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Yeah. If 6500 dead migrant workers didn't show FIFA what a disgrace this is, I'm sure ruining the relationship with one of FIFA's sponsors will help FIFA understanding what a huge mistake this is! But then again... Infantino's press conference doesn't show any understanding. God, I'm embarrassed as a football fan!

Yeah sure. Ukraine certainly wants to start WW3! By all means it was a faulty Anti-Air missile. A mistake and a tragedy. Ruling it out is the wrong response from Zelenskyy but talking about a false flag attack is rather stupid.

The median salary is quite a bit lower. My salary is about 2500 less (not counting quarterly bonuses) and I'm still pretty clearly in the top half

Hey... They did have 4 players born in Qatar!

Actively trying to create longer lines at polling places by closing down a lot of them... I mean, wanting 15 polling places for 4,5 million in Maricopa County is a disasterous idea. In my municipality with about 355.000 we have just below 50. Meanwhile in Georgia it's now prohibited to give food and water to people waiting in lines... Which they want to be longer. Or making it harder to register as voter for students, cutting down on early voting. Quite a lot of differences from Denmark. Voter ID's isn't a bad idea (or some other ID). But when the US population is so much anti-state that they cannot keep track of where their citizens live and give ID's to every single citizen, it is a major problem, especially towards minorities. I mean... If I move, I get a new ID sent for free. Quite a lot of US states even have stricter ID rules than Denmark. The democrats are in no way perfect. They do gerrymandering in some states as well and certainly some ideas about election laws are more about getting more voters, but they did not censure a secretary of state or governor for affirming the election results or have candidates say very clearly that they will not accept a loss.

Not at all, but when about 2/3 of the party who lost last time claims that the election was stolen and the entire party have been working hard in most states to make it harder to vote, especially for groups who usually votes for the Democrats.

Meanwhile today is the day where the fight for US democracy will lose... It has already been on a decline, but we'll certainly see it happen quicker after tonight!

So today's election day in Denmark. 14 parties including a few new ones and record numbers have been unsure who they'll vote for. Really nothing is certain. One thing is known. The Faroe Islands voted yesterday where the Social Democrats and a liberal party got the two faroese seats.

Yeah. Haven't had any time at all.

Sadly I won't be able to find the time to vote.

Consulate staff employed by another country beating up a citizen in Manchester is pretty newsworthy. So is China's general attitude to critics outside China. Like when I know people who have to consider it whether they should leave the country due to their criticism towards China or when an embassy takes down posters outside embassy grounds.

Anne-Marie Rindom is back!

Man that was stupid!

Think 3 months in Aarhus municipal council is a bit too little to make major changes for the World. Hope to be able to do something for Aarhus, though! But thanks!

Meanwhile for some lighter political news: As some of you may remember, last year I took part in the local election here in Aarhus. I got 4th most personal votes among the candidates from my party who got three seats meaning that I was first in line if something were to happen. Now on monday I will get my chance as one of the three members of the council is taking a parental leave for the rest of the year! It's just three months but I'm extremely exited about it even though it will take a huge chunk of my spare time!

Fingers crossed that we will see something good happening. Huge respect for the protesters!

I will join for However I'm in no way sure that I'll be able to find the time for voting. Fingers crossed that it will be possible, but no promises. Will let @Wumo do the selection as well!

On BBC the Danish Queen and crown prince were made into the king and queen of the Netherlands!

About a 4th counted so far and it certainly feels like a win for the Social Democrats and their supporters. All major parties seem to make it though the Liberals still can't feel too sure.

As you can see on the picture fro Swewi each party have their own ballots. You pick the ballots for the party you want to vote for (I believe there are blanks as well as Sweden has quite a lot of write-in parties and candidates). In the past, you could take the ballot on the voting location where people could more or less keep an eye on you and at some locations party member were even giving them to voters. You could always take the ballots from more parties to hide your selection, but it really still wasn't that good. But I understand that this part has been improved, not having the ballots in public. The reason for having the individual ballots and not a long list like most other countries is that the election laws are very liberal in Sweden. It's very easy to have your party in the election. The full ballot would be terribly long! Just look at some of the parties up for election: Donald Duck's party, The least bad party, The poor man's party, Capitalism with a friendly face and Evil chicken party. Not to mention a handful of more or less extreme parties on both wings.

It's really just plural. The liberals, the moderates, the indians and so on.

I'm surprised that the election system hasn't gotten any attention in Denmark som far. Usually some Danish politicians spend a lot of time talking about how the Swedish elections aren't that democratic. Not a big fan of how it's done, lacks anonymity, but usually some Danes makes it worse than it is. But that's usually the Danish Peoples Party and they're fighting for their life here in Denmark.

Have to admit that I haven't followed the election that closely this time. Preparing to step into the municipal council for 3 months and an election coming up in Denmark (most likely this autumn) really has taken my political time. Personally my biggest issue with Sverigedemokraterna would be the Climate, but that may just be me who's too used to things in Denmark where they wouldn't really be that bad compared to other parties. Would most likely vote Centerpartiet if I was in Sweden

Golf (BMW PGA Championships) suspended so far and tomorrow's stage of the Tour of Britain seems to be cancelled:

Well. He did his very best. Only made the decision after warm-ups. But his hamstring felt too bad