very weakly with other particles which makes them excellent candidates to explain dark matter.
Supersymmetry needs to be broken in some way because there is no exact match between fermions and bosons, but one can break supersymmetry without losing all the advantages of having it. One example of such mechanism is how the Higgs boson gives mass to the other particles. One of the reasons that string theorists originally liked supersymmetry was that the vacuum energy of bosons and fermions cancelled each other. However, when supersymmetry in string theory is broken that cancellation does not occur anymore, which might explain the cosmological constant behind the expansion of the Universe. String theory also provides us with new scalar fields that could in principle have driven the inflationary phase of our Universe, even though this is still an active area of research.
String theory also provides an excellent framework to study black holes. When it was discovered that black holes can decay by quantum processes, it was also discovered that black holes seem to have the thermodynamic properties of temperature and entropy. Entropy is a quantity that measures the number of allowed quantum states. One of the great successes of string theory was to show precisely how the counting of quantum states for a system of D-branes relates with the entropy as the area of the black hole horizon which appears in the D-brane setup.
Finally another great contribution from string theory has come in the form of the so called AdS/CFT duality, a powerful realization of the holographic principle which states that the description of gravity in some space is encoded in its boundary. AdS/CFT relates some string theories with highly symmetric quantum field theories and the most studied case corresponds to a string theory in five dimensions which is dual to a quantum field theory in four dimensions. This correspondence has the striking property that when the gravitational theory is difficult to solve, the computations in the corresponding quantum field theory become trivial and vice-versa. This duality then gives great insights into quantum gravity, as it provides a non-perturbative formulation of string theory, and at the same time it provides a powerful toolkit for studying strongly coupled quantum field theories, as is the case of QCD, the theory describing the strong force which keeps atoms together.


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C-MET-HGF/SF axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis and progression of many cancers, including sarcomas. That is why the influence of C-MET-HGF/SF axis on progression of the most common sarcoma in childhood-rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) was taken under consideration. In this material expression of the C-MET receptor, HGF/SF ligand was examined, as well as HGF/SF influence on proliferation/viability and migration of the established RMS cell lines. The presence of the potential activating mutations in the kinase domain was assessed by sequencing. The statistical relation between the expression of the C-MET and survival was performed. The expression of the C-MET receptor in the RMS cells was observed. No expression of the HGF/SF was found in the material, so there is no activating loop in the progression of the tumor. There was no mutation found in the kinase domain of the C-MET receptor. HGF/SF increased the motility and direct migration of the RMS cells, as well as the proliferation and viability. The presence of the translocation PAX3-FKHR was observed in the alveolar subtype of RMS (ARMS).
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The CSU Northridge Matadors (3-6) are 1.5-point underdogs as they attempt to stop a three-game losing streak when they host the Portland State Vikings (3-5) on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Matadome. The contest airs at 10:00 PM ET. The over/under for the matchup is 128.5.
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- Portland State has covered the spread three times over six games with a set spread.
- The Vikings have not covered the spread when they are at least 1.5-point favorites (0-2).
- Portland State's games have gone over the total once out of six chances this season.
- The Vikings put up 70.4 points per game, just 2.2 more points than the 68.2 the Matadors give up.
- CSU Northridge has compiled a 7-2-0 record against the spread this season.
- In games they have played as 1.5-point underdogs or more, the Matadors have a perfect ATS record of 7-0.
- This year, CSU Northridge's games have hit the over once.
- The Matadors' 57.3 points per game are 8.3 fewer points than the 65.6 the Vikings give up.
- CSU Northridge is 1-1 against the spread and 2-0 overall when it scores more than 65.6 points.
Portland State vs. CSU Northridge Over/Under Trends
- This season, three of Portland State's six games have gone over Saturday's over/under of 128.5 points.
- Four of CSU Northridge's games ended with a combined score over 128.5 points this season.
- The Vikings average 70.4 points per game against the Matadors' 57.3, totaling 0.8 points under the game's total of 128.5.
- This matchup's over/under is 5.3 fewer points than the 133.8 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2020.
- On average, the Vikings have seen a 140.8 over/under in their games this season, 12.3 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
- The over/under for this game is 8.2 points fewer than the average over/under in Matadors' games this season (136.7 points).
Portland State Team Leaders
- James Jean-Marie: 13.4 PTS, 10.8 REB, 49.4 FG%, 37.5 3PT% (3-for-8)
- Khalid Thomas: 8.1 PTS, 2.0 STL, 35.5 FG%, 19.4 3PT% (7-for-36)
- Michael Carter III: 9.5 PTS, 1.4 STL, 35.9 FG%, 36.4 3PT% (8-for-22)
- Marlon Ruffin: 11.5 PTS, 37.1 FG%, 19.2 3PT% (5-for-26)
- Ezekiel Alley: 7.3 PTS, 42.1 FG%, 28.6 3PT% (6-for-21)
CSU Northridge Team Leaders
- Elijah Hardy: 9.0 PTS, 1.2 STL, 37.9 FG%, 30.4 3PT% (7-for-23)
- Onyi Eyisi: 10.4 PTS, 55.6 FG%
- Atin Wright: 10.5 PTS, 31.3 FG%, 30.2 3PT% (13-for-43)
- Christian Gray: 5.3 PTS, 35.9 FG%
- Darius Brown II: 5.6 PTS, 35.6 FG%, 33.3 3PT% (5-for-15)
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I made inquiries into this matter. It appears that there is a difference of opinion as to the method of computing the hours of work; and I am not yet in a position, without further inquiry, to decide what alterations are necessary. I am informing the contractor, however, that I am not satisfied with the hours of work of certain of his men; and I will expedite the conclusion as far as possible. As regards the latter part of the question, the arrangement to which my hon. Friend refers was not adopted at the request or with the cognisance, of any officer of my Department. I need hardly say that any statement of the kind submitted by a mail cart contractor, and obtained in the way described would not influence my decision in regard to the proper hours of employment of mail cart drivers.


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Hammerling-Hodgers: Still looking for a resolution? How about taking care of your skin
With the onset of a new year, many of us try to make a list of our New Year's resolutions.
If you're a little bit behind and don't have any picked out yet, here are some resolutions to try and establish a skin care routine to help your skin be healthy.
Diet correlates to health skin
You've heard the saying of you are what you eat?
A poor diet may lead to breakouts, but a healthy diet can provide the nutrients needed for great skin.
Some basic skin-friendly foods include a variety of fruits and vegetables. Eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables helps to increase the antioxidant intake and protects collagen from the environment.
Be sure to include a source of omega 3 and protein in the diet. However, if you're vegan, try cashew nuts or flaxseed oil to supplement your diet.
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Hydrations = healthy skin
Hydration is key for glowing skin. Water is essential and your body needs a lot of it. Try to keep a bottle with you throughout the day and drink as much as you can throughout the day.
According to mayclinic.org, the old adage about drinking eight glasses of water a day is easy to remember and a reasonable goal, but it may be on the low side of what you may need. Still, 64 ounces is a good start.
Yes, even sleep is good for skin
Sleeping at least 8 hours a day can help reduce stress, which is one of the causes of acne.
It also can help prevent dark circles under the eyes.
Exercise for more than your heart
Exercising regularly is also helpful to keeping a healthy glow to the skin by keeping the blood circulating.
By simplifying your skincare routine, it may be giving your skin the break it needs.
Too many ingredients in products can make the skin appear red and make it more sensitive.
First, start with cleaning out your make-up bag and emptying out your medicine cabinet to get rid of old skin care products that are six-to-12 months old.
Then, re-evaluate your skin needs to see if you need to focus on other areas or adapt to the season.
During the winter, skin becomes drier and more sensitive. Some people think exfoliation would exacerbate dryness but it's important to keep up with it by toning down the potency to avoid potential irritation as your skin's sensitivity changes.
Sometimes, with pregnancy, the skin can change with all the fluctuations of hormones.
In addition to wearing skin healthy makeup like Clinique or quality mineral makeup such as Jane Iredale or Glo, be sure to wash your makeup brushes, and be sure to always wash your face before bed.
Better types of makeup
The benefits of using mineral makeup is the ingredients.
In comparison to regular makeup, mineral makeup mainly contains natural ingredients.
Some brands might have small amounts of synthetic, lab-made substances, but reputable brands will use synthetic ingredients proven to be safe for humans.
Most cosmetics that are not mineral based are made with ingredients such as: Parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, oxybenzone, fragrance and talc which can irritate the skin and cause breakouts.
As tempting as it is, get rid of the magnification mirror and do not pick your skin! This can result in scarring and increased breakouts.
Try to incorporate a quality vitamin C product and retinoid into your routine. Skinceuticals and ZO Skin Health are great lines. By adding these two products they can help with brightening of the skin as well as being anti-aging.
The most effective products are prescription strength.
Wearing a moisturizer with sunscreen daily and a moisturizer at night helps to protect the skin and keep it looking young and feeling healthy. Some over-the-counter products to try are by Cerave, Vanicream or Aveeno.
Keeping your skin healthy with a nice glow doesn't have to be complicated.
In addition to the previous recommendations, you can supplement the basic routine with wearing a mask once a week, get facials or peels monthly.
At home masks by ZO can soothe and hydrate the skin or cleanse the pores and absorb excess oil. Think of going to an aesthetician as regular maintenance like you do with your car.
If you have any questions or hesitations about using certain products be sure to ask your dermatologist what is best for your skin.
Susan Hammerling-Hodgers, a Member of the National Psoriasis Foundation, is a PA-C (Certified Physician Assistant) and MPAS (Master of Physician Assistant Studies) and works at Brevard Skin and Cancer at the Merritt Island, Titusville and Rockledge offices.


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It's 1974. Richard Nixon resigns the presidency; Barbara Streisand is singing, "The Way We Were" all over the radio (that music-playing thing before the internet); and you can buy a hand calculator that can only add, subtract, multiply, and divide for, in today's currency, $100. Someone asks you: Here are three pretty radical ideas – which do you think is likely to happen first, if ever?:
I bet most Americans in 1974 – and probably most social scientists – would have picked the third.
The first radical idea is just about come true. There is a headlong rush toward normalizing gay marriage going on almost everywhere. A recent poll found that most Republicans under 45 support "same–sex marriage rights" and another found that more Republicans under 30 consider it a "good" rather than a "bad" thing – in spite of the fact that just a few years ago the Republican party deployed opposition to gay marriage as a powerful winning strategy. A few weeks ago, conservative Catholic columnist Russ Douthat discussed the "terms of surrender" for his side on the gay marriage debate.
We've now had a black president for five years and even though he pays a price in voter support because of his race, Americans are less ticked off at him because he is black than because of his effort to extend government health insurance, that third radical idea.
As the Obamacare deadline has (sort of) come and gone, what appeared to be the least radical idea of 1974, that we would have universal national health insurance, is still a long way off (if it ever happens). How come?
Public opinion
(By the way, here is a fascinating factoid: In 1975, 54 percent of GSS respondents aged 65 or older said that the government should help Americans pay their medical bills. In 2006-08, before the Obamacare controversy, about 40 percent said that. And In 2012, only about 34 percent of the elderly – compared to 59 percent of those under 65 – said that the government should help with medical bills. All of these older Americans, of course, actually have most of their medical care paid for by those under 65 through the federal government. Go figure.)
How come?
Two radical notions in the early 1970s, having a black president and permitting homosexual marriage, have pretty much come to pass – in terms of public opinion and public policy. But the idea that the government should be partly responsible for all Americans' health care, not just care for the elderly and poor, has not.
To be sure, there have been steps toward more comprehensive government support. Medicaid has expanded, CHIP covers some children. Add in Medicare and the Veterans Administration and you find that a large proportion of Americans are, in reality, getting government health insurance. But Americans' resistance to making it universal remains strong. One reason Obamacare is such an unwieldy kludge of a health care program is that establishing a simple European- or Canadian-style system here is still politically far out of reach.
How come American views and policies changed so much with respect to the hot issues of sex and race, but not health care?
One explanation is that gay marriage and a black president don't cost affluent Americans any money in taxes; universal health care probably would.
Or perhaps, such a health system just runs up against Americans' deeply-held resistance to more expensive government or stronger government. Or it runs up against Americans' deeply-help insistence on individual self-reliance. Americans repeatedly compromise their philosophical stances against government and for self-reliance (say, by accepting disaster relief and mortgage subsidies), but each compromise is an uphill struggle.
Or, perhaps, acknowledging the rights of gays to marriage and the rights of blacks to election fits Americans' libertarian streak.
Or perhaps universal health care has not arrived because the wealthy and the powerful – those who now get the best health care in world that money can buy – see no need to mess with the current system. (This may also explain the oddity about the elderly's views: "I've got mine.")
Or, perhaps the lack of political traction on this issue reflects the ability of vested interests, in this case the health industry, to "inform" the public and lobby the Congress against the simplifications and streamlining of health care.
Here a bit of yet older history is informative: In fall 1945, President Harry Truman proposed a government-based national health insurance plan. Shortly afterward, the Gallup Poll asked Americans, "Do you approve or disapprove of Truman's plan for (compulsory) health insurance in this country?" Support was strong: 59 percent yes versus 25 percent no. In 1950, Gallup asked almost the identical question, "Do you approve or disapprove of this plan (the Truman Administration's Compulsory Health Insurance Plan)?" Americans' views had flipped: now 24 percent approved and 61 percent disapproved.
claude fischerWhat happened? Part of the explanation may be Truman's stubbornness about compromising on his plan or his general loss of popularity in the intervening years. Also, Americans generally shifted to the right after the 1948 election. But most of that shift was probably the result of a full-bore campaign led by the doctors' and the insurance companies' associations to paint the Truman plan as socialist or even communist. By 1960, most Americans ended up with private, employer-based health insurance rather than coverage through a universal system.
Whatever the explanation, it is striking that of these three radical ideas circa 1974 the one that would have seemed to be the least radical is the one that has not come to pass.
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About 800 members of the University of Guelph and greater Guelph community set a world record Saturday, packaging 159,840 famine relief meals in one hour.
"That's almost 10,000 over our goal," said organizer Gavin Armstrong, a U of G graduate student.
The event, which attracted people of all ages, was the first in a series of activities the University is endorsing to help raise awareness and engage students to deal with emergency relief and hunger in a permanent and lasting way.
Hundreds of people gathered at Johnston Green shortly before 2 p.m. and formed "assembly lines" to measure and package the meals. Each meal included four ingredients — rice, soy, beans and a vitamin packet — that were sealed in a plastic bag with the University's BetterPlanet Project logo and cooking instructions printed on the outside.
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Armstrong and Tania Framst, an executive assistant in the U of G president's office, organized the event to continue the momentum of the successful Universities Fighting World Hunger summit hosted by U of G last year. The cost was covered by the sponsors of the hunger summit.
"It's amazing that just one hour of your time can make such a big difference in other people's lives," said Armstrong, who won the 2011 President William Jefferson Clinton Hunger Leadership Award.
He added that the event aimed not only to set a world record but, more importantly, also to get emergency relief meals ready in bags for distribution.
"The situation in Haiti and elsewhere seems dire, but it is not hopeless," said Armstrong. "These emergency relief meals are vital but should not be considered a long-term solution. I'd like to see famine eradicated. We must promote sustainable agricultural practices for the future."
Armstrong hopes to get 10 universities involved next year and set a world record of one million emergency relief meals packaged by a volunteer team in an hour.


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Mayor Stephen Martin opened Lisburn's new School Uniform Bank (SUB) which is based at Trinity Methodist Church off the Knockmore Road.
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That research provides evidence that parties who cooperate before an election, rather than campaign completely independently, ultimately are more likely to win government. That's a pretty good reason to formalize things.
So who in Labour decided to do the opposite before the 2014 election?
Your polling figures declaring that the left is finally on the rise could be taken from anytime with in the last 10 years. Ten years when National have relentlessly thumped the left. I don't think National will be panicking just yet.
Plus the MOU isn't worth the paper its printed on given that Winston can break it in half with his little finger.
Wouldn't it be better to merge the brands completely? Then voters would know real change was in the air and that no matter how the votes turned out LabGreen was a solid brand not a union of possible convenience. I also think it would clarify what Labour stands for.
So, while I welcome this step, at long last, to have a kind of MOU between Labour and Greens, I have very mixed feelings about the present situation. Is it really the right time, when Labour have with recent changes of position (Auckland housing, dropping CGT, dropping GST exemption for certain foods, ambiguous talk about a UBI, and so forth), and a very unclear policy direction (no clear words on tax reform), and nobody really knowing that well about where the party stands on many issues?
The Greens seem more consistent with their program, so they must be hoping Labour gets a good, convincing and wider voter appealing policy platform together. Unless Labour delivers such by the end of this year, at least by very early next year, I think this exercise will not get them far. For Labour it may look like a desperate attempt to show position and to convince potential voters, that they are able to work together with the Greens, and to signal, look, we will be "the alternative".
I have some concern with the leaders, as Metiria seems to look a bit more tired now, besides a still "forming" co-leader, and as Andrew is still struggling to find more appeal with voters (see his low polling).
So is it really the right time, or the right step at the wrong time, I wonder? It may actually backfire, or not fire at all.
Then there is now one somewhat suspicious, perhaps disgruntled third party, particularly its leader, who will feel an extra need now, to play his own game, and follow a different agenda. He will feel encouraged now, to run the popular underdog campaign, being the party for those forgotten by the two big parties, at a time where mass immigration is putting pressure on New Zealand housing, infrastructure, health-, education- and social services, last not least also the environment.
I see an election outcome few here will expect, where NZ First may rise to be the strong and vocal opposition party, which may gain favour and support from former, disgruntled National voters and former Labour voters rushing to them, and putting it at perhaps 15 or more percent in the polls and even in election results. It will be Nats and Lab-Greens competing to gain his favour, and it will be very interesting, as neither Nats nor Labour and Green will dare run an election campaign on issues like immigration, that may be at a time the housing market is near collapse, where a sizeable lot of voters are turning anti immigration, and will also cast protest votes.
Many will see Winston as the only alternative, the others too weak and damaged to convince, and he will be the absolute king maker, perhaps tying knots with Labour again, and the Greens being left out once more (given the MOU will end on election night).
Sacha, in reply to
I see an election outcome few here will expect, where NZ First may rise to be the strong and vocal opposition party, which may gain favour and support from former, disgruntled National voters and former Labour voters rushing to them, and putting it at perhaps 15 or more percent in the polls and even in election results.
I doubt many of us would be surprised. Opinions welcome.
Joe Wylie, in reply to
I doubt many of us would be surprised. Opinions welcome.
For all I know Marc C may be a trained haruspex, employing a form of divination that us effete liberals would find too offal to contemplate.
izogi, in reply to
Your polling figures declaring that the left is finally on the rise could be taken from anytime with in the last 10 years. Ten years when National have relentlessly thumped the left. I don't think National will be panicking just yet.
I agree. Trying to extrapolate the future based on a chart like this, which shows the declared effect happening once before, is dodgy at best. It's great bait for people willing to see patterns which don't necessarily exist.
I hope it's not long before discussion shift back to policy, and what can be expected from this partnership, instead of just ongoing meta-commentary about political gamesmanship. New voters aren't likely to be attracted to either party based on talk about their existing or anticipated polling performance.
Sacha, in reply to
ongoing meta-commentary about political gamesmanship
like this, you mean? Trevett manages to make it about her pin-up PM. Longest job interview ..
Alfie, in reply to
Is it really the right time, when Labour have with recent changes of position (Auckland housing, dropping CGT, dropping GST exemption for certain foods, ambiguous talk about a UBI, and so forth), and a very unclear policy direction (no clear words on tax reform), and nobody really knowing that well about where the party stands on many issues
I think you've nailed it, Marc. The Greens have always been a party of principle with consistent policies, whereas for the last few years Labour have been all over the place.
Their refusal to cooperate with the Greens in 2014, dropping the CGT, teaming up with National during the last election to oust Hone Harawira, supporting the TPPA despite its evil investor/state dispute settlement process... at the moment it's hard to see our current Labour Party as anything other than National-lite.
It's not as if National are invulnerable. New Zealanders used to be defined by our egalitarianism and sense of fair play. There are numerous examples of the Nats often cruel application of neoliberal economics which should be anathema to the majority of kiwis. For instance...
* The sale of state assets, at a loss if necessary to satisfy ideology
* Sacrificing sovereignty to multinationals via the ISDS
* Privatising health -- how's that Compass deal going?
* Privatising education -- more charter schools, anyone?
* The continuing disposal of our social housing stock in the midst of the country's biggest housing crisis
* Complicity in providing financial shelter and money laundering services to the world's criminals
* The complete absence of principle which allowed Judith Collins back into cabinet
The iniquity of these policies should inspire revolution, but they're not.
As the principle opposition party, it's Labour's role to articulate to the masses this ongoing transfer of wealth from the public to the private sector with its subsequent catastrophic outcomes for the poor. But we're saddled with a weak opposition which seems unable to even verbalise National's game plan, let alone provide a viable alternative.
Sure, the game has become more difficult since the advent of Crosby/Textor manipulation and the weakening of our investigative media. But these things make the presense of a strong left wing voice even more important. Labour might look to Jeremy Corbyn in the UK and Bernie Sanders in the US for inspiration.
It's time for Labour to prioritise principle over power and take a hard look at what they really stand for.
Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Hear 'em, scare 'em...
meta-commentary about political gamesmanship
...like this, you mean?
It's a bit rich Trevett pointing a mocking finger at "Little's Big Love government" when National is in bed with 3 parties already...
Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Hepatic cat...
employing a form of divination that us effete liberals would find too offal to contemplate
Entrailer trash...
...or Liver birds?
;- )
Ian Dalziel, in reply to
the Greens might also need to take stock
Vote rustlers?
One does wonder if there will be Epsom & Ohariu-like candidate 'withdrawal' and instructions to voters re MP and Party vote in some areas?
Tom Johnson, in reply to
Trevett just wrote one of the most pointless articles I have ever seen . It's basically a press release for National.
izogi, in reply to
like this, you mean? Trevett manages to make it about her pin-up PM. Longest job interview ..
Yes, pretty much. It's the shallow end of journalism which only ever frames politics as sport. Instead of investigating and reporting with substance, it commentates on every single development in terms of strategy, winning and losing.
Patrick Gower's brilliant at it, which is why I almost never bother with him.
Here's something I wrote back in 2015 about a possible Labour/Green coalition back then before Cunliffe's cockup:
In Germany, Social Democrat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder led a successful and effective Social Democrat/Green coalition (1998-2005) for two Bundestag terms. In Finland, Social Democrat Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's government included Cabinet minister representation from both the Green League and Finnish People's Party (akin to New Zealand First), so it might be interesting to focus on how that worked (1995-2002). Iceland saw (out lesbian) Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdasdottir lead a 'red/green' coalition in power for four years (2009-2013). There are therefore ample examples of functional and stable social democratic/green coalitions in place within Western Europe should anyone wish to consult them for precedents. In Canada, the centrist Liberal Party and Green Party of Canada also have an informal 'red/green' relationship in the House of Commons. I would suggest that instead of unsubstantiated and subjective opinion, television news and current affairs programmes research these prior instances, as indeed should Labour and the Greens themselves. Germany, Finland and Iceland suggest that a red/green coalition is stable and workable.
So, what about factoring in NZF?
What about 'traffic light coalitions' that might conceivably include Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First? These have existed overseas. In particularly, the Czech Republic may offer some interesting insights into how this might unfold. Rather like New Zealand First, the Czech Peoples Party is predominantly targeted at elderly voters and its political existence is marginal, depending on whether or not it is acting as a protest vote or taking advantage of the cyclical weakness of one of the major Czech political parties. However, in Denmark, the Danish Peoples Party has aligned itself with the centre-right Conservatives and Liberals in government over the last decade, which might hearten New Zealand First (and National?), or not. Similarly, in 2007, the Polish Peoples Party formed a coalition with the centre-right Civic Platform, the major winner in that year's national election. However, again, in Slovakia, its Peoples Party formed a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats (2006-2010). Thus, if Winston Peters chose to play a more constructive role in current New Zealand electoral politics, he would have precedents on both sides of his prospective balancing act. The Czech Republic and Slovakia offer one set of examples, while Denmark and Poland offer the other option. However, the Czech Republic seems to be the only example of a 'traffic light' coalition arrangement.
Winston could go either way, judging from the behaviour of his counterparts and closest political equivalents elsewhere.
And finally, here are my references:
Charles Lees: The Red/Green Coalition in Germany: Politics, Personalities and Power: Manchester: Palgrave: 2000.
Werner Reutter: Germany on the Road to Normalcy: Politics and Policies of the Red/Green Federal Government: 1998-2002Manchester: Palgrave: 2004
Franko Zelko and Caroline Brinkman: Green Parties: Reflections on the First Three Decades: Washington DC: Heinrich Boll Foundation: 2006.
Elizabeth Bomberg: Green Parties and Politics in the European Community: London: Routledge: 1998.
Tad Shull: Redefining Red and Green: Ideology and Strategy in European Politics: Albany: State University of New York Press: 1999
Sacha, in reply to
It's basically a press release for National.
like i say, auditioning.
Voters should be pleased with this.
This is how it should work. You cast your vote for Labour or Greens, knowing that they'll have different priorities and your vote will affect the relative weighting of those priorities. But Labour can fuck this up, as they have in the past, by refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Green vote and sidelining them once they're in government.
Of course, the media will spin it as 'bad news for Labour! centrist voters scared off by loony Greens!' But that's because they're idiots. We already spend far too much political capital on the demographic represented by the Herald/Stuff article comments, those fake swinging voters who still burble on about Aunty Helen and lightbulbs.
I do agree that NZF will do well this election. The political moment suits them perfectly.
Except that for the last three elections it has always been clear that Labour couldn't govern without The Greens.
Everyone knew this.
Yet despite everyone knowing it was Labour/Green vs National the public still voted National ... Or more accurately the Labour/Green voters chose not to vote leaving the National voters to elect the government.
This MOU changes nothing.
Unless Labour and The Greens can get together and and take best from each party and create a manifesto from that and ditch the least appealing parts from each party, then there is still nothing for the non-National voters to love.
Show me joint policy.
Show me that both parties understand that the public have real problems with some of the elements in both parties and move to limit those negative elements.
Show me that both parties are capable of learning and are not stuck in ideological backwaters.
Otherwise Winston is right.
Howard Edwards, in reply to
Or more correctly
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Sam Bradford, in reply to
yes, but... Labour used to put on this charade of 'we won't need the Greens', in fact they preferred pissing on them to attacking National, which strikes me as grievously counterproductive. This might, _might_ help energise Left voters a little. I agree re: policy; Labour haven't lost the centre because of policies the public don't like, they've lost it because they crumble and withdraw at the slightest criticism rather than stridently making the case for what they believe in (other than not being National). Jeez, if they committed solidly to something bold (that would be criticised!) like UBI I'd probably join the Labour Party.
Rich of Observationz, in reply to
One does wonder if there will be Epsom & Ohariu-like candidate 'withdrawal' and instructions to voters re MP and Party vote in some areas?
That only works with micro-parties having a single electorate MP (e.g Epsom and Ohariu) where National get extra MPs because Dunne & Seymour don't come off their party vote based totals.
If the Greens/Labour chose to run a single candidate and won a National-held electorate, they'd just get an electorate MP rather than a list one.
The only place a single-candidate strategy might work is in Ohariu itself (a no candidate / vote for the National candidate option might be effective in Epsom).
The first is about timing – this is the right time...
I disagree. The time for this was years ago and the bad blood between Labour and the Greens has been an example of Labour incompetence and inability to form a government in the MMP environment.
And it doesn't mean anything until we see one party concede policy to the other and/or both assert who from either party will speak for portfolios and an active demonstration of how the two will combine and cooperate as an opposition asking to be government.
Without that it will be a meaningless stunt that only highlights persisting division and inability to govern rather than suggest it's absence.
Soper box rants...
Bloody hell - Barry Soper is almost frothing at the mouth as he tries to pack as much vitriol into his diatribe / column today:
he gets so worked up basic english escapes him:
But Little and Metiria Turei, both lawyers in a previous life, he for the trade unions and she as an anarchist, a former candidate for the McGillicuddy Serious Party and then for the Legalise Cannabis Party before becoming a corporate lawyer, strode confidentially into the impressive wood panelled, Old Legislative Council Chamber to announce their betrothal to the wildly applauding apparatchiks.
and basic Parliamentary knowledge:
National's campaign architect Stephen Joyce was immediately swyping* his iPhone on hearing the announcement, tweeting that with Labour handing The Greens a rose, does that make Winston Naz?
Soper runs with Steven Joyce's oh so witty Bachelor analogy (on TV news last night) while not referencing or crediting it - he barely makes any sense - ending with this oblique scatological reference, classy stuff...
If you mix red paint with green you get brown and Peters has after all been described as the blowfly of New Zealand politics!
Hmmm blowfiles tend to be Blue Green and that's a National thing I thought...
...and Soper gets paid for writing this crap??!!
*(who knows swyping might be a thing, I'm not tech-savvy enough to know_
Ian Dalziel, in reply to
If the Greens/Labour chose to run a single candidate and won a National-held electorate, they'd just get an electorate MP rather than a list one.
You miss my point – by having one Labour candidate and no Green candidate to dilute or spread the vote it might push a Labour candidate over the threshold – it would have gained Chchch Central for them last election
and, as you say, Ohariu
that's two seats right there.
People can still vote for their preferred party – that is a cumulative total not electorate bound – If I understand MMP correctly, and the Greens don't currently have any sitting Electorate MPs as far as I know.
and there's a coupla other electorates that with people voting for NZ First, or whatever conservative alternative raises its misbegotten head next year, instead of National, that a sole candidate with a mandate for both Labour and Greens could seize the day – worth a crack.
At worst we have to get the country back to 'factory settings' and rebuild the damage National's programmes have wrought…
…don't let them reign again!!
Rein them in and rain on their parade...
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My mood soften immediately Lisa held my fist .
The look on her face was that disappointment
"Common go ahead and finish what you start why don't you show your fling the monster in you " Maurice said as he bleed from the mouth.
" Audrey am so disappointed at you , just look at what you did to my son " mom said as she gave me a slap.
I looked at Lisa , she knows I hate it when a lady hit me not even my mom but supprisingly with Lisa comforting manner
I didn't retaliate
" You will always side him afterall he is your favorite son me and Larry are not your sons so it is highly expected" I yelled at her.
" Stop it Audrey just stop" Lisa shouted at me in anger
" Stay out of it snow white" I said in between clenched teeth.
" That's it Audrey have had just about enough of your nuisance kindly leave my house and don't ever show your face to me again" mom said angrily and helped Maurice who kept laughing up.
So all this while he claimed to be gay but he was just hiding behind that .
"Let's go Lisa " I said and dragged her by the hand outside.
We entered the car and I drove straight to my mansion all this while she was looking out the wind shield
I felt guilty she shouldn't have seen all that ..
I got home and Parked my car properly ,she came down and rushed after her I grabbed her hand the moment we to the mini living room.
"Let go of me Audrey" she yelled
"Please listen to me Lisa am sorry I didn't mean to get you involved in all of this am sorry" I said with pleading eyes.
Pleading with a lady is what have never done before but here I was doing it for Lisa.
" Tell me one thing Audrey was he saying the truth ?" She asked
" Yes but that was then ,have changed ,you changed everything about me the very first day you stepped into my life" I explained
" What secret is he talking about", she asked with a straight face
" Am sorry but I can't talk about that " I said coldly as memories I don't wish to remember.
" I wont to believe you Audrey but I can't once again you have proven to me that you are a monster I hate that I love you" she said and wanted to walk away
But I got angry and slammed her to the wall and pinned down her hands.
"You wanna know the secret right ? Fine brace yourself " I growled at her.
She looked at me in fear but right now I can't think straight.
"Three years ago I got married to Juliet a young lady whom I wished I never met,.
At first when we were dating she made me fall in love deeply with her as she was showing me her good side and taking care of me , everything changed the moment we got married and had a daughter kel she nags on any given opportunity , she no longer perform her duties as a wife .I became faustrated but kept my cool because I love her so much .
Until one day she brought her boyfriend to the house they were busy having sex in my room that she forgot kel was in her room she walked outside to the pool side.she loves to play with water while playing she slipped and fell smashing her head on the floor she died immediately.
I came back from work and met my child in the pool of her blood.
I went upstairs to look for JULIET I found her having sex with her boyfriend, the guy escaped before I could get hold of him
My issue is not with him but my wife
She tried to run away from me in fear as tears roll down my cheeks , while trying to run she fell off the balcony just when Maurice drove into my mansion
They all think I killed her but I didn't ,.this hunted me for years ,. there's your answer you are free to leave if you want it's not as if am destined to love " I said sadly and let go of her .
" OMG " she whispered audibly.
I walked away from her and went to the bar beside the pool ,to drink away my worries.


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Titanium Granite
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An Introduction to Titanium Granite
Picking out what kind of Granite Slab you want to choose for your project can be a fickle thing. It is important to understand the differences between Granite Slabs. Some granite is better for the kitchen whereas other kinds may be better for your bathroom. Here at Discount Granite and Home Supply, we have several granite options to choose from. We are happy to present to you our Titanium Granite Slab from our Tier 3 Granite Slab Price group.
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Apple's iOS 14.5 Allows You To Unlock Your iPhone Even With Your Face Mask On
Here's how.
Unlocking our iPhones has been troublesome ever since mask-wearing became compulsory in most parts of the world. Apple's upcoming iOS 14.5 update, however, makes Face ID possible even while you are wearing your face covering.
Upon the iOS 14.5 beta version release, users have spotted a notable change in the new software. One reporter noted that "if you are wearing a mask and have an unlocked Apple Watch on your wrist, you can unlock Face ID on your iPhone." This means that the smartwatch's wrist detection feature needs to be enabled for the update to work. Apple has shared in a statement: "iPhone can use your Apple Watch to unlock when Face ID detects a face with a mask. Your Apple Watch must be nearby, on your wrist, unlocked and protected by a passcode." Users can also re-lock their phones using their Apple Watch.
The addition comes after Apple made the phone-unlocking process slightly easier for iOS 13.5 by displaying the passcode screen if the user is wearing a mask. As of now, only the beta version of iOS 14.5 is available. The update will receive a global release in the coming months.


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Portfolio Website - Victor Onwuzuruike
The first version of my portfolio is finally live and public for everyone featuring some new and old work that I've done over the past 3 years. This took me about a month and a half to get done on both design and development. The design of the website was made with Figma and built-in Webflow. Interaction study and video animation were done using After Effects. Illustrations were done with Photoshop. I'd love to hear your thoughts about the design. Gracias!
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On the past several trips to Africa with Blood Water we have noticed people, especially the kids, love to see what they look like on our cameras or phones after we take their picture. This year we thought it would be cool to be able to leave them with a little family photo. The dance, thanks to OutKast and the Polaroid picture song, was an exhausting bonus.
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Realistic Torches Mod 1.16.5, 1.15.2 (Real Time Dynamic Lighting)
Realistic Torches Mod 1.16.5, 1.15.2 is a lightweight mod designed for modpack makers looking to add difficulty to the early game. The primary feature of this mod causes torches to burn out after a configurable amount of time, encouraging players to move toward more permanent light sources early on.
- Torches are now unlit when crafting, and must be lit using a matchbox in a crafting grid or flint and steel (not in the rain, though!) after being placed. As a result, the matchbox must be acquired before players can explore caves safely, prevent hostiles from spawning, etc.
- Torches will burn out after a specified amount of time (60 minutes real time by default, can be changed in the config) and become unlit. This encourages players to seek more permanent light sources early on, such as lava or glowstone.
- Permanently lit (vanilla) torches can be crafted using a glowstone crystal instead of coal.
- Certain items and blocks (torches, glowstone dust and blocks, lava buckets, etc.) will emit light when held. This feature is disabled by default due to possible performance issues but can be enabled in the config.
- Torch recipes added by other mods will be removed to ensure that the matchbox or flint and steel must be acquired to craft lit torches (can be disabled in the config).
Crafting Recipes:
Recommend that you should install Just Enough Items (for mods using Forge) or Roughly Enough Items (for mods using Fabric) to view the full recipes included in this mod
Unlit Torch (Coal)
Unlit Torch (Charcoal)
Lit Torch (Shapeless, matchbox takes 1 damage per craft)
Glowstone Crystal (Coal)
Glowstone Crystal (Charcoal)
Torch (Vanilla, permanently lit)
How to install:
How To Download & Install Mods with Minecraft Forge
How To Download & Install Fabric Mods
Realistic Torches Mod 1.16.5, 1.15.2 Download Links
Other Versions:
For Minecraft 1.7.10
For Minecraft 1.8.0
For Minecraft 1.9.4
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Fishing and New England go together like peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. Though not as thriving of an industry today it was the life-blood of the New England coast for centuries. Men flocked to such fishing areas with their families in tow hoping to create a better life. Though whaling had died down by the latter half of the 19th century fishing still was prosperous. The fishing industry played a large part in the crime that occurred.
In 1868 a young couple, John and Maren Hontvet arrived in America from Norway. They found their way to the tiny island of Smuttynose located seven miles off of the coast of Rye, New Hampshire. Part of the Isle of Shoals technically the island is considered part of York County, Maine. The couple rented a red, two-story duplex on the island and were the only year-round inhabitants of Smuttynose. John captained a schooner, the Clara Bella, and eventually brought his brother Matthew in to help him with the fishing. In 1871 Maren's sister Karen arrived from Norway and took up a job at the nearby Appledore Hotel on the neighboring Appledore Island.
Needing another hand to help with the business John brought in a down on his luck young Prussian fisherman Louis Wagner into the fold in early 1872. Though he became very close to John and Maren others were distrustful of Wagner. He seemingly always fished alone and his past remained shrouded in secrecy. Nevertheless John Hontvet considered Wagner like family and invited him to stay on the other side of the red duplex in April 1872. Wagner's tenure in the Hontvet home ended shortly after the arrival of Maren's brother Ivan Christensen and his wife Anethe.
Louis Wagner (Edmund Pearson, Public Domain)
John Hontvet now had more than enough help on the Clara Bella and so it was decided that Louis Wagner would take a job on another schooner, the Addison Gilbert. He departed Smuttynose in November 1872 with seemingly no ill will toward his friend and former employer. However that was not the case. Wagner had been forced to move from the relative comfort of the Hontvet's home to a flop house in a seedy part of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His fortunes only worsened when the Addison Gilbert sunk with all of Wagner's belongings on board. This left Wagner desperate for money. An unfortunate series of events led to one of the most horrific crimes of the 19th century.
Wagner was at the docks when John Hontvet and his crew came ashore on the Clara Bella on March 5, 1873. They were waiting for a train carrying a shipment of bait from Boston. The train was running late forcing John, Matthew, and Ivan to wait on the docks rather than return to their significant others on Smuttynose. Wagner made it a point to ask John if the women would be along on the island. When he was told yes it gave Wagner an idea to row his way out to the island. He figured in the dark of night the three women would all be asleep and Wagner could sneak in and steal all he could to recoup his losses from the sinking of the Addison Gilbert.
Wagner stole a dory and slipped away toward Smuttynose around 9pm. He rowed a considerably longer route south around a pair of the Isles of Shoals islands to avoid detection. Around midnight Wagner came ashore at Smuttynose and all was dark and quiet. However upon entering through the kitchen he was startled by the family dog as well as Maren's sister Karen who had been sleeping on a cot.
As Wagner struggled with Karen, Maren and Anethe, who had been sleeping in a nearby bedroom, came to investigate. Maren was able to get Karen away and locked in the bedroom which left Anethe at the mercy of Wagner. She ran outside into the cold night air as Wagner grabbed an ax and pursued her. Anethe was able to identify Louis Wagner by name just moments before he killed her with an ax blow to the head. He then turned his attention back to the bedroom with the two other women.
The purported murder weapon now on display at the Portsmouth Athenaeum (Murderpedia.org)
Wagner battered his way inside. Maren tried to get the barely conscious Karen to flee with her. Unable to rouse her she jumped out of the window and into the night. Wagner's blow with his ax did not kill Karen and he decided to finish her off by strangling Karen to death. Maren hid with the family dog in the rocks while Louis made himself a quick meal in the kitchen. After eating he resumed his search outside for Maren. Unable to find her he decided to leave the island and assume the cold would kill her. The island of Smuttynose was dark and quiet again as Wagner returned to Portsmouth.
Louis fled Portsmouth via train to Boston. Maren survived the night and was taken to safety at Appledore Island to be treated for frostbite. The Clara Bella made it to Smuttynose at 10am on March 6th and the lives of the men aboard were changed forever. Wagner was identified as the murderer. His assumption that Maren had died from exposure proved to be his undoing. He returned to his old boarding house in Boston and his other old haunts. Wagner was quickly arrested by police without incident.
Louis Wagner was sent to Saco, Maine for trial. Maren's first-hand testimony was so overwhelming that he was convicted and sent to prison in Thomaston, Maine to await execution. He escaped at one point yet was recaptured in three days as he made it a point to tell people he was a famous killer. Wagner was executed by hanging on June 25, 1875 all while proclaiming his innocence. In the aftermath of the murders John and Maren moved to Portsmouth, Ivan returned to Norway while Matthew's fate is unknown. Karen and Anethe Christensen were buried in Portsmouth's South Cemetery. The red duplex on Smuttynose was ransacked by ghoulish tourists taking pieces of blood spattered wood and other trinkets before the home ultimately burned in 1885.
|Smuttynose Island in 2006 (Shoaler at English Wikipedia)
Despite the seemingly air-tight case against Louis Wagner of robbery and revenge against John Hontvet there is still a shred of doubt as to his guilt. Questions arose of how Maren could survive the cold night in night clothes, how Louis could row those many miles out to and back from Smuttynose, and how he was convicted purely on circumstantial evidence. The police were so sure they had found their man that the case was closed after Wagner's capture. There may be small seeds of doubt however it seems overwhelmingly likely that Karen and Anethe Christensen met their demise on Smuttynose at the hands of Louis Wagner.
Today Smuttynose Island is privately owned though people are allowed to walk the grounds during the day. There is a marker and some rocks denoting where the red duplex once stood. There is nothing else on the tiny island left as a reminder of that terrifying March night nearly 150 years ago. Though for those looking for a chance to get up close to the Smuttynose murders the ax purportedly used by Wagner is on display at the Portsmouth Athenaeum.
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Mean Green Jill Stein Miiight Let Bernie Sanders Be President If He Changes Neoliberal Shill Ways
Jill Stein -- sorry, Doctor Jill Stein -- has been super-annoying this election season. Example One: She told Bernie Sanders he could run with her on the Green Party ticket to elect Donald Trump. Example Two: She then said there'd be "conditions."
See, Bernie Sanders, it turns out, would have to quash his tendencies toward genocide and being in Big College's pocket.
Say some words at us, Dr. Stein.
We have repeatedly asked to meet with Senator Sanders to discuss the possibilities for collaboration to continue to build a progressive revolution in the US.
And he is totally ghosting them! It almost seems like he doesn't think a vote for the Green Party is the way to go this fine 2016!
We have said we were willing to discuss a variety of cooperative approaches, including the possibility of creating a united ticket. At no point however have we simply offered that we would just step aside and give the Presidential nomination of the Green Party to Senator Sanders without serious discussions of issues and strategies. And of course, ultimately the nomination decision rests in the hands of the delegates to the Green Party convention, though most of them are pledged to Jill Stein.
RIGGED! How can the delegates be pledged to Jill Stein when Bernie hasn't even run for the Green Party's nomination yet!!!
However, the offer of a joint ticket was conditioned on discussing and agreeing on a joint program moving forward. We have always been clear that the path to a progressive revolution does not go through the Democratic Party, a position that Senator Sanders had shared through most of his political career.
It's true. Democrats are the real enemy of liberalism and progress.
And while we agree with Senator Sanders on many issues, including both analysis and solutions, there are also some significant differences that would have to be addressed. This starts with foreign policy and the role of the US military, but includes specific domestic issues including the abolition of student debt and the need to transition to 100% clean renewable energy by 2030.
Oh, Bernie Sanders is going to have to change his wicked Wall Street and Pentagon and Exxon Oil-loving ways, because no one person is perfect on all of the things? Maybe you could invite his delegates to the Green Party platform meeting, and then he could insist you change YOUR platform to suit HIM!*
By God, I think we've got it.
*Wonkette is fine with the Sanders delegates progressivizing the Democratic platform further than it was. We are just pointing out there a lot of people demanding a lot of other people line up with their expectations OR ELSE, and now it is Dr. Jill Stein doing it to Bernie Sanders and it would be funny if Bernie Sanders put Cornel West up there and Cornel West called Dr. Jill Stein some terrible name like he is always calling Barack Obama, but probably not the n-word because she is a VERY white lady and that would not make any sense.
Rebecca Schoenkopf is the owner, publisher, and editrix of Wonkette. She is a nice lady, SHUT UP YUH HUH. She is very tired with this fucking nonsense all of the time, and it would be terrific if you sent money to keep this bitch afloat. She is on maternity leave until 2033.


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