Polls: Society & Politics

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Gold Star families slam Kamala Harris for 'playing politics' over Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery - www.aol.com/.../...lies-slam-kamala-021843581.html

FYI:
It costs more than 3 cents to produce 1 penny.

2/3rds of pennies drop out of circulation into coin jars requiring the constant replacement of these coins that have "disappeared" leading to a spiral where more and more need to be mined every year.

A conservative estimate holds that there are 240 billion pennies lying around the United States.

One out of every two circulating coins minted in the United States has a face value of 1 cent.

$100 worth of pennies weighs about 55 pounds.)

A Federal Reserve survey found that Americans paid with cash just 18 percent of the time.

Because a portion of America’s children will, inevitably, swallow coins, by law all coins are required to be detectable by X-ray.

Coinstar machines have processed over one trillion coins of various denominations, worth about $67 billion dollars.

Coinstar is practically the sole medium by which pennies migrate around the USA.

Pennies occupy disproportionate space; at 50% of a jar, they contribute only about 6% of its value.

Theodore Roosevelt began replacing coins he considered "ugly, artistically of atrocious hideousness,” with designs he liked more. He put Lincoln on the penny because he felt like it & consulted no one about his decision.

The Secretary of the US Treasury could stop producing pennies today; no legislation is needed.

Canada eliminated its 1-cent coin in 2013 but ONLY its physical coin, not the mathematical concept of 1 cent. Payment by any kind of noncash transaction is STILL calculated exactly as it was before the penny was abolished.

The final digit of Canadian cash transactions is rounded to the nearest nickel: 1 and 2, nearest to 0 nickels, round down to 0; 3 and 4 round up to a nickel — 5; 6 and 7, also nearest to one nickel, round down — 5 again; 8 and 9, nearest to 10 cents, round up.

Courtland VA conservative GOP Rabih Abuismail and Livingston GOP representative Kirk Twigg "I think we should throw those books in a fire," Abuismail said. Meanwhile, Twigg said he wanted to "see the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff."

Missouri GOP candidate for Secretary of State has gone viral after she was shown burning LGBTQ-friendly books with a flamethrower. "These books come from a Missouri public library," Valentina Gomez said in a video posted to social media site X, formerly Twitter, "When I am in office, they will burn."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lines

https://www.britannica.com/technology/high-speed-rail

The closest thing the US has is a line that runs from Boston to Washington DC, but it takes 4 hours and has some flaws. Plans to make other high speed rail lines in the country have been continuously delayed. Meanwhile countries like Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, India, Thailand and Saudi Arabia have already either developed some, or are in the process of developing them.

Is this a little embarrassing for Canada and especially the U. S. which is the self proclaimed "greatest nation on earth."

The constitution is sacred. Is it also dangerous? - www.nytimes.com/.../...ssion-democracy-crisis.html

- We couldn’t have two more opposite candidates. Ones a well educated, lifetime public servant- we can get into what issues that entails. Prosecutors are known to be wily to get results.
- But then the other is a convict, bankrupted “billionaire” who spews sexists and racist shit.

Their policies are waaaay different. One is for future rebuilding…the other is for future exclusion of those not worthy of being American.

Is it half of Americans just being angry at not getting ahead anymore? We need to address that.

Is half of America just racist? Full on conspiracy theories?

It can’t be Trumps prior presidency. He ignored a global pandemic for months. Had the highest crime rates of the decade.
Biden/Harris got Covid and it’s inflation under control. Had the lower crime rates than Trump

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglk87d817zo .

If you believe feminism is about equality between men and women, what has it done in the modern day to bring about such supposedly positive change for both genders?

If you believe feminism is only about female empowerment, why do you believe that and do you consider it a positive or negative thing? Has it brought men and women closer together or farther apart?

Arlington National Cemetery officials warned the Trump campaign prior to their visit not to take photos as use of the cemetery for campaign purposes is prohibited.

Trump later released video of his visit on Truth social.

by the way, 65 soldiers died in Afghanistan when Trump was president, but he only "honored" those killed when Biden finally ended the war. Hmmmm.

Not saying we’re forcing them there or not accepting them in common society. But the problems I see today are the vast segregation throughout the country. And either we invest in making that better or we or lean into it fully.

Since I can't vote on my own polls, I'll leave my two cents here... I got a taste of what a feminist country/an entirely feminist society would b like. Having been falsely accused while in college by a feminist and served an ex parte ppo by not 1 but 3 police officers, then got myself a lawyer and took her and the ex parte order to court where all I could do was have it changed to a civil temporary restraining order until it ran it's course. Wasn't fond of waking up every morning dry-heaving into my toilet before leaving for class afraid I'd be arrested for doing nothing wrong. Had to avoid entire parts of the tiny campus. Had to meet the Dean & the head of campus security too. Would have loved to have that male privilege feminists claim exists during my college experience. This is what it would be like if we ended up with a female president like Harris in the US. Don't say I didn't warn you...