They're talking about primaries, not the general election. In primaries you focus on finding the best candidate. In the general election you vote for the least fascist major alternative, but that's later.
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That battery will be low for a long time before it is fully dead.
The Twin Towers were a known target for terrorists. There had been attempts before. Media portraying what would happen if the terrorists actually pull it off could hardly be called foreshadowing.
There are also lots of movies of hurricanes or earthquakes wreaking havoc as well. Are those also "foreshadowing" and part of a conspiracy?
That cat looks like it's seen some shit.
What happened to those Italian pasta straws? They looked promising.
Getting rid of democracy won't turn the US into China, it will turn it into Russia.
Late stage capitalists: Am I out of touch? No, it is democracy that is wrong!
The C-section for the third kid was scheduled, right? I could see how a doctor would be less inclined to have a nervous husband watching during an emergency as opposed to a scheduled procedure.
I don't know much about solo lead climbing, but it seems sketchier than I'm comfortable with. Had he done conventional lead climbing the belayer would have either avoided that problem entirely or sorted it out for him.
Also, climbing is pretty safe when proper precautions are taken. A lot of people seem to be a little laissez-faire about details like stopper knots, though. This guy was either missing one, or used one which was too small for his combination of rope thickness and belay/rappel device.
Anecdotal, but as a newbie climber I once went out with some friends who climb a lot outdoors, so I trusted them to know what they were doing. When it was time to rappel they attempted to use a figure 8 as a stopper knot, which naturally untied itself instantly. Clearly they didn't usually use stopper knots when rappelling, because if they did they'd know the proper knot.
We'll probably have worse things on our mind by then...
I don't know about that, but the extra risky stuff is somewhat correlated with depression. Partially because they're okay with dying, partially because the extreme focus takes their mind off the depression.
This article has a couple paragraphs on it: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/austin-howell-fallen-soloist/
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The next election involving a presidential candidate is a primary.