How do we select candidates for Senate elections who will likely win? Starting with the 2024 elections: The following seats flipped: Arizona (D) – Ruben Gallego was an incumbent Representative. Montana (R) – Tim Sheehy had no prior experience, he’s a veteran. Ohio (R) – Bernie Moreno had no prior experience, he is a businessman …
Yearly Archives: 2025
Countries which could modernize soon
Playing with my dataset today, I’m wondering about countries which are the most likely to improve rapidly in the near future. Note: I usually use the UN definition of country but for the purpose of visa-free travel when I say “country” I am referring to every place which has their own separate visa policy, including …
A globally expanded EU
Canada is flirting with joining the European Union, though they are more likely to just join the European Economic Area in my opinion. I think this is an excellent step forward, and while the catalyst is Donald Trump, this is similar to the catalyst which formed the European Union. Historical context In order to understand …
Modernize American Security
First and foremost, this article is inspired by this piece of absolute bullshit by Senator Banks from Indiana. Making visa overstays a crime is unnecessary. The law is fine as it is. It’s a civil infraction. That’s enough. But the part of the article I find absolutely horrendous is he accuses the 9/11 highjackers of …
Should you join a currency union?
We live in a globalized world where travel is more accessible than ever, global GDP per capita has never been higher, infant mortality is dropping every year, and life expectancy is up globally. This is a very different world from 50 years ago. There are a few major conflicts in the world today, particularly in …
Tariffs, visas, and espionage
Tariffs The European Union is reinstating tariffs on Ukrainian exports. They continue to restrict Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian military bases with weapons donated by the European Union. Espionage 900,000 Russians are working in the European Union. Germany just charged three of them as acting as a backdoor for Russian intelligence. It is unknown how …
2025 documents to enter the United States
I’m a long-time Nexus member, which is a program for expedited travel to and from Canada, which also gives me membership in TSA Precheck and Global Entry (expedited US customs at airports). If you are eligible, it is worth joining. I am on reddit and I am part of the Global Entry, TSA, Nexus_TTP, and …
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2025 predictions
What a couple of days it has been… Ukraine has destroyed a substantial portion of Russia’s air force and today they successfully attacked the Kerch Strait Bridge. We are clearly in the last steps of this war, and it will be over by the end of the year with Ukraine regaining all of its territory. …
Fix Doctor Who Season 41
The finale of Doctor Who Season 41 (Series 15) was… odd. Wish World worked. That was a very solid episode. We had Mel, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, with the Rani and Conrad as the villains. It’s an excellent episode. It ends with the Doctor falling in a very climatic and emotional way. I’m not a fan of …
How to consistently win elections
The answer is to maintain the keys to power. Most politicians end up getting cocky after being in office for years and make mistakes. But the one exception to this rule is in Singapore. PAP has remained in power in Singapore since independence. From a fairly lazy point of view one might assume this is …