[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[hckošice 16,605]

9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Well, Slovakia was one of the very few European countries which didn't recognize him at first. Guess he's thankful for them changing their mind? Or does the new Slovakian government still support Maduro?

 

you know we have new governement with a completely but completely opposite spectrum than the previous one

[Vojthas 949]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Elections coming up in Croatia Sunday. People positive for COVID-19 will not be allowed to vote.

Second round of elections coming up in Poland next Sunday. PM says that COVID is not dangerous anymore for the elder people (aka the electorate of the "ruling"... oh, that's too much said,  I mean "current" president, who, according to polls, had quite a poor frequency in the first round, which might be the reason why we have the second round).

 

PS. Did I mention that emigrants voted mostly for his opponent and there appeared to be "technical" problem with registration for voting abroad in the second round?

[Monzanator 5,093]

8 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

Second round of elections coming up in Poland next Sunday. PM says that COVID is not dangerous anymore for the elder people (aka the electorate of the "ruling"... oh, that's too much said,  I mean "current" president, who, according to polls, had quite a poor frequency in the first round, which might be the reason why we have the second round).

 

PS. Did I mention that emigrants voted mostly for his opponent and there appeared to be "technical" problem with registration for voting abroad in the second round?

Paperwork always gets lost in the shuffle. There's too much bureaucracy in this world. Imagine if Poland had to vote like USA pressing some buttons that aren't even along side the candidate's name. Civic Platform has run out of ideas how to win back power so they're on their way to accuse Law & Justice of fraud. That's usually the white flag moment when you have nothing left in the tank and scream "fraud" due to lack of better options. Law & Justice did likewise amid their post-2007 eight year slump. The more things change the more they stay the same.

[Vojthas 949]

9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

they're on their way to accuse Law & Justice of fraud.

Well, that's not hard for either of the sites as some Polish citizens abroad were stripped of their electoral rights. As that's hard to argue, I will with the first part:

 

10 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Civic Platform has run out of ideas how to win back power

Comparing to they May polls which predicted easy victory of Duda in the first round, they surely are not out of ideas. Neither is Duda - he simply doesn't appear at the debates when he is not given the questions before (of course, questions prepared in favour of himself). Also, quite an interesting dualism in his thoughts - one day he is a big friend with the 'Murica, the next day he calls the station governed by Discovery "the private station" of his opponent...

[Federer91 3,376]

Vladko Putin is going to pass a new law, which will allow him to be President until 2036, when he will be 83 years old.   The guy can truly do it all. 

[Monzanator 5,093]

49 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

Well, that's not hard for either of the sites as some Polish citizens abroad were stripped of their electoral rights. As that's hard to argue, I will with the first part:

 

Comparing to they May polls which predicted easy victory of Duda in the first round, they surely are not out of ideas. Neither is Duda - he simply doesn't appear at the debates when he is not given the questions before (of course, questions prepared in favour of himself). Also, quite an interesting dualism in his thoughts - one day he is a big friend with the 'Murica, the next day he calls the station governed by Discovery "the private station" of his opponent...

 

It's not a case of ideas but rather Kidawa-Blonska being a terrible candidate. She's got a personality of a wooden stick. She was picked so Schetyna could wrestle back control of the party after she got pantsed in the elections which would be blamed on Borys Budka. COVID foiled that plan though.

 

Debates are so 20th century. Battle is won and lost online these days. Nobody's really waiting for a 90 minute debate to hear more political talking heads on TV. We get this damn politics 24/7 already. I see no points in any debates whatsoever. It's just a waste of time IMO.

 

Duda has the luxury to dismiss TVN as the Discovery tube, even the US Ambassador said they're biased towards Civic Platform. As long as Discovery doesn't run NATO I'm fine with them being exposed as private venture because they are exactly that after all. They look after their own profit, not after the well-being of 38 million Poles

[heywoodu 16,459]

1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

Vladko Putin is going to pass a new law, which will allow him to be President until 2036, when he will be 83 years old.   The guy can truly do it all. 

Here's a toast to ruthless dictators!  

[Vojthas 949]

29 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

They look after their own profit, not after the well-being of 38 million Poles

Going back to the start:

1 hour ago, Vojthas said:

PM says that COVID is not dangerous anymore for the elder people (aka the electorate of the "ruling"... oh, that's too much said,  I mean "current" president

 

[Olympian1010 8,297]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

Paperwork always gets lost in the shuffle. There's too much bureaucracy in this world. Imagine if Poland had to vote like USA pressing some buttons that aren't even along side the candidate's name. Civic Platform has run out of ideas how to win back power so they're on their way to accuse Law & Justice of fraud. That's usually the white flag moment when you have nothing left in the tank and scream "fraud" due to lack of better options. Law & Justice did likewise amid their post-2007 eight year slump. The more things change the more they stay the same.

This is exactly how someone (or a party) justifies killing democracy by rigging an election...

[OlympicsFan 860]

3 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

This "random guy" would have been - and still can be - the next President if Venezuelans tried to remove Maduro from office

Maybe he will gift all the oil fields to Slovakia if he gets „elected“?