Re: What's Going on in the Americas? Reply #1500 – 2022-08-04, 04:29:05 Quote from: ersi on 2022-07-28, 19:09:22...........Remember when Tea Party seemed like a huge nation-wide movement? They are still around, but not as a party with candidates and other requisites needed to get representatives into parliament and government. For Forward to get any limelight, they need a charismatic figurehead. But they don't have it and won't, so it is a total Abort Retry Fail in my humble opinion.There was a movement from back then when there was also a lot of dissatisfaction with the Two Major Political Parties. The movement suggested that rather than creating yet another Party, that registered voters in both the Republican & Democratic Parties, or any Party for that matter, leave these parties by simply re-registering as an "Independent"........"Independent" is not a Political Party, it just says to the 2 major parties that we, the "Independent" Voters, are no longer beholden to any party, & that these 2 Political Parties can no longer take us, the "Independent" Voters, these 2 Political Parties can no longer take us for granted or be counted on for our support. The only negative aspect of being an Independent Voter (Non-affiliated voter) is that unless the State's Primary Voting rules state otherwise, a non-affiliated voter can not vote in the primaries of any party. See the estimated strength of all major Party-affiliated & Non-Party-affiliated American Voters in Wikipedia. Since the 'Independent Movement started over 15 years ago, the ranks of the Independent voters has swelled to over 35 Million.....that's 35 Million+ highly-motivated voters the Democrats & Republicans can't take for granted or counted on for support.....these votes have to be won over the hard way.....by their platform & policy appeal. See Gallop Polls breakdown by percentagePS........JFYI, the USA does not have, & will never have, a Parliament....we have 2 Houses of Congress that basically run on Parliamentary procedures & rules unique to each. 1 Likes
Re: What's Going on in the Americas? Reply #1501 – 2022-08-04, 08:51:08 I always liked the cheekiness of the Bond flick Never Say Never Again's title.
Re: What's Going on in the Americas? Reply #1502 – 2022-08-04, 11:38:11 Quote from: SmileyFaze on 2022-08-04, 04:29:05PS........JFYI, the USA does not have, & will never have, a Parliament....we have 2 Houses of Congress that basically run on Parliamentary procedures & rules unique to each. [/i][/font][/size]When it fulfils the role of a parliament, as in parliamentary procedures, then it is a parliament.Not that you will ever learn it, but FYI in Europe the different countries have things like Bundestag, Riksdag, Staten-Generaal, Assemblée fédérale, Eduskunta etc. Many constitutions don't literally spell out that these are parliaments, but they are. It's just a name thing... like every country has a different name, but they are all countries.Edit: Here's a simple way to gauge what the chances are for a third party in USA: Since 1950's, there has been only an occasional single stray independent in the House of Representatives[1] or in the Senate.[2] There was some diversity of parties earlier for a while, but not later. It is quite conceivable that at some point the party landscape will be upset. There may emerge two new major parties or some diversity for a while. However, I'm sure that the future of Yang's party is to fall quickly into a more thorough obsurity than the Tea Party.1 https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/↵2 https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm↵ Last Edit: 2022-08-04, 12:11:57 by ersi
What's Going on in Brazil? Reply #1503 – 2022-09-01, 06:52:20 If you don't take a look quickly enough, you will not see what is going on https://bolsonaro.com.br/From the Guardian: Prankster seizes Bolsonaro website and turns president into ‘snake-tongued liar’ 2 Likes
Re: What's Going on in the Americas? Reply #1504 – 2022-09-01, 14:42:08 Not quickly enough. Now it's not found.
Re: What's Going on in the Americas? Reply #1507 – 2022-10-30, 18:46:49 After a visit to Amazon rainforest in 2016:Quote from: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/world/americas/cannibalism-brazil-bolsonaro.html“I wanted to see the Indian being cooked,” Mr. Bolsonaro said, describing a supposed cannibalism ritual in a remote region of the Amazon. “I’d eat an Indian, no problem at all.”[...]Siding with Mr. Bolsonaro, Brazil’s electoral court ordered the removal of political ads linking the president to cannibalism. So, is he or is he not campaigning to legalise cannibalism? Brazilian elections are confusing.
Re: What's Going on in the Americas? Reply #1508 – 2022-10-31, 09:35:22 Biggest remaining issue is if Bolsonaro wants to do a Trump.Congratulations to da Silva and to Brazil. I would not say da Silva is my favourite politician by any means, but you could do far worse, and very nearly did this election. 2 Likes