Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "The Humanist Report" channel.

  1. They came with animal control - so they must have known enough about her that she has a dog. The U.S. is a craven state that is not normal for a first world country.
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  2. the problem is that the elites are just as idiotic, only in a different (usually more eloquent) manner. And those who are intelligent and determined are more often than not egoistic / ruthless.
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  3.  @josecantopolido6008  Yeah, and Syria. But I can name you 15 segments for those 2 where he is on the side of The People. And educated the audience that likely never heard anything like that on national TV. Net neutrality (2), Climate change. Green New Deal. M4A. Voting machines. Police brutality (he called it differently). if thinkSchools. Dialysis. Evangelicals / churches. Slap suits. I am sure he did a segment on Texas (cold, blackout), CoVid, of course the election in general, mass incerceration. I think also weed. Drones. Translators in Iraq and Afghanistan, that do not get visas (helped U.S. soldiers, are now left behind and often in danger).
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  4. Early 2015: Sanders coordinates with Warren - if she had run in the primaries he would have stayed out of the race (the official launch was at the end of April 2015 in Burlington. MSNBC btw hindered Ed Schultz to report live on that announcement. the higher ups called literally a few minutes before going live. Ed was furious but had to stand down - he was fired some 10 weeks later). Waiting for Warren to make up her mind in 2015 might have cost Sanders valuable time. (Of course at that time the Sanders campaign did not dream of having a shot a the nomination. They intended to run a small donors campaign and planned with a budget of 30 million USD - they actually raised 230 millions). But Sanders urgently wanted some issues discussed and thought the primaries would be a good stage for that. Unlike Warren he was not afraid to annoy the party establishment and the Clinton machine. Sanders wanted to serve the country (he does not need exposure and free airtime to win the races in Vermont or to "activate" the big donors to pay attention to him. Which is a reason some politicians run for higher office, especially the presidency. Sanders had been winning the races for Congress / Senate handily for a long time). Warren on the other hand was playing nice with the party leadership / the Clinton machine. Her campaign also let the Clinton campaign know that they were "flexible" regarding financial regulations on Wallstreet - in other words, Warren talks a good game but if she is angling for a VP position things change for her. I do not want to villify her for playing political games and she is certainly better than many of the lot - but she is not putting the country over her personal advantage. Sanders does. HE is going to put up a fierce fight to get things done - taking a page out of the textbook of FDR who also had to strongarm some Democratic "representatives". Then like today they were often wealthy / rich and members of the upper class. So many could have resigned themselves to "the masses will have to suck it up". A president Warren might be "allowed" to forgive student loan debt. The financial industry does not mind - they will get their money. and the producer of goods and sellers of homes would like it - more consumer demand. But likely it would have to be on the credit card - not by inconveniencing the rich and big biz by paying taxes. Reversing the Trump tax cuts is not enough - they were paying to little even before. Sanders has never needed the Democratic party to win the races in Vermont - and it shows. He has never courted the party leadership to "have access" to the media or needed them to get money from the big donors. And he liked to stay in politics - so he was never angling for a cushy corporate "job". That shows as well.
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  5. You forgot the tooth fairy.
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  6. Some "liberals" may be annoying (and a few may even resort to violence) - but is that the MOST PRESSING problem the country has ?? - that is a special kind of being a snowflake - being so offended by the other alleged "snowflakes", or whatever terms you use. You will have all kind of loonies on the right and on the left - so what ? And Free Speech is not threatened by some bussed in trouble makers - when anti war people in the 70s made speeches about Vietnam they too needed police protection. Nothing new under the sun. - The nation will survive the zealots (on the left and on the right).
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  7. As for EpiPen: the US MILITARY paid for development (they needed something to administer injections easily in combat zones - maybe in case of biological warfare etc.). Epipen is much cheaper in Europe (where the public non-profit insurance companies negotiate with the pharma industry). So thanks to the U.S. Taxpayer. P.S. I do not meant to be sarcastic - how do the U.S. citizens put up with that BS.
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  8. Sanders needs to communicate that Medicare is not as safe as these old people think. While being better than private insurance it already needs extra packages as upgrades in order to have truly good coverage. Medicare Advantage - the elderly are forced to buy them from any of the private insurers, the profiteers with the large administrative overhead while Medicare is tasked with the burden of monitoring the profiteers so they do not cheat. That is another way of admitting: Medicare do not have the necessary budgets to pay sufficient rates to doctors and hospitals
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  9. + No one Single payer includes a sort of "redistribution of wealth" * - usually the wealthy people (taxes) or the higher wage earners (payroll deduction) pay more. It depends how the budget for that non-profit system is financed. And there is no risk assessment. You are in, no matter the gender, age, health or family status. That should help a poor state. Even if one lives modestly at least health care is covered + healthcare creates local jobs. And Sanders asked for a bold infrastructure program. The grassroots are kicking right now- what would have been possible if Sanders had won the G.E. - he would rally the troops as president - he "threatened" that during his campaign. Meaning the whole townhall uproar like now but more upbeat and with the presidents blessings. * In a single payer system the young and healthy suppprt the old and sick. The regions with the industries that pay well help out the rural regions where wages tend to be lower. The single men with the good wages helps the families with the kids.
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  10. I too can't get over it. And Jeremy Corbyn in U.K. The election was in Dec. 2019, they wanted to fund care homes for the elderly better, and the NHS. JUST IN TIME for the pandemic.
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  11. + Pizza Pizza - Tulsi Gabbard took a difficult stance at least twice with endorsing Sanders AND visiting Syria (for which I am genuinely grateful - it looks like she really does not like war). She seems to be sure that she does not need to bow to the Big Donors and the Party establishment. Lots of extra points for that and for standing up for a not popular issue (with Syria there was nothing to win and a lot to lose - if you think only in terms of making political points. And she held herself really well in the interviews afterwards (in Jan. 2017 and again in April when the government was accused of having gassed their people). Wolf Blitzer of CNN tried to trap her in an interview. She is smart and thinking on her feet. In January she advertised her "Stop funding terrorism bill" - needless to say such an exotic and ridiculous idea could not find enough support in the U.S. houses. I think I glanced over the Jacobin article some months ago . Gave me the vibe of a hit piece. Not really substantial and too harsh. She may be wrong on India (I am not sure if the allegations about the political leadership are even correct. We are told a lot of B.S. about foreign policy all the time.) Anyway her having a blind spot towards India has nothing to do with profiting financially. She is entitled to be wrong sometimes - being wrong about the ? Prime Minister of India being a terrible person who allowed assaults on minorities (if that is even true) has not influence on domestic and little influence on international policy. Fortunately India is not such a minefield as the Middle East. And she would be reasonable enough to seek good relations with Pakistan AND India. E. Warren would likely be as spineless as Obama if push comes to shove. She is all bark and not much action (except for the agency - financial protection xyz - where she did good) Or in a cabinet if she was given a position where she can go after the banksters to her hearts delight. Or implement a new Glass-Steagal - I think in that role she could be really good. In a fairly progressive environment she can be an asset But she does not take the lead or stand up against the forces of evil.
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  12. imagine knowing that you will be next for eviction if you cannot make money from that. And unlike drug dealing it will not get you into prison - Pitting the poor against each other isn't new. The rich are not going to do the dirty work themselves. I think that some insurance staff also must have PTSD from denying claims for paying for treatments. But these people know better than other citizens what happens to people that are low income, lose their job - and get sick.
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  13. Think what you will about the Iranian Mullahs. The religious motivation also urges them to have some social programs (at least that). People do not have religious, or political freedom, but a part of the oil revenue is used to give them healthcare, do something about housing, etc. Syria and Libya were also relatively wealthy countries (for the regions) with welfare programs and free education and healthcare before the U.S. initiated regime change against them. (Gen. Wesley Clark 7 countries in 5 years - that was in 2001 and it was a dusted off plan of the 90s). Under the Shah propped up by the U.S. they had no public healthcare system (The wealthy people in Tehran went of course to private clinics). I know that because an U.S. company colluded with a corrupt official in the administration. They sold them an expensive ID card system and software to use for a private U.S. style healthcare system. The contract was based on the premise that the card system would be for millions of Iranians (a system for the lucky few that were middle class or wealthier was too small a pool to warrant such an investment). That software/card system was completely useless in a country where then the poor majority lived in rural areas where they did not even have a doctor or a hospital anywhere near. Never mind using First World technology. A mobile doctor visiting villages once a week would have been a good start to do something about healthcare. And with a robust 4WD car - it often wasn't the tarmac road they had to drive. But that kind of reasonable policy was not a business niche for a for-profit U.S. corporation. Because the scheme was so ridiculous, it was clear that there must have been massive bribing - or the official must have been exceptionally stupid and the U.S. company took advantage of that. Anyway: when the (peaceful !) revolution of 1979 happened the Revolutionary Islamic government put that official in jail, and the U.S. representatives of that corporation that were in Tehran as well. It were a few men - there was a scheme later to help them flee. They survived and were able to return to the U.S. - there was a book about it.
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  14. Survival instinct kicks in, horrible shortness of breath, intense pain. Some people deny it is CoVid19 even as they are dying, they are that invested into the cult. One woman said it was the worst pain she ever experienced (she got it in Dec. 2020 so before any vaccines were available). And not getting enough air must be a horrible feeling.
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  15. Yes that is likely - BUT if a lot of them lose their jobs because they will be discarded by the voters - there will not be enough golden parachutes for everyone. and imagine the money out of politics movement would be successful - then they would have but little choice to finally SERVE the citizens.
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  16. I agree - consider that FDR and Eisenhower thought about introducing some sort Universal Healthcare. It was discussed at the time of Jimmy Carter and Bob Kennedy (Carter being more conservative about it than Kennedy). Then Hillary Clinton tried and failed in the 90s - no doubt the media played a role then to no let it happen. Since then donor controlled establishment politicians and mainstream media have colluded to NEVER ever have a MEANINGFUL debate about healthcare. (Obamacare is based on a Heritage Foundation idea, single payer was not even considered by the Dems in 2009, they also dismissed the public option very quickly - at a time when the Dems had the majority ! NO HEATED DISCUSSION about that in 2009/2010. Sanders has changed the discussion of healthcare in 2 years time, the genie is out of the bottle. The internet not controlled by the special interests was very helpful to change what can be debated, but with the rallies and MSM interviews he also reaches people who get their news the old way. Many people have heard the terms Single Payer and Medicare now, whether they agree or not (And they have heard that othe wealthy countries fare much better).
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  17. Humans react strongly to direct shaming. (It is in our nature we are very social creatures and back in the mammoth hunting days group cohesion and SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE behaviour was necessary for survival). He needs to get the angry townhall treatment - and called out on his lies (like pretending to be a progressive and then doing otherwise - they have such a case in New York as well, renegade Democrats caucus with the Republicans so the Democrats who would be in the majority cannot get their projects through - needless to say the traitours are getting favours like nicer offices, staff, etc., and they got one more renegade member from a Latino who posed as Berniecrat to get herself elected).
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  18. She does not need to win, the big donors finance corproate Dems to eliminate progressives in primaires. That is more important than anything else: keeping the donors happy and keeping their money (and the chance to a cushy job later). It is even more important than winning the general. That is why Dems ignore strategies that would guarantee them a landslide win (like a concerted campaign for M4A). The likes of McCaskill or Joe Crowley will be given a golden parachute if they lose with their Republican lite platform. They can afford to lose, they will be fine no matter what. She can afford to "disagree" with Sanders. Never mind, that she gets a pension and is old enough to retire. Not to be ageist - Dr. Fauci will have his 80th birthday this December, and Sanders is one year younger (and unlike Biden he would be fit to be president). but Feinstein, Pelosi, McCaskill have been useless in the decades before and they haven't gotten any better. Good thing: there are so many OLD D heavyweights. The progressives need to build their name recognition, in case one of the old corporate tools is forced to drop out of office and there is a special election.
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  19. That is whey they need to be defunded, they are useless anyway.
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  20. Reading the comments is fun today !
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  21. CIA and NSA lied in hearings - several times since 2000 (torture and spying, maybe on other occasions too). WMDs in Iraq: the CIA KNEW they did not have proof - they experienced enourmous pressure from the Cheney / Bush cabbal - and they yielded. The CIA provided the desired "evidence" and witheld other information and thus enabled the adminstration and the war promoting media to sway public opinion. The US citizens were not eager to go to war with Iraq in 2002/2003. NATO members France and Germany rejected joining the war (with good reason, they knew what was going on, they joined the Afghanistan war in 2001, but not that one). The Prime Minister of New Zealand was quite vocal and open in calling the US out on their missing evidence for a war. The insiders KNEW it all - there was no proof. And at least there needed to be more research - Saddam Hussein and the UN were willing to work on it. The US shut that down, more and better evidence would have robbed them of their pretext for war with Iraq. As Glenn Greenwald puts it: No one in their right mind would TRUST the agencies without proof.
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  22. likely lower car insurance (treatment costs). higher wages (your company pays less for the plans, in some fields that can help to offset 15 USD minimum wage - easier to navigate if the company paid too much for healthcare). Many of insurance staff have to work in the denial departments (they get new jobs that they can be proud of and do not have to sell their soul to put food on the table). jobs in rural places (smaller hospitals are forced to close down). catching the diabetes crisis before it gets even worse (20 or 25 % of patients ration insuline because it is so overpriced - that is a healthcare disaster. Badly adjusted diabetes will cause a LOT of complications and spending later, the sooner that ends the better.
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  23. Also: isn't it interesting how the docs and mails are LEAKED. Almost as if a lot of middle management also know what shit is going on, and want the message out. They were just waiting for someone to pick up on the story.
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  24.  @ejolguin1282  you have just made that up (about Gates and many other things, he of course never said anythig like that). And you use terms like SARS or MRSA and do not even know what it is. Which SARS do you mean ? the current Pandemic is caused by SARS-CoV-2 (the novel corono virus). Search for the meaning of the acronym SARS and then come back. Jeez !
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  25. Unions are not necessary we gave you 15 USD (after the popular Senator from VT breathed down our neck and we feared there would be a union drive). 15 USD might be good in Bessemer - but there are areas where warehose work paid 16 - 18 years ago. In some areas Amazon drives down wages even.
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  26. They did that on January 6th in the Capitol building, some people took a shit (and not in a toilet).
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  27. Tiny VT cannot go against the trend - some ? 300,000 people vs. the dysfunctional practices of powerful industries "serving" 325 million people. - CA would be a game changer but the propsoal was undermined - the budget being the PRETEXT. I live in a European country (Austria, neighbour of Germany) with single payer (in reality there is not ONE public non-profit insurance company (they adminstrate also retirement and disability pensions). There are about 15 - 20 (for the 9 states and certain professions like farmers, teachers, gov. employees, etc.) Some of these do not have risk pools of more than 100.000. That is enough - if the risk pool is not cherry picked (no one is "sorted" out because of age, risk, status of the family who also have insurance). But of course each of those sub insurance agencies profits from the central drug price negotiations, the fees that are paid to the doctors or the hospitals with a contract are all within a reasonable price range (and they communicate about that). I would estimate that 80 % of familiy doctors, dentists etc. do have a contract (and there are hardly any for-profit hospitals). So it is not like the doctors flee from one region because they can charge more otherwise. Some doctors offer specialities - and then they may be private. But most (also) accept the modest price structure of the public insurance agency. For that they get a regional quote. In a smaller town there will be only a certain number of doctors. Citizens can go to any doctor with a contract w/o any payment (usually in the city for practical reasons, but they could keep their doctor outside as well). That means they have a predictable income, a suffucient case load and even little rural towns will be attractive for starting out in the profession - if there is no other free slot with a contract. They are not going to consume the (free) university education and then flee the country. The systems here (8,7 million) is the same as with large neighbour Germany (82 million people). So there will be enough doctors available. It is entirely possible that doctors have less income here than in the U.S. (university is free though, and low income people get subsidies for the cost of living during their education), they are still doing very nicely. Switzerland pays excellent wages, doctors here COULD go there (same language, and the Swiss like the level of training and the similar culture), but usually they stay in the country. - In Vermont on the other hand if a public agency (singley payer) offered more streamlined contracts there is a chance the doctors would just go to another state. If the whole country switiches to a more European style system, most U.S. doctors would need the additional patients to have enough revenue (and they still would do fine) - and have much, much less hassle. And from what I heard Vermont could not negotiate drug prices (that was forbidden on the federal level) nor can they import drugs from Canada. So the costs were too high - in that setting.
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  28. She dropped out of highschool at 18 when she became mother the first time. Conservative values ;) Her current husband (and I guess father of the other 3 sons she has) is a real charmer. Indicent exposure, and one count of domestic violence (both earning him some jail time). That was in 2004 when they still dated. 2 restaurants, they reported 600k income but 242,000 as net loss. Food poisoning case in 2017. Home foreclosed and evicted (or notice) in 2010. Did I mention he works in the oil industry and now seems to be worth over 460k per year ??
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  29. He was always positive with Sanders, intelligent questions, some talk about the "issues" The recent mittens segment , too. I think he like his policies.
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  30. It would be an adminstrative nightmare. Sanders KNOWs it will not be pased anyway. - Higher minimum wages and be done with it. - but it starts some interesting discussion / mental gymnastics.
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  31. Sanders ran 4 times in Vermont for higher office (Senate and govenor). in the 1970s with a small, left-leaning, indpendent party, did not take Big Donations. the TOP result was 4 - 5 %. Then he pulled off a win in the race for mayor of Burlington (an unlikely win with 10 ! votes more). Then as mayor (reelected with increasing majorities) another 3 party race (Congress or Senate), Republican won (plus 40 %) Sanders came in second with plus 30 %. Next time the Dems abstained from running a candidate - and he and the voters KNEW he could win. So in 1990 - it was his turn
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  32. + Fluffy Bunny That's the ROLE of the Dems in general, stop any progressive movement, keep them away from power. - The Clintons were well paid (150 million after leaving the W.H.), Bill and Hillary raised 3 bn in their careers which gave them tremendous influence in the party. She for sure likes to be the queenmaker if she cannot be the queen. consider things like: the continued influence, staying relevant !! , plus some more money and maybe starting a career for Chelsea. Plus a stab at Sanders for spoiling it for her. No one ever talks about Martin O' Malley - it was O.K. for him to be in the primaries. He was a nice embellishment to the staged display of "choice". But Sanders challenged her for real. And worse: he made her look bad - not out of bad intentions. Just by being there for comparsion.
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  33. Two founded in 2013, and 2016. Food poisoning in 2017 (widely reported, because 80 people involved). 2018 they had a net loss of 242,000 from both restaurants.
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  34. M4A for all is cost-efficient. that should appeal to fiscal conservatives.
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  35. Someone should make "Bernie Bro and proud of it" shirts - in female sizes.
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  36.  @jeffmorency3224  Clyburn is not even a Civil rights icon, his contribution is very slim - but he achieved to get that reputation w/o taking any risks (Sanders took more risks).
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  37. There is no legacy left. Iran deal ? Cuba sanctions loosened ? ACA is a hot mess !
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  38. I found it touching when she said: Many of them would give you their last shirt, and they are good people. - They may be nice to people like them (she is a lily white woman in the South), but they are stupid and intellectually lazy for sure. And of course there are politicians, evangelical preachers that exploit that they are so gullible. In the U.S. riling up people is rewarded and that has been going on in modern times since Nixon. (work the anger about equal rights, the Republicans could not resist the tempation). The election system with attack ads (other nations do not have that). Evangelicals, radio hosts and politiicans that make hay. It is an easy business model, does not need any talent, but they have to ramp up the daily dose of rage. The sheeple like the daily dose of anger but they come back for more and they want NEW stimulation. So the grifters have to get more and more extreme also to differentiate themselves against other grifters that follow the same easy path.
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  39.  @DanielJames8  It came out that the Trump admin put pressure on the U.K. government to have a hard Brexit and to allow the privatization of the NHS (Corbyn showed the documents). - The U.S. insurance industry and the for-profit hospital chains prepare for the worst - that Sanders can push through a real reform and priavte insurers will become obsolete and hospitals will see their profits going down. So they try to get a foot into the U.K. market. Make no mistake: if Johnson and Trump win the next election that will mean a massive assault on the NHS. A president Sanders would not blackmail U.K. in desperate need of a trade deal to sell out the NHS. On the other hand president Sanders and Corbyn might quickly find common ground - Sanders can only be interested to have an example how economic reform works. If Labour wins the majority of seats they have budget control. (a president Sanders could be helpful to keep the speculators from going against the U.K.) Who gets the most donations from the industry in this election cycle in the U.S. ? Donald Trump - and then Pete Buttigieg who recently attacked the Sanders proposal (the only candidate that remains firmly ! in the camp of a geniuine single payer system. Not quite as cost-efficient as the U.K. system, but most wealthy nations have reasonable costs with it. (Think 50 - 54 % of U.S. spending per person, versus 42 % in the U.K. - in case you have wondered why the NHS is in trouble. Some increase to match the funding of the cheapskates among the wealthy nations would do wonders for the NHS performance). In essence that would make the U.K. the poodle of the U.S. government and the oligarchs behind it. So much for "we take back sovereignity".
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  40. + Troy J - of course they can "bot" physicial letters. Paying some trolls to post letters. - But I am all in favor of your idea - it seems they "enermy" learnt from the last time. They just pay enough trolls now.
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  41. William Binney (NSA technical director for 24/7 spy programs turned government critic): IF that was a HACK (remote access by an unauthorized person) as opposed to a LEAK (insider) there is no way the NSA would not have TRACKS (they have EVERYTHING that travels over the net). AND: it would be SAFE to SHOW the PROOF - it does not reveal sources, methods etc. - Since they chose not to show it, they may not have anything (nor do they allege to proof in the report). Moreover the CIA depends on the NSA for intercepting. - That is what the NSA mastermind says on the technicalities. The official "report" has as attachment the "Golden Shower document", it does not make firm statements - no "it is alleged ...", they make a psychological profil of Putin and his supposed desire for revenge - and they obsess with Russia Today TV = RT. Can you imagine, RT tries to stir up dissatisfaction, they reported negatively on Wallstreet greed, fracking and hosted Third Party Candidate debates. (In Nazi Germany and under Stalin there was a crime called "subversion" - I wouldn't be surprised to hear that term soon.) Back to the official report of the agencies on fake news and the "hacking": Disclaimer of confidence. NSA (the experts on hacking on which the other agencies depend when it comes to surveillance and interception) has only MEDIUM confidence that "Russia did it" (whereas all other agencies claim hight confidence). Wikileak's Julian Assange said about the embarrassing EMAILS of Clinton and DNC (and it was never about anyhting else than these emails) : "It was a leak of a disgusted insider". Craig Murray former British Diplomat, now working with Wikileaks, also recently confirmed that he received the data in a park in Washington on a physical device - well then of course the NSA will not have any tracks - the data did not travel over the web. Trump might have peace talks with Russia (Ukraine, Syria) reduce or end sanctions, reducing nuclear weapons - Obama signed a new excessively expensive nuclear program not long ago), end the politics of regime change. To me it looks like a POWER STRUGGLE - would not be the first time the agencies undermine elected politicians, presidents, Congress (Carter, Iran/Contra) or LIE to the public (in hearings) or yield to political power to come up with desired "evidence" (WMD's in Iraq)
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  42. We know that in the past the CIA has secretely and illegally worked directely against the orders of a sitting president and Congress (Jimmy Carter, terrorist attack in Washington on a Chilenian dissenter, Iran/Contra affair). It is unclear if they were involved in the JFK assassination (we will never know, JFK fired Dulles the head of CIA, so it is possible). These agencies have power, budgets and hardly any accountability and that has gone on for decades.
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  43. even if he is progressive, he has baggage. Nina is progressive for sure, is a black woman (what became of idendity politics lately) is an inspirational speaker, connects with people and is believeable. She has a chance of winning so I wonder WHY the Democrats would even consider a rival ........... She should run as independent.
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  44. +Anil Singh - it is almost karmic - PragerU has to pay for these ads when they are not skipped. So they FINANCE the independent left media - lol
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  45.  @russtaylor2122  I know a healthy kid that had an infection (this Jan or early February so it likely was the flu and not the novel corona virus). Yes he overcame the infection. His immune system had an overreaction, and his pancreas self-destroyed. (that sometimes happens). so now he is a diabetic 1
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  46.  @russtaylor2122  Most HEALTHY children will survive the infection w/o lasting damage even. But: the more spred the more chances for the viurs to mutate. and children connect the generations. The child may survive, the parents and grandparents might not.
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  47. Please don't donate if your are not an US citizen. I read comments of non-citizens from time to time: Can I donoate ? No ! It is a good sign that foreigners want to chime in, but they are not doing the campaign any favors. On the contrary. - It is not legal, and all campaigns have to sort through all donations. ALSO for citizens and legal residents from within the U.S.: - whether they give beyond the limit of USD 2,800 (or whatever it is, in that range). They have to return that (but monitoring the sum of what a person has given so far can be automated). The Sanders campaign has much more donations to check than other campaigns. and they likely will return the 20 USD if you are not a citizen. I am certain they use software for that (at least filtering the harmless and obviously legal donations) but if the data around a donations shows it might not be legal, then it might need the attention of a staffer. They pay the fees of the banks anyway, and with the extra attention the legally required handling and returning of such donations requires, well meaning people unintentionally CAUSE the campaign costs and hassle. In 2016 they got over 2000 donations of foreigners, they had to return them. I found that on a blog of Hillary fans who were "incensed" about it. Many donations came from Canada, but also from Europe, Australia. The amounts were modest, most in the range of 10 - 50 bucks, hardly some over 200 bucks, so it could not be weaponized against Sanders and mainstream media did not run with the story. But it could be used to bring the campaign into disrepute if it happens more often this time. (Evil foreigners financing Sanders campaing. Who knows if it is a Russian ploy ? Stroking of a white cat and musings about world dominance is involved).
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  48.  @crystalhazer7246  Comparable to the 1960s if a Southern woman told another: I voted for Kennedy, but do not tell anybody. Or they get abortions in another state so the protesters do not recognize them. - I do not blame them to keep the vaccination secret, if you are a people pleaser or not a confrontational person it is easier to let them rant and just do your thing secretly. The vaccine helps as much. Ideally they would disclose it after a few weeks ( See ! - I did not grow green horns !) But the anti vaxxers have moved the goal posts. They can't claim people drop dead from the vaccine, so now the terrible side effects will manifest in 10 years or so. That has the advantage that it does not collide with the reality they can experience. If 30 % of the population is vaccinated (which is way too low) you would still have thousands of severe adverese reactions if the vaccines would be harmful.
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  49.  @dudeman5303  Is it just me - or does he hold back less since his (solved) heart problems ? (And I saw him laugh more in some interviews right when he came back. For instance in the interview together with AOC in New York).
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  50. corporate sellouts - they are not idiots - it works wonderfully for them
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