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By Jeffrey Sachs. Far left propagandist. AI could write his garbage.

They want to raise more tax? Stop terrorizing retired expats. Instead, make recreational weed explicitly legal, the higher the THC level the better, closely regulate it from Thai farm to stoner, and then tax the flippin' puck out of it. Sorted! But that would be too logical wouldn't it? Instead drive it underground and don't tax it.

He's a psychopath.

That's interesting. That's the deal Putin made with Russians. We'll give you security and stability at the cost of accepting an authoritarian government. See how that turned out ...

Why is the felon wasting money on a New York rally when he has zero chance of winning in New York?

Never mind Jim Crow laws and mortgage redlining going well into quite recent history.

No she isn't. Trump was doing historically better with blacks when it was Biden, but now polling shows closer to modern historical norms. Which means the vast majority for any democrat vs. any republican. No. magadonians, I'm not talking about long ago when the democrats were the white nationalist party.

No, I have nothing in mind specifically.

I started following Where's Wes when he lived in Colombia. He married into a deeply religious Christian family in Manizales, ending up divorcing her, and now her family basically wants to kill him -- so he got out of Dodge. Since then he's been traveling widely. He seems to love Poland. He's not really my kind of guy politically or socially but he has a sharp intelligence that I still find worth hearing. I suppose his opinions about the Philippines have more weight as he's an American from a Chinese Filipino background. Some things he says don't make sense to me. He says most expats settle in Makati and BGC (Metro Manila) when my understanding is that they are spread all over, especially in Cebu, Dumaguete, etc. He suggests Baguio City would be his own best choice as the cool weather in the mountains resembles Manizales and that place interests me as well. My only Pinoy experiences are with some failed relationships in the U.S. and one tourism visit years ago. My general impression is that it's easy to assume the people are like westerners because they speak English and are Catholic, but in reality their culture is wildly different. For those that know better than me, is Wes spot on or spot off?

There are other things that could be done that don't involve direct cash payments. All Harris is saying is let's talk have a discussion about this. Why are reactionaries so afraid of even discussing this topic?

They love it. They really, really love it.

A topic that has become popular to discuss in the U.S. is generational wealth. The truth is that many black Americans have generational wealth similar or greater than typical other than black Americans. But a disproportionate percentage of them don't. It's not only slavery but mortgage red lining, etc. If there are government policies that could level the playing field for historical damages to some extent (nobody is expecting perfection or full payback) what is the problem exactly?

She just said she's open to discussions. She hasn't come out for any specific policy on the matter. The truth is the legacy of slavery hasn't been resolved yet in the U.S., and a step for that is such discussions. I fully support that and so would most decent Americans.

Vile lies.

Original Americans?

I want to clarify. I do think most LGBTQ people internationally support both Israel's right to exist and also support the aspirations of Palestinians who are willing to accept that as well. But the minority faction that would march in a pro genocide River to the Sea parade under a Queers for Palestine banner are indeed silly clueless fools like marching chickens for KFC. Sample of Palestinian opinion.

Trump. Useful idiot for Putin or Russian asset? Does it make any difference?

Schedule F.

The war monger is Putin.

Not surprising. Note the authors of the opinion piece. Kremlin propaganda repeaters.

Zero chance of anything happening before Russia knows if they're gonna get their poodle Trump back.

Jan 6 was disqualifying. Americans that think Trump should be allowed power again missed civics education.

You live where? In any case ducks, geese, and rabbits are not a taboo food in US culture. Ducks and geese aren't pets though some people do have rabbit pets. All are delicious. Cats and dogs are taboo to eat in the US of course. So to you its ok to inflame hatred and threats of violence against minority communities by inventing lying memes?

I use Britishisms ironically.

Believeable. https://www.theatlantic.com/if-trump-wins/