Opo

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  1. Allowing women to drive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_to_drive_movement Dubai seems very orange. I found this, it's green but still. https://www.mpvusa.org/
  2. You need to experience the emptiness of winning. It's really nothing special.
  3. @Rodrigo PF Where would you put yourself on the spiral?
  4. Those percentages represent probability of winning not the amount of votes. Let's say the polling is perfect. They could predict 100% that someone will win even if they got only 51% of the votes.
  5. Since the last one got deleted I'm making a new one. I think this is important. "Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization to make it appear as though it originates from and is supported by grassroots participants. It is a practice intended to give the statements or organizations credibility by withholding information about the source's financial connection." "The term "astroturfing" was first coined in 1985 by Texas Democratic Party senator Lloyd Bentsen when he said, "a fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grass roots and AstroTurf... this is generated mail."[13][40] Bentsen was describing a "mountain of cards and letters" sent to his office to promote insurance industry interests." " The New York Times reported that "consumer" reviews are more effective, because "they purport to be testimonials of real people, even though some are bought and sold just like everything else on the commercial Internet."[16] Some organizations feel that their business is threatened by negative comments, so they may engage in astroturfing to drown them out." " Data mining expert Bing Liu (University of Illinois) estimated that one-third of all consumer reviews on the Internet are fake." " Another technique is the use of sockpuppets, where a single person creates multiple identities online to give the appearance of grassroots support. Sockpuppets may post positive reviews about a product, attack participants that criticize the organization, or post negative reviews and comments about competitors, under fake identities.[17][28] Astroturfing businesses may pay staff based on the number of posts they make that are not flagged by moderators.[23] Persona management software may be used so that each paid poster can manage five to seventy convincing online personas without getting them confused." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing If anyone has more sources please add.
  6. Nice. I saved it for later but then when I wanted to read it, it was gone. I'd leave it for future people who want to inform themselves.
  7. Thank you for putting it into words. A scrambled version of this was jumping around in my head for a while.
  8. This is for people who have problems with voting for Biden because he won't give people free healthcare, he will continue the wars and so on. From 3:19:49 to 4:48:07 This is from the stream vod because he didn't make a video from it. Do you think Destiny is coming to yellow or is he still orange?
  9. @Mannyb If you valued truth you would stop calling half the population socialist.
  10. Someone like him for sure has more demons in the closet. The question is will they ever come out? Maybe Snowden.
  11. If Republicans want to win next time they have to make some drastic changes.
  12. @Lindsay Well at least we agree on the first thing. This comes from ignorance. Learn their policies and you'll see a huge difference. If you are lazy just look at their stances on environment.