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Unless you have seen me and know my friends it was not an "objective observation", it was a typical personal insult of yours. I can't stand most of these politicians because I've worked with many politicians (all "liberal" Democrats) for years and know how what snakes they are. It's an occupation one step above the mafia and one small step below a lawyer. And I told people that I had heard through friends a year and a half ago that party central already knew that Kamala was to be the next president. Regardless I tried to give also an objective assessment of a candidate's chances. With America's owners and propaganda outlets going 200% for her she flopped in the primaries miserably and friends in California clued me in there was little there there after the initial first good impression everyone gets. A spoiled daughter of hard-working academics who had no progressive views and was a rather narrow-minded defender of the privileged. A person who was always campaigning for the next job and never working at the present one. A political prima dona married to a super rich lawyer and part owner of the media and IT world. A strong member of ultra right-wing AIPAC but also a panderer who claims as a young girl she went door-to-door for the Israeli group that buys Palestinian homes and levels them (Trees for Israel). My impression is she's unimpressive after a few times seeing her and voters seem to be as unenthusiastic. I also know that party central knows this but is more concerned with getting the suburban Republican's women's vote that turned 2018 around and as an Indian/White/Black Jewish woman good at taking every position at once she's a good fit even without substance. And it counters Trump's efforts to split the important Indian-American vote with his Modi friendship. I have my doubts the Dems are thinking straight because all those voters are going to swoon back to Nikki Haley in 2024, who is much worse than Trump and get huge Congressional majorities. But neither "party" minds losing to the other so long as it's not an independent like Trump or Bernie. Plenty of the progressive left crowd are people of color, mostly Black. And none of them can stand the pro-war Neo Liberals that Harris and Buttigieg are the darlings of. The same way that Blacks no longer join the military as much because they see no reason to start a career that's sole mission is killing people of color. You want to know why police routinely kill Blacks and Latinos so easily? It's because many or most of them were first in the US military whose sole job is to kill as many people of color as possible. They're dehumanized into racial enemies the same way we did "Japs" in WW2, "G++ks" in Vietnam, and now "Sand N+++ers" in the Middle East. In movies you may hear the enemy as "Hadji's" or "Hajibs" but on the ground the common term is always understood as "Sand N+++ers". America's "Kill More N+++ers" national goal doesn't have an (except in the US) clause. As Obama himself observed, he became a master at killing people. And they were all people of color and black. Obama murdered more blacks than the KKK ever dreamed of. Just not in the US. Fuckin incompetent Trump killed one Iranian. Loser. From Iraq to Syria to Libya to Yemen to Somalia the US burns alive with napalm as many of them as we can in a genocide of millions meant to cull their numbers like nuisance animals and destroy to the ground any advanced country they build. Modern educated nations like Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Libya all leveled to the stone age by the US. And Iran next which will require 20 million dead Iranians and tens of thousands of US dead. Kamala's AIPAC wants that to start yesterday and wants Russia attacked to get them out of interfering with Syria's bombing. The Neo-Cons and the Neo-Libs are really the same crowd for foreign affairs and both are livid that stupid, moronic Trump is too much of a pussy to keep up the killing that Obama and Hillary were doing so well in continuation of Bush's frenzy. That's why all the Neo-Cons from Bolton to Bush to the "Lincoln Project" are flocking to the Democratic Neo-Lib ticket. Same blood-thirsty people different party. And Biden, the puppet front-man of the ticket to get Kamala in, was even more enthusiastic about killing the million "s.n.'s" in Iraq than Bush was. But Americans are indoctrinated by the pro-war media to not care about how many dark-skinned people we exterminate overseas (like culling nuisance animals), and only to care about domestic issues. And domestically Kamala and her husband are Silicon Valley's ascendancy to completely control American information. Facebook, Time-Warner CNN, NBC, Fox, Google, Apple, Microsoft may as well get offices in the White House. Together with Wall Street they will be running the country more than now. And all those corporations have war in common; war news and propaganda and weapons to kill. The Republican Party and the Democratic Party are the same damn people, just different labels., like Store A Brand vs. Store B Brand. The Clintons and Bushes and Trumps and Bidens and Pelosi's and Obamas etc are all best friends in the same social circles. Their kids are best friends, they go to each other parties, they hang out with Jeffery Epstein together. Why Trump doesn't use the Obama Doctrine to assassinate Biden. It's not that serious a disagreement, it's just a political show. Biden tries to tell you "We will change nothing" but you want to believe there's some difference that makes corporate Democrats better than corporate Republicans. People in China believe they live in a democracy, and just like people in Russia or the US they get indigent when you tell them it's a sham. You and others say you must choose the lesser of two evils as if genocide is just another factor . Hitler was wonderful at building autobahns and infrastructure and cars and social programs for average people. But he had one downside. Sorry, genocide is not just another factor for many of us, it's a disqualifier. I can't stand Trump anymore than anyone else. But I also feel the same exact way with all the Neo Libs and Neo Cons. Exact same people, exact same ideas, just different labels and identities. Like millions of other Bernie voters I didn't follow Bernie (and Chomsky's) recommendation to vote for Killary. And I have absolutely no doubt that there are at least a million black and brown people in the middle east still alive because she did not get her fangs into them. Maybe many more. When you've sunk as a person to where genocide is just another factor your morals have hit bottom and can't be justified with "well everyone else thinks this way too". Even if our form of democracy is a sham and pretty worthless as a system now there are plenty of things people can do without glorifying war criminals of either brand. I call and lobby and contribute a lot for the National Interstate Popular Vote Compact . It will help get the political party chokehold off our elections just as nonpartisan elections in many states are doing. Unless a miracle happens it won't pass in time for this election but the numbers are very close. Buttigieg, Kamala and some others mislead people by supporting a "constitutional amendment" which would never get passed by Congress and get 2/3's of the states. They know the Interstate Compact is close to passing and that the Supreme Court in the recent faithless elector case approved of this method. By saying "constitutional amendment" these jerks are playing people for fools. It's surprising how much most Americans support this change so long as it's presented as not coming from either party but against both of them. The majority of Americans now have a healthy hatred of both political parties. I've also given the most I can to Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, and the "colored girl squad" and telephone banked for Jamaal. Israel, one of several countries that interfere in our elections 100 times more than Russia, threw $5 million against Jamaal and a total of $10 million against the "squad". Congress is hopelessly corrupt but a few honest people advocating for popular change and against genocide is important. And when democracy comes to America it's going to come by popular revolt of the people, not by party politics. But Piss on Kamala and Piss on Trump. How few Americans believe in American elections: and a few of the 100,000 Black Lives That Didn't Matter or Obama wouldn't have sent bombs and drones to murder them:

The convention will have a 15-minute speech by homophobe sexist GOP governor John Kaisch and a 15-minute speech by racist, sexist former GOP mayor Mike Bloomberg. The Democratic Convention. Democratic Congresswoman AOC will be allowed a 1-minute taped approved message and no other member of the progressive House 'squad" will be allowed to speak. No word yet if there will be "white" and "colored" water fountains to make racists feel more at home. Update: Andrew Yang has been taken off the speakers list. Maybe they need time for John Bolton.

That's an ad hominem personal insult you should be ashamed of. You don't even know what race I am and I have plenty of all sorts of friends.

Sorry but Kamala has a reputation of having a glass jaw in debates. She can memorize cutting lines but doesn't have the gray matter to respond. She either collapses or goes irate. Buttigieg practically told her to shut up bitch plenty in the debates. And Tulsi ...

https://www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/how-1994-crime-bill-fed-mass-incarceration-crisis https://www.sentencingproject.org/news/5593/ One-Third of Black Men Have Felony Convictions The point of the discussion was whether Blacks are going to turn out for this ticket better than they did for Hillary. I don't see it. The ticket is aimed at the New Democratic backbone: Wealthy suburban Republican women.

Tell that to Kamala who as CA AG stepped in and stopped the prosecution her political-donor Republican Steve Mnuchin for illegally foreclosing on a million Californians and taking their homes. That discretion didn't extend to a black man on death row she knew was innocent. She fought to withhold the evidence.

It's official from Rahm; the Democratic Party is now the Republican Party: https://www.axios.com/rahm-emanuel-biden-republican-2020-0a06c703-e017-4446-b2ea-92dac87d7035.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic Rahm Emanuel sees wave of "Biden Republicans"

California arrested nearly half a million people for pot over the past decade https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/18/california-arrested-nearly-half-a-million-people-for-pot-over-the-past-decade/ https://www.canorml.org/judicial/california-arrest-and-prisoner-data/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/11/kamala-harris-prosecuting-marijuana-cases/ As San Francisco DA from 2004 through 2010, however, Harris had wide latitude to decide which marijuana cases to prosecute and what sentences to seek in the city..... Over Harris’ seven years as top prosecutor, her attorneys won 1,956 misdemeanor and felony convictions for marijuana possession, cultivation, or sale, according to data from the DA’s office.

The new reality: Rich suburban Republican women are the most important voting block in America. The new backbone of the Democratic party.

They should put a mask on him.

But don't underestimate the mushrooming importance of the wealthy Indian community in America (which unfortunately is very Modi-supportive): https://www.axios.com/kamala-harris-and-the-political-rise-of-americas-indian-community-eaf814ee-7cea-42bc-8574-78592ca48a73.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic By the numbers: There are more than 4 million Indian Americans, and the population is growing quickly. Indian Americans are wealthier than Americans in general, according to Census Bureau data compiled by AAPI Data. Their median annual household income was about $139,000 in 2018, more than double the nationwide median. About half the 1.8 million U.S. foreign work visas issued between 2001 and 2015 went to Indians.

One reason the vaccine has to be out soon is that Hollywood is closed down and no new shows are being made. Even when it reopens it will have meager casts and sets. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-06/coronavirus-netflix-hbo-get-no-new-movies-with-hollywood-shut As housebound consumers devour more TV content than ever, new shows and movies aren’t getting made. Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” HBO’s “Succession,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” AMC Networks Inc.’s “The Walking Dead,” Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale” and Apple Inc.’s “The Morning Show” are among other series with highly anticipated returning seasons that will be delayed

In her own psychotic laughs at jailing black people to the Republican Commonwealth Club she always pandered to. She was the only political candidate in California to oppose marijuana legalization, even her Republican opponent supported legalization, and she sent thousands of people to prison for smoking marijuana. Then she goes on Charlemagne the King and laughs about how she was smoking marijuana while she did it !! Those who own America decided 2 years ago that Kamala was to be president and they have been pushing her out in newer and newer models and she gets rejected by voters, especially younger black voters, over and over. A team of her and the man who passed the Biden Crime Bill putting 1 million Black men in prison for life is not going to get over-turnout of Blacks. She is geared to the New Democratic Party-----Suburban Elite White Republican Women who like the idea of a Indian/Jewish/Mulatto Woman President, but prefer their black men in jail.

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Assuming the worst (not unreasonable), how good are Brazilian hospitals if you come down with coronavirus ?

I'm not tech enough for crude VPN's but Newegg sells AVG's VPN for $10/yr for 5 machines and it's incredibly simple to use. My Czech friends can use my Netflix which automatically reroutes via VPN set to Europe to Netflix Europe with a choice of Czech subtitles or dubs, which are not available in the US. A big benefit is you escape US copyright rules so many seasons of shows that cost in the US are free and you can watch seasons that haven't even been shown in the US yet. A quirk is because of cookies, for a while you'll get ads from the country you were set to on everything.

Yea, I don't think pre-independence rules matter and I doubt the law is going to get clarified by November, but it will enable Republicans to argue that Kamala is more Indian than black and use that to temper enthusiasm for her in the turnout. Of course the US is 1% Indian now and they are also a powerful force in most states (not just as Biden says, that they run every single 7-11). But my gut feeling is that blacks are not going to turn out for Kamala any better than they did for Hillary. And as much glowing publicity as Kamala version I, II and III was pushed by her hubby's media and the party central committee, she was a miserable flop with voters time after time. Whether they hate Trump more now than in 2016 is another matter, but I have my doubts there too. Ultimately, like 2016, this election is going to devolve into which of two detestable sides is detested the most and with the most enthusiasm to get out and vote against. Unfortunately, the Trump crowd still has a huge edge in enthusiasm against the other side, and that matters a lot in results. Biden should carry his home state of Pennsylvania so the election may well come down to Michigan and Michigan comes down to McComb County and I don't see Kamala having even slim support there. Ultimately the crazy Wong decision from 1898 needs to be revisited. (Trump has threatened to by executive action). Hopefully we'll get a reasonable rule like other western countries have where a child of foreigners born here can get naturalization automatically at a certain age. The present birth tourism and anchor babies game is ridiculous and often deadly for the anchor babies.

Even the densest Republicans are sure to eventually stumble on Kamala's dubious birthplace citizenship, at least as far as the presidency. Neither of her parents were US citizens when she was born in the US and there's growing consensus among legal scholars that the birthplace citizenship test of the 1898 Wong case is just legal baloney made up by a poor court and stupid policy. It's absurd in a day of easy international transit and birthplace tourism. Before 1898 that was not US law and it's a very feeble case with no reasoning. Plus the constitution requires the president to be a natural born citizen subject to the full jurisdiction of the US, which children born here of foreigners are not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States

The difference is neither putting the blame on the sex worker or the customer but putting it (severely) on the type of internet sites where such contacts may be made, or promoted, or even discussed. I don't think there's another 1st-world country that still thinks that way about the internet. American moral crusaders, left, right, and in between, are weird.

Kamala is one of the leaders of the odd "American moral crusader model". She claims she wants to protect sex workers by closing down all internet sites, like Backpage, Craigslist, Rentboy, etc where even one minor might get in. The theory is that the only way to protect minors and those abused in trade is to shut down all internet sites dealing with sex and put the worst punishment on the internet site owner. It's the opposite of any Nordic European model.

You do realize as the co-author of SESTA/FOSTA Kamala wants to put you in prison for life for running this site just as she personally did the owners of Backpage? SESTA to take away the neutral party/ free speech protections of section 230 of the Communications Act was her first accomplishment after entering the Senate. She's the most vengeful person going after sites that have anything to do with escorts or even sex. https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/23/kamala-harris-slaps-new-charges-on-backpage-in-a-case-that-threatens-tech-sector/ . She's an Indian Anita Bryant on steroids. She tried to execute a (black) man she knew was innocent to help her political career, and did execute plenty of others she could have waived execution on. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/01/democratic-debate-kamala-harris-tulsi-gabbard-joe-biden-fact-check/ . But when it came time to prosecute Republican Steve Mnuchin for illegally taking 1 million Californians' homes, she stepped in and refused to prosecute. Her very respected black father has denounced her as a racist. When's the last time a president's father has denounced them as evil? Politically, even though the corporate owners of the Democratic Party (and the US) decided 2 years ago that Kamala was to be the next president and even though her hubby is the lawyer for CNN, Facebook, etc with all the gloating publicity that brings, voters showed in primary after primary, especially in black areas, that they wanted nothing to do with her. That's why they maneuvered Biden in as a placeholder candidate to get her in. In debates she's a harsh attacker but she has a "glass jaw"; when anyone attacks back or even questions her she goes silent. She's poison at the ballot box in the swing states and after a couple weeks that will start showing in polls as the Dems drop fast with her. When she gets in as president she'll cause a tsunami against Dems in 2022 and in 2024 will lose miserably to fellow Indian-American Nikki Haley whose just as Trumpist right-wing as anyone. Kamala could well be the end of the Democratic Party. But morally the next big decision for the US will be whether to attack Iran and Kamala's promised AIPAC to get the ovens fired up for 20 million that Trump is too much of a pussy to do. America's gone so very far right wing in the past couple decades that both political parties are unrecognizable anymore and it's impossible to pin which is more to the "right". I forget; was Goebbels or Hitler the more right wing? Who was the better speaker with more charisma and seemed more progressive? That's all that matters, right?

A huge Fuck You again to the half of Democratic voters who are Bernie supporters. "Go Away". (We will). The Democratic Party is now firmly in the grips of AIPAC, Wall Street and the ultra-right wing Neo-Liberals who are thirsty for the blood of 20 million Iranians. Anyone who'd pulled a lever for Kamala to exterminate 20 million Iranians would have pulled a lever for Hitler. America needs to get out of the business of mass genocide of non-whites. They may be a different color but they are humans.

Does this also apply to showing Twitter Tweets? They can be pretty XXX. I assume it's better just to provide a clickable link to such tweets and that it's ok to do so for other porn? And nudity is ok so long as no arousal shown?

damn. Well at least if the US new case total keeps going down 20% per 14 days that gives hope for a month or 6 weeks from now. Unless they just allow anyone in with a test which seems to be the trend now.