Trump got about a million less votes than 4 years ago. Harris got about 15 million less. So the population didn't swing right 15 million Biden voters said fuck it and stayed home.
Everyone said this was going to be a close race. So we can't even use the Clinton excuse that nobody thought Trump would win.
She was a bad candidate with no message beyond Trump bad. That was enough for me but not 15 million other people.
There was a lot going on. The final count used had bush up by 537 votes out of 5.8 million cast. The close margin triggered a recount and Bush dropped to 327 vote lead.
Nadar probably cost the democrats more votes then republicans by greater then that 327. But there were other things that hurt Gore. Some intentional some random.
There were ballot design issues. In areas where the butterfly ballot was used Buchanan (who was also a 3rd party candidate) got way more votes than elsewhere. So if you wanted Gore saw him under Bush and selected the dot below you voted for Buchanan. See below.
Bush. O
/ O Buchanan
Gore. O
In another democratic area the ballot had the presidential race split on the front and back page. 21,000 votes were invalidated because they had multiple selections for president.
There was a large purge of mostly black felon voters. 15% weren't felons.
Then there were lawsuits trying to stop and start recounts in both state and federal court. The state supreme court ordered recounts while they decided if the recount should be used. Then they decided the recount should be used and set a date it was du. Then the US supreme court stopped the recount. Several days later they decided there wasn't time for a recount and ordered the Bush ahead by 537 count to be used.
So honestly it probably took all the above to swing the final count to Bush from Gore. I'm guessing if any one had not happened Gore would have been president.
A personal note I live in Florida and that was the first election I voted in. My vote for president has never be closer to making a difference in who was president. It's shaped my views on elections and voting.
It's a famous quote. The contradiction is intentional. It means democracy has a lot of problems and often looks terrible. However when you step back and consider the alternatives they are worse.
It looks whole lot like a rocket. It's almost like there is a shape that works well for the job.
Seriously. I've abandon my proton vpn account because the linux port forwarding was such garbage. Absolute garbage implementation for an advertised feature.
That man should have been a DP. He is so good at visuals but can't handle a story better then a 5 year old.
It's not a hierarchy. They protect different things.
For trademark they try to determine if a normal person could confuse it for an existing trademark. So a drink called cocaKola with white lettering on a red background isn't going to get protection. You could easily think you are buying a Coke but you are not.
You register to help get your origin date on record. Being first is super important in a trademark dispute. It also helps to show that a infringer should have known about your trademark because it was registered.
Patent means you can't take my idea and use it without my permission no matter what you call it. Patent pending means we asked for a patent but don't have it yet. If you copy our idea and we get the patent we can come after you.
It's not a hierarchy of enforcability but they grant different protections for different lengths of time.
So trademark is you can't call your soda Coke forever if they maintain trademark. But you can make a different identical tasting soda with a different name.
Copyright means you can't make a copy of Harry Potter until the copyright ends 70 years after the author dies. You can however make your own story about a boy who goes to wizard school and fights a previously defeated evil.
Patent gives you the most protection because they protect the idea but only last up to 20 years depending on the type. So the RISC patent meant you couldn't make a computer with fewer instructions allowing it to go faster until it expired.
In addition to what you said fiber is an important part of poop. An not just as stuff to push through the tract.
A important function of the liver is body detox. One way the liver does that is to package chemicals so they bind to fiber and get flushed out of the system. Lack of fiber can cause those chemicals to stick around and cause more problems.
Cosmoline smells more like "gun" to me than gunpowder.
This isn't correct. Even when someone who has lost weight hits caloric balance they stay hungry. Fat cells produce hunger signals when it's at lower than it's previous stored energy levels.
It takes several years for fat cells to adapt to the new normal and not try to reach their previous levels.
Honestly it's better but still a mess of design choices. For open source graphics editor check out Krita.