diverging

Brutalism was just a style of that time. It’s not left wing architecture.

OK sure, which is why I voted for Harris. Now why are you telling me this? It seems to have nothing to do with mail-in ballots.

This conversation is about the advantages of mail-in ballots. Being able to research ballots ahead of time is not an advantage of mail-in ballots. In either case, you can have the ballot in front of you (either a sample ballot or a real ballot) and you are able take all the time you need to do your researching.

For someone to say that being able to research ballots ahead of time is an advantage of mail-in ballots suggests that there are people showing up polling places and realizing that they have no idea how they want to vote, resulting in them having to frantically research the issues and candidates on their phones at the polling booth or fill it out without being well informed. And that is worrying.

research each proposal

There’s nothing stopping you from researching each proposal before going to vote at a polling place. The items on the ballot are not secret.

It’s very worrying to me how many times I have seen this.

The Inquisition still exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith

Please no, we don’t need more Trumps.

You won’t be getting any money back. While you did ultimately pay since the companies that technically paid just raised their prices, that doesn’t matter. You didn’t technically pay any taxes, so you have no recourse to get it back. This has all just been a massive gift to companies.

That is in the video, although it is in Spanish.

Autoridades de EE. UU. anunciaron que ICE y otras agencias federales estarán en Milán durante el evento. Argumenten que protegerán a los estadounidenses visitantes y le delegación de su país.

US authorities announced that ICE and other federal agencies will be in Milan during the event. They argue that they will protect the American visitors and their country’s delegation.