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by caltrek
Mon May 06, 2024 11:34 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread
Replies: 1207
Views: 463275

Re: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

USA Today/Suffolk* General Election: Trump 37, Biden 37, Kennedy 8, West 2, Stein 1 Tie Sample size: 1,000 Source of summary: https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls Relevant to my recent post regarding information silos: What TV news or commentary source do you trust the most (READ)? {RANDOM...
by caltrek
Mon May 06, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread
Replies: 1207
Views: 463275

Re: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

I&I/TIPP General Election: Trump vs. Biden Trump 40, Biden 42 Biden +2 General Election: Trump vs. Biden vs. Kennedy vs. West vs. Stein Trump 38, Biden 39, Kennedy 12, West 1, Stein 1 Biden +1 Discussion: (Tipp Insights) President Joe Biden has a tenuous lead over lawfare-challenged former Pres...
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: Fictional Future
Topic: Is the future now?
Replies: 5
Views: 269

Re: Is the future now?

It is like the Steve Miller band song: "Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future."
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread
Replies: 1207
Views: 463275

Re: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

To the question of how and why is Trump's support so strong compared to Biden's, one must look toward the information silos to which the American public sequesters itself. For example, look at the relative ratings of the cable news networks: (TV Newser) Fox News in primetime had 2.135 million total ...
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: USA News and Discussions
Replies: 1082
Views: 641226

Re: USA News and Discussions

Reproductive Rights Advocates Close in on Abortion Ballot Measures in Missouri and South Dakota by Julia Lurie May 4, 2024 Introduction: (Mother Jones) Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures need...
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread
Replies: 1207
Views: 463275

Re: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

I sure hope this poll (see below) has underestimated Biden's support and that other polls showing a slight Biden lead are more accurate. (Rasmussen Reports) General Election: Trump 48, Biden 36, Kennedy 8, West 1, Stein 1 Trump +12 Sample size: 1,205 Likely Voters Poll taken April 29, 2024 to May 1,...
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: The History Forum
Topic: Natural History (13.8 billion years BC – 3.3 million BC)
Replies: 264
Views: 235316

Re: Natural History (13.8 billion years BC – 3.3 million BC)

What Is the Largest Mammal Ever to Walk the Earth? by Maddy Chapman May 1, 2024 Introduction: (IFL Science) Since the demise of the dinosaurs, mammals have thrived. Without their scaly peers around, their numbers exploded, they diversified, and they got bigger – but just how big? We know that the b...
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Society & Demographics
Topic: Society & Demographics News and Discussions
Replies: 185
Views: 169885

Re: Society & Demographics News and Discussions

A world with fewer children? May 3, 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) In the 1992 dystopian novel “Children of Men,” later adapted to film, humanity faces the chilling reality of a world without children, a global infertility crisis that threatens to extinguish the species. While this apocalyptic vis...
by caltrek
Sat May 04, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: Economic and jobs news thread
Replies: 653
Views: 461420

Re: Economic and jobs news thread

The 1% Move Report for May 3, 2024 Introduction: (Morgan Stanley) What Happened in the Markets? • The S&P 500 increased 1.3% Friday to end the day at 5,127.79, having gained 7.5% thus far in 2024. • Ten of the 11 S&P 500 sectors were higher on the day, as Information Technology (+3.0%) and ...
by caltrek
Thu May 02, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: Diseases & Outbreaks News and Discussions
Replies: 264
Views: 196771

Re: Diseases & Outbreaks News and Discussions

Cholera is Making a Comeback — and the World Doesn’t Have Enough Vaccines by Ellen Ioanes May 2, 2024 Introduction: (Vox) Amid a global resurgence of cholera, the world is fighting with one hand tied behind its back. The global stockpile of the oral cholera vaccine — a supply whose needs are diffic...