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General Discussion / Photo Share: Forrest Gump stop & NOPE ain't no FAKE "side of the road" photos
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:53:55 PM »
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General Discussion / A couple of recent photos of the school Judge Paul Lo and I attended
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:42:08 PM »
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General Discussion / Time to change my MicroPower so it can continue to zap & polarize microscopic
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:36:08 PM »
..contaminants . Nothing like breathing clean air inside a home.. 
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General Discussion / It's not just a waste of time being locked up, add this lock container to it
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:29:00 PM »
...and it waste even more time thanks to all the "no big deal" to steal idiotic FRAUDs.. 
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General Discussion / My grapes are looking good, should be able to enjoy in a few months
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:23:11 PM »
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General Discussion / Sure Wedding was held & Hmong girl was married off but hope she's not trafficked
« on: April 17, 2024, 11:20:48 PM »
Viral video highlights targeting of Hmong women to marry Chinese men
Many of the young women who accept the marriage offers end up victims of human trafficking in China.
The man behind the phone chuckles as he calls out in the Hmong language to villagers sitting around a raised wooden home in rural Laos.
A young man in a yellow hooded sweatshirt offers a slightly embarrassed smile, while other men gathered around a motorbike appear to pay him no mind.
The camera zooms in on two young women who look shocked or turn away, as others laugh, before it settles on a girl barely in her teens, sitting atop a bike between two other children.
This 30-second video, shot in an undisclosed location in Laos, went viral late last month after it was posted to Facebook, along with dialogue warning of ethnic Hmong middlemen working as interpreters for Chinese nationals seeking Hmong women and girls as wives.
While the offer of marriage can be a financial leg up for largely poor Hmong villagers in rural Laos, many women who accept end up victims of human trafficking, according to a Lao official, who is calling on authorities to take action against the middlemen.
Some of the women end up as forced laborers and sometimes face physical punishment, the official said.
“In the video, the middleman goes to a village and says that there are some Chinese men looking for Lao Hmong girls and women to be their wives,” a speaker of the Hmong language told Radio Free Asia.
“The video doesn’t mention the province, district, or village,” he said. “It’s only clear that Chinese men are looking for Lao Hmong wives.”
Many of the young women who accept the marriage offers end up victims of human trafficking in China.
The man behind the phone chuckles as he calls out in the Hmong language to villagers sitting around a raised wooden home in rural Laos.
A young man in a yellow hooded sweatshirt offers a slightly embarrassed smile, while other men gathered around a motorbike appear to pay him no mind.
The camera zooms in on two young women who look shocked or turn away, as others laugh, before it settles on a girl barely in her teens, sitting atop a bike between two other children.
This 30-second video, shot in an undisclosed location in Laos, went viral late last month after it was posted to Facebook, along with dialogue warning of ethnic Hmong middlemen working as interpreters for Chinese nationals seeking Hmong women and girls as wives.
While the offer of marriage can be a financial leg up for largely poor Hmong villagers in rural Laos, many women who accept end up victims of human trafficking, according to a Lao official, who is calling on authorities to take action against the middlemen.
Some of the women end up as forced laborers and sometimes face physical punishment, the official said.
“In the video, the middleman goes to a village and says that there are some Chinese men looking for Lao Hmong girls and women to be their wives,” a speaker of the Hmong language told Radio Free Asia.
“The video doesn’t mention the province, district, or village,” he said. “It’s only clear that Chinese men are looking for Lao Hmong wives.”
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General Discussion / So it took a White guy to beat this Hmong Thao family eh?
« on: April 17, 2024, 06:38:25 PM »
Yummy Deli's Massive Hmong Pho Noodles Challenge Had Been Undefeated for Over 1 Year!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1529B31NwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1529B31NwA
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General Discussion / Leftwing in Chi-Town hates America??
« on: April 16, 2024, 11:24:35 PM »
Leftwing activists in Chicago chant ‘death to Israel, death to America’ in Farsi
They were also heard shouting “death to Israel” and “death to America” in Farsi. The video was recorded on Saturday, April 13, after Hatem Abudayyeh, head of the US Palestinian Community Network, told about 300 left-wing protesters that Iran had attacked Israel with drones and missiles, according to The Free Press.
They were also heard shouting “death to Israel” and “death to America” in Farsi. The video was recorded on Saturday, April 13, after Hatem Abudayyeh, head of the US Palestinian Community Network, told about 300 left-wing protesters that Iran had attacked Israel with drones and missiles, according to The Free Press.
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General Discussion / She's always been stupid and dumb anyways so not surprised
« on: April 16, 2024, 11:22:20 PM »
Marjorie Taylor Greene says US should have deported murdered student Laken Riley in embarrassing gaffe
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has used the murder of Laken Riley as a political talking point for her stance on illegal immigration.
But in a bizarre exchange on Tuesday, she appeared to call for the late nursing student’s deportation.
Ms Greene made the comment during a House Homeland Security Committee budget hearing with Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The Georgia representative has called immigration policies under Joe Biden "corruption at its deepest level" and went so far to say Democrats' policies are "treason."
"It's treason because these people have declared war on our citizens by raping our women, our children, and murdering people," Ms Greene said. "Like Laken Riley, you're familiar with her, right?"
Mr Mayorkas confirmed that he was familiar with Ms Riley’s murder case.
Riley, 22, a student from Georgia, was brutally killed on 22 February 2024. Jose Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, has been charged with her murder.
"You should have deported her so that she could be alive today," Ms Greene said. "Her parents would have appreciated that."
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has used the murder of Laken Riley as a political talking point for her stance on illegal immigration.
But in a bizarre exchange on Tuesday, she appeared to call for the late nursing student’s deportation.
Ms Greene made the comment during a House Homeland Security Committee budget hearing with Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The Georgia representative has called immigration policies under Joe Biden "corruption at its deepest level" and went so far to say Democrats' policies are "treason."
"It's treason because these people have declared war on our citizens by raping our women, our children, and murdering people," Ms Greene said. "Like Laken Riley, you're familiar with her, right?"
Mr Mayorkas confirmed that he was familiar with Ms Riley’s murder case.
Riley, 22, a student from Georgia, was brutally killed on 22 February 2024. Jose Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, has been charged with her murder.
"You should have deported her so that she could be alive today," Ms Greene said. "Her parents would have appreciated that."
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The Single & Dating Scenes / She chased him for over ib pav mais but got ghosted
« on: April 16, 2024, 11:18:48 PM »
‘I flew over 1,500 miles to meet man I’d been talking to online — only to be ghosted’
A woman flew 1,151 miles to meet a man she’d been talking to online for three years – but he never showed up and ghosted her.
River Blake, 23, flew cross-country from Lafayette, Louisiana, US, to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a one-way ticket to meet her ‘date’. She says the eight-hour flight was paid for by her date – but after he didn’t show, River was forced to pay $1,290 to cover the cost of overnight accommodation and a last-minute ticket home for the following day
A woman flew 1,151 miles to meet a man she’d been talking to online for three years – but he never showed up and ghosted her.
River Blake, 23, flew cross-country from Lafayette, Louisiana, US, to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a one-way ticket to meet her ‘date’. She says the eight-hour flight was paid for by her date – but after he didn’t show, River was forced to pay $1,290 to cover the cost of overnight accommodation and a last-minute ticket home for the following day
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General Discussion / Lil surprised some GOP didn't like the Gigolo's show as he's also a GOP member
« on: April 16, 2024, 11:13:40 PM »
'Gross And Vulgar' Rob Schneider Comedy Set Reportedly Cut Short At GOP Event
Actor and comedian Rob Schneider reportedly caused a stir at a Republican event late last year with an offensive comedy set that prompted one GOP senator to walk out.
According to Politico, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member’s performance was cut short by the host of the event, which was a holiday gala for a Republican networking group. The event organizer, the Senate Working Group, later apologized.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) was so offended she walked out; a spokesperson for the senator told Politico the set was “gross and vulgar.”
The inappropriate jokes reportedly included some directed at Asian people, including one about “Korean whore-houses.”
Attendees, including more than 40 Senate chiefs of staff, received an apology via email the next day for “the entertainment at last night’s program,” Politico reported.
Schneider lashed out after the report was published Monday, and claimed he finished his entire set.
“I’m not changing my material or apologizing for my jokes to anybody. Enough with this woke bulls**t, America’s sick of it,” he told TMZ. “I did 50 minutes because that’s what I was paid to do. Nobody removed me from stage, somebody waved to me at the 50 minute mark.”
The comedian has expressed increasingly extreme views over the years, including anti-vaccine sentiments.
Last year, he came out in support of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and released a stand-up special on Fox Nation called “Rob Schneider: Woke Up in America,” which includes transphobic and misogynistic quips, according to Rolling Stone.
Actor and comedian Rob Schneider reportedly caused a stir at a Republican event late last year with an offensive comedy set that prompted one GOP senator to walk out.
According to Politico, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member’s performance was cut short by the host of the event, which was a holiday gala for a Republican networking group. The event organizer, the Senate Working Group, later apologized.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) was so offended she walked out; a spokesperson for the senator told Politico the set was “gross and vulgar.”
The inappropriate jokes reportedly included some directed at Asian people, including one about “Korean whore-houses.”
Attendees, including more than 40 Senate chiefs of staff, received an apology via email the next day for “the entertainment at last night’s program,” Politico reported.
Schneider lashed out after the report was published Monday, and claimed he finished his entire set.
“I’m not changing my material or apologizing for my jokes to anybody. Enough with this woke bulls**t, America’s sick of it,” he told TMZ. “I did 50 minutes because that’s what I was paid to do. Nobody removed me from stage, somebody waved to me at the 50 minute mark.”
The comedian has expressed increasingly extreme views over the years, including anti-vaccine sentiments.
Last year, he came out in support of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and released a stand-up special on Fox Nation called “Rob Schneider: Woke Up in America,” which includes transphobic and misogynistic quips, according to Rolling Stone.
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Marriage & Family Life / Good for these women, gotta do what's best for you
« on: April 16, 2024, 02:12:37 PM »
Much better than having kids just to neglect, abuse and even killed them at the end...
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Women Confessed Why They'll Never Have Kids, And It's Extremely Enlightening
"Being conscious that my genetics suck, [that's when I realized I didn't want kids]. I also think it's egotistical to have them and pass on your genes and put their lives in danger. The number of people with diseases who can pass them down through MANY generations absolutely scares me.
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General Discussion / Are these Republicans really hypocrites?
« on: April 16, 2024, 02:08:51 PM »
Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes
You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief.
It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back.
The White House tweeted out the forgiven PPP balances of 13 GOP House members critical of student loan relief, under the heading, "This you?"
The PPP helped people remain employed while the government literally shut down much of the economy,. Only an intellectual clown would compare that to what Biden is doing now with student loans.
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., recipient of $616,241 in pandemic relief
That's a really unfair comparison, the argument goes, because the PPP loans were never intended to be paid back. Under the program terms, the loans would be forgiven if the money was used to support the workers of a small business that had been forced to close or curtail operations because of pandemic restrictions.
In other words, it's said, the PPP money was never expected to be repaid. By contrast, student loans were taken out in full expectation that they would be repaid — if not for the handouts being distributed by the White House.
"The PPP helped people remain employed while the government literally shut down much of the economy," Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), tweeted back in 2022, the first time Biden made this purportedly invidious comparison. "Only an intellectual clown would compare that to what Biden is doing now with student loans."
Norman received $616,241 from the PPP, according to the White House.
There's something to be said for the distinction made by the PPP-pocketing student relief critics, but not nearly as much as they claim. More on that in a moment.
This is just another example of how our political press is incapable of telling the forest from the trees, or how it's perennially distracted by a shiny object. (Insert your own pertinent metaphor here.)
In this case, the shiny object is the idea that it's Biden who is the hypocrite for comparing the PPP loans to student debt. This misses the bigger picture of how America's economy is structured to benefit corporations and the wealthy — that is, the patrons of the Republican political establishment — at the expense of average Americans. The pundits who are flaying the White House for making the connection are merely buying a GOP talking point.
Not only right-leaning commentators are committing this error. Not a few progressive-minded writers are complicit. Here, for instance, is Jordan Weissmann of Semaphor, usually a percipient analyst of economics and finance: "The thing about this talking point is that I know everybody in the White House, including the [communications] shop, is smart enough to know how disingenuous it is."
Read more: Column: Bidenomics has been a boon for working-class voters. Why don't they give him credit?
Let's take a closer — and a broader — look.
The comparison between student debt relief and the PPP loans first emerged in 2022, when Biden first announced his plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for households with incomes of up to $125,000. The White House then issued a series of tweets targeting GOP critics of student debt relief whose PPP loans had been forgiven.
The Supreme Court invalidated Biden's original proposal in 2023. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a 6-3 conservative majority that although the law gave the secretary of education the authority to "waive or modify" the terms of student loans, the White House had gone too far.
After that, the administration implemented a new program, the SAVE plan, that limited monthly repayments on student debt for most borrowers to as little as 5% of their income and ended payments for borrowers living near or below the federal poverty standard. After as little as 10 years, the balance on loans originally totaling $12,000 or less will be permanently forgiven.
You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief.
It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back.
The White House tweeted out the forgiven PPP balances of 13 GOP House members critical of student loan relief, under the heading, "This you?"
The PPP helped people remain employed while the government literally shut down much of the economy,. Only an intellectual clown would compare that to what Biden is doing now with student loans.
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., recipient of $616,241 in pandemic relief
That's a really unfair comparison, the argument goes, because the PPP loans were never intended to be paid back. Under the program terms, the loans would be forgiven if the money was used to support the workers of a small business that had been forced to close or curtail operations because of pandemic restrictions.
In other words, it's said, the PPP money was never expected to be repaid. By contrast, student loans were taken out in full expectation that they would be repaid — if not for the handouts being distributed by the White House.
"The PPP helped people remain employed while the government literally shut down much of the economy," Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), tweeted back in 2022, the first time Biden made this purportedly invidious comparison. "Only an intellectual clown would compare that to what Biden is doing now with student loans."
Norman received $616,241 from the PPP, according to the White House.
There's something to be said for the distinction made by the PPP-pocketing student relief critics, but not nearly as much as they claim. More on that in a moment.
This is just another example of how our political press is incapable of telling the forest from the trees, or how it's perennially distracted by a shiny object. (Insert your own pertinent metaphor here.)
In this case, the shiny object is the idea that it's Biden who is the hypocrite for comparing the PPP loans to student debt. This misses the bigger picture of how America's economy is structured to benefit corporations and the wealthy — that is, the patrons of the Republican political establishment — at the expense of average Americans. The pundits who are flaying the White House for making the connection are merely buying a GOP talking point.
Not only right-leaning commentators are committing this error. Not a few progressive-minded writers are complicit. Here, for instance, is Jordan Weissmann of Semaphor, usually a percipient analyst of economics and finance: "The thing about this talking point is that I know everybody in the White House, including the [communications] shop, is smart enough to know how disingenuous it is."
Read more: Column: Bidenomics has been a boon for working-class voters. Why don't they give him credit?
Let's take a closer — and a broader — look.
The comparison between student debt relief and the PPP loans first emerged in 2022, when Biden first announced his plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for households with incomes of up to $125,000. The White House then issued a series of tweets targeting GOP critics of student debt relief whose PPP loans had been forgiven.
The Supreme Court invalidated Biden's original proposal in 2023. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a 6-3 conservative majority that although the law gave the secretary of education the authority to "waive or modify" the terms of student loans, the White House had gone too far.
After that, the administration implemented a new program, the SAVE plan, that limited monthly repayments on student debt for most borrowers to as little as 5% of their income and ended payments for borrowers living near or below the federal poverty standard. After as little as 10 years, the balance on loans originally totaling $12,000 or less will be permanently forgiven.
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General Discussion / Lao was around long before the Asian "colonizer" was on the map
« on: April 16, 2024, 02:06:21 PM »
Lao Gan Ma was in fridges long before Momofuku's chili crunch was in headlines
Asian Americans and avid foodies alike point out that Lao Gan Ma's chili sauce predates newer products by decades — including Momofuku's, which launched in 2018. Chang, who has been open about his own love of Lao Gan Ma, nodded to it in his recent statement.
"You Are A Culinary Colonizer": People Are Calling For A Boycott Of David Chang's Momofuku After The Company Sent Cease-And-Desists To Asian-Owned Businesses
Asian Americans and avid foodies alike point out that Lao Gan Ma's chili sauce predates newer products by decades — including Momofuku's, which launched in 2018. Chang, who has been open about his own love of Lao Gan Ma, nodded to it in his recent statement.
"You Are A Culinary Colonizer": People Are Calling For A Boycott Of David Chang's Momofuku After The Company Sent Cease-And-Desists To Asian-Owned Businesses
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General Discussion / Should make some Asian folks in L.A. happy
« on: April 16, 2024, 02:01:25 PM »
L.A. cuts tentative deal to provide $15 million to spare Chinatown tenants from steep rent hikes
L.A. cuts tentative deal to provide $15 million to spare Chinatown tenants from steep rent hikes. The Los Angeles City Council will consider a deal to aid tenants living at the Hillside Villa Apartments, foreground, in Chinatown.
L.A. cuts tentative deal to provide $15 million to spare Chinatown tenants from steep rent hikes. The Los Angeles City Council will consider a deal to aid tenants living at the Hillside Villa Apartments, foreground, in Chinatown.