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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (203816)	1/14/2024 7:37:09 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By Arran Yuan Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218428

Re <<2024 should be loads of things going on>> Yeeeeeeessssss :0) Now that my Taiwan friends election work done-done, business gets underway, revving up, even as we reckon cold-stop in a few weeks for Lunar New Year. Re <<Now we have Taiwan having voted to not be subsumed by the MAD megalomaniacs in Beijing>> ... the details are primarily three, that ... (i) scmp.com ... the margin of victory is 914,995 ballots (DPP over KMT), with the spoiling third party (TPP) nailing 3,690,466 spoiler ballots on arguable premise, and Taiwan folks living / travelling & working (~1M) on mainland cannot vote unless travel back to Taiwan. (ii) The ruling party, critically, lost its parliamentary majority, and so slides down the slippery slope (iii) To stop the slide, DPP must find ways to work with the CPC, as opposed to the DNC and RNC, but let's just reckon very difficult to do Given (i) - (iii), am guessing story resolution 2028 - 2032.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (203816)	1/14/2024 10:58:23 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By Arran Yuan Respond to of 218428

Re <<amusing ... 2024 should be loads of things going on.>> ... the show gets underway agnostic, no dog in race, just watching with popcorn at hand zerohedge.com Dems Hatch "Republicans For A Day" Scheme To Boost Haley Vs. Trump In Iowa Caucuses Iowa Democrats and independents have a plan to make a dent in former President Donald Trump's massive lead over the rest of the GOP field - help Nikki Haley by becoming "Republicans for a day" during the Iowa caucuses. [url=][/url] According to Axios, "crossover" voting is a low-key tradition in the Iowa event, as the state allows day-of party registration for voters, while Democrats aren't holding in-person presidential caucuses this year - providing the perfect opportunity for uniparty Democrats to support yet another perpetual war candidate. As Don McLeese of west Des Moines told Axios, the crossover voting scheme gives anti-Trumpers "a chance to diminish Trump's inevitability," adding "I'll hold my nose and caucus for Haley." Iowa Republican precinct captain for Haley, Lyle Hansen, acknowledged that "there could be a good crossover" vote for Haley, because Democrats "get to come over and pick the candidate for Biden to oppose." Des Moines Democrat Jonathan Neiderbach told the outlet "I believe all Americans should cast a vote against Donald Trump every chance we have." Reality bites... As Axios notes, the crossover votes are "are highly unlikely to help Haley catch Trump, who's consistently had a big lead in Iowa polls." - But GOP strategist David Kochel said that if crossovers see Haley as the best Republican alternative to Trump, they could help her finish a solid second in Iowa, ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. - "If you even had 5,000 or 7,500 people across the state cross over for her, that might be the difference between her and Ron DeSantis," Kochel said. The intrigue: There's some risk for Iowa's Democratic Party if many of its members cross over to vote with Republicans. - People who switch parties to participate in a caucus sometimes don't switch back, Tim Hagle, a political scientist at the University of Iowa, tells Axios. Responding to the 'threat,' Trump senior adviser Chrris LaCivita brushed aside any concerns. "If that is something they are relying on to get through the night, then poor people, I feel bad for them," he told Axios.