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Is it racist for Italy to offer citizenship by descent?

I was thinking of Lisbon or Porto. The housing costs are very high. The "research" I did on Mauritius was awhile back so I don't recall too many details. I focused largely on retirement visas (definitely viable for most of us), safety, housing options, area options, transportation, expat life, cultural factors, food, and available activities. As with everywhere lots of "information" online, on youtube, etc. Probably a big draw for South Africans. My conclusion at the time was that it wouldn't be on a Plan B from Thailand for me personally, but might be a Plan A or B for many other people. As far as the rest of Africa, I've "looked" at South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Rwanda, Kenya, and purely as a curiosity Egypt. Out of all of Africa, Morocco might make a C list for me personally, so in other words, for me, forget about it. I recall I wasn't eligible for South Africa but even if I was even though I'm sure Capetown is fantastic, the crime situation is just too much. I do think there are some really good opportunities for black Americans getting residency. Especially younger entrepreneurial ones. Some countries in Africa are welcoming them with open arms, and who doesn't like to be welcomed?

They're already cutting Medicaid, and they lied that they won't touch Medicare and SS. There is big money there -- for the billionaires.

I have a theory. Right now there are organic street protests and angry loud town halls of Trump - Maga house members where people expressing outrage about the radical actions of DOGE, including the attacks on privacy. Trump's poll numbers are way down, and Musk's popularity is dropping like a rock. This promise of a dividend is another diversionary trick. He thinks the base at least will shut their yaps if they think they'll be getting a check. Meanwhile the administrative fascist coup and power grab continues and the end result is of course all classes get royally screwed except for the billionaires when they get their big tax cut (the reason they want to cut so big in the first place).

I've done some research about Mauritius. My impression is that it's moderately expensive, probably higher than Thailand but lower than Costa Rica or Portugal. It's very isolated though. I think it would be a draw to people into ocean stuff. An interesting choice for sure.

Trump and Musk are finding concepts of sending condoms to Hamas and concepts of sending SS checks to 150 year olds. Anyone believing a word out of either of their mouths should have their head examined.

Leaving out pork doesn't make it Kosher. Not even close. Anyway, I find your use of "chosen" to be intentionally snarky, but in one sense I agree with you. If a customer has any kind of special dietary needs or allergies, it's up to them to make inquiries before ordering. In this example if he was told no pork and it did have pork then that would be fair grounds for complaint. To add, nobody is expecting actual Kosher food in general restaurants. People needing fully Kosher do their own research first to find the tiny number of places in Thailand that actually have that. Pretty much Chabad places and that's it. For Muslims on the other hand, I am no expert on all their rules (my impression is not as difficult as Kosher) but you often see restaurants posting signs that their meat is Halal. They wouldn't serve pork either.

Hey there, News from Phone2. They have announced that UK and Australian numbers will be available in March. Which begs the question, are they REALLY going to end the 99 lifetime offer by the end of February? If I was gonna bet, I would say no, but who knows. Playing games with "limited" time offers is rather a sign of less than stellar business ethics. But that doesn't necessarily mean that their product is bad.

Rubio has sold his soul.

Americans are NOT buying Trump's vicious lies about Zelinsky and most do not like that he's sucking up to his good buddy Putin. In fact, more Americans think Trump is a dictator then Zelinsky!

He said he won't say.

Some countries in Africa are actively going after black Americans giving them liberal residency rights. Immigration based on descent isn't unusual but in the case of Africa it's different (legacy of slavery) because being black is enough, not proving any connection to the specifc country.

Willful ignorance is very annoying.

Evil post.

You're wrong. If you did a tiny amount of research you would know that he meant that most of the money was spent in the U.S. So when fascist Putin lover Trump cites an inflated figure of aid to Ukraine and twists Zelinsky's words to imply that the money was lost, just don't believe Trump. He lies about EVERYTHING!

The money isn't gone! Zelinsky was saying that he never saw most of the money in Ukraine BECAUSE it was spent in the US. He never said it was missing. Only Russian propagandists such as Trump are distorting this reality to imply Zelinsky has stolen the money. I'm sorry that both you and the U.S. president are so easily suckered by the Russian dictator's talking points. Sad.

Many are but nowhere near most.

Of course the U.S. would pay a big price for doing that but it's clear that if that commitment was made, Canada would be in the much weaker position.

The truth is that the USA could crush Canada economically severely enough to make it unstable enough to annex without violence. Canada never considered that something to worry about from it's closest friend. Now they're in a pickle of looking for non USA life boats. I'm American but I'm on Canada's side on this. I consider Trump in his attacks on friends and sucking up to enemies lie Putin a traitor.

He's already in it. He now calls himself King, wears a pin of his own image. What's next? Statues of him everywhere? One of his cult in congress is pushing a national holiday for his birthday while he's alive. If he wants to annex Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, it's not as if he can square that with opposing Putin's imperialistic actions.

I'm not seeking help with GV. I know for a fact it's not reliable for 2FA use. For people that use it and it works for their uses, great. This topic was started to seek feedback on the 2Phone offer.

Oh Geez! Another one that has bought the Kremlin/Trump propaganda lies.

It's been awhile to give specifics. I do recall etrade blocked it though. I was trying to fix a blocked account over the phone and gave it for 2FA and it took them a few seconds to reject it. Maybe it's more like you've been lucky? VOIP numbers in general work sometimes for some places. GV is VOIP. From google: G SMS 2FA Codes - Google Voice Community

Maga is consistent. https://apnews.com/article/discrimination-equal-employment-opportunity-trump-trans-samuels-00de2a3c8d5068e83f6ac1d9a073fc02 Dismissed EEOC commissioner warns that Trump plans to ‘erase the existence of trans people’

LIES!