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I would like to see the transportation sector find ways to reduce the number of motor vehicle deliveries to places near commuter rail stations. More pedestrian-only areas are needed in all urban areas.

EU will cease to exist within a decade

That is the wish of the Russia/China axis and those favoring Russian/China hegemony and totalitarianism.

@bkalabel: As usual, every single video or thing inconvenient

As usual, another extremist is echoing the rhetorical approach used by the gross fraudster, i.e. if you're going to lie: lie. bigly. A tactic of conmen and other financial services hucksters that want a Trump presidency which makes fraud acceptable under the umbrella of any pursuit of personal wealth is justifiable. A corrupt president and Supreme Court will further exploit those that want to live according to the laws of the republic and US Constitution.

he United States is on heightened alert for a potential flood of falsehoods from Kremlin-aligned actors

With mainstream media billionaires like Musk and Murdoch aided by so many social media bots, both paid and volunteer, that flood of falsehoods has been obvious to reasonable people but the pro-totalitarians along with other US Republicans, and their global political ilk continue their pushes to further undermine the republic so their billionaire idols can get richer and more powerful, while the cultists send their money to enable their rich masters believing some day the trickle down might not smell like body waste.

Donald Trump came under fire for violent rhetoric against a prominent Kamala Harris supporter

The above is to be expected from a candidate, whose wealthiest backers include some members of the establishment that are pushing Project 2025 which could introduce the most violence ever sen within the US since the US Civil War. Many of Trump's neo-Confederates want to see happen to erase their 'enemies within', which would please the global masters of totalitarianism whose beliefs the Trump backers prefer to those of the people in US who want to see the republic remain intact.

@zzbits: All political theatre as usual.

That must entertain the pro-totalitarian warmongers.

Ohtani had arguably the best regular season ever. Too bad he was not able to play the last games of the Series, though he was instrumental in the Dodgers making it through the playoffs to get to the final matches. Hats off to him, Yamamoto-san, Freddie, Mookie, Roberts etal. The best team won this season, and should be set to repeat. Here's hoping Ohtani fully recovers from his dislocation, and can stay healthy throughout next eson, he is so important to the game of baseball.

His and the team's choice, but I would like to see him hit and not pitch, better chance to stay healthy that way, and also perhaps set more hitting records.

"very offensive" remarks about women

and those in Trump's cult applaud those remarks because their favorite entertainer, a convicted felon, is once again doing all he can to 'troll the libs', which is as close as he and his ruck can get to having a 'policy', before Trump and his corrupt Supreme Court backed by Musk his fellow tech billionaires further aided by others in the US and global establishment start final plans for implementing Project 2025, should he be elected. Which federal lands will they use to build their concentration camps?

Abe234Oct. 31  10:15 pm JST

well said.

appeared to label Trump supporters "garbage."

misanthropic reactionaries that need someone to tell them how and what to believe would be a better description, except for those pushing for a violent overthrow of the government, but like one religious leader was reported by some to have said, they've always been with us. Hopefully many of them will shift to Hungary or the Russian Federation maybe Texas, Alabama or Florida, where their politics are better suited.

the same term he has used to describe the Jan 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

To Trump "love" means people paid attention to him, then later sent him more money. As has been reported for years he's narcissistically impaired, void of any sense of empathy or compassion, Trump has attracted a legion of followers similar to him, i.e. misanthropes that think they are the center of the universe who have no regard for other people. The Trump cultists have no regard for any form of life other than themselves unless they think they can make money from it. In their religion they worship Trump and themselves, and want to start religious wars in which those deemed 'enemy within' and/or 'other' are put in detention centers (concentration camps) for re-education, like the Vietnamese and South Korean governments did not too long ago.

as extreme heatwaves fueled by climate change engulfed many parts of the globe.

And the fossils in control of the planet want to continue to extend the fossil era, want to keep burning huge amounts of fossil fuels, and continue fighting wars over the control of fossil fuels and other nonrenewable natural resources.

 including the potential for political violence

Given that after the last presidential election Trump and some of his allies led a rally that later became an attack on the US capitol with mobs who'd attended the rally threatening to hang some politicians, it's easy to see why many UA Americans including me and my friends and family members in the US see a high potential for political violence. Many Trump GOP cultists believe Trump when he claims there are 'enemies within'. He has long egged violent groups like the Proud Boys and other militias to stand by, waiting for him to once again give the go-ahead to attack. While he got a government escort back to a safe room where he could watch the results of their destructive acts on TV.

Trump has gained a huge following of angry, alienated people, mostly frustrated males, ready to follow him as he tries to further undermine the US for his benefit, and that of anti-Americans like Elon Musk. Many of those followers are among ones that claim they own large numbers of weapons which to use to overthrow the government, and no doubt many are waiting for a chance to do that. Many of the Trump supporters have shown they identify more closely with foreign anti- American totalitarian regimes, while at the same time claiming they're patriots that believe in the republic and its democratic principles, but large numbers are like Trump, and have low ethical standards and are unafraid to repeatedly lie.

“It just goes to show ya that he has a bigger following of any man that has ever lived,” D'Agostino said.

I recall John Lennon saying something similar about his band being bigger than a once very popular religious figure, and so-called Christians of the day being upset. Now that demographic have switched to following a convicted felon hawking made in China bibles, fake watches and sneakers, while shilling for an establishment group that want to scrap the Constitution and the republic as how it had been since the days of the founding fathers, while Trump lauds leaders of the axis of totalitarianism.

hosting a hometown rally to deliver his campaign's closing message against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

Will Trump's closing message include him repeating how he admires the way Xi and the CCP control Chinese citizens, also how he'd like to be 'president for life', the latter would mean he would not be jailed for life for his crimes, one of his main reasons for wanting back in office, and something that could be likely considering the corrupt establishment Supreme Court probably also support the establishment's Project 2025.

The illegal ones, he absolutely does.

Trump interpreters and cultists might actually believe this, but that says a lot about them, fraudsters admire their upper caste conmen.

workers worried about how electric vehicles could reshape the U.S. auto industry,

One of Trump's main manipulators is Elon X. Musk, the father of electric cars, Musk is still juggling his control of Trump with his allegiance to the CCP and the Kremlin. Which one Trump, Xi or Putin will offer Musk the most money/power to allow Musk to increase his personal fortune so Musk's will rival that of Putin's ?

National security officials warn that U.S. adversaries may incite violent protests after Election Day.

Among the 'US adversaries that may incite violent protests' are operatives of the Republican Party including Trump cult members, the same anti-Americans that tried to overthrow an election and are following their cult leader who wants to undermine the Constitution to evade jail time and permit global despots to have greater access to US resources, which he might try to sell to get more money for himself.

Carlson asked. “You’ve been a bad girl. You’ve been a bad little girl, and you are getting a vigorous spanking right now.”

Is Carlson still in Russia? similar to the beliefs of many Trump Republicans he seems to think iRussia a better place to live than the US., Carlson and the other radical extremists that follow him, though Tucker's been shown to be duplicitous, all should shift there, and let US Americans that want the US Constitution to continue, and not have a fascist regime do further damage to the republic via things like the ruling caste, aka the elite establishment's Project 2025.

Russia's Kremlin-controlled media t

Have been able to sway many far right extremists, including many posting on this site, some voluntarily.

Mongolia is 100% reliant on Russia for its oil and gas

Another reason for Mongolia and all other nations that are stuck in the fossil era, to find alternatives to burning huge amounts of fossil fuels got from fossil nations like Russia.

accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. Russia is not a member of the court and the Kremlin has rejected the charges.

In the 'new world order' that supporters of Putin and the axis of totalitarianism nations foresee, expect abductions of children got through invading sovereign nations to increase because the warmongering axis nations will need more military personnel to continue their warmongering. Maybe poor nations that want to be under the umbrella of the axis will offer their citizens to die in the wars to come. It looks like a new era of colonialism ahead, led by Putin/Xi and fellow dictators.

Storms and typhoons are common around the region at this time of year.

But like many other areas of the world that have long experienced storms and typhoons, climate change has made many of these weather events more powerful. Areas of the world that have yet to experience violent weather caused by climate change might start seeing an increasing number of people become climate/economic refugees, as worsening weather events continue to harm economies, and food production.

banthu: I was assured by the media

Says a lot about Putin's outlets you trust, and also about the gullibility of the little fellow's true believing followers, the latter need to be told what to think by their warmongering dictator.

Russia was out producing the west in weapons and ammunition

Russia the warmongering nation needs to increase its supplies of weapons and ammunition, while getting North Korea to provide more of both along with troops. If all you've got is 'western media lie', then provide links to your media saying otherwise.

which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon sowing chaos across the world.

Russia/ China and the nations led by despots supporting Putin/Xi and the axis of totalitarianism want to establish a new world order with them as hegemon. The westerners and others supporting them should shift to one of the totalitarian states, unless they already live there, where they'd get a big brother/cult leader to control their lives, and not be flummoxed by having to make their own choices as to what to think and believe.

Wrong! The US is the most advanced civilized society, 

More Flip floppery, after numerous posts echoing the extremist cult leader and his media saying the US is awful.

China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian.

The above list of authoritarian leaders, shows that many parts of the world learned little from WW2 when there were cults of personalities like those led by Stalin Hitler and Mao .

On a current world freedom ranking list, where do China, India, the Russian Federation, turkeyi and Iran rank?

But it could be my beliefs are in opposition to those supporting authoritarian regimes and cults of personality, I prefer to be free enough to choose which beliefs to follow, and not have a big brother led state tell me what to think and believe. I also do not want to belong to a cult, especially one led by a narcissistically impaired conman, which is the case in most cults.

Japan shifting back to nuclear

Coal should have been phased out long ago, more reliance on nukes means more reliance on centralized power organizations and the fossils that have controlled power in Japan for ages. I agree with what @Wallace said above at 11:35.

And where are the Japanese entrepreneurs trying to find and develop more ways to generate electricity using renewables and resources found in Japan. The political/ business powers that are should provide incentives for building owners to make their buildings more energy efficient and/or install their own power generating devices.

without offering evidence

The above applies to just about anything Trump or his handlers say, but his bass believe everything they say. PT Barnum knew his fellow Americans, but might have underestimated saying a sucker is born every minute, today it seems to be every second, particularly in red states. If all you've got is 'that would be', that would just reinforcing my claim