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[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^
While we use WiFi at home, I have a personal WiFi device when I'm out and about. If I have problems at home I just connect to that until it's sorted. It's 4G rather than full broadband speed but it's good enough for a short time.

[Zzzptm]

We had our phones, but I just let my PC stay cool a while. Had a nice rest from just about everything and played some old video games that don't check to see if I'm online before firing up.

[Vyn]

Good luck on the UK elections - hoping that whoever you all get does right by its citizens.

[Charger]

Shocked to hear about the assassination attempt on President Trump! Sick sick world filled with sick sick people...that's all I can say. No matter what you political views might be, violence should NEVER EVER be the answer!

[Zzzptm]

Shocked to hear about the assassination attempt on President Trump! Sick sick world filled with sick sick people...that's all I can say. No matter what you political views might be, violence should NEVER EVER be the answer!

I absolutely agree on that. We need more healing, so that there are fewer sick people - or so that at least, they don't become desperate and think that killing another person is the way to go. But, yes, violence is not the way to end violence. It only begets more.

[Vyn]

Yeah, what a tragic turn of events. Thankfully DT didn't move his head one inch to his right. Jeez. Sadly, the would-be assassin did manage to murder one random person and critically injure three others. There's very few people I would ever wish death on - in fact I don't think I ever actually have. It's more like, "they could die and I would be OK with that," kind of thoughts. To actually go through a whole process to try and actually do that is beyond my ability to understand. I get it, the guy felt that was the solution to whatever problem he thought he had - but I don't understand it.

[Zzzptm]

I'm really feeling for the parents of the shooter. They've lost a child, in so many ways. That's some deep pain, I know.

[Charger]

Well how about that!

Biden finally showed some backbone and dropped out. That man surely wasn't mentally fit to run a country anymore let alone 4 years to the future.

This is a decision that should have been done ages ago...and maybe as such then the Democrats could have had enough time to find a proper candidate to actually challege Trump. Now they don't.

Trump will be the next POTUS there's no doubt about it.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

From my view point across the pond, I don't really see who else is in the running to replace Biden. But maybe we don't see too deep below the surface here.

Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats seem to have anyone to step into any gap vacated. For the Republicans they were lucky they didn't need to find someone... for the Democrats I'm not convinced Kamala Harris is a good choice, Hilary Clinton couldn't beat Trump and she was fairly well known and quite liked... can't say that about Harris. US voters seem more reluctant to vote women than other parts of the world.

[Vyn]

Harris won't win, even with democratic endorsements for her starting to roll in.

Trump has the election in the bag.

[Vyn]

Frankly, I'd vote for Mr. Peepers the crazy chihuahua if he was on the ticket this November. People want change from the norm? Elect a five pound dog to the presidency and that will be plenty of "change".

[Zzzptm]

Frankly, I'd vote for Mr. Peepers the crazy chihuahua if he was on the ticket this November. People want change from the norm? Elect a five pound dog to the presidency and that will be plenty of "change".

Except Mr. Peepers didn't poll well among the major donors, so we gotta go with the establishment candidate...

[Charger]

Mr Peepers would probably be more competent for the job than Kamala Harris!

Donors ofcourse would probably like Harris as she might be a perfect little puppet.

It will be interesting times to see who the dems actually go with and will they get enough votes to even tickle Trump's feet?

[Zzzptm]

Well, the first poll out of the gate shows things tilting in the Dems' favor with Harris as the nominee. Younger folks are more motivated about voting for her, along with Blacks and women.

At the end of last week, the polls had Biden-Trump in a dead heat, with a slight edge for Trump. Monday's polling has Harris ahead by 1%.

With the Republicans having a strong hold on their base, they're not attracting anyone new to the party. Any Democrat that can get their base excited is also likely to sway more independents their way.

[Vyn]

One thing I realized is that the dems have not held their convention yet, so no official nominee yet.

I know Harris brought in tens of millions in what, the first five hours after the announcement? I think this week will tell the tale long term though. If she manages to maintain that level of donors giving to them, she'll get the nod to be on the ticket against Trump. If not, who knows.

Gavin Newsom springs to mind. I just think he's progressive enough to get some interest. And then tank any chance the dems have of possibly winning the big election because he's poison to everyplace except parts of California.

Gretchen Whitmer?

Maybe Ron DeSantis will switch parties and run as a dem and he'll get the nomination lol

The democrats should have started down this road three years ago, and started playing up whoever their chosen one was. Unless something major happens between now and November, I think they are a day late and a dollar short regardless of who they put on the ticket.