On the 11th of September, while we here in the United States were remembering the attacks from 11-years ago, another situation erupted in two different nations half a world away.  Protests began in Egypt and in Libya.  Both had to do with the same thing... a movie made by someone here in the United States, whom we don't know the identity as of yet, depicting the prophet Mohammad which is sacrilegious in the Muslim world.  In Cairo, Egypt, they stormed the US Embassy and took down the American flag.

Australia has recently used an Internet voting system as a means to allow interstate, disabled, and overseas voters to participate in elections. The program is similar to that we are familiar with in absentee voting programs that large percentages of Americans already take advantage of.

Late U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Credit: U.S. State Department

In the wake of tragic events overseas that resulted in the deaths of four American diplomats, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, some have used the deplorable acts of violence against American consulates in North Africa as an opportunity to score political points. These partisan swipes have distracted from where the focus should be.

Late U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Credit: U.S. State Department

In the wake of tragic events overseas that resulted in the deaths of four American diplomats, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, some have used the deplorable acts of violence against American consulates in North Africa as an opportunity to score political points. These partisan swipes have distracted from where the focus should be.

Much like Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill Stein is participating in a online interview called AMA, or Ask Me Anything, on the forum Reddit. This is her first appearance on the social media site, as she will be taking questions from Redditors on her campaign, the election, the Green Party platform and Green New Deal.

Below are the updated highlights from the AMA. You can follow along on Reddit here.

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If you were to go tell someone at this moment that you were voting for a third-party candidate in the upcoming presidential election, most people would give you a dumb look which would be followed by a couple of different responses.  Some would say that you are throwing your vote away by doing that while others would say that you just shouldn't vote since it wouldn't count anyway.  The most audacious response is that you are taking away a vote from one of the main candidates...