How Winners are Losing in American Elections

Who exactly are the winners of this new and confusing electoral system called ranked-choice voting (RCV)? It’s not the thousands of voters that show up to the polls in RCV elections only to have their votes thrown out. The winners of RCV are partisans and special interests who use the system’s design to manipulate election… Continue reading How Winners are Losing in American Elections

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Anti-Immigrant, Eurosceptic Sweden Democrats Set To Become Nation’s 2nd Largest Party

The far-right, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats (SD) party overtook the main right-wing opposition party in the polls on Monday ahead of the parliamentary elections on 11 September, becoming Sweden’s second largest party general elections in September, Euroactiv reported. According to the latest opinion poll from SVT/Novus, the Sweden Democrats are now the main challengers of Prime… Continue reading Anti-Immigrant, Eurosceptic Sweden Democrats Set To Become Nation’s 2nd Largest Party

Human-Vampire Hybrids and More Weird Questions

Podcast: Download MYS226: It’s a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including secret societies; binding demons; reenacting Catholic history; killing vampire-human hybrids; Neanderthals in the afterlife; and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode… Continue reading Human-Vampire Hybrids and More Weird Questions

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St. Hildegard of Bingen – SpiritualDirection.com

St. Hildegard of Bingen was a cloistered Catholic nun, a medieval German Benedictine abbess, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and a prolific writer on medicine, nutrition, health, and nature who was named a Doctor of the Church in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. When I first came across St. Hildegard in 2019, I was been bewildered… Continue reading St. Hildegard of Bingen – SpiritualDirection.com

Russia And Saudi Arabia Are Battling For Oil Market Share In Asia

By Cyril Widdershoven of Oilprice.com After months of increased Russian crude oil and petroleum product volumes heading to Asian customers, mainly China and India, Russian oil is now facing stiff competition. The first signs of a potential reversal of Moscow’s luck in Asia are showing as media reports that Russian crude oil volumes to India… Continue reading Russia And Saudi Arabia Are Battling For Oil Market Share In Asia

Wave Of European Ammonia Plant Closures To Exacerbate Food Crisis

A wave of European ammonia-plant shutdowns due to soaring natural gas prices has resulted in a devastating fertilizer crunch, worsening by the week, with as much as 70% of production offline.   “Ammonia prices, though volatile, rose 15% in 3Q and could climb higher as Europe’s record gas prices curtail output and send ammonia producers to… Continue reading Wave Of European Ammonia Plant Closures To Exacerbate Food Crisis