Comments by "Panama Fred" (@panamafred1) on "David Pakman Show" channel.

  1. As David said, we already have 50 state governments. I am an expat living in Panama, where there is the federal government, then provincial governments, then city and town governments. It seems to me that the reason for provincial governments is to more localized, more "in touch" high-level governing, which our individual 50 states are currently doing. I don't see the need to divide us officially by rich/poor, liberal/conservative, religious/non-religious, meat-eaters/vegans, and etc. I think the more we are forced to be together as one, even with massive disagreements, is still the best of a bad situation where we have far outgrown our small tribal structure.
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  2. Yes, agreed. Plus, Andrew Yang states that Trump is a symptom -- that he was elected because AI/automation displaced 4 million jobs in the Midwest swing states that Trump needed to win and did win. Trump's "win" was a response to the financial despair on the ground in those states.
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  3. You go girl! I'm 72 and have found that it is not fun to go three days without power. Anything can and will go wrong. Chaos never sleeps! Pour me a shot please.
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  4. If the officer is wrong (and he appears to be to me), and acts improperly, then "being obstinate" is the appropriate response. I might add, "Why are you racially profiling me? What law do you suspect me of breaking? What are you able to clearly articulate that I have done wrong?" And always, "Am I being detained or am I free to go." Learn your rights. Exercise your rights. Hold bad actors accountable. Expose bad actors. Always video interactions with the police.
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  5. Adding my comment for Yang 2020! FORWARD!
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  6.  @hhiippiittyy  Yes. Follow the money or in this case, the lack of money!
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  7. Executive Summary: I'm from the government. I'm here to help you. Puerto Rico. Katrina. Wildfires. California The Big One earthquake? No, the government is not prepared to take care of us. And as you say, yes, one can prepare without conspiracy thinking. Among other things, I'm currently building an aquaponics greenhouse, installing solar power and making sure that my wife and I have enough food for a length of time. Even drought is possible so I have a 1,500 gallon water tank. I am preparing for the most likely events, not aliens, an asteroid-strike-multi-year-winter event, or nuclear end of times. In those events, I'd prefer to be the first to go.
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  8. David, did you see the video about the YouTube creators' union? They sound like a serious group of angry folks with lawyers to back it up. https://youtu.be/oZZ5Kouj_hQ
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  9. Then Airforce One lands in Puerto Rico.
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  10. I think Jim Baker has a new substance that if you mix it with the silver, you can make gold.
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  11. These protesters will be very indignant when the National Guard is called out to corral their asses.
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  12. I like how Andrew Yang says that our privacy is tightly linked to our data. If we had control of our data, we would recover much of our privacy. Much of our data/privacy has been taken from us silently and without a fight by the big tech companies that we rely upon every day. We can do a lot online to re-take our privacy by using VPNs, privacy-focused email providers (such as Proton Mail), and privacy-focused browsers (such as Brave), and not using public wi-fi. There are small sliding guards that you can put on computer video cams to prevent snooping. And as to the government and our privacy, watch the movie Snowden or read his book if you want a chill to run down your spine. Out in public, we have absolutely no expectation of privacy, but we Americans do have the (fragile) right to unreasonable search and seizure in the fourth amendment of our Constitution. I believe that even "if I have nothing to hide" it is still my responsibility to protect myself from un-wanted snooping. We generally wear clothes, close the public bathroom door, and close our bedroom curtains for our privacy. I think we need to do much more. I'm in my 70s and it is amazing/stunning/interesting/frightening how the privacy landscape has changed in my lifetime. But I am not dead yet and I have not been lulled to sleep. I like to be vigilant but not paranoid. I know... it's a fine line.
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  13.  @fgsaramago  Filipe, if you dig deeper, you will see that Yang wants YOU to control your data. Sell it if you want to. Or keep it private if you want.
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  14. I agree David and think this was a good topic to cover. Vitamin D is actually a hormone. All kinds of things can change our hormone balance. To me, the really big item to watch is diet. We are experiencing a Diet Induced nightmare of inflammatory Metabolic Disease - diabetes, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's and etc due to our bad diets. The answer for me, and do your own due diligence, was to eliminate all sugar, dairy, and the vast majority of carbs from my diet. My diet most closely resembles Keto. Now at 72 I do not have a diagnosis of ill health and have excellent energy and strength compared to my peers and even compared to myself just a few years ago. The death rate from Covid-19 is much, much higher if you have one of these metabolic diseases. While I don't want to get this virus, I feel fairly confident that I could manage it at home and that I would survive it.
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  15. Beyond comprehension. Can not be explained.
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